Monday 9 January 2023

Barbados' Young Equestrians Take Gold in Regional Jumping and Dressage

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

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Thursday 5 January 2023

25 ways to enjoy Barbados other than the beach!

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

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Wednesday 4 January 2023

JOHNO AUSTIN - Skating to success against the odds

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

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Wednesday 4 January 2023

Welcome to the 25th anniversary edition of Sporting Barbados!

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

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