Published 21 November 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Parsons Domino Club declared 2018 Constituency #7 Domino League champions
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 21, 2018 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — Parsons Domino Club from Parsons Ground in Constituency Number Six has created history by being the first club from outside Constituency Number Seven to be named champions in the 23-year history of the annual Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League competition.
While it is cause for celebration by Parsons, awarding of the championship was by default. Defending champions Lodge did not honour the repeat second match in the best of three finals as had been arbitrated by a four-person panel that had overturned the results of a disputed second match that Lodge had won in the early morning of Wednesday November 7 against Parsons.
The two teams had met in the first of best of three finals on Thursday 1st November where Parsons upset the defending champions by handing them a 13-11 beating. The second match was played on Tuesday November 6. It was indeed a tough match which ended in disarray at 12:16 Wednesday morning with Lodge winning 13-12, a result Parsons did not take well as they had disputed last game on table two that gave Lodge the win.
That disputed result tied the matches at 1-1. Parsons sent a protest note to the league’s coordinator who was forced to appoint a four-person arbitration panel which in its ruling to overturn results of the second match cited the fact that the referee overseeing table two where the dispute started admitted that he had made an error.
The second match was cancelled and the two teams were asked to go back with Parsons leading 1-0. The repeat second match was slated for Thursday November 15. While Parsons’ players showed up, coordinator of the league Calvin Farrell at 7:10 pm that same day received an undated handwritten note from the Captain of Lodge, Horatio Thomas indicating that his team had decided not to play.
“We the members of the Lodge Domino Team had a meeting and we came to one decision that your panel made a wrong decision in taking back the game from us, in which we won 13 games to 12 games,” said Captain Thomas in the letter that was seen by this media.
The captain further stated: “We are not satisfied of the panel overruling the referee’s decision in which the referee made. We the Lodge Domino Team made a decision that if the decision is not reverse (sic) this matter will have to reach further and the court will have to give the final decision to which we will accept.”
But in a letter sent to the Lodge Domino Team on Monday November 19, Coordinator Calvin Farrell said: “This letter serves to inform you that due (to) your no show for the finals game scheduled against Parsons Ground on Thursday November 15, 2018 your team have been awarded second place.”
In his letter, the league coordinator reminded the team of the fact that after the panel would have made the decision to overturn the game, “the panel spokesperson did ask all players present if anyone had anything to add or any issues and there was a mute response.”
With Parsons named the new champions, they will meet the winners of Best of the Rest, Molineux in a match dubbed ‘champion of champion’ on Thursday November 22 at the Lodge Community Centre in Lodge Project at 7:30 pm.
ENDS
Pix captions:
1: The victorious Parsons Domino Club in a picture taken on Thursday November 15 at the Lodge Community Centre after Lodge Domino Club players failed to turn up.
2: Molineux the 2018 Best of the Rest champions who will meet the overall 2018 Constituency Number 7 Domino League champions Parsons in ‘Champion of Champion’.
3: Constituency Number Seven Domino League coordinator Calvin Farrell.
