Crews competing in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship are making ready for the fifth and final round of this year’s competition, Saturday’s (November 9) Savvy on the Bay November Safari. Recent rains promise a challenging final test for the Club’s off-road 4x4 navigational fraternity.

Rally Barbados regular Andrew Costin-Hurley was among more than 60 entries in the 'Legend Stars' category at last weekend’s (October 10-13) Rallylegend 2024 in San Marino. Ahead of his 20th trip to compete in the island next year, the British driver carried decals to promote BCIC RB25 prominently displayed on the front three-quarters of his

Mark-Anthony Hinkson will represent Barbados in the third edition of the FIA Motorsport Games in Spain (October 23-27), where more than 650 participants will vie for gold, silver and bronze medals in the style of the Olympics. The Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) confirmed today (Thursday) that 23-year-old Hinkson will compete in both Esports

Cartier has invested over 170 years of history and passion in opening the French Maison up to the world, exploring new territories and designs to kindle emotions.
This past July, the Maison Cartier has envisioned a new future in Holetown, Barbados.
July 2024 (Holetown, Barbados) – In partnership with Diamonds International,

 
Bridgetown, Barbados – The Barbados Football Association (BFA) has today announced the National Senior Men’s Squad and their Management Team for the upcoming Concacaf Nations League games, set to be held next month at the BFA Technical Centre in Wildey.
Head Coach Kent Hall said this current window of play has seen his squad

Thomas O’Niell, at just 14 years old, made history when he became the youngest Barbados National Men’s Open Singles Tennis champion.
Playing at the Tennis Centre in Wildey he defeated Neil King in straight sets 6-love, 6-3.
 
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Bridgetown, Barbados – The Barbados Football Association (BFA) has announced it is actively recruiting young female footballers who are born within the years 2011 – 2013.
The Association has extended an open invitation to all young female athletes within that age bracket who are interested in learning or enhancing their footballing skills

Entries open for BCIC Rally Barbados 2025

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is stepping up preparations for next year’s 35th edition of its premier event by returning to its traditional date for opening entries. The entry form for BCIC Rally Barbados 2025 will go live on the official web site - 

 
 
●      Lola Yamaha ABT has completed its driver line-up for season 11 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, with Zane Maloney to partner Lucas Di Grassi
●      Maloney currently sits third in the Formula 2 Championship, and has already completed a number of Formula E tests
●      The partnership will bring

Logan Watson claimed his first win in the Barbados Rally2 Championship sponsored by CIBC Caribbean and Ace H & B Hardware on Saturday (September 14). By finishing second overall in the MCBI Rally of the Sun & Stars to Mark Maloney, who is not registered for points, Watson jumps to third in the Barbados Motoring

Bridgetown, Barbados – The Rotary Club of Barbados West, in partnership with Diamonds International, is thrilled to announce the return of the highly anticipated Diamonds International Rotary West Golf Classic. This prestigious event, now in its 22nd year, will be held at Royal Westmoreland on Sunday, October 6th, 2024, continuing a long

Please find below the results and some information regarding the Barbados vs. the U.S. Virgin Islands Concacaf Nations League match held today at the Bethlehem Soccer Complex in Saint Croix. 

 

Barbados WON 3-0.

 

Attached are two photos that can be credited to Alison Ince

Island motor sport enthusiasts of all generations are mourning the loss of Brigid ‘Biddy’ Barber, who passed away at home yesterday (Tuesday) aged 75. Her active role in the sport began when she joined the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) as a 17-year-old in the 1960s and lasted well into her 70s, her passion and encouragement

 
Bridgetown, Barbados – The Barbados Football Association (BFA) has reiterated its commitment to the development of all facets of football in Barbados by showcasing the recent international achievements of several of its match officials.
The BFA announced that local officials Keil Howard, Jaselle Louison, and Cleon Culley were

Stuart Maloney drew closer to a second Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Champion Driver title on Sunday (August 25), winning both directions of the BRC Summer Sprint. His closest rival before the weekend Chris Hoad, who lost the title to Maloney after tie-break rules were invoked in 2021, shared the Clubman 2 class wins with

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25 August, 2024
 
 
2024 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys’ U-14 Challenge Series
“I commend our young National Tridents on their impressive performance at this year’s Caribbean Football Union Boys’ U-14 Challenge

National Under-14s Squad Headed for Trinidad
 
Bridgetown, Barbados – The Barbados Football Association (BFA) has announced the squad of the Under-14 Boys and their Management Team who are set to take part in the 2024 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys’ U-14 Challenge Series in Trinidad.
Taking place over

Dates announced for BCIC Rally Barbados 2025

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has announced the dates for the 35th edition of its premier event. Subject to final ratification by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), BCIC Rally Barbados 2025 will run from Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 1, with The Rally Show and

Following his victory on last month’s BCIC Rally Barbados, Stuart Maloney leads the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver title chase after five out of eight rounds. More than 70 drivers have scored points as the 2024 BRC Driver’s & Class Championships passed the half-way point and some close battles are

Heather Walker, has certainly proved that she is a force to be reckoned with in Barbados equestrian sport having won the FEI (International Federation for Equestrian Sports) Jumping World Challenge Category C Competition in June on the Janine Haloute owned British mare, Noblelux, and now definitively winning the 2024 Eventing World Challenge

Three of the island’s motor sport clubs are organising back-to-back weekends of action at Bushy Park Barbados, following some recent changes to the Barbados Motoring Federation’s (BMF) calendar. Starting this Sunday (June 30) with Drag Racing, followed by Circuit Racing and Time Attack (July 7) and Autocross (July 13

Barbadian Dressage Team Going for Gold in Regional Dressage Challenge

 

One of the most anticipated and exciting events on the Barbados Equestrian Association’s (BEA) dressage calendar takes place on June 29-30 with The Caribbean Equestrian Association’s (CEA) Regional Dressage Challenge taking place at Congo Road Equestrian

BCIC RALLY BARBADOS 2024
Official results

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ANT – Antigua & Barbuda; CDN – Canada; ENG – England; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; JER – Jersey; LCA – St Lucia; SCO – Scotland; T&T – Trinidad & Tobago; USA – United States of

Next Saturday’s Auto & Rally Show, now in its third year at Bushy Park Barbados, is set to be the biggest yet. Rally fans have an unrivalled opportunity to pore over more than 100 cars entered for First Citizens King of the Hill (May 26) and BCIC Rally Barbados (May 31-June 2), while hundreds of patrons have already signed up for road car

Mark ‘Venom’ Griffith will be seeking to extend his impressive six-year unbeaten run in his bid for a third successive Barbados Road Tennis Open (BRTO) title.
The island’s top ranked road tennis player has made it clear he has no intentions of relinquishing his crown just yet, even as he approaches his 40th birthday.
Griffith walked

All squads named so far: ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024

New Zealand were the first team to announce their 15-member squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.

The ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which will be a 20-team event, will take place in the USA and West Indies from 1 to 29 June, 2024.
On

Ireland’s most successful co-driver Paul Nagle, who twice won Rally Barbados with Kris Meeke, returns to the event this year as the International Safety Delegate. Since retiring in 2022, Nagle has taken a keen interest in the organisational aspects of the sport and has recently been appointed as the FIA Sporting

Stuart Maloney started his preparations for BCIC Rally Barbados (May 31-June 2) in determined fashion with victory on Sunday’s (April 28) BRC Shakedown Stages. Island fans turned out in their numbers for the first closed-road rally of the season, enjoying some first-class action in the second of two back-to-back rounds

British Caribbean Insurance Company (BCIC) is the new title sponsor of Rally Barbados, which this year runs from Friday, May 31 to Sunday, June 2. In a deal agreed with the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) last week, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International becomes BCIC Rally Barbados for the next three years.

The father and son crew of Stephen and Ben Moore will start at number one for the All Terrain/Rock Oil MudDogs April Safari on Saturday (April 20). The reigning Chefette MudDogs Safari Class B Champions finished third in the 2024 season’s curtain-raiser last month, so will be looking to raise their game campaigning the

PARTY STAND TICKETS FOR ICC MEN’S T20 WORLD CUP 2024 GO ON SALE FROM TODAY

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The Chandler family from the UK are preparing to make Rally Barbados 2024 (May 31-June 2) a major celebration. Father Mark returns to compete in the event for the first time in 17 years, this time with stepdaughter and birthday girl Charlotte ‘Lottie’ McGlashan as his co-driver, while son Michael and new bride Rachel

This March, Diamonds International proudly continued its tradition of supporting various sporting events, fostering community engagement and promoting excellence across the sports landscape in Barbados. As staunch advocates for the power of sports in nurturing community bonds and bolstering tourism in

The Barbados Game Fishing Association will be hosting the 2024 Republic Bank International Fishing Tournament between 9th - 13th April. You don’t need to fish all of the 3-day event.
Flyers have been distributed among The Barbados Yacht Club boaters, advising that new fishing Prizes of Bds$26,000 will be added to this year’s event.

 
The 41st Sandy Lane Gold Cup was arguably the best attended with huge crowds, especially inside the perimeter with a plethora of stalls, refreshments, music and an innovative Village culture for locals and visitors. This is the second year for the Gold Cup Village, situated next to the Barbados Rugby Club. This exclusive venue promised

Chelsea Tuach continues to create history in a sport that she has dedicated the past seventeen years to. 
The recently concluded Central American and Caribbean Games held in El Salvador saw Chelsea bring home the first ever Gold Medal in surfing. Chelsea was dominant in all her heats with her powerful, fluid forehand surfing, toping all

10 things Zane misses most when not in Barbados: 
1. The amazing beaches that Barbados offers. Each coast offers something different, which I love. Personally my favorite beaches are Pebbles and Accra. 
 
2. Of course I miss the food when I’m away. I miss getting home cooked Bajan meals such as macaroni pie and chicken, but

Ian Woosnam and The Barbados Diabetes Foundation teamed up to host the 4th Ian Woosnam “Fore” Diabetes Cup. 
Ian Woosnam and The Barbados Diabetes Foundation teamed up to host the 4th Ian Woosnam “Fore” Diabetes Cup. For the fourth time in as many events, the Barbados team beat the Internationals in a wonderful afternoon of golf, raising

Welshman Ian Woosnam, nicknamed ‘Woosie’ is one of the “Big Five” generation of European Golfers all born within a year of each other including the likes of Ballesteros, Faldo, Langer and Lyle. 
He won The Masters in 1991 and remained world number One for 50 straight weeks after that. Woosie was a member of eight consecutive European

From the greens of the golf course to the rush of the racetrack, Diamonds International has been an unwavering supporter of sports, leaving an enduring mark on Barbados’ sporting scene. 
It all started in 1997, with the inception of the Diamonds International Substance Abuse Foundation Golf Tournament, a groundbreaking event aimed at

Entries posted to date by local crews for Rally Barbados 2024 (May 31-June 2) comfortably exceed the number lodged this far ahead of the event in recent years. After 59 home-grown teams started RB23 – the highest number for a decade – RB24’s organisers are predicting another bumper year. Among them are two seasoned competitors, both of whom

  • ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 public ticket ballot open now and closes on 7 February 2024
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Caribbean nation to be promoted across PGA TOUR landscape as Official Marketing Partner
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The PGA TOUR and Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. announced Monday a multi-year Official Marketing Partnership that designates the country’s tourism arm as an Official Tourism Sponsor of the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions.

In mid April, the Barbadian Legend, Sir Charles Williams was honoured by a sport that he dearly loved. 
The Republic Bank Sir Charles Williams International Tournament, based at the beautiful Port St Charles in St Peter attracts fishermen and women islandwide and beyond. 
The 2023 tournament saw calm seas with a great tournament

The Sandy Lane Charitable Trust (SLCT) has been around for over 15 years
and their primary mission is – “Helping the under privileged children of Barbados” by whatever means necessary. 
As a children’s Trust, their primary and overwhelming concern is for the wellbeing of the children. Giving hope is the most important part of their

by The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. 
Boasting over 80 pristine white sand beaches spread across its 60 miles
of coastline, Barbados offers diverse coastal experiences for beach lovers. These stunning beaches are central to the island’s appeal, welcoming locals and visitors from around the world who come to bask in the sun and

In 2023, the Veteran Equestrian Pair of Roberta Foster and Chichic have clearly demonstrated that Barbados can consider itself a top performer at the International Level. 
Following in the footsteps of the 2018 Eventing Team Bronze medalists--Monique Archer, Zoe Archer and Laura Smith, Roberta has now entered the history books as the

Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) Vice-President David Williams and the BMF’s motorcycle representative Roger Worme have been appointed directors of the North America Continental Union (CONU) of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Their appointments were confirmed by FIM North America President Robert

Rally Barbados 2024 (May 31 to June 2) has attracted strong interest from repeat visitors and newcomers alike since the six-month window to enter opened just over three weeks ago. More than half the allocated overseas entry slots have already been filled, including four rally cars not seen by local fans before, among them the first MINI Cooper

The pinnacle of international T20 cricket just got a vibrant makeover with the unveiling of the new visual identity for the ICC T20 World Cup. This global cricket spectacle, renowned for its fast-paced action and electrifying moments, will now be represented by a dynamic brand identity that captures the essence of the game's relentless energy.

Barbados – called a paradise, the culinary capital of the Caribbean, idyllic for sports – in the water and on land – a cultural delight…Home of the super talented Rihanna the list goes on and on and on.
 
166 square miles of treasures. People who are friendly and welcoming, educated and fun loving. We are the ideal holiday

by The Barbados Olympic Association Inc.
 
Our beautiful island is known globally for its stunning beaches, numerous festivals, Kensington Oval (the mecca of cricket in the Caribbean) and, since 2019, because of the growing number of skateboard enthusiasts, as the island home to one of the best skateparks in the Caribbean – Kaitif

Barbados’ racing sensation Zane Maloney has reached another major milestone on the international racing circuit.
The 20-year-old Red Bull Formula 2 driver has been named as Andretti’s Global reserve driver in Formula E next season.
The announcement was made in a press release issued on Wednesday, where it was also revealed that

Sunday, November 12, 2023 - Vina del Mar, the tourist capital of Chile, geared up for another round of thrilling triathlon one week after the 2023 Pan American Games. 61 men from across the world lined up for a challenging sprint triathlon battle which consisted of a 750m swim, 18.5km bike and 5km run. With a full field of triathletes,

The on-line entry form for Rally Barbados 2024 will go live next week on the official web site, rallybarbados.net, opening a six-month window to enter the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International. RB24 will be the 34th edition of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC)

Scottish crew Mike Curry and Kevin MacIver are the winners of the Rally to Barbados draw run in association with this year’s Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally (October 13-15) in the UK. The prize, supported by Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, covers entry to Rally Barbados 2024 and the previous weekend’s King of the Hill, inclusive of

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton has won the 2023 R5 Rally Championship presented by First Citizens in his debut season driving a Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo, his first non-Ford rally car for more than a decade. With the title chase in mind, he paced himself in last Sunday’s (October 22) final round, the BRC Winter Rally, finishing

Ian Warren is the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver elect, after claiming his sixth Clubman 2 class win of the season in Sunday’s (October 22) BRC Winter Rally at the wheel of his BimmaCup. The seventh and final round of the BRC Driver’s and Class Championships fought out in St John and St Joseph provided a

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) begins rolling out its promotional campaign for Rally Barbados 2024 over the coming weeks with support from Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI). One clubman entrant in the Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally will win a trip to the Caribbean next year, while members of the RB24

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed the seven venues in the Caribbean that will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 from 4 to 30 June. Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago, will host games along with three venues in the USA – Dallas,

Crews competing in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship will need to bring their ‘A Game’ when they return to action this Sunday (September 17) after the three-month summer break. The Savvy on the Bay September Safari will visit all but one of the island’s parishes before concluding with

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton is the new leader of the R5 Rally Championship presented by First Citizens after winning round seven, the Rally of the Sun & Stars on Saturday (September 9). With reigning champion and points-leader Stuart Maloney in action only as co-driver to his brother Mark after his own car had been sold

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has announced the dates for the 34th edition of its premier event. Subject to final ratification by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), Rally Barbados 2024 will run from Friday, May 31 to Sunday, June 2, with The Rally Show and King of the Hill, the final shakedown and seeding event, on May 25 and 26.

Honours were shared in yesterday’s (Sunday) Double-Header Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Summer Sprint as the island’s leading competitors rejoined battle after the summer break. Dane Skeete won the first event running from Drax Hall to Ellesmere in St George, while Jamaica’s Jeff Panton won a very close battle in the

Sunday’s (August 27) Double-Header Barbados Rally Club Summer Sprint looks set to be a turning point in the BRC Driver’s & Class Championships. There are two points-scoring opportunities on offer – the event counts as rounds five and six – and, with just one round remaining, Sunday’s results will play a major part

The Barbados Rugby Football Union has announced the 16-man squad representing the country for a place in the 2024 Olympic Games Rugby Sevens. 
The team will be co-captained by Sean Ward and Enrique Oxley. It will be a family affair as the John brothers - Simeon, Simroy and Simon - and their cousin - Jaden Howell - are once again part of

Sporty, the innovative sport tech app, has partnered with the Professional Road Tennis Association (PRTA), the leading Road Tennis organization in the world based in Barbados, to support the growth and development of the game of road tennis in Barbados and beyond. 

 

Sporty and  Professional Road Tennis Association (PRTA), share

Rodin Carlin driver Zane Maloney grabbed precious silverware at the Silverstone Circuit today after he finished a speedy second in the feature race of the eighth round of racing in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 season.
Eventual winner Victor Martins was given a five second time penalty on the first lap, which he had the pace to make up, and

The dressage competition at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games at the Centro Ecuestre Palmarejo in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, came to an end on Friday morning 30 June 2023 with the Freestyle classes. The Individual and overall medals were at stake and the pressure amongst the riders was palpable: many of them were very close

 
Matthew Wright will be competing in his second CAC Games on July 5th, 2023 in El Salvador.  He comes into the Games in strong form as Barbados’ Top Triathlete showcased his exceptional athleticism and determination on the World Triathlon stage. As part of his CAC preparations his journey took two stops at the 2023 Europe Triathlon Cups

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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket lovers can now secure their seats for the much-anticipated West Indies vs England eight-match white ball series in December 2023 and the West Indies Women vs Ireland Women six-match white ball series, starting next week.
Cricket

Globe-trotting Kiwis Hayden Paddon and John Kennard added victory in a third continent to their impressive 2023 record at Sunday’s (June 4) First Citizens King of the Hill (KotH). Already leading the European Rally Championship and their domestic series in New Zealand, they won the final shakedown before Sol Rally

In his third race of the 2023 season, Wright captured yet another podium finish, this time at the very top! Fresh off the heels of a 3rd place finish at the 2023 African Triathlon Cup M’Diq in Morocco, in less than a week Wright returned to Africa to take 1st in the 2023 Africa Triathlon Cup Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
 
In M’Diq, the

The Barbados Royals have confirmed their Caribbean player retentions ahead of the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The tournament gets underway on 16 August with the final taking place on 24 September. There will be matches in Barbados, Guyana, St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago. 
The

Teenage wrestling sensation Rebecca Williams won gold for Barbados at the 2023 United States of America National Beach Wrestling Championship at Carolina Beach, North Carolina over the weekend.
Williams, age 15, was nothing short of outstanding against some of the world’s best in what was her first time not only competing at this event

FIA winners Maloney and Paddon in 85-strong entry

FIA Rookie of the Year Barbadian Zane Maloney completes the 85-strong provisional entry list for Sol Rally Barbados 2023, which was confirmed today (Wednesday) at a Media Briefing in the Open-Air Suites at Bushy Park Barbados. Among others, the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Vice-Champion will face

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados senior men’s national football team will face Caribbean neighbours Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic and Montserrat after being drawn in Group B of League B for the 2023/2024 Concacaf Nations League (CNL) tournament.

The draw was conducted last night by Concacaf in Miami, Florida by sports

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados senior men’s national football team will face Caribbean neighbours Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic and Montserrat after being drawn in Group B of League B for the 2023/2024 Concacaf Nations League (CNL) tournament.

The draw was conducted last night by Concacaf in Miami, Florida by sports

May 7th, 2023 - Barbados Federation of Island Triathletes (BFIT) was home to the 2023 World Triathlon Development Regional Cup for the Caribbean region. A development event approved by the World Triathlon Executive Board to support developing nations’ racing experience in their continent/region, made it to the shores of Barbados. Situated along

 

DOMINIC HOWARD of Team Stoli sped to the commanding victory in the ‘Road to Sky’ road race on Sunday in St Philip.

Howard put three and a half minutes between himself and second place Ron Greaves of Sentry/ Glassesco in the 50-kilometre race put on by Sonics 246 Cycling Club that started and finished at Automotive

Racing in perfect weather conditions, skipper Charlie Gloumeau and his well-trained crew displayed their outstanding tactical skills, sailing Bunga Bunga to a convincing victory in the Old Brigand Rum Yacht Race sailed on Sunday. 

Second place went to Phoenix skippered by Greg Webster, while Glory Daze with Gus Reader at the helm and

Sporting Barbados caught up with prominent player Hayden Lewis to get a run down on the Tennis scene on the island. Tennis is widely played competitively and for leisure and most hotels have courts. 
 
Hayden, tell us a bit about your background in tennis in Barbados! 
 
Tennis has always been a part of my life. I

Many people regard Barbados as a Caribbean hotbed for squash players of all ages. Barbados squash had a great time in the last 2 years despite the pandemic. During the pandemic the Barbados Squash (BSA) was awarded the resiliency award by the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) and Barbados even got their first world Masters Champion in Squash.

Confirmation today (May 5) that Britain’s Cheryl Spencer will make her eighth trip to compete in Sol Rally Barbados next month brings to 21 the number of women entered in this year’s event, just one short of the record set in Sol RB18. As well as competing in the region’s biggest annual motor sport international, Spencer and husband Barry will

This summer, Cricket Legends of Barbados will be opening pop-up stores all across the island, and we would like to extend an invitation to all of the island's hotels to take part in this project.
 
These pop-ups are intended to engage visitors who are staying on the island and encourage them to learn more about the rich cricketing

Sporting Barbados caught up with prominent player Haydn Lewis to get a run down on the Tennis scene on the island. Tennis is widely played competitively and for leisure and most hotels have courts. 
 
Hayden, tell us a bit about your background in tennis in Barbados! 
 
Tennis has always been a part of my life. I started

Many people regard Barbados as a Caribbean hotbed for squash players of all ages. Barbados squash had a great time in the last 2 years despite the pandemic. During the pandemic the Barbados Squash (BSA) was awarded the resiliency award by the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) and Barbados even got their first world Masters Champion in Squash.

Triathlon is very intense! A 1.5 km swim in deep sea waters, followed by a 40 km bike ride which at times can be an uphill battle on meandering roads, and if that isn’t grueling enough, a 10 km run to finish on legs that feel like jelly; this is triathlon, at the Olympic standards. Three endurance sports all in one, swimming, cycling, and

Sporting Barbados interviews Dr Nick Kelly, owner of the many Nature’s Discount Health food stores on island to see how he got started and what advice he has for a healthier lifestyle! 
You have the biggest and most extensive range of vitamins and heath products on island and also in some other Caribbean islands and ten stores spanning

At the 2023 CARIFTA Championships the region's rising stars swam in the Enith Brigitha pool named after Curaçao's and the region's swimming national treasure. One of her great feats was a 17 year old at her first Olympic Games in1972 she made the 100 metre freestyle.She placed eighth in 1:00.09 after doing 59.75 in the semi finals.

Nearly three decades after he first entered, former British Rallycross Champion Ollie O’Donovan will finally get to compete in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) blue riband event this year. He will drive a Hyundai i20 R5 run by island regular Andy Scott’s Albatec Racing outfit, alongside European Rally Championship leader New Zealander Hayden

For the first time since 2019, Barbados will be hosting matches in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 cricket tournament. Now sponsored by Republic Bank, this year’s competition will run from August 16 to September 24, with the final again taking place in Guyana.
The historic Kensington Oval will host six matches from August 30 to

Former UK National Rally Champion, Britain’s Roger Duckworth, who finished second in Sol Rally Barbados 2019, will return for this year’s 33rd running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) blue riband event on June 9-11. Fresh from a fifth-place finish in last Sunday’s (April 2) Alan Healy Memorial Rally at Cadwell Park,

The route for Sol Rally Barbados 2023 (June 9-11) will return the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international to its traditional pre-pandemic format, with Saturday’s special stages run at venues in the northern parishes and Sunday’s in the east of the island. A new venue for the previous weekend’s ‘shakedown

Top Junior Surfing Talent Converges on Barbados to Celebrate Zander Venezia’s Life and Legacy – The Live Like Zander Junior Pro 2023 is quickly shaping up to be one of the most anticipated surfing events of the year, bringing together the America's top junior surfing talent to compete in honor of legendary surfer and champion, Zander Venezia.

Surprise Win for Bajan Triathlete at Elite US Meet
 
Barbadian Triathlete Luke McIntyre took gold at the recent Clermont Draft Legal Challenge, in Florida, fighting off challenges from other top youth triathletes from around the US and further afield.
Held annually in March, the Clermont Draft Legal Challenge

Fynn Armstrong did Barbados proud in the weekend events. Participating in the Age Group Draft Legal Super Sprint on Saturday, he was fourth out of the water in a field of 55 men. With a super quick transition was second out on his bike, forming an unbeatable lead pack of two that lead the race throughout the 10km ride. Exiting transition for

New Zealand’s most successful rally driver Hayden Paddon has today (February 24) confirmed he will compete in Rally Barbados 2023 (June 9-11). The former Production World Rally Champion and winner of WRC Rally Argentina 2016 will be joined by his long-term co-driver and fellow Kiwi John Kennard for the 33rd running of the Barbados Rally Club’s

The 2023 Rockley Open was a great event with a nail biting finale in some tough, blowy conditions! Damian Wilfred sunk his putt on the 18th green to become Gents Champion Golfer, winning by 1 shot with a score of 153. In the Ladies division Mariella Young was the runaway winner to become Ladies Campion Golfer. John Stringer took 2nd Flight

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is at an advanced stage of planning for the 33rd running of its blue riband event. Four months out from Rally Barbados 2023, which is scheduled for the weekend of June 10/11, the venues for the event’s special stages have been decided, the route outline is close to completion and partnership negotiations are well

The weekend provided some challenging wind for the international competitors at the Barbados Clay Target Association Range.  Four Barbados athletes made it into the 8 person Trapshooting  event Final including Justin St John with an impressive score of 116/125. He was followed closely by Richard Greenidge, Aiden

Rally Barbados regular Paul Horton of the Turks & Caicos Rally Team debuted his recently-acquired Citroen C3 Rally2 at the MGJ Engineering Brands Hatch Winter Stages on Saturday (January 21), as the UK motor sport season got under way in very cold but sunny conditions. The event was won by John Griffiths in a Ford

The awesome Barbados Open Water Festival is back November 8th - 12th, 2023.
 
Online entries are open, register today and make your plans to join us in Barbados! https://raceroster.com/series/2023/46121/barbados-open-water-festival-2023
 

Global superstar DJ, Team Boss at Carl Cox Motorsport and self-confessed “petrol-head” Carl Cox visited Bushy Park Barbados earlier this month during a nostalgic trip to the island. After enjoying the St Philip facility’s Karting and Swift Ride Experiences, he gave a wide-ranging interview on various topics from his

The Barbados Rugby Football Union Executive is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Whipple as the National Men’s 15 and 7-a-side Head Coach. Joe has been a stalwart and constant feature in the game of rugby for some 20 years, coaching at the National and Regional Levels since 2001.
He was the successful Head Coach in 2005 when the

Event schedule for the Barbados Sailing Week
 
 
Saturday, 14 Jan
Dinghy Series (10 am at Carlisle Bay)
Race event for the best local sailors younger than 16 years
Remote Controlled Dragon Flite 95 Class (10 AM at Golden Pond)
Remote-controlled boat races
 
 
Sunday, 15 Jan

In support of the 25th anniversary of Sporting Barbados magazine I have compiled 25 favourite or stand out diving or marine life related insights of Barbados. Whether you’re a scuba diver or just a holiday- maker I hope that these brief highlights will entice you to keep coming back to this beautiful island of sandy beaches, rum punches and the

The Sandy Lane Charitable Trust (SLCT) has been around for over 15 years and their primary mission is – “Helping the under privileged children of Barbados” by whatever means necessary. 
The past two years have been rather challenging for many of us and for the SLCT it was no different. Despite the obstacles, SLCT has remained resilient

“Sustainability is something that we take very seriously.” This affirmation comes from the Project Manager at the Apes Hill Golf Resort and Community, Donovan Bagwell, as he describes the major undertaking of redesigning the 18-hole Championship golf course. Apes Hill Barbados is not

Ann Thylen moved to Barbados 10 years ago...Joining Rockley Golf Club was the best thing she did! 
 
What brought you to Barbados and Rockley Golf Club? 
 
Oh, this will be a long answer... 
 
About 10 years ago my husband and I retired and decided to move to beautiful Barbados. 
 
It was a dream

Jina Scheper has recently taken over as CEO at Barbados Golf Club and is looking forward to the challenge! She shares some of her plans with SB! 
 
Tell us a bit about your background? 
 
I am Canadian in origin and have lived in Barbados for the past 17 years having lived in St. Lucia before. My professional background

Sporting Barbados caught up with Sean Edey – Royal Westmoreland PGA Golf Professional to find out some insights into Royal Westmoreland Golf Course and Club! 
 
Sean, take us through your golf journey to being the first and only Bajan British qualified PGA Golf Professional? 
 
It is very interesting being the first and

Many people believe Sandy Lane Golf Resort is the jewel in Caribbean golf and with good reason. It has three golf courses in pristine condition overlooking the west coast of Barbados, and has been the iconic haven of the rich and famous for many years. Sandy Lane Hotel has often been quoted as the most prestigious destination in the world for

The future of Equestrian Sports in Barbados is looking very bright if the 2022 performances of the Children’s Dressage Team and the youthful Regional Jumping Team are proof ofthings to come. These two winning teams had no rider older than sixteen and although the Regional Jumping Challenge is open to competitors of all ages, three young riders

Barbados is small, but man are we mighty. 166 square miles of pure sweetness - a pin prick on the map of the world. And we are filled with unique and fascinating things to experience, fuelled by warm and welcoming people… who most often greet you with a frosted glass of rum punch in hand! Who could be bad to that?
 
I recently met a

Barbadian Johnathan Austin is one special young man. Now 19 years old, he has spent a large part of his young life battling a long term chronic condition called Gastroparesis, in which the stomach cannot empty in the normal way. He once lived with a gastric pacemaker in his stomach and has

Welcome to the 25th anniversary edition of Sporting Barbados! One year delayed due to Covid, but back - bigger - and better than ever.
 
My husband came up with the idea of Sporting Barbados. He visited Barbados from Northern Ireland in 1984 - before the days of the ‘world wide web’ - on a cricket tour. He was ‘bowled’ over by the

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has joined motor sport fans the world over to mourn the passing of American motor sport icon Ken Block, who died in a snowmobile accident in Wasatch County, Utah, yesterday (January 2) at the age of 55. A statement from Hoonigan said: "It's with our deepest regrets that we can confirm that Ken Block passed away in

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has changed the dates of next year’s 33rd edition of its premier event to avoid a direct clash with a number of international rallies including rounds of the World Rally Championship and Motorsport UK British Rally Championship. Rally Barbados 2023 will now run on June 10/11, with the Rally Show and King of the

Barbadian Calem Maloney is the new Caribbean Junior Karting Champion. After three days and 12 hard-fought races at Bushy Park Barbados over the weekend (November 4-6), he defeated Trinidad & Tobago’s Rylie Ramroop by a margin of just nine points, with Jamaica’s Zander Williams a further six behind. The lone female in the 16-strong field of

The premier event on the Barbados Federation of Island Triathletes calendar was contested by 80 athletes, more than half of which flew in from abroad to compete at the 32nd National Triathlon Championships on Sunday, October 23rd, 2022. Held at the Brandons Beach and the Mighty Grynner Highway, several seasoned triathletes and persons bold

Seventeen karters aged from 11 to 17 from Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago will face off at Bushy Park Barbados next month (November 4-6) in the second Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy (CJKAT). Funded by the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile’s (FIA) Sport Grant Programme, it will be contested by a quality field selected

BFIT has launched a funding program aimed at assisting triathletes who are at various stages of development. “The return to competition post COVID has brought race opportunities back online in the region and internationally.  After two years of uncertainty and little racing there is a need to invest and reinvigorate the development pipeline,

Trinidad & Tobago’s Zachary Boodram, Fyzool Madan and Ravi Singh will compete in the Radical Caribbean Cup (RCC) for the first time this weekend (October 8/9) as a record-breaking grid assembles for round three at the Fast Parts Caribbean Circuit Racing Invitational. Competing on home ground, they will line up with fellow-countryman and RCC

Trinidad & Tobago’s Zachary Boodram, Fyzool Madan and Ravi Singh will compete in the Radical Caribbean Cup (RCC) for the first time this weekend (October 8/9) as a record-breaking grid assembles for round three at the Fast Parts Caribbean Circuit Racing Invitational. Competing on home ground, they will line up with fellow-countryman and RCC

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) off-road navigational fraternity will remember one of the Club’s stalwarts on Sunday (September 18) when the fourth round of the Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship is named in honour of Philip McConney, whose sudden passing in July was a shock to the whole community

wo class wins in the recent Autumn Double Header Sprint mean Modified 1 (M1) class leader Edward Corbin will head into October’s final round of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships leading the Champion Driver title chase. With a total of 113 points, he has a five-point cushion over Ryan Wood, who leads Clubman 2 (C2),

On Saturday July 10, 2022, Rugby Barbados will start the Get Into Rugby programme for children who are under the age of 11 years. This Tag Rugby session will run from 10am to 11am every Saturday at the Historic Garrison Savannah. This is an internationally recognized and certified programme aimed at introducing children to rugby, using a safe

Barbados will compete in the second edition of the FIA Motorsport Games to be held in France in October, where up to 80 National Sporting Authorities of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile will be chasing gold, silver and bronze medals. The Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) confirmed today (Wednesday) that Leon Sealy will represent

The Barbados Football Association (BFA) last week showed its support for diversity in football by donating goal bars, nets, and protective barriers to a regional blind and visually impaired football workshop hosted by the National United Society of the Blind (NUSB) in partnership with the Blind Football Committee of Barbados.
 
