Nevis Activities

Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation – Barbados
October 22, 2007

The Stanford 20-20 Nevis Pro-Team will be a reality by December 01,2007 Chief Operations Officer of Stanford Twenty20, Barbadian Adrian Griffith has said.

Griffith, who now resides in Antigua after being appointed in June, spent the last three days here, coordinating a two-day camp at Grove Park for 30 invited Nevisian cricketers.

He said St Lucia and Anguilla should be on board by November 1, making Nevis the fourth pro-team to be established in the region. Antigua and Barbuda, established in July, was the first.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 08, 2007

The Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Culture is set to fulfill yet another commitment as it continues to reach out to partner with all stakeholders and sporting associations to improve the standard of sports in St. Kitts and Nevis.

The latest fulfillment of that strategy is the procurement of a new high quality all weather sports mat for Basketball City to a value of approximately EC$55,000 and which is expected to be shipped to St Kitts in the second week of October.

The decision to obtain a new improved surface for basketball was made after consultation with the St. Kitts Amateur Basketball Association (SKABA) and a pledge of financial support from the St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee (SKNOC). It was agreed that Government would provide 50% of the funding and that the old mat would be replaced as soon as funds could be jointly made available and the new surface sourced. The fact that Government was later required to provide more than 80% of the funding resulted in a short but understandable delay in compiling the required funding.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 07, 2007

Saturday’s launch of the 2007-2008 National Carnival attracted a huge and appreciative crowd as folklore groups, local calypso performers and Calypso Rose of Trinidad and Tobago rocked fans at Independence Square.

Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas and Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Sam Condor were among hundreds of persons who flocked to the historic site in Basseterre to celebrate the island’s unique culture and sample the entertainment in store for the December 14 to January 02 festival.

“The launch on Saturday was absolutely beautiful,” National Carnival Chairman Gus Williams told SKNIS. “The people came out in their numbers. Moms, dads, children and the artistes who will be performing in December. Everybody’s appetite was [satisfied] and they are eagerly anticipating carnival.”

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 07, 2007(CUOPM)

A 24-year-old restaurant supervisor is heading for St. Kitts, where the first poker game played on the ocean floor two years ago.

Hugo Asenjo will fly to St. Kitts after winning an Extreme Poker Tournament in Australia held 90m above the Pacific Ocean.

Last Thursday’s Extreme Poker tournament on Thursday saw six high-rollers perched on a steel mesh platform jutting from a cliff at Sydney Harbour.

The five losers of the knock-out game of TexasHold “˜Em departed in spectacular style, reported Australia’s Daily Telegraph – they exited the table by abseiling down to the rocks below.

No mean feat, considering the wind speed of about 65km an hour, according to reports.

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