Sports
Academy U12 team takes gold in Miami
(CNS Local Life): Academy Sports Club took three of its youth football teams to the 2019 Miami Cup and showcase last weekend and returned with two cups. The club’s U12 team won the Gold Cup and its U15 squad took the runner-up trophy in its division. The tournament offered four levels of competition: Showcase for […]
International meets prepared swimmers for CARIFTA
(CNS Local Life): Ahead of the recent CARIFTA Aquatics Championships swim coaches strived to give Cayman’s young athletes of various ages experience in overseas meets to ensure they were ready for the regional competition, held 20-23 April in Barbados. For Stingray Swim Club (SSC) head coach David Pursley and assistant coach Macon Crowder that meant […]
Cuba, Mexico take top spots at NORCECA beach volleyball
(CNS Local Life): Cuba’s women team of Maylen Deliz and Leila Martínez took their second consecutive title on this year’s NORCECA beach volleyball tour, beating Brittany Hochevar and Carly Wopat of the US in a close match, 21-18 and 21-19, on Sunday, 29 April, at Seven Mile Public Beach. In the men’s final, Mexico (Juan […]
New cricket official aims to boost women
(CNS Local Life): Cayman Cricket has appointed the Cayman Islands’ first senior development officer for women and girls. Sania Khan, a former member of the Pakistan international women’s team, is tasked with increasing the participation of women and girls in the game. With this appointment, girls will participate in the Cayman Islands Primary Schools Carnival […]
Swimmers dominate open water at CARIFTA
(CNS Local Life): Despite participating in four days of pool events at the CARIFTA Aquatics Championships in Barbados, a group of Cayman’s swimmers took to the sea Wednesday (24 April) to compete in open water and dominated the 5K races, adding three final gold medals to their record haul.
Cayman swim team enjoys record CARIFTA
(CNS Local Life): Cayman’s national swimmers arrived home this week with a record haul of medals earned over four days of events in the pool, plus synchronised swimming and open-water races, at the 34th CARIFTA Aquatics Championships in Barbados. The 25-member team collected 56 medals overall, eclipsing the 41 earned at last year’s competition in […]
Cayman’s swimmers collect more gold
(CNS Local Life): The medal haul continues for Cayman’s national swimming team, earning 13 more, including three gold, on Monday, 22 April, day three of the CARIFTA Aquatics Championships in Barbados. In noting the three-day tally of 35 medals, Steve Broadbelt, director of the Cayman Islands Aquatic Sports Association, said the team looks capable of […]
CARIFTA Games belong to Jamaica
(CNS Local Life): After three days of intense competition, the CARIFTA Games ended with athletes from around the Caribbean dancing on the track at Truman Bodden Sports Complex Monday night (22 April), soaking up the party atmosphere. While Cayman came up just short of earning another bronze medal, once again Jamaica dominated, with a total […]
Cayman adds three golds to medals tally in swimming
(CNS Local Life): Cayman’s swimmers matched their first-day medals total, taking 11 including three more gold at Sunday’s (21 April) CARIFTA Aquatics Championships taking place in Barbados. Together with the four silver and four bronze in swimming, duplicating Saturday’s haul, Cayman has 29 total medals overall, comprising synchronised swimming, open water and pool events, entering […]
Cayman earns bronze in women’s javelin at CARIFTA
(CNS Local Life): Rachell Pascal, with a throw of 35.35m, took third in the U17 javelin at the morning session of competition Sunday, 22 April, giving Cayman a second bronze medal at the CARIFTA Games. Her brother, Alex, also excelled in that event, earning a gold in the U20 finals at the 2013 CARIFTA.
CARIFTA Games open in Cayman
(CNS Local Life): Aijah Lewis gave the Cayman Islands, which is hosting the 48th annual CARIFTA Games, its first medal at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex, taking bronze in the women’s U20 high jump on the opening day of the three-day event on Saturday, 19 April. Later in the day, high jumper Louis Gordon just […]
Swimmers take 3 golds at CARIFTA championships
(CNS Local Life): Cayman’s swimmers earned 11 medals, including three gold, on the first day of competition at the 34th annual CARIFTA Aquatics Championships being held in Barbados through Tuesday, 23 April. Taking the top spot on the podium for Cayman on Saturday, 20 April, all in girls’ events were Raya Embry-Brown, for her first […]
Jamaica aims to top medal count at CARIFTA Games
(CNS Local Life): Perennial track-and-field powerhouse Jamaica expects once again to lead the medals standing at the 48th annual CARIFTA Games taking place in Cayman this weekend, even though several of the country’s top athletes will miss the competition. The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) is confident of the team’s success at the meet, set […]
Young tennis players match up well
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Tennis Club (CITC) hosted the third round of the PwC Junior Circuit Grand Prix last weekend, with 46 entrants taking part in singles and doubles competitions. The tournament, organised by the Tennis Federation of the Cayman Islands and held 5 and 6 April, featured 34 singles players among three […]
Special Olympian Alec Cox looks to the next Games
(CNS Local Life): Fresh off his gold-medal-winning performance in the 800m freestyle at the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi, along with a bronze in the 4x50m mixed relay and fourth place in the 1,500 open-water event, Alec Cox is already looking ahead to the 2023 Games in Berlin, saying he will be training […]
Cayman’s NORCECA beach volleyball teams set
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Volleyball Federation (CIVF) has announced the teams that will compete for Cayman in the upcoming NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tournament taking place 26-28 April at Public Beach. The men’s teams comprise Richard Campbell/Nathan Dack and Casey Santamaria/Jesse Parham and the female contenders are Marissa Harrison/Ileann Powery and Jessica Wolfenden/Stefania Gandolfi. […]
Boys U11 playoffs and U15 FA Cup begin
(CIFA): The Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) youth leagues continued this past Saturday, 6 April with the highlights of the day involving the Boys Under 11 league playoffs and the first round of the Boys Under 15 FA Cup. In the quarterfinals of the Boys Under 11 league playoffs, 345 FC again demonstrated their dominance […]
Gaelic football offers Easter camp
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Kids Gaelic Football Club will be hosting another ‘Easter COOL Camp’ from Monday, 15 April to Thursday, 18 April, which will focus on learning and developing skills, while also having fun. The camp is open to children of all abilities in the sport between the ages of 6 and […]