In

Bridgetown, Barbados – The Barbados Football Association (BFA) is launching the official return to local football with two highly-anticipated concurrent tournaments – the Republic Cup and the Women’s Super League.
 
Set to kick off on the 28th August and run until 20th November this year, both tournaments will culminate in

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel today announced changes to the West Indies squad for the three-match CG United One-Day International (ODI) Series against New Zealand which starts tomorrow on Wednesday 17 August. All three ODIs will be day/night matches played under floodlights at Kensington Oval

Competitors in the R5 Rally Championship presented by First Citizens kick off the second half of the new-for-2022 series this weekend (August 20/21) with an action-packed programme of back-to-back events at opposite ends of the island. Saturday’s Motoring Club Barbados Inc (MCBI) Full Throttle in St Philip will be followed by the Barbados Rally

The FEI Dressage World Challenge was held this weekend at the Congo Road Equestrian Center.  The best local dressage riders presented themselves to FEI judges; Jeanne McDonald from Pennsylvania and Omar Zayrik from Mexico for the opportunity to compete on an international scale for Barbados. 
 
The Barbados FEI 2022 Team is:

The dates for the Festival are August 21 to 27, 2022. All matches will be played at the Wildey Hockey Turf in the Sir Garfield Sobers Sports Complex. 
 
Matches will be on from 11:00 a.m., with the last match of the day starting at 5:30 p.m.
 
There will be no matches on Sunday August 21 and Thursday, August 25. The semi

Peg Farm and Nature Reserve hosted the 2021 version of the BAR 5K Trail Mix, sponsored by the Amarone Charitable Trust. This new venue boasted way more trail, hardly any traffic along the route and all the convenience afforded to the athletes by Peg’s established infrastructure. 
 
‘Wait,’ you say, ‘weren’t we in the middle of COVID

This weekend saw 35 of the best Dressage riders turn out at Congo Road Stables in St Philip for the annual Cargo BGI/Southern Palms Caribbean Equestrian Association Dressage Challenge to via for places on the Barbados Team representing the island in the overall Caribbean competition.
 
International Judge, Cesar Torrente said ‘I am

About Run Barbados 
Run Barbados has been a staple on the Barbados calendar of events since its inception in 1983. The 2022 event will offer 2 days of exciting events for the whole family. 
The race routes are all on the spectacular East Coast of Barbados. Fluid stations and toilets along the route as well as Caribbean music! 

Meet Barbara Armstrong - she has just completed her 1000th dive with Scott at Scott’s Scuba Shop in Little Good Harbour, St Peter. Barbara started the sport at 50 when she was a grandmother. Her husband, Keith, had been diving for years. She loved it right away! “It’s so peaceful down there and calm, just beautiful,”says Barbara. This fearless

Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) will organise the first race meeting for more than two years on the full International Circuit at the St Philip facility on April 30 . . . and spectators will be welcome. The first round of the 2022 BPMSI Championship will cater for all the club’s usual saloon car Groups and the race programme will also

As the confirmed entry list for Sol Rally Barbados 2022 reaches 40 four weeks before entries close on April 22, British newcomer Lyndon Barton’s entry of a Ford Fiesta R5 brings to nine the number listed in the FIA R5 class, making it the best-subscribed classification so far. As the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) marks its 65th Anniversary, Sol

Someone in high places made a terrible blunder when the Kensington Oval was reduced to a lifeless pitch, similar to Antigua. The Oval used to feature a fiery exchange between batsmen and bowlers, but not on this occasion. The only threat of a winner was in the final two sessions of the 5th day, and the only likely winner was England, as Joe

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) have confirmed that this year’s CPL event will feature a women’s tournament with three franchise teams competing for the first Women’s CPL (WCPL) title. The three teams will showcase the best women’s cricketers from across the Caribbean with overseas stars rounding out the

Clermont, Florida –The Draft Legal Challenge, USA’s launchpad for triathlon’s best talent, saw six emerging athletes from Barbados compete in the two-day open event in the beautiful Lake Louisa State Park of Clermont, Florida. The large event was held March 5th and 6th and welcomed competitors from around the world to the USA’s only two-day

Confirmation today (March 4) that Britain’s Tom Preston will campaign his Hippo Group/Sterling Automotive Ford Fiesta Rally2 in Sol Rally Barbados 2022 brings the entry in the growing FIA R5 class to five, with the final total almost certain to be in double figures for the first time. As the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) marks its 65th Anniversary

Dubbed the jewel in the Caribbean, the Sandy Lane Hotel has been the haunt for many of the rich and famous for years. The golf course has always been an integral part of the hotel, but when the hotel was demolished and then splendidly rebuilt, the golf course also was transformed to become The Sandy Lane Country Club.  But not just another 18-

Congratulations goes out to the winners of @barbadosgolfclub January’s “BGC Monthly Medal” tournament. This new year saw the kick-off of golf tournaments at Barbados Golf Club having a quiet and successful start. The first Monthly Medal of 2022 was held recently at the club on Durants with a full field of mostly Club members competing in the

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

THE SEPTEMBER REMEMBER RACEDAY 

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THE SEPTEMBER REMEMBER (HANDICAP)

ENTRIES FOR DAY 9 - SATURDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER, 2021

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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

November 19, 1972: the Player’s No 6 International was the first of six race meetings to attract drivers from outside the region in Bushy Park’s early days. With airline support key to the plan, BOAC (the British Overseas Airways Corporation) Team Speedbird comprised three drivers from Britain, the late Gabriel Konig (Chevrolet Camaro), Gordon

A month since confirming the postponement of Sol Rally Barbados 2020 and its associated events, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) remains committed to its premier event. In a statement issued today (April 21) the Club has updated its membership and overseas competitors with its current plans for the future, all of which still remain subject to the

A sporting legend has died  with the passing of the the great Barbados jockey Venice “Pappy” Richards in Trinidad. 

He will always be remembered for his rivalry with another legend Challenor “Chally” Jones competing at the highest level. Venice won 4 Barbados Gold Cups, 4 Barbados Derby wins and 5 Barbados Guineas. He had a close

Andre Walcott added a third Champion Driver crown to his cv last year. He repeated his 2017 title-winning success in Bushy Park Motorsports Inc’s Championship (BPMSI), to bracket his Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters (BADD) title of 2018. Along with the Club’s other winners, he received his spoils from Michelle King of Motorsport

With race day sponsorship from UpBeat, the Barbados Karting Association’s 2020 Sectus Technologies Championship got under way on March 8 with more than 20 entries across the Cadets, Juniors, Lights and Masters classes. With practice, qualifying and then four races per group – the Cadets ran on their own, the other classes from combined grids –

Zane Maloney is the early leader of the 2020 Radical Caribbean Cup (RCC), following a hat-trick of race wins in the March 15 opening round at Bushy Park Barbados. On his way to building up a 26-point lead over 2018 regional Champion Stuart Maloney in the five-round series, he also set new Qualifying and Race Records.

In a 10-minute

As the coronavirus pandemic has taken hold across the world, motor sport in the island has been suspended for the foreseeable future. Bushy Park Motorsports Inc’s (BPMSI) March 15 race meet, featuring the opening round of the Radical Caribbean Cup, was the last event to be held at the facility before the first cases were confirmed in Barbados

Sol Rally Barbados 2020 and Flow King of the Hill, scheduled for the last two weekends in May, have been postponed. Following confirmation of the first two cases of Covid-19 in the island on Tuesday (March 17) and the escalation of the coronavirus crisis in the UK, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has reacted quickly to confirm the news.
 

Zane Maloney of Barbados is the early leader of the 2020 Radical Caribbean Cup (RCC), following a hat-trick of race wins in yesterday’s (March 15) opening round at Bushy Park Barbados. On his way to building up a 26-point lead over 2018 regional Champion Stuart Maloney in the five-round series, he also set new Qualifying and Race Records,

With the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) innovative new ‘Test Stage’ just two weeks away (March 28), preparations are in high gear for the domestic rally and speed event season. As island drivers bring their competition cars to full readiness, so the local entries for Sol Rally Barbados have been flowing in, with last year’s winners Dane Skeete and

Three former Champions will line up at Bushy Park Barbados on Sunday (March 15) on the largest grid yet assembled for an opening round of the Radical Caribbean Cup (RCC). All signs point towards an action-packed start to the regional championship’s third season, as newcomers Zachary Boodram, Tobias Lutke and Raymond Seebarran bring to 41 the

Sol RB20 and Flow KotH join Cossie World Tour 2020

Sol Rally Barbados has today (March 5) been confirmed as a stop on the 2020 edition of American motor sport star Ken Block’s Cossie World Tour, which kicks off with Rally Mexico in 10 days’ time. With around six million followers on each of Facebook and Instagram, Block has become one

American extreme sports star Ken Block will include Sol Rally Barbados in the 2020 edition of the Cossie World Tour. Block’s plans to compete in his reimagined 1990s Group A Ford Escort Cosworth with co-driver Alex Gelsomino were confirmed today. Barbados Rally Club Chairman Mark Hamilton said: “This is fantastic news and will bring

The Sir Garry Sobers Golf Championship continues to be a premier golfing event in the Caribbean, attracting amateur and professional golf players from all over the world. Spanning several days, the tournament is played over four world-class golf courses in Barbados - Sandy Lane, Royal Westmoreland, and the Barbados Golf Club. Entry form can be

With the 2020 motor sport season about to get under way this weekend, the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) has continued its programme of investment in training its senior officials. Owen Proverbs and Warren Gollop have each recently returned from overseas trips intended to further enhance their experience and skill sets as the BMF works to

You won’t get bored in Barbados. Many destinations have sun, sea and sand and that’s about it, but here there are many other attractions. Are you into culture and history? Visit our Unesco Heritage Site at the Garrison Savannah steeped in history alongside the Racing Track. Military buildings, St Ann’s Fort, the Drill Hall with famous Copola

A big part of a Bajan’s life is eating. Bajans LOVE food. The amount of restaurants on the island to suit all pockets is mind blowing. You can get anything from Sushi to red snapper, pasta to pudding and souse, Flying fish to fish cakes. Head to Oistins for local delicacies or to Champers Restaurant

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

 
I, Jimi Payne, president of the Barbados Lacrosse Association, moved home to Barbados in June, 2018 to fulfil a childhood dream of mine.  To introduce the sport of Lacrosse to my homeland.   I fell in love with the game while attending St. Mary’s high school, in Annapolis Maryland.
 At St. Mary’s, the most prominent boys’ team, is

The Sir Garry Sobers Golf Championship continues to be a premier golfing event in the Caribbean, attracting amateur and professional golf players from all over the world. Spanning over four days, the tournament is played over four world-class golf courses in Barbados - Sandy Lane, Royal Westmoreland, and the Barbados Golf Club. View the

Flow King of the Hill, the annual precursor to Sol Rally Barbados, is set for major growth in the second year since its return to the iconic Stewart’s Hill venue in the island’s south-east corner. Scheduled for Sunday, May 24, the event has been adopted by the committee responsible for the parish of St John’s We Gatherin’ celebrations.

Trinidad & Tobago’s David Coelho is the first regional entry confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2020, bringing to 10 the number of four-wheel-drive entries so far posted on-line, with huge growth anticipated in those classes, particularly with Sol RB20’s inclusion in the 2020 FIA NACAM Championship. The 31st running of the Barbados Rally Club

Click READ MORE to view the 2020 Polo Schedule Flyer.

The island’s motor sport family have joined together to pay tribute to Freddie Gale, who died on this week at the age of 71 after more than 50 years involvement in the sport. Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Chairman Mark Hamilton said: “Our Club, the wider motor sport community and - I venture to say - Barbados has lost a stalwart of a man. May he

      England all-rounder Ben Stokes has won the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Player of the Year after a fabulous 12 months that saw him play a decisive role in England’s dramatic victory at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 along with a host of other memorable performances. Stokes, who kept his nerve to smash an

Caribbean prepares for race season opener

Bridgetown, Barbados (10 January 2020): There is still time to sign up for a place at Barbados Sailing Week, which kicks off in just seven days (17-23 January) writes Sue Pelling.

This Caribbean race season opening regatta, that incorporates the Round Barbados Race, is the place to be

The Radical Caribbean Cup is set to expand to six rounds in its third season, visiting all four of the region’s long-standing circuit racing venues for the first time. Published today (January 8), the provisional calendar lists two rounds each in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago, with the traditional final in Guyana and a new Easter date in

BRC19-21: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 9, 2019

RALLY CLUB COMPETITOR NUMBERS RISE IN 2019
Edward Corbin finally wins Champion Driver title

More than 300 competitors participated in Barbados Rally Club (BRC) events during 2019, around 20 per cent more than last year. As the Club confirmed Edward Corbin as its Champion

 

Countdown to Caribbean race-season opener 

Bridgetown, Barbados (2 December, 2019): With just over six weeks to go before the start of Barbados Sailing Week incorporating Round Barbados Race (17-23 January), now is the time to sign up for a place in the sun and enjoy spectacular racing in this stunning part of the world, 

More than 50 events to be organised by the Barbados Motoring Federation’s (BMF) seven sporting Member Clubs are listed on the provisional 2020 motor sport calendar published today (November 29). The calendar is confirmed against a background of rising numbers of participants: approaching 500 competitors have seen action during 2019 in events

Suleman Esuf and his brother Ahmed will race on Guyana’s South Dakota circuit for the first time this weekend (November 16/17) when they join regular visitor Mark Maloney to compete in the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) Clash of Champions International Race Meet. The action-packed race programme includes the final round

Geest Line among those recognised for “significant contribution”

Two diehard Welsh rally volunteers will head across the Atlantic for next year’s Sol Rally Barbados after winning the Marshals’ Prize Draw at Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion, the first closed-road rally run in the Principality. Laura Sugden, who was confirmed as the

HO2 Construction Winter Rally brings season to an end

Edward Corbin is the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver elect, a title that has eluded the nine-time Class Champion more than once since first losing out to a tie-break in 2003. Victory in his Modified 1 Daihatsu Charmant with co-driver Johnathan Alleyne in last Sunday’s (

Extraordinary Swim Year to Conclude with
8th Barbados Open Water Festival

It’s been a landmark year for open water swimming in Barbados.  The Barbados Aquatic Sports Association (BASA) successfully hosted two major regional meets both with open water swimming races, a local charity took to the sea to

 

 

Bridgetown – Rugby Barbados World 7s (RBW7s) Tournament Organisers have today officially announced the winner of an exciting social media campaign in collaboration with their North American Travel Partner, JetBlue Vacations.

 

The lucky winner, Jade McGrath, has received a JetBlue Vacations package for two

Describing Zane Maloney’s British F4 Championship win as “right up there with the very best” of his team’s triumphs, Trevor Carlin was one of many in the motor sport world on both sides of the Atlantic lauding the Bajan teenager after last weekend’s thrilling finale on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit. Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF)

Turner’s Hall to Apes Hill stage returns after 10 years

The final round of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships, the Winter Rally on October a27, will be sponsored by the Turks & Caicos Islands-based business HO2 Construction. With a return to a stage venue not used in 10 or more years and the customary

 

 

 

Aqaba, Jordan (October 7, 2019)

Matthew Wright has been a steady fixture on the triathlon world stage this season. Jumping 15 places to 140th in the World Rankings after recently competing at the 2019 Aqaba ASTC Triathlon Asian Cup in Jordan last weekend; Matthew is on a mission to be in the top 70 by May

Barbados praised for “advanced motor sport environment”

Britain’s Tom Preston is the first overseas driver to take advantage of the relaxation of the age cap for World Rally Cars entering Barbados Rally Club (BRC) events. Although disappointed at missing out on a second victory in the Wales Rally GB National, which he led for five of

The Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) earned praise for the island’s “very advanced motor sport environment” during a Regional Train the Trainers Course organised by world governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) in Panama City last month. More than 30 participants from 19 countries attended the two-day course (

All happnin’ at Barbados Sailing Week 2020

Thrilling start planned for Caribbean season opener

Bridgetown, Barbados (1 October, 2019): Next year, for the first time in many years the course of Barbados Sailing Week’s signature event – the Round Barbados Race – will track the fleet anti-clockwise. This means as well as the 22

Class field battles for the places in an action-packed day

While a class field of drivers squabbled over the places behind him, Dane Skeete won both directions of Sunday’s (September 29) double-header Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Winter Sprint. Settled over a 3.95-kilometre course between Lamberts and Pickerings, rounds five and six of

Read returns to Rally Club action; Esuf makes his rallying debut

While those drivers who have their eye on the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2019 Champion Driver title will be concentrating on maximising their points score in Sunday’s (September 29) double-header BRC Winter Sprint, there is little doubt that the focus of the island’s

Double-Header Sprint in the north this weekend

The only eligible driver with a 100 per cent record so far this season, Modified 1 points leader Edward Corbin (Daihatsu Charmant) tops the table in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver title chase. With four rounds run and three to go, starting with the BRC Double-Header

High praise for “enjoyable event” from winning crew

Navigational Rally veterans Leslie Alleyne and Chris O’Neal added another victory to their already impressive record on Saturday (September 14) when they won the Super-S Lubricants September Safari, an event Alleyne described as “certainly one of the more enjoyable events in many

Closed-road successes for Sol Rally Barbados Escorts

Chefette Restaurants is to sponsor the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) innovative Marshal Exchange Incentive Programme, organised in partnership with last Sunday’s (September 8) Rali Bae Ceredigion, the first closed-road stage rally in Wales. Three Bajan marshals will travel to the 2020

 

 

 

Bridgetown – Rugby Barbados World 7s (RBW7s) Tournament Organisers have today officially launched the event to the public by announcing a range of exciting new partnerships, just three months out from the highly-anticipated opening kick-off.

 

 

This year, the longest running Club

Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) President Andrew Mallalieu has added his voice to those of local sponsors Bushy Park Barbados, Rock Hard Cement and Sol in applauding 15-year-old Zane Maloney on his induction into the British Racing Drivers’ Club’s (BRDC) Rising Stars scheme. Founded in 1928, the BRDC is one of the world’s most exclusive

SUPER-S LUBRICANTS SEPTEMBER SAFARI SATURDAY
Three Driver Challenges, as crews drive from day into night

With a new title sponsor, three Driver Challenges and the biggest entry for more than two years, Saturday’s (September 14) third round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2019 Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship promises to

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Two years, nine teams, 27 series, 72 Test Matches   ·       Jimmy Anderson: “The ICC World Test Championship is a brilliant initiative” ·       Virat Kohli: “India will be fancying their chances in the WTC” ·       Tim Paine: “If the WTC ensures countries make Tests a priority, that’s good news for the game” ·       World Test Championship FAQs

Multiple Guyanese and Caribbean Champions Kristian Jeffrey and Andrew King are the first overseas drivers confirmed for the Williams Industries International Race Meet at Bushy Park Barbados over the weekend of August 31/September 1. The highlight of the facility’s 2019 circuit racing season, the meet is organised by Bushy Park Motor Sports

Decision welcomed by overseas competitors

World Rally Cars built before the end of 2016 will now be eligible for Barbados Rally Club (BRC) events, following an overwhelming vote by the membership in favour of an amendment to the Club’s 2019 to 2021 Vehicle Regulations. Last evening’s (Tuesday) well-attended EGM at the Barbados Clay

 

 

 

Port St. Charles, Barbados – The Barbados Federation of Island Triathletes (BFIT) hosted yet another Age Group Sprint and Sprint Relay this past weekend, Saturday July 7th, 2019 at Port St. Charles Yacht Club, St. Peter.

BFIT welcome the Honourable Minister of Parliament and Representative for St. Peter

India v New Zealand semi-final delivers world record 25.3 million concurrent views on Hotstar 6 billion video clip views recorded across ICC digital and social platforms The International Cricket Council today released TV and digital viewing figures for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup group stage and semi-finals, setting new TV and digital

 

West Indies won their final match at the World Cup with a 23-run victory over Afghanistan 

West Indies won just twice at this World Cup – against Pakistan and Afghanistan 

West Indies’ batsman Shai Hope says the team must learn from their experience at this World Cup after winning just

Patels win Class B in Shelbury Construction June Safari

Two new names were added to the Roll of Honour of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) longest-running event at the weekend (June 29/30) when Ben Norris and Kirk Watkins won the Shelbury Construction June Safari. After a close overnight contest through all but one of the island’s

Three routes, two Driver Challenges, 200 kilometres

Crews contesting the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2019 Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship are making final preparations for the toughest challenge of the year. With three routes totaling almost 200 kilometres, two tough Driver Challenges and a route that touches all but one of the

Dramatic weekend for 30th running of Club’s premier event

On their debut in the event’s World Rally Car class, Dane Skeete and Tyler Mayhew won Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the 30th running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event; after a weekend of high drama and a rarely-seen level of attrition among the front-runners, their

 

West Indies beat Pakistan by seven wickets at Trent Bridge 

Jason Holder and his bowlers troubled the Pakistan batsmen with their pace

It was like turning back time in Nottingham on Friday at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019, as the modern-day West Indies evoked memories of their

Near-record entry list for 30th running of BRC’s premier event Following their fourth consecutive victory in Flow King of the Hill at its new location of Stewart’s Hill last Sunday, Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton and Michael Fennell Jnr are top seeds for the 30th running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. The entry list of 98 cars for

Huge crowds attend final Sol RB19 shakedown at Stewart’s Hill Jamaica’s Jeff Panton and Mike Fennell re-wrote the record books again yesterday (Sunday) with their fourth straight victory in Flow King of the Hill, the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) annual Sol Rally Barbados shakedown. Having trailed England’s Rob Swann for the first three runs,

Rally Central comes alive at Bushy Park
Since the first European competitors arrived in the island earlier this week to be reunited with rally cars they last saw at the UK port of Dover in early May, the final countdown to Sol Rally Barbados 2019 is in full swing. With the Rally Show this Saturday (May 25) launching 10 days of intense

Showcase for Sol Rally Barbados competitors and sponsors
There will be something for everyone at The Rally Show, when it returns to the Banks Playing Field at Wildey for the second year next Saturday (May 25); once again, the Show will run from 1.00pm to 6.00pm. Building on the success of last year’s switch of venue, the organisers

Encouraging upturn in island competitor numbers
Local drivers chasing points in the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) 2019 Driver’s and Class Championships are heading in to the most important two weekends of the year. As Flow King of the Hill (May 26) and Sol Rally Barbados (May 31 - June 2) draw ever nearer, on-line ‘countdowns’ are fraying

Record-equalling 22 female participants from seven countries
Four newcomers to rallying in the Caribbean are among the record-equalling 22 female participants in Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the 30th running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. While England’s Cheryl Spencer is this year’s only driver, the list of co-drivers

 
30 April 2019, St Andrews, Scotland and Liberty Corner, NJ, USA: Golf’s new World Handicap System (WHS), which is designed to bring the game of golf under a single set of Rules for handicapping and provide a more consistent measure of players’ ability between different regions of the world, remains on track for implementation

At a glance
New for 2019
• Sol RB19 is the first edition of the BRC’s premier event to run with the RallySafe event management system, which the Club rolled out for the first time at its Shakedown Stages in April. Developed in Australia and deployed on all rounds of the World Rally Championship (WRC), RallySafe provides a

Panton heads near-record 100-strong entry
The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is targetting the 30th running of its premier event very firmly at the island’s huge spectator base, a key component in the sport’s growth in recent years. As the provisional entry list of 100 crews – the most since Sol RB12 – was confirmed at today’s (Wednesday)

For the first time ever, the Concours de Dressage International (CDI) was hosted in Barbado on 27th and 28th April 2019, which allowed Roberta Foster to qualify for the 2019 Pan American Games to be held in Peru
Foster brought in a personal equestrian trainer, Dutch Grand Prix rider, Jan Brons, to help her train for this event and her

Oldest crew pushes 4wd entry up to 25 cars
Two British newcomers, whose rally cars were among more than 30 loaded on to the Geest Line freighter Baltic Klipper today (Saturday), bring the total number of overseas entries confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2019 to more than 40 for the fifth straight year. George Morrison and Chris Surman

On Sunday, April 28 th , the Polo community of Barbados experienced a special evening of camaraderie at Holders Polo Field. “Different Strokes. The Polo Edition”, organized by the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Inc. under the patronage of Her Excellency, Dame Sandra Mason, included two exhibition matches, live DJ music, and

Despite a “very disappointing end” to their first outing together in Sunday’s closed-road Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton in the UK, Rob Swann and Steve McNulty have confirmed today (April 29) that they are teaming up for Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the 30th running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. They were forced to

Double Jamaican Modified Production 2 Champion William Myers and fellow-countryman Horatio Brown will join the grid when the second season of the Radical Caribbean SR3 Cup gets under way at Bushy Park Barbados on Heroes Day Bank Holiday Monday, April 29. They bring to 36 the number of regional and international drivers who have competed in the

Barbadian squash sensation 16-year-old Meagan Best, the reigning Caribbean and National senior women’s champion is a recipient of the 2018-2019 US Squash All-American award. Best is currently enrolled at Choate Rosemary Hall high school in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.
Junior squash athletes who play on high school scholastic squash

Flanagan’s ‘Irish-Italian’ Job for Mini Cooper S
Popular Scottish driver Kenny Hall will return the Caribbean this year, eager not to miss Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the 30th running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. One of the Club’s most loyal overseas supporters, Hall will compete for the 16th time – a record he shares

Winner “encouraged to see new faces”
Leslie Alleyne and Chris O'Neal (Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max) won Saturday’s (April 13) Chefette April Safari, the opening round of Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2019 MudDogs Safari Championship. In doing so, they claimed the Audley Croney Memorial Trophy for the second

AUTOSPORT DRAW FOR TRIP TO SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Five-time winner Jeffrey Panton confirmed for Sol RB19
Autosport, Britain’s leading motor sport magazine, has partnered with the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) and the island’s Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) to offer a trip for two to Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the 30th running of the

Skeete beats Swann to Shakedown Stages title
First-timers Darryl Morris and Steve Gully will spearhead a full-on Ford Escort attack on Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the 30th running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. Class-winners on the annual Jersey Rally for the last four years, second overall in 2017 and again last year,

CHEFETTE APRIL SAFARI STARTS MUDDOGS SEASON
More events to run from day into night
The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2019 MudDogs Safari Championship kicks off with Saturday’s (April 13) April Safari, both the opening round and the series once again sponsored by local restaurant chain Chefette Restaurants. The season’s first event

Successful debut for RallySafe event management system
A thrilling high-speed battle between rising star Dane Skeete and Britain’s Rob Swann in a pair of Subaru Impreza WRC S12Bs launched the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s & Class Championships in fine style yesterday (Sunday). Hundreds of spectators lined three special stage

Debut of RallySafe event management system
Britain’s Rob Swann and Darren Garrod are seeded at number one for the opening round of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s & Class Championships on Sunday (April 7). Forty crews were confirmed on the running order for the BRC Shakedown Stages at last night’s Briefing Meeting at the

The Turks & Caicos Motoring Club will field its biggest team yet in Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the 30th running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. The pioneer member of the group, Paul Horton, first competed in 2010, followed by Stan Hartling two years later, then Pierre Beswick in 2017; after Hartling’s younger son Ben took

Race against time for Tsalta Motorsport
Roger Skeete, the most successful driver in the history of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event, is switching roles with son Dane for Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the event’s 30th running. With 13 victories under his belt, ‘The Sheriff’ is stepping down to facilitate “an all-Barbadian crew

 
·       Limited CWC19 tickets are available for all teams and at every venue
 
·       The tickets will go on general sale on a first-come, first-served basis from 10am GMT on Thursday 21 March via the Official Ticketing Website
 
·       The Official Resale Platform will re-open at a later date for fans

Challenging new venue for Shakedown Stages
Trinidad & Tobago’s David Coelho is the first regional entry for Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the 30th running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event, while confirmation of American George Sherman’s participation brings to 10 the number of overseas entries so far shown in the on-line

John Sealy thanked for Club service over 57 years
The introduction of a new world-class rally management system and a renewed focus on support for Human Resources within island motor sport were among the headline items at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) recent Annual General Meeting. Addressing the membership on February 28 at the

 
More than 7500 athletes from 190 countries are gathering in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for the 2019 Special Olympics World Games, and four Barbados athletes are among them. The Barbados delegation to the world’s largest humanitarian event departed Grantley Adams International Airport on March 6 for a brief stop at London’s

Adam Mallalieu was crowned Champion of the inaugural Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy (CJKAT) after the final double-header at Bushy Park Barbados over the weekend (March 2/3). The 14-year-old Harrison College student claimed four more victories to bring his total of wins to 10 in the 24-race series, which was supported by the FIA’s

Record number of trophies for overseas competitors
More than 80 members of the motor sport community, both competitors and volunteer officials, were recognised for their achievements and commitment to the sport at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving at Mahogany Ridge, St Thomas, on Saturday evening (February 23). As

The inaugural Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy (CJKAT), supported by the FIA’s Sport Grant Programme, reaches its conclusion at Bushy Park this weekend (March 2/3). Reigning Barbados 125cc Champion Adam Mallalieu holds a slender two-point advantage over Calem Maloney, the early series leader and local 100cc Junior Champion last year,

Reigning Barbados 125cc Champion Adam Mallalieu has edged into a narrow lead in the inaugural Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy (CJKAT) after rounds three and four at Bushy Park Barbados over the weekend (February 2/3). Leader after the first two rounds, Calem Maloney maintained his advantage on Saturday, with two race wins, but

 

 

 

Bridgetown – The Royal Shop of Barbados has today announced the overwhelming success of its Gala Charity Event, which was hosted on Friday 7th December at the Radisson Aquatica Resort Barbados in partnership with the 2018 Mitsubishi Electric Rugby Barbados World 7s (MERBW7s) Tournament organisers and the Rotary

 
Windies captain Jason Holder has been suspended for one Test and fined 40 per cent of his match fee, while his players have been fined 20 per cent of their match fees, for maintaining a slow over-rate during the second Test in Antigua that ended on Saturday.
 
