Buoyed by winning the silver medal at the inaugural Caribbean Games in Guadeloupe, Barbados’ Under-23 team netball coach Denise Alleyne is already planning to make the Bajan Gems a stronger and better unit for the future. “We achieved our greatest objective of medalling, but there are a number of areas such as strength and conditioning and preparations to deal with unexpected injuries. We had no idea what the court conditions …
Barbados has selected a strong Under-23 netball team to represent the country at the inaugural Caribbean Games slated to take place in Guadeloupe June 29 to July 3. The Under-23 Bajan Gems will be captained by Brianna Holder, who along with seven other members of the squad, have represented the senior Barbados team. Those players are vice-captain Akeena Stoute, Chiara Chase, Dei Padmore, Stephian Shepherd, Trishan Deanne, Vivica Addison and …
in Scotland GLASGOW – Final preparations for the first netball Test between World No. 13 Barbados and World No. 8 Scotland Thistles, starting at 2:30 p.m. (East Caribbean Time) today at the Emirates Arena, were disrupted after a COVID-19 scare over the past two days threatened to scuttle the entire tour. The Bajans Gems arrived in the Scottish capital last Thursday via Heathrow Airport in England and are using the …
GLASGOW – A confident Bajan Gems squad begin their tour of Scotland with a warm-up match against a Sirens Development Squad today at the Emirates Arena. Following three successive days of intense training at the Glasgow Club indoor court, head coach Margaret Cutting and her assistant Adrian Craigwell said they were pleased with the output and readiness of the players for the battles ahead. “After the initial concerns with the …
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