Sports
Top Notch performances highlight wet & windy Harrigan-Scott Classic
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A power outage and heavy rain showers were not enough to stop the competitive nature of the athletes during the 2nd Gatorade Development Series Twilight meet on January 25, 2013.
UPDATE: There will be a game 5! Nuttin Nyce’ bounce back in thriller!
EAST END, Tortola, VI- “We have to come play defense...we going to come to play, it isn’t finished yet. There will be a game 5,” were the words of Senior National Player Kennedy Bass after their defeat to 49h Street on Saturday January 26, 2013 but delivered on his word the following night on the Greenland Court to force a game five in the Lorenzo Jennings Christmas Basketball League finals.
VI ruggers reach NACRA round 2 with win over St Lucia
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Despite falling behind 10-0 to the hosts early in the game, the BVI rallied to beat St Lucia 41-35 in the first round of the North American and Caribbean Rugby Championships on Saturday January 26, 2013.
Victor, “JR” & Royals fall to Webber University!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islanders Ray Victor and Halstead “JR” Chiverton continue to spur their team, the Warner University Royals, up the Sunshine Conference standings but not even the dynamic duo could stop the Royals going down 68-64 to cross Town Rivals Webber on Saturday January 26, 2013.
Wins for Wolues & Rebels tighten up National League Gp. 2
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI -The weekend results had little effect on Group 1 in the National league as the Islanders secured their seventh consecutive victory with a 2-0 win over the Sugar Boys, which means they stay well clear of the pack in the race for next season’s split divisions, including a Premier League .
VI proves commitment to highest levels of integrity for one and all!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI - Mrs Tessa Chaderton- Shaw, the executive officer of the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (RADO), has had a very successful first trip to the Virgin Islands as she strives to strengthen awareness and prevention of doping in sport.
Robertson & Amsterdam claim victories in VG!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Emrol Amsterdam and Philomena Robertson won the men’s and women’s races in 20.02 and 24.50 respectively at the Dive BVI 5K Series opener on Virgin Gorda on Saturday January 19, 2013.
Student athletes raise the bar, but local youngsters hot on their heels
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Portland State Vikings Sr. Dominique Maloney has one of her indoor season’s goals out of the way and ex-Viking Karene King has a new 60m best, but this weekend the local youngsters will prove they are not far behind their more illustrious peers.
Wolues hand all 3 points to Rebels!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A hotly contested penalty was coolly slotted home by Danny Joseph to give the Rebels a 2-1 victory over the Wolues in the National League on Sunday January 20, 2013 at the A.O. Shirley Ground.
Trinidad 3Peat in Caribbean T20
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mighty Trinidad and Tobago reduced the Caribbean Twenty20 final to a no-contest as they crushed out-of-sorts Guyana in a authoritative performance to march to their third consecutive title on Sunday January 20, 2013 at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St Lucia.