Stoby and Johnson extend 10K winning streaks

July 29, 2015 by

By BVIAA

Rosmond Johnson extended her winning streak during Saturday's Ceres Juices 10K Series race on Beef Island. Photo: Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway

Rosmond Johnson extended her winning streak during Saturday’s Ceres Juices 10K Series race on Beef Island. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Reuben Stoby and Rosmond Johnson extended their respective men and women’s division road racing winning streaks during Saturday’s Ceres Juices 10K Series race tour stop on Beef Island.

On a less challenging course than the one in Carrot Bay, Stoby took the race out early to win in 39 minutes and 28 seconds. Julius Farley finished in 40:05 and Ian Montgomery, 40:14.

“I wanted to win this race to dedicate to my wife Yonette who I recently married,” Stoby said. “In fact, after not being in a racing mood up to last evening she encouraged me to go run and give my best and am just thrilled to have won.”

Stoby said the strategy was to go hard and intimidate the competition a little. “That’s that is why I started at such a crazy pace,” he said. “I was very pleased to see no one opted to go with me so I had a comfortable lead throughout the race. 39:28 is not a bad time but I would surely like to be running 37 minutes before the series ends. I think that is very achievable.”

Rosmond Johnson, despite taking a wrong turn and had to retrace her steps, ran 49:04 to take the women’s race ahead of Melissa Brunner who passed her on a hill at one point. “The race was really good,” she noted. “It was hot, but, I managed to finish. I did’t have a big competition with the ladies. Most of the times I looked around, no lady was close to me.”

Final results
Men:
1. Reuben Stoby, 39 minutes and 28 seconds. 2. Julius Farley, 40:05. 3. Ian Montgomery, 40:14. 4. Adam D’Monte, 42.30.5. Alex Dale, 42:31. 6. Mark Stephenson, 45:38. 7. Paul Hubbard, 45:52. 8. Simon Cook, 48:03. 9. Zebalon McLean, 48:43. 10. Dan Mitchell, 49:29. 11. Shane Donovan, 50:12. 12. Gabriel Obregon, 51:06. 13. Aaron Gardner, 51:06. 14. Ishwar Persad, 51:44. 15. Guyp Dubois, 52:29. 16. Ruairi Bourke, 55:55. 17. Luke Plummer, 56:29. 18. Frederic Lavalierre, 56:30. 19. Claudius Rhymer, 57:32. 20. Gareth Watkins, 59:55. 21. Sjoerd Koster, 1:00.51. 22. Gavin Foster, 1:02:05. 23. Thomas Parish, 1:05.19. 24. Howard Moore, 1:06.55. 25. Richard Parchment, 1:20.00.

Women:
1. Rosmond Johnson, 49:04. 2. Melissa Brunner, 50:21. 3. Claudia Ferrari, 54:22. 4. Debbie Bell, 56:19. 5. Natasha Ruscheinski, 1:00.27. 6. Rachel Sexton, 1:02.34. 7. Barbara O’Neal, 1:02.44. 8. Clair Burke, 1:07.21. 9. Philomena Robertson, 1:12.17.

3.5 Miles:
Women: 1. Emily Drinkwater, 36:13.
Men: 1. Brandon O’Reilly, 39:30.

Power Walkers:
Shirley Liburd, 1:50.00.

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BVI Volleyball team suffers defeat at the ECVA Junior Female Championships

July 28, 2015 by

By VINO

The BVI U18 Girls team lost 3-0 to host nation St Martin at the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Junior Female Championships on Friday July 24, 2015. Photo: Oris Photography

The BVI U18 Girls team lost 3-0 to host nation St Martin at the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Junior Female Championships on Friday July 24, 2015. Photo: Oris Photography

The BVI U18 Girls team suffered a successive defeat at the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Junior Female Championships, going down 3-0 to host nation St Martin on Friday July 24, 2015.

St Martin wasted little time in disposing of the BVI in straight sets (25-5, 25 -6 and 25-9) in game 4 of the Championship, with the entire game lasting a total of 44 minutes and the French girls hardly having a reason to exert real effort.

