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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New running track surface for A.O. Shirley Ground en route
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A new surface for the running track at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola is expected to arrive into the Virgin Islands (VI) by Monday, November 19, 2018.
Gold, Silver & Bronze for VI at Barranquilla 2018 CAC Games
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, SA – With one day of competition remaining for the Virgin Islands’ (VI) athletes at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Barranquilla, Colombia, the Territory’s senior athletes have set new records for the Games and for the nation so far as they secure three medals of gold, silver and bronze.
Virgin Islands admitted to Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO)
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- - The British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee President, Ephraim E Penn, was the Territories representative at the annual Board meeting of the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO) held in St. Kitts and Nevis from Feb. 11-12, 2012 under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth, Empowerment and Sports in collaboration with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
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