Monica Cumberbatch, a trailblazing administrator in hockey, took home the top honour earlier this week when the Barbados Olympic Association’s Gender Equality Commission hosted the 2026 Esther Maynard Icon Award Ceremony. Cumberbatch, who was also a 2025 finalist, was victorious…
Get ready to celebrate! This International Women’s Day, The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) and its Gender Equality Commission are thrilled to announce the three finalists for the prestigious 2026 Esther Maynard Icon Award: Annette Beckett, Monica Cumberbatch, and Roxanne…
A major step towards greater gender equality in sports leadership has been taken with the launch of the ‘Re-Presenting Female Leaders in Sport’ workshop. This pilot project, conceived and executed by Marsha Boyce, one of only 16 participants in the 2024-2025 Commonwealth Women Leaders…
Diana ‘Di’ Clarke, a stalwart in equestrian, is the recipient of the Barbados Olympic Association’s Gender Equality Commission’s 2025 Esther Maynard Icon Award. Nominated by the Barbados Equestrian Association, Clarke was recognised alongside fellow nominees Monica Cumberbatch, who the Barbados…
Barbadian female sports leaders, who are interested in becoming strong role models and catalysts for change to mentor the next generation of women in sport, are encouraged to apply for the 2024-25 Commonwealth Women’s Leadership Programme (CWLP). The Commonwealth Sport…
The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) has announced the renaming of its Women in Sport Commission to the Gender Equality Commission. President of the BOA, Sandra Osborne, said that the name change, which took effect last month, is in keeping…
The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. has announced that the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) will be celebrated this year in Barbados with a Zumba event that will be broadcasted live on CBC TV 8 on Saturday,…
Regionally renowned sports administrator, Kathy Harper Hall is the 2021 recipient of The Barbados Olympic Association Inc.’s (BOA) Women in Sport Icon of the Year Award. Harper-Hall received the award at a virtual ceremony held on Sunday in which tributes…
The significance of today, March 8, 2021, is twofold. The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. joins our friends in Sport here in Barbados and across the world in celebrating Commonwealth Day and International Women’s Day. These two celebrations have much in…
In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2020, the IOC has organised a Gender Equality Webinar Series, to be held on 15 & 16 March 2021, to showcase actions that sport organisations can take to increase the number of women…
In recent times there have been several international, and now local incidents that have challenged sporting values with regards to inclusion, diversity, and gender equality. The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. as a leader in sports development on the island thus…