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19 athletes to represent VI @ 2022 Commonwealth Games

- VI to make first appearance in Basketball
Some 19 athletes, including defending Commonwealth Games champion in the 400m Hurdles, Kyron A. McMaster, will be representing the Territorial Flag at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Photo: VI Free Press
From left: Dickson C. Igwe, Ralston Henry, Mark Chapman, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) and Ephraim E. Penn at a press conference today, July 11, 2022. The BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC) announced the names of the athletes and executive that will be in attendance, at a press conference at the DYAS conference room this morning, July 11, 2022. Photo: Facebook
From left: Dickson C. Igwe, Ralston Henry, Mark Chapman, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) and Ephraim E. Penn at a press conference today, July 11, 2022. The BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC) announced the names of the athletes and executive that will be in attendance, at a press conference at the DYAS conference room this morning, July 11, 2022. Photo: Facebook
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands will be sending its largest-ever contingent at the Commonwealth Games which gets underway on July 28 and concludes on August 8, 2022, in Birmingham, England.

Some 19 athletes, including defending Commonwealth Games champion in the 400m Hurdles, Kyron A. McMaster, will be representing the Territorial Flag.

This will be the first Commonwealth Games with a VI basketball team and the second time cycling will be represented - the first occasion being Neil Thomas at Melbourne 2006.

The BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC) announced the names of the athletes and executive that will be in attendance, at a press conference at the DYAS conference room this morning, July 11, 2022.

Track & Field

Squash

Kyron McMaster (400m hurdles)

Eldred Henry (shot put)

Rikkoi Brathwaite (100m)

Beyonce Defreitas (200m)

Deya Ericson (100m hurdles)

Adriano Gumbs (400m)

Trevia Gumbs (shot put)

Tynelle Gumbs (hammer throw)

Diamante Gumbs (discus)          

Djimon Gumbs (discus, shot put)           

Arianna Hayde  (heptathlon)

 

Coaches: Lennox Graham, Joey Scott, Ralston Henry, Eric Matthias

 

Joe Chapman (singles, men's doubles)

Luca Reich (singles, men's doubles)

 

Coach: Adam Murrills

Basketball 3x3

Cycling

Shauliqua Fahie              

Mahkayla Pickering       

Keithrece Smith              

Joy Victor

 

Coach:

Darel Christopher Jr (time trial - 37km/23m, road race - 160km/100m)

Sam Talbot (time trial - 37km/23m road race -160km/100m)

 

Coach: Paul Cullimore

BVI Commonwealth Games Association executive in attendance:  President, Ephraim Pen; 2nd Vice President, Ralston Henry; General Secretary, Lloyd Black; Treasurer, Mark Chapman (Chef de Mission).

Chef de Mission Mark Chapman

Physiotherapist: Thomas Jeppeson

Birmingham 2022 will be the ninth Commonwealth Games in which the [British] Virgin Islands will compete in.

3 Responses to “19 athletes to represent VI @ 2022 Commonwealth Games”

  • My girl (11/07/2022, 16:13) Like (0) Dislike (3) Reply
    Very disappointed in Decastro she not ready
  • Law Abiding citizen (11/07/2022, 17:18) Like (4) Dislike (5) Reply
    I hope they all can trace their VI lineage back 3 generations…..on both sides!


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