Category: Barbados | Rugby Americas North

MURRELL ON A MISSION: RUGBY BARBADOS’ VP INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION

by Amy Goulding | Jan 5, 2021 | Barbados

“Rugby shapes lives,” says Vice President of the Barbados Rugby Football Union (BRFU) and National Director of the Get Into Rugby Barbados (GIR Barbados) Programme Kevyn Murrell when asked about the motivation behind his role within the Rugby community....

BARBADOS’ JARA EMTAGE-CAVE IS FLYING HIGH TO HARVARD

by Amy Goulding | Jul 28, 2020 | Barbados, Olympics, RAN Sevens, Superweek

Bridgetown, Barbados – Barbados might be a small island, but there’s no shortage of beauty, brains and brawn on this nation’s rugby pitches. Just ask 18-year-old Jara Emtage-Cave, one of the island’s most promising up-and-coming women’s players, who not only...

BARBADOS AND BEYOND – CAPTAIN SEAN IS WARD-ING OFF LIMITATIONS

by Amy Goulding | Jun 25, 2020 | Americas Rugby Challenge, Barbados, Men's 15s, RAN Sevens

It’s a little-known fact that Barbados is renowned as the official birthplace of Caribbean Rugby, with competitive matches between British troops said to date back as far as the early 1900s. Since the 1960s, the national development of the sport has been guided by the...

Rugby Charity Golf Tournament raises over $10,000 for Cancer Society

by Bryan Kelly | Jan 30, 2020 | Barbados

Rugby Barbados World 7s (RBW7s) Tournament organisers have officially announced a donation of BBD$10,225 to the Barbados Cancer Society (BCS) as a result of the 2019 Gavin Clark Memorial RBW7s Charity Golf Tournament last month. The Charity Golf Tournament was held at...

World Rugby launches ground-breaking preventive exercise programme designed to reduce injuries

by ranMedia | Sep 9, 2019 | Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Member News, Men's 15s, Mexico, Olympics, RAN Sevens, Rugby World Cup, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, USA

World Rugby committed to evidence-based injury-prevention and making rugby as safe and simple to play as possible Activate is a simple-to-implement exercise programme that reduces the risk of injuries in the game and contributes to player performance If implemented...

Team Jamaica introduce over 300 kids to the game of rugby in Barbados

by ranMedia | Sep 21, 2018 | Barbados, Events, Jamaica, Member News, RAN Sevens

The Jamaican Men’s and Women’s teams made one of their first stops in Barbados at St. Gabriel’s School in Bridgetown on Thursday. The national teams spent over two hours at the prep school playing games, interacting with the kids, and introducing the...