Jeff Crowe of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees

Sol Rally Barbados regular Paul Rees has confirmed his participation in this year’s 30th running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event fresh from his most successful season yet in UK rallying. Having won two regional championships outright, he and co-driver Paul Briggs celebrated the first of those last Saturday (January 26) at the

Ahead of rounds three and four of the Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy (CJKAT) at Bushy Park Barbados this weekend (February 2/3), the 14 young regional contenders have earned high praise from Dubai Grand Prix Clerk of the Course Ronan Morgan. After heading the team of FIA-accredited Regional Training Providers (RTP) who tutored the

 
·       Cummins, Dickwella, Dowrich, Head and Stokes among others to move up in latest rankings update
 
Captain Jason Holder has become the first Windies player in 45 years to top the list of all-rounders in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings after slamming an unbeaten double-century that helped script a memorable

 
·       Australia and Sri Lanka compete in mid-table clash for important Test ranking points
 
·       Anderson, Khawaja, Holder and Chandimal leading players to be seen in action
 
England will have to win their upcoming three-match series against the Windies starting on Wednesday in order to retain third

Barbadian racers Calem Maloney and Adam Mallalieu have emerged as the early front-runners in the inaugural Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy (CJKAT) after the first two rounds at Bushy Park Barbados over the weekend (January 12/13). They won seven of the eight races between them, finishing lower than third only once, in an action-packed

Barbados front-runners keep busy on UK events
Rallying friends Niall Inglis and John Macleod from the Isle of Skye off the north-west coast of Scotland will finally make a long-discussed trip this year to compete in Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the 30th running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. And they have their work cut

Panton claims back-to-back Champion Driver titles
The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has today (December 20) confirmed its list of Champions for the recently-completed 2018 season, along with the leading points-scorers across all disciplines, whose achievements will be celebrated at the Annual Prizegiving in the New Year. More than 170

Bushy Park Barbados will host qualifying rounds of three regional championships for the first time next year. The facility’s Event Calendar for 2019, published today (December 12), confirms visits by the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) and the Radical Caribbean SR3 Cup to join those of the inaugural Caribbean Junior Karting Academy

The opening round of the inaugural Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy (CJKAT) will launch the Barbados Motoring Federation’s 2019 (BMF) motor sport calendar earlier than in recent years, just two weeks in to January. Nearly 50 events to be organised by the BMF’s seven sporting Member Clubs are listed on the 2019 Calendar, published today

Regional kart racers who dream of following in Lewis Hamilton’s wheel-tracks will have chance to prove themselves against their regional peers when the Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy (CJKAT) is launched in 2019. Open to racers aged from 11 to 15 selected by their home country’s motor sport governing bodies, the inaugural series will

Day 1 - 2
November 29th & 30th 2018

Fourteen matches were the order of the evening in Day 1 of the Hilton Junior Squash Open 2018 at the Barbados Squash Club, Marine Gardens, Christ Church.
2018 Caribbean Girls Under 11 Champion and #1 seed Phoebe Gittens continued to display great placement and skill as she played

Roger Mayers returns to action; ‘Pit Bull’ back as Zero Car
Seeded at number one for Saturday’s (November 24) Tivoli Winter Rally, Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton and Michael Fennell Jnr (Ford Focus WRC06) head a list of 10 overseas crews on the 40-car entry for the final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2018 Driver’s and Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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JOHN B. SIMPSON RACEDAY (CARLTON & A1 SUPERMARKET)

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BRC18-21: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 19, 2018

Panton and Swann among early entries for Rally Club finale
Platinum Motors, which has recently been appointed the local distributor for SsangYong, is to sponsor the final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships on Saturday (November 24). The

 
Jada Smith-Padmore and Shawn Simpson were crowned the new Champions of the BiiG C.O.B Squash Open 2018 after a thrilling night of exciting squash at the Barbados Squash Club, Marine Gardens, Hastings, Christ Church. 
The ladies final was the highlight of the night as Sumairaa Suleman took on the athletic Jada Smith-Padmore in

The 2018 BiiG C.O.B Squash Open will be played from November 15th – 18th at the Barbados Squash Club, Marine Gardens, Hastings, Christ Church.
This year will see two new champions as our defending male and female champions are unavailable. A number of local players will once again be competing against our Caribbean neighbors St Vincent

Sol Rally Barbados ‘shakedown’ moves to Stewarts Hill
In the first announcement about its plans for next year’s 30th running of its premier event, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has confirmed that Flow King of the Hill will move to Stewarts Hill in St Philip. Run on the Sunday before the main event since 2008, KotH plays a key role in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE BARBADOS LOTTERY RACEDAY

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Nassco November Safari brings season to a close
The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) most accomplished navigational rallying experts will team up for the first time as Driver and Navigator when the Club’s 2018 Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship reaches its climax on Sunday (November 11). Leslie Alleyne and Wayne Clarke, who share nine

Class Championships go down to the wire
Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton is the sole leader of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver title chase following his brace of victories in last Sunday’s (October 28) Flow Winter Sprint double-header at Stewarts Hill. The BRC Championship is heading for a thrilling finale in the Winter Rally

Mayers and Skeete top Leader Boards for Rwd and Fwd
Winner of the inaugural Flow SuperSprint Series, Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton, was full of praise for the new-for-2018 competition and for his day-long rival, Britain’s Rob Swann, after Sunday’s (October 28) double-header finale at Stewarts Hill in St Philip. After an exhilarating day of

The 2018 Radical Caribbean SR3 Cup goes down to the wire at South Dakota in Guyana next month (November 10/11), with three drivers still capable of capturing the inaugural regional title. Points leader Stuart Maloney (Barbados) and his brother and fellow SR3 Cup veteran Mark are split by teenage newcomer Isa Deen (Trinidad & Tobago), with

Barbados Rally Club returns to Stewarts Hill
Motor sport fans can expect an action-packed afternoon of motor sport on Sunday, October 28, when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) returns to the iconic Stewarts Hill speed event course for the first time in six years. With a full-on spectator experience planned in conjunction with the title

Sol RB19 a hot topic at Wales Rally GB
The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) long-term plans to upgrade the timing and results system for Sol Rally Barbados and its other championship events moved a step closer to fruition last week. Club PRO Neil Barnard visited Wales Rally GB, Britain’s round of the World Rally Championship, to check out

Meagan Best is among 38 junior squash ambassadors from 28 countries around the world gathered in Argentina at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Best was chosen among the world's best squash juniors to demonstrate to spectators on the ground and to audiences through broadcast features, what squash stands for today and where it is

MAY 26, 2019
Bill Tempro, a seasoned sailor who lost his sight while sailing, has volunteered to
sail around Barbados on the 26th of May 2019 on his yacht “Sail La Vie” to raise
funds for the Lions Eye Care Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Bill is only
partially sighted, but still has a good chance of

ARMSTRONG AND CLARKE BACK IN WINNERS’ ROW
Former Champions win Country View Bar & Grill Safari
Former Champions Chris Armstrong and Wayne Clarke returned to winners’ row for the first time in nearly four years last Sunday (September 16) when they won the Country View Bar & Grill September Safari, the fourth of five

Devan McCartney is Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s (BPMSI) Champion Driver for 2018, with Kevin Bynoe claiming the Champion Rider crown. At the third and final round of the Club’s 2018 Championship season during the Williams Digicel International Race Meet at the St Philip facility on September 1/2, McCartney claimed a hat-trick of Group 1/Class

Sol RB19 entries open on-line on October 1
The winds of change look set to blow through Sol Rally Barbados next year, as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC), which celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2017, marks the 30th running of its blue riband event. With the two Ford Focus World Rally Cars which have won six of the past seven events

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Country View Bar & Grill Safari on Sunday
Crews contesting the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2018 Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship return to action this Sunday after a long summer break since June. On Sunday (September 16), they will contest the Country View Bar & Grill September Safari, round four of five in this year’s

Team Barbados was the top points-scorer in the third round of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) at the Williams Digicel International Race Meet last weekend (September 1/2). More than 20 local drivers contributed to the 527 points scored, moving Barbados from fourth to second in the Country Championship standings,

 
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – England will arrive in the West Indies on 11th of January 2019, to start the biggest International Home Series between the two teams since 2009.
 
The two-month tour, comprising three Test matches, five ODIs and three T20Is, will be played in five of the region’s top tourist destinations, with the

Rally Club to mark premier event’s 30-year milestone
The Barbados Rally Club (BRC), which celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2017, will mark another important milestone in the Club’s distinguished history next year, with the 30th running of its premier event, known since 2008 as Sol Rally Barbados. The event has evolved from small

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Williams Industries is confirmed as title sponsor of round three of the 2018 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), to be staged at Bushy Park Barbados next month (September 1/2). The local conglomerate thereby maintains its unbroken record of title sponsorship for the island’s qualifying round, which dates back to 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bridgetown – Barbados’ male Rugby 7s team is heading to the United States this week to compete in two club Rugby tournaments in New York and Pennsylvania. The US tour will not only prepare the players for the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Regional 7s Championships being staged this September in Barbados, but also gives them the perfect

Former Superstock bike racer Devan McCartney has increased his lead in Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s (BPMSI) 2018 Champion Driver title chase from 30 to 39 points, despite failing to add his tally of class wins at the BPMSI Night Races last Saturday (July 7). Run from day into night under the all-arena lighting, the first race meet on the new

 

Barbados Junior Squash Team has been declared the Overall Champions at the XVI Pan Am Junior Squash Championships 2018 in Brazil after gaining 2 golds and 1 silver at the prestigious major junior event where they seized the most gold medals of the thirteen participating countries.

The Girls team of Meagan Best, Amanda

Reigning Champion Panton tied with Corbin, Cozier and Mayers

For the second straight year, a dominant run of four WRC class wins has given Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton a maximum score in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver title chase. This year, however, he owns only a quarter-share of the Championship lead, as Edward Corbin

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Bridgetown – The 2018 Mitsubishi Electric Rugby Barbados World 7s (MERBW7s) Tournament was officially launched today at the Radisson Aquatica Resort Barbados in St. Michael.

 

Set to take place

Bushy Park Circuit Inc’s (BPCI) on-going programme of investment in the St Philip facility marks a new milestone this month, with the launch of the 1.28-kilometre/0.79-mile National Circuit. Combined with last year’s installation of all-arena lighting, which is already increasing interest in activities such as Night Karting Experiences, the

Sol RB18-32: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 5, 2018

Hill claims 20th top 10 finish in island’s premier event
Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton paid tribute to co-driver Michael Fennell Jnr after they claimed a fourth consecutive win in Sol Rally Barbados at the weekend (June 1-3). After sharing a champagne podium celebration at Bushy Park

Narrative report to follow . . .
Sol-RB18-32a: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 4, 2018

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): CDN – Canada; ENG – England; GUY – Guyana; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NZL – New Zealand; SCO – Scotland; T&T – Trinidad & Tobago; TCI – Turks & Caicos; USA

 
The greatest cricket celebration is just one year away
 
To celebrate this milestone, the LOC has released the ICC Cricket World Cup Declaration by London Poet Caleb Femi
 
ICC Chief Executive, David Richardson: “The ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales is truly unique. No other country in world

Results
Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ENG – England; JAM – Jamaica; NZL – New Zealand; SCO – Scotland; T&T – Trinidad & Tobago; TCI – Turks & Caicos; USA – United States of America; WAL – Wales
1st Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM (WRC-1 Rubis/Sandals Barbados/KIG Ford

Former winners Bird, Panton & Skeete ready for classic showdown
Ninety crews – one shy of the record entry in 2012 - will contest Sunday’s (May 27) Flow King of the Hill, the final shakedown ahead of Sol Rally Barbados 2018 (June 1-3). Last year’s winner, Jamaica’s Jeff Panton, Britain’s Paul Bird and island legend Roger Skeete,

Local drivers chasing points in the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) 2018 Driver’s and Class Championships are preparing for the two most important weekends of the year, with Flow King of the Hill (May 27) and Sol Rally Barbados (June 1-3) just over the horizon. And they will need to be on top of their game if they want to keep the year-end trophies

Podium finish for Procter as UK rallying makes history
With the United Kingdom facing another cold snap - sub-zero temperatures are forecast again in the coming days - rally crews across the country are turning their thoughts to warmer climes, and to Sol Rally Barbados 2018. As next week’s deadline approaches for cars to be delivered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On the final day of a week of ICC meetings in Kolkata, the ICC Board today gave the green light to all T20 matches between Members being awarded international status along with plans to introduce global rankings in the format.
 
The move across both men’s and women’s cricket, is part of the wider strategic aim of using

Watson is top 2wd but Clarke surprises them all
Jamaica’s Jeff Panton and Mike Fennell Jnr won the Carter’s Pit-Stop Stages on Sunday (April 22) in their Rubis/Sandals Barbados/KIG Ford Focus WRC06, an ideal start to the reigning Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Champion Driver’s title defence. The final test before Flow King of the Hill and

Trevor ‘Micey’ Manning is back . . . as Car Zero!
Reigning Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Champion Driver, Jamaica’s Jeff Panton, launches his title defence on Sunday (April 22), seeded at number one for the Carter’s Pit-Stop Stages. The 40-car running order confirmed at last night’s (Thursday) Briefing Meeting at the Barbados Clay Target

Narrowest margin of victory for five years
Ryan Corbin and Dustin Edwards won Saturday’s (April 14) Chefette April Safari in the Corbins Catering Services/Mahogany Ridge Toyota Hilux, beating the similar pick-up of Chris Armstrong and Wayne Clarke by just four penalty points, the narrowest margin of victory in the Barbados Rally Club’s

Carter’s Pit-Stop Stages opens 2018 BRC season
Former Rallycross Champion Andy Scott confirmed today (April 18) that he will drive a newly-acquired Ford Fiesta R5 in Sol Rally Barbados 2018, having had such “a great experience” on his debut last year in a rented Ford Escort MkII. An excited Scott landed in the island yesterday (Tuesday

A legend of island motor sport will be remembered by racegoers on Sunday, May 6, when Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) stages the John ‘Tiny’ Harrison Memorial Race Meet at the St Philip facility. The race programme will feature the second of four rounds of BPMSI’s 2018 Championship, which is currently being led by former bike racer Devan

Four-time winner of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) blue riband event, Jamaica’s Jeff Panton today (April 12) confirmed his participation in Sol Rally Barbados 2018, after a successful return to island competition last weekend. The Club’s 2017 Champion Driver is looking forward to “another amazing Rally Barbados” and taking on whatever the

 
Have you ever seen the game bocce being played? Have you ever had occasion to learn the game and play it? This Sunday, Barbados will have the opportunity to see, learn and play the game at the Special Olympics Barbados Bocce Tournament at the University of the West Indies Usain Bolt Complex.
 
Bocce is a bowling game of

Faulkner and Foy to miss celebration outing
Following a successful shakedown on home ground last weekend, Scotland’s Robin Hamilton announced today (March 30) that he will contest Sol Rally Barbados 2018 in his Gleaner Fuels MG Metro 6R4, the first appearance in the island’s premier event of one of the iconic 1980s Group B cars for

Devan McCartney was the big winner as Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) launched its 2018 Championship season last Sunday (March 25). Although entries were lower than anticipated, the races produced some quality action, with track conditions changing throughout the afternoon. Driving his familiar orange Zephirins Bakery/C & A Autobody

The total of overseas entries confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2018 has moved into the twenties, with the announcement today (March 26) of three crews from the Turks & Caicos Motoring Club and the return of an American father and son duo, who made their Caribbean debut last year. Momentum is building for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC)

Carter’s Pit Stop Stages to open BRC Championship
As the Barbados Rally Cub (BRC), which celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2017, heads in to a new decade, measures are in place which the management believes will support the Club’s sustained growth. This was the message from Chairman Mark Hamilton as he addressed last night’s (Thursday

 
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that England white-ball captain Eoin Morgan will lead an ICC World XI in a T20I against the Windies at Lord’s on 31 May 2018. The game will raise funds for two stadia in the Caribbean that were damaged following Hurricanes Irma and Maria last year.
 
Defending ICC

 

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“When the flag drops, the talking stops”, a motor sport adage crews competing in Sol Rally Barbados 2018 will be reminded of on Friday, June 1, when they will leave the Ceremonial Start at the Vaucluse Raceway (VRW) and drive straight in to the opening stage on the RallySprint track. It marks the first time that the St Thomas venue – a regular

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2018 MudDogs Safari Championship kicks off with Sunday’s (March 11) March Safari, with title sponsorship from Chefette Restaurants for the fifth year. A new class structure, devised in an effort to broaden participation in the branch of the sport – navigational rallying – on which the BRC was founded in 1957,

“Pinch yourself – it’s Saturday and we’re rallying in Barbados!”
Sol Rally Barbados is on target for a record turn-out of female competitors when the 29th edition of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) blue riband event is staged later this year. Former British Ladies Rally Champion Shelly Taunt and co-driver Julie Murphy will lead the

  Garrison Savannah                                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org THE SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP RACEDAY Featuring ·        THE XXXVII SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP (GR.1.-INT.-BAR) ·        THE XVI TANGLEWOOD STAKES & TROPHY (GR.1R.-BAR) ·        THE XV

Former UK National Rally Champion Paul Bird confirmed today that he will enter Sol Rally Barbados 2018, hot on the heels of scoring maximum points in last Saturday’s (February 17) Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally in the forests of North Wales to take an early lead in the BTRDA Rally Championship. This first big result for ‘Birdy’ and his new ‘wing

 

 

Bridgetown, on Sunday February 18, Jason Wilson Elite Triathlete got the 2018 season off to a strong start at the ITU Bridgetown CAMTRI Sprint Cup with a string of podium performances.  Wilson captured 2nd overall in the American Cup and 1st in the Central American and Caribbean Championship (CAC).  The 8th edition of the

Following a successful shakedown at the Snetterton Stage Rally in the east of England on Sunday (February 18), Stuart Austin has confirmed that he will compete in Sol Rally Barbados for the third consecutive year. With some performance upgrades to his Accra Beach Hotel and Spa/Austin Powell Ltd/Cancer Research Subaru Impreza and a new co-

Bridgetown, Barbados – BFIT opens the 2018 season hosting the CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup and Central American and Caribbean Championships on February 18th at Brandon’s Beach, Spring Garden Highway. 

 

Spring Garden Highway will be closed from 6:00am to 11:30am, to facilitate the event, with the age group mixed relay

Fresh from a class win on Saturday’s (February 10) Jack Neal Memorial Rally at Blyton Park in the UK, former regional Stage Rally Champion Brandon Smith has confirmed he will return this year to compete in Sol Rally Barbados, an event he describes as “magical”. With co-driver Dylan Thomas, he will campaign his BCS Auto Repairs Darrian T9GTR+

Jim ‘Jimbob’ Mark is heading to the 2018 United States Grand Prix for a once-in-a-lifetime trip as the first Bushy Park Barbados Karting Experience Champion. He won last Saturday’s (February 3) Top Ten Race-Off, in a competition he described as “genius”; Cody Foster finished second and Chris McFarlane third, out of approaching 100 hopefuls who

Six decades of motor sport were celebrated on Saturday evening (February 3) when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) combined its Annual Prizegiving at Mahogany Ridge, St Thomas, with a celebration of its 60th Anniversary, reached in 2017. The outstanding contributions of four long-standing members were rewarded with Lifetime Achievement Awards,

Members of Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) gathered in the Cafeteria at Bushy Park Barbados after the Radical Carnival on Sunday (January 28) to celebrate the Club’s 2017 Champions. Andre Walcott and Terrance Ollivierre, Champion Driver and Champion Rider respectively, emerged victorious from the 60 competitors on two and four wheels who

 
Bridgetown, Barbados (23 January, 2018): Barbados Sailing Week incorporating the Coastal Racing Series and the Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race concluded last night at a sumptuous rum-themed prizegiving dinner and party at the glitzy Beach House location at Holetown. The final 300-mile Ocean Passage Race to Antigua to tie up with

As the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) prepares for this weekend’s start of the 2018 motor sport season, it does so without long-standing Vice-President John Sealy, who has retired. In a heartfelt tribute to the former VP, BMF President Andrew Mallalieu acknowledged that “replacing John with just one person is impossible”, so there will be

 

 
Bridgetown, Barbados (20 January, 2018): While final preparations are underway for the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race tomorrow, the J/24 fleet crowned its winner in the closely contested final showdown in the J/24 Coastal Racing Series at Barbados Sailing Week, writes Sue Pelling.
 
J/24 racing in Barbados never

Fans hope weather holds off for UK weekend fixtures
Three of the island’s most accomplished drivers, Roger Hill, Andrew Jones and Neil Corbin, head the list of early local entries confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2018. Each will be seeking to add to his previous tally of class wins, while Hill is also homing in on his 20th top 10

Updated FAQ document posted to official web site
Britain’s Kevin Procter will “come back stronger” when he competes in Sol Rally Barbados for the 13th time this year, having equalled his best-ever result of fourth in Sol RB17. The flamboyant Yorkshireman confirmed his participation shortly after finishing second in last Saturday’s (

Following the conclusion of the competition season last month, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has today (December 8) confirmed its list of Champions for 2017, along with the leading points-scorers across all disciplines. For the second year in a row, their achievements will be celebrated at a gathering in the New Year, which will this time also

 
Bridgetown – Rugby Barbados World 7s (RBW7s) will this weekend welcome some of the best men’s and women’s club teams from across the globe for the highly anticipated 2017 Rugby Barbados World 7s Tournament. Set to take place from 9th to 10th December at Frederick Smith Secondary School, Trents, St James, the Tournament is the longest

With a top 10 finish on his debut in Sol Rally Barbados 2017 under his belt, British lawyer Graham Coffey has confirmed that he will return next year for what he describes as a “full-on, amazing, great rally”. His Impreza WRC S12B is one of three Subarus confirmed today (December 4) for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international

Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton has become the first overseas driver to win the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) coveted Champion Driver title, following victory on the weekend’s BRC Winter Rally (November 24/25). Only half the field was on the overall finishers’ list, after competitors and organisers alike battled with the challenges presented by

Bushy Park Circuit Inc (BPCI) has been appointed an official dealer for Radical Sportscars; in an arrangement agreed earlier this month, a new entity, Radical Caribbean, will now represent the British race and road car manufacturer throughout all regional territories. The St Philip facility’s first race meeting of 2018 will be the third

Hat-trick Sol Rally Barbados winners Jeffrey Panton and Michael Fennell Jnr (Ford Focus WRC06) are seeded at number one for this weekend’s final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2017 Driver’s and Class Championships. The Jamaican crew tops a 40-car entry for the BRC Winter Rally, which incorporates the second weekend of the Barbados

As the final countdown begins, all the pieces are falling in to place to make next weekend’s final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2017 Driver’s and Class Championships an event to remember. At more than 70 kilometres over 14 stages - the longest event outside Sol Rally Barbados in recent years – and with night-time tests and a

Jean-Marc Cozier and Andrew Croney crowned an impressive first full season together in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship with victory in Sunday’s (November 12) final round . . . although it nearly went awry during the Country View Mud and Hill Challenge, just before the finish, when their Honda Pioneer tipped

Last month’s penultimate round of the 2017 World Rally Championship, Dayinsure Wales Rally GB, resonated with echoes of Sol Rally Barbados, as the two first-time winners each had Caribbean connections. M-Sport driver Elfyn Evans, who finished third in Sol RB16, won his first WRC event, while Tom Preston claimed his first-ever outright victory

Former F1 World Champion Jenson Button raced against cars, karts and a plane at Bushy Park Barbados on Saturday (October 14) when he headed a cast of international visitors in the island’s second Festival of Speed. During an action-packed eight-hour programme, which ran from day into night, there was something for everyone, including a half-

 

 

Bridgetown, Barbados – BFIT completed their 27th Annual Barbados National Triathlon Championship at Spring Garden Highway on Sunday October 15th. The event hosted 150 total competitors from Barbados, Trinidad, Grenada, UK, Canada, Jamaica, Antigua, Martinique, Colombia and Chile across 3 events; sprint triathlon, Olympic

 

 

 

The 2017 Suzuki Challenge Series Champions will be crowned at Bushy Park Barbados on Saturday (October 14) . . . but not until the final chequered flag has fallen. Drivers in both the SR3 Cup and Swift Cup will earn double points in the season’s last encounter, meaning no-one can achieve an unassailable lead in

 

 

Bridgetown, Barbados – The Barbados Federation of Island Triathletes (BFIT) hosted the first ever Triathlon CARIFTA championships locally over the weekend of October 7 & 8. The swim took place at the Aquatic Center and provided the promised open water feel in the pool thanks to a big start group and crowed turns. The

The Twister Aerobatics Team, one of the star turns packing the eight-hour schedule for Saturday’s (October 14) Barbados Festival of Speed, will give the island a preview of the action tomorrow (Wednesday), with two spectacular air displays in their 180mph Silence SA1100 aircraft. In their first-ever display in the Americas, they will fly from

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton slid to victory – twice – in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) double-header Winter Sprint on Sunday (October 8) to maintain his 100 per cent record in the 2017 BRC Driver’s and Class Championships, with one round to go. As drivers dealt with slippery stage conditions, a monumental battle for two-wheel-drive honours was the

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton, who currently leads the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver title chase, tops the 31-car entry for Sunday’s (October 8) Winter Sprint in the northern parish of St Lucy. With no dropped-score rule in the 2017 BRC Driver’s and Class Championships, every point counts, as competitors prepare for a double-header,

 
Sobers welcomes matches at Kensington Oval and Three Ws Oval
Essex to break new ground for floodlit Champion County fixture
Collingwood, Franks and Ramprakash appointed as coaches for North-South Series
 
 
Barbados will host a festival of English cricket next spring, with both the North-South

Former World F1 Champion Jenson Button will have his work cut out at next weekend’s (Saturday, October 14) Barbados Festival of Speed. Among a number of challenges accepted by Button and current Sahara Force India driver Esteban Ocon is for the 2009 Champion to race against one of the Silence SA1100 aircraft which will be starring in the

Former Caterham and Manor Marussia Formula 1 driver Will Stevens is the latest International name to be confirmed for the Barbados Festival of Speed on Saturday, October 14. The 26-year-old Briton won the LMGTE Am class at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, sharing a brand-new JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE with fellow-countryman Rob Smith and

 
Bridgetown – The Barbados Federation of Island Triathletes (BFIT) has announced the details of the upcoming inaugural CARIFTA Triathlon, Aquathlon and Mixed Relay Championships at a press conference today at BOA Headquarters in Wildey, St. Michael.
 
The event, a first of its kind in Barbados, will be held at the

The countdown to Sol Rally Barbados 2018 officially gets under way at midnight on Saturday (September 30) - 5.00am UK time - when on-line entries open on the event web site, www.rallybarbados.net. While many a competitor’s finger will be ready to click ‘send’ seconds after, that was just too long a

Former Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Safari Champions Ryan Corbin and Dustin Edwards returned to Winners’ Row last Sunday (September 17), when they won the MudDogs September Safari in the Mahogany Ridge/Corbin's Catering Services Toyota Hilux. The 2010 Champions had lagged behind the opposition in the morning, but fought back in the afternoon

BPB17-20: September 15, 2017
Andre Walcott (Courts iFinance/M-Grafix/Courts Optical Suzuki Swift) is Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s (BPMSI) new Champion Driver. At the fourth and final round of the Club’s 2017 Championship season during the Williams Industries International Race Meet at the St Philip facility on September 2/3, he added

 

 

From 9-10 December, Barbados will proudly play host to the annual Rugby World 7s Tournament. This year, over 20 overseas teams are expected to make the journey to Barbados for two action-packed days of world-class rugby, set amongst the picturesque and sun kissed west coast of the island.

 

The Rugby

Bajan sportspersons continue to put the island on the international stage as Matthew Wright won the Elite Grand Prix Triathlon (Esprit de Montreal) contested on Saturday September 9, 2017. Matthew won in a time of 57mins 25.2 secs over Canadian Francis Lefebvre who was 12 secs behind.

Matthew was off to a great start in 2017 where he

Records tumbled at Bushy Park Barbados over the weekend as the island played host to the third round of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) at the Williams Industries International Race Meet (September 2/3). Team Barbados was the top points-scorer of the weekend, moving from third to second in the Country standings,

Dates set for Caribbean season opener
 
Bridgetown, Barbados (24 August, 2017): As the European summer regatta circuit begins to draw to a close, the Caribbean vibe in Barbados is beginning to rumble with plans already in place for the annual Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series – 16-24 January 2018.
 
The 82nd

 

 

President of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Jean Todt heaped praise on the island’s motor sport fraternity shortly before he left Barbados last Tuesday (August 8) after a one-day visit in his capacity as the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety. Speaking to the media at Bushy

The urgent need to reduce fatalities and life-changing injuries on the roads of Barbados was the focus of discussions at the highest level on Tuesday (August 8), during a visit by the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt. After meeting key stakeholders, including the Prime Minister, the Hon Freundel

BPB17-15: August 2, 2017

Reigning Group Champions Mark Maloney and Mark Thompson claimed two race wins each for Team Barbados in round two of the 2017 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) at the Frankie Boodram Wallerfield International Raceway in Trinidad & Tobago at the weekend (July 29/30). Changeable

Reigning Group Champions Mark Maloney and Mark Thompson will see action at the Frankie Boodram Wallerfield International Raceway in Trinidad & Tobago next weekend (July 29/30). They will contest round two of the 2017 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), which then heads to Bushy Park Barbados for its third round on

An unprecedented level of interest from both competitors and spectators has encouraged the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) to move earlier than ever before to announce the dates for the next edition of its premier event: Sol Rally Barbados 2018 will run from June 1 to 3, with Flow King of the Hill the previous Sunday (May 27), while on-line entries

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE SEASON OF EMANCIPATION RACEDAY

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 Entries for Day 16 - Saturday, July 15, 2017

Form

Andre Walcott (Courts iFinance/M-Grafix/Courts Optical Suzuki Swift) has become the third different leader this year in the chase for Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s (BPMSI) Champion Driver title, following round three of the 2017 Championship last Saturday (July 1). He moves ahead of Adrian Bailey, who had taken the lead in May, ousting Devan

Leslie Alleyne and Chris O’Neal re-wrote the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) record books at the weekend (June 24/25) with victory in the Sol 60th Anniversary June Safari, despite a scare on the final route which made them “pleasantly surprised to have pulled it off”. Alleyne’s eighth win moves him two ahead of fellow ‘June’ veteran Wayne Clarke,

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is not forgetting its past as it prepares to mark the end of its sixth decade. The Sol 60th Anniversary June Safari later this month (June 24/25) will carry the Club right back to its roots, following a circuitous route between Applewhaites and Vaucluse, both in the parish of St Thomas and the same start and

Sir Charles Williams Barbadian entreprenuer and avid Polo player, recently received the Hurlingham Polo Association Lifetime Achievement Award in London.  The highest award achieveable.  Sir Charles surrounded by family and friends received the award from the Chairman of the HPA Mr. Stephen Hutchinson. 
The award was part of the “Oscars

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

HISTORIC BRIDGETOWN AND ITS GARRISON RACEDAY

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THE  ST. ANN’S GARRISON (HANDICAP)

Final Program for Day 13 - Saturday, June 10, 2017

First podium for Duckworth, Procter and Swann equal best results
Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton and Michael Fennell Jnr survived a late-afternoon scare on the final day of Sol Rally Barbados 2017 (June 2-4) to claim a hat-trick of victories in their Ford Focus WRC06, leading home only the fourth podium lock-out by overseas competitors in the

 

Published on May 31, 2017

The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) and the Barbados Dive Operators Association, in partnership with the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) and the Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) this month launched the island’s first ever Dive Fest Barbados.

The festival runs from

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): CDN – Canada; ENG – England; FRA – France; GUY – Guyana; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; JER – Jersey; MTQ – Martinique; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; NZL – New Zealand; SCO – Scotland; T&T – Trinidad & Tobago; TCI – Turks & Caicos; WAL – Wales

 
The International Cricket Council (ICC) celebrated the start of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 by unveiling its most ambitious programme of digital innovation to date. Including predictor app Fanscore, Fantasy gaming, Twitter emojis, personalized Twitter DMs, Facebook Live and a mobile app that has had close to 10 million overall

Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton and Michael Fennell Jnr are top seeds for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event for the first time. Their Rubis/Sandals Barbados/KIG Ford Focus WRC06 will carry number one when they set off from tomorrow’s (Friday) Ceremonial Start at Sol Warrens, leading an international field of 88 cars, with a record 17

 

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HISTORIC BRIDGETOWN AND ITS GARRISON RACEDAY

Featuring

THE  ST. ANN’S GARRISON (HANDICAP)

 Entries for Day 13 - Saturday, June 10, 2017

Form

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton and Mike Fennell claimed their second Flow King of the Hill crown yesterday (Sunday), but enjoyed the limelight alone this time, following 2016’s tie with Simon Jean-Joseph and Jack Boyere. Second-placed Rob Swann claimed his best-ever KotH result, ahead of fellow British regulars, Roger Duckworth and Kevin Procter, with

Major changes to the route for Sol Rally Barbados 2017, including two night-time stages on Friday, June 2, within the longest event run since 2004, have been given the ‘thumbs up’ by two of the potential contenders for outright victory. Thirteen-time winner Roger Skeete described the opening stages as “fantastic”, a view shared by regular

The Rally Show at Simpson Motors, Warrens, next Saturday (May 27) will provide island fans with unrivalled access to more than 90 local, regional and international cars and their crews. The event will run from 2.00pm for four hours, with a mix of competitions, cultural entertainment, Driver Meet & Greet sessions and sponsor promotions and

The final countdown to Sol Rally Barbados 2017 is under way, with just 14 days to go before the first major event, the all-new Simpson Motors Rally Show on Saturday, May 27. Flow King of the Hill will follow on Sunday, with the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, Sol RB17, running from Friday to Sunday, June 2-4. Nearly all

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2017

At a glance

 

New for 2017

 

• ‘Rally Central’ will now be located in the Pits at Bushy Park Barbados, as the former Banks Brewery building at Wildey, where it has been located for the past four years, is no longer available. Rally Central is the storage and service facility which

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2017 “THE TOUGHEST YET?”

Panton, Procter, Skeete & Swann head record 17-nation entry

 

Sol Rally Barbados 2017 (June 2-4), which will cover the longest route since 2004, could prove to be the toughest in the 28-year history of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) blue riband event, according to the

Sol RB17-23: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 6, 2017

RALLYCROSS ACE SCOTT FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Fan favourite Jonathan Still heads back to the stages!

British and European Rallycross Championship front-runner Andy Scott will join fellow Rx race-winner Kevin Procter on the entry list for Sol Rally Barbados 2017, as Procter

 

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THE BETTING BOOTH STAFF APPRECIATION RACEDAY

Featuring

THE BETTING BOOTH STAFF TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 11 - Saturday, May 13, 2017

Sol RB17-22: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 2, 2017

Former New Zealand Junior Rally Champion Craig Marshall will make his Sol Rally Barbados debut this year, following in the wheel-tracks of his father, Kiwi rallying legend Mike Marshall, and brother Nick, who have each made the 28,000-kilometre round trip over the past couple of years.

