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Well done West Indies in winning their first match of the ICC Champions Trophy at the Oval in London and big congrats to Kemar Roach on his Man of the Match win!

Former UK National Rally Champion Paul Bird successfully defended his Sol Rally Barbados title at the weekend (June 1/2), crowning a remarkable record in his six years contesting the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International. Second on his first two visits, third twice and now a back-to-back winner, he is also the only driver to

 It was a bad day for the Barbados rugby team at the Garrison on Saturday when the visiting Trinidad and Tobago team ended their hopes of World Cup qualification. The local guys had a great first half against the wind and they looked like they were going to reduce the deficit and go on to win the game but unfortunately they ran out of steam

 On Saturday, May 25th there will be two matches at Holders, The Kearns Trophy scheduled to start at 3.30pm followed by the Presidents Cup at 4.30pm. These will be the final "official" matches of the 2012/13 polo season.
The teams are as follows.
Kearns Trophy  
                            
Ashlee Deane

Motor sport volunteers on both sides of the Irish sea are set to enjoy dream holidays in the Caribbean as prize-winners in the third ‘Rally to Barbados’ promotion for the region’s biggest annual motor sport International, Sol Rally Barbados (June 1/2), and this Sunday’s shakedown and seeding event, Scotiabank King of the Hill.
  In

Today is the final day of racing in the Mount Gay Barbados Regatta, with up to three races scheduled. In the J24 class "Fully Covered" just needs three decent results to hang on to first place overall. Meanwhile, the big boats in the CSA Simplified class have a real fight on their hands. Head down to the Barbados Yacht Club, Dippers Beach Bar

Sol Rally Barbados (June 1/2) and Scotiabank King of the Hill (May 26) offer local competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic-sponsored Drivers’ and Class Championships three of out 10 chances for the year to score points. So, there are competitors fighting for vital points throughout the 98-car field.
  The 2012

Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2), the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, promises a double dose of unforgettable action. While former UK National Champion Paul Bird will face a record field of WRC cars as he tries to win back-to-back victories, not far behind will be just as intense a battle for two-wheel-drive honours.

FLYING FISH, a Rugby Barbados Sevens select team, recently competed in the Ashby 7’s tournament in Leicestershire, England.  FLYING FISH started with a tough loss to Loughborough 24-17, an excellent win over Jesters 26-14 and a 30-5 win over England Colleges.  They completed their day with an emphatic win over Thundercats

While anticipation among island fans about the quality entry for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2) is reaching fever pitch, local competitors are concentrating on their own preparations for the most important two weekends of the year. Scotiabank King of the Hill (May 26) and Sol RB13 – each day is an individual round – offer three chances to

The Geest Line freighter Agulhas Stream sailed from Portsmouth on the English south coast yesterday (Tuesday, May 7) after two nights in port exchanging bananas and other produce from around the Caribbean for a shipment of 27 rally cars bound for the region’s biggest annual motor sport International, Sol Rally Barbados.
  It will now

The man they called “whispering death” in his playing days has thrown his full support behind the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Michael Holding is now a well-known broadcaster not short of an opinion on many key issues within the game and he feels the new Twenty20 Competition will help boost cricket in the region. Holding will be the

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC), organiser of Sol Rally Barbados (June 1/2), is making every effort to ensure that its blue riband event does not impact negatively on anyone in the island, be they resident, competitor, spectator or tourist . . . and particularly those who may not be motor sport fans.
  For the third year, the Club has

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IRISH TRANSPORTER ‘INVADES’ SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Sol RB connections support Killarney Rally of the Lakes
A record-breaking Celtic ‘invasion force’ left Ireland late afternoon Wednesday (May 1) to tackle the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International. Ten rally cars were loaded on to a transporter in the north of the ‘

Written by Kimball Livingston
Stefan Boehm came to Barbados as someone who had never won a national sailing championship in his native Germany and certainly had never won a world title. On that basis, no one picked him to be where he is now, leading the SAP 5O5 World Championship with one race remaining.
The final race will be

Written by Kimball Livingston
Morten Bogacki didn't want anything to do with being the appointed "rabbit," also known as the pathfinder, to set the start for race six of the SAP 505 World Championship. He figured the role consigned him to oblivion in the standings. But then, when he won the race, it was amazing how far he and crewman

Roger Skeete and Louis Venezia claimed their first victory for the season in the Sol/Michelin/Simpson Motors/Da Costa Mannings Auto Centre Subaru Impreza WRC S12 in Sunday’s (April 28) Valvoline Rally. Despite some challenges, including the rain which fell in the afternoon, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) successfully ran all 10 planned stages

Written by Kimbell Livingston
Race three of the SAP 505 World Championship was a reminder that, while crunching the best data, and executing appropriate strategies, in sailing as in business you need to keep a weather eye out for what the legal team refers to as an Act of God. The waters off Bridgetown, Barbados on Sunday were bright,

Today is the first day of the 505's SAP Barbados Worlds 2013.  
The World Championships 2013 are being held here in Barbados and we are hoping for everything to go according to plan and to have excellent sailing conditions and an on time start with the first race scheduled for 12.00 pm .
If you get a moment have a view of the

Trevor ‘Micey’ Manning is back! A former winner of the island’s premier event, popular with fans for his flamboyant driving style, he will compete in Sol Rally Barbados for the first time since 2009 . . . he replaces the injured Logan Watson in his BMW M3, nick-named ‘Crackers’, a rear-wheel-drive car that ideally suits Manning’s persona.

Hometown boy Jason Wilson stormed into the lead on the last lap of the run leg to win the ITU sprint triathlon held in Barbados today.
In rainy and slippery conditions, Wilson’s strong run allowed him to surge past the front-runners and ensured he won his 2nd consecutive ITU race in an unconfirmed  time of 58 mins 21 seconds (

Scotiabank is the new sole title sponsor of King of the Hill, the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) final key event run in association with Sol Rally Barbados 2013, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International. The deal was confirmed during a press briefing this morning (Friday, April 19) at the CGI Building in Warrens, St Michael.