Chapman misses out on bronze medal at CAC games

November 24, 2014 by
BVI's Joseph Chapman beat Cayman player, Cameron Stafford by 3 sets to 2 in Round of 16 squash at the Veracruz 2014 CAC Games. Photo: BVIOC

BVI’s Joseph Chapman beat Cayman player, Cameron Stafford by 3 sets to 2 in Round of 16 squash at the Veracruz 2014 CAC Games. Photo: BVIOC

BVI’s squash player, Joe Chapman played world ranked #12, Colombia’s Miguel Rodriquez in the quarter finals on Monday, November 24 to be defeated in four sets after a hard fight 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 11-1.

After just a brief recovery period, Chapman and Joseph Kneipp will play against Kevin Hannaway and Jules Snagg of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in Round 16 of the men’s doubles later this afternoon.

The Squash tournament for the XXII Central American Games Veracruz 2014 kicked off on Sunday, November 23 with Round of 32 when Michael Adamson played against Ricardo Teran of Venezuela in the Leyes de Reforma Venue of the city of Boca Del Rio.

Adamson lost in 4 sets 11-5, 11-4, 5-11 and 11-5 against Venezuela Ricardo Teran.

On Sunday evening, Joseph Chapman won his Round of 16 match against Cayman player, Cameron Stafford after losing the first two games in a five-set thriller: 6-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8.

The doubles and team matches will take place throughout the week and the Squash tournament will conclude on November 29.

NOC Assistant Brenda Diaz interviewed Joe Chapman shortly after his match against Stafford:

What was the turning point of the match?
I guess during the third game when I stopped thinking too much and I just started playing a little bit more.

How do you feel about your performance?
It’s really great to win, obviously, If I’d lost in the first round it would have been pretty disappointing. So now, I’m in the quarter finals and I’m competing to get into the medal rounds, so if I win the next match, then I’m in medal contention.

Who will you be playing against in the next round?
Tomorrow I will be playing Miguel Rodriguez from Colombia, he is ranked 12th in the world.

What do you think about your next opponent?
He [Miguel Rodriguez] is a great player, he has been on the tour for probably the last 10 years. He is a really mature player and that doesn’t make me nervous, it makes me a little more relaxed. I will probably be able to play a little better tomorrow than I did tonight.

 

Filed Under: Squash, Vera Cruz News

BVI athletes Tahesia Harrigan-Scott and Chantel Malone gear up for CAC Games

November 24, 2014 by
(l-r) Chantel Malone (long jump), Shaun Williams, physiotherapist, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott (100m), and coach, Winston Potter. Photo: BVIOC

(l-r) Chantel Malone (long jump), Shaun Williams, physiotherapist, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott (100m), and coach, Winston Potter. Photo: BVIOC

BVI’s track and field athletes, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott and Chantel Malone arrived Friday, November 21st in the city of Veracruz. The women are competing in the XXII Central American Games Veracruz 2014 in the 100m dash and long jump, respectively.

The two-times gold medal champion in the Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena de Indias 2006 and Mayaguez 2010, Tahesia Harrigan- Scott, is very excited to compete with the hope of becoming the 2014 gold medalist and three-times champion.

Harrigan-Scott qualified for the Veracruz 2014 100m finals with a time of 11.60 during the semi-finals which took place on Monday, November 24 at 12.00pm AST in the Olympic Stadium Heriberto Jara Corona in the city of Xalapa. The 100m finals will take place on Tuesday, November 25 at 4:40pm AST.

Chantel Malone recently had the best place finish by a BVI athlete in the history of the Commonwealth Games competition, which took place in Glasgow, Scotland. She finished fourth in the long jump of the XX edition of these games. Her long jump competition begins on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 2:00pm AST.

The rest of the Athletics team comprises coach, Winston Potter, and physiotherapist, Shaun Williams.

The athletes have been training twice a day in the Heriberto Jara Corona venue.

Training for the 22nd CAC games at the Heriberto Jara Corona venue. Photo: BVIOC

Training for the 22nd CAC games at the Heriberto Jara Corona venue. Photo: BVIOC

Filed Under: Athletics, BVI Olympic Committee, Vera Cruz News

USVI’s Degannes 3-peats as BVI Sunrise Half Marathon Champion

November 24, 2014 by

By BVIAA

USVI's Shane DeGannes, left, 3-peated as BVI Sunrise Half Marathon champion with Guy Williamson placing and 2007 champ Steven Asson, finishing third. Photo: Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway

USVI’s Shane DeGannes, left, 3-peated as BVI Sunrise Half Marathon champion with Guy Williamson placing and 2007 champ Steven Asson, finishing third. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

St. Thomas’ Shane DeGannes became the first 3-peat winner in the nine-year history of the Deloitte-Ogier BVI Sunrise Half Marathon on Saturday.

His counterpart Ruth Ann David who was trying to accomplish the same feat, inadvertently missed the ferry and was unable to defend her title in a race won by Katrina Crumpler.

As in the past, DeGannes ran unchallenged, leading from start to finish for an eight minute victory over Guy Williamson, navigating the looped winding course on Tortola’s south coast in 1 hour 21 minutes and 18 seconds—the fastest of his three victories.

Steven Asson—the 2007 champ—placed third behind Williamson’s 1:29.46 in 1:30.48.

“I’m happy with the performance, a little disappointed because I really wanted to go under 1:20, but 1:21, I can’t be mad at that because I was four minutes faster than last year,” DeGannes noted. “I really wanted to do that 1:19. However, I’m on cloud nine right now. I’ve really worked hard towards this race in particular and I was very, very happy to pull off the 3-peat.”

