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Results – Week 8 of Paint Factory Sponsored BVICA Tape Ball Tournament Festival Ground, Sunday 13 May 2012 (Semi-finals) 15 overs a side Game 1 – Vikings ...
MAY 15—Following the conclusion of outstanding matches in the BVI Football Association Men’s National League on Sunday, the stage is now set for the Big 4 to ...
MAY 15—Linda “Champagne” Alexander had two wild celebrations after scoring her first two goals of the season and helped the Panthers to a 3-0 victory over the ...
12/05/12 Amazons defeated ESHS Rams 24-5 Amazons had 24 runs, 5 hits, 3 errors and left 3 runners on base. Rams had 5 runs, 1 hit, 7 errors and left 3 runners on ...
MAY 15—You can now add a Half Marathon to Maxford Pipe’s sporting legacy, right up there with his Cricketing exploits in the Leeward Islands Cricket Tournament ...
MAY 14—Morgan State Jr. Britney Wattley and Illinois Sr. Ashley Kelly walked away from their respective ECAC and Big 10 Conference Championships with individual ...
MAY 14—A series of defensive battles highlighted the second week of the BDO 2012 Schools Football League action. Enid Scatliffe’s Red J’Hari Lacey earned game ...
MAY 11— Three weeks after the current BDO 2012 Schools Football League ends on July 1, youngsters won’t have to wait long to enhance their skills. The BVI ...
MAY 11—With the 2012 BVI Football Men’s National League regular season ending on Sunday, the BVIFA announced a partnership with Heineken, sponsors of the UEFA ...
This Sunday over 180 passengers boarded Speedy’s “Peace Maker” and headed for a day out in Anegada. Many enjoyed the beaches, swimming, snorkeling, ...
Ideal SUP conditions were on hand for paddlers on Saturday, May 5 for the 2nd Malibu SUP Cup at Brewers Bay. The Elite race was underway at 10:30 with 22-paddlers ...
On Monday, May 7th, the BVIOC hosted a workshop for its affiliated national federations in which 11 federations attended. The National Olympic Committee (NOC) ...
The BVI Mountain Bike Club is pleased to present the 18th Annual “TOUR de TORTOLA” Mountain Bike Race and Cadets Race on Sunday 20th May, 2012. The ...
With nearly three weeks to go, over 105 vessels have already pre-registered for the 11th edition of Leverick Bay’s Poker Run. Out of the total number of entries, ...
MAY 9—The first Half Marathon to be staged on Virgin Gorda—dubbed ‘Round and Round’ Virgin Gorda—which also includes a 6 Mile Challenge and Run/Walk, will ...
MAY 8—Goals galore, tons of fun and rain highlighted the kick off of the BDO 2012 Schools Football League last week, which has attracted 600 players from public ...
The BVI Dinghy Championships, hosted by the Royal BVI Yacht Club based out of Nanny Cay Marina, Tortola BVI, from May 5-6, showed a resurgence of interest and ...
MAY 7— Britney “Brito” Wattley became the 10th BVI athlete since 1979 to win a Collegiate Conference title when she raced to a 100m personal best, then turned ...
The Eva Simmonds 2012 Men and women’s Fast Pitch Softball League began on Saturday, May 5 with an opening ceremony followed by two games. Game one was ...
It seems that the family name Meyers is becoming synonymous with the sea and not in an insignificant way. With Elvet Meyers recognized in March by the Duke of ...
The 2nd annual Malibu SUP CUP is scheduled for Saturday, May 5 at Brewers Bay. More than 50 stand-up paddles are expected, including teams from St Thomas & St ...
MAY 4—Four female football players will depart the territory today for Antigua, along with Coach Vincent “Nabo” Samuel, to showcase their skills before college ...
MAY 2—Several Under 15 athletes notched double and one a triple victory during the CUT Games Warm Up Development meet on Saturday evening at the A. O. Shirley ...
MAY 2—After scoring six goals last week against debutants VG United, what would Lavern “Ebony” Fahie do for an encore? Just after halftime on Sunday, Fahie had ...
Road Town, Tortola – May 1, 2012: After several weeks of uncertainty, the BVI Softball Association is proud to announce Saturday 5th May as the official opening ...
This Saturday and Sunday marks the annual BVI Dinghy Championships – a sailboat regatta hosted by the Royal BVI Yacht Club and sailed from their Youth ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, May 1, 2012 – On April 24, Henry Bellingham MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office met ...
Results – Week 6 of Paint Factory Sponsored BVICA Tape Ball Tournament Cruise Ship Dock, Sunday 29 April 2012 15 overs a side Game 1 – Lucas United vs. ...
Twenty two mountain bikers registered for the BVI Mountain Bike Club’s third event of the year the “Road Town to Sea Cows Bay Challenge” on Sunday ...
APRIL 30—For only the second time in its 42-year history, the BVI Athletics Association fielded a true Sr. Women 4x100m Relay team, when they lined up in the USA ...
APRIL 30—Tynelle Gumbs has become the territory’s first female athlete to throw both the Javelin and Discus over 30m (100’) respectively, thus becoming the ...
APRIL 30—Over 550 students from 20 public and private primary and secondary schools throughout the territory marched from the Road Town Ferry Terminal to the A. O. ...
