Two of the region’s best high jumpers hail from the simply beautiful island of St Lucia.

One of these individuals is turning heads all the way in Holland. Saint Lucia’s Jeanelle Scheper has repeated as Dutch high jump champion at the Dutch High Jump championships held in Holland! Scheper cleared 1.88m to beat European U20 champ Britt Weerman at the 50th Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships organized by the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation at the Omnisport in Apeldoorn. Jeanelle Scheper, the Gros Islet native dominated this competition as she gets in competitive shape ahead of the 2020 Olympics. Congratulations, Jeanelle!

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St Lucia’s Daren Sammy continues to make history as St Lucia’s first.

Sammy was earlier announced as the first Lucian to be named Head Coach of an international franchise. After being bestowed with citizenship in Pakistan, Sammy was named Head Coach of the the team he lead to a championship, Peshawar Zalmi.

Daren Sammy arrived in Karachi over the weekend ahead of the commencement of the latest edition of the Pakistan Super League. the two time T20 World Cup winning captain with the West Indies, will be in the dug out with his team, as they get their campaign on the way on Sunday.

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The 2021 homicide count has increased by one. Bradley Mc Gawan, the 29 year old who was shot multiple times on Chisel Street a week ago, has died. Mc Gawan passed away at hospital on February 3.