(St. Lucia Times) – Saint Lucia’s Piton Sparks repeated as third-place finishers at the fifth Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) International Netball Series. The team closed out its campaign with wins over Grenada and the Cayman Islands, and a loss to hosts Grenada, who handed defending champions St Vincent & the Grenadines their first defeat on Sunday night.
The narrow win for Grenada, 64-63, boosted them to second place, ahead of Saint Lucia. Vincy Jewels retained the Gloria Ballantyne Trophy as the top team among Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States member countries.
SVG had previously beaten Saint Lucia. Each of the top three teams lost just once amongst their OECS peers, and the standings came down to goal difference.
The Sparks closed out their campaign at the Tanteen Netball Facility in St George’s with a victory over guest team the Cayman Islands, who had been having an impressive run in the competition up to that point. On Sunday morning, they lost to regional powerhouses Barbados, 62-39.
