The flight from Atlanta leaves in the morning, and by early afternoon you’re already ordering your first rum punch at Aquarium, just off the runway near Point Salines. You sit close to the water, with planes lifting off quietly in the distance and swimmers moving in and out of the sea. The breezes keep the […]
Above: the National Sports Centre in Bermuda (Photo: Cannon Design) By the Caribbean Journal staff The 41st CARIFTA games begin in Bermuda Saturday at the island’s National Sports Centre. Bermuda has hosted CARIFTA three times before, in 1975, 1980 and 2004. The Track and Field-focused games will kick off with the girls’ 100-metre hurdles, followed […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat is sending three athletes to the LIME CARIFTA Games, which begin in Bermuda this week. The team, led by Winston Scotland, will leave on Wednesday. Lester Ryan, making his third appearance at CARIFTA, will compete in the 100 and 200 metres along with Julius Morris, with Miguel Francis competing […]
Above: qualifying for the CARIFTA games in Bermuda (Photo: Jennings Photography) By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands is sending 16 athletes to April’s CARIFTA games in Bermuda, the largest delegation the country has sent since the first time it competed in 1976. The team includes nine athletes with previous CARIFTA experience, with […]
