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 Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) has reached a major milestone as the clock strikes midnight on the Gold Coast, marking 500 days to go until Queensland, Australia Shares the Dream with the 70 nations and territories…
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…
Tamara Morris +61 400 658 429 tamara.morris@goldoc.com Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) has reached a major milestone as the clock strikes midnight on the Gold Coast, marking 500 days to go…
You could say Amanda Haywood has a thing for racket sports; she is a national badminton and squash player. Amanda, who began playing when she was seven years old, said she put equal effort into both sports and that her…
“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…
The Barbados Olympic Association, Inc. recently participated in Commonwealth Games Federation Meetings held in Edmonton, Alberta. The BOA was represented by President Steve Stoute, Secretary General Erskine Simmons and General Manager Glyne Clarke. BOA Director, Sandra Osborne was present in…
Steve Stoute, First Vice President of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization yesterday highlighted that CACSO, the second oldest regional sports organization in the world, celebrated its 90th anniversary during the month of October. The first edition of the…