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Team Barbados – Carifta 2022

The Barbados Aquatic Sports Association is proud to announce the National Team selected to represent Barbados at the upcoming 2022 Carifta Aquatic Championships, taking place in Barbados from April 16th – 19th 2022! SWIMMING: ~11-12 Girls~ Toria Alleyne Amiya Harrison Ayobami Leon-Barker Jaiya Simmons Heidi Stoute ~11-12 Boys~ Victor Ashby Zachary Burke Brendan Gill Tariq […]

Barbadian 2020 Olympic Team Announced

Congratulations from the entire Barbadian aquatics community to Alex Sobers and Danielle Titus on their selection to the 8 member Barbados Team heading to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan! Alex will be competing in the Mens 200m & 400m Freestyle events (July 24th – 26th) and Danielle in the Womens 100m Backstroke (July 25th […]

Carifta Aquatics Postponed

As Barbados and other countries across the region continue to grapple with the effects of the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, a decision has been made by the Barbados Aquatic Sports Association (hosts for the event) to postpone Carifta 2021. Scheduled to take place from March 26th – April 7th, it was agreed that new dates would be […]

Pool Closure

Dear Members, Due to the extension of the  “national pause”- lockdown, the Aquatic Centre will remain closed until February 28, 2021 in keeping with the directive given by the Prime Minister in her address to the nation on February 15, 2021. Please continue to be safe and follow all government protocols which are designed to […]

A Tribute to Maurice Foster. SCM.

By Cheryl Lady Forde, President BASA It is with great sadness that the Aquatics Sports fraternity learnt of the passing of Maurice Foster last evening. Maurice Foster was indeed a true sportsman throughout his life. He played several sports but was best known for his skill in the water, and represented Barbados in swimming and […]

Nicky Neckles, the Barbadian Master

To those long-standing members of the regional competitive swimming community, the name Nicky Neckles is well known and deeply revered. Without a doubt one of the best backstroke swimmers to come out of Barbados (and the Caribbean at large), Nicky’s achievements and records as a junior and senior swimmer at Carifta, CCCAN, CISC, CAC Games, […]

Team Barbados for CCCAN 2019

The Barbados Amateur Swimming Association is pleased to announce our National Team for CCCAN 2019! Our heartiest congratulations to the athletes representing Barbados in Water Polo, Artistic Swimming, Open Water & Swimming! Dates of Competitions: SWIMMING: June 28th – July 2, 2019 ARTISTIC SWIMMING June 24 – 27, 2019 WATER POLO: July 4 – 8, […]

Barbados’ Goodwill Swimmers Grab Top Spots

At the recently concluded 2018 Goodwill Swimming Championships, Barbados was awarded the Age Group Champion trophy in 4 Age Groups and had several second and third place finishes. It would be a clean sweep of the top 3 placements in the 8 & under girls with Heidi Stoute being the winner, amassing 29 points from […]

BASA’s New Executive for 2018-2020

The Barbados Amateur Swimming Association (BASA) recently held it’s Annual General Meeting at the Barbados Aquatic Centre, and is pleased to announce the election of the following individuals as Officers of the Federation for the 2018 – 2020 period. PRESIDENT: Mr. Anthony “Tony” Selby 1st VICE PRESIDENT: Mrs. Cicely Chase-Harding 2nd VICE PRESIDENT: Mrs. Samantha […]