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
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Osborne’s challenge on International Women’s Day
Article by March 9, 2021
Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board member and Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) President Sandra Osborne has called on the “sporting community to take up this baton for the betterment of safe sport for all” in a message to mark International Women’s Day and Commonwealth Day.
Osborne was referencing the theme of International Women’s Day this year – “#ChooseToChallenge” – which she described as “a call to action to accelerate gender parity, by challenging gender bias and inequality, while celebrating the many achievements of women and girls”.
“We #ChooseToChallenge any action that undermines safe sport and the freedom for women and girls to participate in sport in a respectful, welcoming and equitable environment free from all forms of harrassment and abuse,” Osborne continued.