Category Archives: Sports

Surf’s Up – Island Time

The sun is high in the cloudless sky and the wind is energetic, from a distance you can see beautiful, colourful and vibrant kite sails dotting the skyline. Your curiosity compels you to stop and get a closer look and as you do as if by cue you see someone performing some incredible mid air stunts and flips in the open water. We are referring to the thrill seeking adventurous kite-surfing which is fast becoming popular in Antigua. Beach culture …
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Reactivating Cricket!

Rally, rally round the West Indies Now and forever Rally, rally round the West Indies Never say never Pretty soon the runs are going to flow like water Bringing so much joy to every son and daughter Say we’re going to rise again like a raging fire As the sun shines you know we gonna take it higher Rally, rally round the West Indies Now and forever Rally, rally round the West Indies That is the chorus of well known …
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November 13, 2012 by Marydith
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Generation Next Launches Football Club.

It has been football fever in Antigua & Barbuda for the past few months especially with our most recent World Cup Qualifier 2014 matches against USA and Jamaica. It is with all this excitement, love and passion for the game that the Generation Next Football Club is doing all it can to take football to the next level here in Antigua & Barbuda. Ricky Santos (Co-Founder) and his team have been tirelessly speaking with international football clubs all over the …
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June 29, 2012 by Marydith
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Go Benna Boys!

“Victory isn’t defined by wins or losses. It is defined by effort. If you can truthfully say, ‘I did the best I could, I gave everything I had,’ then you’re a winner.” — Wolfgang Schadler In less than 44 days the Antigua and Barbuda national football team, the Benna Boys, will compete in two qualifiers which will determine whether or not they advance to face even stiffer competition, as their bid to secure a spot in the FIFA World Cup …
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April 26, 2012 by Marydith
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The Caribbean T20 cricket series 2012 comes to Antigua

We’re crazy about cricket in Antigua! And the entire island is hopping with excitement right now as the 2012 Caribbean T20 kicked off at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua. Yesterday saw some breathtakingly skilful batting led by an unbeaten 56 from Trinidad and Tobago’s champion Kieron Pollard, shooting them to an undeniable 167-run victory over the Leeward Islands. Dramatic stuff! The Caribbean T20 West Indies tournament involves ten crack cricket teams from the Caribbean, Canada and Britain, …
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January 13, 2012 by Cheryl
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