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Saint Lucia's Sportsmen
Cricket:
The game of cricket is a team sport which requires the efforts all players in order to build an effective team. There are a number of players who have excelled in cricket, most of whom represented St. Lucia and gave outstanding performances. Some of these cricketers are known to be:
- Gerald Asgill - Excelled as a batsman and bowler and was regarded as one of the island’s cleverest bowlers.
- Mindoo Phillip - A batsman with a mastery of skill, technique and application, and was regarded as St. Lucia’s greatest cricketer Also an all-rounder, he excelled bowling and in the field in any position including wicket keeping. The Mindoo Phillip Grounds in Marchand, Castries was named in his honour.
- Ignatius Cadet - Was a sound batsman and an outstanding wicket keeper.
- Desmond Collymore - Was a fine all rounder and an outstanding medium to fast bowler who was the first from St. Lucia to play English Cricket as a professional.
Yachting:
Yachting in St. Lucia owes much of its development to four St. Lucian’s namely Owen King, Errol “Bam” Charles, Fred Devaux and Winston Dacent. The group established The St. Lucia Yacht Club in 1963 with the aim of encouraging and helping young St. Lucians to enjoy all forms of aquatic sports. As a result of this initiative, St. Lucia was particularly successful achieving international standings at various yachting championships which, today continues to prosper and provides an even wider range of water sports for St. Lucians and visitors.
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