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Personal bests for Fahie, Hill in Carifta Games 100m

April 7, 2015 by bvioc

By BVIAA

L’Tisha “Bella” Fahie, 2nd left, runs 11.85 seconds in the U18 Girls 100m semifinals a time she matched in the final for a personal best. L-R: Shaeil English, Jamaica, Fahie, Nia Jack, U.S. Virgin Islands and Jessie Zali, Martiniqu. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

L’Tisha “Bella” Fahie and Taylor Hill’s personal bests 100m performances highlighted the first full day of action in the 44th Carifta Games with a historical flair in the twin island federation of St. Kitts-Nevis.

Aided by a +2.7 meters per second wind, Fahie advanced to her first Carifta Games U18 Girls final when she ran 11.85 seconds to grab one of the two automatic spots on offer in the second of three heats in the semifinal competition. Fahie then placed sixth in the 100m final matching the time in the semis—but the wind was +1.3 mps, well below the legal limit of 2.0—chopping her best from 12.01, jumping to No. 8 on the territory’s All Time List.

The U20 Girls 100m race was historic in that it contained three athletes from the U.S. and British Virgin Islands who advanced to the final. Hill ran a personal best of 11.83 into a -0.1 wind to finish fourth in the second of two semifinal heats. U.S. Virgin Islands’ Quashira McIntosh automatically advanced to the final when she finished third in 11.88 seconds while the BVI’s Nelda Huggins was fourth in 11.98 and like Hill, advanced as being the two fastest losers.

Hill—who drew Lane 2 and had Huggins on her inside in Lane I with McIntosh on the outside corridor in Lane 8—ran the fastest of the three to place fifth in 11.86. Huggins—who has seven Carifta Games medals to her credit—was a well beaten sixth placer in 12.13—and did not stand on the podium for a 100m medal the first time since 2011. She also lost to Hill for the first time since 2010, with Hill’s 11.83 moving her to No. 7 on the All Time Listing. McIntosh was 0.01 back of Huggins in seventh, stopping the clock at 12.14.

The afternoon began with Arianna Hayde and Kala Penn competing in the U18 Girls Long Jump, where Hayde finished seventh with a leap of 5.17m while Penn was 10th after cutting the sand at 5.01m. As she wasn’t among the eight Long Jump finalists Hayde went straight to the Javelin Throw and settled for a best effort of 37.80m on her opening throw and fouled the others to finish ninth.

Sunday morning’s competition will find twin sisters Trevia and Tynelle Gumbs in the U20 Girls Shot Put and the U18 Girls quartet of Beyonce DeFreitas, Zacharia Frett, Penn and Fahie contesting the 4x100m prelims.

Akeem Bradshaw will see action in the Long Jump on Sunday afternoon. Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner and Jonel Lacey will run the finals of the U18 Girls 400m Intermediate Hurdles followed by Kyron McMaster in the U20 Boys equivalent. McMaster ran 54.43 seconds to advance on Saturday morning.

Phillip sisters to swim for BVI at 2015 Carifta Championships

April 2, 2015 by bvioc

By BVI Swim Federation

Phillip sisters, Elinah (L) and Amarah will be representing the VI in the 2015 Carifta Swimming Championships, April 4-7 in Barbados. Photo: Provided

Youth Olympian, Amarah Phillip will be joined by her sister and fellow Commonwealth Games, World Short Course Championships participant, Elinah Phillip, as part of team BVI at the 2015 CARIFTA Swimming Championships.

The two member team will travel to Barbados for the 30th edition of the event which is held under the auspices of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), and takes place April 4 – 7 at the Barbados Aquatic Centre.

Elinah Philip, in the Girl 13 – 14 age group, is a multiple CARIFTA medalist and record holder; she will be looking to return to the podium in this year’s championship.

Elinah’s older sister, Amarah, is a butterfly specialist and is in the second year of the 15-17 age group. After a solid performance in the 15-17 age group last year she, too, is hoping to stand on the podium at the championships in 2015.

