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September 7th, 2021
VG Bayside Blazers continue unbeaten run in ‘District League’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The VG Bayside Blazers, managed by Honourable Julian Willock who is no stranger to managing championship teams, have extended their unbeaten run in the BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF) National ‘District’ League to eight wins.

September 7th, 2021
Sugar Boys are BVIFA Super 6 Football Champions

LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- Sugar Boys of Virgin Gorda have won the BVI Football Association's (BVIFA) Super 6 Championship, sweeping Lion Heart FC in the best of three finals with a 2-0 win at the FIFA Stadium in Long Look on Sunday, September 5, 2021.

September 5th, 2021
Dr Natalio D. Wheatley to the rescue with working AC @ Sports Complex

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF) 2021 National ‘District League’ Basketball tournament resumed on Friday, September 3, 2021, at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex on Tortola, following a 2-month pause due to a COVID-19 spike in the Virgin Islands.

August 31st, 2021
National 'District' Basketball League resumes Sept 3, 2021

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After being postponed in early July 2021 due to a COVID-19 surge in the Virgin Islands, the BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF) National Basketball League will resume with a double header at Multi-Purpose Sports Complex on Friday, September 3, 2021.

August 26th, 2021
Softball players pay tribute to Rene St Clair Jeffers aka 'Panchie'

LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- In a moving tribute to the late businessman and sportsman Mr Rene St Clair Jeffers aka 'Panchie', who died on August 2, 2021, at the age of 66, former softball player Mr E. Walwyn Brewley said the territory has lost a great man and softball player.

August 24th, 2021
Scrub Island Invitational fishing series returns in September 2021

SCRUB ISLAND, VI – The highly anticipated fishing series, the Scrub Island Invitational, first held in September 2019, will be taking place on September 16-24, 2021, Scrub Island Resort, Spa and Marina has announced.

August 23rd, 2021
33 drivers ticketed for not wearing seatbelts on Aug 20, 2021- RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Persons driving without seatbelts led among the ticketed traffic offences last week as operations by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) against traffic violators continued on August 20, 2021.

August 17th, 2021
Grandstand repairs affected by Ellis Thomas Downs lease re-negotiations

DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The re-negotiation of a lease agreement for Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay may be one of the reasons for the delay in the repairs of the grandstand that was severely damaged during the infamous 2017 hurricanes.

August 9th, 2021
VI team defeats home team St Maarten in basketball showdown

PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten- A basketball team from the [British] Virgin Islands were in action at a tournament in St Maarten at the weekend.

August 5th, 2021
COVID-19, Emancipation & Sports/Olympics in VI (British)

Edgar Leonard

All three of these headlines are worthy of their separate commentary. Nonetheless, there is currently a confluence of these issues, so I will take the bold step of taking a collective, cursory peek at all three.

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