Ghiorse tunes
for St. Croix with 3rd place
BVI team competing
in Leeward Islands Youth Championships in St. Kitts
Police grounds Liat Stars
BRIEFS
April 17 2004
Rushing Away
gives new owners 1st victory by a nose over Supremacy
LARA BREAKS WORLD
RECORD AGAIN
2004 Rugby league
opens with four teams
Defending champ
Leroy victorious in Soper Dome cycling race
New York Jr. College
eyeing BVI female national team player
BRIEFS
April 10 2004
Spring Regatta 2004
Selection for LI Junior Teams
Expo Chicks / Lady Cougars
BVIAAA L I Trial results
Rivals beat
Liat Stars by seven wickets in BVI Cricket league action
April 3 2004
Fleming leads
competition as rains interrupt BVI High School championships
Linden Peters
grabs second Dasani Community 5K Series victory
Chris
Ghiorse grabs third place in Anguilla’s 75 mile race
St.
Lucia flogs BVI 9-0 in World Cup qualifier
Cavaliers
beat East End as BVI Cricket League finally opens
SPORTS
BRIEFS
March 27 2004
Terminators hand Turbulence
another Volleyball setback
13 medals; 11 personal bests;
8 school records for Stingrays in Grenada
BVI to face St. Lucia on
Sunday in second leg of World Cup qualifier
Flemming House on verge of
10th BVI High School sports day title
Conrad 'Manny' Emmanuel will
be among the BVI contenders in Anguilla on Sunday
Ludence Smith shaves 800
meters personal best
March 20 2004
Youth team's performance highlights Cricket Association league opener
BVI Amateur Softball Association
season set to open on April 18
Actspectation right, heading to a five lengths victory over
Hezacateye in Sunday's rematch
Ivan Dawson holds off Belle Vue for Inter Primary B division title
HLSCC Stingrays bag 13 medals in SALCC track and field meet in St. Lucia
Wind, rain keeps Chris Ghiorse from 30K time trial goal
March 13 2004
Revival of women's softball
underway with 100 players in girls' league
Catcher Mahal DeCastro taking
baseball spotlight at Chattanooga State
Chris Ghiorse grabs third
straight win with Prison Break victory
BVI Cricket Association league
opens on Sunday with a focus on youth
Terminators grab straight set
volleyball victory to stay unbeaten
BVI athletes record personal
best performances
Bregado Flax, St. George’s
crown inter-house champs
March 6 2004
Ghiorse beats Jolly Roger College Classic field for 2nd win in a week
BVI president attends Caribbean Cycling Federation meeting
Lady Cougars feasted on Twins for first BVI baseball league victory
'Doc' guides Terminators through Turbulence in five set Volleyball thriller
Victoria Ghiorse running in London marathon for a worthy cause
Government appoints select committee to develop national sports policy
Jason Edwin garners Play of the Week honors
Women's battle kicks off Dasani Community 5K spring series
February 28 2004
St. Lucia beats the BVI 1-0 in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
Schools gearing up for annual Inter Primary Championships
Chris Ghiorse becomes 2nd BVI cyclist to win Nevis Triathlon
2004 Baseball League named in honor of a BVI Olympian
BVI backs out of hosting Caribbean Little League Baseball Championships
Softball Association president, secretary attending congress in Guatemala
Community 5K Spring Racing Series Kicks off on Saturday
Young Gunz grabs straight set victory in BVI Volleyball Association play
February 21 2004
Champions prevail as BVI Amateur Volleyball Association season opens
Results from the BVIAAA third development meet
BVI making second World Cup qualifying appearance vs St. Lucia on Sunday
Cyclist Chris Ghiorse eyeing victory in weekend Nevis triathlon
BRIEFS
February 14 2004
Walley avenge loss to Supremacy, Actspectation holds off Nigel Basque
BVIAAA second development meet results
Softball Association extends league registration deadline
BVI Cycling Federation season opens with Chris Ghiorse setting the pace
BVI continue world Cup tune-ups with ties against St. Martin teams
BRIEFS
February 7 2004
Dominica tames Virgin Islands counterparts in pre World Cup qualifier
BVI meeting St. Martin in weekend tune up match for St. Lucia
Indoor Track and Field season underway for BVI athletes
15 lap Dual Carriageway race kicks off BVI Cycling Federation season
Saturday's Sports Division All Comers Meet
January 30 2004
HLSCC Stingrays win six medals, set five records at MLK Jr. Relays
Fryers grab fifth place finish in Orlando Softball tournament