It was painful to see the BVI struggle with reception as St Martin got 29 points from services that were literally not returned. The teams’ spikes total was 6-3 while the only 4 blocks of the night were done by St Martin.

Coach of the BVI team, Willis Potter was rather plain to point to the fact that his team simply did not compete. “They just seemed a bundle of nerves out there and as a result did not play as expected. They put in some effort at the end of games but that was too little too late. Frankly, I think that they were intimidated by the occasion and thus failed to execute and failed to compete.”

St Martin’s coach, Jean- Luc Lezin was not quite ready to celebrate. “We came here knowing that we were defeated last time around by St Lucia in the finals. So this game was just a step towards our ultimate goal and that is to do one better than last time. It was not a difficult game but we had to stay focused as there is a tendency to relax in these situations.”
St Lucia had made light work of the BVI U18 Girls Volleyball team on Thursday July 23, 2015, brushing them off in straight sets (25 -8, 25- 10, and 25 -8) in the first game of the ECVA Junior Female Championship, in St Martin.
Meanwhile, Virgin Islander Tamisha Georges has been appointed a Referee at the ECVA Championships.

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After Rare Feat, Harrigan-Scott Focusing on Pan Am Games 100m

July 21, 2015 by

By BVIAA

Tahesia Harrigan-Scott in action during the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Tahesia Harrigan-Scott in action during the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Every athlete has a goal of competing in the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships. Some never get the chance, others once even twice.

For Tahesia Hariggan-Scott it’s totally different. She’s coming off winning the US Track and Field Club Championships in New York on July 11. More so, her winning 100m time of 11.14 seconds with a legal wind limit of 2.0 meters per second, qualified her for a fifth successive IAAF World Championships.

This year however, was the latest in her career, that she has met the standard dating back to 2005.

“I’m very relieved that I’ve qualified for worlds,” she said. “It was tough. But now, it’s one less stress to think about and to go out and qualify with the time I did, I’m very relieved. But, to be really honest, I was feeling okay at the beginning of this season, though I had some downfalls with injuries or slight issues with recurring injuries, so that kind of set me back a little bit,” reflected the BVI sprinter from a country of less than 30,000 inhabitants.

She said the road was a little tougher, because in practices she felt like she ran okay, but when she went to a meet, she ran terrible times. “That was playing on my mind a little bit,” she noted. “I knew it was always there and it was just making some corrections. Once they fell into place, I knew there’d be a big drop in my time. It was being patient and trusting in the process.”

With a season’s best of 11.40 before the 11.14, which is .01 off her best and which she hadn’t been close to since 2011, Harrigan-Scott said it’s a confidence boost heading into Pan Ams and feels that her body is finally in synch with her mind and everything seems easier. If she’s not doing something right, her body tells her she said. “It is a confidence booster and I’ll try to come out and win a medal,” she said. “That’s the goal and to continue to drop my times and execute the race that I know I’m capable of doing.”

Since injuring her quads two years ago, Harrigan-Scott said she has developed some bad habits that she and her husband-coach have been trying to correct, including kicking back, which is less than what it was before. She said she taught her body how to run without the pain but in the process it caused poor race execution and resulted in slower times.

“Everything seem to be coming into place at the right time,” she said. “Yes, it would have been good to qualify for worlds earlier in the season, but it’s falling into place at the right time and it’s a blessing in disguise.”

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Smith Bags CAC Age Group Silver, Bronze Medals

July 21, 2015 by

By BVIAA

alakai Smith, a student at the Ebenezer Thomas Primary School, bagged CAC Age Group Championships 60m silver and Baseball Throw bronze. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

alakai Smith, a student at the Ebenezer Thomas Primary School, bagged CAC Age Group Championships 60m silver and Baseball Throw bronze. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Malaki Smith returned from the Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships held in Trinidad over the weekend, with silver and bronze medals while several of the territory’s athletes had top five finishes in two days of stiff competition among their regional counterparts.

Smith dipped under the 2009 record of 7.80 seconds of Barbados’ Mario Burke in the 11-12 Boys 60m dash with a time of 7.71 seconds, but had to settle for silver after Jamaica’s Terrique Stennett lowered the mark to 7.59 in the first event of the competition.

