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Stating that his ministry is committed to the development of horseracing here in the British Virgin Islands, Minister responsible for Sports Myron Walwyn has donated ...

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OCEAN Conversion has given $5000 to assist with the hosting of the BVI Twilight Invitational Track Meet that will be held on June 1. The company, which produces ...

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H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) overcame a 0-2 deficit to tie Bregado Flax Educational Centre (BFEC) in the LIME High Schools Boys Football League ...

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KHARI “KJ” Herbert won the 400m at Saturday’s 37th Golden South Classic in Orlando, Florida, while Kyron McMaster was fourth with a time that improved his ...

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On Wednesday 08 May 2013, a combined delegation of warriors and supporters led by Senpai Verne Turnbull and Senpai Bevon Baptiste travelled to Boca Raton, FL to ...

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Portland State Vikings Sr. Dominique Maloney closed out her collegiate career by achieving another goal during the 2013 Big Sky Conference Championships on her home ...

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FLEMMING HOUSE on Friday impressively won the 42nd Elmore Stoutt High School Inter-House Track and Field Championship. Carlisle and O’Neal tied for second spot ...

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DEFENDING champions Cavaliers Cricket Club beat Police Cricket Club and Virgin Gorda cruised to victory against Lucas United at the opening of the 2013 Digicel ...

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Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Jr., Keron Stoute, set himself up nicely for the territory’s inaugural Collegiate Performer of the Year Award to be doled out later this ...

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St Croix native Kevin Krigger did not end up making history Saturday, riding Goldencents to a 17th-place finish at the 139th Kentucky Derby. While Krigger and ...

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The 2013 BVI Dinghy Championship was successfully concluded with 59 competitors in three classes competing in a total of 36 races during the two days of competition. ...

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The annual BVI Dinghy Championships is underway this weekend.  The event, the largest dinghy racing regatta in the Virgin Islands, will feature Optimist, Laser and ...

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The June 1 BVI Twilight Invitational—a NACAC Area Permit Meeting—will not only showcase professional athletes from 12 countries, but feature the first matchup on ...

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The BVI Cricket Association (BVICA) is pleased to formally announce the start of the 2013 Digicel Twenty/20 Cricket Tournament scheduled to start Sunday May 5, 2013 ...

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British Virgin Islands natives and Portland State Vikings Sr. Dominique Maloney and American Heritage High School Sr. Khari Herbert notched 400m personal bests in ...

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For the fourth time in her career, British Virgin Islands sprinter Tahesia Harrigan-Scott has qualified for the IAAF World Championships in the 100m dash. The ...

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BVIslander signed to Nebraska’s ba...

Nebraska men’s basketball coach Tim Miles announced the signing of junior college forward Leslee Smith on Wednesday, the first day of the spring signing period. ...

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The father blazed the trail and the two daughters followed diligently. Ashley ‘Feather’ Warner mastered virtually all popular sports here in the British Virgin ...

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The Caribbean Premier League has signed global telecommunications company and long term West Indies Cricket sponsor Digicel as a major sponsor of the newly formed ...

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Chantel Malone became the territory’s first athlete punching her qualifying ticket to the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia this summer while Karene ...

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The BVI Junior Squash team, coached by Joe Faragher-Kneipp and assisted by Walter Reich departed the Terrace B. Lettsome Airport en route to St. Vincent for the 2013 ...

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Season’s best for top BVI athletes...

With the 2013 outdoor track and field season in full swing, the top BVI female athletes have begun making their marks as they seek to qualify for the 14th IAAF World ...

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Tuesday, April 9 – Virgin Gorda teams split their BVI Football Association Women’s League matches on Sunday, winning and losing by identical 5-0 scores. ...

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Linda Huggins was among the crowds that turned up outside Road Town Ferry Terminal last Tuesday; her voice hoarse from the shouting and cheering she had done days ...

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Amidst the fanfare that yesterday greeted the territory’s junior athletes outside the Road Town Ferry Terminal, there were impassioned pleas for more financial ...

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A hero’s welcome awaits BVI Carift...

A recognition ceremony and motorcade this evening awaits the British Virgin Islands’ most successful Carifta Games team ever. Team BVI bagged a record eight ...

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“We are not going to count the chi...

After producing a record one-day haul of four medals, the British Virgin Islands will seek to add more medals to its tally today, the final day of the Carifta Games ...

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2013 BVI Spring Regatta: Winners decided

The large expanse of the North Atlantic lies just to the North of The British Virgin Islands and on this morning, the BVI Spring Regatta competitors got a real taste ...

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With 20 knots of easterly funnelling into bullets of pressure of 25 knots, the second day of the BVI Spring Regatta hosted by Nanny Cay Marina produced some electric ...

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Owner of Aiyana, the largest yacht in the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival, Peter Corr was full of enthusiasm for racing again in the British Virgin Islands ...

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The BVI Athletics Association officially announced its delegation to the 42nd Carifta Games in Nassau, Bahamas, during a press conference at the Dept. of Youth ...

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Government celebrates Really Uptown̵...

The Triple Crown races 2013 might have ended, but the celebration of the territory’s victorious and historical win of the title continues. On Tuesday March 19 ...

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From the stands to the grounds, even a light rainfall at the start of the race could not hold back the hundreds of Tortola residents who yesterday descended on the ...

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In recognition of the outstanding performance of “Really Uptown” the 2013 winner of the Inter-Virgin Islands Triple Crown Horse races, the Government of the ...