Virgin Islands Football Tournament cancelled after St. Thomas pulls out
Theodore Skeete retains BVI Cricket Association presidency
Dion Crabbe off and running towards Olympic Games qualifying standard
Briefs
January 24 2004
Hezacateye left and Actspectation at the start of their one mile show down
BVI Cricket Association dole presents awards to its players
BVI hires new coach, will meet Dominica in World Cup warm up
Nicholas Clark records lifetime best at Disney World Marathon
Fryers competing in international softball tournament in Orlando
BRIEFS
January 17 2004
Actspectation's rematch with Hezacateye set for Sunday
USVI dominates BVI for 4-0 victory in CONCACAF match up
Softball Association plans call for better relations between players and
umpires
New BVI Amateur Volleyball Association constitution ratified
Briefs
January 9 2004
BVI Horse Owners Association president says legislation needed to govern sport
BVI Amateur Softball Association reintroducing B division, village league
Nicholas Clark eyeing personal best in Saturday's Disney World marathon
USVI to play BVI in CONCACAF U-19 Soccer match Saturday
January 3 2004
TOP SPORTS STORIES OF 2003
Thomas unanimously
re-elected BVI Cycling Federation president
Dixie Pegasus heads to victory over Honest Past in Friday's second race at
the Little A. Race Track
December
24 2003
Leeward Islands Cricket Association elects new board members
Old Madrid and Future Stars battle for BVIFA knockout title
WICB brings local score keepers in line with regional counterparts
Champions crowned as 2003 College Classic Series concludes
December
13 2003
College Classic
Series crown Cross Country Champs on Virgin
Gorda
Edwin helps Kent
State win MAC Conference opener
Founding member of
the BVIAAA O'Neal steps down as president
BVI to meet USVI in
CONCACAF U-19 women's Soccer preliminary
match
Victoria Ghiorse
debuts in Barbados marathon raising funds for worthy
cause
BVI Cricket
officials disappointed Leeward Islands selectors' snub
local
player
December
06 2003
BVI
among participants at World Olympians Association Assembly in
Switzerland
Organizers
reschedule weekend Virgin Island Football Association tourney
Parillon
continues to lead HSU Reddies
Goals
galore highlight BVI Football Association league
BRIEFS
November 29 2003
Ghiorse
raising money for Polio eradication by running in the Barbados
Marathon
Peters
pace fast times on alternate College Classic course
Edwin
returns to collegiate basketball with 13 points for Kent State
BVI
women strike first OECS Volleyball championships gold
HBA
Panthers and Valencia play to a draw a 2-2 Football draw
Dion
Anselm stops Ken Adamson for BVI Closed Tennis title
November 21 2003
BVI hosts 14th Karibik Trophy
Parrillon earns All-Gulf South Conference honors then lead Reddies to victory
Host Virgin Gorda preparing to defend Virgin Islands Football tournament title
'Nothing is happening in BVI Basketball' Harrigan says
Swinging Angels topple La Differencia in Rounders.
BRIEFS
November 14 2003
Tortola, Virgin Gorda U-13 Soccer teams learn from St. Thomas
Pipe comes up short of College Classic Series record on Virgin Gorda
BVIFA hands out one year ban after assault, unsportsmanlike act
On the road to fitness, Ghiorse wins 10th anniversary BVI Triathlon
After New York Nicholas Clark eyes Disney World Marathon
Althea Scatliffe Primary School one-mile results
November 07
2003
New
BVI Amateur Softball Association executive unanimously elected
Teenager
ends defending College Classic Series champion's winning streak
Assault
on official leads to cancellation of weekend Soccer match
Thomas
and Virgin Gorda to play Tortola in U-13 Soccer matches
2006
Caribbean Cycling Championships heading to the BVI
October 31 2003
Farrington
breaks record as College Classic Series starts on Virgin
Gorda.
Center
of Excellence opens as Youth Soccer program expands
BVIFA
officials attend FIFA Extra Ordinary Congress in Qatar
Phillippe
Leroy 16th in Caribbean Cycling Championships
Summer
Jam League championship trophy destroyed by losing player
HBA
Panthers bounce back from loss to Virgin Gorda to beat Veterans
October 24 2003
Host HBA Panthers win regional Police Soccer tournament
Ice Connection wins first Summer Jam League championship
Japanese Airline ends German Interline Regatta dominance
Five to compete in the Caribbean Cycling Championships in St.