For Williamson who had been focusing on other sports it was his first race of the year and said he was happy to get into the race, noting that DeGannes pushed a blistering pace.

“I always feel that if someone is willing to push a blistering pace early and put themselves on the line, fair play to Shane,” he said. “I wasn’t going to chase that. But Steve pushed a nice pace, which I felt was a good pace to stick with. And at about 10 miles, I felt like I could push a little bit harder and we had the Irish weather which was really nice and cooled things down.”

Prior to the race, Asson, the 2007 champ established a goal of placing in the top five. “I got into the first five and I believed in myself,” he stated afterwards. “But, I’m proud I placed in the first three and not the first five.”

Crumpler, who won the event for the first time, said the weather conditions were great. “Just a bit disappointed in the time,” she said. “The conditions were right but maybe the race two weeks ago (Diva Half Marathon in Puerto Rico) is still affecting me. It’s still a reasonable time so I’m still happy. It’s my fastest in the BVI.”

St. Thomas’ Joy Bryan Silva had her best showing placing second to Crumpler. “It was hard. It was windy. It was rainy but it was wonderful and I’ll come back,” she said. “It was awesome and I liked the rain—it was better for me—I’m not sure it was better for everybody else.”

Race founder Simon Cook who was away and missed the last six editions said the event has now turned into a professional race. “We started with 40 then and having about 140 today feels like a professional race,” he pointed out. “The organization was awesome. There are so many people out there at the water stops and supporting. It’s going to get bigger and bigger I think.”

Final Results

Men: 1. Shane DeGannes, 1 hour 21 minutes and 18 seconds. 2. Guy Williamson, 1:29:46. 3. Steven Asson, 1:30:48. 4. Julius Farley, 1:33:54. 5. Curwin Andrews, 1:34:46. 6. Ravindra Sukhu, 1:35:00. 7. Rondrigo Dos Santos, 1:37:57. 8. Mike Sheesley, 1:41:32. 9. Ciaran O’Shaughnessy, 1:42:24. 10. Vaughan Van Oudtshoorn, 1:43:30. 11. Aaron Gardner, 1:44:06. 12. Simon Cook, 1:46:02. 13. Richard Morgan, 1:47:43. 14. Russell Crumpler, 1:48:25. 15. Adrian Dale, 1:50:48. 16.  Shaun Reardon John, 1:52:02. 17. Gary Salter, 1:53:50. 18. Charles Kerins, 1:53:55. 19. Rafael Ubior Garces, 1:54:08. 20. Andy Vega, 1:54:08. 21. Janis Heibel, 1:56:06. 22. Daniel Mitchell, 1:56:27. 23. Ruairi Bourke, 1:56:57. 24. Manuel Lanzas, 1:58:18. 25. Paul Hubbard, 1:58:34. 26. Chris Conway, 2:00:28. 27. Ray Wearmouth, 2:01:55. 28. Shane Donovan, 2:05:33. 29. Tom Parish, 2:06:31. 30. Garfield Neita, 2:09:24. 31. Andrew Palmer, 2:12:34. 32. Willem Kerkvliet, 2:12:58. 33. Sandro Strunk, 2:13:02. 34. Gareth Watkins, 2:13:56.84. 35. Arun Keshap, 2:15:33. 36. Alejandro Alvarez, 2:16:07. 37. Jonathan McCarty, 2:19:57. 38. Edgar Luciano, 2:20:51. 39. Andrew Gillilano, 2:21:41. 40. Stuart Bruce, 2:22:00. 41. Jonathon Addo, 2:20:22. 42. Howard Moore, 2:27:13. 43. Jose Pabellon, 2:28:06. 44. Jim Cullimore, 2:34:32. 45. Stephen Beard, 2:39:47.

Female: 1. Katrina Crumpler, 1:38:02. 2. Joy Bryan-Silva, 1:45:20. 3. Clare-Louise Whiley, 1:46.16. 4. Rosmond Johnson, 1:50:48. 5. Nimade Oniasih, 1:53:59. 6. Richie Paul, 1:54:33. 7. Kay Reddy, 1:57:31. 8. Melissa Brunner, 1:58:27. 9. Jenny McIvor, 2:00:12. 10. Caitlin Goodman, 2:01:17. 11. Jana Ferguson, 2:01:59. 12. Natasha Ruscheinski, 2:02:18. 13. Rebecca Cook, 2:02:33. 14. Lauren Julien, 2:06:55. 15. Casey McNutt, 2:07:54. 16. Claudia Ferrari, 2:09:44. 17. Kerry-Ann Dos Santos, 2:11:52. 18. Morise Aviles, 2:13:46. 19. Alexandra Bartsch, 2:14:18. 20. Jill Malcolm, 2:19:51. 21. Latonia Garnett Stapleton, 2:20:03. 22. Laura Dore, 2:22:03. 23. Stephanie Wessels, 2:24:00. 24. Nicole Isaac, 2:24:18. 25. Candice Grant, 2:24:49. 26. Maxine Jones, 2:25:37. 27. Amy Campbell, 2:25:47. 28. Jeannette Lopez, 2:27:01. 29. Josie Barnes-Mastache, 2:27:10. 30. Monique Simon, 2:28:22. 31. Ghislaine Hoogendijk, 2:28:37. 32. Miriah Gonzalez, 2:28:51. 33. Clair Burke, 2:30:32. 34. Nadalet Diaz, 2:32:40. 35. Ita Quesada, 2:33:14. 36. Barbara O’Neal, 2:35:36. 37. Zulma Mendez, 2:37:06. 38. Janice Ramos Prado, 2:37:07. 39.  Millie Castro, 2:37:32. 40. Jenny McConnell, 2:45:19. 43.  41. Lisa Brown, 2:51:34. 42. Jill Farley, 2:52:17. 43. Amber Walker, 2:59.36.

