Thursday, August 27, 2009
Grenadian charged with alleged drug possession
Williams' family issues statement
"The family is shocked and saddened about the allegations but concerned as family about the welfare of his wife and children and about his health. While we hope he is proven innocent we are also aware that this is a legal matter and as such there will be no further comment."
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Shalrie Joseph now holds US Citizenship
Shalrie Joseph on Sunday played his first game in Major League Soccer as an American citizen.
Joseph, who last week took the oath of allegiance, now has dual citizenship in Grenada and the US, where he moved when he was nine.
"I've spent a lot of years waiting and waiting, so it definitely feels good now," said Joseph.
"It makes it easier traveling and everything else, it's a great thing to be able to say you're a US citizen, not everyone gets that privilege. I did a lot of studying, the one thing I didn't want to do was fail the citizenship test. A lot of the guys helped me when we were on the road trips, even Jay and Jeff were doing question and answers. I learned a lot about US history and it definitely helped me with my knowledge." Joseph said he has recovered from the knee injury that hampered him through the summer.
"It’s back to 100 percent," said Joseph. "so now I’m just focused on getting back to the sharpness I had in the beginning of the season.”
Joseph had one assist in New England Revolution's 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake.
Friday, August 14, 2009
IAAF honours Francis in Berlin
The congress was part of activities lined up for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Francis, who is now a retired national athletics coach, was honoured as a recipient of the prestigious IAAF Veteran Pin "for long and meritorious service to the cause of world athletics." The high profile ceremony was held at the Congress Hall, of the Convention Centre at
The letter inviting Francis for the all-expense paid ceremony was signed by IAAF's Secretary General, Pierre Weiss, and copied to the Grenada Athletics Association (GAA).
Also from the Caribbean receiving veteran pins were Calvin Greenaway of
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Grenadian footballer could be offered professional contract
The 27-year-old could be en route to
Barnes said: "Kithson is a big, strong, quick and very powerful striker - and I think we need a bit of strength up front. We have good strong runners in the squad but we are a little bit lightweight. He would be a good addition for us."
Barnes said he first noticed Bain while he was coaching the
Barnes explained: "Kithson was a top scorer in the Caribbean Cup. In an average
"When I looked at Kithson in December, I wasn't anticipating getting another job elsewhere. But once I got the job here at Tranmere I have been thinking - and this is not to be unkind - about players we can sign cheaply. That is what we have to look at.
He fits the bill perfectly, not because of the cheapness but because of his ability."
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Grenada breached obligations under the Covenant of Human Rights
Friday, August 07, 2009
YOUNG BOXER FOR INTERNATIONAL CAMP & CHAMPIONSHIPS
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Aug 7 – The Grenada Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) is pleased to announce that Imrod Bartholomew has been selected to participate in the International Amateur Boxing Association - AIBA Training Camp and World Boxing Championships to be held in Italy, August 10 to September 12, 2009.
Bartholomew, 23, is a Light Heavy (178 lbs or 81 kgs) and won the silver medal at the 2008 OECS Boxing Championships. He is unbeaten so far this year with wins over Jamie Bullen of Carriacou, Karim De Allie and Jewel Lewis.
The young boxer leaves
As part of the programme, AIBA has selected young talented boxers from the countries and coaches having financial difficulties to develop boxing. This programme will not only provide crucial training experience but also support them for the entire period of the AIBA World Boxing Championships Milan 2009.
AIBA said it will continue this important development programme after Milan by selecting the best 10 boxers among the boxers from the "Road to Milan" training camp at the end of the AIBA World Boxing Championships Milan 2009 and will support their continuous training from 2010 and participation in various events to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games and to earn the medals they deserve.
The programme, called "Road to
“We were given very little time to have all his documents ready but we couldn’t allow this opportunity to pass us,” said GABA’s President Ralph James.
“Imrod is an intelligent young man with 11 CXC subjects and the future looks good for him. He is always punctual, disciplined and his work ethics is exemplary. Imrod is the ideal athlete for any coach and will be an excellent ambassador for
The XV edition of AIBA World Boxing Championships will be attended by 700 Athletes and 400 Team Officials representing 143 Countries, with the presence of over 300 accredited media.
During the 11-day competition period over 500 matches are scheduled for the awarding of 11 world titles, one per weight category: 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 64, 69, 75, 81, 91 and +91kg. Bouts are composed of 3 rounds of 3 minutes each, with one-minute break between one round and the other.
GABA is very grateful to his employer – the National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA) for granting him leave.
“We will also like to express our thanks to Mr. Joseph "REDS" Perreira and the St. Lucia Amateur Boxing Association for assisting with ground transportation and accommodation in
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
TEAM GRENADA FOR IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Grenada Athletics Association (GAA) has released the names of the team members who will compete in five events.
The team also includes two athletes who have competed in the 2005 World Championships in
The other members who are all making their World Championships’ debuts are Rondell Bartholomew, Joel Redhead, Trish Bartholomew and Patricia Sylvester.
Lewis and Bernard-Thomas have been competing in Europe over the past few months and should be competition ready for
Rondell Bartholomew, who only last week copped bronze at the Pan-American Junior Track and Field Championships in Trinidad, will be hoping to better his season’s best of 45.58 seconds in the 400m when he finished runners-up to Kirani James at the Junior CARIFTA Games in St. Lucia in April.
Redhead had an outstanding outdoor season for
Trish Bartholomew posted a season’s best of 52.01 seconds in the 400m in May bettering her Beijing Olympic Games’ performance of 52.88 seconds while Sylvester will compete in both the triple and long jump events. She had season’s best performances of 6.43m in
Roster – 12th IAAF World Championships in
Men
200m: Joel Redhead
400m: Rondell Bartholomew
Triple Jump: Randy Lewis
Women
400m:
Trish Bartholomew
800m:
Neisha Bernard-Thomas
Triple & Long Jumps:
Patricia Sylvester
Coach:
Albert Joseph
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Grenada bagged two medals at Pan-Am Jrs.
by Michael Bascombe
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Aug 4 – Grenada returned with two medals from the Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad.
World Youth 400m champion, Kirani James continued his dominating form over the one-lap event with a comfortable victory in 45.43 seconds on Friday. Rondell Bartholomew picked up the bronze in 46.61 seconds.
The other competitors – Akim Bowen, Josh Charles and Shakir Simmons – didn’t medal in the weekend championship.
Bowen was 15th in the 100m preliminaries in 10.76 seconds and didn’t qualify to the next round; Charles also failed to advance in the 200m finishing in 22.68 seconds while Simmons was 9th in the shot put with a distance of 16.75m.
The 400m relay team of James, Bartholomew, Bowen and Charles finished 5th in 3:11.91 (3 mins 11 point nine one seconds) behind winner the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada and Jamaica.
The United States easily dominated the tournament with 21 gold medals, 22 silver and 13 bronze medals, followed by Cuba (6-0-0), Mexico (3-4-2), Jamaica (3-3-8) and Canada (3-3-7).
Brazil (2-6-5), Colombia (2-1-1), Argentina (1-1-0), Grenada (1-0-1), Chile (1-0-1), Panama (1-0-0), Trinidad & Tobago (0-4-1), Puerto Rico (0-1-0), Venezuela (0-0-1), the Bahamas (0-0-1), Barbados (0-0-1) and Paraguay (0-0-1) completed the standings.