Vincent
St. Croix beats BVI in St. John over 40 Softball Tournament
Softball Association elections set for October 30
BRIEFS
October
17 2003
College Classic Series attract record 230 participants
Over 40 Softball team eyeing victory in St. John tournament
Ice Connection takes drivers seat in Summer Jam championship
series
Little League Baseball officials complete registration with mini camp
Old Madrid dominate Veterans in BVI Football Association match up
Over 40 Softball team eyeing victory in St. John tournament
October
10 2003
St.
Kitts beats the BVI 6-0 to open the 2003 Football season
St.
Kitts beats the BVI 6-0 to open the 2003 Football season
Summer
Jam Basketball League Championships set to begin
Bermuda's
Chris Hedges wins Jason Bally Memorial 100K
The
Moorings' 22nd annual Interline Regatta underway with 15
teams
BRIEFS
October
3 2003
200
participants kick College Classic Series
Jason
Bally Memorial 100K attracts top cyclists from Bermuda to
Guyana
Interruption
behind, Summer Jam basketball playoffs resume
Basketball
Travelers lining up BVI for tourney with NCAA teams
BRIEFS
September
26 2003
Officials
call on parents to volunteer for 2004 baseball season
Leroy
narrowly misses course record in winning season finale
Peters
eyeing 1st woman repeat victory in College Classic Series
Summer
Jam basketball playoffs fall prey to sabotage
2003
Football season opens October 5 with match against St. Kitts
BRIEFS
September
19 2003
Run
It Red tame Dutty Dawgs for Hoops Xplosion Tournament
title
Jam
Squad overhauls Bigger Judgment 86-79 in Summer Jam
play
Opposing
spinners bowl BVI out of Leewards one day tourney
36
visiting cyclists confirm for upcoming Jason Bally Memorial
100K
All
Ah We down defending champs Young Legs 80-70
BRIEFS
September
12 2003
Phillippe
Leroy wins 4th national cycling crown by breaking 10K
record
BVI
kicks off Leeward Islands one day tourney vs St. Maarten
Briefs
Underdogs
force deciding games in Hoops Xplosion Tournament
Kenrick
Grant returns as BVI Football Association president
September
5 2003
BVIÕs
Hall of Fame Softball President says ÔgoodbyeÕ
Bad
Boys hang Off De Chainz 80-75 after argument
WomenÕs
softball team second in St. Croix tourney
BVI
places fourth in Latin American Baseball Tournament
Blue
Wings beat Byrds 6-2 for BVI Softball Association title
BVI
second in Labor Day weekend Volleyball tournament
College
Classic Series around the corner
August 29 2003
BVI
fielding first 9-10 Baseball team in Latin American tourney
Rey
O'Neal reflects on the development of BVI Track and Field
Cullimore
surprises field with second place finish in Pockwood Pond
race
Jam
Squad overhauls Bigger Judgment 86-79 in Summer Jam
play
BRIEFS
August 22 2003
Quails
win first softball title by beating Lady Braves 15-10
White
washes abound in Virgin Gorda weekend Soccer play
Basketball
Rey
OÕNeal receives international award for his work in track and field
August 15
2003
Village Governor Amika Fernandez welcomes BVI delegation to Pan Am Games
Cline advances to Pan Am Games 200 meters semis before elimination
Mountain man whipped into second
150 participate in 10 sports in Sports Division Summer Program
6th ANNUAL BLACK BOATERS SUMMIT TO SET SAIL AUGUST
15TH
August 1 2003
Blue
Wings making 17th BVI Softball Championships appearance
Parillon
guides Young Legs past Disciples 88-86 in double overtime
What
cyclists say about the 44-mile Tour de Tortola?
