Britain’s Frank Bird will this year realise his long-held ambition to compete in Sol Rally Barbados, the event won twice in a Ford Focus WRC07 by his father Paul. Having started the season with victory in the Brands Hatch Winter Stages (January 15), the team confirmed that Bird and co-driver Jack Morton, who sat with ‘Birdy’ when he finished

Bat For A Chance (“BFAC”) has recently partnered-up with Energy and Virgin Atlantic as part of an exciting program of kit donations scheduled for 2022 across the world, starting with Barbados, ahead of the January West Indies v England T20 games at the Kensington Oval. The kit donations will be overseen by the charity’s global ambassador,

On-line entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2022 will open next Monday (January 3) on the official web site, rallybarbados.net. The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has confirmed that Sol RB22 is scheduled for the weekend of June 4 & 5, with King of the Hill on the previous Sunday (May 29), these dates subject to

Stuart Maloney and Natya Soodeen the big winners

Against the background of the continuing challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) completed its second condensed season with the final round of its Autocross Championship at Bushy Park Barbados two weeks ago. While prevailing Covid-19 protocols

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The Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) has today (June 29) announced the appointment of Natya Soodeen as Chairperson of Women in Motorsport Barbados. A former show-jumper, who has represented Barbados in regional and international events, Natya has turned

Chris Hoad, Stuart Maloney and Josh Read are joint leaders of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver title chase following the Double-Header Sprint at Bushy Park on June 4, which kicked off the second season to be delayed by Covid-19 pandemic. Read leads the 2wd Championship as well, while Dane Skeete sits at the head of the 4wd

Taking a break from his Formula Regional campaign in Europe, Zane Maloney won in both directions at Saturday’s Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Double-Header Sprint at Bushy Park, St Philip. Run behind closed doors, in line with current Covid-19 directives, the opening event of the BRC’s Driver’s and Class Championships was a close-fought affair, as

The tournament window for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has been confirmed. The 2021 event will get underway on 28 August and will run until the 19 September.

This year the tournament will take place in St Kitts & Nevis with all 33 matches being played at Warner Park. This follows on from the successful staging of

The Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) this week published a provisional calendar for the rest of 2021, signalling the return of island motor sport, while discussions continue with Government’s Covid-19 Monitoring Unit to clarify when spectators might return. Sol Rally Barbados is still scheduled for September 25/26, with King of the Hill the

The Barbados Tridents have announced their retentions for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League which gets under way on 28 August in St Kitts & Nevis. 
The Tridents welcome back the world’s number one rated Test all-rounder and Tridents’ captain Jason Holder, along with fellow Barbadians Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Raymon Reifer, Justin

The Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) has today (May 12) published a provisional calendar for the rest of 2021 to allow competitors time to prepare, while discussions continue with Government bodies to clarify when spectators might return. Having made practical use of the down time caused by the Covid 19 pandemic, the Federation has developed

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has joined forces with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast to bring even more engaging and entertaining content to their ever growing social media following. The Caribbean Cricket Podcast, hosted by Machel St Patrick Hewitt and Santokie Nagulendran, has seen phenomenal growth over the last 12 months and has

Apes Hill development announced veteran tourism executive Sunil Chatrani is now a shareholder and has taken up the leadership role as its Executive Chairman.  
 
Chatrani, former Chief Executive Officer of the Elegant Hotel Group, is building the team to relaunch the 450-acre site, currently undergoing significant redevelopment, and

Sol Rally Barbados is inscribed on the 2021 calendar of the world governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), as it becomes a round of the NACAM Championship for the first time, bringing to 11 the countries which have hosted the competition. It was scheduled for

Chelsea Tuach's story starts on the 2nd of December 1995 when she was born on the tropical Caribbean island of Barbados. Inspired by  two older brothers, she started surfing at a young age. After watching them represent Barbados competitively

A lot of praise has been given to Kieron Pollard for his 6 sixes in an over in the T20 Series against Sri Lanka. And he deserved it, as he produced a 4-wicket win. Not so much fun for the leg spinner Akila Dananjaya, although his glory happened earlier when he took a hat-trick, including the great Chris Gayle.
 