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An injury that led to unlooked for performances in the 400m, Shot Put and High Jump events, caused Bethune-Cookman Jr. Keron Stoute to fall short of Paul “On The ...

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BVI Football Association official Avanel “Clarky” Morton is attending a CFU Technical Committee meeting in Antigua. That meeting will be followed by the CONCACAF ...

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Jostling at the start line set the scene for day three of racing at the Rolex Swan Cup Caribbean organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda. With Classes A and B ...

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Late night dancing under the stars at the Oil Nut Bay Beach Party did not dent the energy and enthusiasm of the Swan crews and owners at the Rolex Swan Cup Caribbean ...

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With warm Caribbean breezes, turquoise waters and brilliant sunshine, the stage was set for the first day of racing at the Rolex Swan Cup Caribbean hosted by the ...

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Several personal bests and double winners concluded the third session of the BVI Athletics Association National Jr. Championships on Saturday evening, which also ...

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There was plenty of action in the 2013 BDO Primary Schools and LIME High Schools Football Leagues throughout the territory including on Anegada. U7 Division Shamar ...

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Tortola-based Really Uptown is on the verge of creating history following confirmation that his three biggest threats have pulled out of the third leg of the Triple ...

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Easter Hoops 3rd annual basketball camp

The BVI Hoop It Up Foundation will be conducting their 3rd annual Easter basketball camp from April 2nd – April 12th on Tortola and Virgin Gorda. The Tortola ...

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Countdown to the BVI Spring Regatta ...

With less than three weeks to go until the 42nd edition of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival at Nanny Cay, a truly international cast is making ready to ...

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The BVI Football Association has severed its ties with Youth Football Development Coach Vincent “Nabu” Samuel, who has been working with the association for the ...

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A by product of track and field’s growth and development, will see for the first time since the territory began participating in the Carifta Games in 1976, the BVI ...

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The table is set for the 2012-13 BVI Football Association’s National Football League title—a matchup between top seeded and unbeaten Islanders and fourth seeded ...

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Lackeisha “Mimi” Warner̵...

Sprint Tech Track Club’s Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner, brought the curtains down on the 2013 Gatorade Development Series—aptly named the Rey O’Neal Fast Times in ...

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James Carr picked up where he left off last year, winning the kick off of the 6th Blenheim Trust 5K Series on Saturday, which attracted 54 participants including 10 ...

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Amsterdam seals Dive BVI; Blenheim 5K st...

Emrol Amsterdam locked up the overall title of the 2013 Dive BVI 5K Series with his victory during Saturday’s race on Virgin Gorda. Amsterdam covered the 3.1 mile ...

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Mohamed re-elected president of BVICA

Managing Director of NAGICO Insurances (BVI), Mr. Shan Mohamed was re-elected President of the BVI Cricket Association (BVICA) for 2013 at the body’s annual ...

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Fire wins bragging rights, fast times in...

Fire Services relegated the Police Department to third place in their 4x100m relay showdown in the Johnny Hassan Relays—the fourth leg of the 2013 Gatorade ...

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BVIFA kicks off inaugural 11-a-side wome...

A year shy of its 40th birthday, the BVI Football Association on Sunday, launched into new territory with the start of a Women’s 11-A-Side Football League—the ...

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Dominique Maloney mines big sky conferen...

February 25 — Portland State Vikings Sr. Dominique Maloney obtained another goal on Saturday night at the Big Sky Indoor Conference Championships in Bozeman, ...

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BVI run Princeton close and smash neighb...

Saturdays festival of rugby was a success with a good crowd enjoying some good hard rugby between BVI, Curacao, St Thomas Privateers and Princeton University Flying ...

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NAGICO continues to support Isabella Mor...

NAGICO Insurances, BVI continues to exemplify good corporate citizenship with a donation of sport uniforms to the Isabella Morris Primary School in Carrot Bay. On ...

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Government not interested in swimming?

Faced with mounting criticisms about his ministry’s attitude towards swimming, Myron Walwyn has found it fit to publicly express his support for the water-based ...

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Second half goals put Ball Starz over Ol...

Wednesday, February 20 — Ball Starz used two second half goals on Sunday night to beat Old Madrid 2-0, in their BVI Football Association National Football League ...

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Seven track clubs set to compete Friday&...

Seven Track Clubs—including debutants TMM Track Club from St. Thomas and its counterpart Cheetah’s Tracks—are set to compete against their Tortola rivals in ...

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Steve Parillon set to get college jersey...

The Clinton Community College will be retiring the #44 basketball jersey of BVI national and international player Steve Parillon on Wednesday February 20th 2013. The ...

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East End/Long Look Sewerage to resume th...

The RoadTown, East End/Long Look Sewerage project is expected to resume this week. The project was stopped late last year to allow the Ministry of Communications to ...

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PHOTOS ADDED: Tortola horses impress at ...

Shortly after day-break yesterday and Saturday, several people converged at the pier in Road Town, trying to secure a seat on the top-notch ferry, Speedy’s. The ...

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Fire vs Police in 4x100m relay, sports a...

The fourth Gatorade Development Series meet at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb 22—the Johnny Hassan Relays in honor of the former BVI Athletics Association President—is ...

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Exciting weekend ahead for BVI rugby

Tonight will see the final training session for the national rugby team ahead of this weekend’s games against international opposition at the A.O. Shirley ...

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150 pre-register for inaugural ‘Lo...

Some 150 persons have already beaten Friday’s registration deadline for Saturday’s inaugural Love Your Body Run/Walk, which kicks off the 2013 Road Racing season ...

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