Top 8 Tournament director Damien Applewhaite says the recently concluded competition was a success. The tournament, which was hosted at the National Tennis Centre in Wildey, St Michael, ended just before Christmas Day and Gabrielle Leslie and Xavier Lawrence were crowned champions. Applewhaite, the Davis Cup captain, believes this competition plays a key role in providing a pathway for local tennis players. “I think it’s good because of the way …
Newly crowned champion jockey and leading apprentice Teshawn Hazelwood capped a superb off year with his first riding title when piloting home the favourite Joqular in the Boxing Day feature race on Monday at the Garrison Savannah. Owned by Darwin Clarke, the four-year bay filly went to the lead when the gates opened in the inaugural running of the Robert J. Bourque Boxing Day Stakes and Trophy over 1 570 …
Fire gutted an unoccupied house at Smith Road, Sargeant’s Village, Christ Church, on Tuesday morning. Residents said the former occupant moved out of the wooden house some time ago to live at a relative, and it had become an environmental hazard. Fire officials received the call at 10:19 a.m., and when they arrived, the structure was fully engulfed. Two water tenders from the nearby Worthing station responded and brought the …
Barbados’ track darling Sada Williams wants to hear her country’s National Anthem being played at next year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The record-breaking Commonwealth Games gold medallist in the women’s 400 metres in Birmingham, wants to improve on her bronze medal at the last World Championships in Eugene, Oregon when she clocked a new national time of 49.75 seconds. “A gold medal of course. That’s the major meet that …
Queen Sada Williams was fittingly crowned on Monday night when the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) staged its annual Awards Ceremony, honouring the nation’s top athletes at Hilton Barbados Resort. Williams, who won gold in the women’s 400 metres at the Commonwealth Games in a new meet and national record, was rewarded for that feat. In addition to being named Senior Female Athlete of the Year, she also received the International …