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Published 18 February 2025

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St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

SKNFA HOSTS CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP

In a bid to fulfill its capacity-building mandate, the St. Kitts Navy Football Association, the
SKNFA, hosted a customer service and communication training workshop on Saturday, February
1st at Football House. General Secretary of the SKNFA, Techell McLean, outlined the objectives
of the workshop. “To provide a better service to our customers both internally and externally, the
St. Kitts Nevis Football Association Council, headed by the President, Atiba Harris, has
embarked on capacity building when it comes to our staffing,” she said.

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Published 18 February 2025

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St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

SKN REFEREES SHARPENED AT PRE-SEASON SEMINAR

The skills of referees in St Kitts and Nevis were sharpened on the weekend of February 1st at the
2025 SKNFA Referees Preseason Seminar held at the National Bank Group of Companies
Technical Centre in St Peters. Head of the SKNFA Referee Department, Graeme Browne, spoke
to the objectives of the seminar. “The objective of this seminar is to bring everybody on one
page. We want to bring all the referees in the Federation because our (country) is unique. It’s
two islands, some in Nevis and some in St Kitts. So most times we have the sessions on Zoom,
but we feel that prior to the start of the 2025 football season, we wanted to bring everybody in
one room, one classroom setting, make sure that everybody have the same understanding and
interpretation of the law changes so that when we go on the we’re able to administer, carry out
our duties effectively but consistently,” he said.

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Published 18 February 2025

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St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

SKNFA HOSTS FIRST OF MANY CLUB DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

Over the weekend, the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association (SKNFA) launched the first of several club development workshops aimed at enhancing its member clubs. The inaugural session took place on Saturday, February 15, at Football House. Deputy General Secretary of the SKNFA, Jamir Claxton, shared the focus of the workshop, which centered on club licensing and the SKNFA member assistance grant.
“We’re going to be doing a number of workshops for clubs as part of the club development initiative. This one today, we are focusing on the club licensing program and also the member’s assistance program. So we are going through the club licensing and trying to help the clubs to become better at doing what is necessary to make sure they pass club licensing, because it is a requirement for the SKNFA,” he said. “Also, if they’re going to participate in regional or international competition, they must meet club licensing regulations.”

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Published 18 February 2025

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St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS U-20 WOMEN OFF TO CONCACAF QUALIFIERS IN NICARAGUA

The St. Kitts and Nevis National U-20 Women’s departed the Federation on the weekend to Nicaragua where they will be participating in the Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers. Coach of the team Earl Jones, said he is excited about this team, as it is a mixture of U-20 players and U-17 players, the latter who recently delivered exceptional performances in the Concacaf U-17 qualifiers.

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Published 18 February 2025

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St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

SKNFA SECURITY WORKSHOP RATED A SUCCESS

The SKNFA, in collaboration with Hand In Hand Security Services, the company responsible for providing security at SKNFA football competitions, hosted a security workshop on Saturday, February 15, at the SWMC Conference Room. Mark Handley, Head of Hand In Hand Security Services, outlined the objectives of the workshop. “It will help us deal and interact with persons who come to the football games, the searching of persons that will be coming to the games to make sure prohibited items will not enter the football complex that will harm people,” he said, noting that this is the second successive workshop having hosted one last year.

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