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CARIFTA Triathlon comes to Barbados in 2024

CARIFTA Triathlon comes to Barbados in 2024

One hundred and fifty (150) athletes, their families and supporters are expected in Barbados come August next year when the 6th CARIFTA Triathlon & Aquathlon comes back home to Barbados in 2024.  First staged in 2017 in Barbados, the event has so far been held in Tobago (2018), Jamaica (2019), Bermuda (2022) and the Bahamas […]
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Athletics | THE NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES ARE BACK!

Athletics | THE NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES ARE BACK!

by Bajan Reporter / March 21st, 2023 For the first time since 2019, Barbados is set to host the National Senior Games 2023, from June 10 to 25. This year’s games will see participants taking part in 15 disciplines, along with the introduction of two new ones – volleyball and swimming. It will also see […]
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PanAm Record For Most Nations Medaling

PanAm Record For Most Nations Medaling

The 2023 Pan American Games set a new record for the number of countries that won medals, with 34 nations on the medal table, including Bermuda, who won a bronze medal thanks to cyclist Conor White’s performance, marking the island’s first medal since Dame Flora Duffy won a bronze back in 2015. Bermuda’s Conor White won […]
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Two New Directors Elected to the BOA’s Board

Two New Directors Elected to the BOA’s Board

The Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) Inc. is pleased to announce the election of two new directors to its Board for the next three years – Olympic Bronze medallist Ambassador Obadele Thompson and General Secretary of the Athletics Association of Barbados Inc. Trevor Welch. Thompson and Welch were elected at the BOA’s Annual General Assembly at the Hilton Barbados Resort from a highly […]
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Squash To Be Included In 2028 Olympic Games

Squash To Be Included In 2028 Olympic Games

Squash will be included in the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028, with the Bermuda Squash Association’s Micah Franklin saying the inclusion will give the sport the “much-needed recognition and validation it deserves.” A spokesperson said, “The World Squash Federation, US Squash, and the Professional Squash Association celebrate the inclusion of squash in […]
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TV series and 6 new disciplines added to Barbados National

TV series and 6 new disciplines added to Barbados National Senior Games

People Empowerment & Elder Affairs Minister Kirk Humphrey revealed the dates for the Barbados National Senior Games, it took place at the Vauxhall Senior Citizens Village in Christ Church. These Games are an important facet of the Ministry’s “Active Ageing Policy” which aims to encourage senior citizens to adopt healthy lifestyles, in aid of reducing […]
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson second in heptathlon return at HypoMeeting

Katarina Johnson-Thompson second in heptathlon return at HypoMeeting

Johnson-Thompson is a double Commonwealth Games champion and won World Championship gold in 2019 Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson finished second on her return to the heptathlon as America’s Anna Hall claimed gold at the HypoMeeting. Hall, 22, ran a personal best of two minutes 2.97 seconds in the 800m to finish on 6,988 points – […]
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Athletics | CARIFTA GOLD BONANZA FOR BARBADOS

Athletics | CARIFTA GOLD BONANZA FOR BARBADOS

by Bajan Reporter / January 1st, 2023 Barbados continued to shine on the regional and international sports scene when a small team showed their mettle at the recent Carifta Triathlon in Bermuda.  With a massive point lead, the Bajans soundly trounced teams from around the Caribbean at the event which consisted of a Triathlon, Aquathlon, […]
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