Smith, a Swaggers guard who helped them to victory in the Roger A. Hodge Summer Basketball League after scoring 18 points while training for the CAC Age Group competition, climbed from 14th place to just two points behind third overall after a 53.88m Baseball Throw to earn a bronze medal, to end Day I of the competition. He would finish 13th overall in the Pentathlon with 2831 points as the top VI’s placer in the division. Sha’el Lavacia was 19th with 2601. They competed in the 60m dash, Long Jump, High Jump,

Baseball Throw and the 100m.
In the final event of the 13-14 Girls Heptathlon on Sunday afternoon, the BVI’s Tashara Edwards, who was fourth behind the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Mikaela Smith who won the gold medal, placed seventh overall in 3:27.66 for 499 of her 3490 points to end the competition in 14th place. She also competed in the 80m, Long Jump, Shot Put, 60m Hurdles, Baseball Throw and the High Jump.

Smith won the first heat of the two sections two and a half laps race that had a combined 27 participants in 3 minutes, 16.01 seconds to earn 573 points and finished 17th overall with a cumulative score of 3387 points.

Xiomara “Gia” Malone ran 3:54.72 for 19th overall, but had the highest placing of the Virgin Islands athletes in 12th place with 3553 points, on the strength of three top 10 finishes in the 80m, Long Jump and High Jump where she was fifth.

Ariyah Smith, who was fifth in the 11-12 Girls Pentathlon Long Jump with a personal best of 4.40m and in a three way tie for second in the High Jump, (there was also a four way tie for first) was 14th with 2305 points.

Teammate Alisha Hayde placed 21st with 1723 as she came up with no marks in the High Jump after failing to clear the bar, then narrowly missed an 800m bronze in the final event after a personal best effort of 2 minutes 39.62 seconds.

Like the boys, they contested the 60m, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw and ran the 800m instead of the 1000m.

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Track and Field athletes up next for Pan Am Games

July 20, 2015 by
Track and field athletes/coaches as they arrived at the Toronto 2015 village were met by Swimmer, Elinah Phillip and coach Tracy Bradshaw. Pictured L-R – Tracy Bradshaw, Winston Potter, Chantel Malone, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Elinah Phillip, Eldred Henry, Xavier Dag Samuels, Anthony Dougherty, and Karene King. Photo: Provided

Track and field athletes/coaches as they arrived at the Toronto 2015 village were met by
Swimmer, Elinah Phillip and coach Tracy Bradshaw.
Pictured L-R – Tracy Bradshaw, Winston Potter, Chantel Malone, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Elinah Phillip, Eldred Henry, Xavier Dag Samuels, Anthony Dougherty, and Karene King. Photo: Provided

BVI’s track and field athletes arrived in Canada last Wednesday, July 15 to prepare for the start of their competitions at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games.

On Tuesday, July 21 Tahesia Harrigan-Scott will be running in the 100m and Eldred Henry will be throwing for the territory in the Shot Put Finals. On Thursday, July 23 Karene King will take on the 200m and Chantel Malone will be competing in the Long Jump while Eldred Henry will compete in the Discus Finals.

Toronto 2015 kicked off on Friday, July 10 with the Opening Ceremony in which squash player, Joe Chapman led the VI delegation as the flag bearer. The following day, Joe marked the start of the territory’s participation in the Pan Am Games with his match in the Men’s Squash Singles against Alonso Escudero of Peru. The game was tough and Joe succumbed to Escudero in 3 sets,  11-7, 11-7, 11-2.

Next up was swimmer, Elinah Phillip who took part in the 100m Freestyle on July 14. She swam a time of 1:00.72 and finished 24th in the event but was unable to advance to finals. Elinah followed this performance with a race in her favoured event, the 50m Freestyle. While Elinah swam a season’s best of 27.37s and finished 21st overall in the event, her score was insufficient to advance her to the finals. Soaking up this experience, Elinah prepares for the World Championship in Russia in a few weeks.

These competitions serve as qualifiers for RIO 2016 Olympic Games.

