4 responses to “Continuing to play with sports”

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   BAJE

   April 23, 2025 at 11:12 am

   
   

   I APPLAUD THE 2025 ATHLETES PERFORMANCES OVERALL.

   AS SOMEONE WHO SAT ON THE EXECUTIVE ON THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (AAA) WHEN HAD A REGIONAL CARIBBEAN BUSINESS I CAN SAY WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT THE AAA EXECUTIVES ARE ONLY IN IT FOR EGO AND FREE TRIPS NOT TO SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE YOUNGSTERS IN TRACK AND FIELD.

   REASON WHY THE SAME OLD RECYCLE NAMES AND FACES.

   GETTING RID OF THEM ALONG WITH A NEW NATIONAL STADIUM WOULD BE A FRESH START IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

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   Hants

   April 23, 2025 at 12:58 pm

   
   

   “CARIFTA: Barbados ends pool segment with 32 medals.”

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3. 

   David

   April 25, 2025 at 11:05 am

   
   

   Right!

   CARIFTA coach: Overseas recruitment needed

   By Ezra Stuart

   ezrastuart@nationnews.com

   Go on a recruitment drive for overseas-based athletes who have Barbadian parents.

   That’s the plea from Bryan Holder, head coach of the Barbados’ CARIFTA Games’ track and field team, which gained 14 medals – one gold, five silver and eight bronze – over three days of competition at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad.

   Holder acknowledged that while the Games showed that Barbados can get the job done, they must also look at recruiting some of the talented children of former Barbadian athletes who are now living in the United States after gaining scholarships to represent the country.

   “For me, the biggest takeaway is that we can get it done. When we won 33 medals, it was a different time. In the last couple years, you’ve seen territories like Guyana, Aruba having more representation and therefore with that greater representation, they are not just bringing anybody and everyone but they are looking for athletes who have parents who were born in their countries or second generation children who are coming here with American accents and representing some of these territories.

   He used University of Virginia student-athlete Maya Rollins, who won a silver medal in the Under-20 Girls’ 100-metre hurdles for Barbados on Monday in her maiden CARIFTA Games after arriving from the United States the previous Sunday night, as example. She is the daughter of former Lodge School and Barbados athlete, Fabian Rollins, who now lives in the US.

   “We ourselves, would’ve had one [Maya Rollins] but in many cases, they have many of those persons who live in the Diaspora somewhere and they represent the country. That is something we have to explore. We cannot continue to allow this because this is what really happens that Barbadian athletic scholarship winners go to North American for school and in many cases, they do not return. I think that they have offspring and the offspring in many cases, represent the United States. We need to be able to get those persons come back and come with us and help strengthen our pool.

   “Imagine Maya Rollins on the anchor leg of our 4×100-relay team for Girls’ Under-20. She was earmarked to be there but due to flight arrangements, she didn’t get here on time. I think if Maya Rollins was on that anchor, we definitely would’ve been on the podium for sure,” Holder said.

   Holder also revealed that there is another Barbadian, whom if he was on the 4×100 Under-20 Boys’ team that consisted of boys who barely get 10.8, 10.7 seconds on weekends but got the podium, Barbados would’ve had a more formidable quartet.

   “If we had that kind of speed, we would’ve gone clear. It is that kind of talent and experience that we also need to capture and utilise,” Holder said.

   Source: Nation

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4. 

   Hants

   April 25, 2025 at 11:56 am

   
   

   Potential NBA player.

   https://barbadostoday.bb/2025/04/24/breakout-year-for-alexander-on-d1-stage/

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