CARIFTA aquatics cancelled for second year in a row
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For the second year in a row, the fiercely competitive CARIFTA Aquatics Championships has been put off. The announcement was made on Saturday in a communication from the host, the Barbados Aquatic Sports Association (BASA).
The Bahamas was set to take part in the swimming portion of the championships. The original date was set for April 3-7 at the Barbados Aquatics Center in Wildey, Barbados, but that was pushed back with no definitive date in sight. The Bahamas Aquatics Federation was set to send a strong swim team to defend their three-peat and get a chance to claim its sixth title in the last seven CARIFTA meets. Now, they will have to wait until 2022 for a chance to accomplish that.
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2021 CARIFTA Aquatics in limbo The 2021 CARIFTA Aquatics Championships is in jeopardy of not taking place due to ongoing restrictions in the host nation of Barbados.
Under normal circumstances, the Bahamas Aquatics Federation would have been preparing to send a team to Bridgetown, Barbados for the 2021 CARIFTA Aquatics Championships, but in the latest update from officials in Barbados on Saturday past, there is no telling when that event will happen, as the region is still battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
There was no CARIFTA last year, due to the presence of COVID-19 and the meet has already been postponed from its original date over the Easter holiday weekend this year. Due to a spike in cases in Barbados in January, the host country placed restrictions on events in early February and organizers were forced to postpone the meet. It has been two weeks since the host venue, the Barbados Aquatic Center, reopened after closing on January 6.