The dismantling of the light towers at the National Stadium is expected to take three days. The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation – CBC and a telecommunications provider also have to remove antennas from two of the towers. Work commenced at the Waterford, St Michael facility on Wednesday. It forced the relocation of several groups which are based there as part of the National Sports Council’s Summer Camp programme. Football and Boxing …
The Barbados Road Tennis Open Saturday night’s finals will see two perpetual opponents, Kim Holder and Sheldene Walrond, clashing again while the men’s battle for the $20 000 will see a new kid on the block, Shakeem Nurse, taking on No.1 Mark “Venom” Griffith. Those finalists were decided in four contrasting matches played on Tuesday night on a spanking new court in the Wildey Gymnasium with about 2 500 fans …
Several Barbadian athletes who competed at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, are back on home soil. They arrived home yesterday afternoon in two batches to little or no fanfare around 1:20 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. on Virgin Atlantic and British Airways flights. Members of the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA), including general manager Glyne Clarke and senior officer administrator Gail Craig-Archer were on hand to congratulate them. Competitors from athletics, …
Accompanied by pouring rain for the second time in just over three months, Gay Smith’s Hurricane made landfall at the historic Garrison Savannah around 5:43 p.m. on his way to annihilating his 11 rivals in the yesterday’s second jewel of the Barbados Triple Crown. The featured Midsummer Creole Classic over 1 800 metres saw Hurricane sent off as the 3-4 favourite and the three-year-old bay colt by Storm Arrow out …
Natasha Jones joined the professional ranks in body fitness competition after delivering the biggest win of her career on the opening day of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) bodybuilding and fitness championships at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre Friday night. Jones, who was third at the recent national championships, came in her best form and stunningly defeated Miss Barbados Dionne Thompson, twice on the night. The information technology coordinator …