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:
Ms Charmaine Cyril, General Secretary, SLBF (DC Chairperson)
Mr. Mc Oville Combie, Coordinator Continuing Education, SALCC (DC Secretary)
Ms Nione Emmanual, Secretary, Assistant Commissioner of Police
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)
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
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.
Please be reminded that the officials workshop takes place this Saturday, January 31st, at 2:00pm at the Vieux Fort Primary School.
Every team participating in the Lime Premier League is required to provide persons, hopefully non-players, who will assist with the officiating of the games. If you would like to participate in the officiating, or can suggest someone who would be a good candidate, please feel free to advise this person to attend.
We are looking for as many as 20 persons to attend this workshop, which may also serve as a rules update for most players. Please make a special effort to attend.
This workshop will be conducted by the National Basketball Officiating Committee, by the direction of the St. Lucia Basketball Federation (SLBF).
Training for all players participating in the LIME Premier Tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday this week from 4:30pm to 6:30pm.
A reminder to all that we are invited participate the 7th Day Adventist Crusade which starts immediately after training at the multipurpose court from 7pm.
Also, all persons interested in participating in the 2009 LIME Premier Tournament as officials are required to attend an officials workshop on Saturday 31st January from 2 pm. This includes team members who may wish to contribute as desk officials when not required to play.
Ernest Hilaire St. Lucia Basketball Federation Meeting January 10, 2009
The ten teams that are here will be the ten teams which will be formally invited. Certain requirement will have to be completed before a club can play its first match.
Formal affiliation to the federation;
Complete essential SLBF documentation: team personnel form, agreement to particpate, etc.
Participation in coaches’ and officials’ workshops in preparation for the league
After fullfilling these requirements clubs will be presented a manual for participation in the tournament.
Lime Premier League in 2009 will be a ten team tournament. 2010 will see the inclusion of the second division. 2 or 3 teams from the 2009 tournament will be relegated to the second division in 2010.
There will be two match days per week, with two matches on each day. SLBF will endeavour to assist participating clubs with their transportation costs as much as possible.
SLBF is negotiating with the sponsor for each club to receive the sponsor’s uniform, and the team would use this uniform when playing away games. Thus if a club is sponsored by a community business, the team would use their sponsor’s uniform when playing home games.
The plan is to use no more than four courts, based on inspection of the facilities island wide. The best of three Semi-finals and Finals will be played at the Beausejour indoor facility.
SLBF will require each club to nominate someone who will be responsible for the management of the matches. This person(s) will be paid a small stipend to ensure that the grounds are cleaned, the sponsors banner is displayed properly, and the officials and players’ areas are prepared according to the required standard. Responsible clubs will be fined if such requirements are not completed.
