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First Ever School Competition for Santo Island

Following the successes of the Vanuatu Cricket Association’s (VCA) Outreach Programme this year, the population of Luganville of Vanuatu’s Santo Island last week witnessed the first ever Inter-schools Cricket Tournament.

One of Luganville’s popular resorts and restaurants, Deco Stop Lodge was the first business house to step in to sponsor the school tournament.

Owners of Deco Stop Lodge, Ben Healy and Kim Duncan are excited to be a part of the development of cricket in the northern region especially Luganville.

“We encourage other business houses to be involved with the development of cricket in SANMA Province as this will provide opportunities for young people to take up the game.”

The Inter-schools Cricket Tournament was run at Unity Park. Over 300 kids comprising eight (8) primary and secondary schools took part in the competition at Unity Park which started on Wednesday 22 June with ten (10) cricket matches played and will continue on this week.

The public in Luganville are invited to cheer the young cricket stars when the competition resumes and the finals are played this week.

The SANMA VCA Outreach Development Programme Office would like to convey its thank you to Deco Stop Lodge for it’s support and sponsorship. VCA would also like to acknowledge the European Union (EU) and the Australian Government through its Australian Sports Outreach Programme (ASOP) for its financial support towards VCA’s Outreach Programme.

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First Ever School Competition for Santo Island

One of Luganville's popular resorts and restaurants, Deco Stop Lodge was the first business house to step in to sponsor the school tournament. Owners of Deco Stop Lodge, Ben Healy and Kim Duncan are excited to be a part of the development of cricket in



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