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THE BSA SALUTES KAREN MEAKINS - SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR FOR 2010
After an amazing year, local squash queen Karen Meakins has been recognised by the National Sports Council as the 2010 Sports Personality of the Year! (see article on the right of this page).
CONGRATS LILIANNA AND SHAWN!!!
Barbados’ mixed doubles pair of Lilianna White and Shawn Simpson have amazingly won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 20th Pan American Squash Championships that are being held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 5-14, 2010 (see article on the right of this page).
CONGRATS KAREN!!!
Karen Meakins has won a silver medal at the recently concluded 10th World Squash Federation Masters Squash Championships held from August 23-28, 2010 in Cologne, Germany.
Karen also won the Ladies Individual title at the recently concluded 18th Caribbean Area Squash Association's Senior Caribbean Squash Championships held in Kingstown, St. Vincent and anchored the Ladies Team to a gold medal in the Team Championships. The Barbados Veterans team finished second to Trinidad and Tobago and the Men's Team finished fourth behind champions, Bermuda, the O.E.C.S. and Jamaica, but those results were enough for Barbados to clinch the Caribbean Overall Team title for the third time in the last five completed championships and for the fourth time overall. Results and reports can be found by clicking the links on the right hand side of this page.
Karen also reached the finals in the Ladies Individuals at the 21st Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Bogota, Colombia, winning Barbados' first silver medal in squash. She also anchored the ladies team to a bronze medal in the Ladies Team event, repeating the success of the 2006 Ladies team at these CAC Games. Karen now has played a major part in winning four out of the five CAC Games medals (1 silver and 4 bronze) won in squash by Barbados over the past four years, and her own medal haul of four CAC Games medals (1 silver and 3 bronze) has only bettered by two Barbadian athletes since Barbados first began to compete at this level in 1962!
The 36th National Squash Championships which were sponsored by the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. concluded on Saturday May 15th. Congratuations are extended to the new Barbados Squash Champions: Karen Meakins (for the 10th straight time) and Shawn Simpson (for the 6th time).
The National Veteran's competition was held from May 5-8, 2010. Congratulations are also extended to all of this year's champions, viz: Julie Simpson (L+40 & L+35); Errol Pilgrim (M+55); Nigel Griffith (M+50); Stuart Tippleston (M+45); Mark Sealy (M+40) and Andy Gill (M+35).
The BSA once again invites its members and the wider squash playing public in Barbados to let us know what you think we should be doing more of by sending your comments / opinions / constructive criticism to us at squashbarbados@olympic.org.bb
Again, Welcome...
A warm welcome to all squash players (and non-players), and a special welcome to overseas visitors who are interested in the fabulous game of squash.
Of course, Barbados is known more for its perfect white beaches, crystal blue waters and everlasting sunshine than for squash, but it is here you'll find a committed and fun-loving bunch of squash enthusiasts who play hard and party equally hard.
Now if you don't know anything about squash, try to imagine two people chasing behind a little black rubber ball traveling at over 100 m.p.h. in a totally enclosed room. Players must be extremely fit, highly coordinated and able to react like a cat - it is indeed a "physical chess game" of sorts.
So, welcome to the official BSRA Website. Hopefully it will get updated more often than you visit. :) But either way, please enjoy!
Photo Invitation...
If you have any squash-related photos taken while in Barbados, please feel free to e-mail them to us (agill@sunbeach.net). If we publish them, we will give you full credit for the photo and buy you a beer. Promise!
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