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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

From the giant Japanese Sumitomo Corporation, parent company of Mazda, through local motor dealerships, motor sport enthusiasts and leisure organisations to a growing number of tourists, Bushy Park Barbados is fast expanding its business profile. After nine months of redevelopment, the facility re-launched with Top Gear Festival Barbados in

Sol Rally Barbados will play host to a family reunion in 2017 as first-time participants, husband and wife Jon and Alison Trenholme, will be joined by Jon’s sister Katharine, who is making the 23,000-mile round trip to the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event from her home in Brisbane, Australia, for only their second get-together in four

Two-time Caribbean Motor Racing Champion, Guyana’s Kristian Jeffrey, is benefitting from lessons learned in the tough competition arena of January’s Radical International at Bushy Park Barbados, where he won four of the weekend’s six races to be crowned Suzuki Challenge Series SR3 Winter Cup Champion. The weekend produced the closest and most

Following a major rethink of Friday evening’s programme, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has confirmed the return of a Ceremonial Start for Sol Rally Barbados 2017, to be presented at Sol Warrens. After being introduced to the media and spectators on crossing the start ramp, crews will immediately transit to the Special Stages scheduled in the

 

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THE SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP RACEDAY

Featuring

·         THE XXXV SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP (GR. 1. - INT.-BAR)

·         THE XIV TANGLEWOOD STAKES AND

BRC17-02: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 5, 2017

More than 40 of the island’s motor sport volunteers were recognised for their commitment to the sport at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving at The Boatyard in Bridgetown on Saturday evening (February 4), as Daryl Clarke was crowned the Club’s Champion Driver for 2016.

EX-SOLBERG SUBARU TRIO FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Shipping date for European entries from Portsmouth confirmed
Three ex-works Subarus campaigned in period by 2003 FIA World Rally Champion Petter Solberg are confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2017. The Norwegian, who won two more FIA titles, in 2014 & ’15, when he switched to the

SCS17-02: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 30, 2017

 

 

 

Sol Esuf and Ryan Wood were crowned Champions of the SR3 Cup and Swift Cup respectively when the second Suzuki Challenge Series drew to a close during Radical International (January 28/29) at Bushy Park Barbados. Each driver had won his Summer Series title

A new spectator-focussed Rally Show, a revised format for Scrutineering and a change of location for ‘Rally Central’ - the secure facility and workshop that plays host to the majority of visiting crews - are among changes for Sol Rally Barbados 2017 confirmed in outline today (January 28) by the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC).
 As

Suzuki Challenge Summer Series Champions Suleman Esuf (SR3 Cup) and Ryan Wood (Swift Cup)
head to Bushy Park Barbados this weekend (January 28/29) for the Winter Cup determined to
continue where they left off in October. They will have their work cut out, however, as Radical
International 2017 plays host to competitors

Bridgetown, Barbados (21 January, 2017): Andy Budgen sailing his Mach 2 foiling International Moth Nano Project completed the 60nm Mount Gay Round Barbados Race at a record pace of 4 hours, 23 minutes, 18 seconds, to established the Absolute Foiling Monohull record. He also broke his own personal record time from a few years ago when he sailed

14 records up for grabs in event’s signature 60nm sprint around Barbados

Bridgetown, Barbados (20 January, 2017): Following on from the hugely successful Coastal Series over the last three days, competitors at the Mount Gay Round Barbados Regatta, organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc,

Race two of the Coastal Series produces spectacular competition

Bridgetown, Barbados (18 January, 2017): The second day of the Mount Gay Round Barbados Coastal Series organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, and Mount Gay, produced spectacular competition once again. Although it was an

Bridgetown, Barbados (16 January, 2016): The Skippers’ Briefing held at the Radisson Aquatica Resort this evening marked the official opening of the 81st Mount Gay Round Barbados Series.
As the sun set over Carlisle Bay, competitors, families and guests who’d gathered at this sumptuous Caribbean venue were treated to an informative

 

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THE COOLMORE “HOME OF CHAMPIONS” RACEDAY

Featuring

THE COOLMORE “HOME OF CHAMPIONS” STAKES & TROPHY (GR.1.-BAR)

Entries for Day 3 - Saturday,

The Sol Rally Barbados stand at Europe's largest motor sport show, Autosport International (ASI), has been a hive of activity over the past four days (January 12-15). Competitors past, present and future have been showing their support for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, while a host of spectators registered with tour

 

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THE REALTORS LIMITED RACEDAY

Featuring

THE MICHAEL PARRAVICINO MEMORIAL HOPEFUL BREEDERS’ STAKES & TROPHY (GR.11RB.-BAR)

&

THE

BARBADOS TO HOST DRAGON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Red Paddle Co Racing have set their sights on the Caribbean as the location for their inaugural, revolutionary, team racing concept – the Dragon World Championships. The first ever dedicated paddleboard team racing event.

The world’s most popular inflatable paddleboard brand has

Members of Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) gathered in the Cafeteria at Bushy Park Barbados last evening (Saturday) to celebrate the Club’s 2016 Champions. Champion Driver and Champion Rider respectively, Geoff Ullyett and Brook Miller, emerged victorious from the nearly 90 competitors on two and four wheels who scored points in BPMSI-

Irish motor sport enthusiast Kevin Flanagan will participate in Sol Rally Barbados 2017 (June 2-4), just two years after he was first introduced to the island by winning a Prize Trip in a draw for volunteer marshals on the Circuit of Ireland. And next Thursday (January 12), Flanagan will be among the first visitors to the Sol RB17 stand at

Barbados prepares for epic Mount Gay Round Barbados Series
Caribbean season opener attracts record breakers for island rum dash
Bridgetown, Barbados (5 January 2017): With just 10 days to go before the start of the 2017 Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series (16-24 January), the festival atmosphere in Barbados is starting to rumble

 

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THE REALTORS LIMITED RACEDAY

Featuring

THE MICHAEL PARRAVICINO MEMORIAL HOPEFUL BREEDERS’ STAKES & TROPHY (GR.11RB.-BAR)

&

THE

 

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THE HAPPY NEW YEAR RACEDAY

Featuring

THE HAPPY NEW YEAR TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Final Program for Day 1 - Monday, January 2, 2017

Forecast: 1.2.3.4

The Barbados Boxing association just hosted the Caribbean Development Boxing tournament at sea Rocks Dome from 5th to 10th December 2016.
17 Caribbean countries participated in the event. The next CDBT will be in St. Lucia around the same time.
. Male MVP Jabali Breedy, Female MVP Kimberly Gittens both Gold medalist. Kimberly was

 

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THE DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL/CROWN OF LIGHT

BOXING DAY AT THE RACES RACEDAY

Featuring

THE DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL/CROWN OF LIGHT BOXING DAY STAKES &

A family trip to the Caribbean last year to support his friend Rob Swann’s Sol Rally Barbados campaign coincided with Brit Richard Seal’s own search for his first rally car. So impressed was he with the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event that he will return to compete in Sol RB17 in his Ford Escort MkI, one of a growing number of first-

 

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THE ANSA McAL RACING FESTIVAL / WINTER JOCKEYS' CHALLENGE  RACEDAY

Featuring

THE ANSA McAL (BARBADOS) LIMITED STAKES & TROPHY (CR)

THE

Competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship have arrived at the last chance saloon. The 2016 title chase will go down to the wire at Sunday’s (November 13) fourth and final round, the Nassco November Safari, with a spread of just six points across the four leading crews, once dropped scores are taken

 

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THE INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS RACEDAY

Featuring

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE (HANDICAP)

 Final Program for Day 20 - Saturday, November 12, 2016

Fan favourites and familiar faces from overseas are among the more than 30 entries already received on-line for Sol Rally Barbados 2017. Organised by the Barbados Rally Club (BRC), which will celebrate its 60th Anniversary next year, Sol RB17 will run from Friday to Sunday, June 2-4, with Scrutineering and Flow King of the Hill the previous

 

 

Suleman Esuf and Ryan Wood were crowned Suzuki Challenge Summer Series SR3 Cup and Swift Cup Champion respectively, as the curtain came down on the second Summer Series. Racing under floodlights, occasional showers and the pressure of four races in one day made Sunday’s (October 30) Day/Night Race Meet at Bushy Park

Following the success of the inaugural Barbados Festival of Speed in May 2016, Bushy Park Circuit Inc (BPCI) has confirmed Saturday, February 4, as the date for BFoS 2017. While no details of the planned content have yet been revealed, the one-day event will next year run from day into night, promising a whole new experience for spectators.

 

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THE INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS RACEDAY

Featuring

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 20 - Saturday, November 05, 2016

SCS-16-11: October 25, 2016
Suzuki Challenge Series points leaders Suleman Esuf and Ryan Wood are ready to “push hard” at
Bushy Park Barbados next Sunday (October 30) as a packed programme of day and night racing
brings the SCS Summer Season to a close. The eight-hour programme, which starts at 2.00pm, also
includes

Geoff Ullyett and Brook Miller are Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s (BPMSI) 2016 Champion Driver and Champion Rider respectively, following the end of the Club’s second season at the Williams Digicel International Race Meet earlier this month. While the Suzuki Challenge Series will not reach its Summer Season finale until October 30, more than

Leslie Alleyne and Chris O’Neal won Sunday’s (September 18) Chefette September Safari to claim their second win in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2016 Chefette MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships, having already won the March Safari. In the Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max, the multiple champions won by

 Wanderers celebrated two of their cricket icons last evening by renaming the North end at their Dayrells Road home the Stephen Farmer end and the south the Richard "Prof" Edwards end.

In a well attended ceremony committee member Edward Ince gave opening remarks where he outlined the significant contribution of Farmer and Edwards over

Daryl Clarke is the new leader of the annual chase to claim the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) coveted Champion Driver title, after claiming his fifth consecutive Modified 2 class win in the BRC Summer Nights Rally last month (August 29). Victory in the Roberts Manufacturing/Amir’s Chicken/Valvoline/MQI Collision Repair Honda Civic came on a day

After a three-month summer break, competitors will be ready for action when the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships continue on Sunday (September 18) with the third of four rounds in the 2016 calendar, the Chefette September Safari.
  Winners of the March Safari and current points

Team Barbados was the top points-scorer in last weekend’s (September 3/4) Williams Digicel International Race Meet at Bushy Park Barbados, moving from fourth to second in the Country standings of 2016 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC). With two wins and a second place in Group 4 and a new CMRC lap record to his credit

 

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THE BTBA SALE GRADUATES’ RACEDAY

Featuring

THE SALE GRADUATES’ CHAMPION STAKES (WFA)

THE SALE GRADUATES’ FUTURITY STAKES (CONDITION RACE)

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton and Mike Fennell (Rubis / Sandals Barbados / KIG Ford Focus WRC06) won the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Summer Nights Rally on Saturday (August 27), continuing this year’s impressive run of success in island events. It was also their second consecutive victory in the annual day/night event, which brought spectators out in

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton and Mike Fennell (Rubis / Sandals Barbados / KIG Ford Focus WRC06) will start at number one for tomorrow’s (Saturday) Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Summer Nights Rally, heading an entry list of nearly 30. For the second time this month, the visitors will go head-to-head with Roger Skeete, co-driven for this event by Andrew

Island fans have much to look forward to on Saturday, August 27, when the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Summer Nights Rally will run from early afternoon into the night. With 12 special stages at three venues offering just over 52 kilometres of against-the-clock action, competitors and spectators alike will have much to discuss when they gather

Bike racing fans are set for a bonanza weekend at the Williams Digicel International Race Meet next month (September 3/4), when Bushy Park Barbados hosts round three of the 2016 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC). Lap record-holder Brook Miller will lead Team Barbados against a record regional entry, with seven of the

On the 50th Anniversary of our beautiful island, Hiltop Publications has published a luxury coffee table style book entitled 50 Barbadian Sporting Greats.

 

This book is an excellent read of the achievements of some of Barbados’ finest Sportspeople and Administrators and a must for sporting enthusiasts.

 

Filled

 Williams Digicel International to host CMRC at Bushy Park
All roads lead to Bushy Park Barbados next month, when the cream of the region’s motor sport stars will face off in the Williams Digicel International Race Meet (September 3/4). Round three of the 2016 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) is the headline

As competitors enjoy the summer break before their next event at the end of the month (August 27), the battle for the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships is shaping up nicely. With five of eight rounds run, the top five in the Champion Driver standings are covered by just 14 points, a total which falls to nine - and

 

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THE MASSY UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED RACEDAY

Featuring

THE MASSY UNITED INSURANCE BARBADOS DERBY (GR.1R. - BAR)

(�THIRD JEWEL OF THE BARBADOS

 

 

Youngsters who aspire to become the next Lewis Hamilton can now start to live that dream from as young as five years old, following the introduction of Kidz Karting at Bushy Park Barbados. The latest addition to the St Philip facility’s range of Driving Experiences brings the lower limit for participation down from 12

Eight former winners of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) longest-running event will face a tough test in this weekend’s Sol June Safari (June 25/26), as they tackle a 17-hour course leading them through all 11 of the island’s parishes. Recent rains, bringing the island drought to an end, will add more spice to what promises to be an exciting

Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton and Mike Fennell Jnr claimed back-to-back victories on Sol Rally Barbados at the weekend (June 3-5), making Panton the most successful driver in the event’s 27-year history after island legend Roger Skeete. Panton, who was the event’s first regional winner in 1998, now moves ahead of double-winners Paul Bird, Paul

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ENG – England; GUY – Guyana; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; MTQ – Martinique; NED – The Netherlands; NZL – New Zealand; SCO – Scotland; TCI – Turks & Caicos; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales
1st Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM (WRC-1

 

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THE HISTORIC BRIDGETOWN AND ITS GARRISON RACEDAY

Featuring

THE ST. ANN'S GARRISON (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 13 - Saturday, June 11, 2016

M-Sport World Rally Championship contenders Elfyn Evans and Craig Parry are seeded at number one in the final running order for Sol Rally Barbados 2016 (June 3-5), published by the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) in advance of this evening’s Briefing Meeting at the Accra Beach Hotel & Spa in Rockley. Campaigning the Sol/Intercontinental Shipping

In an unprecedented outcome, French Double European Rally Champion Simon Jean-Joseph and Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton were joint winners of yesterday’s (Sunday) action-packed Flow King of the Hill. World Rally Championship WRC 2 points leader driver Elfyn Evans finished third, ahead of Rob Swann, with the 2015 winner, Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete,

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ENG – England; FRA – France; GUY – Guyana; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; MTQ – Martinique; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales
Overall
1st equal Simon Jean-Joseph – FRA/Jack Boyere - FRA (

Welsh teenager Gareth Parry got the surprise of his life yesterday morning (Thursday) when he learned that he will be competing in Sol Rally Barbados 2016 (June 3-5) and this Sunday’s Flow King of the Hill, which falls the day after his 18th birthday. He will co-drive for father Will in a Ford Escort MkII, run by Tsalta Motorsport, the

M-Sport’s Elfyn Evans, who currently leads WRC 2 in the FIA World Rally Championship, double European Rally Champion Simon Jean-Joseph, Sol Rally Barbados 2015 winner Jeffrey Panton and 13-time winner of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event Roger Skeete head a hugely-competitive entry list for Sunday’s (May 29) Flow King of the Hill,

 

This year, the 50th year of independence,  Barbados has the honour of hosting an international 7s tournament which will attract interest from the region and internationally.  There will be Rugby enthusiasts, supporters, players, teams and media coming to the event. This international 7s tournament is to rugby, what the 20/20 cricket

Following a successful shakedown in the UK yesterday (Tuesday), Sol Rally Barbados regular Kevin Procter has confirmed that he will drive a Ford Fiesta in Sol RB16. The car will arrive in the island by air next week, bringing to three the number of cars flown in for this year’s event, a new record for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor

M-Sport World Rally Championship driver Elfyn Evans will carry the livery of the Sol Group when he competes in Sol Rally Barbados 2016 (June 3-5) and Flow King of the Hill (May 29), as the region’s largest independent oil company joins Intercontinental Shipping as sponsors. Evans and co-driver Craig Parry remain the WRC 2 points-leaders,

Last night’s (Friday) launch of a spectacular new rear-wheel-drive Ford Fiesta to be campaigned in the SuperModified 2 category in Sol Rally Barbados 2016 (June 3-5) by local ace Barry Mayers means all bets are off on the outcome of the much-anticipated two-wheel-drive battle in the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International.

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE BTBA STAKES AND TROPHY RACEDAY

Featuring

THE REPUBLIC BANK BREEDERS’ STAKES AND TROPHY (GR.11. RB. - BAR)

 Entries for Day 12 - Saturday, May 28,

As competitors in the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships are making their final preparations for the two most important weekends of the year - Flow King of the Hill and Sol Rally Barbados 2016 – the leading 10 drivers in the Champion Driver title chase are covered by just nine points after the first two rounds.

Citroen World Rally Championship driver Kris Meeke says every rally fan should visit Sol Rally Barbados “at least once”. The Ulsterman made the remark when he joined the Circuit of Ireland’s Chief Marshal Raymond Linton last week to pick the names of two motor sport volunteers who will enjoy a trip to Sol RB16 next month (June 3-5) out of the

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE BETTING BOOTH STAFF APPRECIATION RACEDAY

Featuring

THE BETTING BOOTH STAFF TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 11 - Monday, May 16, 2016

New for 2016
• the finish of Sol Rally Barbados returns to the Vaucluse Raceway in St Thomas for the first time since 2007, with a SuperSpecial on the RallySprint track. Cars will run head-to-head and, although times will not be included in the results for Sol RB16, crews must take the start to be classified as overall finishers . . .

The Geest Line freighter Benguela Stream set sail from Portsmouth on the English south coast late on Tuesday (April 26) after two nights in port exchanging fruit and other produce from around the Caribbean for a record shipment of 32 rally cars bound for the region’s biggest annual motor sport International, Sol Rally Barbados . . . and local

 Lewis plans “a brilliant day out” at Barbados Festival of Speed
Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton is looking forward to “a brilliant day out” at the inaugural Barbados Festival of Speed at Bushy Park on Sunday, May 8. He will be a busy man as he takes on challenges from former British Superbike Champion Tommy Hill,

 Variety the Children’s Charity of Barbados presents the Annual Row for Charity & Fun Fitness Challenge on Sunday, June 26th at Harbour Lights from 8:00am to 3:00pm. Featured events include a Fun Fitness Challenge organized by Coach Cary of CrossFit Bassa Bassa along with the usual Motor Maniacs and Wind Warriors kayak relay races!

Sol Rally Barbados 2016 will return to Bushy Park in St Philip and repeat last year’s hugely-successful Friday evening start, with two special stages on the unique Race Of Champions parallel track. With only two of seven stage venues being used exactly as they were last year and the finish returning to the Vaucluse Raceway in St Thomas,

Two families from the British Midlands have a special reason to look forward to Sol Rally Barbados this year. Legendary BMW driver, Worksop & District Motor Club President Martin Stockdale, and fellow Club member Hugh Peat will both joined by offspring who have been travelling and working on the other side of the world to enjoy a family

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE 66TH BARBADOS GUINEAS RRACEDAY

Featuring

THE 66TH BARBADOS GUINEAS (GR.1R. - BAR)

Entries for Day 10 - Thursday, April 28, 2016

Form

From Australasia to North America, rally teams have been making final preparations for Sol Rally Barbados 2016, as shipping dates draw near. New Zealand rallying legend Mike Marshall bade farewell to his Peugeot 106 S16 on Wednesday (April 13), as it left the Port of Auckland on the first leg of its 20,000-mile round trip to the Caribbean.

Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton, winner of Sol Rally Barbados 2015, and local rallying legend Roger Skeete, who has won 13 times in the event’s 26-year history, were both confirmed today (April 8) for this year’s edition of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, which will run from Friday to Sunday, June 3-5.
  They join

 

Garrison Savannah                                  www.barbadosturfclub.org

PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE HERITAGE OF THE GARRISON HISTORIC AREA RACEDAY

Featuring

THE GARRISON SAVANNAH (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 9 - Saturday, April 16, 2016

Sunoco Race Fuels is the new sponsor of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) forthcoming Shakedown Stages (Sunday, April 24), as local distributor Automotive Art introduces its newest brand to the market and reinforces its more than 25-year commitment to the Club and to island motor sport.
  The 10-stage event in the northern parishes is

Competing in Sol Rally Barbados has been on English electrician and clubman rally driver Stuart Austin’s bucket list for years . . . and he will finally make the trip in 2016. A member of the UK’s Southern Car Club (SCC), he had learned of the event through the promotions organised by the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) at Rallye Sunseeker,

Drivers and bikers claimed race-winning hat-tricks over the Easter weekend as Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) kicked off its 2016 Championship at the Glassesco Valvoline John 'Tiny' Harrison Memorial Race Meet (March 26 & 28) at Bushy Park. Maurita Forde made history as the first female biker to race at the redeveloped facility, a

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE GRANDSTAND POSSE RACEDAY

Featuring

THE JOE TUDOR MEMORIAL & GRANDSTAND POSSE FILLIES TRIAL (GR.1RF. - BAR)

&

THE GRANDSTAND

Jason Parkinson and newcomer Arron Parris joined the Suzuki Challenge Series Swift Cup roll of honour at Bushy Park Barbados over the Easter weekend, but Ryan Wood was the star of the show, with two pole positions, three race wins and three fastest laps. Stuart Maloney dominated the SR3 Cup, with a hat-trick of victories.

  The second

 

- BTMI announces new title sponsor for the Run Barbados Marathon Weekend and other major changes for the Dec. 2 - 4 series -

 

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS. March 24, 2016 – The Run Barbados Marathon Weekend has been endorsed by one of Barbados’ most recognizable companies.

 

Speaking at the 2016 media launch

SCS-16-05: March 25, 2016

 

 

A host of new names join the roster as the winds of change blow through the Suzuki Challenge Series, with driver and sponsor changes confirmed ahead of the second season, which starts Bushy Park Barbados during this weekend’s Glassesco Valvoline John ‘Tiny’ Harrison Memorial Race Meet.

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE GRANDSTAND POSSE RACEDAY

Featuring

THE JOE TUDOR MEMORIAL & GRANDSTAND POSSE FILLIES TRIAL (GR.1RF. - BAR)

THE GRANDSTAND POSSE COLTS &

Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) will launch its 2016 Championship next Thursday (March 24) with a Meet & Greet at Automotive Art, Welches, ahead of the Glassesco Valvoline John 'Tiny' Harrison Memorial Race Meet scheduled for Easter weekend (Saturday & Monday, March 26 & 28).
 Thursday’s event is planned for three hours

Members of the Farnborough District Motor Club, based in the southern English county of Hampshire, will compete in Sol Rally Barbados 2016 to honour the memory of a club stalwart. Lifelong motor sport enthusiast Maurice May died last year before fulfilling his own dream of celebrating his 70th birthday by competing in the Caribbean’s biggest

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

HONOURING FORMER BARBADOS TURF CLUB EMPLOYEES RACEDAY

Featuring

THE LOUIS CORBIN MEMORIAL TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Final Program for Day 7 - Saturday, March 19

Former British Superbike Champion Tommy Hill and multiple British Supersport Champion Stuart Easton are the first British bike racers confirmed for the inaugural Barbados Festival of Speed at Bushy Park on May 8. They will join three-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton in making a spectacular high-speed contribution to the 50th

RELEASE
BFA President, Randy Harris retained his presidency for another four (4) years. This was confirmed after the votes had been tabulated at the BFA’s Annual General Meeting, held today at the BWU Auditorium at Solidarity House. President Harris had been opposed by Fabian Wharton – President of Mackeson Brittons Hill and former

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is renewing its partnership with the Circuit of Ireland, one of the world’s oldest rallies, which marks its 85th Anniversary this year. In association with the island’s Tourism Development Corporation (TDC), the BRC is again offering two Irish motor sport volunteers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to enjoy the

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

HONOURING FORMER BARBADOS TURF CLUB EMPLOYEES RACEDAY

Featuring

THE LOUIS CORBIN MEMORIAL TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 7 - Saturday, March 19, 2016

Leslie Alleyne and Chris O’Neal made an excellent start to their title defence when the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships got under way with the March Safari last Sunday (March 6). They won both routes in the south-east corner of the island in the Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/

Chefette Restaurants has been confirmed as title sponsor of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships for the fourth year, continuing its enthusiastic backing for the series, which began with the awarding of Novice trophies in 2010. Competitors are now making preparations for the new season, which kicks

 

 

Sean Maloney and Trinidad & Tobago’s Ryan Peyrau were crowned Champions of the SR3 Cup and Swift Cup respectively when the inaugural Suzuki Challenge Series came to an action-packed conclusion at Bushy Park Barbados on Saturday (February 27). Maloney won both the SR3 Summer Series and Winter Cup, while Peyrau

Britain’s Nigel Worswick is stretching the legs of his Ford Escort WRC on the Live Rally Stage at this weekend’s Race Retro (February 26-28) as a final test in preparation for shipping it across the Atlantic Ocean to compete in Sol Rally Barbados 2016. Europe’s leading show for historic motor sport enthusiasts is staged annually at Stoneleigh

 

Garrison Savannah                                  www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP RACEDAY

Featuring

·         THE XXXV SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP (GR. 1. - INT.-BAR)

·         THE XIV TANGLEWOOD STAKES AND

British driver Andrew Costin-Hurley’s entry for Sol Rally Barbados 2016 marks his 13th visit to the island for an event he describes as “a big and colourful part of our lives”. This year, he is reunited with co-driver Rob Brook, with whom he achieved a personal best in Sol RB14 – 21st overall, plus his third class win – and also returns after

Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton will make a unique high-speed contribution to the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the island’s Independence at the wheel of his Formula 1 car during the inaugural Barbados Festival of Speed at Bushy Park on the weekend of May 7/8.
  Hamilton’s second appearance in front of island fans

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

REMEMBERING FORMER GOLD CUP CHAMPIONS RACEDAY

Featuring

THE BENTOM (HANDICAP)

 Entries for Day 05 - Saturday, February 20, 2016

 

Former British Ladies Rally Champion Shelly Taunt has unfinished business in the Caribbean, after she and co-driver Julie Murphy retired on day one of Sol Rally Barbados last year. The team’s determination to repeat what Taunt describes as “an amazing experience” looked set to be thwarted by a clash of dates, but a perfect solution has been

Nearly 50 events to be organised by the seven sporting Member Clubs of the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) are listed on the BMF’s Approved 2016 Calendar, published today (February 11). The first two have already been run, with the remaining dates stretching until the last weekend of November.
  A broad cross-section of motor sport

Four British friends who last rallied together on one of the world’s toughest events almost a decade ago will be reunited in competition for the first time since then on Sol Rally Barbados 2016. They are among more than 50 overseas entries so far posted on the official web site – www.rallybarbados.net

Sir Gary on the Green, a fabulous impressionist work painted and donated to the Sandy Lane Charitable Trust by upcoming talented artist Jeena Chatrani, now proudly hangs on the wall at the Legends Museum in Fontabelle, Barbados.

  The Painting, bought at the recent Sandy Lane Charitable Trust event by Sir Martyn and Lady Sally Arbib,

With three months to go before their cars are due to be shipped from Portsmouth, rally teams across the United Kingdom are making preparations for their annual trip to the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, Sol Rally Barbados 2016. Among more than 30 repeat visitors already entered, drivers Kenny Hall, Joe McQuillan and

The Barbados Polo Club (BPC) will officially kick off their 2016 International Polo season with the staging of the highly popular Diamonds International Battle of the Sexes four-day tournament which begins this Sunday January 31 at the Holders grounds in St James beginning at 3-15 p.m. This much anticipated tournament will once again be co-

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE COOLMORE “HOME OF CHAMPIONS” RACEDAY

Featuring

THE COOLMORE “HOME OF CHAMPIONS” STAKES & TROPHY (GR.1.–BAR)

Final Program for Day 3 - Saturday,

Bridgetown, Barbados (27 January, 2016): Following the success of the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Series, which concluded last weekend, plans are already in place for the 2017 event with the dates confirmed for 16-23 January.

This popular regatta, organised Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism

Bridgetown, Barbados (19 January, 2016): The final day of the Coastal Series at the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Regatta, organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, and Mount Gay, concluded in fine style today with sunshine, wind up to 28kts, and a relatively flat sea. The ultra fast

Bridgetown, Barbados (18 January, 2016): Day 2 of the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series, organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, and Mount Gay, served up the sort of conditions that the island of Barbados is known for – good winds and just enough of swell to keep the racing

Bridgetown, Barbados (17 January, 2016): The opening day of the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series, Organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, and Mount Gay, got off to a spectacular start today with an unusual mixed bag of conditions. Sun, rain, unpredictable shifts and 25+kt

Bridgetown, Barbados (16 January, 2016): With less than 24 hours before the start, a last minute rush has seen a significant boost in entries for the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series. A packed room for the skippers’ briefing headed by Howard Palmer (Chairman of the Race Committee) this evening also endorsed the notion

British couple Marcel Freling and Karen Robinson are seeking to revive the “fun factor” in their rallying by competing in Sol Rally Barbados 2016. The multiple award-winners in the hotly-contested British Trial & Rally Drivers Association (BTRDA) Championship over the past 12 years are among more than 10 first-time overseas crews who have

Arsenal and Ireland football Legend Liam Brady was spotted at Rockely Golf club Saturday with friends Paul Hanby and Clarence Hiles. He was later joined by BCA president Joel 'Big Bird' Garner. Liam and Big Bird had many stories about their time in Ireland. They were both given a big Rockley Welcome!

Britain’s Kevin Procter will make his 11th appearance in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event this year, when he lines up for Sol Rally Barbados 2016 at the wheel of his familiar Subaru Impreza WRC S7. Procter confirmed his entry yesterday (Thursday) during a brief family holiday in the island to see in the New Year.
  Sol RB16

 

Islanders prepare for epic anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Series 
Excitement builds in Barbados with 10 days to go to the start
Bridgetown, Barbados (7 January, 2016): With just over a week to the start of the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series (16-24 January 2016), the festival island spirit is

TRIATHLON PRESS RELEASE – JAN.2016

 

The sport of Triathlon is set for an exciting 2016 in Barbados. All eyes will be on Elite triathlete, Jason Wilson, as he attempts to maintain his place on the Olympics start list. Currently occupying the 45th slot, in a limited field of 55, Jason must maintain his ranking until the cut-off

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE BTC 11OTH ANNIVERSARY RACEDAY

Featuring

THE RONALD AND RICHARD STOUTE STAKES & TROPHY (CONDITION RACE)

Final Program for Day 1 - Saturday,

Festival spirit builds in Bridgetown with the arrival of first overseas competitors

Bridgetown, Barbados (22 December, 2015): As preparations to mark the 80th anniversary of the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series (16-24 January 2016), and to commemorate 50 years of independence for Barbados continue, islanders have welcomed the first

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL/CROWN OF LIGHT BOXING DAY AT THE RACES

Featuring

·         THE DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL/CROWN OF LIGHT BOXING DAY STAKES & TROPHY (GR.1

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE CHRISTMAS SEASON RACEDAY

Featuring

·         THE SEASONS GREETINGS (HANDICAP)

 Final Program for Day 21 - Saturday, December 12, 2015

Rhett Watson was honoured for his second consecutive clean sweep of titles at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving at Colleton, St John, on Saturday evening (December 5). The Champion Driver also carried away the SuperModified 12 and 2wd trophies (with co-driver James Hutchinson), as nearly 80 members of the island’s motor sport

Fresh from completing a hat-trick of wins in the only major forest rally in the south of England two weeks ago, Sol Rally Barbados regular Rob Swann has confirmed his entry for Sol RB16. With five months to go before the closing date, entries posted on-line at www.rallybarbados.net have soared past 50

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE ANSA McAL RACING FESTIVAL / BTBA BREEDERS CLASSIC & JUVENILE

/ WINTER JOCKEYS’ CHALLENGE RACEDAY

Featuring

·         THE ANSA McAL BARBADOS

Damien and Brandon Johnson (Western Union Suzuki Samurai) won the fifth and final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships on Sunday (November 8). As the Reigning Novice Champions claimed their first overall victory in the Nassco November Safari, third place was sufficient to clinch

The 2016 edition of the annual glossy Tourism Publication Sporting Barbados was launched at World Travel Market this week.

  This year the magazine focuses on all there is to do in Barbados on a day - and that's ALOT!

  In addition to the printed copy this year, a new digital version was launched for promotional use overseas.