Power Walkers:  1. Lisa Bridson, 2:45:34.  2. Louisa Blackmore, 3:14:19.

Teams: 1. Sensusational, 1:41:56. 2. Bitchalot, 1:55:27. 3. Jess Santos/Gillian Plaxton team, 2:03:57. 4. Dara Smith/Rhiannon Jones Team, 2:05:46. 5. Judy Haycraft/Katie Hendersen, 2:09:29. 6. Faster Than Snails, 2:17:32. 7. Deloitte Divas, 2:33:12.

Filed Under: Athletics

BVI Squash team ready for CAC action at Veracruz 2014

November 20, 2014 by
BVI Squash Team are welcomed to the Veracruz 2014 CAC Games in Mexico. Photo: BVIOC

BVI Squash Team are welcomed to the Veracruz 2014 CAC Games in Mexico. Photo: BVIOC

Two days after the opening ceremony of the XXII Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz 2014, on November 16, the Squash players, Michael Adamson, Joseph Chapman, and Joseph Kneipp arrived at the International Airport of the city of Veracruz. The Squash coach, Mark Chapman arrived on November 19.

The Squash players immediately began their training sessions the next morning. They have been doing training sessions twice a day in the Leyes de Reforma Venue where they will be competing in the city of Boca Del Rio, Veracruz.

The Squash Technical Meeting will take place on Saturday November 22, after which the official schedule will be published.

The Squash competition begins on November 23 and ends on the 29th. The athletes are pumped and are looking forward to competing!

Filed Under: BVI Olympic Committee, Squash, Vera Cruz News

USVI’s duo seeking BVI Sunrise Half Marathon 3-peat

November 20, 2014 by

By BVIAA

Two-times defending champ, Shane DeGannes, left, 2007 champ, Steven Asson, two-times defending champ, Ruth Ann David, and Katrina Crumpler will be among the top participants in Saturday's race. Photo: Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway

Two-times defending champ, Shane DeGannes, left, 2007 champ, Steven Asson, two-times defending champ, Ruth Ann David, and Katrina Crumpler will be among the top participants in Saturday’s race. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

St. Thomas’ leading distance runners Shane DeGannes and Ruth Ann David are seeking 3-peat victories in Saturday’s 9th Deloite-Ogier BVI Sunrise Half Marathon.

Organizers are expecting a record number of participants. Already, more than 20 runners from St. Thomas, 15 from Puerto Rico and another 10 from the USA, have signed up for Saturday’s event, which starts at 6:00 a.m. at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Grounds.

Final registration which costs $60, will take place on Friday afternoon from 5-7 p.m. at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Grounds. There’s no race day registration.

The 13.1 mile trek will take runners from the A. O. Shirley Recreation Grounds, up to Port Purcell Roundabout, down to Pockwood Pond and return to finish on the track.

DeGannes who organized the M2M 8 Miles run on St. Thomas last weekend, had the BVI race on his radar all year.

“I’ve been really focusing my training on the BVI Half,” DeGannes pointed out. “I’ve raced a lot of 5ks, 10ks and races in St. Croix that kind of hinders the training because of the different types or training, but the focus had been on the BVI race.”

After competing in last month’s Petit Bourg 10k in Guadeloupe where he had a better performance than a year ago, DeGannes used the race as a measuring stick. “I think I’m in a better position to run a faster time,” he said afterwards.

Among BVI participants, Steven Asson who won the race in 2007 returned to racing and won his first race in 2½ years after winning the last race of the Ceres 10k Series two weeks ago, said he’s planning on running. “I want to place in the first five—that’s my goal,” he said. “I’m not looking for first place. But once I get it I will take it – however I’m looking for the first five.”

David has come within 10 seconds of the women’s course record of 1 hour 34 minutes and 09 seconds. “My goal is to actually go under 1:30 again because I ran 1:29 five years ago,” she said. “It’s always a great race and I love running in the BVI.”

Top BVI runner Katrina Crumpler—fresh off finishing 4th in the Diva Half Marathon in Puerto Rico last week—and finished second behind David last year, is excited about the race. “I’m really looking forward to it,” she said. “It will also be good to have Ruth here—she a good runner and its good to have people out in front of you to follow. I’d like to go faster than 1:38 which I ran in the Diva race. But you never know until the day of the race so I’ll see what happens.”

Filed Under: Athletics

Ballstarz stay in the lead in Marlon Penn 9-a-side League

November 18, 2014 by

By BVIFA

Yasmin Ruffell-Smith scored the only goal of the game as the Ballstarz beat the U15 Girls 1-0. Photo: BVIFA

Yasmin Ruffell-Smith scored the only goal of the game as the Ballstarz beat the U15 Girls 1-0. Photo: BVIFA

Action in the Marlon Penn Women’s Nine a Side League, played at Greenlands in East End, Tortola, this past Sunday, November 16th, 2014, saw the Ballstarz hold off a concerted and tenacious challenge from the U15 Girls team to record a narrow 1-0 win and the Avengers salvage another draw, 1-1, having conceded the opening goal of the game to the Panthers.

That it took the more experienced Ballstarz well into the last 10 minutes of the game to unlock the well organized U15 Girls defense was ample warning that the next generation is coming up behind the more established players and is in no mood to be held back by established seniors.