6 Sixes are rare.

In light of the continuing effects of the coronavirus pandemic at home and overseas, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has announced revised dates for Sol Rally Barbados and its associated events. Sol RB21 is now scheduled for the weekend of September 25 & 26, with Flow King of the Hill on the previous

The organiser of the Radical Caribbean Cup (RCC) has confirmed that it is to expand its regional championship in 2022 and include the ‘entry level’ SR1, to complement the SR3, which has been the sole chassis raced in the category since it was established in 2015; there will be two separate championships going forward, with a Champion crowned in

The Pan American Beach Wrestling Championship is a 2-DAY Event being held from November 6 -7th 2021, between 10AM and 4PM on Browne's Beach. It’s intended to bring the Americas’ best to Barbados.

The aim is to put Barbados on the map as a competitive Combat Sports destination. Beach wrestling is an enjoyable approach to the

With just over 290,000 inhabitants, Barbados punches well above its weight in the world. As a people, Bajans (Barbadians) are friendly, laidback and have an opinion on most things, especially cricket! Education is big in Barbados with much of it free, including textbooks and uniforms. Bajans place a high emphasis on learning, and although some

Steeped in history, and barely a mile from top to end, the Garrison Area certainly ticks all the boxes for the inquisitive Historian. After all, inside and the outside the racing course lies a plethora of historic buildings, tunnels, museum, fort, and memories of sporting glory. Housed in that beautiful little field called the Garrison Savannah

Covid-19 has brought various requirements to golf, but Rockley is complying and still continues to buzz on and off the fairways.
 
The Snowbirds are still returning, albeit not as many as in the past, but the influx of new members has stimulated Rockley Golf in 2021. Tournaments have been

More than 50 events planned by the Barbados Motoring Federation’s (BMF) seven sporting Member Clubs are listed on the provisional 2021 calendar published today (December 14). After a year in which many events were cancelled or postponed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the motor sport community – in common with the memberships of island

Sunday’s (December 6) Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Winter Rally will bring one of the Club’s most challenging seasons to a close, as the Driver’s and Class Championships are settled. The running order, published at last night’s (Thursday) Briefing Meeting at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association (BCTSA) Clubhouse, Searles, Christ Church,

It is customary to Knight in the Barbados Honours List every year, and many distinguished statesmen and women, business people and sportspeople have been honoured. Many cricketers have been graced with the Award, and in recent times a Statue of Sir Wesley Hall has been added to Sir Garfield Sobers at the Kensington Oval. It highlights the

Barbados hockey has often been accused of lagging in the background compared to other sports. However, the President of the Barbados Hockey Federation Mark St. Hill is determined to develop and expand with news they intend to build a Pavilion at the AstroTurf, Wildey. 
 
In a Press Release Mark highlighted their plans…
 

There was a huge boost for Barbados Racing recently when it was announced that floodlights will be in operation at the Garrison Savannah. Night racing will start on 30 November.

The news was a personal achievement by Barbados Turf Club President Sir David Seale, who had been the driving force for Night Racing for many years. He

With a new 3.20-kilometre stage and the customary enhanced points structure for the final round, there’s all to play in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships when competitors gather for the BRC Winter Rally on Sunday, December 6. The Champion Driver, 4wd and 2wd titles are yet to be resolved, while the leading margins

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) saw an incredible 67% increase in Television, Streaming and Digital viewership in 2020, reaching 523.5million viewers and passing half a billion for the first time in the tournament’s history. The research was independently compiled by YouGov Sport, a division of SMGInsight, one of the world’s largest and

Dane Skeete and Tyler Mayhew started their 2020 motor sport campaign in fine style yesterday (Sunday) with victory in Flow King of the Hill, beating Jamaica’s Jeff Panton by just four-hundredths of a second, the smallest winning margin in the 13-year history of the event. Having led after the first of four timed runs, Britain’s Rob Swann

Britain’s Rob Swann, the leading European contender of recent years, arrives in the island next Monday determined to win Sol Rally Barbados 2020. He posted his on-line entry two days before the closing date after constant juggling with Covid testing, travel and quarantine arrangements for himself and his Welsh co-driver and friend Darren Garrod

October 7, 2020, Bulgaria – The Bulgarian high school student Maxim Ivanov and his father Stefan Ivanov, a Bulgarian financier and entrepreneur, set a world record and several first-time achievements after 