 
 
 
Barbados will have its first opportunity this Friday to see in action the young footballers who recently brought pride to the nation by capturing a silver medal in the 2015 Los Angeles Special Olympics World Games. The athletes, from various special units, who combined to defeat Hong Kong and St.Vincent and the

David Summerbell Jnr and Sean Maloney are Champions of the Swift Cup and SR3 Cup respectively.
Each left the best until last, having sat in third place going into the final double-header at Bushy Park
Barbados on Saturday (October 17), as the Summer Season of the inaugural Suzuki Challenge Series
came to a dramatic

 

 

Saturday 21st November will see a major, new and exciting day on the annual racing calendar as ANSA McAL (Barbados) and its group of companies, (Bryden Stokes, MQI, Trimart, Standard, Brydens Insurance, Consolidated Finance and Brydens Retail and Express) in association with The Barbados Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

Engineers and mechanics in race shops across the island are making last-minute preparations for tomorrow’s (Saturday) Floodlit Finale to Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s 2015 Championship. The 23-race programme at the St Philip facility will also include a demanding six-race double-header bringing the inaugural Summer Season of the Suzuki

The six-round Summer Season of the inaugural Suzuki Challenge Series will climax in a Floodlit Finale
at Bushy Park Barbados next Saturday (October 17). With a demanding double-header of six races –
three under floodlights – and changes to the regular race meeting format, title contenders in both the
Swift Cup and the SR3

 

- Run Barbados Marathon Weekend (RBMW) participants can now use race times to qualify on global marathon circuit following AIMS-IAAF certification -

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. October 12, 2015 -- The Run Barbados marathon route has been certified by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS), a partner

Rhett Watson yesterday (Sunday) became the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver title for the second year in a row, with two final class wins in the double-header Winter Sprint in St Lucy. The first driver to win back-to-back titles for more than 20 years - Derek Roach was the last, in 1991-‘92 - he maintained his perfect record of

Following Tuesday’s announcement that Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s (BPMSI) 2015 Championship will climax in a Floodlit Finale at Bushy Park Barbados next Saturday (October 17), an even more comprehensive shake-up of the traditional race meet format has now been confirmed, offering fans 10 hours of almost non-stop action.
  Between the

Seven months after it started, the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2015 Championship will be settled on Sunday (October 11) at the double-header Winter Sprint at Lamberts to Josey Hill - and back - in St Lucy. Twenty-five drivers are confirmed in the running order published today (Friday), including all the leading contenders in the chase for the

Former British Rally Championship class-winner Terry Pankhurst has unfinished business in the Caribbean, so returns for Sol Rally Barbados 2016 with a self-built machine designed for the task . . . and it all started when the DIMMA Car Styling boss bought an original rear spoiler from an iconic 1980s Group B Peugeot 205 T16 E2.
  Having

Competition is tight in the hunt for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) sought-after Champion Driver title, as the contenders make ready for the 2015 finale, the double-header Winter Sprint at Lamberts to Josey Hill in St Lucy on Sunday, October 11. After a perfect record of class wins by each driver in the previous six events, a spread of just

Former Toro Rosso grand prix driver Scott Speed is heading for Bushy Park Barbados in confident mood for the penultimate rounds of the Red Bull Global Rallycross season this weekend (October 3/4). Winner of the inaugural Red Bull GRC event in the Caribbean last May, he has since become the first driver in series history to win both rounds of a

Leslie Alleyne and Chris O'Neal won Sunday’s (September 20) MudDogs September Safari in the Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max, easing ahead in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship. While recent weather patterns had created a good degree of mud, Sunday’s heavy rains fell mostly on the

 

Preparations in full flow for seriously fun racing and partying in Barbados

Bridgetown, Barbados (23 September 2015): Now is the time to sign up for the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series (16-24 January 2016), as preparations to mark the 80th anniversary, and to commemorate 50 years of independence for Barbados, are well

Island motor sport fans will get the chance to mix and mingle with the stars of the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship when they make the almost 12,000-kilometre round trip to Bushy Park Barbados next month (October 3/4) for the double-header penultimate round of their 2015 campaign.
  Points leader Ken Block (Hoonigan Racing

Clubman 1 class-leader Jermin Pope has eased ahead of title rival Quincy Jones following an action-packed series of Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) 2015 Championship races last Sunday (September 13). Frequent rain showers created challenging track conditions for competitors on both two and four wheels at the Williams Industries Digicel

Sunday’s (September 20) MudDogs September Safari promises to be a truly challenging event for the crews contesting the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships, if the recent heavy rains return in the coming days, as is forecast. It is round four of five in the 2015 calendar, which draws to a close

 The build-up continues for the Barbados team in the Davis Cup as they face Equador next week. Top player Darian King has appealed to supporters to come out in numbers to get behind the team in this historic match which could take local tennis to another level. The world number 196 is the island’s biggest tennis asset so a lot of

Recently-appointed West Indies Captain Jason Holder was full of promise if not promises when he met the media this week to preview the upcoming tour to Sri Lanka and give some feedback on his hopes going forward. The appointment of the second-youngest West Indies Captain ever has been widely endorsed around the Caribbean including some words

Since the Official Magazine and Official Racecard went to press almost two weeks ago, to be available for the pre-event promotions, some changes have been made which are summarised here. Please use this information to amend that already published for a clear picture of the weekend’s activities.
Timetable
Three changes have been

After a break of more than two months since the Sol Go Further June Safari, competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2015 Chefette MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships are making ready for round four, the MudDogs September Safari on Sunday, September 20.
  Once again, with just two more chances available for off-road

Locked in battle for Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s (BPMSI) first Champion Driver title, class-leaders Quincy Jones and Jermin Pope are preparing for round three, which features on a 23-race programme at the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet next weekend (September 12/13). Fewer than 30 points cover the top five drivers at the

Bushy Park Circuit Inc (BPCI) is continuing its phased investment programme at the St Philip facility for the benefit of competitors, spectators and volunteers. The most recent enhancements will come on stream for the first time at the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet (September 12/13), featuring round three of the Seaboard

The Barbados Football Association, yesterday (August 23rd, 2015) hosted the first of its two day Beach Soccer Festival at the popular Brownes Beach from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. The event attracted some forty participants including some newcomers to football and Beach Soccer in particular.
Beach Soccer, which is widely considered a

Bouyed by the record-breaking world-wide response to this year’s 25th Anniversary of the first running of its International All-Stage Rally in 1990, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has today (August 14) announced the dates for next year. Sol Rally Barbados 2016 will run from Friday to Sunday, June 3-5, with Scrutineering and King of the Hill

The Carter’s Pit Stop / Power King Batteries Summer Sun & Stars Rally is the new title for the 12-stage event being organised jointly by the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) and the Motoring Club of Barbados Inc (MCBI) at month-end (Saturday, August 29). The Barbados Historic Rally, organised by the Vaucluse Raceway Motor Sport Club (VR-MSC),

Photo by Kasey Ramoutar
The cream of the region’s motor sport stars are preparing for Bushy Park Barbados next month, when the circuit hosts the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet (September 12/13). Round three of the 2015 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) is the headline event of an action-

 
Before he departed Barbados for the Los Angeles 2015 Special Olympics World Games, Tyson Browne was asked what he hoped to do at the international competition involving 7,000 intellectually disabled athletes from 177 countries. His response was, “I would love to win my races.” He did just that and much more by winning three gold

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) and the Motoring Club of Barbados Inc (MCBI) are pooling their resources next month to organise what will this year be titled the Summer Sun & Stars Rally on Sunday, August 29. As well as being a round of both Club’s 2015 championships, it will also host the second weekend of the Barbados Historic Rally

 
 
 
Sunday 26th July – Port of Spain, Trinidad: The Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel thrilled a sold out home crowd with victory in the final of the Hero Caribbean Premier League to claim their first title. A century partnership between Cameron Delport and Kamran Akmal set up a winning total for the Red Steel with both men

 

Garrison Savannah                                   www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE MASSY UNITED INSURANCE LIMITED RACEDAY

Featuring

THE MASSY UNITED INSURANCE BARBADOS DERBY (GR.1R. - BAR)

(“THIRD JEWEL OF THE BARBADOS TRIPLE CROWN”)

 
 
 
2015 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 28:
 
Saturday 18th July – Providence, Guyana: The Barbados Tridents bowled brilliantly as a unit to defend 125 against the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Hero Caribbean Premier League. Rayad Emrit, Kieron Pollard and Robin Peterson all did an outstanding

 

 

 

 

Thursday 16th July 2015 – Port of Spain, Trinidad: A superb innings of 80 not out from Darren Bravo set up an easy victory for the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel over table topping Barbados Tridents in the Hero Caribbean Premier League. Bravo was in superb touch as he struck 11 boundaries including seven

 

- BTMI engages local sports management team, Island Races, to coordinate a repositioned Run Barbados Marathon Weekend -

 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. JULY 10, 2015 - - Run Barbados, which kicks off on the weekend of Dec. 4 - 6, is set to be bigger and better in 2015 with new management, a revised schedule of events and a

 

2015 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 21:

Saturday 11th July – Kingston, Jamaica:A star performance from Barbados Tridents captain Kieron Pollard with bat, ball and in the field helped to deny the Appleton Estate Jamaica Tallawahs the chance to replace their opponents at the top of the Hero Caribbean Premier

Garrison Savannah                                   www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE PASSING PARADE RACEDAY

Featuring

THE SHEILA PARRAVICINO MEMORIAL TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 15 - Saturday, July 11, 2015

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Victory for Leslie Alleyne in last weekend’s Sol Go Further June Safari (June 27/28) has inscribed his name in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) record books yet again. His seventh victory not only moved him one ahead of fellow ‘June’ veteran Wayne Clarke, but also carried him back 25 years, to his first appearance on the BRC’s longest-running

 A brilliant 82 from skipper Kieron Pollard was not enough to steer the Tridents to their fourth successive win and against the odds the Patriots from St Kitts and Nevis recorded their first win of the 2015 campaign. It didn’t look like a thriller was on the cards when the Patriots posted a modest 143-8, but as so often happens in Twenty20

The Barbados Tridents added the Red Steel scalp to their fine start to the 2015 CPL season and made it three wins from three starts. Red Steel won the toss and elected to bat but they got off to a disastrous losing their first four wickets for only three runs. Man-of-the-Match Jason Holder (3-11) did the early damage and the visitors never

Weather an extra challenge for Sol Go Further June Safari

Navigational rally veterans Leslie Alleyne and Wayne Clarke will go head-to-head in next weekend’s Sol Go Further June Safari (June 27/28), each hoping to extend his record-breaking run of wins in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) longest-running event. With victory last year,

The Barbados Tridents made it two from two after defeating the Jamaica Tallawahs last night at the Kensington Oval. The defending champions faced Chris Gayle in hot form but the Tallawahs skipper failed to fire and the biggest cheer of the night came when Jason Holder held a skier off Ryad Emrit to remove the dangerous opener for 9.
The

 

 

 

Monday 22nd June 2015 – Kingston, Jamaica: Six up-and-coming young cricketers, including USA international, Steven Taylor, and Canadian, Nikhil Dutta, will have the chance to play with and against some of the biggest names in world cricket after being added to the Hero CPL squads after impressing in training

The Barbados Tridents got their 2015 CPL campaign off to a great start at the Kensington Oval with an emphatic 49 runs win over the strong Guyana Warriors. Tridents captain Kieron Pollard led from the front with a swashbuckling 47 and two wickets to deservedly win the Man-of-the-Match Award. Ravi Rampaul and Robin Petersen captured three

Paul ‘Surfer’ Bourne and Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete will transfer their age-old rivalry from rally stage to
racetrack on Sunday (June 14) when they compete in round three of the Suzuki Challenge Series at Bushy Park
Barbados. While the two former Rally Barbados winners will contest the Swift Cup, Martinique’s Simon Jean-

 

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THE PINNACLE FEEDS LIMITED MIDSUMMER CREOLE CLASSIC RACEDAY

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THE PINNACLE FEEDS MIDSUMMER CREOLE CLASSIC (GR.1R. - BAR)

Entries for Day 13 - Saturday,

After 32 years the Harris Paints Regatta is doing well and has the largest turnout in some time! Saling is on Saturday and Sunday with up to 100 sailors contesting across three classes.

Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton led an overseas lock-out of the Sol Rally Barbados podium at the weekend (May 29-31), as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) celebrated the 25th Anniversary of its premier event with a record-breaking entry. In the Panton Motorsport and Pro Auto Works-supported Ford Focus WRC06, he beat double European Champion Simon Jean-

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2015
Official results
Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ENG – England; FIN – Finland; FRA – France; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; NZL – New Zealand; SCO – Scotland; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales
1st Jeffrey

A “party to remember” at Sol Rally Barbados
The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) promises “a party to remember” when it celebrates the 25th Anniversary of its premier event at Sol Rally Barbados 2015 at the end of the month (May 29-31). The provisional entry list of more than 90 crews has broken a raft of records: 44 overseas entries, 17

 

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THE HISTORIC BRIDGETOWN AND ITS GARRISON RACEDAY

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THE ST. ANN’S GARRISON (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 12 - Saturday, June 6, 2015

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The final running order for Sol Rally Barbados 2015 (May 29-31), published by the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) in advance of this evening’s Briefing Meeting at the Accra Beach Hotel & Spa in Rockley, lists competitors from 15 nations among the 90 crews for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International.
  As the BRC

Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete (Sol/LIME/Simpson Motors/Automotive Art Subaru Impreza WRC S12) won an action-packed LIME King of the Hill yesterday (Sunday), as a record number of overseas competitors made their final preparations for Sol Rally Barbados next weekend (May 29-31), when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) celebrates the 25th Anniversary of

LIME KING OF THE HILL 2015
Results
Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): CDN – Canada; ENG – England; FRA – France; JAM – Jamaica; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; TCI – Turks & Caicos; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales
Overall
1st Roger Skeete/Louis

If you can't find something to go to this weekend in Barbados blame yourself! The Banks Masters Football Festival is on at Dover, Carlton and Wanders with the big final on Whit Monday.

Races are on at the Garrison on Whit Monday.

The Lime King of the Hill is on Sunday!

Regatta on at the B'dos Yacht Club all weekend!

A record number of overseas crews are making last-minute preparations for Sunday’s (May 24) LIME King of the Hill, the final shakedown ahead of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, Sol Rally Barbados 2015 (May 29-31), at which the Barbados Rally Club is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of its premier event.
  The

 

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THE BTBA BREEDERS STAKES AND TROPHY RACEDAY

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THE CARIBBEAN HORSE BREEDERS STAKES AND TROPHY (GR.11.RB. - BAR)

Final Program for Day 11 - Monday, May 25

   
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THE BTBA BREEDERS STAKES AND TROPHY RACEDAY
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THE CARIBBEAN HORSE BREEDERS STAKES AND TROPHY (GR.11.RB. - BAR)
Entries for Day 11 - Monday, May 25, 2015

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FINAL COUNTDOWN STARTS FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Circuit of Ireland marshals confirmed for prize trip

The final countdown to Sol Rally Barbados 2015 (May 29-31), which marks the 25th Anniversary of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event, is finally under way. With three weeks to go before Simpson Motors Scrutineering (May 23

Bushy Park Barbados welcomed the first participants for its new Karting Experience at the weekend, as part of an on-going programme to develop an ever-broader range of circuit activities on offer to regular competitors, the wider community and visitors to the island. Approximately 100 people turned up to drive the recently-imported Birel

 

Garrison Savannah                                                www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE WALLS MAGNUM CLASSIC BARBADOS GUINEAS RACEDAY

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THE WALLS MAGNUM CLASSIC BARBADOS GUINEAS (GR.1R. - BAR)

Entries for Day 9 - Tuesday,

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton and Mike Fennell Jnr laid down a marker for next month’s LIME King of the Hill and Sol Rally Barbados, with victory in yesterday’s (April 19) Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Shakedown Stages. In the Rubis / Total / Sandals Barbados Ford Focus WRC06, they finished more than 18 seconds up on Trinidad’s John Powell, with Roger

Thirteen-time winner Roger Skeete starts his preparations for the 25th Anniversary of the island’s premier event on Sunday (April 19) in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Shakedown Stages. Driving his Subaru Impreza WRC S12, he will face a strong regional challenge from Jamaica’s Jeff Panton and John Powell of Trinidad in their Ford Focus WRCs

Sol Rally Barbados 2015 (May 29-31), which marks the 25th Anniversary of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event, will finish with a spectacular side-by-side SuperSpecial on the unique Race Of Champions parallel track at Bushy Park. This, along with a change of Service Park location, was confirmed by organisers today (Thursday).

Reigning Champions Leslie Alleyne and Chris O’Neal returned to winners’ row for the first time since last June at the weekend (Saturday, April 11), when they won round two of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship in the Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max.
  Combined with their

The second round of the exciting new Suzuki Challenge Series will take centre stage in a re-scheduled fixture at Bushy Park Barbados next month (May 9/10), when Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) and the Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters (BADD) combine to present a packed weekend of action.
  Mark Thompson and Sean

 

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THE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE HERITAGE OF THE

 GARRISON HISTORIC AREA RACEDAY

Featuring

THE GARRISON SAVANNAH (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 8

 

  Hundreds of England cricket fans have been passing through Barbados en route to Antigua for the 1st test starting on Monday. The Barbados test is slated for 1-5 May and thousands more fans will descend on the island and give the tourism sector a huge boost at a time when the season is relatively quiet.

With less than two weeks to go before their cars are due to sail from Portsmouth on the English south coast for the 11-day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Geest Line freighter Klipper Stream, competitors the length and breadth of the UK are making final preparations for Sol Rally Barbados 2015.
  As the closing date

 

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THE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE HERITAGE OF THE

 GARRISON HISTORIC AREA RACEDAY

Featuring
THE GARRISON SAVANNAH (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 8 -

Derek Gill and Andrew Croney in the Insurance Brokers & Solutions Inc Mitsubishi Pajero will lead the Pro field off in Saturday’s (April 11) April Safari, round two of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships. Runners-up in last year Championship, they started the season well with victory

Is Mary Fraser the new sensation of Barbados athletics? With three gold medals at the CARIFTA Games in St Kitts she’s been the talk of the Meet this week and taken some of the gloss off the island’s other emerging star sprinter Mario Burke.

Two immaculate Peugeot rally cars are already seven days into a voyage that will establish a new distance record for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international. They left New Zealand on Friday, March 27, heading for the Bridgetown Port, where they will be off-loaded in time to compete in Sol Rally Barbados 2015.
  While

Andre Walcott and Kris Brathwaite were crowned Champion Driver and Champion Rider respectively at Bushy Park Barbados on Sunday (March 29), when Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) launched its 2015 Championship at the Valvoline Glassesco John ‘Tiny’ Harrison Memorial Race Meet.
  While the inaugural races in the Suzuki Challenge Series

 

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THE CARIBBEAN HORSE GRAND STAND POSSE RACEDAY

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  THE CARIBBEAN HORSE & GRAND STAND POSSE FILLIES TRIAL

THE CARIBBEAN HORSE & GRAND STAND

 
-      CPL’s 2015 Schedule Confirmed with More Matches and Record Prize Money

Tuesday 31st March 2015 – Kingston, Jamaica: CPL fans are in for a treat when the Biggest Party in Sport returns with an action-packed schedule of 33 matches, played from June 20th to July 26th 2015.

The third edition of the Limacol

 

 

Close racing, wheel-to-wheel action and ecstatic race-winners were all ingredients of yesterday’s (March 29) launch of the Suzuki Challenge Series at Bushy Park Barbados. The two new ‘one-make’ Championships – the Swift Cup and SR3 Cup – were the feature events at the Valvoline Glassesco John ‘Tiny’ Harrison Memorial Race

 
 

 
Special Olympics athletes will make a big splash this Tuesday when they gather at the Aquatic Centre in Wildey for the Special Olympics Barbados National Games Aquatics Meet. The public is invited come out and cheer the intellectually challenged participants in the event, which is free of charge.
 

This weekend’s Vavoline Glassesco John ‘Tiny’ Harrison Memorial Race Meet (March 28/29) is an action-packed feast of motor sport not to be missed, honouring the memory a key figure in the development of island motor sport over the past three decades.
The organising club, Bushy Park Motor Sport Inc (BPMSI), will not only launch its 2015

Regional Champions Jeffrey Panton, who has won his home event Rally Jamaica a record eight times, John Powell, the four-time winner of Rally Trinidad, and Kyle Gregg, who won Rally Jamaica last year, have confirmed their entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2015, boosting the four-wheel-drive entry to 21, with others still in the pipeline.

 

 

Two exciting new one-make circuit racing championships that look set to revolutionise regional motor sport – the Suzuki Challenge Series – were introduced to the media today (Thursday) at Bushy Park Barbados, ahead of the inaugural races at this weekend’s (March 28/29) Valvoline Glassesco John ‘Tiny’ Harrison Memorial Race

 

Ireland Cricket Coach Phil Simmons has been offered a similar position with the West indies and is expected to take up the role within the next 24 hours. The former West Indies all-rounder has enjoyed considerable success with the Ireland team over the past eight years but has been enticed by the lure of test cricket and restoring

Local hero Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete, 13-time overall winner of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event, and former UK National Rally Champion Roger Duckworth – fifth overall and winner of WRC-2 for the past two years – have confirmed participation in Sol Rally Barbados 2015 (May 29-31), bringing the four-wheel-drive entry to 18.

 

 

Barbados has captured the top spot in Zone 10 (the Caribbean) in the 2015 FEI World Dressage Challenge held at the Congo Road Equestrian Centre on March 15th.

 

With a total score of 199.970, our local riders have ousted Cayman Islands, Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica and Bermuda for the coveted Zone 10 title,

Legendary British stunt driver Terry Grant will return to Bushy Park Barbados, where he achieved his 20th Guinness World Record last December, for the Valvoline Glassesco John 'Tiny' Harrison Memorial Race Meet on March 28/29 . . . and island fans will enjoy a double dose of thrills, as he will be partnered by the UK’s Number 1 stunt bike

 

Six days of top-class polo are scheduled for the Archer’s Hall Diamonds International 2015 Barbados Open, the island’s most prestigious annual tournament. The Barbados Polo Club’s much-anticipated eight-goal competition, being staged for the 13th time, brings together seven teams featuring leading local and international players from

The largest-ever group to visit Sol Rally Barbados from one motor club in the UK is making a celebratory trip this year. Led by legendary BMW driver Martin Stockdale, the ‘Worksop Warriors’ will field four cars in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 25th Anniversary event (May 29-31), with 30 family, friends and supporters making the trip.

Ladies from all over the world came together at Royal Westmoreland to play in the popular Colombian Emeralds Ladies Tournament this week. Organised by Yvonne Brewer and her team, the money raised from the tournament goes towards the Barbados Breast Screening programme. The overall winner this year was Val Teslia from Royal Westmoreland.

 For the second year in succession the well-known American horse owner Ken Ramsey carried off the Sandy Lane Gold Cup at a sun-drenched Garrison Race Track. Rico Walcott was the winning jockey on Saylor’s Creek with his stable mate Patrick Husbands relegated to 4th place on the hot favourite Gentleman’s Kitten. The widely fancied Daunting

Bridgetown, Barbados - The first round draw of the Barbados Football Association’s Knock-Out competition now known as the Banks Beer Champions Cup took place at the organization’s General Secretariat, Fontabelle, St. Michael - Saturday, 28th February 2015.

 

2015 has started with a “bang” for the Barbados Football Association

LIME, the leading telecoms provider in Barbados, has significantly stepped up its commitment to the Barbados Rally Club (BRC). A marketing partner since 2010, LIME is the new title sponsor of King of the Hill, the final shakedown before Sol Rally Barbados 2015 (May 29-31), which mark’s the 25th Anniversary of the Club’s premier event.

 Barbados VS St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Friday, 6th March 2015
8:00 pm
National Stadium
Sunday, 8th March 2015
8:00pm
National Stadium

 POLO UPDATE: Due to the heavy rain and the conditions of the field we are forced to cancel today's matches for the UNNA ICBL Cheshire tour.
We look forward to some sunshine so we can continue the tour on Thursday at Lion Castle.
We will take today and focus on the preparations for the grand finale and the Big Hat Polo Party on

Former British Historic Rally Championship Class Champions Chris Shooter and Bev LeGood took some years to give in to pressure from friends before they made their Caribbean debut on Sol Rally Barbados 2014, but returning for the 25th Anniversary of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event “was an easy decision to make.”
  The BRC’s

 

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THE SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP RACEDAY

Featuring

·        THE XXXIV SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP (GR. 1. - INT. - BAR)

·        THE XIII TANGLEWOOD STAKES

The core values of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) served the island’s oldest motor sport organisation well during 2014, which Chairman Mark Hamilton described as “an interesting year” in his annual report at last night’s (Thursday) AGM at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association (BCTSA) Clubhouse at Searles, Christ Church.
  After a

Chefette Restaurants has been confirmed as title sponsor of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships for the third year, continuing its enthusiastic backing for the series, which began with the awarding of Novice trophies in 2010. Competitors are now making preparations for the new season, which kicks

President of the Barbados Polo Club Wayne Archer welcomed Cheshire back to Barbados for another great Polo competition from March 1st - 8th. All games will be at Holders except next Thursday which will be at Lion Castle.  Sponsors Alex Tasker from ICBL, Alistair Brown from UNNA and Julie Murphy from Diamonds International were all on hand

Tennis Fans
 
Come show your colours and support Team Barbados as Barbados play Dominican Republic in the 2015 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Americas Zone Group I first round tie at the National Tennis Centre on Friday March 6 at 10.00 am, Saturday March 7 at 12.00 noon and Sunday March 8 at 10.00 am.
TICKET INFO:

Fresh from back-to-back victories on tarmac and gravel over consecutive weekends in the UK, double Sol Rally Barbados winner Paul Bird has confirmed his entry for this year’s 25th Anniversary event. With Welsh co-driver Aled Davies, he will again campaign the Frank Bird Poultry/Fuchs Titan Race/Hager/Mac Tools Ford Focus WRC08, in which he has

Entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2015 (May 29-31) have surged past 80, with support for the four-wheel-drive classes now representing more than a quarter of the entries received on-line through the official web site, rallybarbados.net. As the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) celebrates the 25th Anniversary of its first International All-Stage Rally,

 

Garrison Savannah                        www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE VALENTINE RACEDAY

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THE VALENTINE’S DAY (HANDICAP)

 Entries for Day 04 - Saturday, February, 2014

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Bushy Park’s decision to throw open its gates six evenings a week to accommodate community activities such as cycling and walking in a safe and controlled environment has been welcomed by a growing number of regular users. Since the middle of last month, the Circuit has been open from 4pm to 6pm, Monday to Friday and on Sundays, when there’s

The Barbados Polo Club’s 2015 season has opened in fine style. Huge crowds have gathered to watch action-packed games at the Holders Polo Field, while innovative off-field activities and promotions have helped launch the Club’s campaign to broaden the appeal of the game.

 Last Sunday (February 1), one local and two international tour

Go out and see one of the most entertaining polo matches of the season - Diamonds International men vs Virgin Atlantic ladies at Holders Hill Polo Ground today from 3.30!

Come over to the Massy Big B car park by 3.30 on the 14th Feb for this run. Wear a red dress - $2 entry. Without the dress $5 entry! It's for a good cause!

Scotland’s Brian Watson and Caroline Will, who made their Caribbean rallying debut in 2014, enjoyed their first visit so much that they will be back for more when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) celebrates the 25th Anniversary of its first International All-Stage Rally at Sol Rally Barbados 2015 (May 29-31).
  More than that, honour is at

Bridgetown, Barbados (28 January, 2015): Following the success of the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series that concluded last week, the dates of next year’s event have been confirmed for 16-24 January 2016.
 
With overseas competitors from 11 nations representing a large part of the 47-strong fleet overall at the 2015 event,

 

 

When the first of three matches against The Villages team from Florida launches the Barbados Polo Club’s 2015 season next Tuesday (January 27), it will mark the start of an exciting new phase in the life of this historic organization. A series of action-packed games will thrill the crowds at Holders Polo Field, while the

Motor sport winners at National Sports Council Awards
The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is determined to make Sol Rally Barbados 2015 an occasion worthy of the 25th Anniversary of the Club’s first International All-Stage Rally. Changes to the structure of the event, enhancements to the social programme and the return of the Sunday Cup all

Bridgetown, Barbados (21 January, 2015): Despite generally light airs with winds reaching no more that 15kts, three teams have won their skipper’s weight in rum for breaking records in the 79th Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race.
 
The Double Handed Monohull record for the 60-nautical mile course went to Dave Staples on Hallucine

 

 

Bridgetown, Barbados (20 January, 2015): After three days of intense Coastal racing in the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series, many sailing teams were keen to make the most of today’s lay day activities.

A visit to the Mount Gay Rum Distillery in the morning, and an afternoon soaking up the colonial-style

 

Garrison Savannah                        www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE REALTORS LIMITED RACEDAY

Featuring

·        THE MICHAEL PARRAVICINO MEMORIAL HOPEFUL BREEDERS’

STAKES & TROPHY (GR.11RB.-BAR)

·        THE REALTORS

 
Bridgetown, Barbados (18 January, 2015): After two days of racing in the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Coastal Series, leading contenders for the overall honours are beginning to emerge.
 
Racing for most classes began with a circuit of Carlisle Bay before heading on an eight-mile leg up the west coast and then out

 
Bridgetown, Barbados (17 January, 2015): Competitors were treated stunning conditions on the opening day of the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series 2015 with winds up to 20kts generally from the east-north east, and big rolling waves.
 
This regatta, which runs until 24 January is organised by Barbados Cruising Club in

 

Last minute dash for tomorrow’s start

 
Bridgetown, Barbados (16 January, 2015): With teams continuing to arrive all day in time for the start of Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series tomorrow, the Bajan party scene kicked off early this evening with a steel band and Mount Gay rum in full flow at the exotic beach

This week’s official launch of Easykart Barbados marks the completion of phase one of a rolling programme to establish a ladder of opportunity that its creators hope will one day result in a Barbadian winning a motor racing World Championship, following in the wheel-tracks of karting graduates such as Lewis Hamilton and Sebastien Vettel.

Following its hugely-successful first visit as part of last May’s Top Gear Festival, Red Bull Global Rallycross will return to Bushy Park Barbados on October 3/4, 2015 . . . and island fans will enjoy an even bigger helping of 600 horsepower thrills, hosting one of three double-headers in the 12-race calendar, confirmed today (January 13).

