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December 9th, 2024
BVIOC board to leave ‘solid foundation’ for future leaders- Mr Ephraim E. Penn

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- President of the BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC) Mr Ephraim E. Penn has said the recently elected executive board of the BVIOC wants to leave a solid foundation for their successors.

December 7th, 2024
Re-election as BVIOC President humbling & gratifying- Mr Ephraim E. Penn

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mr Ephraim E. Penn was re-elected as President of the BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC) on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at the BVIOC's Annual General Meeting (AGM).

November 14th, 2024
Ephraim E. Penn elected President of ANOCES

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands- President of the BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC) Ephraim E. Penn has been elected President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (ANOCES).

July 25th, 2024
VI Olympic athletes arrive in Paris; Lettsome & Hodge the flagbearers for opening ceremony

PARIS, France- Olympic debutants Thad A. Lettsome (ILCA 7 (laser)) and Adaejah T. Hodge (200m) will be the flagbearers for the [British] Virgin Islands team when the Opening Ceremony for the Paris Olympics takes place along the Seine River in Paris, France from 7:30 PM local time (1:30 PM VI time)on Friday, July 26, 2024.

June 16th, 2022
Olympic Day Sports Festival returns on June 25, 2022

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC) supported by its member National Federations will host its third free annual Sports Festival at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Grounds from 9:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, June 25, 2022.

December 7th, 2021
Elwin A. Flax & Ephraim E. Penn bestowed with Paul Harris Fellow Award

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- In November 2021, the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) Rotary Family Celebrated the Rotary Foundation to coincide with District Governor Louis Wever and his wife Amanda’s Official Visit to the Territory.

December 3rd, 2021
Jaleel N. Croal qualifies for 200m final @ Jr PanAm Games

CALI, Colombia, SA- Virgin Islands youth sprinter Jaleel N. Croal placed 3rd in his heat of the 200m semi-finals at the Cali 2021 inaugural Junior PanAm Games. His time of 21.24 secured a spot in the finals where he will run in lane 8 at 7:00pm today, Friday, December 3, 2021.

October 8th, 2021
Ephraim E. Penn re-elected for 4th term as BVIOC President

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Mr Ephraim E. Penn was given a 4th term as President of the BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC), when the Committee held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Executive Board elections on Thursday, October 7, 2021.

May 31st, 2020
Territorial Song replaces ‘God Save the Queen’ @ sports events

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been given approval for the Territorial Song ‘Oh Beautiful Virgin Islands’ to replace ‘God Save the Queen’ at future editions of the Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games and other institutional events and official activities of the IOC and its Affiliated Entities.

July 31st, 2019
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.

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