SVG improves world netball ranking

By Admin. Updated 12:21 p.m., Saturday, April 16, 2022, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).

Team SVG – Photo: Caribbean Netball Association

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is now in the top twenty teams in the latest World Netball rankings.

In January 2022, St. Vincent and the Grenadines ranked number 21, globally. Now, in April 2022, St. Vincent and the Grenadines has moved up one point to number 20 in the global rankings.

Just above St. Vincent and the Grenadines in ranking is Grenada at number 19, and St. Lucia is just below St. Vincent and the Grenadines at number 21, according to netball.sport.

In February 2022, One News St. Vincent reported that St. Vincent and the Grenadines netballers won the second International OECS/ECCB Netball Series.

The tournament was held at Windsor Park in the Commonwealth of Dominica from February 12 to 18, 2022.

In the final match held on Friday, February 18, team St. Vincent outplayed team St. Lucia 39 goals to 17.

According to results published by the Caribbean Netball Association, the scorers for St. Vincent in Friday’s final were Mary-Ann Frederick who scored 32 goals, Shellisa Davis who scored 5 goals, and Zanique Vincent who scored two goals.

In the final results of the championship, St Vincent and the Grenadines emerged the overall winners. Second place went to St. Lucia, third place to Antigua and Barbuda, fourth place to the Commonwealth of Dominica, and fifth place to St. Kitts and Nevis.

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