 

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THE REALTORS LIMITED RACEDAY

Featuring

·        THE MICHAEL PARRAVICINO MEMORIAL HOPEFUL

BREEDERS’ STAKES & TROPHY (GR.11RB.-BAR)

·        THE REALTORS

Former BTRDA Champion from the UK, Warren Philliskirk, will make his Sol Rally Barbados debut in May, when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) marks the 25th Anniversary of its premier event. His historic-spec Ford Escort MkII is currently nearing the end of a bare-shell rebuild, specifically for its forthcoming trip to the Caribbean.
  Sol

Bridgetown, Barbados (8 January, 2015): With just over a week until the start of 2015 Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series (16-24 January), the party atmosphere on the beautiful Caribbean island of Barbados is beginning to heat up.
Organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc and Mount Gay, this

PROCTER AT TEN-TENTHS FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Local Champions in line for 25th Anniversary event
Britain’s Kevin Procter will mark his 10th appearance in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event in five months’ time, when he lines up for Sol Rally Barbados 2015 at the wheel of his Subaru Impreza WRC S7. His entry is confirmed

Bridgetown, Barbados (21 December, 2014): The arrival of the first overseas yachts into Bridgetown, including British VO70 Monster Project marks the start of the countdown of the 2015 Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series, which is taking place from 16-24 January.
This event, which kick starts the Caribbean race season, is proving to be

 

Garrison Savannah                       www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL/CROWN OF LIGHT

BOXING DAY RACEDAY

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THE DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL/CROWN OF LIGHT BOXING DAY

STAKES STAKES & TROPHY (GR.1

 

 

-       Thirteen-time Formula 1 grand prix winner David Coulthard lifts the Race Of Champions trophy for the first time

 

-       Coulthard prevails after a Grand Final win over young Mercedes F1 reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein

 

-       Six-time V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup and this

On a landmark weekend for regional motor sport, in which some of the Caribbean’s best drivers are enjoying a chance to mix with champions from around the world, the home team of Rhett Watson and Dane Skeete won the inaugural ROC Caribbean at Bushy Park Barbados today (Saturday), just hours after fighting their way to a place in the semi-

 

Volkswagen Polo RX completes ROC 2014 car line-up

 

-       The spectacular Volkswagen Polo RX will be among the cars in action at this weekend’s Race Of Champions in Barbados

 

-       Fresh from competing in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship, the cars have now arrived on the Caribbean island

 

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THE CHRISTMAS SEASON RACEDAY

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THE SEASONS GREETINGS (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 24 - Saturday, December 13, 2014

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ROC-14-23: December 6, 2014
With less than a week to go to Race Of Champions Barbados (December 13/14), hundreds of workers are putting the finishing touches to the second massive facelift that Bushy Park Barbados has enjoyed in the past 14 months. Already redeveloped between August last year and May to host Top Gear Festival Barbados,

Bushy Park Barbados and the organisers of next weekend’s annual Race Of Champions (December 13/14) have joined forces with world record stunt driver, England’s Terry Grant, who arrived in the island on Tuesday, to reach out to a new generation of motor sport fans . . . and to give something back to the community in the process.
  Grant

 

 

 

-       This year’s GP2 Champion Jolyon Palmer will compete at the 2014 Race Of Champions in Barbados later this month

 

-       The Englishman dominated the leading Formula 1 feeder series in 2014 with four wins and 12 podiums en route to the title

 

-       Palmer joins a ROC

 

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THE W. C. “BILL” MARSHALL DFC SCM MEMORIAL RACEDAY

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THE WILLIAM “BILL” MARSHALL DFC SCM MEMORIAL

2-YEAR-OLD CREOLE CLASSIC STAKES & TROPHY

Entries

 It was the visiting Great Britain and Ireland jockeys who carried off the honours for the first time in their annual showdown with the Barbados jockeys on Wednesday afternoon. A large crowd was in attendance at the Garrison for the re-arranged meet after the original date was washed out last Saturday. The conditions were soft and the going

ROC14-18 - For Immediate Release: November 24, 2014

At a function hosted by Suzuki, motor sport champions from race track and rally stage gathered at the Yacht Club at Port St Charles last week to reflect on the Suzuki ROC Barbados Challenge, which selected the two drivers who will represent Team Barbados in the Race Of Champions at

RALLY CLUB CELEBRATES SEASON’S END
BRC partners with Simpson Motors and Automotive Art to support marshals
Nearly 80 members of the island’s motor sport fraternity were honoured at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving on Saturday evening (November 22); more than 100 awards were presented, with successful competitors

The Barbados Turf Club wishes to advise that due to the inclement weather affecting the island the Raceday Stewards have postponed the Barbados Winter Jockeys’ Challenge Raceday, which was scheduled to be held on Saturday 22 November, 2014.
The matter was referred to the Board of Directors and they have rescheduled the race day to

 

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THE WINTER JOCKEYS' CHALLENGE RACEDAY

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 THE "SIZZLE STREET" (HANDICAP)

 Entries for Day 22 - Saturday, November 22, 2014

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Former Champions Chris Armstrong and Wayne Clarke returned to winner’s row for the first time since June last year when they saw off some top-class opposition in the Nassco November Safari (Sunday, November 9). . . and they did it in, appropriately, in the event sponsor’s brand, a Toyota Hilux.
  As the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC)

For the third time this year, Barbados made motor sport history at the Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend (November 9). After staging the first Top Gear Festival in the Americas in May and Bushy Park’s successful bid to become the first permanent circuit to host the Race Of Champions next month, Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) President

Britain’s Rob Swann, who finished second in Sol Rally Barbados 2014, is already well advanced in his preparations for next year’s 25th Anniversary running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. Sol RB15, for which on-line entries are open on the official web site – www.rallybarbados.net -

Better weather could not have been asked for when the sun rose on Sunday October 26th. A tropical wave was affecting the island, and blessed Barbados with heavy downpours throughout the day, making for very muddy conditions at the Sol October Mudfest, held at Three Houses, St Philip. With 16 entries for the event, 12 in the Small Tyre Class

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2014 Chefette MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships are heading for a dramatic conclusion. Competitors are making ready for the last of the season’s five events, the November Safari (Sunday, November 9), sponsored by Toyota dealer Nassco for the seventh straight year.
  In the overall standings

 

 

-       Newly-crowned World Touring Car Champion José Maria ‘Pechito’ López will compete at this year’s Race Of Champions in Barbados

 

-       López has had a stunning year in the WTCC, beating his Citroën team-mates Yvan Muller and Sébastien Loeb to the title

 

-       The Argentine joins

Team Barbados has its sights set firmly on winning the coveted Country Championship title as it confirms an 11-strong team for the final round of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), to be staged at the South Dakota Circuit in Guyana next month (November 15/16).
  Only 12 points cover the leading three

As preparation work for the Race Of Champions moves into high gear, Bushy Park Circuit Inc (BPCI) has rolled out a new logo, which reflects not only the identity of the facility, but also of its Caribbean island location. ROC Barbados (December 13/14) is the second world-famous event to be staged at the St Philip venue this year, bringing with

Football Legends Brian Robson, John Barnes and Ossie Ardiles graced Studio One at the Soccerex Forum to bring down the curtain on an eventful two days of football discussions.

Soccerex Americas Forum opened at the Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre yesterday. Football administrators and celebrities were welcomed in the opening Ceremony by The Hon Richard Sealy, Minister of Tourism and International Transport and the Hon Stephen Lashley, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth. Jeffrey Webb, President of CONCACAF in

For immediate release: October 21, 2014
More than 80 competitors from across the motor sport disciplines entertained island fans at the Beacon Insurance BMF Club Meet at Bushy Park Circuit last weekend (October 18/19). With bikes, dragsters, karts, race and rally cars all sharing centre stage, there was something to suit every taste

For Immediate Release: October 20, 2014
Rhett Watson is the runaway leader of the Suzuki ROC Barbados Challenge – Suzuki Rocks! – after yesterday’s (Sunday) first two Driver Challenges at Bushy Park Circuit. With a score of 63 points, he has a 21-point advantage over Roger Mayers and Josh Read, who ended the day tied in second place.

Sporting Barbados 2015 has been printed in Belfast and will soon be making it's way to the World Travel Market, Excel, London. The bulk shipment is leaving Southampton next week, due to arrive in Barbados in November and will be distributed to Hotels, Villas, Sporting events and various outlets islandwide. The on line version will be available

Canadian Special Olympics Golfers Arrive to
Play the Beautiful Golf Courses of Barbados
 
In its continuing support of sports tourism, Special Olympics Barbados announces the arrival of the second Canadian delegation to visit our nation in the month of October. After successfully hosting a 19-member group from Special

To quote one of the visiting athletes, “Every day gets better and better!” As Special Olympics Barbados hosted a 19-member delegation from Special Olympics Brampton, Ontario, our nation extended a very warm welcome and made some new and lasting friends. The group, which consisted of 10 athletes, 5 coaches and 4 parents, spent an action-filled

Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton won the final two rounds of the 2014 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships yesterday (Sunday) at the double-header Winter Tarmac Sprint in St Lucy. Champion Driver contenders Rhett Watson and Stuart White maintained their 100 per cent records for the year with two more class wins, while Daryl

While motor sport fans will be delighted to learn that Jamaican Jeff Panton is returning to do battle with island ace Roger Skeete in Sunday’s (October 12) Winter Tarmac Sprint, they will be just as pleased to hear that more than 30 drivers have entered for the final rounds of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2014 Driver’s and Class

 
When you think of sports tourism in Barbados, Special Olympics probably does not immediately come to mind.  But just as our lovely country is attractive to cricketers, footballers, golfers and surfers worldwide, it is also becoming a place where athletes with disabilities feel very comfortable in our warm hospitality. During the month

ROC welcomes 2014 World Rallycross Champion Solberg

 

-       Newly-crowned FIA World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg will compete at the 2014 Race Of Champions in Barbados

 

-       Solberg has dominated this year’s inaugural championship with four victories, sealing the title last week with two rounds to

Two drivers from the Caribbean will enjoy the chance of a lifetime to prove their worth against champions from across the world in the Race Of Champions at Bushy Park Circuit in Barbados on December 13/14. The stellar cast already confirmed includes reigning ROC Champion of Champions, Lotus Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean, nine-time Le Mans

As competitors prepare for the final event in the 2014 Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships, front-runners Daryl Clarke, Rhett Watson and Stuart White are looking to the dropped score rule to give them the edge to claim the prestigious Champion Driver title. Clarke and Watson have each finished runner-up in the past

Britain’s Andy Hawkins was first in line when entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2015 opened this morning (October 1) – at 5.00am UK time, midnight in Barbados, he hit ‘send’ to confirm his return for the 25th Anniversary running of Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. Sol RB15 will run on Saturday and Sunday, May 30/31, with Scrutineering

The Barbados Tennis Association has recognized the outstanding performance of the Barbados Davis Cup Team in winning Group II and being promoted to Group I of the Americas of the annual Davis Cup competition.

Dr Raymond Forde, President of the Association, stated “Our Team, comprising Darian King, Haydn Lewis, Seanon Williams and

Bridgetown, Barbados (30, September 2014): Race teams planning next season’s calendar could do worse than sign up for the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series 2015 which runs from 16-24 January.
This event, which kick starts the Caribbean race season, was re-launched in 2014 with a new race format and plenty of record-breaking

 Champions of the 2014 Massy United Insurance Barbados Golf Open, Sally Schofield and Julian Jordan were presented with their crystal trophies by Howard Hall (left) CEO of  sponsors Massy United Insurance and BGA President Cally Boyea (right).

  The presentation ceremony was held at Royal Westmoreland club-house after the final day of

Gregory Dickenson claimed his debut win in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship in last Sunday's (September 21) Carter's Pit-stop September Safari. Partnered in his Toyota Hilux for the third time this season by former Champion Novice Navigator Andre Murrell, Dickenson's winning margin was just seven penalty

 

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THE BTBA BREEDERS SALES RACEDAY

 

Featuring

 

THE SALE GRADUATES' CHAMPION STAKES (WFA)

 

FINAL PROGRAM

On Saturday 6th September, The Bushy Park Racing Facility played host to the Connect Barbados contingent with our Bushy Park Experience.

 

More than 100 operators from United Kingdom, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Canada, USA, Trinidad & Tobago, Martinique, Dominican Republic, Brazil and Argentina were in the

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is planning to make Sol Rally Barbados 2015 "a real classic", worthy of the 25th Anniversary of the first running of its International All-Stage Rally in 1990. Sol RB15 will run on Saturday and Sunday, May 30/31, with Scrutineering and Scotiabank King of the Hill the previous weekend, May 23/24.
  Neil

- This year’s Race Of Champions will take place at the Bushy Park Circuit in
Barbados on December 13-14
- The Caribbean venue has seen off a strong field of rivals to win the right to
stage the annual end-of-season motor sport event
- A host of driving legends from the major forms of motor sport will assemble

Roger Mayers and Max Ferri defeated the opposition and the elements to win Saturday's (August 30) BRC Summer Nights Tarmac Stages, in association with LIME and Banks Beer. As changeable weather conditions presented drivers with almost impossible tyre choices, the day and night event presented one of the biggest challenges of the season.

 

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THE BTBA BREEDERS SALES RACEDAY

Featuring

THE SALE GRADUATES' CHAMPION STAKES (WFA)

Entries for Day 20 - Saturday, September 13, 2014

Form

 Congratulations to the Barbados Tridents on wining the CPL final by eight runs! Defending 152 looked difficult but some tight bowling and fielding plus the help of Duckworth-Lewis won the day. After a third heavy shower play was abandoned at the Warner Stadium in Basseterre, St. Kitts with the Guyanese Warriors on 107-4 still needing 46 off

 

Garrison Savannah                                       www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE BARBADOS THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS ASSOCIATION RACEDAY

Featuring

THE FRANCIS COZIER BTBA BREEDERS’ SPRINT STAKES & TROPHY (GR.111 RB. - BAR)

Final

 

Garrison Savannah                                       www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE MASSY UNITED INSURANCE LIMITED RACEDAY

Featuring

THE MASSY UNITED INSURANCE BARBADOS DERBY (GR. 1R. - BAR)

“THIRD JEWEL OF THE BARBADOS TRIPLE CROWN”

England will return to the Barbados and Kensington Oval to pay a test match from 1st - 5th May 2015. More details on this exciting tour to follow.

 

Garrison Savannah                                       www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE MASSY UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED RACEDAY

Featuring

THE MASSY UNITED INSURANCE BARBADOS DERBY (GR. 1R. - BAR)

“THIRD JEWEL OF THE BARBADOS TRIPLE

 A magnificent last over from Ronsford Beaton saw the Guyana Amazon Warriors home by 7 runs against the Barbados Tridents despite another magnificent century from Dwayne Smith (104no). Smith and Shoiab Malik (50) looked to have set the home team on their path to a third straight win, but a series of batting disasters led by out of form skipper

 The Barbados Tridents scraped home by one wicket with two balls to spare against the Antigua Hawksbills on Friday night after a batting nightmare they will want to forget quickly. This was CPL Twenty20 cricket in its prime as the Hawksbills defended a modest 129-8 with plenty of fighting spirit in front of a fiercely partisan local crowd. You

Only 29 runs separated Barbados Tridents and St Lucia Zouks at the end of
Wednesday's CPL match at the Kensington Oval but it might as well have been
29 miles as the Barbados team completely outplayed their rivals. Hero of the
hour was Dwayne Smith who scored an amazing 110 not out in an exhilarating
display of

Enjoy CPL cricket on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at Kensington Oval from 4pm. See the Barbados Tridents battle it out against the St Lucia Zouks, The Antigua Hawksbills and the Amazon Warriors! This is a terrific compeition and super fun so go out and support the matches.

 

 

Garrison Savannah                                       www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE CROP OVER FESTIVAL RACEDAY

Featuring

THE CROP OVER FESTIVAL (HANDICAP)

Final Program for Day 16 - Saturday, July 19, 2014

Forecast: 1.2.3.4.

A class of it's own
Simpson Motors and Mercedes launched the new Mercedes-Benz C Class this week
in true style. This car has everything and more that you would want in a
luxury vehicle. Sporting Barbados editor Pamela Hiles was lucky enough to
try one out! Penny Soloman, Brand Manager for Mercedes in Barbados is

Host nation Barbados shared the honours with Guyana and Jamaica at the opening round of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) 2014/15 at the weekend (July 5/6). Guyana's Kristian Jeffrey claimed a clean sweep in the three CMRC Group 4 races and Jamaica's Kyle Gregg won two Group 2 encounters, but it was Barbados

Reigning Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Champion Doug Gore is urging island fans to head for Bushy Park Circuit in St Philip tomorrow (Saturday) for what he predicts will be some "serious, serious racing", as the 2014/15 season kicks off with the first of three CMRC races slated for the end of the day's packed programme.
 

 

Garrison Savannah                                                                           www.barbadosturfclub.com

THE MIDSUMMER CREOLE CLASSIC RACEDAY

Featuring

THE BARBADOS MIDSUMMER CREOLE CLASSIC (GR.1R.- BAR)

THE CARIBBEAN

Victory in the Sol Go Even Further June Safari last weekend (June 28/29) has propelled Leslie Alleyne back to the top of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Roll of Honour for its oldest event, run for the 58th consecutive year. He joins Wayne Clarke on six wins, two more than anyone else on the 69-strong list of previous winners.
  Alleyne

 

Garrison Savannah                                       www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE HERITAGE OF THE GARRISON HISTORIC AREA RACEDAY

Featuring

THE GARRISON SAVANNAH (HANDICAP)

Final Program for Day 14 - Saturday,

Next month's Digicel Williams International Race Meet (July 5/6) in Barbados has attracted a record entry of regional competitors on two and four wheels, eager to play their part in a moment of Caribbean motor sport history, as the redeveloped Bushy Park Circuit hosts the opening rounds of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing

After a two-month break from competition, crews competing in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2014 Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship are making plans for their toughest challenge of the season. The Sol Go Even Further June Safari is scheduled for June 28/29, when the BRC will mark the 58th running of the Caribbean’s oldest motor sport event

  Barbados rugby received a huge boost yesterday with the announcement of a
major sponsorship with Intimate Hotels of Barbados. The sponsorship will
support Barbados Sevens Rugby which is about to enter its most exciting
period ever with participation in a number of international events including
the Commonwealth

With five rounds run and just three to go, Daryl Clarke and Rhett Watson are now joint leaders in the battle to become Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Champion Driver for 2014. With only eight points covering the top six drivers, however, the championship is still wide open, and with the year-end dropped score rule yet to be taken into account.

 

Garrison Savannah                                         www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE BTBA STAKES & TROPHY RACEDAY

Featuring

· THE BTBA BREEDERS STAKES & TROPHY (GR.11.RB. – BR)

· THE SALEH & KHATIJA MOHAMAD MEMORIAL TROPHY

 

Packed programme for Digicel Williams International
More than 30 races are planned for next month's Digicel Williams International Race Meet (July 5/6), the first to be staged at the redeveloped Bushy Park Circuit in Barbados. Feature events of the two-day meet, organised by the new Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI), will be

Yachting moves to the westcoast of Barbados this weekend with the staging of the 2014 First Citizens Investments Services/ J24 Open regatta off Holetown, St. James, on Saturday and Sunday.

Eleven yachts, with several visiting Caribbean sailors among them, will contest the two-day event which will be sailed over a new Windward to

 

Garrison Savannah                                       www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE BTBA STAKES & TROPHY RACEDAY

Featuring

·        THE BTBA BREEDERS STAKES & TROPHY (GR.11.RB. – BR)

·        THE SALEH & KHATIJA MOHAMAD

SKEETE AND VENEZIA WIN SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Win number 13 extends ‘The Sheriff’s record
Roger Skeete returned to the top step of the Sol Rally Barbados podium at the weekend (May 30-June 1) for the first time since 2011, claiming his 13th victory in the 25-year history of the island’s premier event and extending his remarkable

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2014
Results
Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ARG – Argentina; ENG – England; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; TCI – Turks & Caicos; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL –

News just in that Roger Skeete and Luis Venezia have won the Sol Barbados Rally 2014! More details to follow.

FIRST-CLASS ENTRY FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Former winning co-driver joins Sol RB14 entry list
The final running order for Sol Rally Barbados (May 30-June 1), published in advance of this evening’s Briefing Meeting and Welcome Party by the Barbados Rally Club, lists competitors from 14 nations among the 84 crews for the Caribbean’s

 
The nation’s love of cricket will take on a greater dimension this week when teams from across the nation gather for the Special Olympics Barbados National Games Cricket Tournament.  The action takes place Friday at 8:30 am at the National Sports Council Blenheim A and B fields.
 
Athletes from the Ann Hill School are

Former UK National Rally Champion Paul Bird won Scotiabank King of the Hill yesterday (Sunday), despite felling a road sign on his final run in a dramatic spin in front of thousands of spectators. He admitted: “I just tried something different, and it didn’t work!” . . . but it didn’t matter, either, as his second-run time was good enough to

SCOTIABANK KING OF THE HILL 2014
Results
Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ARG – Argentina; ENG – England; GUY – Guyana; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales
1st Paul Bird - ENG/Aled

 

Garrison Savannah                                       www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE 64TH BARBADOS GUINEAS RACEDAY

Featuring

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

(THE 1ST JEWEL OF THE BARBADOS TRIPLE CROWN)

Final Program for

FINAL COUNTDOWN FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2014
RallyFM.net expands reach of coverage
The final countdown is well under way for Sol Rally Barbados 2014. Competitors, their families and supporters have been arriving at the island’s Grantley Adams International Airport daily since the weekend, with the cargo hold of two inbound Virgin

 

  The hype has never been higher in Barbados motorsport and it promises to rise to another gear in the next couple of weeks. Hot on the heels of a highly successful Top Gear promotion and the Lewis Hamilton visit all motorsport attention will now focus on the King of the Hill speed show at Vaucluse and the Sol Rally the following

Ollie Gobat
The brutal death of hotelier and realtor Ollie Gobat has not only shocked St. Lucia society, but sent shock waves throughout the Caribbean region and all round the world.
Ollie was a highly respected businessman and outstanding sportsman. He was one of the island’s leading businessmen and had a great future. His

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 4WD ENTRY REACHES 20
Barbados connections shine on Circuit of Ireland
The return to Sol Rally Barbados of two repeat UK competitors confirmed today by the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC) brings to 20 the four-wheel-drive entry, with more than half in the WRC classes. Both entered in Group A Mitsubishi

Emily Kinch has qualified for one of only two Caribbean individual places in show jumping for the CAC 2014 Games in Veracruz Mexico in November. 
The Barbados Equestrian Society recognised this achievement with a small cocktail party last night at the Coconut Court Hotel.  Pictured at the function is Neil Murrell from the National

Spring Garden Highway is the place to be on Sunday from 6am! Support the ITU Sprint Triathlon Pan American Cup leg to be held in Barbados and our local boy Matthew Wright! Last year's winner Jason Wilson is out of it due to injury but men and women competitors from around the world will be competing. The 3 k funrun for everyone is off at 6am.

 

 

- 2008 Formula OneTM World Champion, Lewis Hamilton, to battle it out with Top Gear aficionado Richard Hammond –

- F1 Car Hot Laps, Car Football and the Ultimate Motorsport Showdown, 17-18 May 2014-

 

(22 April, 2014) - Top Gear Festival Barbados is edging closer and closer, and the much anticipated

BARBADOS CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Welcome to the 2015 Barbados Caribbean International Youth Tournament and 
Showcase. The DATES OF THE TOURNAMENT will be from August 04 – 09,  2015 
and it is for BOYS AND GIRLS.
The tournament is generating lots of interests from clubs and teams from 
across

Former British Historic Rally Championship class-winners Chris Shooter and Bev LeGood will make their Caribbean debut on Sol Rally Barbados 2014, bringing to 21 the number of International crews so far confirmed for this year’s event. With less than two weeks to go before the closing date, more than one-third of the entries received on the

Roger Skeete maintained this season’s winning form when he drove the Sol/LIME/Simpson Motors/Michelin/Williams Trading Inc Subaru Impreza WRC S12 to victory in Sunday’s (April 13) Valvoline Rally, the first special stage rally of 2014. With Stuart Maloney as co-driver, Skeete’s winning margin was 27.77 seconds.
  All was not plain

Support from Irish competitors for Sol Rally Barbados, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, continues to grow. Of 70 first-time participants since 2011, around half have come from Ireland and some have already become repeat visitors.
  As organisers, competitors and fans make ready for next weekend’s Circuit of

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2014 season kicks up a gear on Sunday (April 13) with the Valvoline Rally. Before crews tackle the day’s 10 stages in the north of the island, fans are invited to interact with them at Scrutineering tomorrow (Saturday) at Automotive Art, Welches, between noon and 5.00pm.
  The entry list for the second

Two lucky prize-winners, one from each side of the Atlantic Ocean, enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime thrill today (April 10), when Top Gear’s The Stig treated them to some high-speed supercar laps around the redeveloped Bushy Park Circuit in Barbados.
When The Stig returns to the Caribbean island next month (May 17/18) for Top Gear Festival

Having finished second in last month’s curtain-raiser for the 2014 season, Derek Gill and Andrew Croney (Insurance Solutions/Sweet Temptations Mitsubishi Pajero) went one better last Sunday (April 6), winning the Chefette April Safari, round two of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari and Safari Novice Championships.

ISLAND MOTOR SPORT EXPANDS TRAINING COURSES
As a watershed season of island motor sport gathers momentum, the National Sporting Authority, the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), has launched a ground-breaking operational and safety training programme. With local volunteers now accredited to deliver bespoke courses, the BMF will be

Former UK National Rally Champion Roger Duckworth will make his fourth trip to Sol Rally Barbados this year, joining a growing list of returnees spread right through the field in the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international. While he will be fighting at the sharp end, another four regular visitors are confirmed today in the Clubman

Just three weeks since they saw action in the opening round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari and Safari Novice Championships, crews are making final preparations for this Sunday’s (April 6) Chefette April Safari . . . and reigning Champion Driver Leslie Alleyne and Navigator Chris O’Neal will be hoping to continue

 

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THE SALUTE TO THE 2012 CHAMPIONS RACEDAY

Featuring

THE SHARED ADVENTURE TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Final Program for Day 8 - Saturday, April 5, 2014

 

Garrison Savannah                                           www.barbadosturfclub.org

THE SALUTE TO THE 2013 CHAMPIONS RACEDAY

Featuring

THE VICTOR CHEESEMAN TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 9 - Saturday, April 12, 2014

Form

As competitors in the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships start preparations for the upcoming Valvoline Rally (Sunday, April 13), the second of eight rounds this year, there is a three-way tie in the Champion Driver’s title chase between Andrew Mallalieu, Josh Read and Daryl Clarke.
  Entries for the Valvoline

Although the dust has barely settled since the first encounter in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2014 Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship, crews are already making preparations for the second qualifying round for the year, the Chefette April Safari on Sunday, April 6.
  Being staged only three weeks since the March Safari launched the

Victory in Sunday’s (March 16) opening round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship, the March Safari, has given reigning Champion Driver Leslie Alleyne and Navigator Chris O’Neal a perfect start to their title defence . . . but it was not plain sailing, even for such an experienced crew.
  In the

BPCI-14-04: March 18, 2014
EDDIE JORDAN JOINS TOP GEAR FESTIVAL
BARBADOS LINE-UP
The Barbados Tourism Authority and Top Gear Festival have announced that legendary Formula One
team-owner and commentator Eddie Jordan is set to join the star-studded line-up at the inaugural Top Gear
Festival Barbados, from 17-

Sol Rally Barbados, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, will enjoy a major refresh for 2014, as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) marks the 25th running of its blue riband event. Crews will need to be on their toes from the start, as the weekend’s action kicks off with a new Friday night SuperSpecial, one of three Power

The WICB is under fire from several quarters after intimating Barbados and Antigua will not be hosting England when they tour the Caribbean in 2015. The news has brought widespread condemnation from within the region and in England where both venues are extremely popular with the Barmy Army and England’s many travelling fans. While it is

England finally came good with a slender five runs victory in the third and final Twenty20 match at the Kensington Oval on Thursday. The match had a sensational finish as the Windies chased 166 to win as it looked mathematically impossible when they needed seven runs off the last ball, but Jade Dernbach then bowled a wide and allowed Tuesday’

CHEFETTE MUDDOGS CHAMPIONS SET TO GO
March Safari Sunday kicks off new season
Reigning Champion Driver Leslie Alleyne and Navigator Chris O’Neal begin their title defence this Sunday (March 16) when the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari and Safari Novice Championships kick off for the 2014 season with the March

The visitors may have outnumbered the locals at Kensington Oval for the second Twenty20 match between West Indies and England but it was Darren Sammy who won the day with a magnificent onslaught late in the day. Earlier Krismar Santokie took four wickets as England recovered from the loss of three earlier wickets with Alex Hales (40) and Jos

 FIRST BLOOD TO WINDIES
 Reigning World Twenty20 champions West Indies comfortably won the first of their three matches at Kensington Oval in front of a packed house. The 27 runs margin flattered England who were never in the hunt after Marlon Samuels (69no), Dwayne Smith (27) and Chris Gayle (43) blasted the ball to all corners of the

It was a spectacular day at the Garrison Savannah when American horse Major Marvel owned by the Ramseys, ridden by Barbadian Champion jockey Patrick Husbands convincingly took the Sandy Lane Gold Cup. With a capacity crowd watching the parade and the magnificent Merry Men, a great time was had by all at the biggest race day in the Caribbean.

There will be two Sheriffs in town come Sol Rally Barbados 2014, when Scottish driver Brian ‘The Sheriff’ Watson arrives with his Audi quattro S1 and ‘Deputy’, co-driver Caroline Will. The welcoming party at the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international will naturally include Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete, 12-time winner of the island’

CHEFETTE SUPPORTS MUDDOGS AGAIN IN 2014
Preparations under way for March Safari
Chefette Restaurants has been confirmed as title sponsor of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) MudDogs Safari Championship for the second year, continuing its enthusiastic backing for the series, which began with the awarding of Novice trophies in 2010.

STOCKDALE KEEPS UP SOL RALLY BARBADOS RECORD
Organisers feel positive as new season starts
As Martin ‘Mad-Dale’ Stockdale looks forward to Sol Rally Barbados 2014 and his 14th consecutive year of competition in the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, he and wife Glenis are also preparing to become first-time

LEWIS HAMILTON JOINS TOP GEAR FESTIVAL
BARBADOS LINE UP
Barbados, 20 February 2014
Top Gear Festival announced today that 2008 Formula One World Champion, Lewis Hamilton, is set to join
the star-studded line-up of world famous presenters and motor sport legends at the inaugural Top Gear
Festival in Barbados

UK SUBARUS BOOST SOL RALLY BARBADOS NUMBERS
Bird wins as Procter retires in tarmac North West Stages
Two Subaru Imprezas new to Sol Rally Barbados (May 31/June 1) are confirmed on the growing list of overseas entries for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 25th running of its premier event, also Scotiabank King of the Hill the

 Good morning all
Unfortunately due to the weather, we have had to cancel polo this afternoon. We are going to check the field in the morning and see if we can play tomorrow.
Regards
Robert King
Club Manager
Barbados Polo Club
Phone# 246 432-1802 .
Cell#    246 230-1308 .

“WATERSHED SEASON” FOR BARBADOS MOTOR SPORT
Circuit race and rally fans in Barbados can look forward to a “watershed season” for their favourite sport in 2014, according to the island’s National Sporting Authority, the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) . . . and the months of May and June look set to break all previous records for

REGIONAL CREWS HEAD FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Skeete’s “outstanding” record honoured by National Sports Council
Regional interest in Sol Rally Barbados 2014 is growing steadily, with three more crews confirmed to join Jamaica’s Jeff Panton, the 1998 winner fighting for overall honours in his Ford Focus WRC06. David Coelho will

BPCI-14-01: February 5, 2014
RED BULL GLOBAL RALLYCROSS SERIES STARS
TO COMPETE ON TRACK AT TOP GEAR FESTIVAL
BARBADOS
Top Gear Festival Barbados announced today that it will host an international round of this year’s Red Bull
Global Rallycross Championship adding to the already impressive line-up of motoring

Darian King and Haydn Lewis have put Barbados one win away from a semi-final spot in the 2014 Davis Club Americas Zone 11.  On their home court in Wildey, they defeated Chile's Jorge Aguilar and Christian Garin 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to put Barbados into a 2-1 lead. Play continues this morning with King and lewis playing singles matches

“MAXIMUM ATTACK” SKEETE FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Swann unveils new livery in first outing of 2014
Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete will be in “maximum attack” mode when he leads the home team out for Sol Rally Barbados 2014, targetting his 13th victory in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) blue riband event. He will again be partnered by co

 Come show your colours and support Team Barbados as Barbados plays Chile in the Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II first round tie at the National Tennis Centre on Friday January 31 at 10.00 am, Saturday February 1 at 12.00 noon and Sunday February 2 at 10.00 am.  

 
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General Admission - Friday - Bds$20,

UK REGULARS CELEBRATE AT SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Shipping date confirmed; updated FAQ document published
Britain’s Andrew Costin-Hurley and wife Melissa are planning a triple celebration at Sol Rally Barbados 2014, their 11th visit to the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international. Since their first trip in 2003, when they

Latest news for the Polo...
 A decision has been made to host the Roger Gooding Memorial 6 Goal  Tournament at a later date in order for all club members to participate, rather than have one day of matches which will restrict members from playing. Therefore, the matches scheduled for this Saturday will be played as  "Exhibition Matches

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2014 4WD ENTRY WARMS UP
‘Magnificent Seven’ promise Modified 7 action
More than one-third of the 60-plus entries so far received for Sol Rally Barbados 2014 will compete in the event’s four-wheel-drive classes, with strong support from overseas crews. Repeat UK visitors Tom Roberts and Simon Wallis are

Apes Hill Club are absolutely thrilled to announce that construction of the Apes Hill Clubhouse will commence this year. Apes Hill Club has appointed renowned local Architect Larry Warren and the preliminary design is progressing well. The Clubhouse, upon completion, will accommodate the Golf Operation, Fitness Centre, Tennis Centre and

 

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THE COOLMORE “HOME OF CHAMPIONS” RACEDAY

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THE COOLMORE “HOME OF CHAMPIONS” STAKES & TROPHY (GR.1. - BAR)

Entries for Day 3 - Saturday, January 25, 2014

Unfortunately, due to the unseasonable amount of rain, the polo matches scheduled for the month of January have been cancelled.

ISLAND CHAMPIONS READY FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Entry list now ‘live’ at www.rallybarbados.net
Four reigning Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Class Champions are among the first entries from the island confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2014 (May 31/June 1) and the previous weekend’s ‘shakedown’

 

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THE REALTORS LIMITED RACEDAY

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THE MICHAEL PARRAVICINO MEMORIAL

HOPEFUL BREEDERS' STAKES & TROPHY (GR.11RB. - BAR)

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THE REALTORS

PROCTER CONFIRMED FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
International interest remains high as “solid” entry develops
Britain’s Kevin Procter, favoured by island motor sport fans for his flamboyant and attacking driving style, has started his preparations for Sol Rally Barbados 2014 on a high note. Last Saturday (December 28), with regular co-

 

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THE HALL OF FAME RACEDAY

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THE J. A. K. "TONY" ARCHER MEMORIAL (HANDICAP)

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BARBADOS JOINS WORLD MOTOR SPORT ELITE
Motor sport in Barbados was represented at the highest level this month when the sport’s world governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), held its Annual General Assembly in Paris, France. President of the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) Andrew Mallalieu and Vice-

 

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THE DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL / CROWN OF LIGHT

BOXING DAY AT THE RACES

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THE DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL / CROWN OF LIGHT

BOXING DAY STAKES & TROPHY (GR.1. - BAR)

Sol RB14-05: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 13, 2013
PANTON TARGETS SOL RALLY BARBADOS VICTORY
Barbados congratulates double-winner Meeke on Citroen WRC drive
Just days after chalking up his second consecutive victory in his home event, Rally Jamaica, Jeffrey Panton confirmed his entry for Sol Rally Barbados 2014 . . .