Click here for the complete schedule of competitions and results.

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Mobsters get 1st win in Fast Pitch Championship

July 15, 2015 by

By VINO

Mobsters get 1st win in Fast Pitch Championship. Photo:Provided

Mobsters get 1st win in Fast Pitch Championship. Photo:Provided

On Saturday July 11, 2015, the Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) coached Mobsters from West End recorded their first win of the Season in the Softball Association’s Fast Pitch League, 12-3, led by Sirron Scatliffe from the mound.

The Mobsters defeated the Republica with 2 hits, 1 error and 3 runners left on base, whilst the Republica Dominicana had 7 hits, 7 errors and left 8 runners on base. The winning pitcher was Sirron Scatliffe and the loser was Reynold Corum.

Selvyn Dawson of Mobsters went 1-3 with 2 runs scored and 2 runs batted in and Sherwyn Fahie, Reuben Richardson and Adrian Stoutt each scored 2 runs.

The weekend’s action got underway with the Reds defeating Power Outage 15-5.

The Reds had 7 hits, 3 errors and left 6 runners on base. Power Outage had 8 hits, 3 errors and left 5 runners on base.

The winning pitcher was Lionel Hodge and the loser was Jamal Allen. Lloyd Jackson of Reds went 3-4 with a run scored and 2 runs batted in and Byron Hodge went 1-3 with a double, 2 runs scored and 3 runs batted in. Sheldon John of Power Outage went 3-3 with a triple, a run scored and 2 runs batted in.

Pirates defeated Republica Dominicana 5-3.

The Pirates had 7 hits, 2 errors and left 3 runners on base. The Republica Dominicana had 3 hits, 0 errors and left 9 runners on base. The winning pitcher was Allen Smith and the loser was Yervis Rodriguez. Rhodni A. Skelton of Pirates went 1-2 with a home run, a run scored and 2 runs batted in. Edward Venzen of Republica Dominicana went 2-4 with a triple, a run scored and a run batted in.

Before the Mobsters enjoyed their first victory, the Hawks defeated West End Warriors 11-6.

The Hawks had 6 hits 1 error and left 8 runners on base. West End Warriors had 2 hits, 4 errors and left 11 runners on base. The winning pitcher was Riiah Durante and the loser was Sarah Potter. Jheane Niles of Hawks went 2-3 with a triple and 4 runs scored and Riiah Durante went 2-4 with a double, a run scored and a run batted in.

On Sunday, the Pythons defeated Hawks 13-8.

The Pythons had 7 hits, 2 errors and left 4 runners on base. The Hawks had 4 hits, 7 errors and left 6 runners on base. The winning pitcher was Valisia Braithwaite and the loser was Riiah Durante. Sheniqua Fahie of Pythons went 1-3 with 3 runs scored and Jelisa Potter went 2-3 with 3 runs scored and a run batted in. Perline Leonard of Hawks went 2-3 with 2 runs scored and a run batted in.

And to wrap up the Weekend, the Pirates defeated Mobsters 25-16.

The Pirates had 20 hits, 7 errors and left 5 runners on base. The Mobsters had 7 hits, 8 errors and left 10 runners on base. The winning pitcher was Allen Smith and the loser was Jason Fonseca. Nikos Penn of Pirates went 4-5 with 2 doubles, a triple, a home run, 4 runs scored and 5 runs batted in and Nelson Ramirez went 2-4 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 4 runs batted in. 5 Mobsters players scored 2 runs each.

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V.I. Athletes to Compete in World Youth, CAC Age Group Championships

July 14, 2015 by

By  BVIAA

US Virgin Islands Nia Jack, left and the BVI's L'T'Sha Fahie will see 100m action in the IAAF World Youth Championships on Thursday. They have bests of 11.86 and 11.85 seconds respectively. Photo: Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway

US Virgin Islands Nia Jack, left and the BVI’s L’T’Sha Fahie will see 100m action in the IAAF World Youth Championships on Thursday. They have bests of 11.86 and 11.85 seconds respectively. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Two groups of U.S. and British Virgin Islands Under 18 athletes are slated to compete in Cali, Colombia and Port of Spain Trinidad, this week.

