Sports
Twenty/20 Final plans all set for Sunday July 28!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Cricket Association, in partnership with sponsors Digicel, Scotiabank and Nagico, has announced exciting plans for the Twenty/20 Final between the resurgent Vincy C.C. and the defending champions, Cavaliers C.C. scheduled for this Sunday July 28, 2013 at Greenland Field.
VINO responds to Dean Greenaway’s Letter!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Firstly, Virgin Islands News Online stands by its article published on our news site on July 19, 2013 titled; ‘Government needs to better fund athletes’- attributed to Dean Greenaway.
Chapman gets boost from Nagico!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Caribbean’s top ranked and the VI’s number 1 squash player, Joe Chapman, recently signed an extension to his partnership with NAGICO Insurances.
James secures Masters victory for Old Madrid in St Maarten!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – BVI Masters’ Hanif James first saved a crucial penalty in the final of the 2013 S.M.V.C. Masters Football Tournament against Dominica Masters and then scored the winner on Sunday July 20 as his team secured their 2nd win in the last 3 years at the Alberic Richards Stadium in French St Maarten.
Vincy & Cavaliers to clash in Digicel Twenty/20 Final!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Both Cavaliers C.C. and Vincy C.C. recorded victories in the last round of the Digicel Twenty/20 Cricket Tournament at the Greenland Field yesterday, Sunday July 20, 2013 to reach next Sunday’s final.
Anguilla top at U-20 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Anguilla, who remained unbeaten, and St Kitts/Nevis both have progressed into the second round of the Caribbean Football Union Women’s U20 World Cup Qualifiers with vastly different victories at the A.O. Shirley Ground on Saturday July 20, 2013.
Really Uptown injured; out of Festival races
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – The pride of Virgin Islands horse racing, Really Uptown, has picked up an injury in training at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay and will not feature in the upcoming annual August Tuesday Emancipation Festival races here in the Virgin Islands on August 6, 2013.
Progression up for grabs as World Cup Qualifiers conclude tonight!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Technically, all four teams involved in the Women’s U-20 World Cup Qualifying round being played on the A.O. Shirley Ground today, Saturday July 20, 2013 can claim a top two finish and reach the next stage.
UPDATE: Govt needs to better fund athletes – Greenaway
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In the midst of the pomp and ceremony for the Territory’s young athletes who returned to these shores on, July 18, 2013 after a successful participation at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine, President for the BVI Athletics Association (BVIAA) Dean ‘The Sportsman’ Greenaway poked a serious note to the Government of the Virgin Islands.
Big wins for VI’s U-17 & U-15 teams in Puerto Rico!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Competing at the Little Lads and Lasses Basketball tournament being held in Ponce, Puerto Rico, both teams from the [British] Virgin Islands had resounding wins yesterday, Thursday July 18, 2013.