 

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THE CHRISTMAS SEASON RACEDAY

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THE SEASONS GREETINGS (HANDICAP)

Final Program for Day 24 - Saturday, December 14, 2013

Forecast: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.

 

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The W. C. "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM Memorial Raceday

 

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The W. C. "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM Memorial (Gr.1r. - Bar

RALLY CLUB CELEBRATES SEASON’S END
More than 120 awards presented at Annual Prizegiving
All sides of the island’s motor sport fraternity were honoured at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving on Friday evening (November 29) at Chapel Plantation, St Philip; more than 120 awards were presented, including return tickets

Promising Sussex fast bowler Lewis Hatchett is on holiday in Barbados and recently met up with the legend and National Hero Sir Garfield Sobers. It was a special moment for Lewis and the great man gave him some bowling advise and wished him well.

BIRD AIMS FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS HAT-TRICK
Mixed fortunes for Barbados connections as UK season draws to a close
Former UK National Rally Champion Paul Bird is targetting a third consecutive victory at Sol Rally Barbados 2014 in the Frank Bird Poultry/Fuchs Titan Oils/Kick Energy/Rapid Solicitors Ford Focus WRC08. The most

Local surfers delivered in the Sprite Independence Pro and the McEnearney ASP Junior Pro contests held at Soup Bowl Bathsheba on the weekend.

 

Final Results

Under 16 Josh Burke (BDS), Che Allan (BDS) Dane Mackie (BDS) Nolan Rapoza

ASP Junior Women's Pro

Chelsea Tuach (BDS), Tia Blanco (USA) Leilani

 Although they lost their final game at Barbados Golf Club by one point Rockley retained the Cidel Bank Inter-Club Golf trophy over the weekend when all the matches came to a close. Almost invincible on their own course the South Coast Club also notched up one win on the road and like all the participants enjoyed the opportunity to meet and

MUDDOGS SEASON SAVES “TOUGHEST” TO LAST
O’Neal and Alleyne claim Nassco November Safari hat-trick
Victory in the final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship, last Sunday’s (November 10) Nassco November Safari, sealed the 2013 Champion Navigator and Driver titles for Chris O’Neal and Leslie

 

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THE COURTESY BREEDERS CLASSIC & THE BARBADOS WINTER JOCKEYS’ CHALLENGE RACEDAY

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THE COURTESY BREEDERS’ CLASSIC - POWERED BY HYUNDAI (GR.1R - BAR)

THE

Over 70 Juniors are battling the waves at the Soupbowl Bathsheba in the international Spite Soup Bowl Junior Pro.  Entrants have come from as far away as Italy for this prestigious competition. Running alongside is the McEnearney Quality Inc Indepence Pro. President of the Barbados Surfing Association Christopher Clarke is excited about the

The 2014 edition of Sporting Barbados was launched at World Travel Market last week and was well received by both Barbados exhibitors and visitingagents to the stand. The massive international travel exhibition featuresvirtually every global destination, but despite the huge volume of marketingmaterial on display there's only one dedicated

FINAL SHOWDOWN AT NASSCO NOVEMBER SAFARI
MudDogs face off for the championship decider
All the key players in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2013 Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship will assemble on Sunday (November 10) to settle which names will be engraved on the Sextant Challenge Trophy and the Peter Farmer Memorial Trophy,

ROACH CROWNED YOUNGEST RALLY CLUB CHAMPION
Dropped-score rule settles hard-fought title race
Conor Roach has won the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s Championship at the wheel of his Clubman class Peugeot 106; at 21 years of age, he becomes the youngest driver to win the title and joins his father, Derek, who

SERRAO MASTERS CONDITIONS AT BLACK BESS
Motor sport wins the battle of the elements
At the wheel of the Sugar Ultra Lounge Subaru Impreza WRC S9, Dean Serrao displayed great commitment in challenging driving conditions to win the final two rounds of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships

Head on down to Kensington Oval from 7pm tonight to watch the West Indies women against England and New Zealand in the first ever Women's Twenty20 Tri-nation series in the Caribbean. Go out and support West Indies captain Merissa Aguilleira and her team!

There’s plenty of innovation and action planned for this year’s Run Barbados Series which is slated for 6-8 December. The Series attracts serious and fun runners from all over the world and this year an Aquathon has been added to include a 500 metres swim before running. All the traditional events are still in place with the 10K, half marathon

LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR RALLY CLUB CONTENDERS
Virgin Atlantic Championship to be settled on Sunday
The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships will be decided on Sunday (October 13) at the double-header BRC Winter Gravel Sprint at the popular Black Bess course in St Peter.
  Conor Roach

GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS ANDY MURRAY
& JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO ALONG WITH TOP PLAYERS
RICHARD GASQUET & NICOLAS ALMAGRO
HEADLINE THE DREAM CUP BARBADOS

 

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HOSTED BY SAINT PETER’S BAY LUXURY RESORT & RESIDENCES.

 

 

ROB SWANN’S IN FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2014
International interest covered in prime time TV programme
Britain’s Rob Swann was first in line when entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2014, the Caribbean's biggest annual motor sport international, opened on the official web site - www.rallybarbados.

POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON BUSHY PARK REDEVELOPMENT
Traditional and social media spread the message
The redevelopment of the 40-year-old Bushy Park race track in Barbados into a multi-purpose motor sport facility has been welcomed not only at home, where it will provide a springboard for sustained growth of the island’s most popular

 

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THE END OF THE SEASON RACEDAY

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THE FINAL (HANDICAP)

ENTRIES for Day 21 - Saturday, September 28, 2013

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Adrian Meyer of Cidel Bank and Trust proudly presenting the Inter Club Golf Trophy to Clarence Hiles of Team Rockley who won the event last year. Four clubs from across the island participate in this prestigious competition which was conceptualised by Ben Hatch of Apes Hill Club. They are Apes Hill, Royal Westmoreland, Rockley Golf Club and

ROACH AND WATSON LEAD VIRGIN ATLANTIC BATTLE
Intense class battles to be resolved in final events
After each scored a class win in last month’s BRC Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint (August 17), Conor Roach and Rhett Watson remain at the head of the field in the hunt for the Champion Driver title in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC)

Barbados Swimmers’ Compete With The World’s Best

 

The six member Barbados National Junior Swim Team of Hannah Gill, Zabrina Holder, Alexis Clarke, Sariyah Sherry, Christian Selby and Mathew Courtis recently returned from representing Barbados at the 4th Junior World Swimming Championships held in Dubai (UAE), 26-31 August,

CRONEYS WIN REDLINEFUELS.COM SEPTEMBER SAFARI
Final round will settle Chefette MudDogs Championship
Audley Croney and son Jeremy won last Sunday’s (September 15) Redlinefuels.com September Safari, setting the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship up for a gripping conclusion. With dropped scores taken

 

THE BTBA BREEDERS SALES RACEDAY

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THE SALE GRADUATES’ CHAMPION STAKES (WFA)

Final Program for Day 20 - Saturday, September 14, 2013

Forecast: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8. *Trifecta: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.   *Superfecta: 5.7.   *Hi-5: 8.    *Pick 4: 5.6.7.8.

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REDLINEFUELS.COM SEPTEMBER SAFARI ON SUNDAY
Chefette MudDogs Championship heads for exciting conclusion
The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship is heading for an exciting conclusion, with points close in the battles for both the Champion Navigator and Champion Driver titles. Crews return to action on

BMF13-03: September 9, 2013

Four senior motor sport volunteers from Barbados are flying north this month for training courses organised by the UK’s governing body, the Motor Sports Association (MSA). While designed to increase their personal knowledge about the management of the island’s most popular spectator sport, the courses will

James Johnson was crowned Men's Champion golfer and  'Muffin'Stollmeyer  Ladies Champion after three grueling days of golf at the Barbados Golf Club, Sandy Lane Country Club and Royal Westmoreland in the 30th Anniversary of the United Barbados Open. See www.barbadosgolfassociation.com for

On-going commitment from Government and the FIA
Work has started on Phase 1 of a comprehensive upgrade of the 40-year-old Bushy Park race track in Barbados into a multi-purpose motor sport facility, which will provide a springboard for sustained growth of the island’s most popular spectator sport.
The works contractor moved on

REDLINEFUELS.COM TO SPONSOR SEPTEMBER SAFARI
Product prizes for successful crews
Redlinefuels.com has stepped in to sponsor the September Safari, round four of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2013 Chefette MudDogs Safari and Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championships, which is scheduled for Sunday, September 15.
 

 

Inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League Breaks Records On And Off The Pitch

Wednesday 4 September 2013 – Kingston, Jamaica – From overflowing stadiums, thumping party vibes and mass enthusiasm to scorching bowling, massive hitting and blistering catches, the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League went off with a bang

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2014 DATES ANNOUNCED
New FAQ document posted to event web site
Sol Rally Barbados reaches an important milestone in 2014, when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) celebrates the 25th running of its blue riband event. Subject to final ratification by the island’s governing body, the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF

 

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THE BTC RACING FRATERNITY RACEDAY

Featuring

THE INYOUVATIONS TROPHY (HANDICAP)

IN APPRECIATION OF BTC EMPLOYEES

Final Program for Day 19 - Friday, August 30

This is the latest update from the Banks Hockey Festival Organisers -

 

#Festival2k13 Due to the inclemency of the weather and the state of the grounds, the Chairman of the Festival Committee has postponed all Hockey matches scheduled for the morning period leading up to 12:00 p.m.
Based on the continuing rains in the

The Jamaica Tallawahs have won the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League after a comfortable seven-wicket win over the Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad on Friday night.
 
The Warriors made 128 for five after being put into bat and with Chris Gayle responding with a captain’s innings, finishing

Limacol CPL set to end with a bang after semi-finals and final are confirmed as sell-outs

 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago, 22 August 2013 – The inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) is set to finish with a bang after it was confirmed that the two semi-finals and final at the Queen’s Park Oval are sold out.

 

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THE BTC RACING FRATERNITY RACEDAY

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THE INYOUVATIONS TROPHY (HANDICAP)

IN APPRECIATION OF BTC EMPLOYEES

 Entries for Day 19 - Friday, August 30,

 

 
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – 15 August 2013 – Sir Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, has given the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) his seal of approval after attending the Antigua Hawksbills/Barbados Tridents clash.
 
The Virgin Group is a founding team sponsor for the Hawksbills and Sir Richard’

ARMSTRONG WINS SUMMER NIGHTS TARMAC SPRINT
Changeable weather conditions make for action-packed event
With changeable weather conditions making life tough for the 40-strong field, Neil Armstrong (Monster/Sol/Chefette/Digicel/Virgin Atlantic/Gunk/Hankook Tyres/Redline Fuels/Simpson Finance/Simpson Motors Suzuki SX4 WRC) triumphed

 

Amazon Warriors Taking Success in Stride but Eyeing Limacol CPL Final
KINGSTON, Jamaica – 16 August 2013 – Guyana Amazon Warriors are quietly eyeing the final of the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League after securing their spot in the final four of the tournament on Thursday but captain Ramnaresh Sarwan says despite

FORTY ENTRIES FOR SUMMER NIGHTS TARMAC SPRINT
Virgin Atlantic Championship contenders rejoin battle
An impressive 40 entries have been received for tomorrow’s (Saturday, August 17) Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint, including all the leading challengers in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships

Banks moves to Spartan
The Bank's International Hockey Festival bullies off on Sunday and promises
to be another week of sport, revelry and party, not necessarily in that
order! The move to the Queen's Park Oval as the focal point of the Festival
is due to the continuing unavailability of the Astroturf and the high

TRIDENTS STILL RIDING HIGH
  Despite a lapse against the Guyana Amazon Warriors, the Barbados Tridents
still top the table and seem certain to be the first team to qualify for the
semi-finals in the Limacol CPL in 10 days time. The huge crowds and exciting
cricket has captivated the region and this week's matches

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Barbados Tridents continued their dominance of the Limacol CPL with their
fourth successive victory over the St Lucia Zouks at the Queen's Park Oval
in Trinidad and are now in the semi-finals to be played later this month on
the same ground. Dwayne Smith (48) and skipper Kieron Pollard (34no) were
the batting

ENTRIES OPEN FOR SUMMER NIGHTS TARMAC SPRINT
Virgin Atlantic Championship approaches the final stage
After a break of seven weeks, the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2013 calendar resumes on Saturday, August 17, with the BRC Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint. Originally planned as a tarmac special stage rally, the seventh of 10 rounds of

 

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THE BARBADOS THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION RACEDAY

Featuring

THE BTBA SPRINT STAKES & TROPHY (GR.111RB. -

 

Rick Peters and Alexis Jordan claimed the top spots in the 5 km swim race while Eric Taylor and Claudia Peichl were the fastest in the 1.5 km race when the inaugural Barbados Open Water Festival was held July 6 in Carlisle Bay. It was a perfect day in the spectacular and historic Bay when 110 swimmers from 12 countries entered the

The Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships have started in St. Thomas, USVI yesterday. Live scoring is available for all four days of the event, you can go to http://www.prga.org/ to get the latest scores throughout the day. Follow our Barbadian golfers!
 
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Three wins from  three matches at the Kensington Oval has all but qualified the Barbados Tridents for the semi-finals of the Limacol CPL Series.
But nobody could have predicted the circumstances that produced the bizarre third win on Saturday night which saw 16 wickets fall for 105 and a Twenty20 match that was over in barely 20 overs!

 

Limacol Caribbean Premier League Opens With Flare, Energy and Colour
Bridgetown, Barbados – 30 July 2013 – The inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 Tournament announced itself to the world with a kaleidoscope of vibrant colours, smiling school children, beautiful dancers, screaming fans, pulsating music,

SUCCESSFUL EVALUATION FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
“Events around the world can learn something from your approach”
Rallies around the world could learn some lessons from key elements of Sol Rally Barbados, according to Sue Sanders, International Training Programme Manager of the Motor Sports Association (MSA), Britain’s governing body

 

Big money up for grabs from the “biggest party in sport” with reveal of the Limacol CPL T20 prize pot
Six teams will battle it out for US$800,000 in prizes
Bridgetown, Barbados – 30 July 2013 – The inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 Tournament gets underway tonight, and the organisers have unveiled

 

Limacol CPL Opening Ceremony to Excite the Senses

 

The Biggest Party in Sport Begins Today

 

 

Bridgetown, Barbados – Tuesday, 30 July 2013 – Excitement, passion, colour and the cricketing excellence of the Caribbean will be showcased in one exhilarating package when the much anticipated

The inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 Tournament will be beamed into millions of homes across the globe from start to finish, ensuring that the world sees exactly how the Caribbean comes to play.
 
LCPL organisers confirmed that networks in India, UK, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean and the USA will

 

 

 
Limacol Caribbean Premier League cricket officials have announced that American actor Mark Wahlberg has taken an equity interest in the Barbados Tridents team.
 
“I’m excited to be a part of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League because I know cricket is huge in the Caribbean and a rich part of the

 

Organisers of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 Tournament are pleased to announce Virgin as a tournament partner for the inaugural event as well as a founding team sponsor for the Antigua Hawksbills franchise team. Virgin, together with Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Holidays and Virgin Media will support the competition

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – 26 July 2013 – Barbados’ only living National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers, has hailed the emergence of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League as crucial to the development of cricket in the Caribbean, and has also given the thumbs up to Kieron Pollard leading the Barbados Tridents.
 
Sir

 

 

Pakistan’s Test and One-Day International (ODI) captain Misbah-ul-Haq will replace Luke Pomersbach of Australia in the St. Lucia Zouks team for the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 Tournament which begins in a matter of days. Pomersbach has been forced to pull out of the tournament on compassionate

 

He may just be 20-years old but all-rounder Kyle Mayers is no stranger to the big stage.
The talented Barbadian has already seen his fair share of action around the world at various age group levels, campaigns that have prepared him well for his next big assignment – the Limacol Caribbean Premier League which bowls off across

 

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THE UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED RACEDAY

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THE UNITED INSURANCE BARBADOS DERBY (GR.1R. - BAR)

”THIRD JEWEL OF THE BARBADOS TRIPLE CROWN”

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The organisers of the Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race Series are delighted to announce an expanded programme for 2014.
In the build-up to the main race commencing on Tuesday 21 January, there will be three breathtaking days of coastal racing (from Friday 17 January) before the Open Passage Race to Antigua on Friday January 24.

 

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THE CROP OVER FESTIVAL RACEDAY

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THE CROP OVER FESTIVAL (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 16 - Saturday, July 20, 2013

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 The Management Committee of the Barbados Golf Association proudly announces the United Insurance 30th Barbados Open to be held from September 5 - 8, 2013 at the Apes Hill Club, Barbados Golf Club, The Country Club at Sandy Lane and Royal Westmoreland respectively, please see our attached flyer for much more detail.
This year is the

ROACH AND WATSON SHARE VIRGIN ATLANTIC LEAD
Competitor numbers continue to rise for Barbados Rally Club
Conor Roach and Rhett Watson have eased ahead in the hunt for the coveted Champion Driver title in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Championship, despite not having everything their own way in their respective

 

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PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE HERITAGE OF THE

GARRISON SAVANNAH HISTORIC AREA RACEDAY

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THE BARBADOS MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY (HANDICAP)

Entries for

Head on over to the Kensington Oval for some football action tonight.

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!

 

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THE BARBADOS FILLIES GUINEAS RACEDAY

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THE BARBADOS FILLIES GUINEAS (GR.1RF. - BAR)

Final Program for Day 13 - Saturday, June 8, 2013

Forecast: 1.2.3.4.5

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

Neil Armstrong and Barry Ward will carry start number 1 for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 next weekend after winning yesterday’s (Sunday) Scotiabank King of the Hill, the final shakedown before the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, in the Monster/Sol/Chefette/Digicel/Virgin Atlantic/Gunk/Hankook Tyres/Redline Fuels/Simpson

 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

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ENG – England; IRL – Republic of Ireland; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales
1st Neil Armstrong/Barry Ward (WRC-1 Monster/Sol/Chefette/Digicel/Virgin Atlantic/Gunk/Hankook Tyres/Redline Fuels/Simpson Finance

 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

Local, international and regional competitors are making last-minute preparations for Sunday’s (May 26) Scotiabank King of the Hill, the final shakedown ahead of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2) . . . and Simpson Motors Scrutineering tomorrow (Saturday) will give fans their first

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

Mount Gay Barbados Regatta 2013 - Final Report:
"Ninja crew win it for Shane"
The crew of the Benneteau 10M "Ninja", lead by Michael Worme, came first overall in the CSA 3 class. Racing in memory of Captain Shane Atwell the young crew won all five races with a boat that had spent the last five years landlocked. Easily spotted

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

Ninja, skippered by Michael Worme, continued to dominate CSA 3, and they now have four race wins under their harness. Jaystar and Fancy Sailor are in second and third respectively.
In the "Cruising" class the top four from yesterday traded positions and are separated now by only two points. Perseverance scored a first to move ahead, but

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

The 28th Barbados Mount Gay Regatta officially got underway tonight at the Barbados Yacht Club. Skippers from Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, BVI joined locals in preparation for what promises to be a terrific three days of sailing. Good luck to all and well done to Mount Gay Rum on sponsoring this and over 100 Regattas world wide.

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.

BIRD RETURNS TO DEFEND SOL RALLY BARBADOS TITLE

Sol extends title sponsorship for another three years

 

Former UK National Rally Champion Paul Bird will face the largest field of World Rally Cars ever assembled in the Caribbean when he returns to the region to defend his title in Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2).

 

 

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

 

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THE MOHOMMED S. MOHAMAD 45th BIRTHDAY RACEDAY

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THE BTBA / MOHOMMED S. MOHAMAD 45TH BIRTHDAY

BREEDERS’ STAKES & TROPHY (GR.11.RB. - BAR)

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

It's countdown time to the popular Mount Gay Regatta which sails off in Carlisle Bay from May 16th - 19th! 

A highly fancied duo of yachts from Martinique heads the challenge, while other competitors from various countries including Trinidad and Tobago, St Vincent and the Grenadines and the Virgin Islands have confirmed their

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

Don’t Miss The Special Olympics Football Championship This Friday
It will be a day full of fast-paced and exciting football on Friday, May 10th at the Special Olympics Barbados National Games Football Championship.  Special Olympics athletes have been in training and are ready to hit the field for the annual competition, which runs from

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

 Great news for hockey enthusiasts as a new Astroturf surface is about to be re-laid at Wildey. The current water-based pitch has been out of action for several years as it was dangerous and the funds were not available to replace it. However, a new sand-based Astroturf pitch has been agreed in principle and plans are afoot that it will be

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

It was a celebration of girl power when the Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Festival was launched last Friday.The launch of the festival, which will run from May 18th to 20th at the Weymouth Playing Field, was held at Christ Church Girls Primary, one of three schools entering the program this term, along with Hindsbury Primary and Wills Primary

 

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THE HAPPY MOTHERS DAY RACEDAY

Featuring

       A MOTHER KNOWS BEST (HANDICAP)

 Entries for Day 11 - Saturday, May 11, 2013

Form

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Written by Kimball Livingston
Claas Lehmann and Leon Oehme lived the longest day of their sporting lives on Friday—and came away champions. With Lehmann steering and Oehme out on the trapeze wire, they went to the line of race nine of the 2013 SAP 5O5 World Championship as one of three teams with a chance at the title, all of them

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 ‘

 

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THE 63rd BARBADOS GUINEAS RACEDAY

Featuring

THE 63rd BARBADOS GUINEAS (GR.1R. - BAR)

(1st JEWEL OF THE BARBADOS TRIPLE CROWN)

Final Program for Day 10 - Saturday

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

Guineas now set for May 4th after being posponed due to rain. Head out to the Garrison Savannah and enjoy another great day of horse racing.

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

Two stunning Toyota Starlet rally cars will next week start a 10-day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on a Geest Line freighter from Portsmouth on the English south coast, heading for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2). Their Irish owners, however, will arrive in the small Caribbean island from different directions . . . Maurice Moffett from

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

James Johnson won yet another Sir Garry Sobers Golf tournament by over 16 shots yesterday completing four days of golf at Apes Hill Golf Club, Royal Westmoreland Golf Club, Sandy Lane Golf Club and Barbados Golf Club. Big Congratulations to James! More details on the tournament to follow.

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,

There are two casinos within walking distance of the Barbados Yacht Club, and if anybody ought to hit the casinos tonight it's German skipper Stefan Boehm, winner of the opening two races of the SAP 5O5 World Championship and a strategic gambler in both.
Racing continues through Friday in the sparkling Caribbean off Bridgetown, Barbados

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

 

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THE 63rd BARBADOS GUINEAS RACEDAY

Featuring

THE 63rd BARBADOS GUINEAS (GR.1R. - BAR)

(1st JEWEL OF THE BARBADOS TRIPLE CROWN)

Final Program for Day 10 - Monday,

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.

 

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THE 63rd BARBADOS GUINEAS RACEDAY

Featuring

THE 63rd BARBADOS GUINEAS (GR.1R. - BAR)

(1st JEWEL OF THE BARBADOS TRIPLE CROWN)

ENTRIES for Day 10 - Monday,

 

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 (

 Minister of Tourism and International Transport Richard Sealy and Barbados Yacht Club Commodore Andrew Hutchinson hosted a Press Reception at the Yacht Club on Friday to herald the start of the activities associated with the 505 World Championships due to start next week. The event is a huge fillip for local tourism and Minister Sealy could

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.

 

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THE REMEMBERING PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS RACEDAY

Featuring

· THE TINKER’S IMAGE (HANDICAP)

·      THE BOLD LEWIS (HANDICAP)

FINAL PROGRAM for Day 9 - Saturday, April

The Mango Bay Brazil Polo Tour matches are on today Thursday April 18 at
Lion Castle with 2 matches starting at 3:30 pm.  Brazil won the first match
and today promises to be an exciting match.
Full bar, catering and teas on sale. 
Admission adults Bds$20, children 12 & over Bds$10 and children under 12

Mark Western and Robin Hinds won Saturday’s (April 13) Chefette April Safari by the smallest possible margin - one penalty point. The result was the closest finish in a navigational event since the Toyota November Safari of 2005, when they were also involved . . . but as the losers, by two points, to Lindsay Farmer and Megan Blades.
 

The Brazil tour starts today at the Barbados Polo Club at the Holders polo field. Matches kick off at 3:30 this afternoon with the clubhouse open from 3:00, Hope to see you there!
Christian Sampson
Barbados Polo Club.
Polo Club Manager.
Phone 246 432-1802.
Cell 246 230-1308.

As competitors in the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships start preparations for the upcoming Valvoline Rally (Sunday, April 28) – round three of 10 in this year’s Championship – there is a five-way tie in the Driver’s title chase, while Paul Bourne and Josh Read lead the four-wheel-drive and two-wheel-

Welcome to the 2013 Mango Bay Brazil Polo Tour.  There will be 3 match days
on Tuesday April 16 at Holders, Thursday April 18 at Lion Castle and Sunday
April 21 at Apes Hill with a local first match at 3:30 followed by the
Brazil vs. Barbados match each day at 4:30.
Full bar, catering and teas on sale. 

Starting at 3.30. Come out and enjoy!

One lucky spectator at the inaugural London Rally for Heroes next weekend (April 19/20) will win a VIP trip for two to Sol Rally Barbados 2013, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International. With Rally HQ at Brooklands, the birthplace of British motor sport and aviation, the first major rally to be staged so close to London for

Eighteen crews were confirmed for Saturday’s (April 13) Chefette April Safari at a well-attended Briefing Meeting at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association Club House at Searles, Christ Church last evening. Seven combinations are making their first appearance of the season, bringing to more than 40 the number of Drivers and Navigators

 Top tennis player Darian King stole the limelight in a memorable Davis Cup win by Barbados over Puerto Rico at the National Tennis Centre over the weekend. King recovered from a set down to defeat Alex Llompart and establish and unbeatable 3-1 advantage without the need to play the final rubber. King and his colleagues benefitted from the

Well done to the Barbados national rugby team who had over 30 points to spare on a spirited Curacao team at the Garrison Sunday afternoon in the big Caribbean Championship match. A large crowd watched coach Stuart Copeland's team run in five tries with plenty of attacking flair after the visitors capitulated in the last quarter. Next up will

Former UK National Rally Champion Roger Duckworth will make his third trip to Sol Rally Barbados this year, bringing to a record-breaking 11 the number of entries in the two classes catering for World Rally Cars. In doing so, he will break a personal record, too – he has rarely rallied outside the UK, twice in Ireland and twice in Portugal, so

Last night at the Hilton Hotel, Ramon Harewood, the first Barbadian to ever play in the NFL, returned to the island with some team mates to carry out a sports camp today at Kensington Oval. Ramon, who plays for Superbowl Champions the Baltimore Ravens said he was glad to be here to give back.  Both Minister of Sport Stephen Lashley and

 

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THE SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP APPRECIATION RACEDAY

Featuring

THE BRITISH AIRWAYS (HANDICAP)

FINAL PROGRAM for Day 8 - Saturday, April 6, 2013

Forecast: 1.2

The Sandy Lane Gold Cup appreciation Day with 8 races starting from 1.45pm! Go out and enjoy a wonderful day at the races!

Volunteer marshals and officials working on the Cartell.ie Killarney Rally of the Lakes in Ireland next month will have the chance to win a trip to Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2), courtesy of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC), organisers of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International.
  The prize-winner whose name is ‘

LADIES OPEN 2013 PRIZES

 

MEN 6th March 2013

 

Winner Medal

 

Steve Buckmaster  70

Winner Stableford

 

Ken Teslia              44

2nd Medal

 

Jim Brewer           

2nd Stableford

 

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THE HONOURING FORMER BARBADOS TURF CLUB EMPLOYEES RACEDAY

Featuring

· THE RADCLIFFE HEWITT MEMORIAL (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 7 - Saturday,

Qualifying matches for the First Citizens Barbados Open will take place at
Lion Castle Polo Club today Thursday March 7, 2013 with 2 matches at 3:30
and 4:30.
The tournament continues on Sunday March 10, 2013 at Lion Castle Polo Club
with 3 matches starting at 2:30 pm.
Full bar, catering and teas on sale. 

 

 

The Special Olympics Barbados Annual National Games are under way and are off to a fast start. Athletes from 5 years to adult sharpened their performances in the Special Olympics Barbados National Games Track and Field Preliminary Meet at the Carlton Cricket Ground in Black Rock. The athletes participated, in different

Sir David Seale's Aristodemus charged home to win the Sandy Lane Gold Cup at the Garrison Savannah in front of a brilliant crowd. The winner was ridden by Anderson Trotman and trained by Liz Deane. Second was Daga.  It was a terrific day with a splendid parade pre the big race. Congrats to all winners and to Sandy Lane on once again sponsoring

Don't miss the exciting last chapter in the Cheshire vs Barbados Polo Series. B'dos are leading 2-1 and the final is on Sunday at Holders Hill in St James!  After the Gold Cup on Sunday go out and Enjoy!

Giant-killer Neil Armstrong, the highest-placed two-wheel-drive finisher in Sol Rally Barbados for the past two years, faces a new challenge in the 2013 running of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International on June 1/2. It was confirmed this week that he will drive the Simpson Motors/MML Suzuki SX4 WRC in 2013.
  Armstrong

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THE SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP RACEDAY
Featuring THE XXXII SANDY LANE BARBADOS GOLD CUP (GR. 1. - INT. - BAR) THE XI TANGLEWOOD STAKES AND TROPHY (GR. 1R. - BAR) THE X SANDY LANE SPA SPRINT STAKES AND TROPHY (GR. 1. - BAR)
ENTRIES

Don't miss the start of the popular polo series again Cheshire this Sunday, 24th at Holders, 26th at Lion Castle, the 28th at Holders and the 3rd at Holders! 

Judd Cozier has returned to the winner's podium as the Rockley Open Champion 2013! He fought off defending champion James Johnson convincingly and emerged to take the title that has evaded him the past two years.  Ladies champion was Debbie Fung who played consistently good golf over the two day competition. Many thanks to sponsors United

As entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2) edged towards the starting list cap of 100 this week – the total hit 98 today (Friday) - father and son Eddie and Keith Power bring to four the number of first-time Irish crews entered for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International. Entries remain open on the official web site,

 

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THE VALENTINE'S RACEDAY

Featuring

THE SAINT VALENTINE (HANDICAP)

FINAL PROGRAM for Day 5 - Saturday, February 16, 2013

 West Indies cricket is about to enter the international Twenty20 circus following a ritzy Press Reception at the prestigious Sandy Lane Country Club on Tuesday evening. It was a night when many of the biggest names in West Indies cricket threw their support behind businessman Ajmal Khan and his company Venus International fully backed by the

 
It is that time of the year when Special Olympics athletes are in the midst of their most intense training.  They are on the track, in the pool and on the bocce court sharpening their skills for the big competition event of the year – the Special Olympics Barbados Annual National Games.
 
The action gets off to a fast

Britain’s Martin Stockdale has confirmed that he will once again compete in the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International - Sol Rally Barbados - when he makes his 13th consecutive appearance in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event over the weekend of June 1/2 this year.
  Fresh from celebrating daughter Laura-Jo’s

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THE HALL OF FAME RACEDAY

Featuring

THE HON. E. KEITH WALCOTT Q.C. MEMORIAL (HANDICAP)

FINAL PROGRAM for Day 4 - Saturday, February 9, 2013

Forecast

Barbados claimed their second victory today at Holders against the Villages in the Johnny Walker Villages Polo tour Series.  Tune in on Sunday to see if the Villages can pull one back!  Many Villages supporters travelled with the team and they are pictured in the clubhouse enjoying the action!

 Duke of Edinburgh Golf Cup to be played at Royal Westmoreland 16 March 2013 compliments the DOE Foundation in Barbados.

Dr Trevor Carmichael and The Duke Of Edinburgh Foundation in Barbados is seeking your support in playing or organizing a group of four to play in the upcoming Duke of Edinburgh Golf Cup, to be held at Royal

Many of the leading sports performers and personalities packed into the
Frank Collymore Hall last Saturday evening for the National Sports Council
Awards. The winners spanned a wide range of sporting achievements with the
principal awards going to former world 110 metres hurdles sprinter Ryan
Brathwaite and the

Pamela Hiles, Hiltop Publications and  Editor of Sporting Barbados magazine and website was awarded the Sports Tourism Award by the National Sports Council of Barbados at their recent awards ceremony in Frank Collymore Hall. 

  Sporting Barbados, a free and available quality publication, has been depicting this island as a perfect

Entries posted on the official web site (www.rallybarbados.net) for Sol Rally Barbados (June 1/2), the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, passed 80 this week . . . and there is strong support for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event from local crews, particularly those in

Due to the wet ground, polo is cancelled at Holders today Thursday 31st Jan 2013.

MOTOR SPORT VOLUNTEERS PRAISED FOR COMMITMENT
Senior motor sport volunteers keen to enhance their skill sets were praised at the weekend as they assembled for a pre-season training programme organised by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) and majority funded by the sport’s world governing body, the Federation Internationale d’

 

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THE HALL OF FAME RACEDAY

Featuring

 THE HON. E. KEITH WALCOTT Q.C. MEMORIAL (HANDICAP)

ENTRIES for Day 4 - Saturday, February 9, 2013

Form

Congratulations to Catherine Jordan on becoming the new President of the AAA in Barbados. Big thank you to Ester Maynard for her sterling contribution over the years. Sporting Barbados salutes you!

