Sports
Caymanian footballer signs with Portuguese club
(CNS Local Life): Following a three-week trial, aspiring 18-year-old Caymanian footballer Sebastian Martinez signed a two-year professional contract 7 August with Leixões Sports Club (SC) of Portugal. Located in Matosinhos, a city and municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, Leixões SC plays in the LigaPro, which is the second-highest division of the Portuguese […]
Cayman ‘guest’ footballers shine at US tourney
(CNS Local Life): Five Academy Sports Club members joined other teams at the Schwan’s USA Cup held in Minnesota last month as they didn’t have enough players to form a squad in their age brackets. Finigan Huffington Bryan and Adebayo Oremule played with Vardar Soccer Club from Michigan, making it to the U19 Gold Cup […]
Cayman swimmers compete home and away
(CNS Local Life): Cayman’s swim clubs joined together recently to take part in the “Floribbean” swim fest comprising two competitions held a week apart here and in Florida. During the weekend of 21-23 July, 25 swimmers from Cayman travelled to Tampa to the Brandon Sports and Aquatic Centre to race against Blue Wave Swimming athletes. […]
Basketball event scores for NCVO
(CNS Local Life): This year’s Shooting Stars basketball tournament attracted 48 players to take part in the competition while fundraising for a local charity. The three-on-three basketball event, organised by Star 92.7FM and held Saturday, 29 July at the Arts and Recreation Centre at Camana Bay, raised money for the National Council of Voluntary Organisations […]
GT Sports Club offers free football camps
(CNS Local Life): George Town Sports Club (GTSC), in association with the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA), will be hosting free summer youth football camps from Monday, 7 August to Friday, 11 August, for girls and boys 5 to 12 years old, at the CIFA Centre of Excellence on Poindexter Road in Prospect.
Academy squads shine at US football tourney
(CNS Local Life): Academy Sports Club recently recorded their best performance ever at the 33rd annual Schwan’s USA Cup, returning with trophies for two championship and one runners-up, a semifinalist spot and two quarterfinalist positions. The club sent 96 players to the weeklong competition, representing the boys U10, U12, U13, U15 and U17, and girls […]
Swimmer Hew makes history for Cayman
(CNS Local Life): Though she did not come away with a medal, Lauren Hew, the lone swimmer representing Cayman at the just-completed FINA World Championships, notched several firsts for herself and her country. For one, Hew’s performance in the pool took the Cayman Islands into the top 50 female swimmers in the world championships.The competition, […]
Kanuga conquers second Badwater race
(CNS Local Life): Ultramarathon runner Kerri Kanuga has completed her second Badwater, which is considered the most demanding and extreme race on earth. As before, she was running for a cause – to raise money for Hannah’s Heroes and the St Baldrick’s Foundation, which funds childhood cancer research. Each year, 100 of the world’s best endurance athletes […]
Cayman notches fourth in high jump, personal bests in pool
(CNS Local Life): While not taking home any medals from the Commonwealth Youth Games, held 19-23 July in the Bahamas, athletes in the nine-member Cayman contingent earned fourth place in the high jump and recorded personal bests in swimming events. Overall, 1,300 young people, aged 14 to 18 years old, from 70 Commonwealth nations and […]
Men’s touch rugby team takes NY tourney
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Touch Association (CTA) men’s team swept the “Rumble in the Concrete Jungle” touch rugby tournament in New York City for the second year in a row. This tournament, held earlier this month, is fast becoming the premier touch event on the East Coast. This year the event took place over […]
Academy footballers vying for USA Cup
(CNS Local Life): Academy Sports Club has sent 96 players from six of its football teams to Blaine, Minnesota, to participate in the 33rd annual Schwan’s USA Cup, marking the largest contingent ever to attend and the first time a girls squad from Cayman is taking part. The players competing in the Cup for Academy […]
Training squad named for U20 national football team
(CNS Local Life): In preparation for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under 20 World Cup Playoffs, scheduled for July/August 2018, 50 players have been chosen to train as the Cayman Islands Men’s Under 20 National Football team. Over the course of one year, the squad will be reduced to a manageable 35 players. CFU, CONCACAF […]
Cayman’s junior tennis players match up well in Jamaica
(CNS Local Life): Seven of Cayman’s top junior tennis players recently competed in two regional tournament in Kingston, Jamaica, with four boys taking home trophies, including two who won their age group. All together, almost 70 young players from Cayman, Jamaica, Guyana, the UK, St Vincent and Antigua competed at the Blue Mountain Caribbean Open, […]
Queen’s Baton passes through Cayman
(CNS Local Life): The Queen’s Baton, travelling the world on a relay which culminates in opening next year’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia, arrived in Cayman on Friday, 14 July, with stops while here that include Government House, Pedro St James, Stingray City and Barkers Beach. The baton is making the rounds on the […]
Community called on to nominate local dive pioneers
(CNS Local Life): Members of the public are being asked to nominate Cayman Islands pioneers as candidates for induction as local honourees at this year’s International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame (ISDHF). More than 30 people have been recognised locally since 2003 and the Ministry of Tourism is looking for more trailblazers in the sport […]
Kids get to shoot for the stars
(CNS Local Life): The Shooting Stars 3-on-3 basketball tournament, set for Saturday, 29 July, will once again be the closing event for Camana Bay’s Mixed Sports Camp and Orlando Magic Basketball Camp. The free tournament, open to children ages 7-9, 10-12 and 13-15 and organised by Star 92.7 and the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), is being […]
Brac students served up tennis lessons
(CNS Local Life): A tennis pro from Grand Cayman coached students on Cayman Brac last month, arranged as part of the Cayman Brac Schools’ Programme. Neil Fernandez from The Courts Tennis Centre visited the Brac to coach local high school and primary students to improve their tennis skills. During his time there, Fernandez put the […]
Annual awards name top equestrians
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (CIEF) held its fourth annual awards banquet on Saturday, 24 June, at which champions and reserve champions for the year were named. During the horse show season, which runs from September to June, the CIEF holds four National Dressage Shows and four legs of its National Jumping […]
