Sports
Local riders place third in dressage competition
The Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (CIEF) ended the season on a high note with last weekend’s Caribbean Equestrian Association’s (CEA) Dressage Challenge and the last chance to earn points in the National Dressage Championship.
Sea swim sails to exciting finish
(CNS): More than 120 people took the plunge for the 13th Annual Butterfield 800m Sea Swim 30 May, with university student Geoffrey Butler coming home for the summer in time to win in a tight finish. Catrionae MacRae of the Stingray Swim Club (SSC) took top honours among female competitors.
Table tennis tournament on the way
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Table Tennis Association (CITTA) will be hosting its inaugural Cayman National/CITTA Table Tennis Championships on 23 May 2015, enabling both leading players and recreational enthusiasts to compete. The tournament, which will be held at the UCCI Multi-Purpose Hall, will support CITTA’s objective to develop a vibrant table tennis fraternity in the […]
International youth football tournament opens
(CNS): The second annual Cayman Airways Invitational Youth Cup starts today, with the best of Cayman’s under-15 footballers going up against some of the world’s best teams in that age category. The international players competing against Cayman’s Academy Select, the Cayman Islands National Under-15 and West Bay Select teams represent the US, with Chicago Fire from […]
Caribbean football health initiative gathers pace
(CNS): Seven pilot countries participated in a two-day FIFA 11 for Health workshop for the Caribbean, held in Puerto Rico. The programme, launched last year by CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb and Prof. Jiri Dvorak, FIFA’s Chief Medical Officer, aims to bring numerous benefits to the region by emphasizing the importance of national health to all […]
Cayman show jumping team placed third
(CNS): Despite sitting in first position at the end of the first day of competition in this weekend’s Cayman leg of the Caribbean Equestrian Association’s (CEA) Junior Show Jumping event at the weekend, two missed jumps pushed the team off the top spot. As a result, Barbados came in first, followed by Trinidad and Tobago, […]
CWC wins rights to broadcast Rio Olympics
(CNS): Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has clinched the rights to broadcast the Olympic Games next year across the region. LIME customers in Cayman will have access to broadcast coverage and officials said they will also provide a variety of live video feeds and data services across a number of media platforms.
Webb unopposed in football presidency vote
(CNS): Cayman’s football boss, Jeff Webb, was confirmed as CONCACAF president for a second term during the federation’s 30th Ordinary Congress yesterday. Webb said the barriers to developing football in the region were coming down and that during his second term he will focus on the continuing reforms that have strengthened the organization. “CONCACAF is, […]
Cayman swimmers collect 15 medals at CARIFTA
(CNS): The Cayman Islands swimming team won five gold medals, five silver and five bronze for the fifteen medal tally at the swim meet in Bridgetown, Barbados, for this year’s regional CARIFTA games. Cayman sent 21 swimmers, seven coaches and officials, as well as more than thirty supporters. In addition to the medals, the young team […]
World cup efforts move team up FIFA rankings
(CNS): Although the Cayman national football team had to suck up the disappointment of not making it through to the next round of the 2017 World Cup qualifiers recently, despite not losing a game in their draw against Belize, their efforts have moved the squad up the FIFA rankings. The performance of the team has […]
7MB serves up start of beach volleyball season
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Volleyball Federation will be opening the 2015 beach season with the NORCECA Continental Tour later this month. Organizers are predicting top quality action for the tournament as eight of the NORCECA countries that will compete on Seven Mile Beach have also advanced to the upcoming World Championships. Teams from the United […]
Lawyer to tackle last climb of Seven Summits
(CNS): For the last ten years Cayman-based attorney, Guy Manning, has been scaling the most difficult peaks in the world and the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. He is now just weeks away from his final mountainous challenge to compete the Seven Summits Challenge. Manning, who is a partner with Campbells, is […]
Cayman swimmers bag medals in Barbados
(CNS): The 2015 Cayman Islands CARIFTA 21-member swimming team has already scooped up a number of medals at the Games taking place in Barbados, including gold in the Girls 11-12 age group 400m freestyle relay team, comprising Alison Jackson, Zororo Mutomba, Ria Plunkett and Holly Stradling, with a record-breaking time of 4-minutes, 17.71 seconds. In that age […]
Second draw ends Cayman’s World Cup hopes
(CNS): Despite holding Belize to a goal-less draw in the away leg, Cayman’s second 1-1 draw at home against the visitors on Sunday night ended the national team’s hopes of making it through to the next round. Despite the two draws, Belize’s goal in Cayman had the benefit of being the only away goal scored […]
Local officials to work international games
(CNS) Four of Cayman’s local swimming officials will be taking part in the administration of two international meets this season. Adam Roberts, Tom McCallum, Michelle Bailey and Jacky Rowland are officiating at the Pan American Games and CARIFTA Swimming Championships.
UK boys to join regional tournament in Cayman
(CNS): England’s National Under-15 Boys football team will be one of 35 teams visiting Cayman and Jamaica this summer to take part in this summer’s regional football contest, officials have revealed. The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) said the August teen tournament will be the biggest the region has ever […]
Swim club confirms new top coach
(CNS): Stingray Swim Club has confirmed that David Pursley has been appointed as head coach at the club, “heralding the start of a new and exciting chapter in the history of Stingray Swim Club (SSC)”. Pursley brings a wealth of experience with competitive age group through college level swimmers and has been immersed in swimming […]
Cayman Open promises best ever tennis tournament
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Tennis Club will be hosting an event this weekend hatt organizers have described as “the most competitive and best tournament that the Caribbean Region has seen in decades and the best that Cayman has ever put on”. Dominik Hrbaty, who used to be ATP 12 in the world, is taking part, as well […]