The CARIFTA Team travelling to Barbados will include President of the BVISF, Elsworth Phillip, as delegation head and National Coach, Coach Kevin Pickard, Team Manager/Chaperone, and BVISF General Secretary, Tracy Bradshaw.

Filed Under: Swimming Tagged With: 2015 Carifta Swimming Championships, Amarah Phillip, Elinah Phillip

VI to send squad of 13 to 2015 Carifta Games

March 31, 2015 by bvioc

By BVIAA

Home based BVI Carifta Games athletes along with officials, BVI Athletics Association Executive Committee members and BVI Olympic Committee President, Ephraim Penn. Five athletes will join those at home to make up the 13 for competition. Photo: BVIOC

A squad of 13 — including 11 females — will participate in the 44th annual Carifta Games to be held at Silver Jubilee Stadium in the twin islands federation of St, Kitts-Nevis from April 3-6, 2015.

Considered one of the strongest teams ever assembled, the bulk of the squad— which doesn’t include any U18 Male athletes for the first time in years — is in the U20 division with 11 athletes, eight of them female. Additionally, 11 of the 13 athletes have recorded a personal best performance this season with eight of the marks being a national record.

Athletes comprising the team with their season’s bests are:

U18 Girls: L’Tisha Fahie, 100/200m (12.01/25.19); Arianna Hayde, Long Jump, Javelin Throw (5.42m/39.59m); and Kala Penn, Long Jump, Triple Jump (5.58/11.47m).

U20 Girls: Tarikah Moses, 800m (2:12.46); Tynelle Gumbs, Javelin Throw, Discus Throw, and Shot Put (36.95/42.16/12.98}; Treivia Gumbs, Shot Put and Discus Throw (14.59/37.77m); Nelda Huggins, 100/200m (11.85/24.95 seconds); Taylor Hill, 100/200m (12.02/24.38 seconds); Jonel Lacey, 400m Hurdles (1:02:61); Deya Erickson, 100m Hurdles (14.09 seconds); Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner, 400m Hurdles (1:04.71).

U20 Boys: Akeem Bradshaw, Long Jump/Triple Jump (7.25/14.78m); Kyron McMaster, 400m Hurdles (51.83 seconds).

Four athletes who have competed at the Carifta Games before —two of them with individual medals— will be debuting in five different events. Moses, a 2013 U17 Girls 400m silver medalist who missed the event last year because of injuries, will contest the 800m. Warner —who won U17 Girls 800m bronze medals in 2012 and 2013 but missed the podium last year— will see action in the 400m Intermediate Hurdles along with Jonel Lacey, who ran the 100, 200m and 300m Hurdles before, but wasn’t on last year’s squad. It also marks the first time that the BVI will field female 400m Hurdlers.

Arianna Hayde, at 15 the team’s youngest member who established a National Jr. Record in making her Heptathlon debut last year, will compete in the Long Jump and Javelin Throw.

An U20 4×100 and 4x400m Relay squad has also been entered for the first time since the territory began participating in the event in 1976. Last year’s squad earned four bronze medals.

BVI Athletics Association General Secretary Delva Thomas will manage the team, which will be coached by Erwin “Reds” Telemaque, Winston Potter, Karene King and Bianca Dougan. Marie Lumley and Christine Jackson will provide medical services.

Filed Under: Athletics, BVI Olympic Committee Tagged With: 44th Carifta Games, Carifta 2015, Carifta Games

VI in on strategies to optimize World Anti-Doping Code practice at WADA Symposium

March 31, 2015 by bvioc

Director General of the WADA, David Howman speaks during the World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Photo: AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott

Ephraim Penn, representing the VI National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) attended the 11th edition of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) annual Symposium for Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) from March 24-26 in Lausanne, Switzerland. More than 470 anti-doping experts from regions across the world met for the largest annual gathering of anti-doping practitioners.

Representatives from International Sport Federations (IFs), NADOs, Regional Anti-Doping Organizations (RADOs), Major Games Organizers, WADA’s Athlete Committee and, for the first time, from WADA accredited laboratories and the media, discussed concrete ways and means of ‘Optimizing the Practice of the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code’ – the theme of this year’s Symposium.