The final blow was delivered by Yasmin Ruffell Smith with a well placed header in the 42 minute (games are 25 minute halves).

Marie Lumley opened the scoring for the Panthers in the 17th minute after a sustained period of pressure, but then her team relaxed and allowed Makayda Fahie of the Avengers to equalize just 5 minutes later.

Panthers had a chance to steal all three points in the last few minutes of the game, but were unable to beat goalkeeper, Brittany Peters.

League Table Marlon Penn Women’s Nine-a-Side

  Team PL WI DR LO PO GS GA GB
1 Ballstarz 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 +1
2 U15 Girls 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 +2
3 Avengers 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0
4 Panthers 2 0 1 1 1 1 4 -3

 

In Men’s action and in Group A, the Ballstarz maintained their 100% start to the new season with a 2-0 victory over the Panthers. Kevaughn Watson rounding out the scoring in the second half after Trevor Peters had scored in the 19th minute to make it 1-0 at the end of the first half.

League Table Marlon Penn Nine-a-Side Men’s League, Group A

  Team PL WI DR LO PO GS GA GB
1 Ballstarz 2 2 0 0 6 4 0 +4
2 VG Utd 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
3 panthers 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 -2
4 One Love 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2

 

Meanwhile in Group B, The Wolues bounced back from their loss in game one to beat the Rebels 2-1, condemning them to a second successive defeat of the campaign. Alex Fecora opened the scoring for the Wolues in the 23rd minute, before Howard Johnson leveled in the 26th.

The Wolues scored the winner through Marc Savage in the 40th minute.

League Table Marlon Penn Nine-a-Side Men’s League, Group B

  Team PL WI DR LO PO GS GA GB
1 Islanders 1 1 0 0 3 3 1 +2
2 Old Madrid 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 +1
3 Wolues 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 -1
4 Rebels 2 0 0 2 0 2 4 -2

 

The top team from each group will play in a Grand Final scheduled for January 2015, with the second placed teams competing for 3rd place.

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Crumpler, Creque, & Moses new champs of 2014 Highland Spring College Classic 5K

November 17, 2014 by

By: BVIAA

Khari Creque won his 4th straight overall tile but shared it with Tarique "Tweety" Moses while Kartina Crumpler won her first title. Photo: Dean "The Sprotsman" Greenaway

Khari Creque won his 4th straight overall tile but shared it with Tarique “Tweety” Moses while Kartina Crumpler won her first title. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Khari Creque and Katrina Crumpler, foiled Tarique “Tweety” and his sister Tarika “Tinker Bell” Moses’ quest to become the first brother and sister overall Highland Spring College Classic 5K Series champions in history at the conclusion of the 2014 edition on Saturday morning.

Tarique had beaten Creque who won the series opener in the last two races and a victory would have given him sole possession of the overall title and derailed Creque’s bid for a fourth successive crown.

Creque ran a controlled race, overhauled Tarique to win by 14 seconds in 11 minutes and 36.14 seconds, to grab a share of the title with his main rival.

“I just wanted to run faster than in my other races as my conditioning wasn’t all that good and for the past three weeks, I’ve been focusing on that so it felt pretty good running today,” Creque explained. “I tried to create some separation and keep the separation because I didn’t want to take the chance of a sprinting race coming home with him, so I had to keep the distance between us.”

With Crumpler winning the last race, Tarika the second and Samantha John the first, the title was up for grabs by any of the three females.

Crumpler — fresh off placing fourth in the Diva Half Marathon in Puerto Rico last weekend ahead of facing St. Thomas’ Ruth Ann David in the BVI Sunrise Half Marathon this weekend— held off Tarika’s late charge to win in 13:01.64 to Tarika’s 13:02.75.

“I was the third lady all the time up the incline to the turnaround and I didn’t think I was going to catch them,” Crumpler admitted. “It was only at the top of the hill I passed them. I was pretty convinced they were going to catch me on the way back because they have done in the past. I went down as hard as I could, didn’t look backwards and managed to stay ahead of them somehow.”

It was Crumpler’s first time competing in the series and says her focus is more on the longer races. “I’m quite surprised to win as I’ve never done these races before and it was nice to improve my time over the series,” she stated.

The Rotary Club of Tortola won the service clubs Cross Country division for the 10th successive year and eleven overall. Cedar Secondary pulled off a 3-peat while their parents returned to win the Community Partners division. Joyce Samuel Primary who made their debut this year, finished behind Althea Scatliffe Team I and ahead of Francis Lettsome.

Race Director Stephanie Russ Penn described the final race as excellent with great finishes.
“It started out being exciting not knowing who would be top male, top female and it was just great to see the usual excitement of the participants and persons going out there, pushing themselves and doing their best,” regardless, she pointed out. “It was a really great end to the 19th year of races at the college. Congratulations to all the winners and all who came out and supported the series on Tortola and Virgin Gorda.”

One Mile (Under 9)

Boys: 1. Jahnare Farrington, 7 minutes 16.53 seconds.  2. Sammy Potgieter, 7:23.84. 3. Delano Hodge, 7:46.38.  4. Johari Lacey, 7:51.31.  5. Luka Castellanos, 8:10.63.  6. Latriel Williams, 8:31.78.  7. Tom Bridson, 9:04.14.  Sebastian Morgan, 9:50.84.  9. Charlie Potgieter, 10:57.84.  10. Josiah Means, 11:19.13.  11.  Frank Carroll,  12:08.56.  12. Apollo Henry, 13:21.06. 13. Henry Clifton.  14. Nicholas Joseph.  Also participated: Rhonni Skelton

Girls: 1. Jahreema Farrington, 8:28.20.  2. Asia McMaster, 8:52.31.  3. Kenniqua Grate, 9:09.88.  4. Jackira King, 9:18.03.  5. Hannah Bridson, 11:17.70.  6. Kabrin Hull, 13:22.31.  7. KcKenzie Crabbe, 13:39.84.  8. Katherine Jones, 14:12.53.  9. Jasmine Santos, 14:15.63.  10. Felisity Means.

