UPDATE: TCI too strong for VI in rugby clash
The Virgin Islands lost 12-31. They now play Dominican Republic at a date yet to be announced.
The win for TCI improves their record to 2-0 in the 2019 Rugby Americas North (RAN) North Championship and an unbeaten streak of 6 games.
Last month the Turks & Caicos Islands scored a last minute win over the Dominican Republic. Their 24-20 combined with beating the British Virgin Islands sees them untouchable in the RAN South Cup.
The three island nations account for half of the 2019 RAN Cup. The remaining competitors played earlier in the year in the RAN South Cup. It was won by Martinique who defeated both Barbados, and Curaçao.
See previous story published May 3, 2019
VI Rugby team to face TCI on Saturday @ A.O. Shirley Ground
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands national rugby team will be in action at home tomorrow, Saturday May 4, 2019 when they come up against Turks and Caicos Islands in the RAN North Cup 2019.
The game is billed for 10:00am at A.O. Shirley Ground in Road Town.
The hosts will be looking to better their performance against the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) who outperformed them in a friendly matchup on May 12, 2018 in the Turks & Caicos Islands.
TCI won 63-12. It was the first international game for the Virgin Islands since the Americas Rankings began.
The RAN North Cup is a Tri-Nations competition in which the [British Virgin] Islands, Dominican Republic, and Turks and Caicos Islands all play each other.
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5 Responses to “UPDATE: TCI too strong for VI in rugby clash”
The TCI Govt gets 12% on every real estate sale - that is $120,000 for every $1m dollar property sale, and there are lots of sales every week and many of them for a lot more than $1m. Hundreds, if not thousands, of millions of dollars every year.
To put that into perspective, the BVI GOVT gets $450 per annum for each company registered here. That means the BVI has to have 266 companies for every $1m sale achieved in the TCI.
Time to get real BVI - there is going to be a mass exodus of companies from the BVI as a consequence of the economic substance legislation (we have no office space, almost no qualified staff staff, almost no good quality hosing accommodation, and no space in our private schools for qualified workers kids). At the moment the Registry produces 80% of Govt revenue but Govt income form that source is going to dry up dramatically starting in 2020.
We need to allow real estate development and sales to proceed without delay, get rid of the racist Alien Landholding Licence Act, and reap the benefit of 12% of the sales of millions of dollars on real estate.
Let get into the real world BVI.
The BVI has a great opportunity to grow and shine on the world stage, if we would only support our own.