BVIslander and Olympic hopeful Alec Anderson named NEISA Sailor of the Year

July 17, 2013 by

alecandersonThe BVI’s Alec Anderson is the All-New England Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association’s (NEISA) Sailor of the Year. The Roger Williams University sailor also received the senior trophy and garnered a place as All-NEISA First Team Skipper.

Anderson’s accomplishments were among a slew of awards bagged by the Roger Williams University Sailing team (Hawks), who also had Alyssa Siefert chosen as All-Neisa First Team Crew.

The sailing team, led by Alec Anderson, also earned a berth to its third national championship of the season, clinching a spot in the ICSA Team Racing National Championship with a third-place finish at the Fowle Trophy last weekend. The Hawks opened up the event with a 3-2 record in the first round, earning wins over Yale, Bowdoin and MIT to get a spot in the Gold Round Robin. At the first Gold Round Robin, the Hawks rolled off victories over Yale, Dartmouth and Connecticut College, going 3-4 overall in the round.

Gold Round Robin 2 saw RWU improve to a 4-3 mark, picking up wins over Vermont, Brown, Connecticut College and Tufts. With the Hawks successful performance over the first three Round Robins, RWU made its way into the final 6, where the Hawks came away with its best showing of the weekend. Roger Williams routed the competition, going a round-best 6-1 with the only setback coming against Brown, who would ultimately win the Fowle Trophy. In all, the Hawks put together an 11-8 record, one win shy of Boston College and two shy of Brown. Sailing on the weekend for the Hawks were skippers Anderson, Tyler MacDonald, Connor Corgard, Dylan Vogel and crew Alyssa Seifert, Bianca Rom, Abby Preston and Wendy Reuss.

Filed Under: Sailing

Ravi Sukhu and Katrina Crumpler win 10k race at Beef Island

July 17, 2013 by

Ravi Sukhu cropRavi Sukhu won his second successive race in the Ceres Juices 10K Series on Saturday, taking the race that started and ended at Long Bay Beach, Beef Island, in 41 minutes and 34 seconds.

Katrina Crumpler – third overall – won the women’s division in 43:34.

The course took runners from Long Bay Beach, past the airport and over to the entrance of Minine’s Plants, before returning to Tortola, with a trek to Rite Way in East End.

Runners finished the course running on the sand at the water’s edge.

Filed Under: Athletics, Triathlon

BVI loses 2-0 to Anguilla on the A.O. Shirley in their opener to the World Cup Qualifiers

July 17, 2013 by

Ladies U20The BVI lost 2-0 to Anguilla last night, Tuesday July 16, 2013 as both teams opened their Caribbean Football Union/FIFA Women’s U20 qualifying Tournament campaigns on the A O Shirley Ground.

Having withstood some early pressure, the BVI’s defense was split open in the 10th minute by a pass from midfield that Roxanna Bradshaw latched onto, controlled and then took a touch before sliding it home past the diving Brittany Peters in goal.

Ebony Fahie, battling away in midfield, launched the first home attack with a ball that was played over the top, a tactic that was used too often during the game and with too little success. On this occasion and with legs still fresh, Kezia Gumbs chased it down, slipped past a couple of defenders and with the small crowd leaping to their feet in expectation was unfortunately only able to hit her cross at the keeper.

Most of the first half action though was in front of the host’s goal and thankfully Peters was in good shot stopping mode and had Tahirah Bascombe with Joi Ann Thomas playing solid in defense to back her up.

The BVI’s most successful passage of play came deep in the first period when a series of corners and throw ins had Anguilla scrambling more than once, but the final ball was lacking and the lines were cleared.

The second half was much the same as the first with Anguilla looking the more likely to score and so it proved when Tamisha Richardson slipped through the defense. Her first shot was well saved by Peters, but the rebound fell kindly for the striker and she made no mistake second time around.

Anguilla could have and probably should have scored a few more goals in truth, but at the final whistle, the BVI Coach Kate Rowson could at least take some positives from the game whilst having much to improve upon.

“The result hasn’t gone our way, but I have to say there were some really disappointing bits, especially with the basics, but also I’m pleased with the effort, the organization and the positions, but don’t get me wrong, we have lots to work on and two tough games coming up,” Rowson said.

Coach Kate wouldn’t be drawn on the “over the top” tactic as opposed to playing on the ground, but did comment that it would be discussed. Additionally she pointed out that “we need to look at the game. We didn’t make enough passes or have enough play making. We were trying to play the ball in the air which was the reason why we didn’t put together the passes and we need to sort that out.”

