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

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