St. Vincent and the Grenadines Rugby Union
There were seven players at the first game: Carver Alexander, Ernst De Freitas, Kelly Glass, Kirk Hobson-Garcia, Geoff Hyde, John Townend and Delon Williams, a local Rastafarian who later became known as "Speedy".[citation needed] After playing for two hours, the group retired to Villa Beach with a crate of beer, to re-hydrate (any excuse would do) and to soothe aching muscles in the sea.In addition, they were able to attract other good players, namely Derek Hadley who was visiting from Australia and Father Pope Faifal from Samoa, working with the Catholic mission.The local ranks were swelled by the contribution of Lorna "Turbo" Williams from Overland in the Carib community, Delia King from Calliaqua and Yvonne Bakker from Kingstown.[citation needed] They decided to call the team Amazona Guildingii after the rare and graceful Vincentian parrot, and selected the national colours of green, yellow and blue for their jerseys and shorts.And all of this from humble beginnings in January 1998 when the game of touch rugby was introduced into these islands on Sunday mornings at the Sion Hill Playing Field -all with the blessing of the National Sports Council.One would not like to single out individuals for praise as the whole team played magnificently on the day, but one person, Lorna "Turbo" Williams of Overland was an absolute star at scrum half.Others who deserve praise for ferocious tackling and fine ball handling skills include; Jackie de Freitas (prop), Delhia King (wing) from Biabou (who performed four citizens arrests during the match).Other members of the team who performed well were Maria Caluag (centre), Loretta Skrok (prop) and a couple of "ringers" who joined in on the day; Sarah from Sweden and Tracy from New Orleans.
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