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30th
January 2010
Sports Tourism
gets another boost
Believe
it or not the Sports Tourism sector in St. Lucia
as early as next week will get another boost
as the first of ten (10) English groups will
be on island to play a series of matches against
local teams. This is all part of a series of
tours arranged by Gullivers Sports Travel and
Edwin Doran Sports Travel, the leading sports
tour operators in the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday 2nd February the English tours begin
with the arrival of an 18-man Cokenach Cricket
Club. The adult players are scheduled to play
five matches before they depart on Sunday 14th
February. Two days before Cokenach Cricket Club
departs, the Simon Langton School flies in with
nineteen persons to play five matches at the
Under-18 level during their 10 -day visit which
ends on Sunday 21st February.
The momentum is expected to pick – up
on Sunday 21st February to Sunday 7th March,
with the arrival of St. Boswell’s Cricket
Club, with eighteen players (whose ages range
from 18 to 70 years old). While on island they
are scheduled to play four matches. Coming to
St.Lucia for the third running The Hoe Bridge
School, on its third visit to St. Lucia, flies
in on Tuesday 23rd March with twelve under-13
players, two staff members and two supporters
to be engaged in six matches.
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Interestingly
before Hoe Bridge School departs on Tuesday
6th April, they will be joined here by Loughborough
Grammar School on Friday 26th March, Forest
School on Sunday 28th March, Woodhouse Grove
School and St. Paul’s School on Tuesday
30th March, and Shiplake College on Thursday
1st April.
Meanwhile, the Loughborough Grammar School,
consisting of sixteen boys (ages 16 - 17 years
old), and four coaches will be here until
Friday 2nd April to play four matches. The
Forest School with 20 persons depart on Sunday
18th April following their scheduled five
matches at the Under-15 level. The Woodhouse
Grove School with sixteen boys and three coaches
is scheduled to play three matches at the
Under-19 level, while the St. Paul’s
School with fifteen boys and three coaches
is scheduled to be engaged in five matches
at the Under-15 level respectively.
The Shiplake College, consisting of thirty-three
persons, will be here until Saturday 10th
April to participate at the Under-15 level
in Cricket, at the Under-18 level in Netball,
and at the Under-16 level in Lawn Tennis.
While in St.Lucia the visitors will be accommodated
at the Coconut Bay Beach Resort, Bay Gardens
Inn, Bay Gardens Hotel, Village Inn &
Spa, and Rex St. Lucian Hotel.
Discuss
Story
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