Sol RB17-21: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 27, 2017

Having off-loaded fruit and other exports from around the Caribbean, the Geest Line freighter Benguela Stream set sail from Portsmouth in England on Tuesday (April 25) carrying a shipment of 31 rally cars from the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe bound for Sol Rally Barbados 2017.

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton and Mike Fennell won Sunday’s (April 23) Automotive Art Shakedown Stages in their Rubis/Sandals Barbados/KIG Ford Focus WRC06, despite a 10-second penalty for a late restart after lunch. The opening round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships, the 10-stage, 37-kilometre event was the final

Three-time winner of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event, Jamaica’s Jeff Panton starts his preparations for Sol Rally Barbados 2017 in earnest on Sunday (April 23), seeded at number one for the Automotive Art Shakedown Stages. The 38-car running order was confirmed at last night’s (Thursday) Briefing Meeting at Copacabana, Bay Street

Devan McCartney is the early leader of the Champion Driver title chase as Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) prepares for round two of its 2017 Championship, to be staged at the John ‘Tiny’ Harrison Memorial Raceday at Bushy Park Barbados on Saturday & Sunday, May 6/7. BPMSI will again share the weekend with the Barbados Association of

 

Garrison Savannah                                          www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE HEROES DAY RACEDAY

Featuring

THE RIGHT EXCELLENT SIR GRANTLEY ADAMS (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 10 - Friday, April 28, 2017

Form

BFIT Preps to Host International Competition

 

Barbados – The Barbados Federation for Island Triathletes (BFIT) will host its annual Bridgetown Confederation of American Triathlon (CAMTRI) Sprint Triathlon American Cup and Central American and Caribbean Championship on Spring Garden Highway, April 23, 2017. This is the 6th time

Scotland will be represented by seven crews in Sol Rally Barbados 2017, following today’s (April 18) announcement of three further entries, which bring the number of overseas cars confirmed for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event to 35 and the entry in the four-wheel-drive classes to 22.
 As the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) marks

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE BARBADOS GUINEAS RACEDAY

Featuring

THE 67TH BARBADOS GUINEAS (GR.1R. - BAR)

Final Program for Day 9 - Monday, April 17, 2017

Forecast: 1.

French marque Citroen, winner of eight World Rally Championship titles since 2003, has rarely been represented in the 27-year history of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. But that is about to change, with today’s (April 7) confirmation of a quartet of Citroens for Sol Rally Barbados 2017, bringing to 30 the total of overseas crews

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE BARBADOS GUINEAS RACEDAY

Featuring

THE 67TH BARBADOS GUINEAS (GR.1R. - BAR)

Entries for Day 9 - Monday, April 17, 2017

Form

 

 

Barbados – The fourth BFIT Kids Series race took place Sunday morning this past weekend. The event takes place at the Barbados Aquatic Centre and Sir Garfield Sobers Sports Complex and was one of 10 kid’s series races that take place over the course of the year. At the completion of the tenth race, awards are given out

Island fan favourite, British BMW driver Martin ‘Mad-dale’ Stockdale, will have flown more than 140,000 miles in return trips across the Atlantic when he lands at London Gatwick in early June after competing in Sol Rally Barbados 2017 . . . and that’s more than 12 days in the air. This is his 17th straight appearance in the Barbados Rally

Devan McCartney and Andre Walcott each claimed a hat-trick of class wins as Bushy Park Motor Sport Inc (BPMSI) opened its 2017 Championship at Bushy Park Barbados on Sunday (March 26), while Kyle King overcame a 10-second jump-start penalty to win the Hilti Handicap on his circuit racing debut. The St Philip facility staged the island’s first-

Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton, winner of Sol Rally Barbados for the past two years, and Britain’s Kevin Procter are confirmed today (March 24) for this year’s 28th running of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International. Both look set to be better prepared than last year for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) blue riband event, where they

Five of Bushy Park Motor Sport Inc’s (BPMSI) Reigning Champions will start the defence of their 2016 titles at Bushy Park Barbados on Sunday (March 26), as BPMSI joins forces with the Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters (BADD) and the Barbados Cycling Union (BCU) to stage the island’s first-ever combined event for horsepower and

 

 

BARBADOS – The Barbados Federation of Island Triathletes concluded the first ever BFIT Bushy Park Duathlon last weekend. The event took place early Sunday morning, and consisted of two race categories; Road Bike (adult and youth, male and female) and Mountain Bike (adult and youth, male and female).

 

The

Top ranking BaJan surfer on the World Surf League Qualifying Series mens tour Josh Burke placed an outstanding 9th at the just concluded QS 1000 Ron Jon Vans Pro in Cocoa Beach Florida last weekend.
Although a good result while earning 300pts and bumped his current rank up to 102 on the QS tour Burke was disappointed with the overall

 
Training, dedication and accomplishment will take center-stage this week when athletes of all ages test their skills in the largest local sports event for persons with intellectual disability, the Special Olympics Barbados National Games Track and Field Finals. More than 600 athletes participated in last year’s annual meet, and large

The Barbados Cycling Union (BCU) will join forces with Bushy Park Motor Sport Inc (BPMSI) and the Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters (BADD) at Bushy Park Barbados on Sunday (March 26) to stage the island’s first-ever combined event for horsepower and pedal-power. Circuit Acclimatisation will be followed by two 20-minute Handicap

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

HONOURING FORMER BARBADOS TURF CLUB EMPLOYEES RACEDAY

Final Program for Day 7 - Saturday, March 18, 2017

Forecast: 2.3.4.5.6.7. *Trifecta: 2.3.4.5.6.7.   *Superfecta

Group A is set to attract a record entry for Sol Rally Barbados 2017, as four more International crews confirmed today (March 17) bring the current total to eight, already the highest for more than a decade. With at least two more in the pipe-line, the starting list for the four-wheel-drive classification won last year by M-Sport works driver

COZIER JOINS THE LIST OF MUDDOGS SAFARI WINNERS
Clean sweep for new victor and former Champion Croney
The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) off-road community celebrated a new winner at Tuesday’s (March 14) Prizegiving for last weekend’s March Safari at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association (BCTSA) Club House at Searles, Christ

Bushy Park hosts 2017 curtain-raiser for BPMSI & BADD
Bushy Park Motor Sport Inc (BPMSI) and the Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters (BADD) will share Bushy Park Barbados on Sunday, March 26, to launch their respective Championship seasons. Track and drag strip activity will alternate during a 10-hour programme, as

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