Two Mile

Men: 1. Khiry Creque, 11 minutes 36.14 seconds. 2 Tarique  Moses,  11:50.11.  3. Ravindra Sukhu, 12:22.11.  4. Steve Asson, 12:25.21.  5. Rackeel Jack, 12:31.04.  6. Julius Farley, 12:31.31.  7. Khoy Vanterpool, 12:48.21.  8. Joshua Hill, 12:50.28.  9. Chaz Fahie, 12:51.46.  10. Valique Graham, 12:52.21.  11.  Russell Crumpler, 13:46.28.  12. Richard Morgan, 14:11.96.  13. Ray Wearmouth, 14:42.43.  14. Shane Donovan, 14:46.96.  15. Ebenezer Joseph, 14:52.86.  16. Denzil Daniel, 15:38.50.  17. Claudius Rymer, 15:43.64. 18. Andrew Steel, 15:47.61. 19. Damian Creque, 16:33.14.  20. Sha’el Lavacia, 16:54.03.  21. Jaden Augustine, 17:05.53.  22. Diamante Gumbs, 17:09.53.  23. Steve Augustine, 17:10.53.  24. Malique Wattley, 17:19.03.  25. Jerry Thomas, 18:02.28.  26. Orville McMaster, 18:08.18.  27. Elvet Dore Sr., 18:14.14.  28. Howard Moore, 19:04.00.  29. Jim Cullimore, 19:19.39.  30. Terique Wattley, 19:30.25.  31. Djimon Gumbs, 19:48.75.  32. Stephen Beard, 20:32.93.  33. Vadley Sylvester, 21:39.03.  34. Lindell DeFrietas, 22;18.68.  35. Devanio Wheatley, 22:56.53.  36. William Kinkead, 24:04.20.  37. Louis Schwartz, 27:50.75.

Women: 1. Katrina Crumpler, 13 minutes 01.64 seconds. 2. Tarika Moses, 13:02.75.  3. Samantha John, 13:17.11.  4. Rosmond Johnson, 14:32.78.  5. Arianna Hayde, 15:18.68.  6. L’T’sha Fahie, 15:20.75.  7. Beyonce DeFreitas, 15:26.25.  8. Akada Charles, 15:27.28.  9. Sh’Kaida Lavacia, 15:27.81.  10. Anique Daniel, 15:31.28.  11. Akeela McMaster, 16:10.78. 12.  Judine Lacey, 16:15.31.  13. Darwn Peters, 16:33.71. 14. Clare-Louise Whiley, 17:07.75.  15. Laura Dore, 17:50.89.  16. Xiomara Malone, 18.04.78. 17. Barbara Pinnock-Smith, 18:25.25.  18. Jennie Dobbie, 18:26.03.  19. Izariah Frett, 19:22.21.  20. Shymmera Forbes, 20:05.39.  21.  Roslyn Gilbert, 21:23.96.  22. Lynelle Gumbs, 21:29.78.  23. Shirley Liburd, 22:41.28.  24. Sally Maloney, 23:51.25.  25. Tamika George, 27:50.75.  26. Kimberly Cordes, 31:20.56.  27. Rosetta Georges, 31:50.06.  28. Deborah James, 32:21.89.  29. Akia Thomas, 35:37.96.  30. Kassidy Penn, 35:56.28.  31. +Barbara Smith, 37:01.11.

Cross Country (Team Category)



Team Scoring Rules: The positions of the first five members of each team counts towards the scores in this category.  The positions of additional members of a team beyond the first five are not factored in. A minimum of 5 persons makes a full participating team.

Primary Schools Teams – Althea Scatliffe Primary (ASPS), Cedar School Primary (CS), Francis Lettsome Primary (FLPS), Joyce Samuel Primary (JSPS), Willard Wheatley (WWPS):

1. Derek Pettigrew (CS-1) 13:43.99.  2. Ikyjah Williams (ASPS-2), 15:09.56.  3. Alisha Hayde (ASPS-1) 15:28.60.  4. Micah Stoutt (ASPS-1),  16:07.99.  5. Jahtivya Williams (ASPA-1), 16:10.77.  6. Alex Fountain  (CS-1), 16:32.06.  7. Jaleel Croal (ASPS-2), 16:38.85.  8. Shakquan King (ASPS-2), 16: 41.10. 9.  Jelani Croal (ASPS-2) 16:55.35.  10. Jaheem Gumbs (JSPS-1), 17:21.52.  11.  Kenyatha Grate  (ASPS-1), 17:43.06.  12. M’Khori Crabbe (JSPS-1) 17:52.45.  13. Vincent Huggins (JSPS), 17:57.35.  14. Jahshani Farrington (FLPS-1), 18:47.62.  15.  Abriel Magloire (ASPS-1), 19:00.70.  16. Deanna Campbell (ASPS-2), 19:23.85.  17. Carlyiek Benjamin, (ASPA-2), 19:33.25.  18. Gabriel Jermyn (CS-1), 20:06.35.  19. Johnibel Richards (FLPS-1), 20:19.85.  20. Ricky Haywood (FLPS-2), 20:51.70.  21. Deborah Roach (JSPS-1), 20:56.74.  22. Sanjay Henry (JSPS-1), 21:42.52.  23. Jahreem Farrington (JSPS-2), 22:23.20.  24. Kavon Wheatley (FLPS-1), 22:45.06.  25. Linessa Caesar (JSPS-1),  23:56.49.  26. Seon Lettsome (ASPS-2), 25:23.60.  27. DiaMonae Thomas (ASPS-2), 25:25.42.  28. Johanne Blok (CS-1), 25:50.60.  29. Gethain Jones (CS-2), 26:16.10.  30. Dalien Walters (WWPS), 27:12.87.  31. Caroline Hernandez (FLPS-1), 29:36.49.  32. Claire Mulley (WWPS), 29:46.35.

