Barbados and Pacific Oceania split the opening singles matches in their Davis Cup World Group II play-off tie at the National Tennis Centre in Wildey on Friday. National No.1 seed Darian King notched a 6-4, 6-0 win over Pacific Oceania’s number two seed Clement Mainguy. Local number two Kaipo Marshall was defeated by the visitor’s number one seed Colin Sinclair 6-2, 6-1. Yesterday’s singles were played under best-of-three sets rules …
The cricket fraternity turned out in its numbers on Wednesday at the Western Light Church of the Nazarene, Oxnards, St James to say farewell to former Barbados all-rounder Neil Maynard (Phillips) who passed away suddenly one day after Christmas last year at the age of 66. Maynard was a member of the champions Barbados Shell Shield team in which he played in all five matches under the captaincy of Carlisle …
It was extreme speed from Amani Mascoll-Beckles as he enjoyed a triple qualifying treat for the CARIFTA Games while there was also a triple jump of joy for Aaron Massiah on Sunday at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex. Mascoll-Beckles, a Lodge School sixth-former and Extreme Velocity sprinter, went under the qualifying mark with career-best times in both the 100 metres and 200 metres when the Athletics Association of Barbados staged …
Lodge Road duly completed an emphatic victory by 71 runs over Bathsheba to take home the champions’ title of the Barbados Cricket League’s 2022, two-day competition which climaxed at Lears, St George yesterday. Set a target of 220, Bathsheba, who conceded first innings lead and therefore had to win outright to capture the title, were dismissed for 148 in 41.3 overs, well inside the final hour. Lodge Road added four …
So Suave issued a serious warning to all comers to the Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup in March, with a compact two-and-a-half length debut win yesterday at the Garrison Savannah. The six-year-old bay horse, who is owned by Nalicia Cozier, won the feature Coolmore “Home of Champions” Stakes & Trophy over 1 800 metres before a packed crowd. The Jean-Marc Cozier trainee, who arrived on the island from Woodbine last …