Monday, April 30, 2012 – The British Virgin Islands is featured in a spectacular 12 page spread in the May edition of Boat International Magazine with coverage of ...
APRIL 25—The territory’s Sr. Women’s 4x100m Relay team will get its biggest test at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, when they face the starters gun in the USA vs the ...
On Saturday April 21st, 30 young aspiring triathletes gathered at Trellis Bay, Beef Island to take part in the 3rd youth development event hosted by the BVI ...
The BVI Hoop It Up Foundation will be resuming the Books and Basketball After School camp on May 7th to June 29th. The camp is open to children between the ages of ...
APRIL 24—Lavern “Ebony” Fahie had a field day on Sunday in the Johnny Hassan Women’s Football League playing against debutants VG United. Merely six minutes ...
APRIL 22—Sprinter Karene King narrowly missed qualifying for Olympic Games 200m berth because of a wind reading that was .1 over the allowable, while quarter ...
On Wednesday, April 18 young individual and track and field club athletes from the VI participated in a hundred meter dash to mark one hundred days to go to London ...
Phoenix Red defeated 2011 defending champions Legends in a thrilling 5-set series to own the title of 2012 BVIAVA Power League Female Champions, 16-25, 22-25, 25-15, ...
APRIL 19—The second half of the 2012 track and field season resumes on April 28, with the Cut Games Warm Up Development Meet at the A. O. Shirley Recreation ...
The recently attended Barbados Wilson U14 COTECC tournament by Paul Oliver (BVI’s no. 1 ranked junior tennis player) posed a threat on the international junior ...
This Sunday April 22, the BVI Cycling Federation will be hosting its annual Sir Francis Drake Highway Challenge. The 60-mile road race will commence at 7 a.m. sharp ...
Tuesday, April 17 – Wednesday, April 18 marks one hundred days to go until the Olympics when the eyes of the world will turn to London, as the BVI joins nations ...
Below are the BVIAVA Power League results from weekend games of Friday 13th April and Saturday 14th April 2012; Please disseminate!:- FRIDAY Just Dream defeated ...
The BVI Hoop It Up foundation completed their second annual Easter Hoops and Virgin islands Showcase camp at the Multipurpose sports complex in Road Town, Tortola ...
Results – Week 4 of Paint Factory Sponsored BVICA Tape Ball Tournament Festival Ground, Sunday 15 April 2012 15 overs a side Game 1 – Cavaliers vs. ...
APRIL 17—For half of the match, Lucian Stars matched league leaders Islanders, playing them to a 2-1 halftime score. Perhaps Islanders needed the halftime mockery ...
APRIL 16—Competing on her home turf at the Texas Invitational, Chantel Malone was third in her heat and finished third overall in the 400m with a season’s best ...
APRIL 16—Ravi Sukhu had his first chance to win a road race this season and squandered the perfect opportunity. After Zebalon McLean—recovering from a bout of ...
APRIL 16—More than 550 boys and girls from throughout the territory—including the outer islands of Anegada, Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke—are scheduled to ...
As the excitement of the London 2012 Olympics intensifies across the world and indeed closer home in the Caribbean, residents of the BVI will not be left out of the ...
Before Victor Mooney of Queens, New York makes his solo row from the Canary Islands to the British Virgin Islands, the intrepid rower has been invited to help ...
The BVI Junior Squash team, coached by Joe Faragher-Kneipp (left), poses at the Terrace B. Lettsome Airport en route to St. Lucia for the annual Junior OECS Squash ...
Yesterday, the Government of the Virgin Islands recognised the 2012 BVI junior national team for winning five medals at this year’s Carifta Games held in Bermuda. ...
APRIL 11—In the first of two tune-ups for the May 12 inaugural Dive BVI Half Marathon, Maria Mays returned to the roads for the first time this season and claimed ...
APRIL 11—It was by far the best weekend of track and field for all levels of BVI athletes so far this season. While the junior athletes were shining at the Carifta ...
DEVONSHIRE, BERMUDA, APRIL 10—Despite an Under 17 Girls 200m bronze medal slipped away when Nelda Huggins stepped on the line and was subsequently disqualified, ...
BVI News Photographer Andre ‘Shadow’ Dawson captured photos from Sunday’s horse racing event held at the Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cow’s Bay.
Cleave Farrington’s photos of BVI action from the third and final day of the Carifta Games in Bermuda
Results – Week 3 of Paint Factory Sponsored BVICA Tape Ball Tournament Festival Ground, Sunday 8 April 2012 15 overs a side Game 1 – Vikings vs Police. ...
Cleave Farrington submitted photos of the BVI athletes and delegation from the Carifta Games now being held in Bermuda. BVI have so far garnered a record five medals.
BERMUDA, APRIL 9— Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner and the U17 Girls 4x100m Relay team—coupled with Trevia Gumbs’ Shot Put silver during the morning ...
‘Painkillers for everyone!’ when the winners of the first-ever Soggy Dollar Bar ‘Dash for Cash’ reach the beach. The stand-up paddle boarding relay race ...
Tina Bryan(right) sits poised and ready to defend her Best Female Angler of the 2011 Tournament during registration for the 2012 Spanish Town Fisherman’s ...