Settling into Colombia today after arriving last night, the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Nia Jack and Rodney Griffin along with the BVI’s L’T’Sha Fahie, all of whom competed in the Carifta Games in St. Kitts earlier this year, will begin competing in the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia, in the U18 global championships that runs from Wednesday through Sunday.

Both Jack and Griffin are coming off running winning medals in the Pan American Youth Championships last month, which were also held in Cali, as a final test run for the World Youth Championships, which targets 16-17 aged athletes.

Griffin, who will be the first to see action in the 400m prelims on Wednesday, enters the competition with a 49.13 seconds career best. Jack, coming off a personal best of 11.86 seconds to win the Pan Am Youth Championship gold medal, will run in the 100m preliminaries on Thursday.

Fahie, who was fifth in the Carifta Games 100m, established a personal best of 11.85 seconds and along with Jack are the fastest U18 Girls this season in the greater Virgin Islands. Fahie ran a 200m lifetime best of 24.80 seconds and will also see action on Friday in the prelims.

CAC Age Group Championships
Later in the week, USVI and BVI athletes will depart on Friday for Trinidad to compete in the CAC Age Group Championships on Saturday and Sunday. The BVI hosted the 2011 edition.

The multi-event discipline caters to 11-12 and 13-14 athletes who will compete in five and seven events respectively, with points awarded for each performance towards a cumulative score.

The championships cater to eight athletes, two male and two females in each of the age groups. During the championships, athletes compete for individual awards as well as male and female age division and overall team awards.

The 11-12 Boys and Girls will contest the 60m dash, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw and 800m for girls and the boys will run 1000m. The 13-14 division athletes will run the 80m dash, 60m Hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw, Shot Put and the 1000m for girls while the boys will tackle the 1200m.

The USVI athletes are: 11-12 Girls: T’Yannah Lake and T’Anna Lake: 11-12 Boy: Makari Looby: 13-14 Girls: Mikeala Smith and Jusenia Tuitt. 13-14 Boy: Valence Modeste. Officials: Keith Smith, Kim Stanley, Chearoll and Yukia James.

Six athletes will represent the BVI in the competition. 11-12 Girls: Alyah Smith and Alisha Hayde. Boys: Malachi Smith and Sha’el Lavacia. 13-14 Girls: Xiorara Malone and Tashara Edwards. Officials: Ralston Henry, Burt Dorsett and Ericca Frederick.

Harrigan-Scott World Championships bound
Veteran sprinter Tahesia Harrigan-Scott booked her fifth straight ticket to the IAAF World Championships on Saturday, after winning the USA Track and Field Club Championships in Icahn, NY. Harrigan-Scott won the 100m in 11.14 seconds, just .01 off her career best and will compete in Beijing, China, Aug 22-30. She also won her semi in 11.45. Her next competition will be in the Pan Am Games in Toronto. Ashley Kelly finished fourth in the 200m in 23.86 seconds after running 11.72 in the 100m finals. She ran 11.83 in the heats.

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East End Stamps Authority As Rugby League Starts

July 13, 2015 by

By BVI Platinum

Photo: Provided

Photo: Provided

Hard hitting tackles were many during the opening of the first full contact three-team rugby league at Capoons Bay which saw a dominant performance by the East End Entertainers.

Despite a late start due to the lights being switched off, players and fans congregated to witness the history start to the 10-a-side league on Friday, July 3. The East Enders finished the first week unbeaten 2-0, defeating the Central Cockerels, 69-12 and the West End Warriors, 38-17.

However, the Central team pounded out a 22-12 victory in the opening game.

“It was a good start for us,” said East End captain, Donovan Staples. “We had about 800 spectators in attendance so we had to put on a good show for East End. We are playing for territorial bragging rights so we had to represent East End massive. We defended well and countered well through ball movement. Tonight we had no substitute and that is something we need to change going forward so our players can get some rest,”

Rugby Development Officer, Sherlock ‘Solo’ Solomon told BVI Platinum News that he is very pleased to have the league start in the BVI. “This is where we needed to go in the BVI to establish ourselves as a full member of the International Rugby Board. We know for sure on the island we have lots of folks who want to play, but in the IRB competition you have to have lived on the island for three years before you can play for the national team. Having said that, there are a number of persons who come on the island for short a period and sometimes longer periods, who want to play contact rugby,” Solomon said.