The day’s first game had seen St Kitts and Nevis beat Antigua 4-0 with the Girls red putting on a classy show especially when the ball was at the feet of Phoenetia Browne down the right hand side or Brittany Lawrence down the left.

It took Browne just 4 minutes to supply the cross that unlocked the Antigua defense. Her ball evading two Antigua defenders and finding its way to Janae Pine, who took a touch and calmly slotted home past Mahiah Benta in the goal.

Several half chances went begging at either end, but then on 36 minutes, a delightful corner from Lawrence was met by Kerisha Powell and the lead was doubled.

In the second half Lawrence and Browne were pulling Antigua all over the field. Powell went narrowly wide with a header, Pine just failed to get a touch on a Lawrence cross and then Powell had the best chance to make it 3 when she followed up on a free kick from Lawrence which bounced over the keepers head and then back of the post, but the striker failed to get a clean strike on the ball and instead found herself in the back of the net.

Pine eventually made it 3 in the 75th minute and then to cap off a great all round performance Lawrence slotted home from the penalty spot to make it 4 -0.

Upcoming matches

July 18: St. Kitts and Nevis will vs Anguilla at 4 p.m. Antigua and Barbuda vs BVI at 6.
July 20: Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda, 4 p.m. BVI vs St. Kitts and Nevis at 6 p.m.

Filed Under: Football

Kleon Penn to represent Puerto Rico – Done so with BVI Baketball Federations blessing

July 17, 2013 by

Kleon PennKleon Penn has been given clearance by the BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF)
to represent Puerto Rico, giving the player a chance to take his career in
basketball to a new level.

Whilst opening up new doors for Penn who was
born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, such a move does affect the development of the
game in the Biritsh Virgin Islands as a pillar of the senior team will no
longer be available.

However, the move required the full support of BVIBF
President Byron Hodge, which was given to allow the Player to transfer national
allegiance.

Penn grew up and developed on the island of Tortola, learning
to play basketball at a tender age and after completing high school he
fine-tuned his skills at McNeese State University.

In 2007, Penn played
for the first time in Puerto Rico as a member of the British Virgin Islands
National Team and that was when the Directors of the Puerto Rican Federation
knew that Penn was born in Fajardo and reportedly began inquiries into switching sports citizenship.

A few days
ago, the owners of the Humacao/Carolina chieftains/Giants formalized their request to the BVIBF to allow the switch of
Penn as a registered player of the BVI to Puerto Rico and allow him to play for
his new National Team.

“Two or three days ago I talked to executives of
the BVIBF and President Byron Hodge is supporting the transfer to Puerto Rico
one hundred percent, revealed Penn. “It is a personal decision. It was something
that I always thought from the first time that I knew that I could represent
Puerto Rico. It took me four years to make this decision. It is a big step in my
career. It’s something that’s going to help as a player. I will take it to
another level. There were many years analyzing it, until this year I took her,”
continued Penn.

A FIBA rule allows the athletes request for a transfer if
eligible. That was the case of Charlie Villanueva, who represented the United
States in his youth and then asked for a change to play with the Dominican
Republic.

FIBA also ensures that transfers will help the development of
federations. In the case of Penn, the British Virgin Islands program would
suffer since he is a cornerstone in a pool where there is already a shortage of
players with professional experience.

The documentation of the transfer
of Penn has already been submitted by the local Federation, but it was not
possible to get a reaction from the Federal President, Carlos Beltran, to see if
the request will be approved by FIBA.

Penn’s agent doesn’t foresee any
problems, however. I don’t think that there are any problems. Kleon already
spoke with the President of the British Virgin Islands and has their support,”
he said.

Penn discussed his decision with his family and teammates and
said that the majority supported it. “My mom told me that she supported me, she
knows how much I love my island. And my friends also support me and they have
made this easier than I thought, he commented

The Puerto Rico-born Penn
is through his fourth season as a native player in the National Superior
Basketball (BSN), after being selected in the draw for 2010 and has the dream of
reaching the World Championships and Olympics, something that seems within reach
as a member of the national team.

Penn made the decision without any
guarantee from the Federation that he will be selected but Penn will be in the
front running as a replacement to the retiring Daniel Santiago. The other
established player is Peter John Ramos. So Penn looks like a suitable option,
with his solid defensive qualities.

He does have offensive limitations
and is currently averaging 4.8 points with 4.7 rebounds per game with an average
of 19 minutes playing time, but he is the leader of the tournament with 77
blocks (2.4).

