1.UP CLOSE … with Rosemary Bastienne, retired head teacher
‘Teaching should not be seen as a job but a vocation’   By Marie-Anne Lepathy   Many teachers and past pupils will remember her as a very strict teacher and later head teacher who ensured that all the school rules ...»

Date:24 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

2.Government ready to step in to save local basketball
While it is the government’s policy not to be directly involved in the daily running of local sports, the recent fiasco involving the basketball federation has reached a point that the state will have to intervene as there is still ...»

Date:11 March 2020 | Category:Sport

3.Basketball
All hands on deck to try and salvage the 2020 season In a new attempt to try and save local basketball and to reintroduce it in 2020, the local sports authority, along with other partners, are hosting a special meeting ...»

Date:05 March 2020 | Category:Sport

4.Basketball: ‘Warm Up’ tournament
Premium Cobras, Beau Vallon Buccaneers, Anse Etoile Stars winners With local basketball still on lockdown pending investigations, the ‘Warm Up’ tournament organised to keep the sport alive went through its final stages over the weekend, deciding winners in each category. ...»

Date:03 March 2020 | Category:Sport

5.Basketball - ‘Warm Up’ tournament tips off today
Organised by the Premium Cobras and Beau Vallon Heat clubs, the ‘Warm-Up’ Tournament tips off today at the renovated Victoria Gymnasium. Teams are requested to be on time for their matches and the first game, a division two clash, between ...»

Date:22 February 2020 | Category:Sport

6.Regatta site at Beau Vallon
Société Seychelloise d’Investissement announces redevelopment plan   Vendors will be allowed to operate seven days a week   The area where many events including the Bazar Labrin take place at Beau Vallon has been the talk of the town and ...»

Date:05 February 2020 | Category:Domestic

7.First Special Olympics Pan African Games in Egypt
Seychellois athletes return with 18 medals   Seychellois Special Olympians received a rapturous welcome on Saturday morning on their return home from taking part in the inaugural Special Olympics Pan African Games in Cairo, Egypt with a count of 18 ...»

Date:04 February 2020 | Category:Sport

8.Japanese acupuncture clinic opens in Seychelles
Atsushi Medical Boardwalk, a new clinic from Japan, officially opened its doors earlier this week to offer its services to members of the local population. Atsushi Suzuki, doctor of acupuncture and owner of the clinic, told Seychelles NATION that among ...»

Date:24 January 2020 | Category:Health

9.‘The US embassy is proud to be part of community development’
Four non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been awarded grants totalling US $17,114 that will go towards the development of projects aimed towards the community. The grant comes from the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program funded by the US government which allocates ...»

Date:18 January 2020 | Category:Domestic

10.Basketball: Pro Basket Academy Weekend’s 3x3 tournament to revive local basketball
With basketball literally dead locally, some lovers of the sport are taking it upon themselves to keep the game alive through personal initiatives, precisely small tournaments, with the aim of welcoming more youngsters despite the ongoing fiasco. In line with ...»

Date:13 January 2020 | Category:Sport

11.Victoria Gymnasium fully functional following delayed renovation work
After a delay of over two years, the renovation works on the iconic Victoria Gymnasium have completed and the venue, including the sports facilities, administrative blocks, toilets, showers and lockers have already been handed over to the sporting federations who ...»

Date:10 January 2020 | Category:Domestic

12.Sports review 2019
Non-compliance, financial malpractices mar season   ● Impressive results away from home   The year 2019 will go down in the local sports’ history as a dark one, marred by deception, financial malpractices, non-compliance and last but not least, a ...»

Date:31 December 2019 | Category:Sport

13.Sport Awards of the Year 2019
Best coaches and officials selected   As it has been the case for the athletes, the various local sporting associations and federations have selected their best coaches and officials for the traditional Sports Awards ceremony set for January 31 at ...»

Date:27 December 2019 | Category:Sport

14.Sport Awards of the Year 2019
How legit is this year’s Sports Awards selection? With the curtains practically down on this year’s sporting season, except for football which has switched from a February-to-November schedule to an August–to-May calendar, the main interest is now the traditional Sports ...»

Date:19 December 2019 | Category:Sport

15.Setting goals for peak performance in sports
Now that we are approaching the end of the sporting season, coaches, trainers, managers, and athletes should set new goals for 2020. Without goals you are like a ship without a rudder – heading in no particular direction. Re-evaluate your ...»

Date:13 December 2019 | Category:Sport

16.Four more budgets approved
The National Assembly yesterday entered into its third day of cross-examinations of the 2020 budget, where it approved the sums allocated for the National Arts Council, National Sports Council, Agency for the Prevention of Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation and the ...»

Date:14 November 2019 | Category:National Assembly

17.Train young athletes to be resilient
Train our young athletes to be resilient in sports and in life. Who is a resilient athlete? A resilient person bounces back from defeat and disappointments. The skill is acquired through experience. For example baby sees something that he wants ...»

Date:09 November 2019 | Category:Domestic

18.Basketball: FIBA 3x3 U18 Africa Cups 2019
Who rules sports in the country?   Seychelles NATION has learned that the country will be represented at the first International Basketball Federation (Fiba) 3x3 Africa Cup for the under-18 which will take place in Kampala, Uganda from November 8-10. ...»

Date:07 November 2019 | Category:Sport

19.Eliminatoires du Basket-ball Africa League
Beau Vallon termine quatrième   Beau Vallon Heat a pris la quatrième place avec une petite victoire lors des éliminatoires du Basket-ball Africa League pour le compte du groupe F de la zone est. L’équipe entraînée par Roy Noël a ...»

Date:04 November 2019 | Category:Sport

20.Lekol segonder Beau Vallon i ranport konpetisyon konkour diskour kreol
Lekol segonder Beau Vallon i gran venker konpetisyon konkour diskour pour sa lannen par devan lekol segonder Belonie ki ti sorti dan dezyenm pozisyon, lekol segonder Mont Fleuri dan trwazyenm pozisyon e lekol segonder Pointe Larue ki ti fini dan ...»

Date:31 October 2019 | Category:Domestic