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Adaejah T. Hodge to miss 51st CARIFTA Games to focus on Olympic qualification
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands will be fielding 25 athletes minus sprint phenom Adaejah T. Hodge at the 51st CARIFTA Games in Grenada from March 30- April 2, 2024.
Cabinet approves financial support for VI’s athletes qualifying for 2024 Olympics
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Athletes qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris can look forward to final support from the Government of the Virgin Islands as they prepare for competition.
Passing of Willis Maduro aka ‘Spuddo’ will ‘leave a noticeable void’- BVIAA President
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- When the first event of the Dag Samuels Development Meet series kicks off at A.O. Shirley Recreation Grounds on Saturday, January 6, 2024, a familiar face will be missing.
Henry set to make amends for Pan Am Games disappointment
DOHA, Qatar - Virgin Islands' Eldred Henry, currently representing the territory at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, will aim for gold tomorrow, October 3, 2019, at 12:20 pm local time when Shot Put action begins.
McMaster appeals disqualification @ World C/Ships in Doha; On to finals!
DOHA, Qatar - After crashing through the first hurdle at today's, Saturday, September 28, 2019, heated semi-finals of the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Virgin Islands' Kyron A. McMaster has successfully appealed disqualification in the men's 400-meter semi-finals and will now head to the finals.
Kyron A. McMaster out of 2019 Pan Am Games
Dean H. Greenaway aka ‘The Sportsman’
LIMA, Peru, SA— Ahead of the August 6, 2019 start of track and field competition in the 18th Pan Am Games now in progress in Lima, Peru, one of the Virgin Islands’ medal prospects—400m Hurdler Kyron A. McMaster— is out of the competition, in which he would have made his games debut on opening day.
VI athletes off to represent at 2019 Carifta Games
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the Virgin Islands (VI) athletics team head off to the Cayman Islands for the 2019 edition of the XLVIII Carifta Games, team members were told to “visualize your race,” by President of the BVI Athletics Association (BVAA) Mr Steve Augustine.
'I can confirm I have the wall report’- CoP Michael B. Mathews
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Speaking exclusively to Virgin Islands News Online (VINO), this afternoon, Friday, December 14, 2018, Police Commissioner Michael B. Mathews confirmed that in his possession is the Auditor General’s (AG) Report—received from Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert aka ‘Gus’—on the small wall constructed by Education and Culture Minister, Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL) around the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS).
BVIAA gets $100K to rebuild A.O. Shirley Grounds
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The British Virgin Islands Athletics Association (BVIAA) has secured a $100,000 grant, from its international governing body—the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF).
BVIAA to benefit from IAAF Solidarity Funding
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian N. Coe visited Puerto Rico on Monday January 15, 2018 to continue discussions and on this occasion hear first-hand about the devastation caused last year by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Jose.