Sports
Special Olympics basketball camp names title sponsor
(CNS Local Life): A basketball camp for Special Olympics athletes has been rebranded with the title sponsorship of Cayman National Bank. At the inaugural Cayman National Bank Special Olympics Basketball Camp, set for 7 November, 35 athletes are expected to participate. Special Olympics Cayman Islands is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, while Special Olympics […]
Cayman’s swimmers competing at regional event
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands National Swim Team is competing at the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championship (CCCAN) being held in Aruba, having travelled there Wednesday, 27 June. The championship takes place every other year and it has been more than five years since Cayman has sent a team.
Race for semifinals takes shape
(CNS Local Life): There are tight races for semifinal spots in both groups of the 2018 Cayman Airways Youth Cup heading into the final day of pool play at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex today (28 June). Mt Pleasant Football Academy (Jamaica) and Central Brooklyn Soccer Club (US) lead the standings of their respective groups.
Exciting action on day two of tournament
(CNS Local Life): The 2018 Cayman Airways Youth Cup rolled on through the second day with exciting action from Under-13 teams from the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and the US at Truman Bodden Sports Complex on Tuesday, 26 June.
Young swimmers have fun in the sun
(CNS Local Life): The third annual Fun in the Sun pre-competition swim meet took place 23 June, with swimmers from on-island learn-to-swim programmes participating in the races. Hosted by the Department of Sports, the swim schools that participated in the event were iSwim Swim School, Darren Mew Swimming & Fitness and the department’s own swim […]
Women’s run empowers Crisis Centre
(CNS Local Life): The inaugural Women’s Empowerment 5K run, held Sunday, 10 June, raised $1,000 for the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre (CICC), a non-profit providing support and shelter to victims of domestic abuse. Patricia Muschette and Celia Hydes, members of the group Powerful Runners established the event.
All countries win as football tournament opens
(CNS Local Life): The 2018 Cayman Airways Youth Cup kicked off Monday, 25 June, at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex with a full slate of four matches featuring excellent play on the pitch, said a press release on the tournament. Teams from Jamaica, the US and the Cayman Islands all had wins on the opening […]
U13 football tournament kicks off
(CNS Local Life): More than 180 rising football stars will showcase their skills on the pitch at the 2018 Cayman Airways Under-13 Youth Cup hosted by Academy Sports Club. The tournament, running from 25-30 June, will feature three local teams facing opposition from Jamaica and the US.
DG’s 5K Challenge raises $89k for charities
(CNS Local Lie): The 2018 DG’s 5K Challenge raised $89,000 for five charitable causes, which all focus on feeding the most vulnerable in the community. The grand total is $29,000 more than the goal Deputy Governor Franz Manderson set for the event, which was held in April.
Academy SC win Boys FA Cups
(CIFA): Academy SC’s burgeoning youth programme again paid dividends for the George Town-based club as their Boys Under 11 and Under 13 squads captured their respective FA Cup trophies Saturday, 16 June in the prestigious Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) competitions.
Open-water event goes swimmingly
(CNS Local Life): The open-water swim season continued recently with the annual Butterfield 800m Sea Swim, which attracted 128 competitive and non–competitive swimmers. The event, held 9 June and organised by the Cayman Islands Aquatic Sports Association (CIASA), took place at Governor’s Beach with 51 female and 77 male swimmers participating.
All to play for in the youth FA Cups
(CIFA): With the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) youth leagues all but completed and preliminary rounds in the girls and boys youth FA Cups decided, semifinal games were the focus of attention this past Saturday, 9 June. Globally, the FA Cup is a very famous annual event, the showpiece of a nation’s favourite pastime signifying […]
Bracket set for Cayman Islands Classic
(CNS Local Life): Game matchups have been finalised for the second annual Cayman Islands Classic, with eight teams competing in the basketball tournament, set for 19-21 November at the John Gray High School gymnasium. Akron will face Clemson in the opening game followed by Georgia and Illinois State.
U11 Boys prepare for FA Cup semifinals
(CIFA): Four clubs sealed their place in the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) Boys Under 11 FA Cup semifinals as the second-round games played this past Saturday, 2 June produced some exciting football and plenty of goals. Future SC, which received a bye to the second round, defeated Latinos FC A 6-0 with their top […]
Kanuga notches another ultramarathon
(CNS Local Life): Ultramarathoner Kerri Kanuga, representing the Cayman Islands, finished first in the masters age group and fourth among female athletes at the 11th annual Keys 100, held 19-20 May 2018 in the Florida Keys. Out of the 175 athletes who started the race, 143 finished the course.
Tennis tournament not dampened by rain
(CNS Local Life): The fourth PwC Grand Prix, held Sunday, 27 May, and organised by the Tennis Federation of the Cayman Islands (TFCI), attracted 31 players across three age categories competing as singles. The tournament, at the Cayman Islands Tennis Club, featured doubles matches. Although the day was marked by bad weather and no matches […]
Cayman boxers to compete regionally
(CNS Local Life): Four amateur boxers from Cayman are heading off this week to an invitational in St Maarten. The “Battle of the Islands Tournament”, scheduled to take place from 31 May until 3 June, has been arranged by the president of the St Maarten Boxing Association to enable the Caribbean to have some necessary […]
Boys Under 11 FA Cup begins
(CIFA): With the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) Boys Under 11 league completed, the focus this past Saturday, 26 May, was on FA Cup first round games. Due to “unavoidable circumstances” only two of the four scheduled first round games were played but fans in attendance were treated to a spectacle of youth football.