Points: 1. Joyce Samuel Primary Team-1, 55.  2. Francis Lettsome-1, 97.  3. Joyce Samuel Team-2, 100.  4. Willard Wheatley, 114.  5.  Althea Scatliffe-1, 28 (4 participants).  6. Althea Scatliffe-2, 47 (3 participants).  7. Francis Lettsome-2, 72 (3 participants).  8. Cedar School-1, 29 (2 participants).  7. Francis Lettsome Team-3 19 ( 1 participant).

Secondary Schools Team – Cedar School (CS):

1. Liam Blok (CS) 12:30.95. 2. Tallulah Kinkead (CS) 13:44.13.  3. Aria Creque (CS) 35:07.49. 4. John Pettigrew (CS), 38:26.77.

Points: 1. Cedar School.

Service Clubs – Rotaract Club (RC), Rotary of Road Town (RR), Rotary Sunrise of Road Town (RS), Rotary of Tortola, (RT), Interact (IC):

1. Michael Killourhy (RT), 12:50.85.  2. Derek Rawlings (RT), 3. Deshawn Douglas (IC), 14:34.99.  4.  Kelsha Fortune (IC) 15:27.45.  5. Stacy Wynter (RT), 16:25.49.  6. Ryan Geluk (RR) 17:17.81.  7. Ixora Williams (RT) 17:23.99.  8. Henry Creque (RT) 17:25.06.  9.  Gerald Farara (RT), 17:54.03.  10. Dennis Jennings (RR) 18:32.25.  11. Audley Maduro (RT) 18:36.03.  12. Selwyn Dawson (RC), 18:59.37.  13. Lorna Dawson (RT), 19:01.56.  14. Charles Cranes (RR) 19:25.70.  15. Sharonda Pickering (RC), 20:05.35.  16. John Shirley (RT), 21:26.74.  17. Tracia Smith (RR), 24:25.67.  18. Sharona Pickering (RC), 31:34.70.  19. Kezia Pickering (IC), 31:36.13.  20. Anthony Clark (RR), 31:39.62.  21. Lavina Liburd (RR), 34:32.37.

Scoring Rule (A female must be a part of the 5 members that count towards scoring.)

Points:  1. Rotary Club of Tortola, 23.  2.  Rotary Club of Road Town, 57.  3. Interact, 21 (3 participants).  4. Rotaract, 35 (3 participants).

Community Partners – Cedar School Parents/Teachers (CSPT), H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), Joyce Samuel Parents (JSPT), Montessori Parents (MP), BVI Red Cross (RC). Road Town Wholesale (RTW), Syntek Global (SG):

1. David Kinkead (CSPT) 13:02.03.  2. Dave Pettigrew (CSPT) 14:58.27.  3. Brian Jermyn CSPT) 15:22.92.  4. Carolina Pettigrew (CSPT), 15:52.13.  5. Rhiannon Jones (CSPT), 16:43.87.  6. Martin Cherry (HLSCC) 17:10.45.  7. Jessica Santos (CSPT) 17:19.13.  8. Anna Kinkead (CSPT), 17:24.42.  9. Barbara O’Neal (CSPT), 18:01.74.  10. Lisa Bridson (CSPT), 18:25.85.  11. Garfield Neita (MSPT), 18:39.13.  12. Leana Simon, (JSPT) 19:42.60.  13. Gary Salter (CSPT), 19:57.37.  14. Jenny McConnell (CSPT), 23:29.52.  15.  Orlandette Crabbe (JSPT), 30:17.92.  16. Onika Ramsanny (JSPT), 30:18.81.  17. Marian Blok (CSPT-2) 35:26.77.

Points: 1. Cedar School Parents/Teachers, 16.  2. Joyce Samuel Parents/Teachers, 27 (3 participants).  3.  H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, 5 (1 participant).  4. Montessori Parents/Teachers, 7 (1 participant).

