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COMMISSIONER FRANS RICHARDSON BLASTS DECISION NOT TO GRANT WINDWARD ISLANDS CHANCE TO HOST KINGDOM GAMES
SMNN - Great Bay – St. Maarten’s commissioner in charge of sports affairs, Frans Richardson, strongly disagrees with the position taken by the Netherlands Antilles Minister for social development, Omayra Leeflang, regarding the hosting of the 2011 Kingdom Games in the Windward Islands.
Minister Leeflang has informed the Executive Council of St. Maarten that the choice has been made not to host the 2011 Kingdom Games on the island. By correspondence of September 3, the minister was informed of St. Maarten’s interest to host the 2011 Kingdom Games. St. Maarten had been interested in submitting an integral proposal, along with Saba and St. Eustatius, for the hosting of the games.
St. Martin delegation apologises in St. Kitts
ST. KITTS - Commissioner of Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs in French St. Martin Jean David Richardson has officially apologised to the Government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis for an incident that occurred on July 17, 2009, when visiting Under-17 and Under-15 football teams were attacked by players and fans from the French territory. Commissioner Richardson led a five-man delegation to St. Kitts on July 28 to meet with senior government officials including deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Youth Sam Condor, as well as Minister of State for Sports Richard Skerritt. [More....]
Football Brawl Leaves one Injured French St. Martin Labeled By St.Kitts.
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French Quarter:--A brawl between some football players on Friday has left one under 17 youth hospitalized confirmed head of sports Lou Baly. The youth is nursing a fractured nose and is scheduled to remain in hospital until Tuesday. Baly said a team of players representing the U-17 and U-15 from the Newtown Team in St. Kitts and players from Flamingo and the St. Louis Stars were in the Telbert Carty Stadium on Friday when a fight broke out. According to Baly, the coaches of either St. Kitts team or the St. Martin team did not see what had happen but according to what they understand a player who was, stretching on the field during their cool down time got in the way of the players from St. Martin who was running around the field at the time.[More....]
RISC now being cleaned, 1st phase took place on Saturday
PHILIPSBURG - One of the main objectives of the board that governs The Raoul Illidge Sports Complex (RISC) is to have the facilities cleaned and repaired by August 1, 2009 in order to better accommodate the many users of the facilities. The board would like to take this opportunity to invite the general public and the users in particular to sign up to assist us in making St. Maarten’s most used sports complex a great place to be once more.[More....]
Focus to be Placed on Completion of Administration Building.
SMNN - Philipsburg: --- The island government of St. Maarten would have to put more focus on the completion of the new administration building said leader of government William Marlin at Wednesday's press briefing. Marlin said if one look at the building from the outside they would get the impression that government can occupy the building. He said the building does not have any interior partition; neither does it have fittings for telephone and IT.
Sports policy to be handled shortly
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - After almost two years in the making Commissioner of Sports Maria Buncamper-Molanus announced this morning that the Integrated Sports Policy will be handled by the Executive Council within short.
“I’ve always believed that something of such importance should be done right rather than rushed. The Sports Policy is a collaborative effort of all stakeholders of sports on St. Maarten.”
Six receives royal decorations at annual ceremony
SXM Chronicles - LITTLE BAY –History was made and in a sense repeated itself on Wednesday when the Lt. Governor of St. Maarten Franklyn Richards bestowed the traditional royal decorations on hardworking community minded St. Maarten residents at his home in Little Bay.
Among the recipients is, like those of 2008, one male –Lea Allen Brown.
Six receive Royal decorations on Wednesday
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - It was a beautiful afternoon on Wednesday, fitting for an honoring ceremony that was held for six of the Islands citizens who have worked tirelessly in the interest of the community.
Fair Play - Daily Herald Editorial
Saturday’s WEEKender article about the experience of local athletes and sports organisations when it comes to representing the Netherlands Antilles spelled out what many had already noticed: St. Maarten is systematically disadvantaged by entities that are supposed to be Antillean, but in practice serve primarily the interests of Curaçao and its athletes. It is just one of many examples of why the islands simply could not remain together for lack of a truly national government, mindset and approach when it comes to all kinds of matters. The so-called “federal” entities involved such as the Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee (NAOC) and the Antillean sports federations are simply too Curaçao-oriented when it comes to their location, make-up and (political) backing, so that is where the focus is, despite whatever good intentions may exist.