He went on to state that he is very pleased with the support for the league. “We saw a high standard of rugby and a number of under-19s. Some guys who have been coming to practice with the national team, who did not make the cut, got an opportunity to run on the field and participate in a real-game situation,” Solomon said.

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BVI’s athletes to compete at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games

July 8, 2015 by

headerlogoThe British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee has announced the team to participate in the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10-26.

Six (6) athletes and four (4) officials are now confirmed to attend the games.

BVI will compete in three sporting disciplines including athletics, squash and swimming.

The Toronto 2015 competitors from track and field include sprinter, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott in the 100m, Karene King in the 200m, Chantel Malone in the Long Jump and Eldred Henry who competes in both the Discus and the Shot Put. The team coaches are Winston Potter and Anthony Dougherty.

Elinah Phillip will be representing the BVI in swimming with the 50m and 100m Freestyle as her chosen events and Tracy Bradshaw as her coach.

Joe Chapman starts the ball rolling for the BVI team in the Squash Men’s Singles on July 11, with Adam Murrills as his coach.

In charge of the delegation is Chef de Mission for Toronto 2015, Mr. Xavier Dag Samuels.

Ephraim Penn, President of the British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee stated: “I am pleased we have been able to get six athletes qualified to represent us in Toronto 2015. This is double the number from Guadalajara four years ago in 2011 and it is great to have more than one sport represented. I am hopeful of solid performances from the athletes, especially in track and field and hope we can build on the excellent results we had last year at the Commonwealth and CAC Games”.

BVI’s Welcome Ceremony at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games is scheduled at the Athletes Village on July 9th, 2015 at 7 p.m., with the Opening Ceremony due to commence on July 10th, 2015 at 8 p.m.

It is expected that live coverage will be shown on television on the ESPN-Caribbean channel, so fans at home can follow the BVI athletes in action.

Click to view the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games competition schedule.

For more information, please visit www.toronto2015.org.

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VI youth sailors at Optinam 2015

July 7, 2015 by
Virgin Islands Team at the The Optimist North American Championship, Optinam 2015, Antigua. Photo: Matias Capizzano

Virgin Islands Team at the The Optimist North American Championship, Optinam 2015, Antigua. Photo: Matias Capizzano

The Optimist North American Championship, Optinam 2015, gets underway today, Tuesday, July 7, 2015 in Antigua with four Virgin Islands’ sailors competing against 23 other countries. The event, which runs from July 5 – 13, takes place out of Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour.

The VI’s four-member team includes Max Rechilitoff, (red fleet) Kyle Roose, (blue fleet) Nathan Haycraft (red fleet) and Rayne Duff (blue fleet).

Today is the first day of the qualification series (spanning 3 days) and sailors are to race in three groups (“fleets”) of 54 competitors each, starting at 11:00am.

Monday, July 6, 2015 was a practice day and with winds blowing at 13 to 15 knots, was the less windy of the days since most of the teams arrived in Antigua, it was a relief for some and an opportunity to relax for others.
The practice race saw nearly 40 sailors on the course side with a U flag which has been the norm for many years, (even to cross the finishing line in first place is considered bad luck), and only 20 of the sailors in each fleet “finished” the race.

There were only two fleets for the practice race: sailors with odd sail numbers and sailors with even sail numbers.

Shore side activities included finishing the measurement whereby all teams completed the ‘race management’ entry requirements. A short and quiet team leaders’ meeting took place, followed by the first coaches’ meeting, at which the race officers and judges introduced themselves and gave an overview of their goals and expectations from the teams.

The Seaboard Marine Optimist North American Championship 2015 is being organised by the Antigua Yacht Club under the authority of the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA).

There are 162 participants entered, representing 23 countries: Argentina, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Switzerland, Uruguay, USA, US Virgin Islands and Antigua.

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