This year’s edition of the Symposium provided participants with a number of new features. This included a full day of practical workshops and training sessions related to education, testing, intelligence and investigations, the Athlete Biological Passport, results management, therapeutic use exemptions, ADAMS, and other key areas of the fight for clean sport.

“This symposium is extremely helpful in terms of our on-the-ground activity in the Virgin Islands,” said Penn, is a RADO board member and also sits as president of the BVIOC. “We’ve been pursuing the anti-doping education of our athletes and support community since we were officially signed on as a NADO in 2012.

“Our Doping Control Officers have conducted in- and out-of competition testing of athletes representing the VI in athletics, squash, swimming, skiing, and power lifting as required by their respective international governing bodies. Now it’s time to focus on education beyond advising and testing athletes.”

A number of discussion panels on the first day addressed topics such as the influence of the athletes, their entourage and the media on the fight against doping in sport. These sessions provided participants with the opportunity to interact with the members of WADA’s Athlete Committee, as well as a number of high-profile whistleblowers and specialized reporters.

“What was discussed over the couple of days ties in well with our plans in the VI to expand our reach deeper into the community with value-based education,” said Penn.” We have put it in an application for a local project grant from UNESCO which will help with our efforts.”

“We have entered into a new era of anti-doping,” said WADA Director General David Howman, who delivered an introductory presentation on ADOs’ responsibility following the opening address of WADA Vice President, Rev. Dr. Makhenkesi A. Stofile. “With the new Code in place, the world anti-doping community has a renewed responsibility to preserve the integrity of sport. That was the purpose of this Symposium: to get into the details of ADOs’ responsibilities and provide them with additional tools to deliver our collective promise of protecting the rights of all those who reject doping. WADA looks forward to continuing to work with all of its stakeholders in the pursuit of this mission.”

Filed Under: BVI Olympic Committee, Regional Anti-Doping Organization Tagged With: BVI Olympic Committee, RADO, WADA, WADA Symposium

Youth sailors brave cold conditions at Spring Fling, Miami

March 31, 2015 by bvioc

By RBVIYC

Cold and gusty conditions prevailed during the 2015 Spring Fling regatta in Miami. Photo: Provided

A trio of BVI youth sailors brave chilly temperatures and gusty winds in Spring Fling regatta in Miami
Youth sailors, Rayne Duff, Nathan and Nicolas Haycraft traveled to Miami this past weekend to represent the BVI in the annual Spring Fling regatta hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club in Miami. The regatta is a major event in the US youth sailing calendar with participants travelling from around the country and overseas to take part.

In preparation for the windy conditions and greater fleet sizes, all three boys took part in a 2-day clinic before the regatta and focused on various drills and start line strategies.

During the weekend in Miami, the temperatures dropped to the low 60s and strong and gusty winds prevailed. Rayne and Nathan, sailing in the gold fleet, were able to hold their own over the course of the weekend with Rayne placing 6th overall and 2nd in Blue fleet, and Nathan placing 41st overall and 2nd in White fleet out of a total of 137 boats.

Nicolas ‘Nici’ Haycraft, competing in his first International event, found the conditions challenging on the first day of racing and was overpowered by the heavy winds but went on to record 14th and 15th place finishes out of a fleet of 53 boats on his second day.

Youth sailors are now preparing for the next big events on the race calendar, the BVI Dinghy Championships which take place May 15-16, the International Optimist Regatta from June 21-24 in St. Thomas, and the North American Optimist Championship (Optinam 2015) which takes place this year in Antigua on July 12-17.

“CYM/Intac” racing in the St Thomas International Regatta 2015. Photo: STIR/Dean Barnes

Closer to home, teenagers Jason Putley and Danny Petrovic joined “CYM/INTAC” as helm and crew respectively in the IC24 class at the St Thomas International Regatta and Sam Morrell sailed on “All In”.

12 races were completed during the 3-day race over the weeekend. On day one of racing on Friday the wind was 20 – 25 plus knots with lumpy seas which made it challenging racing for the IC24 fleet. “CYM/Intac” put in a good performance coming 4th out of a fleet of 20 boats and “All In” placed 13th.

