BVI sending four to the 17th Pan Am Jr Championships in Colombia

August 22, 2013 by

Shot Putter and Discus Thrower Eldred Henry, a Central Arizona freshman will lead the team to the Pan Am Jr. Championships. PHOTO Credit: Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway

Shot Putter and Discus Thrower Eldred Henry, a Central Arizona freshman will lead the team to the Pan Am Jr. Championships. PHOTO Credit: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Four athletes — including one sprinter — will represent the British Virgin Islands at the 17th Pan American Jr. Championships in Medellin, Colombia, from Friday through Sunday.

Comprising the team are: twin sisters Trevia and Tynelle Gumbs who will contest the Shot Put and Javelin Throws respectively. Eldred Henry — now a Central Arizona College freshman — will tackle both the Shot Put and Discus Throw. The Gumbs sisters and Henry, were all Carifta Games medalists earlier this season.

Shaquoy Stephens, the lone sprinter on the squad, is entered in both the 100 and 200m. BVIAA assistant General Secretary is the team official.

The BVI Athletics Association sincerely thanks the BVI Government, led by Sports Minister Hon. Myron Walwyn, for facilitating the team’s participation in the season ending competition.

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BVIAA’s Kiddies Athtletics Summer Camp wraps up on high note

August 21, 2013 by

Participants with their awards in the BVI Athletics Association's Kiddies Athletics Summer Camp in Capoons Bay on Saturday. PHOTO Credit: Asson Electronics

Participants with their awards in the BVI Athletics Association’s Kiddies Athletics Summer Camp in Capoons Bay on Saturday. PHOTO Credit: Asson Electronics

A mini track meet featuring hurdles, a formula 1 obstacle course and relays, wrapped up the BVI Athletics Association’s Kiddies Athletics Summer Camp in Capoons Bay on Saturday.
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King will use World Championships experience for future growth

August 21, 2013 by

Karene King competing in the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. PHOTO Credit: Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway

Karene King competing in the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. PHOTO Credit: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

The weather in Moscow, Russia was to Karene King’s liking—like her training base in Portland, Oregon, where she prepared under the watchful eye of Ronnye Harrison—who took her from a 25.34 seconds runner when she arrived to 23.24, to qualify for the 14th IAAF World Championships.

Her warm up for her debut 200m race went great—she felt loose and ‘stretchable’ than got the call to enter the call room.
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Titanium, wood and granite: Glasgow 2014’s iconic Commonwealth Baton is revealed

August 20, 2013 by

Baton-5242-HiRes smallA hand-crafted Baton made of titanium, wood and granite which will travel throughout the Commonwealth representing Glasgow and Scotland ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games was revealed to the public for the first time Friday, August 16.

The beautiful creation lies at the heart of the Queen’s Baton Relay, a well-loved tradition of the Commonwealth Games which seeks to unite the two billion citizens of the Commonwealth in a celebration of sport, diversity and peace.
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Young BVI sailor trains in Sardinia, Italy after 2013 Optimist Worlds Championship at Riva del Garda

August 12, 2013 by

imageItaly had its fair share of British Virgin Islanders this July with a Royal BVI Yacht Club sailor staying on in Italy to train in Sardinia.

Following his two weeks of racing in the Optimist Worlds Championship at Riva del Garda, Italy, where RBVIYC youth sailor 11 year old Thad Lettsome was the fifth youngest of the 259 competitors, Thad took a few days off and had the opportunity to train with the Scuola Vela out of the prestigious Yacht Club Costa Smeralda at Porto Cervo in Sardinia, Italy, on 29th and 30th July.
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World 2013 – Riva del Garda, Italy

August 1, 2013 by

51st Optimist World ChampionshipsThis year’s Opti Worlds was held in the picturesque and mountains Riva del Garda, Italy from 16-26 July. The 51st World Optimist Championships was organised this year by Fraglia Vela Riva in collaboration with IODA  (the International Optimist Class).

Registrations closed with a final total of 254 competitors from a record 58 countries and 5 continents this possibly being one of the World Championships with the most nations participating.

The British Virgin Islands were represented by the Royal BVI Yacht Club’s Jason Putley (15 years) and Thad Lettsome (11 years) who both qualified for the event at the flagship BVI Dinghy Championship held earlier this year. Whilst the World Optimist Championship is not the biggest Opti event, it is by far the most prestigious as only the top 5 qualifier of a country is allowed to attend.
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IAAF Silver Medalist Relay Team Welcomed home with ceromony and motorcade

July 19, 2013 by

paradeThe Virgin Islands sprint relay silver medal team and other athletes returned from the IAAF World Youth Championships held in Donetsk, Ukraine to warm hugs and kisses at the Road Town Ferry Terminal this afternoon, July 18.

Welcoming home the team were Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon. Dr. D. Orlando Smith and other members of Government, track and field officials and the athletes’ parents, friends and well-wishers.

Following the meet and greet, the athletes were featured in a motorcade through the streets of Tortola before an official ceremony at the Central Admin Complex.

