GLASGOW – A confident Bajan Gems squad begin their tour of Scotland with a warm-up match against a Sirens Development Squad today at the Emirates Arena. Following three successive days of intense training at the Glasgow Club indoor court, head coach Margaret Cutting and her assistant Adrian Craigwell said they were pleased with the output and readiness of the players for the battles ahead. “After the initial concerns with the …
The Bajan Gems landed in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday morning after nine and a half hours of flying, with coach Margaret Cutting immediately taking steps to prepare for the upcoming two netball tests against their hosts. After leaving the comfort of 28-degree temperatures in Barbados, the Gems reached Scotland to contend with a temperature of 5 degrees and a four-hour time difference. The coaching staff of Cutting, Adrian Craigwell and Desmond …
Kevon Lucas has been appointed captain of the Barbados Under-20 national football team ahead of their first match in the Concacaf Qualifers tonight at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The 17-year-old Graydon Sealy student, a midfielder for local club United Stars Alliance, will wear the armband in debut for Barbados versus Bermuda. The kickoff is 7 p.m. Barbados time. Lucas told Nation Online he was …
History could be created around 4:30 p.m. today at the Garrison Savannah when People’s Champ aims to become the first horse in 12 years to win the local Triple Crown. People’s Champ, who is co-owned by the Kids Syndicate and Trinidadian Stephan Narinesingh, is the overwhelming favourite to log his third successive win and land the 82nd edition of the prestigious Barbados Derby, which will be contested over 2 000 …
Former Frederick Smith Secondary School student Cadejah Arthur will fulfil her dream of being a jockey when she mounts Shakedemupnoble in the fourth race today on Barbados Derby Day at the historic Garrison Savannah. The 27-year-old mother of a nine-year-old boy said she always dreamt of being a jockey. “I have a cousin who is a jockey and I would watch him exercising and riding the horses. When I expressed …