Full Awards Results (Based on the three out of four races)



Overall Male: 1. Khiry Creque (4th consecutive) & Tarique Moses  2. Khoy Vanterpool

Overall Female: 1. Katrina Crumpler,  2. Tarika Moses.  3. Samantha John

One Mile Male: 1. Sam Potgieter.  2. Johari Lacey & Latriel Williams.  3. Josiah Means, Sebbie Morgan & Charlie Potgieter

One Mile Female:  1. Asia McMaster.  2. Kenniqua Grate.  3. Amia Wheatley & Z’Hara McLean

U11 Males: 1. Jaden Augustine
U11 Female: 1. Akeela McMaster.  2. Izariah Frett

U13 Male: 1. Devanio Wheatley. 2. Malike Romney.  3. Chad Willock & John Cullimore

U15 Male: 1. Rackeel Jack & Chaz Fahie. 2. Joshua Hill.  2. Malique Wattley

U15 Female: 1. Deyonce DeFrietas.  2. Akada Charles, 3. Arianna Hayde

U17 Male: 1. Khoy Vanterpool, 2. Valique Graham,  3. K’Cei Moses

U17 Female: 1. L’Tisha Fahie, 2. Sh’Kaida Lavacia

U20 Male: 1. Tarique Moses.  2. Andre Kartick. 3. Ebenezer Joseph

U20 Female: 1. Tarika Moses, 2. Kimberly Cordes

20-29 Males: 1. Khiry Creque,

20-29 Female: 1. Samantha John,  2. Natasha Rusheinski

30-39 Male: 1. Julius Farley,  2. Ravindra Sukhu,  3. Russell Crumpler

30-39 Female: 1. Katrina Crumpler, 2. Clare-Louise Whiley, 3. Jennie Dobbie

40-49 Male:  1. Stephen Beard,  2. Stephhen Gilbert,  3. Zebalon McLean

40-49 Female: 1. Rosmond Johnson, 2. Laura Dore.  3. Claire Burke & Roslyn Gilbert

50-59 Male: 1. Adrian Dale,  2. Howard Moore, 3. Elvet Dore Sr.

50-59 Female: 1. Kay Reddy,  2. Deborah James

60+ Male: 1. Jim Cullimore, 2. William Kinkead

60+ Female: 1. Shirley Liburd

Cross Country

Primary: 1. Althea Scatliffe Primary Teams 1,  2. Joyce Samuel Primary Team 1, 3. Francis Lettsome Primary Team 1

Secondary: 1: Cedar School

Service Club: 1. Rotary of Tortola (10th consecutive), 2. Rotary of Road Town, 3. Rotaract and Interact
Community

Partners: 1. Cedar Parents/Staff,  2. Joyce Samuel Parents/Staff,  3. HLSCC

Outstanding Male Primary: Derek Pettigrew (3rd consecutive)

Outstanding Female Primary: Alisha Hayde (2nd consecutive)

Outstanding Male Secondary: Liam Blok (2nd consecutive)

Outstanding Female Secondary: Tallulah Kinkead

Outstanding Male Service Club: Joash Victor

Outstanding Female Service Club: Kelsha Fortune

Outstanding Male Community Partners: Alston Hanley

Outstanding Female Community Partners: Anna Kinkead

Filed Under: Athletics

CACSO & Veracruz Organizing Committee welcome BVI to the 22nd CAC Games

November 14, 2014 by
BVIOC President, Ephraim Penn, and Chef de Mission, Veracruz 2014, Cleave Farrington at the flag raising ceremony for the 22nd CAC Games. Photo: Provided

BVIOC President, Ephraim Penn, and Chef de Mission, Veracruz 2014, Cleave Farrington at the flag raising ceremony for the 22nd CAC Games. Photo: Provided

The 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games’ welcome ceremony for the British Virgin Islands, held jointly with Aruba and Bahamas, took place on November 12, 2014 at the World Trade Center in Veracruz, Mexico.  BVI Olympic Committee President,  Ephraim Penn, and Chef de Mission for the games, Cleave Farrington were in attendance.

Speeches on behalf of the organizing committee of Veracruz were given by representative of the General Director of the Organizing Committee, Lic Carlos de Jesus Sosa Ahumada who welcomed the participating countries. Cleave Farrington spoke on behalf of the BVI and thanked Mr. Sosa Ahumada for his warm hospitality and wished the organisers success with the Games.

The BVI flag was raised following the speeches and signaled the closing of the welcome ceremony. Prior to closing, there was an exchange of gifts between BVI and Veracruz organizing committee.

 

Filed Under: Athletics, BVI Olympic Committee, Squash, Vera Cruz News Tagged With: , , , ,

Pond champions women’s football in the VI

November 13, 2014 by

By BVIFA

Sharlene Pond, 2nd from left, is determined to help women's football grow in the VI. Photo: Provided

Sharlene Pond, 2nd from left, is determined to help women’s football grow in the VI. Photo: Provided

When you drop a pebble into a pond, ripples spread out, changing all the water in the pool, which is never the same again. Listening to this week’s featured female footballer, Sharlene Pond leaves you with the same feeling that her determination to succeed, both on and off the field, has washed over you and brought about a positive change in your own mindset as well as clarity to perceptions of what can be achieved through hard work.

Her soft-spoken demeanor belies her fierce competitive nature. If you didn’t know who she was you’d never realize this slender, quiet, sincere, almost shy woman is one of the most dedicated, passionate players in local women’s football!

Her quickness, speed and will to succeed have earned Sharlene Pond the right to be called one of the best female athletes in the Territory.

Pond, though, is not just a formidable footballer, but also has found time to continue her education and combine her love for sports with a single minded determination to succeed in her career, which currently sees her working at Nagico Insurances as a marketing assistant and medical insurance administrator.

Moving from Enis Adams Primary School in 2003 to Elmore Stoutt High School, Pond’s slim build and amazing turn of speed saw her starring on the track.

“I was a Track & Field Athlete for about eight years,” said Pond. “I participated in both Inter-primary and Inter-House Track and Field and trained with the Top Notch Track Club while in high school.”

Pond graduated from ESHS in 2008 and spent two years at HLSCC where she was introduced to Football and was recruited by the British Virgin Islands Football Association in 2010.