Determination
carries Jim Cullimore through 10th successive Tour de Tortola
BRIEFS
July 26 2003
Quails
open Softball championships with 7-6 win over Lady Braves
Leroy
fades as Young powers to 10th Anniversary Tour de Tortola victory
Phillippe
Leroy sprints to Tour de Tortola Time Trial victory
All
Ah We hands Young Legs third straight loss 79-53
Dione
Blyden wins CAC Age Group Championships gold medal
Bigger
Judgment controls Destiny in Summer Jam
Briefs
July 18 2003
BVI Cycling Federation unveils new
uniforms
Bad Boys, Rebels break Young Legs in Hoops opener
10th Anniversary Tour de Tortola starts Saturday afternoon
Cavaliers cage Virgin Gorda for Cricket Association title
Crushers, Lady Braves fighting to meet Quails in Softball championships
BRIEFS
American Little League Baseball Championships
July 11 2003
BRIEFS
Virgin
Gorda joins Cavaliers in BVI Cricket Association finals
Cedar
beats Willard Wheatley for Primary Schools Soccer title
Virgin
Gorda Soccer league opens with lights on July 27
Combined
V.I. preparing to field first team in Leewards under 19 tourney
Anthony
Walters finds gold in Virgin GordaÕs Copper Mine Challenge
Byrds
capitalize on Blue Chips miscues to take lead in Softball playoffs
July 4 2003
Softball playoffs begin tonight after season ends
abruptly
Howse completes BVI Open Tennis 3-peat with win
over Lewis
Former champ Poole succumbs to newcomer
Fernandez in BVI Open
Complete 2003 BVI Invitational
Results
Low numbers but quality performances highlight
BVI Invitational
Injuries limits BVI team to four athletes for CAC
Championships
June 28 2003
Howse setting up to build 3-peat at weekend BVI Open Tennis tourney
Cavaliers stun Rivals in BVI Cricket Association playoffs
Courtney Walsh visits with BVI youth as part of Eastern Caribbean tour
Volleyball president; 'The league was very successful'
Antigua destroys CVI as Richards breaks LICA Tourney record
Local rivalries brewing for Sunday's BVI Invitational
June 20 2003
Combined
Virgin Islands thwart AnguillaÕs victory plans in LICA play
Young
beats Leroy in Prison Break race
Terminators
and Raw Power II win BVI Volleyball Association titles
June 14 2003
BRIEFS
One surprise as teamÕs line up for Volleyball
Association titles
BVI Football Association called on to do
more?
Quails overcome shaky start to take series from
Lady Braves
East End and Police falter in BVI Cricket
Association play
June 7 2003
BRIEFS
St. Kitts reclaims Leeward Islands
Jr. Track and Field title
Quails extend streak with wins over Lady Braves and
Warriors
Race abandoned as 27 cyclists go astray in
Anegada
May 31 2003
Briefs
Leeward Islands Championships to showcase
top athletes
BVI medals top off at 38 in Cipriani Phillips Sprint
Classic
Allen Smith fans 13 in no-hitter against the
Braves
May 24 2003
Briefs
Virgin Gorda beats HBA Panthers for BVIFA
knockout title
Andrew Young shatters Village Cay highway
Challenge record
Blue Wings beat the Astros and Braves in weekend
softball play
Jeffers has seasonÕs first century in Cay Sports
victory
Jason Edwin suiting up for Kent StateÕs
2003-04 season
Eric Mathias adds Jr. College All America honors to
r*sum*
16
May 2003
Briefs
Virgin Gorda athletes bidding for spots on
Leewards Jr. team
Simmonds guide Cougars and Mariners softball and
baseball titles
East
End hands defending Cricket champs Rivals opening loss
Women's cycle race surpass expectations with 25
participants
Virgin Gorda seeking revenge vs Panthers for
Soccer league crown
BVI set to play in Leeward Islands Masters Cricket
tourney
9 May 2003
BVI Cycling Federation targeting women only for Mothers Day race
Panthers gain BVIFA spring league crown after tie with Virgin Gorda
Regina Robles invited to tryouts for the WNBA Houston Comets
2003 Baseball season ends with Saturday's championships
Primary Schools Football league launched with eight teams
2003 BVI Cricket Association season opens with exciting match
2 May 2003
Teams jockeying for Little League Baseball playoffs
Turbulence streaks past Raw Power in BVI Volleyball Association play
Andrew Young overcomes obstacles to win Soper Dome race
BVI Amateur Softball Association season gets off to unusual start
Dion Crabbe debuts with Caribbean All-Stars at Penn Relays
2003 BVI Cricket Association season opens with exciting match
25 April 2003
Briefs
Jim Cullimore looks back at BVI cycling in 10th anniversary season
Eric Mathias ends Carifta Games career with gold medal and record
Visiting teams dominate Ladies Start Cricket tourney
Virgin Gorda uses second half hat-trick for victory over Veterans
18 April 2003
Briefs
Leroy prevents Antiguan sweep in Cable and Wireless Challenge
