Thea Beckles is accustomed to being in the water– swimming pool and open sea. She’s a swimmer; a skill, she said, that made playing water polo easy for her. “I’ve been playing water polo for a year. I came over…
Boxing and dancing– the two are worlds apart, but for Kimberley Gittens they are a part of her world. The 24-year-old was born to perform–and the reigning national boxing champion puts on a show every time she steps into the…
“Without hockey, I don’t know what I’d be doing right now.” Kyle Brathwaite began playing hockey when he was a student at the Combermere school, and now has his sights set on playing for the Barbados Men’s team, and being…
Romario Forde’s friend asked him to try weightlifting. He declined. Couple years later, his friend asked again. He obliged. And because of this friend’s persistence, Romario has now been lifting a little over three years. “I got introduced to the…
You say impossible, I say I’m possible. These are the words which Ria Greene lives by. Ria, who has been a judoka since she was five years old, said she fell in love with the sport after being introduced to…
BSA BOA Independence Squash Championship 2016 Thursday 24th November, Day One Results: Womens Qualifying 5:30 p.m – 6:00 p.m: Court 1 Amanda Haywood[2] Vs Sumairaa Suleman Score (11-4 11-3 11-5) Court 2 Jada Padmore Vs Chelsie Samuel[3/4] Score (12-10 10-12…
The Independence Orienteering championships was successfully completed Sunday November 20 at the Beach Games, Pirates Cove, Bridgetown. Results from the event are: Open Class: First Place – Kenroy Brathwaite Time: 31.09 minutes…
“I know it’s not going to be a cake-walk, but I am ready for Tokyo 2020.” And if Shae Martin gets his way, Barbados will be represented in Badminton at the next Olympics. Shae, who has been a Badminton player…
The first ever inter-island competition, the friendly invitational Barbados Independence Challenge Cup culminated successfully at the Pirates Cove, Bridgetown on November 19 and 20. Results: Men Individual Epee Gold Martin Jordan Barbados Silver Charly Gros-Dubois Martinique Bronze Linvor Ambo Dominica…
“Even though I’m not a born Barbadian, everything about me is Barbadian.” Rarely can anyone talk about squash in Barbados and the name Karen Meakins not come up–the two go in the same sentence. And had it not been for…
Badminton is not tennis. Or squash. In fact, the only similarity among the three is that they are all racket sports. These are a few of the misconceptions that Badminton player Tamisha Williams wants cleared up. Tamisha, who has been…
Martin Jordan was just playing around with friends one evening during a Fencing practice session that was being held at his school. He is now a fencer– all sport aside. Martin has been fencing for the past four years as…
Seeing the joy sailing brought his two brothers was what convinced Kwame Hinds to become a sailor. His brothers were in the Barbados Yachting Association's sailing programme, but Kwame, who was around 9 years old at the time, was too…
They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree; for Holly Trew this has proven to be true. Sailing sails through her blood-her father Chris Trew is a prolific sailor, so is her sister Georgina. In fact, it is…
Anthonette Riley was given an ultimatum-athletics or table-tennis. She chose the latter. And according to her, it was the best decision she ever made. “If I’m not playing table-tennis, I feel as though a part of me is missing,” she…