Rugby Barbados World 7s (RBW7s) Tournament organisers have officially announced a donation of $10 225 BBD to the Barbados Cancer Society (BCS) as a result of the 2019 Gavin Clark Memorial RBW7s Charity Golf Tournament last month. The Charity Golf…
PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH WAS IN THE SENEGALESE CAPITAL, DAKAR, ON TUESDAY TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF PREPARATIONS FOR THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES (YOG) DAKAR 2022. The YOG in Dakar will be the first Olympic event on the African continent –…
Aquatics in Barbados is expected to get a boost in the coming months, when Coach Akeem Nurse returns from a 12-week training course at the University of Physical Education in Budapest, Hungary. Nurse recently received an Olympic Solidarity scholarship facilitated…
Rugby Barbados World 7s (RBW7s) Tournament Organisers have today officially launched the event to the public by announcing a range of exciting new partnerships, just three months out from the highly-anticipated opening kick-off. This year, the longest-running Club Rugby 7s…
Congratulations to Shane Brathwaite, gold medalist in the Men’s 110m Hurdles at the 2019 Pan Am Games. Brathwaite produced a season’s best 13.31 seconds with a legal wind of 1.8 metres per second in his race in Lima, Peru. Brathwaite won a bronze medal at the…
Olympic solidarity was at its height when officials from Nanyo City, Japan, paid a courtesy visit to the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) in Wildey, on Wednesday. A number of participating countries in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have been paired…
The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) recently hosted students of primary and secondary schools at its Wildey headquarters as part of the activities to commemorate Olympic Day. Olympic Day is celebrated annually around the world in June, to promote fitness,…
The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization Inc. (Caribbean RADO) to continue housing that agency’s operations at the BOA’s headquarters in Wildey, St. Michael. Caribbean RADO is the…
Olympic Week in Barbados was officially launched on Tuesday with a fun day for primary school students at the Barbados Olympic Inc. headquarters in Wildey, St. Michael. Here are some of the highlights:
Calling all National Federations! It’s time to sign up for the Olympic Day Inter-Federation Games Fair! This year, the BOA will be celebrating with a number of activities in recognition of Olympic Day 2019. This will include an Inter-Federation Games…
The candidature process for MEMOS XXIII (September 2019 – September 2020) is open. MEMOS is an International Executive Course in Sport Management. The objective is to provide sports managers with access to a training course of a higher education level…
The first-ever Concours de Dressage International (CDI) in Barbados’ history, was held at the Congo Road Equestrian Centre on April 25-26 2019. Roberta Foster and her Dutch mare, ‘Chichic’, had a big goal to accomplish at this prestigious competition and…
Cartan Tours Inc., doing business as Cartan Global, is pleased to announce it has been selected yet again to serve as an Authorized Ticket Reseller (ATR) for the Olympic Games. The 2020 Games in Tokyo will be Cartan’s eighteenth (18th)…
Peace was in the air last weekend when the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) and its partners, the U.S. Embassy, UNICEF, the National Sports Council, and the Barbados Lotteries hosted the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP)…
The Barbados Amateur Gymnastics Association (BAGA) is scheduled to host its eighth annual gymnastics competition – Barbados Gymnastics Invitational 2019. For the fourth consecutive year, we will be hosting the competition at Providence School, Francia Plantation, St. George on April…