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Donation for young Caymanian future pilots
(CNS): The Zak Quappe Flight Scholarship (ZQFS) has donated CI$2,500 to the Cayman Airways Flight Club (Clifton Hunter High School Chapter), which will be sending eleven boys and eight girls to the Florida Institute of Technology’s week long summer flight camp at the end of June. ZQFS is one of many Cayman Islands business sponsors of […]
Last ‘Rundown’ to benefit former cast member
(CNS): There will be a special and final showing of the comedy show “Rundown” at the Harquail Theatre this Friday, 10 June, to help former cast member George Jones, who underwent a kidney transplant close to three months ago. Net proceeds from the production will be given to Jones, a music composer and well-known local […]
U-17 National Team going to the Brac for training
(CIFA): The Under-17 Boys National Football Team will be travelling to Cayman Brac this Friday, 10 June, for an intense three-day training camp in preparation for the first round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-17 World Cup Playoffs, which are scheduled for 20 – 24 July at a venue still to be determined.
DG’s Challenge raises $60K for new ambulance
(CNS): The 2016 DG’s 5K Challenge raised $60,000 towards Cayman Heart Fund’s appeal to buy a new ambulance. The total is $10,000 more than the goal Deputy Governor Franz Manderson set for the event, which was held in April. “I always say that I want the civil service to exceed expectations and I am very […]
Academy footballers prepare for U-14 tournament
(CNS): Fresh from their successful performance at the recent Cayman Airways U-15 Youth Cup, Academy Sports Club’s young footballers are fine-tuning preparations for the Cayman Airways U-14 Youth Cup set for 20-25 June. At the previous tournament, the Academy team received praise for its performance in its group, which included Club Deportivo from Honduras, Major […]
Riders provide exciting finish to jumping series
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (CIEF) held the fourth and final leg of this season’s National Jumping Series on Sunday, 29 May, at the Equestrian Centre and, except for a 30-minute rain delay, the show went off without a hitch. Highlights of Sunday’s show include first-time National Jumping Series wins by Marleigh Smith aboard […]
Cayman set to celebrate Queen’s 90th birthday
(CNS): The Cayman Islands will celebrate the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday, 11 June 2016, marked by a parade and awards ceremony. The public is invited to attend the celebration, which will again be held outside the Legislative Assembly building and begin at 9:30am. A parade by the uniformed services will precede […]
National Gallery showcases student artists
(CNS): As the school year winds down, the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) is presenting an exhibition of student artwork from six Walkers Art Clubs. Benefiting more than 300 participants, the NGCI after-school clubs, sponsored by Walkers, comprise pre-schoolers, primary and secondary students, Cayman Brac students, teens who are studying for their final exams, […]
Swimmer Lauren Hew hoping to make Olympic cut
(CNS): Two years after making her international debut at only 14 years old, Caymanian swimmer Lauren Hew is hoping to take part in the world’s largest sporting event, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio this August. “In 2014 I went to the [Glasgow] Commonwealth Games,” she said. “I made it to the semi-finals in […]
Museum unveils commemorative book
(CNS): The Cayman Islands National Museum continued celebrations of its 25th anniversary by launching a commemorative book at an evening reception on International Museum Day, 18 May 2016. Entitled “Twenty Five Years Piece by Piece”, the book highlights the museum’s founders, donors and supporters, and especially the artefacts featured in the current exhibition of the […]
More than 100 dive into Flow sea swim
(CNS): Under perfect conditions, 109 swimmers took part in the annual Flow 800m Sea Swim on Saturday, 14 May. With fewer than 30 seconds separating the top 10 finishers, John Bodden, of Stingray Swim Club (SSC), took the lead to win the race in a time of 7.28. He was followed by Mark Randall (SSC […]
Young Caymanians to work on GM mosquito release
(CNS): Oxitec, the biotechnology company producing genetically modified mosquitos, has hired four young people, including three Caymanians, to work on a pioneering project launched in Cayman earlier this month to control the insects. Cayman’s Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) has rolled out this initiative in collaboration with Oxitec, and aims to combat the dangerous Aedes aegypti […]
Artwork celebrates 30 years of Harquail Theatre
(CNS): New artwork, commemorating the Harquail Theatre’s 30th anniversary, was unveiled at a ceremony last week. Created by members of the Young At Arts (YAA) Collective, the installation hangs on the large wall facing the pond, outside the theatre. The collective is a group of 30 artists, aged nine to 18, who were selected to […]
Volunteers needed for airport emergency drill
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) is seeking volunteers to act as injured passengers in the upcoming full-scale airport emergency exercise scheduled for Wednesday, 25 May 2016. The CIAA arranges this event to test the readiness of emergency responders to handle an aircraft accident, and form an organised response in those critical moments that […]
Derek Haines leads soaring fundraising effort
(CNS): After completing the first of his fundraising tasks, the gruelling Cayman 50K Off the Beaten Track in February, local marathon runner Derek Haines has been training hard, together with Vico Testori and Barry Yetton, for his second mission – to undertake a three-mountain climb in Bolivia, with a combined height of more than 57,285 […]
Florence Allan sails into Rio Olympics spot
(CNS): Cayman Prep and High School student Florence Allan would have to be forgiven if she lost her focus when she sat her A-Level economics exam Wednesday, 18 May, as that was the day she found out she had been invited to compete at the Rio Summer Olympic Games. “I’m still taking it in. It […]
Braccanal takes the party on the road
(CNS): The music was pumping and spirits were high at Cayman Brac’s homegrown Carnival held over the long Discovery Day weekend. The festivities, which included parties and a colourful parade with hundreds of revellers, were organised for the fourth year by the volunteers who make up the Braccanal Committee. The weekend began on Friday, 13 […]
Kerri Kanuga going the distance to fight childhood cancer
(CNS): Ultra-long-distance runner Kerri Kanuga is back on the fundraising trail this summer on behalf of the St Baldrick’s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. She will kick off her efforts on 21 May with the Keys100 ultra-marathon, a 100-mile race starting in Key Largo and finishing at Higgs Beach on the Atlantic Ocean in Key […]
