Barbados is gearing up to scream "Welcome home!" to its most outstanding athletes for 2022.
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Director of Sport at the National Sports Council, Neil Murrell has been appointed chairman of the Anti-Doping Logic system administered by UNESCO. He will lead a team of global national anti-doping experts to facilitate improvement to the current system and the resulting report will be presented at the Conference of Parties general assembly next year. This is the first time a Barbadian has held this position on matters related to …
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by Bajan Reporter / March 31st, 2021
Regionally renowned sports administrator,
Kathy Harper Hall is the 2021 recipient of The Barbados Olympic Association Inc.’s (BOA) Women in Sport Icon of the Year Award. Harper-Hall received the award at a virtual ceremony held on Sunday in which tributes were paid by former broadcaster and long-term president of the Barbados Netball Association, Annette Beckett, Olympian, Akela Jones, Director of the National Sports Council, Neil Murrell, and sports icon, Esther Maynard.
In her opening remarks President of the BOA
Sandra Osborne Q.C. told the audience that “Sport remains one of the most powerful platforms for promoting not only women and girls but for empowering young people in general.” Of Harper-Hall, she remarked that the icon does not just represent a sports person but is also an enabler for positive change impacting the lives of persons in lasting positive ways “not only as a mother but as a mother figure, a teacher, an athlet