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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