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Cricket heroes are capped for St Helena

Posted on 4 November, 2012 by

St Helena’s cricket heroes have been presented with their first international caps – donated by an overseas Saint who was inspired by their achievements in South Africa in April 2012. The caps were handed out on Saturday 3 November 2012 … Continue reading →

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Governor honours St Helena’s cricket heroes

Posted on 3 July, 2012 by

St Helena’s national cricket team has been formally congratulated on the success it achieved in its first international tournament. Governor Mark Capes and Mrs Capes honoured the squad and supporters with a reception at Plantation House. St Helena won four … Continue reading →

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Cricketers return to heroes’ welcome… and a hug

Posted on 15 May, 2012 by

It started with a win and it finished with a group hug in front of watching wellwishers. Long after all the other national teams reached their homes, St Helena’s cricketers have returned to the island after competing in their first-ever … Continue reading →

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St Helena cricket heroes make the front page

Posted on 7 May, 2012 by

St Helena’s national cricket team has made the front page of the British national newspaper, The Daily Telegraph – nine days beating four African nations in its first-ever international tournament. Writer David Millward names 57-year-old Gavin George as one of the … Continue reading →

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St Helena Online is back – with belated congratulations

Posted on 3 May, 2012 by

This website has been inactive for a few days due to outside pressures (a small matter of 13,000 words of university work to be handed in, many of them relating to St Helena). The absence has meant St Helena Online … Continue reading →

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Cricket: Saints end on a win, after missing final by three runs

Posted on 29 April, 2012 by

by Barbara George St Helena beat Morocco on the final morning of their tournament in South Africa – the team they lost to a day earlier. They have come fifth in the league but as Damien O’Bey put it, with … Continue reading →

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Saints fifth on table after four days’ play

Posted on 28 April, 2012 by

St Helena’s three wins in the Africa division three tournament in South Africa place the team fifth in the results table after four days – though the official table has yet to be published. Only the Zambians have had fewer … Continue reading →

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So close… Saints lose to champions by a single run

Posted on 28 April, 2012 by

Rwanda 114 runs – St Helena 113 If you balanced runs against wickets taken, then St Helena had the best of a tantalising game against defending champions Rwanda. But only the runs count, and the Saints were one short. The … Continue reading →

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Cricket: Saints give Moroccans a 40-run win at Sahara Park

Posted on 28 April, 2012 by

St Helena 83 runs – Morocco 123 It should have been the least-troublesome of St Helena’s two matches in South Africa today – but this morning the islanders fell to Morocco’s national cricket team by 40 runs. It gave the … Continue reading →

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Cricket: now island winners must face champions Rwanda

Posted on 27 April, 2012 by

St Helena’s cricketers still have one of the big challenges to face in their debut tournament this week in South Africa. They can take confidence from their three victories and one exquisitely close defeat so far, but today (Saturday) they … Continue reading →

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