Sailing conditions continued to improve as the weekend progressed with excellent winds for racing on Sunday with 10 – 15 knots of breeze.

Filed Under: Sailing

Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships back in BVI

March 31, 2015 by bvioc

Source: VINO

CBC Basketball Tournament 2014 BVI vs USVI. Photo: BVIOC

The BVI Basketball Federation will be hosting the 2015 Senior Men’s and Women’s Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships for the second consecutive year.

The BVI will be entering a Women’s team in the CBC tournament for the first time, as according to Keith ’88’ Malone, “The time is right.”

Malone also noted that the coaching staff is being assembled and the squad will include a lot of the girls who recently played in the St Thomas/St John’s Inter Scholastic Tournaments as well as Tamara and Tafar Phillips.

Other more experienced players are being encouraged to participate in what is expected to be a very tough baptism for the senior women’s team.

The 2015 CBC Championships for women will run from June 8 – 13, 2015 in Tortola, Virgin Islands and will have the participation of the national teams of Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and the US Virgin Islands.

The Men’s Championships will run from June 15 – 21, 2015. Participating national teams include Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Guyana, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and the US Virgin Islands.

Results of the Draw for the Women:
Group A: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, US Virgin Islands.

Group B: Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Guyana, Jamaica.

Results of the Draw for the Men:
Group A: Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, US Virgin Islands.

Group B: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Bermuda, Guyana, Suriname.

In the draw, the teams were divided into two groups that will play round-robins within the group. The top two teams from each group will qualify for a semi-final where the 1st place of Group A will play the second place of Group B and vice versa. The winners of the Semi-Finals will advance to the Finals.

At the last CBC Championship held in Tortola, BVI in 2014, the Bahamas won the Men’s Championship and Jamaica won the Women’s Championship. Both teams qualified for the 2014 Centrobasket Championship held in Mexico.

Filed Under: Basketball

Lettsome easily repeats as ESHS Inter-House Champion

March 30, 2015 by bvioc

By: BVIAA

Basketball player Joy Victor of Lettsome House, was one of a record six females clearing at least 1.50m in the High Jump, with, with Carlisle’s soon to be 13-year old Xiomara “Gia” Malone–who broke her sister Chantel Malone’s division record–clearing the bar at 1.56m, for No. 8 on the All Time List. Lettsome teammate Arianna Hayde, cleared 1.55m to tie for No. 9. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

After ending a 21-year title drought last year, Lettsome, House I, showed that it was no fluke by repeating as Elmore Stoutt High School Inter-house champions for the first time since 1978 and 1979 in the middle of their only 3-peat. It was their seventh overall title in the 44-year history of the competition.

Sitting in third place at the completion of 24 pre sports day events, Lettsome amassed 834½ points to comfortably win the competition unlike last year when they trailed Flemming by two points–696-694–entering the Long Jump and 4x200m Relays. Flemming, House 3, retained second place with 727. Carlisle, House 4 was third with 679½ with O’Neal, House 2 rounding out the competition with 639.

“This was so special, it wasn’t funny,” Lettsome House’s co-manager Nahasee Chalwell said. “They said it was a fluke (last year) but these kids just came out here and did their jobs. These kids have some big hearts–they even believed they could do things we thought they couldn’t do ourselves–and they did it. This was a great victory–a great victory.”

Chalwell said they knew they don’t do well in pre sports day competition, but, the fact that they were so close–24 points behind early leader Carlisle–they knew they would do better this time.

“We weren’t worried, because our strong point was on Day I, which proved why we came out victorious,” he said.

Lettsome’s athletes Arianna Hayde, Rackeel Jack, Johnta Charles and Nelda Huggins clamed four of the eight division titles at stake, with Hayde and Huggins tying for the Victrix Ludorum with 50 points respectively. Jack’s 48 points gave him the Victor Ludorum.

Notable performances
Jack fended off O’Neal’s Joshua Hill and Carlisle’s Chaz Fahie in the meet’s most exciting race–the U15 Boys 800m to win by 0.03 seconds–2:11.48-2:11.51 with Fahie 0.01 back in 2:11.52.

