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2009-06-11T22:36:00.001-07:00

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AFNA Netball 2008 Trinidad and Tobago vs Jamaica (Friday 07-25-08)

2008-07-28T22:45:00.000-07:00

AFNA Netball 2008 Barbados vs Canada (Friday 07-25-08)

2008-07-28T20:35:00.000-07:00

Canada is one quiet fighter of a team. I don't believe that they had much support apart from the officials in their squad. How Barbados beat them is beyond me. My eyes are not the best in the world but it looked like Canada had two eight footers on their team. I guess Canada's netballers' eyes are worst than mine. If I had that height advantage I would have put in plenty hang time. Ok, I know it is netball; I would have done it anyway!

AFNA Netball 2008 St. Lucia vs St Vincent and the Grenadines (Friday 07-25-08)

2008-07-28T19:03:00.000-07:00

I know nothing about this game. Actually, when I saw St. Lucia in contest against St. Vincent and the Grenadines I thought that I was watching a fight for third place. I learnt later that it was a quest for fourth and stakeholder of the lowest possible position of the tournament that still had some pride in it.

I would say that it must have been tough on these two teams, especially host St. Vincent. I understand that they have one of the best names in the game, not just regionally but worldwide. It would be better for them not to hold the pressure of this result, but see it as a shrinkable stumbling block.

St. Lucia looked good all the time, in every way. I guess their real error was that they saved their best game for last. I wish I knew something about this game, if only to be more critical in a constructive way of course.

Apart from the photogenic outfits and ballerina styled athletics, I would rather patronize basketball. There are just too many rules in the "pretty, oh so pretty" game of netball.

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2008-07-27T23:09:00.001-07:00

AFNA Netball 2008 Jamaica vs St Vincent and the Grenadines (Tuesday 07-23-08)

2008-07-27T21:03:00.000-07:00

The team which finished first was Jamaica. Last place went to Canada. Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are seen here battling it out for national honour. I know that all the teams in the competition were good. The two most obvious elements, to this novice of the game, that kept some teams down were fitness and confidence.

AFNA Netball 2008 Trinidad and Tobago vs Barbados (Sunday 07-20-08)

2008-07-27T15:35:00.000-07:00

Bajan I am, and Bajan I shall always be. Make no mistake about it my friend. However, It was Trinidad and Tobago that invited me to come watch them play netball. I was in attendance as a result of the invitation; that was all. Barbados finished third behind the girls from down south who themselves finished after the Jamaicans. Talk about being pulled in different directions. My heart was with Barbados all the way. What other parts of my heart might have been up to is a different matter all together. I will make no excuse for the fact that as an artist I often get attached to events, especially when they are big and international.

I did not understand what I was watching when Trinidad tried successfully to drown Barbados, but it hurt a bit because the scoreboard was very legible. I will in time find out what it is that the Trini girls are eating and have some of it shipped to Bim. Perhaps an adoption is in order even if it means dressing the whole southern team in yellow, blue and black.

AFNA Netball 2008 Trinidad and Tobago vs St Vincent and the Grenadines (Tuesday 07-22-08)

2008-07-27T11:08:00.000-07:00

Trinidad & Tobago just didn't ease up. They didn't give an inch either. I must admit that I know and care almost nothing about netball, and I have stated this fact within earshot of senior netball officials. Needless to say, my comments annoyed them but I did let them know that I agreed with their disgust. These were my true feelings all my life about the game and it was how I felt also at the beginning of the AFNA 2008 Netball Tournament in St. Vincent. You might wonder, why then did I attend the games; that is simple. Trinidad and Tobago. It was a mixture of curiosity, a little concern and some human interest in the only competitors in the tournament who shared the same nationality as my brother George and his kids. I am still learning about them too.
I met the Trinidad and Tobago team at the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad. We were headed in the same direction. Before making friends with the team however, I witnessed one of their members experience an emotional breakdown when she heard that her brother had just been shot. I thought to myself, this could be bad for the team and how sad for their grieving member. I wondered if she would be able to play. I observed team members comforting their saddened team mate and I realised this team had an element that could take them to the top of the tournament. They were a team that was together.