Changes on the horizon for 2013

 

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has confirmed the revised vehicle regulations under which its events will run during the next three-year cycle from 2013 to 2015. Among the key changes are the abandonment of the lower-capacity production classes and the division of World Rally Cars into two

NEWSLETTER #2                                                                          OCTOBER 2012

 

The Barbados Surfing Association crowned its National Champions at Soup Bowl, Bathsheba on September 22nd in waist to chest high waves.

 

The Open Men’s National Champion 2012 was Dane Mackie who has been at the

Petra Roach, BTA London, promoting Barbados proudly at the Barbados vs England Netball Match in the UK.

The Polo season has started at Holders today, play starts at 4pm and will be every Saturday through the season.

Barbados Rally Club front-runners face thrilling Black Bess finale
After nine hotly-contested rounds of the 2012 Barbados Rally Club (BRC)
Virgin Atlantic Driver¹s and Class Championships, fought out since the
curtain-raiser in March, the chase for the prestigious Champion Driver title
will go down to the wire at

(BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, October 12, 2012) – The Run Barbados Series will mark a momentous 29 years of competition this year, when the gun goes off at the start of the Powerade Fun Mile in St. Lawrence Gap in early December.

 

From December 7 through 9, first time and longstanding patrons of the Run Barbados event will converge

The Friday night lights were burning at the BRFU rugby pitch on the Historic Garrison Savannah as top of the table Scorpions faced off against Renegades on September 28, 2012.
 
International sevens speedster Jae Bowen put the Renegades on the board first, but Scorpions promptly retaliated in kind. The first half was a flurry of

Organisers target 250th International entry

 

On-line entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 will open on November 1 on the event¹s official web site - www.rallybarbados.bb ­ as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) targets yet another milestone in the 24-year history of its premier event. Subject

Champion Driver title fight will go down to the wire

 

Sean Gill and the Simpson Motors/Shell V-Power/Automotive Art/Monster Energy Drink Suzuki SX4 WRC were the class of the field when competitors in the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) 2012 Virgin Atlantic Championship gathered at the popular Black Bess course in St Peter on

For the front-runners battling for the prestigious Champion Driver title in the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) 2012 Virgin Atlantic Championship, it is all hands on deck for Sunday¹s (September 23) BRC Autumn Gravel Sprint, a double-header at the popular Black Bess course in the northern parish of St Peter.

  At a time of year when some

Winners of the opening round of the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) 2012 MudDogs Safari Championship back in March, Chris Armstrong and Wayne Clarke (Toyota Hilux), added a second victory to their tally on Sunday (September 16), when they defeated all-comers - and the elements - in the Shelbury Construction September Safari.

  The

With three rounds to run in the 2012 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver¹s and Class Championships, the chase for the Champion Driver title is far from over. While Modified 7 leader Daryl Clarke (Honda Civic) is hot favourite to win the Overall title, thanks to a perfect score so far, battle resumes on Sunday (September 23) with

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(James Johnson) - Champion of the 29th United Insurance Barbados Open , James Johnson (centre)accepted the winners trophy from David Alleyne (Chief Operating Officer) of United Insurance and Hadley Byer (right), President of the BGA.

(Hall and stollmeyer) - Chief Executive of United

It's off to another exciting season as the LIME Pelican Football Challenge gets underway at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Barbados.
Come and see the best of the best as they  vie for the challenge which climaxes on the 30 November 2012. The most valuable player will receive $10,000 in cash.
The LIME Pelican Football Challenge

Shelbury Construction September Safari runs off on Sunday

 

The total number of participants in the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) 2012 MudDogs Safari Championship and the Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championship is fast approaching 100, with six new names included on the entry list published today for Sunday¹s (September 16)

After a three-month summer break, the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) off-roaders are fettling their machines in readiness to rejoin battle in the MudDogs Safari Championship and the Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championship. The fourth of five rounds for the season is the September Safari on Sunday, September 16.

  With two rounds to go

The Barbados National Rugby Sevens team recently won the Bowl trophy at the 2013 Rugby World Cup qualifiers held in Ottawa, Canada on August 25th-26th.  

The Bajans started fast with consecutive 19-12 wins over the number one and two seeds in the Caribbean/Mexico region, Guyana and the Cayman Islands respectively.  These historic wins

BARBADOS IS SMALL, BUT BIG IN MOTOR SPORT

 

Despite being a tiny island in the Caribbean, Barbados has a secure future in world motor sport. So says Jean Todt, the President of the sport¹s world governing body, the Federation Internationale de l¹Automobile (FIA), whose remarks came during a recent visit to the island as part of

Please be advised that the RACEDAY of AUGUST 25, 2012 are postponed until SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 due to the Jockeys opting not to ride.
 

The two fastest men in Barbados are set for a classic showdown when they go head-to-head during the Digicel Williams Seaboard Marine International Race Meet at Bushy Park on September 1/2. While both Roger Mayers and Stuart Williams will be representing their country in round two of the 2012 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) is sending a 10-strong team to contest the Digicel Williams Seaboard Marine International Race Meet at Bushy Park on September 1/2. Andrew King and Paul Vieira will race in the second round of the 2012 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), facing competitors from the

Congrats To Lady Williams on her United Insurance Barbados Derby winner yesterday - Bandera Belle ridden by Renaldo Cumberbatch! From all accounts it was an exciting finish with Summer Time just being pipped at the post.

Jamaica, which last won the Country title in the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship in 2008, is looking to build on its impressive start to this year’s campaign when the Barbados Auto Racing League (BARL) stages the Digicel Williams Seaboard Marine International Race Meet at Bushy Park on September 1/2.
  After a strong

The island¹s motor sport volunteers have been praised by competitors and organisers this week, following last Saturday¹s (August 11) Barbados Rally Club Summer Nights Tarmac Stages, which was run in worsening conditions in the north of the island. Despite the Club¹s best efforts, the event was abandoned after four of the six planned stages.

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