After an U13 Girls 100m personal best of 13.16 seconds, Flemming’s Zara Brown overhauled Carlisle’s Xiomara Malone to win the 200m by 0.05 seconds–26.81-26.86–a personal best for both.

With Malone taking the High Jump after clearing 1.56m prior to the 2-day competition–the eight best jump all time by a female–the 15 and Under Girls saw stiff competition over the bar. Hayde improved her best from 1.45m to 1.55, with the O’Neal pair of Z’Niah Huthinson and Takara Scatliffe clearing 1.50. Basketball player Joy Victor of Lettsome also cleared 1.50m in the 17 and Under Girls division and Flemming’s Ashley Penn did the same in the 20 and Under Girls class–the first time in the 44-year history of the competition that six females had cleared at least 1.50m.

Akeem Bradshaw of Carlisle House opened his 2015 Triple Jump campaign with a leap of 14.78m.

O’Neal House’s Beyonce DeFreitas, 14, turned in 100 and 200m personal best of 12.43 and 24.85 seconds respectively in securing an U15 Girls double.

Lettsome House’s Javelyn Frett had a huge personal best for a National Scholastic Javelin Throw Record of 37.05m (121’6¾”) improving her best of 26.74m from 2012 for the No. 2 mark on the All Time List.

O’Neal’s Kala Penn had Long and Triple Jumps of 5.40/11.47m respectively for her field double.

Division Awards
13 & Under Girls: Xiomara Malone, Carlisle House 4, 46 points.

13 & Under Boys: Jomoi Levons, Carlisle House 4, – 44.

15 & Under Girls: Arianna Hayde, Lettsome House 1, 50.

15 & Under Boys: Rackeel Jack, Lettsome House 1, 48 points

17 & Under Girls: Kala Penn, O’Neal House 2, & Kelsha Fortune, Flemming House 3, 46.

17& Under Boys: Johnta Charles, Lettsome House 1, 36.

20 & Under Girls: Nelda Huggins, Lettsome House 1, 50 points.

20 & Under Boys: Akeem Bradshaw, Carlisle House 4, 46.

Victor Ludorum: Rackeel Jack, Lettsome House, 48 points.

Victrix:  Nelda Huggins, Lettsome House & Arianna Hayde, Lettsome House 1, 50.

Filed Under: Athletics

Stoby’s record tour continues in Blenheim Trust 5K Race

March 30, 2015 by bvioc

By BVIAA

54 participants spring off during Saturday’s Blenheim Trust 5K race in Carrot Bay. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Fresh off winning the Dive BVI 5K Series on the outer island of Virgin Gorda a week earlier with a course, Reuben Stoby made the field of 54 know his intentions from the first step as he sprinted away from the pack, in Saturday’s Blenheim Trust 5K tour stop in Carrot Bay.

Stoby led from start to finish, meandering his way through the winding streets of the scenic north coast seaside village on the looped course that had an incline going and coming, to win in 17 minutes and 41 seconds for the fastest time recorded on the route.

Tarique Moses and Julius Farlery followed in 18:14 and 19:35 respectively.

Stoby revealed that his plan developed two weeks ago was simple—go hard from the start—as he had the benefit of training on the course a few mornings.

“I didn’t think that a lot of people might want to start out so quickly and that is something I’ve been working on—my start—trying to go out fast and find a decent rhythm somewhere in the middle of the race,” Stoby explained. “I’m glad I was able to keep up to the plan but it wasn’t easy knowing that Moses could be a threat.”

Moses said it was a good race but Stoby’s early move caught him by surprise. “I didn’t think he would have gone out so hard and hold that pace,” Moses said. “When I started closing on him on the hill (returnning), he kept looking back at me. Every time he saw I was gaining ground on him, he would pick it up, then relax. He actually got me on the hill and from there he won the race. But, I’m going to work harder—I’m coming back for him—he’ll see me again.”