On Sunday, the team of Taylor Hill, Nelda Huggins, Jonel Lacey and Tarika “Tinker Bell” Moses finished second in the Girls Medley Relay behind the United States, for the Territory’s first IAAF World Youth Championships medal.

The medal is the second for the Territory at an IAAF World Championships series event in five years. Tahesia Harrigan-Scott won the IAAF World Indoor Championships 60m bronze in 2008.

Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner on Saturday anchored the team into the automatic qualifying position in the finals behind Canada.

The BVI delegation also included Trevia Gumbs and Kyron McMaster, as well as officials Stephanie Russ Penn, Winston Potter and Ralston “Grandfather” Henry.

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BVI’s Joe Chapman World #111 training in Florida with former World Champions David Palmer and Peter Nichol

July 18, 2013 by

1cropThe BVI’s #1, Caribbean’s highest ranked player and World #111 Joe Chapman is taking some time off competition over the summer and focusing on preparation for next season. He left the BVI on Monday to join up with two former World Champions at his training base in Orlando, Florida.

If you want to reach the top, it pays to learn from the best and Chapman is taking his quest on the PSA Tour very seriously. Although exposed to top players before, having played against Joe Kneipp (now BVI coach) and Cameron Pilley in the Commonwealth games Joe is constantly seeking out the very best coaching he can find. He has also spent considerable time being coached by former PSA stars including Chris Walker, Sarah Fitzgerald, Alex Gough, Martin Heath and the BVI coach Joe Kneipp who retired from the PSA Tour to coach at Tortola Sports Club.

The opportunity to train simultaneously with 2 former World Champions is an excellent opportunity to further Joe’s skills and he is very excited to be on court with his childhood heroes.

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The 10th edition of the World Conference on Sport and the Environment will take place in Sochi, Russia ahead of the Olympic Winter Games

July 18, 2013 by
110713-changingtodayConference topics

Under the Conference theme “Changing Today for a Better Tomorrow”, some of the key topics to be discussed are: A Collective Vision for Sustainable Development, the new Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), Russian Legacies pre- & post-Sochi 2014, the sustainable development landscape following Rio+20, and showcasing legacies of the Olympic Games and Olympic bids for sustainable development, as well as highlighting the UN system.

IOC Sport and Environment Awards

As has been the tradition since 2009, the winners of the 3rd IOC Sport and Environment Awards – recognising and celebrating outstanding grassroots initiatives in the field of sustainable sport and the environment – will be announced during the opening ceremony of the Conference. A dedicated session has therefore been incorporated into the Conference programme, to enable the awardees to present their innovative and winning projects. Nominations for the Awards can be submitted by National Olympic Committees, International Federations, Continental Associations and Recognised Organisations until 2 September 2013.
Learn more about this year’s Sport and Environment Awards here

Background information

The event is organised in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Russian government, the Russian Olympic Committee and the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014. This edition follows one year after the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), often abbreviated to Rio+20, which was a key moment in the global sustainability agenda. Indeed, Rio+20 saw a renewal of the sporting community’s long-term and political commitment to sustainable development.
The biennial Conference is one of the IOC’s key advocacy initiatives in the field of the environment, and usually attracts hundreds of representatives from the Olympic family, governments, the UN system, academic institutions and NGOs.

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International Olympic Comitttee launches online course in sports medicine aimed at further building education and knowledge

July 18, 2013 by

MedicineThe two-year, postgraduate online course is targeted primarily to meet the needs of team physicians from the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and International Federations (IFs). It will focus on the health and performance implications of participation in elite sport, but will also consider the role of physical activity, nutrition and other lifestyle factors in promoting good health in general.

Programme objectives
The new programme aims specifically:

•to provide students with detailed knowledge of the scientific underpinning of the practice of sports medicine;
•to promote understanding of current best practice in sports medicine;
•to make students aware of the practical issues involved in the practice of sports medicine;
•to train students in research methods relevant to the study of sports medicine; and
•to develop skills in written and oral communication of original scientific material.

Academic oversight, organisation and teaching methods

The course is run by the IOC’s Medical Commission and operates under the academic oversight of an International Academic Advisory Board, which will be responsible for all aspects of academic standards. Programme directors Prof. Ron Maughan from the United Kingdom and Prof. Lars Engebretsen from Norway are well known specialists in the fields of sports nutrition/exercise, biochemistry and traumatology/orthopaedic surgery respectively.

Taking advantage of the method of distance learning on a part-time basis, the programme runs for a period of six months from October of each year, and takes two years to complete.

The variety of teaching methods will include lectures in electronic format, web-based materials, paper-based reading, an online chat room and other Internet-based activities, and residential workshops.

Upon successful completion of all compulsory elements of the programme, including coursework, assignments and examinations, students are eligible to graduate with the IOC Diploma in Sports Medicine. Individual parts of the Diploma programme may form the basis of continuing education studies for those who do not wish to follow the whole course.

To learn more about the new Diploma programme and to sign up for it, please click here. www.iocsportsmedicine.com

The IOC Sports Medicine Diploma complements the existing IOC Diploma in Sports Nutrition, which follows a similar structure and time line. Learn more about this programme here. www.iocsportsnutrition.com

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