Products of the BVIFA / BDO School Leagues, Luca Chalwell and Jake Forbes are not only pushing for regular spots in the Men’s National Team but are also keeping interest in England’s FA Youth Cup alive for the club Poole Town FC. Poole kicked off their FA Youth Cup, England’s most prestigious Youth tournament, campaign … Continued
The BVI Basketball Federation will be taking a no tolerance stance following this weekend’s altercation at a basketball game and will be instituting bans and suspensions following investigations into the matter. This is according to the federation’s President Dereck Varlack who told 284 News in an interview on Monday September 20, that his organisation will … Continued
VG Bayside Blazers are through to the second round of the BVI Basketball Federation’s 2021 District League competition after coming from behind to edge Filipinas by 3 points. Playing on Wednesday September 15, the Blazer led at the end of the first quarter by just one point, 18-17 but were down by four points at … Continued
Although a lot of attention and focus from the FA rightly is aimed at National teams’ development, the grassroots levels are never forgotten and indeed will be back centre stage in a few short weeks The FA After Schools programme has already been up and running on a regular basis and by the middle of … Continued
The British Virgin Islands will not be instituting a stand-alone Ministry of Sport, at least not in the immediate future. This was the response given to 284 Media by the Minister of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Dr. Natalio Wheatley, who is also presently responsible for sport in the territory. Dr. Wheatley was … Continued
By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway Over refreshments in the VIP lounge during the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China between the 400m Hurdles semis, late Coach Dag Samuels began telling his regional colleagues that his athlete would start making an impact at the 2017 Worlds. His colleagues laughed. “But Dag, you don’t even have … Continued
BVI Olympian Kyron McMaster believes he has what it takes to break the world record in the men’s 400-meter hurdle event. McMaster recently set a new national record in the aforementioned event when he competed in the finals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan this week. He ran a time of 47.08 seconds in … Continued
The British Virgin Islands may soon have two functional competition sized swimming pools in the territory after the government identified locations on Tortola and Virgin Gorda. This was confirmed by Minister for Sport Dr. Natalio Wheatley, during an Olympic press conference on Wednesday August 4. Minister Wheatley said an agreement was made on the two … Continued
Olympian Kyron McMaster finished a close fourth in the fastest ever men’s 400-meter hurdles final, setting a new BVI national record at the Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan last night. Running out of lane number four, McMaster shaved time off the previous national record of 47.50 which he set in May this year, with a … Continued
Olympian finalist Chantel Malone finished 12th in the women’s long jump event at the Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan on Monday August 2. Malone recorded a best jump of 6.50 meters, far below her semi-final performance of 6.82. The long jump event was won by Malaika Mihambo of Germany with a leap of 7.00 meters, while … Continued