Race director Kay Reddy said Stoby’s time was amazing. She said even though the course is flat, going and coming, Sugar Mill Hill is high enough to put lactic acid in one’s legs—coupled with the wind and a little bit of early morning heat. “It’s not the easiest course of the series and it’s an absolute incredible time,” she said. “If he can do that on this course, I can see the time coming down even further.”

For the first time in series history, there was a kids short course in which Charlie Potgeiter edged Sebbie Morgan.

Final results:

Men: 1. Reuben Stoby, 17 minutes and 41 seconds. 2. Tarique Moses, 18:14. 3. Julius Farley, 19:35. 4. Ravindra Sukha, 20:03. 5. Zebalon McLean, 20:52. 6. Paul Hubbard, 20:56. 7. Dan Mitchell, 21:48. 8. Russell Crumpler, 22:16. 9. Derek Pettigrew, 22:24. 10. Adrian Dale, 22:46. 11. Jonathan Barnard, 23:14. 12. Charles Kerins, 23:20. 13. David Pettigrew, 24:30. 14. Julien Johnson, 25:18. 15. Claudius Rhymer, 25:56. 16. Rory Lynch, 25:56. 17. Sam Potgieter, 26:25. 18. Stephen Bridson, 27:09. 19. Andre Kartick, 28:48. 20. Chris Potgieter, 29:22. 21. Howard Moore, 30:00. 22. Richard Morgan, 31:20. 23. Stephen Beard, 32:45. 24. Bill Kinkead, 35:52. 25. Shane & Paddy Donovan, 41:44. 26. TJ Torres, 43:25. 27. Barry Leon, 43:31.

Women: 1. Katrina Crumpler, 21:04. 2. Rosmond Johnson, 22:06. 3. Melissa Brunner, 23:25. 4. Jenny McIvor, 23:26. 5. NiMade Oniasih, 23:50. 6. Claire-Louise Whiley, 23:58. 7. Anna Kinkead, 24:38. 8. Juliane Potgieter, 24:58. 9. Kay Reddy, 25:14. 10. Eva Askuly, 27:05. 11. Lisa Bridson, 27:36. 12. Natasha Ruscheinski, 27:48. 13. Jenny Dobbie, 27:52. 14. Shariesma Maduro, 29:31. 15. Barbara O’Neal, 29:44. 16. Candy Holdt, 30:17. 17. Karen Birr, 30:58. 18. Ghislaine Hoogendijk, 31:01. 19. Jude Holmes, 31:28. 20. Sabinah Clement, 43:31. 21. Mai Canlas, 43:46. Sophia Addis, no time.

Youth course: 1. Charlie Potgeiter, 10:41. 2. Sebbie Morgan, 10:42. 3. Tom Bridson, 11:09. 4. Xavier Morgan, 12:36. 5. Joey Potgieter.

Walkers: Sophie Bennett, Linda Li, 45:00.

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Blenheim Trust 5K Race, Reuben Stoby

BVI bows out of World Cup 2018 qualifiers

March 30, 2015 by bvioc

By BVIFA

BVI in possession of the ball in first round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers vs Dominica but bows out 2-3. Photo: BVIFA

Needing to win by two clear goals after losing the “home” leg to Dominica, 3-2, the BVI were held goalless in the away leg at Windsor Park, Roseau, of the first round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers and bowed out of the competition on Sunday evening.

The BVI started brightly and took full advantage of the space offered by the Dominica side that preferred to sit back and wait out the opening exchanges.

With a revamped line including switching James Shearman to right back and inserting Trevor Peters out wide on the right, the hosts were nearly made to pay for their hesitancy, firstly by Matthew Bell and then Karl Espley, who both saw half chances go begging.

Ever dangerous on the break, Dominica sounded alarm bells, with Julian Wade going close and Daniel Barker producing a finger tip save of the match to keep BVI hopes alive.

Early in the second half, with the game still in the balance, Peters just failed to get a touch ahead of the last defender, with the goal beckoning. Andy Davis also saw a shot scream just wide and Epsley also saw his effort go wide.

However, with the hosts now introducing Randolph Peltier, much to the crowds delight, the BVI were pushed back and thankful for more fine saves from Barker including a couple of one on ones with Peltier, a diving block to deny Wade and also another fine save from Sidney Lockhart.