The team of English Blind cricketers have arrived on island to celebrate their 10th anniversary with matches in Barbados. Welcome Back! See the paper for details of match venues.

British rally driver Andy Hawkins will this year return to the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, Sol Rally Barbados (June 1/2), for the first time since his debut in an historic Austin Mini 10 years ago. This time, he will be at the wheel of a Volkswagen Golf GTI MkIV, formerly his mother’s company car, which is currently

 Dynamite has the right Idea
  The gruelling round the island yacht race on Errol Barrow Day was won by Dynamite Idea with the multi-hull Silver Bullet some 30 minutes in arrears. The race started and finished in Carlisle Bay just off the Barbados Cruising Club where the post-race social activities continued late in the evening. Many of

These are the first two matches of the Roger Gooding Memorial 6 Goal 
Tournament which is scheduled for this week.  The other days of play 
are as follows:
Sunday, 20 January - Lion Castle Polo Club
Tuesday, 22 January - Lion Castle Polo Club
Thursday, 24 January - Apes Hill Polo Club
Friday, 25

The Sandy Lane Charitable Trust held their annual Charity Golf day and dinner on Friday at the Sandy Lane Country Club. It was an extremely well organised event by the terrific Pippa Challis and a  who's who of people from the island and abroad. We don't know the exact amount  raised by the event yet but all funds will go to the very

 

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THE HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION RACEDAY

Featuring

· THE COOLMORE “HOME OF CHAMPIONS” STAKES & TROPHY (GR.1. – BAR)

ENTRIES for Day 3 - Saturday, January 26, 2013

Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete will lead the home team when Sol Rally Barbados 2013 is staged over the weekend of June 1/2 . . . and the most successful driver in the 23-year history of the Caribbean island’s premier event is very much looking forward to the new season after what he describes as some “character-building” moments in 2012.

 

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THE REALTORS LIMITED RACEDAY

Featuring

·        THE MICHAEL PARRAVICINO MEMORIAL HOPEFUL BREEDERS’

STAKES & TROPHY (GR.11RB. – BAR)

·         THE

Go out and enjoy these local chukkas!

This Errol Barrow Bank Holiday weekend the 77th anniversary Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race Series returns to our shores, organised by the Barbados Cruising Club in association with Mount Gay Rum and The Barbados Tourism Authority.  All Barbadians are invited to join the festivities around the Island, and witness this spectacular event,

Thirty senior volunteer motor sport officials in the island are to benefit from a pre-season training programme organised by the island’s National Sporting Authority, the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), and majority funded by the sport’s world governing body, the Federation Internationale d’Automobile (FIA).
  The training will take

Don't miss this exciting event. See  http://www.relayfairbarbados.com/ for more details.

Island rally fans who have been thrilled by the flamboyant antics of Scotland’s Allan Mackay and his Ford Anglia WRC for the past three years will have twice the fun at Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2), as his son Euan is entered to drive for the first time in what is dubbed the ‘Anglia JWRC’.
  Despite a combined age of more than

Contact us at sportingb@caribsurf.com and we'll get you on your way with the right accommodation, contacts for matches, things to do on the island, places to eat. We are the experts and will help you every step of the way!

 

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THE REALTORS LIMITED RACEDAY

Featuring

·        THE MICHAEL PARRAVICINO MEMORIAL

HOPEFUL BREEDERS’ STAKES & TROPHY (GR.11RB. – BAR)

·         THE

TMR's Charles Belle presenting the first prize to Livingstone Webster with Ladies Captain Pamela Hiles looking on.  This Saturday Rockley is hosting the BGA XMAS Hamper tournament, 2 ball scramble so call and sign up now.

Two of the most popular Subaru Impreza drivers to have journeyed from England to the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international in recent years are today confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2). Kevin Procter will compete for the first time since 2009, while Rob Swann is back for the sixth consecutive year.
  Since

Don't forget, it's RACEDAY at the Garrison tomorrow! Go out and enjoy a great event.

Rockley golf course is also hosting the TMR Invitational. There are still spaces left so call the pro shop on 4357873 if you'd like to play!

Come and visit us in Barbados! We have it all! You can lie on the beach or you can swim with the turtles, play cricket, hockey, football, rugby, golf - whatever you're like to do! You'll find a warm welcome. Contact us at sportingb@caribsurf.com for help with your travel and accommodation.

 

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THE DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL RACEDAY

Featuring

THE DIAMONDS INTERNATIONAL/CROWN OF LIGHT

SPRINT STAKES & TROPHY CHALLENGE (CR)

ENTRIES for Day 1 -

The fleet of the Classic Transat Yachts will on Sunday give Barbadians the treat of being able to see ALL of these beautiful yachts do an exhibition sail from the start line in front of The Cruising Club to a Mark off Mullins Beach Bar and back to the finish in Carlisle Bay. Don't miss this beautiful sight!

TV coverage airs over Christmas and New Year holiday in the UK

 

Sol Rally Barbados 2013 is already more than half-way to its cap of 100 starters, with continued strong interest from Ireland helping to drive the number of International entries posted on-line to more than 30 a full two months earlier than last year. Since

The Barbados Surfing Association held its annual Soup Bowl Junior Pro on Friday, November 30th at the Soup Bowl, Bathsheba.  This year the title sponsor was The Tec Corner and the Juniors battled it out for some amazing prizes, with the finalists of the Under 21 Division also winning cash!  This our premier junior division was dominated by the

Barbados’ Premier surfing event, the Independence Pro, took place last week-end at Soup Bowl, Bathsheba in highly contestable, chest to head high waves.  The Open Men’s Division attracted some forty-eight competitors from the United States, Puerto Rico, Brazil  and the French and English-speaking Caribbean.  This Division was characterized by

Mixed fortunes for Barbados regulars Bird and Perez in the UK

 

Five repeat visitors who have clocked up more than 40 trips to Barbados over the last 10 years were among the first International competitors to post on-line entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2). Since registration opened last month on the official web

The 2013 Edition of Sporting Barbados is on island and will be distributed to all hotels, villas and other outlets from today. Please contact us if you'd like a copy at sportingb@caribsurf.com.

Special Olympics Barbados has taken a step into cyberspace with the unveiling of its Internet web site, www.specialolympicsbarbados.org . The interactive site is designed to keep the public and all those involved and interested in Special Olympics informed of the organisation’s activities

By Bernard Babb

Top Barbados player James Johnson grabbed another major title while Stollmeyer registered her second win in three months when the RBC Royal Bank Classic concluded at the Barbados Golf Club on Sunday.

Johnson , who led the field by two strokes on Day 1, finished five strokes better than his nearest rival, Judd

Entry fee structure revised, but loyalty programme remains

 

The Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport international, Sol Rally Barbados, will have a fresh new image for 2013. The Barbados Rally Club

(BRC) this week revealed the event¹s new logo and associated branding, marking the 10th Anniversary of the name change

More than 70 awardees centre stage at Annual Prizegiving

 

More than 70 members of the island¹s motor sport fraternity were honoured at the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving on Friday evening (November 16) at Sugar Ultra Lounge, St Lawrence Gap; nearly 120 awards were presented, including return tickets to the UK,

Ultimate challenge for the MudDogs 2012 finale

 

The Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) off-roaders face the ultimate challenge in the final round of the 2012 MudDogs Safari and Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championships. The Nassco November Safari on Sunday, November 11, is being set by two of the island¹s most experienced

The Friday night lights eventually burned bright on October 26 at the Historic Garrison Savannah as the Barbados Rugby Football Union's season continued with an impassioned match between league-leaders Scorpions and the upstart Renegades. Kick off was delayed by over 15 minutes due to a faulty light, but the action was fast and furious once

Neil Corbin wins unprecented three-way tie for Champion Driver

 

Driving the Chefette/LIME/Slam 101/MQI/Banks/Castrol Ford Focus WRC07, Paul ŒSurfer¹ Bourne recovered from some early dramas to snatch a two-second victory on the final stage of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Winter Gravel Rally. Run on a slightly Œtweaked¹ Black

Final chance for drivers to settle Barbados Rally Club title

 

While the front-runners striving to become Champion Driver in the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) 2012 Virgin Atlantic Championship fight their last battle of the season at Black Bess in St Peter this Sunday (October 28), Britain¹s Rob Swann will be using the BRC Winter

Organisers confirm regulation changes ahead of entries opening

 

Nearly 50 Irish rally fans are looking forward to Sol Rally Barbados 2013, having signed up for the first-ever package deal offered by an Irish travel agent for the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport international. While some overseas competitors have taken as

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.

Bushy Park outright lap record-holder Stuart Williams will lead a five-man home team into action when the Barbados Auto Racing League (BARL) stages the Digicel Williams Seaboard Marine International Race Meet on September 1/2. They will face drivers from Guyana, Jamaica and – for the first time at Bushy Park – the Cayman Islands.
  Last

Leading contenders chase Virgin Atlantic Championship points
All the star players in the battle for the prestigious title Champion Driver in the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Championship are in action this weekend. Nearly 30 crews are listed on the provisional running order for the BRC Summer Nights Tarmac Stages, which

Preparations are in full swing for the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) Summer Nights Tarmac Stages on Saturday, August 11, which brings to an end the two-month break in the Virgin Atlantic Driver¹s and Class Championships . .

. and every point counts for Championship contenders, as the season approaches its climax.

  Entries open

Our School U17 rugby team is coming to play in  Barbados in July. The School was founded in 1379 in the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul in Wisbech. The School has since moved to The North Brink in Wisbech. One of our Old Boys is Thomas Clarkson. The School is for boys and girls age 4 to 18. Both the boys and girls play Rugby. This is the

Leslie Alleyne claimed a record-equalling fifth victory in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) longest-standing event, when he won the Sol Go Further 55th Anniversary June Safari at the weekend (June 23/24). Meanwhile, his Navigator in the Simpson Motors Isuzu D-Max, Chris O’Neal, added the 69th name to the roll of honour of the region’s oldest

The Sol Group has expanded its partnership with the Barbados Rally Club (BRC), just days after the record-breaking success of Sol Rally Barbados. During a well-attended product launch this evening (June 21), it was confirmed that this weekend’s running of the Club’s longest-standing event will be titled the Sol Go Further 55th Anniversary June

With the dust barely settled after the record-breaking success of last weekend¹s Sol Rally Barbados 2012, the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) blue riband event, preparations are in high gear for the 55th Anniversary June Safari. Taking the Club right back to its roots in navigational rallying, the event runs off over the weekend of June 23/24.

At his fifth attempt, former UK National Rally Champion Paul Bird finally won Sol Rally Barbados at the weekend (June 9/10), describing the experience as ³the hardest and probably the best I¹ve ever driven since I started rallying.² With a record 99 crews from 15 nations participating in the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport International

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ENG ­ England; IRL ­ Republic of Ireland; JAM ­ Jamaica; NED ­ The Netherlands; NIR ­ Northern Ireland; RSA ­ South Africa; SCO ­ Scotland; WAL ­ Wales

 

1st Paul Bird - ENG/Kirsty Riddick ­ SCO (M8-WRC Frank Bird Poultry/Fuchs-Silkolene Ford Focus WRC08), 1m 02m 50.

Barbados Rugby Football Union,

Barbados Olympic Association Headquarters

Garfield Sobers Complex, Wildey, St. Michael, Barbados

 
 

The Historic Garrison Savannah will come alive with vigorous rugby action in mid-July, as the Barbados Rugby Football Union plays host to several teams from the United Kingdom

A record 101 crews from 15 nations are listed on the final running order for this weekend¹s Sol Rally Barbados, the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport International. Based on the results of last Sunday¹s Sol Go Further/Scotiabank King of the Hill, the seeding was published by the Barbados Rally Club today (June 6), in advance of this

Please find below results of yesterday's Sol Go Further/Scotiabank King of the Hill - report to follow

 

For more detail, go to

http://www.rallyscoring.com/results/2012/Barbados/BarbadosKingHill2012Ov...

 

Winner of Sol Rally Barbados in 2008 & ¹09, Northern Ireland¹s Kris Meeke has confirmed that he will return to the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport International this year to revisit the event that he once described as ³the best 10 days of my life².

  His victories in the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) premier event were not

(BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 22, 2012) – Caribbean football fans will have an added reason to cheer during the 2nd British Airways Football Legends Invitational Tournament scheduled for May 26-27, 2012 at Kensington Oval in Barbados.

 

Some of the greatest names from across the region will take to the field in this exciting event

For the third straight year, the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport International, Sol Rally Barbados, has attracted a record entry. Between October and the closing date a week ago (May 14), 121 entries were posted on-line at the event¹s official web site ­ www.rallybarbados.bb ­ of which

While anticipation among island fans about the record-breaking overseas invasion for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) is reaching fever pitch, local competitors are concentrating on their preparations for the highlight of the season. Shell V-Power King of the Hill (June 3) and Sol RB12 ­ each day is a separate round ­ offer three chances to

Lively winds and a heavy afternoon squall made conditions tough on the opening day of the Mount Gay Rum Regatta when 37 boats took to the water in beautiful Carisle Bay. Racing was lively in the competitive J24 Class where Bruce Bailey won the morning race and Neil Burke the afternoon race after both made the most of excellent starts. But the

As entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) closed this week, the final drivers from around the region who will be participating in the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport International have been confirmed.

They are first-timer Stan Hartling, representing the Turks & Caicos Islands, and Trinidad¹s Vishal Dhanraj, who

As entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) closed today (May 14), the last first-timers from Ireland were confirmed as Matt Shinnors and Catherine Levis. Asked how he heard about Sol RB12, Shinnors, whose previous experience includes one outing in the World Rally Championship, said: ³I was raised on a diet of rallying; you couldn¹t but

Ireland’s Ronan Curley nearly missed Tuesday’s (May 8) trans-Atlantic Geest Line voyage from Portsmouth, as a last-minute gearbox problem threatened to ruin his plans to compete in Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) . . . and he has fellow-competitor Samuel Kelso and Ford Escort specialists Den Motorsport to thank that it didn’t.
 

Kenyans Rommy Bamrah and Harvey Jutley are shortly to make the 17,000-mile round trip from hometown Nairobi to Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) for their first-ever tarmac rally together, and the driver¹s first event outside Kenya. They will miss two local events, but were not going to turn down the chance to replace Harvey¹s UK-based

Rallying the familiar Subaru Impreza WRC S12 in its new livery for the first time, Roger Skeete and Louis Venezia won the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) Valvoline Shakedown Stages on Sunday (May 6) by just under 10 seconds from Trinidad¹s John Powell. On a day of changing fortunes, Skeete won four of the 10 stages, Powell and last year¹s winner

British rally engineer John Hardman will compete in Sol Rally Barbados (June

9/10) for the fifth time in 2012, as part of a three-car contingent from Wales, which brings to 25 the number of International crews now confirmed on the on-line entry list at www.rallybarbados.bb.

  Born in

As competitors in the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver¹s and Class Championships prepare for the upcoming Valvoline Shakedown Stages ­ round three of 10 in this year¹s series, to be run on Sunday, May 6 ­ Daryl Clarke and Neil Corbin are the early pace-setters in the Driver¹s title chase, with Sean Gill and Ian Warren leading

As Irish entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) approach record numbers, the latest crews confirmed reveal an attack on the event from both sides of the Atlantic. As County Antrim¹s Joe McQuillan confirms his entry in Group A, the country¹s four-wheel-drive contingent is boosted in Group N by New York-based Martin Donnelly, both

Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) enjoyed a major presence over the Easter weekend at the Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally. One of the world¹s oldest rallies ­ it dates back to 1931 ­ it was, for the first time, a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC), which is promoted and broadcast by Eurosport.

  Reigning IRC

Australia pipped the West Indies in the Bridgetown test after a thrilling finish in the gathering gloom late in the evening of the fifth day. The West Indies will rue a bad day in the field on the 4th day and some poor batting on the morning of the fifth day, but full credit to Aussie skipper Michael Clarke for his bold declaration and backing

When the 22 confirmed crews line up for this Saturday¹s (April 14) Chefette April Safari - the second round of the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) MudDogs Safari Championship - they will be facing a tough challenge . . . unlike most events, however, this will not be a challenge created by bad weather creating muddy terrain, but man-made, because

The figures are in for the first quarter of the new www.sportingbarbados.com site which compliments the annual Sporting Barbados Tourism magazine and there is lots to shout about!

Since the new site was launched in December 2011, the audience has increased by 378% from 900 visits same time

West Indies captain Darren Sammy proved an inspirational leader for the home team on the second day of the Bridgetown test with a swashbuckling 41 and an adventurous declaration midway through the last session. Sammy’s enterprising batting provided the thrills and spills for the 4,000 plus crowd but it was the steady Shivnarine Chanderpaul (

Please be advised that there will be two matches of polo on 10th April 2012 at Apes Hill Polo Club.

 

The first match will be a local match at 3.15pm, the second match will be Apes Hill vs Four Quarters, a team from Berkshire in England.

 

There is a fully stocked bar, and afternoon tea/snacks on sale for you to

Fresh from an encouraging debut in his recently-acquired ex-Marcus Gronholm Ford Focus WRC06, Jamaica¹s Jeffrey Panton is fired up for his tarmac debut in the car on Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10). With regular co-driver Mike Fennell Jnr, he finished second to local hero John Powell¹s Subaru Impreza WRC S14 on the tough loose-surface

Please be advised that there will be two matches of polo on the 5th and the 7th April at Apes Hill Polo Club, starting at 3.15pm.

The first match will be a local match and the second match, at 4.30pm, will be between Apes Hill and Four Quarters, a team from Berkshire, England.  This match will be 10 goals.

There is a fully

The Ladies carried off the bragging rights in the Battle of the Sexes Polo at Holders on Sunday winning 3-1 over the men in the overall competition.

Congratulations to them and to Chanda Gooding who put on a tremendous performance as Madonna to win two Premium Economy Tickets to London to see the famous singer on 17th July in Hyde Park

Well done West Indies on winning the T20 at Kensington Oval on Friday afternoon. It was an electrifying match which could have gone either way but the West Indies players were up for the challenge to level the series.  Now with both the ODI and T20 series all square, we look forward to winning the Test Match Series.

The Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) MudDogs Chairman Warren Gollop is urging crews to enter early for the Chefette April Safari, which will run off on Saturday, April 14. The second round of the BRC MudDogs Safari and Chefette MudDogs Novice Safari Championships comes just four weeks after the 2012 season¹s curtain-raiser.

  With the busy

In a first for Caribbean motor sport, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC), organiser of Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10), has partnered with Going Places Travel to launch a series of specially-tailored travel packages targeted at the hundreds of motor sport fans in the region. Inclusive of round trip airfare, all taxes and fees, hotel and rental

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Officials of the West Indies Cricket Board have explained the policy regarding the admittance of children under the age of 16 for international matches.
 
WICB Events Manager Cindy McLean said children’s tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis and are available as long as stocks last.

Please be advised The All England Polo Club Hickstead vs. Barbados polo tour continues at Lion Castle Polo Club on Wednesday March 28, with 2 matches starting at 3:15 & 4:30.

Full bar, catering and teas on sale.

Admission adults Bds$20, children 12 & over Bds$10 and children under 12 free.

West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his side’s fifth and final ODI against Australia in St Lucia on Sunday.
 
Roach was charged with a Level 2 offence, contrary to clause 2.2.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players or

Entries for the four-wheel-drive groups in Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June

9/10) are flying high. Recent postings on the event¹s official web site, www.rallybarbados.bb, are pushing numbers towards record levels . . . and there are still seven weeks to go before the closing date for the

Bird launches Asphalt Championship attack

 

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has stepped up its worldwide promotion of Sol Rally Barbados 2012 by joining forces with the Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally (April 6/7). Two lucky volunteer marshals who work on the Easter weekend event will win an all-expenses-paid return trip

Barbados is in store for two days of exciting and inspiring sports action when Special Olympics winds it up it Annual National Games with junior track and field and cricket. The Special Olympics National Games Junior Track And Field Meet, to be held on Monday, March 26 at the Carlton Grounds in Black Rock, features young athletes, all under 8

Twenty-one crews for MudDogs¹ season-opener

 

Chefette Restaurants has upped its support for the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) MudDogs Safari Championship. In addition to backing the Novice Championship, the Rookie Crew of the Year Award and next month¹s April Safari, the company has stepped in as title sponsor for this Saturday¹s

Please be advised that the First Citizens Barbados Open 10 Goal polo tournament matches scheduled for Lion Castle today Tuesday March 13 have been moved to APES HILL.

There are 2 matches, CIBC First Caribbean vs. Heineken at 3:15 and Bulova vs. The First Group at 4:30. This is the fourth day of play of this tournament.  The teams are

The Barbados Pro-Am golf tournament is the newest tournament to join The Golf Connection’s portfolio of destination events and the latest to be added to the local calendar of sporting events.

 

The inaugural event, which takes place from March 10 through 16, has received extensive exposure within The Golf Connection’s Private

Pre-season cricket training in Barbados remains a favourable option for several English counties, and the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) is set to roll out the third annual English County Pre-Season Training camp on March 13, 2012.
The 2012 camp has confirmed an all-time high number of participating teams, six in total, including

The First Citizens Barbados Open 10 Goal polo tournament continues today at Apes Hill with 2 matches, CIBC First Caribbean vs. Range Rover at 3:15 and Heineken vs. Bulova at 4:30. This is the third day of play of this tournament.  The teams are extremely closely matched with 2 of the 4 matches played so far going into extra time, 1 being won

Duckworth confirms second trip to the Caribbean

 

A record-equalling 10 cars have now been confirmed by the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC) for the Modified 8-WRC class of Sol Rally Barbados 2012, following recent on-line entries received from former local, regional and international Rally Champions on the event¹s official

Overall Tournament Champion Sally Scofield Gross score 159
Overall Net flight winner Trish Abbot Net score     138
Overall Silver flight winner Brenda Philllips Stableford 82
Overall Bronze flight winner Zarina Belgrave Stableford 64
Day 1 flight winners Lynn DeCambra McLeod
Yvonne Brewer
Edna

Nearly 400 intellectually challenged athletes had their day in the sun Tuesday, filling the track at the National Stadium with joy and accomplishment.  As the Royal Barbados Police Force Band set the stage with music, the teams paraded around track for the opening ceremony, which included the lighting of the Special Olympics Torch.

 

Recent rains promise challenging conditions

 

Crews contesting the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) MudDogs Safari Championship and the Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championship are making final preparations for the launch of the new season. The BRC MudDogs March Safari next Saturday (March 17) is the first chance to dust off the

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) launches its 55th Anniversary season in style over the next two weekends. Competitors in high-tech rally machines, four-wheel-drive MudDogs off-roaders and Œdaily driver¹ grass roots autocross cars will kick off their 2012 campaigns, with spectators expected in large numbers, hungry for action after the motor

All of Barbados is invited to National Stadium Tuesday, March 6 to share in the excitement of the Special Olympics National Games Track and Field Meet. The athletes have been training for an entire year for the opportunity to show what hard work and dedication can produce.  In addition to participants from numerous special units across the

Congratulations to Hopefield Stable and Sir David Seale for coming one two in the Sandy Lane Gold Cup.  Dancing David produced the 6th Gold Cup for Sir David and his team and second place went to Stable Lad John Brian.  Jalon Samuel rode the winner.  The 31st running of the Gold Cup was a terrific success and just as popular as ever.

“We’ve been able to look properly at getting the correct permissions. We’ve involved the ICC right from the start and we’re working with NZ and USACA”

 

Plan is to start Twenty20 league in summer 2013

 

Broadcast-quality audio interview with Keith Wyness available for free editorial use at

Tim Pearcey and Neil Shanks, who finished second in last December¹s Roger Albert Clark Rally, will enjoy an all expenses-paid trip to Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10), the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport international. The prize includes free entry and shipping for the rally car, return flights and accommodation for 14 nights for

Please be advised the Cheshire Tour matches scheduled for today at Lion Castle have been cancelled due to rain.  We will try to play tomorrow weather permitting and will advise in the morning.

Regards,
 
Stewart L. Gill
Lion Castle Polo Club
622-7656

Occasional showers could not put a damper on the spirited play at the Police Sports Club in Weymouth Wednesday.  Champions emerged from the Special Olympics National Games Football Tournament with spectacular team play and individual performances. In the five-a-side competition, gold medals went to the Ann Hill School, which topped the Senior

View the new Polo Barbados 2012 magazine in the Polo Section!

Former UK National Rally Champion Roger Duckworth claimed his second consecutive Rallye Sunseeker National victory on Saturday (February 25) and, with it, the chance of a repeat all-expenses paid trip to contest Sol Rally Barbados in his Subaru Impreza WRC. It was his fourth win in the popular southern England event, making it his ³best rally²

James Johnson won the Rockley Open for the second year running 11 shots clear to become the Rockley Champion 2012.  Helen Foster continues her winning streak and won the ladies Champion 2012. Congrats to Helen and James!

G-WRC introduced newcomers to the island

 

After an outing in the historic category last year, Britain¹s Steve Perez will return to the World Rally Car class in Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June

9/10) in his ex-Marcus Gronholm Kick Energy Drink Ford Focus WRC07 with regular co-driver Paul Spooner on the notes; it will be

Special Olympics Barbados opens its Annual National Games competitions with a pool full of energy and excitement.  On Monday, February 20, athletes, who have been preparing all year for the opportunity, will dive into the Special Olympics National Games Aquatics Meet. Barbados sports fans are invited to come out and cheer the nation’s top

Four more regular visitors from Europe have confirmed their entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) through the event¹s official web site, www.rallybarbados.bb, bringing to more than 30 their combined total of visits to the island in the past decade.

  Scotland¹s Kenny Hall returns to

Two of the most successful British visitors to the Caribbean in recent years, Paul Bird and Rob Swann, have confirmed their entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) through the event¹s official web site, www.rallybarbados.bb. Entered for the fifth consecutive year, both have also become regular

Once again the 'little' sailing Club in Carlisle Bay put Barbados well and truly on the map and showed the world that anything is possible when you have a committed team of people and a lot of help!

The Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race 2012 Once again the 'little' sailing Club in Carlisle Bay put Barbados well and truly on the map and

2011 SOTY PRIZE WINNERS
UNDER 10 BOYS
1st – Zander Venezia
2nd – Caeleb Rapson
3rd – Darian Pitcher
4th - Axe Garrett
 
UNDER 12 BOYS
1st – Ché Allan
2nd – Zander Venezia
3rd – Jacob Burke
4th – Andrew Rose
 
UNDER 16 BOYS
1st – Joshua Burke

On Saturday 28th. January the International Shotokan Karate Federation of Barbados held its 2011 Annual Awards presentation. This event was sponsored by CIBC 1st. Caribbean Bank and Powerade, a total of 20 students and Instructors were there to receive their awards.

The student awards are determined based on the results of the three

Synergies between niches within the Barbados tourism product continue as the 2012 staging of the annual Cruise to Run will take place next Friday, January 27, with the island’s Brandons area as the backdrop.
This year, which marks the sixth installment of the event, has recorded a commendable number of registrations, which has already

Sol Rally Barbados 2012 entries double up

Rallye Sunseeker, next month¹s opening round of the MSA British Rally Championship, will be the focus of a major push for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) and its island home. The organisers and tourism backers of the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport international will use the award-

So far, elite triathletes from 8 countries are on the Start List for the 2012 Bridgetown ITU Sprint Triathlon Pan American Cup scheduled to take place on the morning of Sunday 12th February 2012 on Spring Garden Highway.

 

USA triathletes lead the way with 5 men and 3 women, and there are triathletes coming from Canada, Germany

Fellow Golfer
The BGA has just concluded the 2012 New Year Hamper and thanks the Management of The Rockley Golf  course of Mark, Tony and their team for maintaining the course in very good condition despite the persistent rain. To the Management and staff of Birdies restaurant for the food and beverage service, it was great and will be

On-line Overseas Competitor Information document now available

For the third year in a row, the Turks & Caicos Islands will be represented in Sol Rally Barbados . . . but with a difference. For the 2012 running of the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport international on June 9/10, Paul Horton is shipping his Ford Escort MkI, to

Popular British ace Martin Stockdale heads the list of returning international drivers whose names are among more than 40 entries so far received via the event¹s official web site - www.rallybarbados.bb - for the

2012 running of the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport international, Sol

Motor sport in Barbados is in good health, and making a growing contribution to the island¹s sports-tourism product. For the first time since the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) was established in 2000, more than 400 local competitors took part in BMF-sanctioned events during the recently-concluded season . . . and that total is boosted to

Sol Rally Barbados regulations posted on official web site

Fresh from their recent exploits on Rally Jamaica, Celtic crowd favourites Glenn Campbell (Northern Ireland) and Allan McKay (Scotland) have confirmed that they will be returning for the 2012 running of the Caribbean¹s biggest annual motor sport international, Sol Rally

Richard Kessio won his second Barbados Marathon in the Powerade Run Barbados Series but not after a lengthy deliberation by the organizers after the brilliant Kenyan runner went off course at Speightstown. Kessio and 2nd-placed Curtis Cox from Trinidad and Tobago were both guilty of the mistake, but having run farther than would have been

The Barbados Turf Club wishes to advise that an inspection of the race track following the running of race seven (7) on the raceday of Saturday 10 December 2011, revealed significant damage in certain waterlogged areas. On the advice of the inspection team The Directors took a decision to abandon the raceday which had been scheduled to be held

A ray of Barbados sunshine pierced the UK November gloom when Lord Dholakia hosted an event promoting links between the two countries and launching the ‘2012 76th Anniversary Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race’ and the ‘1st Classic Transatlantic Race to Barbados.’

 

The event was held on 30th November, Barbados Independence Day

OPEN MEN

1st   Ben Bourgeois   ( USA)

2nd  Asher Nolan   ( USA)

3rd  Jordan Heaselgrave  (Barbados)

4th  Bruce Mackie   (Barbados)

 

OPEN WOMEN

1st  Maud Le Car   (St. Martin)

2nd  Maria Kuzmovich  (Puerto Rico)

3rd  Chelsea Tuach   ( Barbados)

4th  Chelsea Roett

Fellow Golfers
Unfortunately we have to report that the first day of the RBC Classic was completely rained out; based on present forecasts, Sunday will also be dominated by persistent showers.
In an effort to ensure that the players and sponsors have the possibility of two great days of golf, we have opted to reschedule the event

See Andy Murray take on David Haye and Barbados' own road tennis champion.

The DHL North America and Caribbean Rugby Association International Sevens Tournament at the Garrison Savannah was devastated by a deluge of rain for most of the Saturday that turned the grounds into a quagmire. It says much for the tournament organizers and particularly the players that they completed the busy two-day schedule in atrocious

The Nation Newspaper has teamed up with the Barbados Tourism Authority to sponsor the Nation Funathlon 2011, which features a 10K run and 10K walk. The Run Barbados series starts on Friday 2 December with the Gatorade/Better Health Magazine Fun Mile at St. Lawrence Gap and finishes with the marathon two days later. First started in 1983 it

West Indies Masters easily won the Clobi Cup after winning the first two matches in the three-match series at the Kensington Oval. Several thousand spectators attended each game and were treated to some vintage cricket from the fitter and more focused Caribbean team. Gordon Greenidge and Curtley Ambrose were big favourites with the fans, but

Proud owner of St Nicholas Abbey, Larry Warren with his son Simon, accepting the Saddle Cloth and Head Collar of the Breeder's Cup 2011 winner St Nicholas Abbey from Derrick Smith, his wife Gaye Smith, champion trainer Aiden O'Brien and champion jockey, the youngest ever to win the race at 18 years old, Joseph O'Brien.  Mr Smith shares

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has made an early start on its International promotion for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) by announcing that the winners of next month¹s Roger Albert Clark Rally, Britain¹s most demanding historic event, will receive an expenses-paid trip, valued at US $9,000 (around £5,600), to compete in the Caribbean¹s

Marshals among 70 awardees at Annual Prizegiving

More than 70 members of the island¹s motor sport fraternity were honoured at the Barbados Rally Club¹s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving on Saturday evening (November 12) at Mahogany Ridge, St Thomas; awards included return tickets to the UK and Œstaycation¹ weekends at Seafoam Haciendas,

I.S.K.F. Barbados held it’s National Karate Tournament on the 5th November, this Tournament was sponsored by PowerAid and attracted one hundred and four karatekas from five local clubs namely Avalon Karate club Masujaha Karate Club, Queen’s College Karate Club,  Barbados Shotokan Karate Club and UCKC Martial Arts.

The Tournament  was

Pamela Hiles being interviewed at World Travel Market in London on the new www.sportingbarbados.com website.

Barbados Minister of Tourism Hon. Richard Sealy launched the new Sporting Barbados website www.sportingbarbados.com at World Travel Market this afternoon with UK Vice President Sales and Marketing Petra Roach and other tourism dignitaries in attendance.

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