A team of netball players from Anguilla left the island on Wednesday this week for Nevis to participate in the OECS Under-23 Tournament continuing there until July 6. They are among other teams from St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent and St. Lucia.

The Anguilla Netball Team and officials at Wallblake Airport

The Anguillian team said they felt very good about their chances in the tournament as they had been training for quite a while and the players had been very dedicated to the task.

The team is captained by Lakisha Proctor assisted by Nadia Smithen, the Vice Captain.
The sponsors are Digical, Merchant’s Market, Albert’s Department, Hungry’s, National Bank, Hideaway Grocery, NICO’s, English Rose, Caribbean Associated Attorneys, Anguilla Domino Association, Atlantic Star, Audain & Associates and Max Printing.

Director of Sports, Alkins Rogers, told The Anguillian that the Under-23 Anguilla Netball Team had taken a lot of time to train hard for the event. “I believe this year we will do much better than we did in the last two years because of the intense preparation with the coaches. I look forward to much better performance this year,” he added.

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