Double British Rally Champion Matt Edwards will return to the Caribbean next month to compete in Sol Rally Barbados 2020 and continue his mentoring role as co-driver to Turks & Caicos Rally Team member Paul Horton in his Ford Fiesta R5. Confirmation today (September 28) of Trinidad & Tobago’s David Coelho’s entry in his Fiesta brings

The organisers of Sol Rally Barbados have today (September 24) confirmed Ken Block’s participation in this year’s event, postponed from June until October 31/November 1 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. With around six million followers on each of Facebook and Instagram, Block is one of the most-recognised names in global motor sport,

Bajan driver Kyffin Simpson will join the highly competitive HMD Motorsports at the Sebring International Raceway on the 25th-27th September to mark the beginning of his transition to Formula Regional Americas, aided by renowned IndyCar engineer Tim Neff and the driver development focused Kokoro Performance.

Kyffin, residing in Grand

For the second time in as many events, new names have been added to the winners’ roster in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship after Willie Hinds and Wayne Manning won last Sunday’s (September 20) Chefette Summer Safari. There was more good news for Chris King, too: having claimed his first victory in July’s

Barbados Rally Club (BRC) stalwart Biddy Barber returns to competition after a long break this weekend, when she lines up for the Chefette Summer Safari. Having competed many a time in navigational events with son Brett, Sunday (September 20) will see her first outing in the Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship with her 12-year-old grandson

World Sailing is pleased to announce Mount Gay, the world's oldest running rum distillery, as its Official eSailing Partner.

Over the next two years, Mount Gay and World Sailing will work in partnership to raise the profile and awareness of eSailing globally. In addition, Mount Gay

The Barbados Golf Club invites you to participate in the Better Ball Championship 2020 on September 26, 2020. Click on image to view more detais

Three decades on from claiming the first overseas result in the Barbados Rally Club’s International All-Stage Rally – he finished ninth in 1991 in a Volkswagen Golf GTI – Britain’s Howard Paterson is pulling out all the stops to make sure he can compete in Sol Rally Barbados 2020. Against the background of uncertainties created by Covid-19, the

Closed-road motor sport’s return delivered all it promised, as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) and Motoring Club of Barbados Inc (MCBI) joined forces to organise Sunday’s (August 23) HammerTime 20. Swapping times back and forth, Jamaican Jeff Panton and Britain’s Rob Swann shared the overall honours, Josh Read and Barry Mayers claimed a 2wd win

The CPL 2020 will begin on 18th Aug and finals of the season will be played on September 10th. The organizers have finally got the nod from the T&T government to host the entire season of CPL in Trinidad itself
The season will see a total of 33 games being played. The Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba will host 23 games, including

Captains Jason Holder of the West Indies and Ben Stokes of England head into the opening match of their three-Test series as the top two all-rounders in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings, as well as the top-ranked batsmen from their respective sides.

  • They are the top two all-rounders in the

The Covid-19 safety protocols for this month’s restart of motor sport in the island have been reinforced by a shipment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the world governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). Following Track Days at Bushy Park Barbados over the past two Sundays, competition proper starts again

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed interim changes to its playing regulations, which include the ban on the use of saliva to shine the ball and allowing home umpires in international series.
The ICC Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) ratified recommendations from the Anil Kumble-led Cricket Committee, aimed at

Although the coronavirus pandemic has caused the postponement of Flow King of the Hill and Sol Rally Barbados, scheduled for the coming two weekends (May 24 & May 29-31), there will be something new for competitors and spectators to savour. The on-line rally group, Carib Rally Club,

 
The 1991 Masters Champion and World number one golfer for 50 straight weeks in 91-92 is totally committed to Barbados. Ian Woosnam lives most of the time in Jersey but like the snowbirds, when the cold starts to bite, he can’t resist his lovely home at Royal Westmoreland in St James.
            This amazing golfer, the only

 
For a small island, Barbados has a high per capita ratio of equines and there are estimated to be over 1200 horses currently on the island. The majority of these horses are thoroughbreds involved in the horse racing industry and another large segment participate in polo, but there are several competition horses of varying levels that

Around the world, kart racing is a vital training ground. So, too, in the island, where many race and rally Champions cut their teeth with the Barbados Karting Association (BKA) and current competitors continue to hone their skills. Established in 1987, the BKA initially ran race meetings on makeshift circuits in various Plantation yards around

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