Sports

Barbadian To Chair UNESCO Approval Committee

Director of Sports at the National Sports Council and the Representative of the Americas to UNESCO’s Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sport, Approval Committee, Neil Murrell, has been elected as Chairman of that Committee for the biennium 2023-2025.

Mr. Murrell is the first person from the Caribbean to serve as Chairperson of this Committee since it was established by the International Convention against Doping in Sports in 2005.

The Fund’s Approval Committee comprises six State Parties’ representatives, elected every two years by the Conference of Parties representing five geographical groups.

The new membership of the Approval Committee elected at the (COP 9) General Assembly on October 25 and 26, 2023, is as follows:

Group I: Western European and North American States Italian Republic
Group II: Eastern European States Estonia
Group III: Latin America and the Caribbean Barbados
Group IV: Asian and Pacific States Singapore
Group V (a): African States Republic of Zambia
Group V (b): Arab States United Arab Emirates
(COP 9) Appointed Observer Russian Federation

The Approval Committee meets three times each year to evaluate and approve State Parties’ project applications based on various criteria of the Voluntary Fund, and to provide recommendations to enhance the continued long-term viability of the Fund.

Coming out of discussions at COP 8, State Parties required modification of the questionnaire to improve the monitoring system of UNESCO’s International Convention against Doping in Sport. Mr. Murrell previously served as Chairman of that UNESCO Task Force on the Modification of the Anti-Doping Logic Questionnaire, from May 2022 to April 2023.

Additionally, Mr. Murrell was selected from among 600 applicants globally, by the Paris Organising Committee as the lone Caribbean representative to the Doping Control process for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. (PR/GIS)

Sports

BARBADOS WINS CWI RISING STARS UNDER-19 CHAMPIONSHIP

by David Harris

Defending champions Barbados defeated Guyana by 44 runs to retain their title in Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Under-19 Championship at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua on Wednesday.

Needing to avoid defeat in their fifth and final match of the tournament to clinch the title, the Barbadian lads scored 209 for eight wickets, before bowling out Guyana for 160 in 45.3 overs.

Barbados were wobbling at 71 for four wickets, after winning the toss and opting to bat. Captain Justin Parris made an attractive 38 runs from 40 balls, the left-handed batsman struck five fours, but his dismissal in the sixteenth over left Barbados in a precarious position. Seth Smith (47) and Rajeev Parsooram (21) repaired the early damage with a crucial fifth-wicket partnership of 61 runs, before Parsooram was dismissed by left-arm pacer Brandon Henry.

After Parsooram’s wicket fell; Smith added 40 vital runs for the sixth wicket with Yuvraj Persaud who made 19, Smith’s rearguard inning ended innings ended when he was dismissed by Henry in the 43rd over, the wicketkeeper/ batsman faced 75 balls and counted four boundaries. Asher Brandford 18 and Zarell Harding 15 not out ensured that Barbados posted a total over 200 runs.

Medium pacer Reyaz Laif took three wickets for 34 runs, he was supported by fast bowler Usain Fredericks two wickets for 53 runs,, and Henry who picked up two wickets for 24 runs.

Chasing 210 for victory, Guyana slumped to 55 for five wickets in the 17^th over as the Bajan bowlers took early wickets; but a defiant knock of 50 runs from Henry briefly give the Guyanese hope. Henry faced 88 balls and lead a lower resistance that saw Guyana to 156 for eight wickets before he was bowled by Parsooram. After Henry was dismissed Guyana’s innings ended quickly.

Brandford captured three wickets for 19 runs with his medium pace; he was supported by fellow medium pacers Joshua Thomas and Parsooram with two wickets for 35 runs and 19 runs respectively, while Parris picked up two wickets with his leg-spin.

Sports

JAYDEN WINS GOLD AT CARIFTA GAMES

by David Harris

Jayden Green captured Barbados’ lone gold medal at the 52nd CARIFTA Games which ended at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, in Mucrapo, Trinidad on Monday night. The 17-year-old student of the Christ Church Foundation School won the Under-20 Boys’ 200 metres at the three -day track and field meeting in 20,93 seconds ahead of Jamaicans Tyreece Foreman (20.95) and Junior Galimore (21.01); Green is the first Barbadian to win the event since Mario Burke in 2015.

The rest of team collected five silver and eight bronze medals with several athletes recording personal best. Barbados won 14 medals at the games, their best performance since the 2016 Games in Grenada where they won 20 medals.

Sports

GET READY FOR THE NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES

Calendar lists all the events from May to September 2025

NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES field events will begin on Saturday, May 31, at Queen’s College, Husbands, St. James, while the road races, involving running, cycling, walking, and skating, will take place on Sunday, June 1, on the Mighty Grynner Highway. Monday, June 9, will see the culmination of the track events at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex.