Amelie Baker brought a celebratory ending to Team Barbados’ participation at the 35th CARIFTA Aquatic Championships with a bronze medal performance in the Open Water five-kilometre race yesterday morning at Carlisle Bay. The Open Water 5K was the final event on the Games’ schedule for this year and Baker’s third meant the hosts ended the competition with 42 medals. Competing in the girls’ 16-18 division, Baker finished her five laps …
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There is an unmistakable aura of excitement and expectancy among the members of the Barbados swim squad who will take to the pool during this weekend’s 35th Carifta Aquatics Championships which commence today at the Aquatic Centre. Twenty-four of the island’s best junior swimmers will endeavour to satisfy the home crowd’s desire for efficiency, entertainment and of course, medals at the four-day meet which concludes on Tuesday. Barbados concluded the …
The dynamic Chelsea Tuach progressed to the semi-finals of the Barbados Surf Pro QS 3000 yesterday after winning her heat in the round of 16 and quarter-finals at Bathsheba Beach, St Joseph. Tuach’s intimate knowledge of the Soup Bowl break has aided tremendously in her wave selection and general know-how as it relates to wave formation and the characteristics of the swell. In the round of 16, the 25-year-old former …
Barbados’ surf stars had a tough time in the Soup Bowl waters yesterday as the Diamonds International Barbados Surf Pro Qualifying Series 3 000 held its second day of competition at the Bathsheba Beach on St Joseph’s east coast. Caleb Rapson and Che Allan were the only local male surfers to advance from their Round of 64 heats in tough, two-to-three foot conditions during the World Surf League’s North American …