Tag: Featured
Cyclists ride 100 miles for Feed Our Future
(CNS Local Life): The fifth annual Feed Our Future Century Ride took riders on a 100-mile route around Grand Cayman, all in support of the charity, which provides more than 200 free school meals to children or families in need in the community. More than 90 participants, some solo and others in teams sharing the […]
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 […]
Batabano parade ready for the road
(CNS Local Life): As many as 4,000 masqueraders are expected at this year’s Batabano parade, set for Saturday, 4 May, with 15 mas bands, groups and floats going on the road. As is tradition, the parade will start at Seven Mile Public Beach at 1pm and end on Harbour Drive in the heart of George […]
Plant sale grows funds for dog charity
(CNS Local Life): Dog lovers Heather Holt and Morgan Olley last weekend held a unique fundraiser for One Dog at a Time (ODAAT), combining their skills to offer native plants and barbecue. Holt, who boasts a green thumb, and Olley, who knows his way around a grill, sold plants and sausages to those attending, raising […]
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 […]
Students gain experience in financial services
(CNS Local Life): The fifth annual Cayman Finance Student Education & Work Experience Programme kicked off this month with the first of its in-school workshops, facilitated by financial services industry practitioners. More than 40 high-achieving year 12 Caymanian students from high schools across the islands met the eligibility criteria and were accepted into the 2019 […]
National Trust plants trees for Arbour Day
(CNS Local Life): The National Trust celebrated its first Arbour Day Friday, 26 April, at the Mission House in Bodden Town with the planting of two native Whitewood trees. The event was held in conjunction with the Ministry of Environment, which donated one of the trees, and Caribbean Blooms, which worked closely with the National […]
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 […]
Ezzard Miller hosts Easter outing for seniors
(CNS Local Life): MLA Ezzard Miller, with the help of North Side businesses and the Department of Tourism, hosted a beach outing at Rum Point for seniors Tuesday, 23 April, after the Easter crowds returned to work. “We have a regular weekly seniors’ fellowship in North Side at the United Church, but we wanted to […]
Nominations open for Stingray awards
(CNS Local): The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) is accepting nominations for the annual Stingray Tourism Awards, which recognise outstanding members of the tourism industry in a variety of categories. The theme for this year’s event is “The Magic of Tourism” in a nod to the collaborative efforts made to ensure a special stay for […]
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 […]
Nominations open for Cayman’s best educators
(CNS Local Life): The Chamber of Commerce has opened nominations for the sixth Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching, which were established in partnership with the Ministry of Education to recognise outstanding public and private educators in the Cayman Islands. “The awards were created to thank those who are helping to improve the lives […]
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 […]
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 […]
Up close with: Croy McCoy
(CNS Local Life): Croy McCoy (51) is truly a man of the sea. Born on Cayman Brac, with summers spent at his father’s dive business, Sam McCoy’s Diving and Fishing Lodge, on Little Cayman (where he eventually moved to work in 1984) he learned to scuba dive at 9 years old. Since then he has […]
ICCI students up to ethics challenge
(CNS Local Life): Teams of International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI) students took part in the college’s first-ever Ethics Challenge on 4 April, organised by the CFA Society of Cayman Islands (CFASCI), which days earlier held a similar event at the University College of the Cayman Islands.
