SLBF Message

The Opening Ceremony is scheduled to begin at 4 pm at the Vigie Sports Complex on Saturday 28th February 2009. ALL TEAMS MUST ASSEMBLE AT THE COMPLEX BY 3:15 pm. Teams must have a contingent of no less than 10 uniformed players and no less than two team officials. Failure to comply will result in disciplinary action. This is what the programme for the ceremony would look like:

• Parade of team on court
• Anthem (Royal St. Lucia Police Band)
• Prayers
• Address - St. Lucia Basketball Federation
• Address - Ministry of Sports
• Presentation
• Address - LIME Address
• Inspection of Teams
• Players Oath
• Vote of thanks
• Matching Off

Unfortunately, the LIME uniforms and balls will not be available until the middle of March. Two polo shirts will be provided for each club for use by the team officials. When viewing the fixtures, teams that appear first and are in bold are the home team the second team is the visiting/away team. Once the LIME uniforms are available, they must be worn by all away/visiting teams. Both LIME shirts must be worn by the away/visiting team officials. The home team must wear their local uniform and their officials are not obligated to wear the LIME shirts.

The members of the Disciplinary Committee (DC) are as follows:

1. Ms Charmaine Cyril, General Secretary, SLBF (DC Chairperson)
2. Mr. Mc Oville Combie, Coordinator Continuing Education, SALCC (DC Secretary)
3. Ms Nione Emmanual, Secretary, Assistant Commissioner of Police
4. Ms Donnalyn Vittet, Administrative Assistant

Independence Tournament Results

BBC emerged the champions of the 2009 Independence Tournament, playing undefeated in two out of three games. Their third game against All Stars was rained out again on the final day of the tournament.

Maze Sniperz captured second place, winning 2 out of 3 games. Their only lost was to BBC in a very close contest 28-22.

RESULTS
19th February 2009
Young Stars vs Maze Sniperz (Maze Sniperz 62-24)
BBC vs All Stars (Rained out)

20th February 2009
All Stars vs Young Stars (All Stars 47-21)
Maze Sniperz vs BBC (BBC 28-22)

21st February 2009
Young Stars vs BBC (BBC 67-24)
All Stars vs Maze Sniperz (Maze Sniperz 35-30)
BBC vs All Stars (Rained out)

PHOTOS

South Warriors Roster for LIME Premier League

Team Officials
Remy Avril Jr. Coach
Micaiah Poleon Assistant Coach
Gilian Joseph Assistant Coach
Sol Taylor Assistant Coach
Kenneth Charles Manager/Trainer

Players
Utah Alexander
David Taylor
Omowale Jn Baptiste
Yhan Peters
Haig Jeffrey
Vaughn Jeffrey
Kennan Joseph
Bradley Pinel
Kurt Raphael
Tim Baptiste
Bevan Arlette
Prince Edwin
Lambert Samuel
Delan Stephen
Demin Dormant
Raide Hippolyte
Mark Anthony
Gilian Joseph
MacKenzie Felix
Micaiah Poleon

Independence Tournament Fixture

Thursday, February 19th 2009
5:00pm Young Stars vs Maze Sniperz
6:30pm BBC vs All Stars

Friday, February 20th, 2009
5:00pm All Stars vs Young Stars
6:30pm Maze Sniperz vs BBC

Saturday, February 21st, 2009
5:00pm Young Stars vs BBC
6:30pm Maze Sniperz vs All Stars

Vieux Fort Independence Tournament

With funding provided by the Vieux Fort Town Council, the Vieux Fort Basketball Development Committee will be organising a three day Independence tournament from 19th to 21st February, 2009.

Four teams will participate in a round-robin contest. The three match days will consist of 3 double headers starting from 5pm and ending each night at 8pm. The teams selected so far to participate are Young Stars, Maze Snipers and BBC. The fourth team will be announced in a subsequent post.

Prizes will be awarded to the first and second place teams according to their winning percentage. First Place: $800.00, Second Place: $500.00.

LIME 2009 Premier League Draft Fixture

Draft Playing Manual available here.