Saint Lucia handed Antigua and Barbuda their first defeat of the 5th ECCB International Netball Series with a 45-33 win at the Tanteen Netball Court in St. George’s, Grenada.

Antigua and Barbuda had opened the tournament strongly, beating Anguilla 63-17, Montserrat 53-14, and Guyana 60-10, positioning themselves as early favourites.

The 10-team competition features all seven ECCB members – Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – alongside invited sides Barbados, the Cayman Islands, and Guyana.