The Bajan Reporter | Category: Olympics

Handover of ‘Going for Gold’ scratch ticket game proceeds cheque to Barbados Olympic Association

Today’s ‘Official Team Announcement for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics‘ was held at The Barbados Olympic Association’s headquarters this morning! Stay safe, Olympians! Show your suppo…

by Bajan Reporter • July 5th, 2021 • 0 comments ( Olympics, Photo Gallery )

BOA Continues to Celebrate Olympic Day with a Tree Planting Ceremony

The Barbados Olympic Association Inc.’s (BOA) weeklong slate of activities to commemorate Olympic Day paid homage to the environment and its former Vice President the late Ralph “Bruggadun…

by Bajan Reporter • June 26th, 2021 • 0 comments ( Olympics )

BOA Olympic Day 2021 Celebrations

In 2020 the Olympic Day celebrations were staged in Barbados as a virtual week of activities. The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) has this month announced that the event is back again this yea…

by Bajan Reporter • June 7th, 2021 • 0 comments ( Olympics )

Kathy Harper-Hall is 2021’s BOA Esther Maynard ICON Awardee

Regionally renowned sports administrator, Kathy Harper Hall is the 2021 recipient of The Barbados Olympic Association Inc.’s (BOA) Women in Sport Icon of the Year Award. Harper-Hall received the…

by Bajan Reporter • March 31st, 2021 • 0 comments ( Olympics )

President of the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. delivers Commonwealth Day and International Women’s Day Message

The significance of today, March 8, 2021, is twofold. The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. joins our friends in Sport here in Barbados and across the world in celebrating Commonwealth Day and Interna…

by AirBourne • March 8th, 2021 • 0 comments ( Olympics )

Birmingham 2022 unveils biggest ever sports programme with 286 sessions

New version of the schedule, released for the biggest sports event to be held in the UK for a decade, reveals 286 sessions across 19 different sports Medal sessions are highlighted, with 283 medal eve…

by Bajan Reporter • March 2nd, 2021 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Olympics )

Barbados Olympic Association Hosts Level 1 Coaching Certificate

The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) continued to achieve the goals set out in its strategic plan with the recent training of thirty coaches in Level 1 of the Canada-based National Coaching Cer…

by Bajan Reporter • November 3rd, 2020 • 0 comments ( Olympics )

B’dos Olympic Assoc. Announces Candidates for 2020 Elections

The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) has announced the candidates seeking election at its Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic causing a…

by Bajan Reporter • August 12th, 2020 • 0 comments ( Featured, Olympics )

Olympic Day To Be Celebrated Online in Barbados

The Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) Inc. just announced that the activities to commemorate Olympic Day 2020 on June 23 will all be online for the first time in the history of the day’s rememb…

by Bajan Reporter • June 19th, 2020 • 0 comments ( Olympics )

BOA International Women’s Day 2020 Rolls Out Year-Long Campaign

The Barbados Olympic Association will have a year-long campaign themed “Each for Equal” to celebrate International Women’s Day 2020. The Chair revealed how on the 29th of this month …

by AirBourne • March 8th, 2020 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Olympics )

BOA Going for Gold – Meagan Best

You support Barbados’ athletes when you play #GoingForGold. #TeamBarbados The Barbados Lottery The Barbados Olympic Association @olympicbb @mybarbadoslottery

by Bajan Reporter • October 23rd, 2019 • 0 comments ( Olympics, Photo Gallery )

Support Barbados’ athletes with “Going For Gold”

You support Barbados’ athletes when you play #GoingForGold. #TeamBarbados (OUR THANKS TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE OF THE BARBADOS OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION, VISIT THEM TODAY!)

by Bajan Reporter • October 19th, 2019 • 0 comments ( Olympics, Photo Gallery )

Nanyo City Officials Visit the Barbados Olympic Association

Olympic solidarity was at its height when officials from Nanyo City, Japan, paid a courtesy visit to the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) in Wildey, on Wednesday. A number of participating coun…

by Bajan Reporter • August 13th, 2019 • 0 comments ( Olympics )

LOCAL PARALYMPIANS LOOK FOR CORPORATE SUPPORT AS THEY HEAD FOR LIMA GAMES

The Paralympic Association of Barbados needs the help of both everyday and corporate Barbadians to see they can successfully travel and compete with the best possible gear for the Lima Championships l…

by AirBourne • August 6th, 2019 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Olympics )

BARBADOS LOTTERIES LEND LEND A HAND FOR OLYMPIANS TO HEAD FOR TOKYO NEXT YEAR

Although the road to Tokyo for the 32nd Olympiad is not cheap, the Barbados Lottery is doing their part to defray costs. The raising of the Olympic and Japanese flags was performed by a contingent of …

by AirBourne • July 25th, 2019 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Olympics )

Barbados Athletes’ Commission Hosts Inaugural Forum

The Barbados Athletes’ Commission just held its inaugural athletes’ forum at The Barbados Olympic Centre Inc. in Wildey. The purpose of the forum was to share the Athletes’ Commissio…

by Bajan Reporter • June 2nd, 2019 • 0 comments ( Olympics )

Join Eight Time Olympian Veronica Campbell Brown For Her Book Signing

Don’t forget when you purchase your autographed copy, you can now download the New Cave Shepherd Card Mobile App and enjoy easy access to your account and more On The Go! Available now in the Go…

by Bajan Reporter • April 30th, 2019 • 0 comments ( Books, Olympics, Photo Gallery )

#IDSDP Celebrated with Multi-Sport Rally

Peace was in the air when the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) and their partners, the U.S. Embassy, UNICEF, the National Sports Council, and the Barbados Lotteries hosted the International Day…

by Bajan Reporter • April 20th, 2019 • 0 comments ( Olympics )

CANADIAN IOC MEMBER ANGERED AT OLYMPICS SOFT STANCE ON CHEATERS, A MORE HARDLINE STANCE MUST BE ADOPTED OR FACE LOSS IN VIEWERS

A leading member of the International Olympic Committee believes too many sporting bodies are hemorrhaging credibility by the second in an effort to become financially viable and in the end it may cos…