Three former national athletes lead BVI through Masters Meet
success
Softball, Volleyball and Basketball highlight Public Service week
sports
BVI sending seven athletes to Trinidad for Carifta Games
11 April 2003
Briefs
BVI Lawn Tennis Association launches Youth Development Program
Top BVI Cricketers collect awards at Saturday ceremony
Terminators dominate weekend Volleyball to stay unbeaten
BVI Cycling Federation accepted as full ICU member
Public Servants wraps up weeks of sports with aquatic activities
4 April 2003
Briefs
Bests for HLSCC athletes in Grenada
Flemming repeats to win 9th BVI High School inter-house
championship
Citco Giants stay unbeaten in Little League Baseball play
28
March 2003
SPORTS BRIEFS
Actspectation's streak continues with another win over Timber Yield
200 meter race likely to decide BVI High School Victor Ludorum
Athletics trim Depositors in showdown to stay unbeaten
Two attempts in five days to elect a new softball executive fail
BVI Volleyball Association outline plans for 2003 season
14 March 2003
Chris Ghiorse wins BVI Cycling Federation 18 mile time trial
Chics falter twice in Little League Baseball play
Randy George helps Sauk Valley to first title in 17 years
Inter Primary Schools compete in new championship format
7 March 2003
2005 Caribbean Little League Baseball Championships set for BVI
Francis Lettsome revives sports as schools crown their house champions
1 March 2003
Inter house sports day
BVI athletes shine in
St. ThomasÕ Mario Thomas Invitational
HannahÕs Exotic wins Martin Luther King Jr. Tourney
Randy George ends Jr. College basketball season with upset victory
BVI Volleyball Association outline plans for 2003 season
BRIEFS
21 February 2003
Dion Crabbe provisionally qualifies for NCAA Indoor Championships
Giants shut out Warriors in weekend baseball play
Jaron Maduro wins Jolly Roger College Classic race
Finance among challenges facing BVI Cricket Association
17 January 2003
BVI Cricket Association president Paul Hewlett 'moving on'
Regina Robles invited to tryouts for the WNBA Houston Comets
BVI Spring Regatta To Include IMS 600 Class
BRIEFS
10 January 2003
Athletes
Recognition Ceremony concludes BVIOC's 20th anniversary
Adriana
Herbert and Dion Marquis land scholastic opportunities
Virgin
Islands Football Champs want more players on BVI LIFA
team
BVI
dropped from regional first class cricket lineup
4 January 2003
The top sports stories of 2002
21 December 2002
Eric Mathias adds 12 feet to his National Discus Record
BVIOC President Rey O'Neal makes call for track and field facility
Teenager Jaron Maduro becomes first local cycling champion
BVIOC celebrates its 20th anniversary with Saturday ceremony
14 December 2002
Crabbe
settles for fourth in CAC Games 200 meter finals
Lady
Braves softball tourney champs are from St. Croix
Samuels
joins O'Neal as 2nd BVI track and field official on CACAC
Congress
23 November 2002
Historic 'Ferry Boat Series' underway between
HLSCC and UVI
HLSCC Lady Stingrays fall to UVI Lady
Bucks
College Classic Series ends on Tortola on
Saturday
Complete College Classic Series race
results
Michigan
to highlight third annual UVI Paradise Jam
15 November 2002
Andrew
Young whips Triathlon field with record pace
Women's
College Classic Series record falls on Virgin Gorda
Bodybuilding
and fitness championships set for Saturday
'Ferry
Boat Series' set to begin between HLSCC and UVI
1 November 2002
New comer sets pace as Virgin Gorda College Classic Series
opens
Rangers beat Jamrock to stay unbeaten in weekend soccer
play
Tri BVI Triathlon set for Sunday, November 10
Fitness
and bodybuilding show coming on stream
25 October 2002
RTW holds off HWR to keep Battle of the Corporations
crown
College Classic Series moves to Virgin Gorda on
Saturday
Enius ÔButchÕ Pickering is still the BVIÕs strongest
man
BRIEFS
18 October 2002
Darwn
Peters blister College Classic Series record
Battle
of the Corporations champ to be crowned Sunday
Virgin
Gorda Soccer League champs Rangers stay unbeaten
Two
BVI cyclists crack Caribbean Road Bike top 20
Riviera’s
resignation paves way for new Summer Jam head
11 October 2002
Sprinting Godfrey Pollydore keeps Jason Bally
title
Set It Off chills Ice Connection 81-77 for Summer
Jam title
Winston Findlay surrenders BVI Squash title to
Percy Rhoden
12th Battle of the Corporations kicks off on
Friday night
The
Strongman and Woman II is set for October 21
4 October 2002
2002 Cycling season ends with competitive race
Summer Jam Champs to be crowned this weekend
Tortola teams lose weekend battle in Virgin Gorda
Cyclist Jason Bally to be remembered with SundayÕs
100K
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