Despite her new found love for “the beautiful game”, Pond, now a member of the highly successful and respected Ballstarz team continued her education and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Monroe College as a Bachelor of Business Administration/Management/Marketing Minor and still found time to represent the BVI at U20 and Senior levels.

She is currently combining an arduous work schedule with tough preparation for an upcoming Representative Woman’s Tournament in St Croix, but in typical demure style doesn’t even see the time consuming demands as her toughest challenge.

“I am doing a lot of physical fitness training,” said Pond. “Strengthening muscles and increasing endurance, but my biggest challenge is influencing other women in the BVI to play football. There are far more men than women in the world playing football. It’s the same in the BVI. Women players are outnumbered 3-1. Football is not a major sport in our culture like track & field, so the real challenge for me is doing my part to change that.”

Acknowledging her biggest break through so far as being given the opportunity to represent the BVI as a player for the BVI Women’s National teams, Pond also intends to give back to the game by becoming a coach. “In the sense of the game of Football, my ultimate goal would have to be coaching. I would love to be able to take my love and knowledge for the game another level, that of coaching. I have the ability to learn and understand the game and pass on my experience,” she said.

Pond, who follows Barcelona and Brazil as her favoured teams, notes the best advice she has been given: “Seize the opportunities that are given to you and make every moment count,” recounted Pond. “Giving up is never an option. I am passionate about football. Absolutely love it. I not only play the sport but I watch it as well.”

She undoubtedly will inspire future generations to play the game: “Football doesn’t take talent only. It takes passion and dedication. Both aspects you will need to be successful in life. Football builds not only good team working skills but character as well and teaches one to not only be self-responsible but also to have team reliability. Those I believe are great life skills that a lot of us are lacking.”

She also firmly believes the competitive edge to the game creates great friendships and enjoyable rivalries “Rivalries are there because of the competition, but it makes the game more interesting as well as growing you as an individual and producing friendships that last for life.”

With such focus, Pond has quickly become a leading light in the resurgence of the women’s game and it is perhaps no surprise that her time off island saw a marked drop in activity, but that her return has seen a marked increase in participation as well as a renewed belief that the women will be taken seriously by administrators, fans and sponsors alike.

Filed Under: Football

Record number pre-register for 9th Deloitte-Ogier BVI Sunrise Half Marathon

November 11, 2014 by

By BVIAA

Officials during the presentation of the 9th Deloite-Ogier BVI Sunrise Half Marathon. L-R: Race Director, Kay Reddy, Deloite Director Carlene Romney, BVIAA President, Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway, Ogier Partner, Ray Wearmouth, and race founder, Simon Cook. Photo: BVIAA

Officials during the presentation of the 9th Deloite-Ogier BVI Sunrise Half Marathon. L-R: Race Director, Kay Reddy, Deloite Director Carlene Romney, BVIAA President, Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway, Ogier Partner, Ray Wearmouth, and race founder, Simon Cook. Photo: Provided

A record number of persons have met early bird registration for the 9th Deloite-Ogier BVI Sunrise Half Marathon scheduled for November 22 officials revealed during a media briefing at the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports on Thursday.

“We’re very excited about this year’s race,” race director Kay Reddy, said. “The first race was nine years ago and Simon (Cook) with a lot of help from Deloite and Mark Chapman kicked it off and it was a bit of fun run along the coast but it has grown and grown. This year, Deolite and Ogier have increased the sponsorship and helped it to grow,” Reddy added.

“Another big addition to the race is we now have online registration which has become very exciting because at this stage, we have 72 persons registered—22 from Puerto Rico; 25 from the U.S. Virgin Islands and five from the USA,” she revealed nothing that the bulk of those preregistered are not from the BVI. “We expect the BVI runners will pop along their registration when they know they are fit and they are healthy to do it.”

Reddy said 150 persons are expected to toe the line at 6 a.m. on Nov 22 when the race starts at the Tortola Sports Club in Pasea, where it will also finish. Final registration will be held between 5-7 p.m. on Nov 21 at the Tortola Sports Club and costs $60.

Race founder Cook, who has been away from the territory for the last seven years, said he’s impressed with the 72 registered noting that the first race had about 40 participants.

“We didn’t have this sort of money that you guys have now,” he said of the $3000 provided by Deloite and Ogier. “It’s great to see and Kay has done a good job of promoting it and building the numbers. It’s a thankless task really and a lot of work, a lot of commitment so I praise her very highly. It’s great to see it’s still going strongly and I hope it carries on that way.”

Ray Wearmouth, a partner at Ogier said they are delighted to be involved in the event and partner with Deloite. Reflecting on the short history of the event, he said it has really grown from those 40 brave souls in 2005. He noted that in 2010 the OECS Half Marathon was staged in conjunction with the event as one of many highlights.

“We saw a packed international field and an ex Olympian came here and set the record of 1 hour, 07 minutes and 38 seconds, so from a sponsor’s perspective, it’s fantastic to be involved in the race,” said Ray.

“It really does reach the community. People come out and support the event but perhaps more importantly we have people that are taking on a Half Marathon for the first time. So we see people achieving some great personal things with their family supporting so it has become a wider event. A lot of commitment goes into this event and we are thankful to be involved and partner with Deloite and look forward to continuing our involvement in the future as the race develops and grows,” he said.

Carlene Romney, a director at Deloite, said they are delighted to be involved again and partner with Ogier.

“We look forward to having our visitors from Puerto Rico, the USVI and the USA and being in the forefront of sports tourism as has been noted, we think it’s a very important event for this activity,” Carlene said. “We look forward to sponsoring it in the years to come.”

 

Filed Under: Athletics
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