Barbados Olympic Association 2016 Awards
The Barbados Olympic Association recently held their Annual Award Ceremony at the Barbados Hilton, to honour the performances of our nation’s most outstanding athletes for 2016. These awards saw 3 national junior swimmers recognized for their achievements in the sport, and we offer our heartiest congratulations to Olympic Swimmer Alex Sobers, for being selected as the Junior […]
Water Polo Teams Head to Florida
The Barbados Water Polo Club will be heading off to Florida next Thursday, November 24th, to compete in the annual Julie Zurek Ardila Thanksgiving Tournament, hosted by the Miami Riptides Aquatics Club, November 25th to 28th. Competition this year promises to be exciting and challenging. with 30 teams participating from across five divisions in the […]
Meet Barbados’ 2016 Olympic Swimmers – Alex Sobers
ALEX SOBERS Alex started competitive swimming in 2007 at the annual Aquatic Center International at the age of eight. He was still a novice swimmer, as a couple weeks before he was still enrolled in the “learn to swim” program; however Alex adapted very quickly and made his presence felt from then on. In 2008 he made the 9-10 […]
Meet Barbados’ 2016 Olympic Swimmers – Lani Cabrera
LANI CABRERA Lani got started in swimming in 1996 after she was encouraged by her parents. Lani’s first year on a national team was when she attending CARIFTA in 2006 on home soil in Barbados, where she was a distance finalist. In 2011 she attended Pan American Games in Mexico where she also completed in the distance freestyle events. […]
CISC 2016 ends with a Bang!
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 […]
Synchro Celebrates with Summer Splash 2016
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 […]
Team Barbados ready for CISC 2016!
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 […]
Barbados Take 2 Bronze in Carifta Water Polo!
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 […]
Notice of BASA’s AGM Meeting
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. […]
12 New Barbadian Swimming Records from Carifta 2016
Barbadian swimmers certainly left their mark in the pools of Martinique during the recently held 2016 Carifta Swimming Championships. Despite many of our top swimmers transitioning up into new age groups, we can be nothing short of proud when it comes to their performances. Below are a list of the new Barbadian LC Record holders […]