On the night, a stalemate was a fair result and represented a tremendous performance from the BVI team. Coach Avondale Williams, whilst regretting the defensive errors that cost his team dear in the first leg, noted that he was proud of his team.

“It was very difficult to break down their defense but we battled hard, created a few good chances, but were unable to convert them,” said Williams. “Daniel Barker was very impressive and kept us in the game, especially as we pushed forward in the latter stages of the game. To go out of the competition is a bitter pill to swallow, but with the performance I believe we are on the right track to only get better and better as a team.”

Dominica’s Coach, Shane Marshall commented that his team grew into the game especially in the second half. “We started slowly, but in the second half began to knock the ball around, looked comfortable and had many shots on goal,” said Marshall. “Before we play Canada, we have to go back to the drawing board and work on our first touches, our crosses and our finishing.”

Filed Under: Football Tagged With: BVI Football Association, BVI National Football Team, BVIFA, Russia 2018, World Cub 2018

BVI Football team loses first World Cup qualifier game to Dominica

March 27, 2015 by bvioc

By BVIFA

Eduard Moss opening the scoring for the BVI against Dominica in first leg of Round 1 World Cup Qualifier. Photo: BVIFA

The BVI Men’s National team went down 3-2, to Dominica on Thursday 26th March in the first leg of Round 1 of Qualifying for the World Cup 2018.

Dominating for large parts of the first half in front of a large, boisterous crowd, the BVI went ahead in the 42nd minute when Jordan Johnson played the perfect cross into the path of Eduard Moss, who finished superbly from just outside the box.

The lead, though, was short lived as right on the stroke of half time, Glenworth Elizee was on hand to volley home a loose ball following a long throw, which caught the BVI defense napping and an overhead kick from Julian Wade.

Jordan Johnson smashed home a volley from 20 yards out to restore the BVI’s advantage, ten minutes into the second half, but Mitchell Joseph equalized 14 minutes later, following a scintillating run by Randolph Peltier.

Peltier would go on to cause havoc down the Dominica left and then break the deadlock with less than ten minutes to go, steaming down the middle to outpace the BVI defense, round the goal keeper and slot home the game’s winner and give Dominica a 3-2 victory.

“It was a great finish, but I have to give it all to Jordan,” said Moss. “I didn’t have to break my stride at all and very happy to hit the back of the net

“Overall I’m not happy with my individual performance, but the boys played well and will put it all together for Sunday Night.”

The second leg will take place at 5pm on Sunday, at the same venue, with the BVI needing to win by at least two clear goals.

Dominica’s Coach, Shane Marshall noted, “The BVI team has changed completely and we suffered with poor touches early in the game, but we have a habit of beating the BVI. As long as we correct those mistakes we will win convincingly on Sunday.”

“It’s bitterly disappointing,” said Jordan Johnson. “It was good to score a goal, but that means nothing. All the boys believed we would get a positive result but we can pick ourselves up and I believe we have an opportunity still to progress to the next stage”

BVI Coach, Avondale Williams was pleased with the overall performance but concerned with fitness levels, “A lack of fitness came into play in the last 15 minutes and we didn’t have a strong bench to turn to. But we will go back to the drawing board and come back better on Sunday. I’m confident we will get the job done, come back revitalized, take our chances and come out victorious.”

Filed Under: Football Tagged With: BVI Football Team, Russia 2018, World Cub 2018

Personal bests for Fahie, Hill in Carifta Games 100m

Phillip sisters to swim for BVI at 2015 Carifta Championships

VI to send squad of 13 to 2015 Carifta Games

VI in on strategies to optimize World Anti-Doping Code practice at WADA Symposium

Youth sailors brave cold conditions at Spring Fling, Miami

Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships back in BVI

Lettsome easily repeats as ESHS Inter-House Champion

Stoby’s record tour continues in Blenheim Trust 5K Race

BVI bows out of World Cup 2018 qualifiers

BVI Football team loses first World Cup qualifier game to Dominica

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