They dreamed and did us proud
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Our managing editor, Gemma Handy, described the mood as electric. Normally quite stoic and composed, she could barely contain her excitement as she filed a live report to last Thursday’s
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (VOP) broadcast from the Antigua Dockyard, where Travis Weste and Joseph
‘JoJo’ Nunes were about to make landfall. It was roughly 1:50 pm, and the gathering was peering eagerly for the first glimpse of the rowers rounding the bend across from Fort Berkeley. Gemma spoke of the profusion of Antigua and Barbuda flags, as the proud families of our two heroic sons assembled on either side of a grand stage. She described the horns and the whistles, and our VOP guest at the time, Gladys Potter, the United Progressive Party’s candidate for St John’s Rural South, shared that she was getting goose-bumps, caught up in the rapture of it all. As were we. After all, history was being made.
Eagles still unbeaten, Andrew century lifts Lions to victory
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By Neto Baptiste
Twenty-four hours after having to share points with Jennings, table toppers CUB Bethesda Golden Eagles kept their unbeaten run alive in the State Insurance Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA) Super 40 Competition on Sunday, romping to an emphatic 143 runs against Massy United Insurance Combined Schools.
Playing in Bethesda, the home team amassed 258 for eight in their allotment of 40 overs after winning the toss and opting to bat.
Essan Warner hit a top score of 60 from 42 deliveries. His knock included eight fours and three sixes. Warner was assisted by
Heroes’ welcome for Team Antigua Pairs
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By Gemma Handy
It may have lacked the throngs of eager crowds that have greeted previous national teams at the finishing line of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge – but Team Antigua Pairs’ arrival into Nelson’s Dockyard had every bit of the fanfare.
Horns blared, smoke blazed and beaming relatives brandishing Antigua and Barbuda flags set the scene for a true heroes’ welcome for Jojo Nunes and Travis Weste.
The intrepid duo completed the torturous 3,000-mile row from the Canary Islands to English Harbour in 47 days, six hours and 57 minutes.
There was rapturous applause from onlookers – and the heart-melting cries of “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy” from one of Weste’s three sons – as their boat loomed into view escorted by the Coast Guard.
Eagles dominates Super 40 standings as Benta leads batting
By Neto Baptiste
Caribbean Union Bank (CUB) Bethesda Golden Eagles, after managing to remain perfect in four matches to date, sits atop the 10 team standings in the Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA) State Insurance Super 40 Competition with 16 points.
The Bethesda men have enjoyed victories against rivals PIC Liberta Blackhawks, Anderson Carty Empire Nation, Bolans Blasters and Pigotts Crushers to dominate their field thus far.
Captain of the Bethesda team, and leading scorer with 330 runs in four matches,
Deran Benta, credited his team’s string of successes to proper preparation and application during matches.
Country’s ‘oldest twins’ celebrate 95th birthday
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th birthday.
Leah “Miss George” Solomon and Elfreda “Tiny” Abbott were born on January 27 1926 to the late James “Jim” Payne of Barnes Hill and Elizabeth “Addie” Nurse-Payne of Sea View Farm.
Family members told Observer yesterday that the identical pair are the fifth and sixth children for their parents and the last surviving siblings.
Another noteworthy fact is that all but one of their siblings that have passed on lived past the age of 90. Those who have preceded them in death died at ages 81, 91, 96 and 95.
Solomon was the first to be welcomed into the world. She earned the title Miss George because many felt she resembled her brother George. Abbott, on the other hand, got the name Tiny because of her small size at birth.