by Carol Ann Gollop | Jul 12, 2016 | Blog
The Barbados Girls 14&U Water Polo Team did well in their first competitive tournament. The ladies, led by local Head Coach Natalia Parris and Guest Coach Laszlo Hruza, did well in Montreal, Canada at the Haba Waba International Festival. The ladies showed great determination and passion throughout their games which is common among all Barbados teams. They won, they loss and they drew some games in their first ever tournament. It was an experience like no other and the ladies will grow from it and will be back to take on the region in December in Trinidad and at Carifta 2017 next year. Congratulations to Team Barbados Ladies, Head Coach Natalia Parris and a special Thank You to Laszlo for assisting the team. Natalia & girls, the Barbados Water Polo Club looks forward to your future tournaments with great anxiety and we are proud of you all.
by Carol Ann Gollop | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog, News
The XXI Caribbean Island Swimming Championships concluded on Saturday night with Barbados amassing a total of 11 Gold, 9 Silver and 14 Bronze medals over the four day championships. There were 3 new Individual Age Group Records – two going to McCallum Clarke and one to Nkosi Dundwoody and 1 Relay National Age Group record for Barbados (Tristan Pragnell, McCallum Clarke, Christopher Pollard and Zachary Taylor in the 11-12 Boys 4 x 100M Medley Relay). McCallum Clarke also broke the 16 year old CISC Meet record in the 200M Breaststroke. His time of 2:36.83 surpassed the old record of 2:40.87. Alex Sobers also broke the CISC Meet Record in the 400M Free event when he posted a time of 3:57.30 earning the top spot in that event.
Barbados finished 5th overall with 508 points. The Barbadian boys team placed 3rd overall with 296 points and the girls placed 5th overall with 188 points. 17 countries were eligible to receive points at the meet and over 500 athletes competed. Bahamas placed first overall (1060 points) with Puerto Rico (874 points) taking the second spot and Trinidad and Tobago (770.5 points) capturing 3rd place overall.
The highlight of the meet for Team Barbados came on the last night of competition when 17 year old Alex Sobers achieved an Olympic B qualifying time in the 400M Freestyle. The qualifying mark was 3:58.51 and young Sobers finished in a time of 3:57.30 in a brilliant finish way in front of the rest of the field with the next closest swimmer posting a time of 4:07.12. This earned Sobers his ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
by Carol Ann Gollop | Jun 27, 2016 | Blog, News
Synchro Barbados presented its end of year show, Summer Splash 2016 on Saturday, June 18th. The audience at The Aquatic Centre was entertained with eleven performances and a crowd pleasing finale which included beginners, recreational, masters and the competitive team. Awards were distributed to the swimmers who’d recently completed their Star Testing, ranging from Star Level 1 to Star Level 6. Award for Best Figures went to Nia Morris, Overall Performance ~ Savannah Berridge and Most Improved ~ Gracie Foster.
by Carol Ann Gollop | Jun 20, 2016 | Blog, News
The National Team representing Barbados at the Caribbean Island Swimming Championships (CISC) is going through final preparations for what will be the last qualifying opportunity for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Captained by seniors swimmers Russell Oliver and Lani Cabrera, the 27-member squad is looking forward to a week of record-setting and medal-earning performances. CISC is being held in the Bahamas from June 27th to July 5th. Below is a list of the full team:
BOYS 18 & OVER: Russell Oliver (Captain), Christian Selby, Matthew Courtis, Christopher Courtis
GIRLS 18 & OVER: Lani Cabrera (Captain), Deandre Small
BOYS 15-17: Alex Sobers, Damon St. Prix, Jack Kirby, Luis Sebastian Weekes, Jumar Walrond
GIRLS 15-17: Hannah Gill, McKayla Treasure
BOYS 13-14: Nkosi Dunwoody
GIRLS 13-14: Danielle Titus, Ashley Weekes
BOYS 11-12: McCallum Clarke, Zachary Taylor, Tristan Pragnell, Jack Kelshall, Christopher Pollard
GIRLS 11-12: Aza Dunwoody, Danielle Treasure, Keilani Talma, Ti-Juana Welch
OPEN WATER 5K: Kristiana Ram, Nathaniel Roach
HEAD COACH: Abdul Sharif ASSISTANT HEAD COACH / OPEN WATER: Antonio Martinez-Petrolanda
TEAM MANAGER: Andrea Titus TEAM CHAPERONE: Adua Kinch
by Carol Ann Gollop | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, News
At the end of the Carifta Water Polo Championships 2016, the two Barbados teams did Barbados proud and earned themselves and the country 2 Bronze Medals. Nathan James received the Best Defender award in the 16&U division.
Thank you to the host, Trinidad & Tobago for an excellent tournament for the kids.
It was a positive showing by Team Barbados in their 2nd Carifta since our program was revamped 3 years ago. Barbados entered their 16&U team in both the 16&U and 19&U and added 3 16-19 players to help them through. The average age of the team was 15. and they show great promise for the future.
The level of Caribbean Water Polo is back on the rise again with Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica leading this decade, Bahamas, Barbados and Curacao a level below and on the rise again, and Bonaire, Suriname and Guyana recently starting their programs. Bonaire especially showed great promise over the weekend with a Co-Ed team playing against all boys.
The region has a huge potential to make an impact with 8 countries now playing water polo in the Carifta region. A step up is the newly revamped CISC (combined with CAMEX- Central America) and CCCAN (Latin American islands as well) as the qualifiers for Panam Jr’s, Seniors and CAC games. Bright, Bright, Bright future for the Caribbean.
Barbados Jr Boys and Girls will take a few days off to settle back into school and then they will be back at it training for Haba Waba Montreal in July, the 3rd BOIWT in August, Miami Riptides in November and Trinidad/Panama in December.
Senior Barbados will also be preparing for the 3rd BOIWT and MIami Riptides in November.
Lots of positives from the guys but a lot of work to put in over the next year to aim for the Gold Medal Game and Gold at the next Carifta, hopefully in Barbados.
1-2-3 Bim, Bim, Bim !
by Carol Ann Gollop | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, News
N O T I C E OF MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF THE SIXTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE BARBADOS AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 2016. THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27th, 2016 AT 5:50 P.M. AT THE AQUATIC CENTRE, WILDEY, CHRIST CHURCH.
THE BELOW AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED.
Albert A. Selby
GENERAL SECRETARY
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April 7, 2016
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
- Reading of Notice convening Sixty-Eighth Annual General Meeting
- Roll call and accreditation
- Reading and confirmation of Minutes of Sixty-Seventh Annual General Meeting held on September 16th, 2015.
- Matters arising from the Minutes of the Sixty- Seventh Annual General Meeting held on September 16, 2015.
- Presentation of Audited Financial Statements of the financial affairs of the Association for the year ended December 31, 2015.
- Presentation of report on the activities of the Association for the year ended December 31, 2015.
- Election of Officers in accordance with the provisions of Article VII hereof
- Appointment of an Auditor.
- Appointment of Bankers.
- Resolutions
- Fixing the subscription for the ensuing year
- General Business.
Albert A. Selby
General Secretary
