Governing Body for Olympic Sports in the BVI
The 26th Congress of the International Softball Federation was held in Cartagena, Colombia from 23rd to 25th October, 2013. There were sixty two countries represented. The British Virgin Islands delegation consisted of BVI Softball Association President, Neville Smith and Statistician, Arnold Lettsome.
Meetings of Commissions and Federations were held during the first two days and the Congress meeting was held on the final day. [Read more…]
A new executive body of the BVI Swim Federation, headed by Elsworth Phillip, National Swim Coach and co-founder of the Makos Swim Club, was elected Saturday, 30th November during the Federation’s Annual General Meeting at the headquarters of the BVI Olympic Committee. The other new members include Ross Munro, Vice-President, Grant Green, Treasurer, Tracy Bradshaw, General Secretary, and Eugenia O’Neal, Public Relations Officer. [Read more…]
By: Dean Greenaway
As a follow up to its inaugural Kiddies Athletics Camp held in Capoons Bay during the summer, the BVI Athletics Association will hold a similar camp at the Greenland Recreation Grounds, December 16-21.
The camp which costs $35 and runs from 5-6:30 p.m., targets children 4-14 years notes association Vice President Steve Augustine an IAAF Certified course instructor who is spearheading the program. Children can be dropped off at 4:45 p.m. and collected by 6:45 p.m. [Read more…]
By: Dean Greenaway
Photo credit: Dean Greenaway
Defending champion Shane DeGannes of the U.S. Virgin Islands, was probably a bit too hyped during Saturday’s 8th Ogier-BVI Sunrise Half Marathon, which attracted more than 100 participants for the firs time.
With St. Thomas counterpart Michael Thompson coming to compete after winning the M2M 8 mile run which he organized, DeGannes revealed he’d change his race strategy. He would run conservatively for the first three miles then see ‘who are the men from the boys.’ [Read more…]
Photo credit: Charlie Jackson
Monday, December 30th, 2013
Department of Youth Affairs and Sports. 5:30 pm.
General Meeting and submission of rosters with registration fee for 2014 League
Tuesday, January 7th, 2014
Department of Youth Affairs and Sports. 5:30 pm.
Elections for all positions. President, Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Statistician and PRO are all vacant.
Saturday, March 1st, 2014
Opening of 2014 Fast Pitch Men & Women League.
Ogier’s Ray Wearmouth, right and Deloite’s Natasha Ruscheinski, 2nd left, presents the sponsors check to BVI Half Marathon Director Kay Reddy and BVI Athletics Association President Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway
St. Thomas’ Ruth Ann David will lead six women including the BVI’s Kartina Crumpler through the streets of Tortola’s south coast roads on Saturday in pursuit of the Ogier-Deloite BVI Sunrise Half Marathon course record.
David—the defending champ—missed Meriel Stedman’s mark of 1 hour 34 minutes and 09 seconds by 10 seconds, after taking a wrong turn last year.
Then, there’s Crumpler—fresh off a career best in last month’s Chicago Marathon—seeking to run a personal best, which is under the record established by in 2011.
“The BVI actually have a few good runners this year and we do expect a tight, competitive race at the front and the sponsors have agreed to put up a $250 award for the course record,” noted race director Kay Reddy. “There’s a $500 award for breaking the overall course record of 1 hour 07 minutes and 38 seconds set in 2010, but this is new for the ladies so we are expecting to see half a dozen ladies battling it out at the front to set a new course record.” [Read more…]
Anthony Spencer, Semi-Steel man 2013.
(Photo credit: Broadsword Communications)
In the inaugural Semi Steel, Jules Potgieter, who is currently dominating the women’s field in the 10k running series, completed her first triathlon and topped the women’s division. Seasoned old dog Antony Spencer won the men’s division.
Putting in a very creditable time of 1:14:13, Jules created the women’s benchmark time for this new event. However, it was very much a race against herself as she was the only woman to compete as an individual.
Antony comfortably won the men’s division despite his fears at the run transition with a time 1:04:37. He beat the current BVI National Sprint Triathlon Champion Russell Crumpler, by 2 minutes and 34 seconds. Adrian Dale was third, one minute and 48 seconds behind Russell.
Iain Walker and Mariano Lopez joined Jules Potgieter in completing their first triathlon.
Three teams contested the team division with Worth A Tri (Emily Titchmarsh, Debbie Bell, Kat Crumpler) winning, Government House second and Island Girls third.
There was a small turnout for this event with a number of potential competitors away, injured, or possibly saving their powder for the BVI Steelman on December 7th.
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BVI Sailing Team at Caribbean Dinghy Championships 2013, Antigua: (l-r) Josh Morrell, coach Omari Scott, James Dawson, Matthew Oliver, Rayne Duff, Thad Lettsome.
Consistent sailing saw BVI sailors win the 2013 Caribbean Dinghy Championships held this weekend. The two day event was raced in Lasers, Zoom, Optimist and Pico dinghies in Falmouth Harbour, Antigua. The event, run under the auspices of the Caribbean Sailing Association, was hosted by the Antigua Yacht Club in conjunction with Antigua’s National Sailing Academy. The Royal BVI Yacht Club and the BVI National Sailing Federation sponsored the BVI team.
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By Tom Leweck, Scuttlebutt, Virgin Gorda, BVI
Alec Anderson, youngest champion, Bitter End Yacht Club Pro-Am Regatta.
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In spite of the fact that Alec Anderson had been named as a collegiate All-American in 2011, in 2012, and in 2013, many of the resort guests arriving at the Bitter End Yacht Club for the Pro Am Regatta were not familiar with his name. Well – they all know him now. Anderson has just become the BEYC’s 2013 Pro Am Champion.
BVI’s half-pipe skier for Winter Olympic Fames Sochi 2014, Peter Adam Crook answers questions at the BVIOC’s multi sport exhibition
The BVI Ski Association, the BVI Athletics Association, the BVI Swimming Association, and the BVI Squash Rackets Association presented their respective sports to a rapt audience at an interactive exhibition hosted by the BVI Olympic Committee at the Tortola Sports Club last Saturday. The morning event highlighted the upcoming Winter Olympic Games Sochi 2014, and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in which qualified athletes will represent the Virgin Islands.
Peter Adam Crook (Adam), who earlier last week was officially presented as the territory’s half-pipe skier for Sochi 2014, and Joe Chapman, squash player for the VI in Glasgow 2014 presented their respective sports in the glass-fronted squash courts to a public that previously had very little exposure to either half-pipe skiing or squash.
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