After an impressive 2022 football season, powerhouses Paradise are anticipating further growth in a full 2023 season in their nine teams and advanced qualification among their coaches. Those plans were outlined by outspoken president Adrian Donovan when the Dover Christ Church-based football club held an award ceremony on Sunday night for their outstanding players who led Paradise to the UEFA Cup Under-19 Championship and second place in the Republic Cup. …
More than 30 upcoming cricketers on Friday were given great insight into making it on the world stage by a giant of the game, legendary West Indies fast bowler Joel “Big Bird” Garner. Garner, a former president of the Barbados Cricket Association and former captain of Barbados, was addressing the closing ceremony for the Line & Length Cric-Mechanics Academy at the Maurice King Complex in Brian Hall. More than 40 …
It could be a bitter battle for revenge when the Barbados Road Tennis Association (BRTA) stages the second edition of the Harris Paints Electing A Champion Junior beginning on January 14 and climaxing on January 21. The undisputed young champion Shakeem Nurse lost the first edition in a shocker to Tyrease Holder in a one-game clash on January 21 last year and Nurse will be eager to avenge his sole …
The new executive of the Barbados Netball Association made a New Year call for all hands on deck in preparations for an expected hectic 2023 involving the CAC Games in Panama City, June 23 to July 8 and the World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa from July 28 to August 6. Former head of the Barbados Association of Netball Umpires, Dr Carmeta Douglin, took up the reins of the …
Trainer Richard Deane landed a treble while six apprentices shared honours on yesterday’s opening day of the Barbados Turf Club’s first racing season entitled the New Year’s Raceday at the historic Garrison Savannah. Deane won with Indelible, Rightontime and Prominent while apprentice jockeys won six of the day’s eight races. Rachaad Knights was the lone apprentice to record a brace, winning astride Storm Force and Scarface. However, it was Aaron …