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3x3 district basketball tournament coming
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Competitive basketball will soon resume in the Territory, albeit not in the usual format, as the BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF) is seeking to run off a 3x3 tournaments for district teams in December the latest.
BVIBF wraps up another local referee training clinic
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Following the successful hosting of a February 8, 2020, basketball referee training clinic, President of the BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF), Mr Derrick R. Varlack is keeping up efforts to train local referees in the sport.
BVI Basketball Federation stages local referee clinic
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Today Saturday, February 8, 2020, the BVI Basketball Federation conducted a training clinic for potential referees in the local basketball sphere as part of the Federation’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the referee pool in the Virgin Islands (VI).
UPDATE: Kobe Bryant & daughter dead in helicopter crash
CALIFORNIA, USA - New information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the daughter of NBA legend, Kobe B. Bryant also perished alongside her father in the deadly California helicopter crash that claimed the lives of at least 9 people.
79 Out! in clean sweep; Bayside Blazers live to fight another day
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Games in the play-offs round 2, in the Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed National Basketball League resumed on Friday, November 15, 2019, after the games were interrupted last weekend when local referees staged a boycott because they felt a player who was involved in a fight should have received a longer suspension.
Heavy defeat for VI in Paradise Jam Tour
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The [British] Virgin Islands National ‘All Stars’ Basketball Team played their final game in the Paradise Jam Tour in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) against University of Massachusetts (Umass) at the Virgin Islands (UVI) Gymnasium on August 22, 2019.
BVIBF votes for new Executive Body on June 25, 2019
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - After almost five years, the BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF) will be voting for its 2019-2023 new executive body next Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Registration for Hon Fraser B/ball League closes May 31, 2019
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Registration for The Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed National Basketball League will close on Friday, May 31, 2019.
Illness stricken educator raising funds for school children
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –Virgin Islander and Educator, Ms Cleopatria A. King-Defreitas aka ‘Cleo’ has a remarkable story of survival after 19 surgeries, which included 15 abdominal and 4 brain surgeries, plus a minor stroke with relapses.
ESHS Sr Rams had 'great' b/ball season despite funding challenges - Steve E. Pavilion
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Senior Rams Basketball Team of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) has had an outstanding basketball season that saw them destroy opponents in the AAU College Showcase Championships in Orlando, Florida, April 13 - April 14, 2019 amongst other tournaments.