“I know that I will have an opportunity to be on the team.
Anything can happen. I’m going to give 100% to make the team. If I don’t, it
will be fine but it is a risk I am taking, Penn said.

Filed Under: Basketball

BVI to host qualification rounds for Volleyball World Championship

July 17, 2013 by

On July 27th and 28th 2013 the BVI will host teams from the Dominican Republic, St Vincent & the Grenadines and Panama.

The event will be hosted at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex and entry will be $5 for Preliminary Games and $10 for Semi Finals and the Final.

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Filed Under: Volleyball

Peter Adam Crook Place 2nd at The North Face Park and Pipe Open Series (Video)

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BVI’s Sochi 2014 Competitor Peter Adam Crook at the World Chapionships 2013 (Video)

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BVI beat the Navy – Take down HMS Lancaster 20-0

July 11, 2013 by

staplesTwo tries from Matt Holmes saw the BVI Rugby XV to a comfortable if not convincing 20-0 victory over HMS Lancaster on the A.O. Shirley Ground last night, July 3, 2013 in front of a large crowd.

The BVI were not sure what to expect from the Navy team and had assembled a large squad with a mixture of their best players and some less experienced youngsters, but as it turned out the Hosts went into an early 5-0 lead with Ade Haffner finishing off a long period of possession by going over down the left hand side.

The Conversion attempt was missed and the expected floodgates failed to open as the BVI failed to get the ball out wide quickly enough to penetrate the visitor’s last line of defense.

Several promising moves came to nothing as players choose to run with the ball rather than make a more timely pass allowing the defense to recover.

The Sailors weren’t having as much luck up front though with only one spell of pressure in the first half that seriously threatened the BVI. Some scrambled kicking kept them at bay, but Lancaster kept the ball alive inside the BVI 22, edging closer and closer.

After a little “handbags” the visitors got to the BVI 10, but once again the danger was repelled and a quick break away saw the BVI stopped just short of another score.

The BVI Forwards kept probing looking for a gap in the defense and eventually the powerful Matt Holmes forced his way through and over to make it 10-0.

Again the conversion was missed.

5 minutes after the restart for the second half, Holmes made it 15-0 and with a nice cushion on the scoreboard the BVI finally put some free flowing moves together by utilizing the speed of Rory Thornton on the wing. He came close to scoring on two occasions, but was unable to find that final space.

The 4th and final score of the night, fittingly, came from Donovan Staples who went over in the left corner in the last few minutes of the game.

A 20-0 final score line was a comfortable if not dominating win and as a philosophical Coach Sherlock Solomon commented afterwards, they had really wanted more points on the board.

“Rugby is rugby and you never know what to expect until the game starts,” he said, “we were expecting a much tougher fight and also to score more points. Four tries for the whole game was a bit disappointing for us, but at the same time we gave some of the youngsters a run out, so had an inexperienced team.”

Captain Donovan Staples was also a little subdued with the result. “Basically we knew they would not be as fit as us,” he noted, “we tried to take it inside and then move the ball outside fast. But they stuck to their defense well and it was hard to break them down.”

Filed Under: Rugby

BVI Olympic Committee Hosts Coaching and Sport Administration Training Courses

April 10, 2013 by

canocThe BVI Olympic Committee will be conducting two courses for Sports administrators, coaches and physical education teachers over the coming 10 days.

The two courses, one in coaching and one in sport administration, will be delivered by Mr. Dave Farmer, Director of the Barbados Olympic Academy, who will arrive in Tortola on Friday 12 April. Mr. Farmer will be assisted by Mr. Cleave Farrington, Executive Director of the BVI Olympic Committee.

The Coaching Course will be the regional “Introduction to Coaching”, a sport General Coaching Course which covers the educational principles involved in coaching a sport.

The course is conducted regionally through the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees, CANOC. Among the range of topic areas to be covered in the course will be:
• Planning
• Safety
• Developing Skills
• Event Management
• Physical Preparation.

The second course will be the Olympic Solidarity course “Basic Sport Administration for National Federations.” This course covers the issues and topics related to the administration and management of a national Federation. Among the wide range of topics to be covered will be:
• The Olympic Movement
• Strategic Planning
• Financial Management and Budgeting
• Hosting a major sporting event
• Developing elite athletes and elite coaches
• Sports Medicine and Doping Control.

The Courses will be run from April 13 – 20, 2013 at the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports Conference Room. Registration for these courses is now closed but courses will be repeated in the fall to facilitate growth in the number of Certified Coaches and Sport Administrators in the Virgin Islands.

Filed Under: BVI Olympic Committee
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