Runners press their watches to time themselves in Saturday’s Hauteville 5K Series race in Paraquita Bay By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway Jermaine “JJ” Ricketts and Katrina “Kat” Lindsay, led the field in taming ‘The Beast’ in Paraquita Bay, during Saturday’s Hauteville 5K Series penultimate race in its tour stops around Tortola and Beef Island. Rickets tackled The Beast as the off road incline .5 Kilometer before the finish on the HLSCC main campus in 18 minutes and 57 seconds, while Lindsay improved her course best to 21:05. “It was a good one and I like the course, it wasn’t really a challenge, honestly,” Ricketts told Island Sun Sports. “I did my best. I wasn’t going to come because I had to work, but I tried my best to make it and did my best and I’m happy for that.
Royal BVI Yacht Club Dinghy Championships award winners By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway Four were crowned National Champions on Saturday, when the BVI Dinghy Championships were held in the waters of the Sir Francis Drakes Channel across from Nanny Cay. The annual event was making a comeback after the Covid-19 pandemic cancelled the 2020 edition and attracted 18 sailors in four divisions.
“It was a tricky day on the water for everyone,” noted Public Relations Officer Tamsin Rand of the event that had a record 76 participants in 2016 and 53 in 2017. “As squalls danced their way down the channel, the mark boat team were kept busy shifting the marks to keep the race track stable and the sailors were kept on their toes to make the best tactical decisions.”
Mark Stephenson checks his watch, then went on to win the 2021 Steelman Triathlon title By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway Mark Stephenson didn’t let a bad hamstring slow him from winning his first BVI Steelman title, while Johanna Murphy successfully defended her crown and beat her 2019 course record by three minutes, in the Olympic Distance event held Sunday on Beef Island, organized by the BVI Triathlon Federation. Stephenson covered the 1.5K Swim, 40K bike and 10K run in 2 hours 37 minutes and 44 seconds. Murphy was timed in 2:45.58. “I really didn’t have any expectations today because three days ago, I pulled my hamstring and I thought that’s it, there’s no way I’d be able to do this,” Stephenson told Island Sun Sports. “I’ve been hobbling around for the last couple days, icing and elevating. I just woke up this morning and though I can give it a try so I came out, did the best I could without pushing myself too hard because I didn’t want to pull anything. I guess it was good enough to keep going and I felt pretty good after. No real pain.”
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Caption: By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway Jermaine “JJ” Ricketts and Katrina “Kat” Lindsay, were Saturday’s winners of the inaugural Hauteville West End 5K run, with time of 18 minutes 03.6 seconds and 19:15.8 respectively. The race attracted over 60 participants. “The plan was to have fun and do my best and it was great and I’m thankful for that,” Ricketts who was aiming to run under 18 minutes, told Island Sun Sports after his race. “I thank everyone who came out and supported the West End 5K run. It was hot, but it was good.” Ricketts who was on the winning 2-Man relay team in the recent KPMG Tortola Torture and ran 17 miles, said he had no problems with recovery. “I did my best, didn’t hurt myself, so that was good,” he noted. “Julius (Farley) he set the pace and I’m thankful for that and I did it without injury. At the end, I was feeling a little cramp, but five minutes after that, I was good.”
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2-Man Relay anchor Paul Mellor, climbs out of Brewers Bay, after receiving the baton from Jermaine “JJ” Ricketts on Sage Mountain By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway Sam Thompson and Natasha ”Tash” Ruscheinski, emerged as surprised winners of Saturday’s KPMG Tortola Torture FU Covid edition. Thompson, the top individual finisher of 15 males who started, covered the 54Km (33.4 miles) race in 6 hours, 11 minutes and 37 seconds. “What? No way,” was Ruscheinski’s response, when told on Brewers Bay Hill that she was leading the Women’s field of seven during the grueling race in the heat and humidity, as she went on to win in 7:07.49.
West End Warriors’ Denesha Penn, retreats safely to 2nd base as That’s Ya Problem’s Donniesha George fumbles the ball By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway After his unbeaten Synergy women’s team suffered their first loss of the season to the Lady Hawks on Saturday, Neville “Sheep” Smith returned to the E. Walwyn Brewley Softball Park on Sunday, fired a 3-hit shutout and Storm disrupted Power Outage following and earlier setback, as both league leaders fell in VI Softball Baseball Association Atoms-Astros Softball League. “Well it’s a well deserved win for the team. I must commend Sheep, he pitched a master game there,” player Coach Allen “Woodrow” Smith told Island Sun Sports following his team’s 5-0 victory over Power Outage. “We know we have it in us, we just have to stay consistent, stay with the hitting, the hitting is key for our team right now, because that used to be our weakest point, we’re finding ourselves now and we’re in contention.”
Zebulon McLean, left, Chandi Wattley, Jacinta “JaJa” Weeks and Alston “Alo” Hanley, won the 4-on-4 division By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway Two teams from Tortola and one from Virgin Gorda, emerged winners from the 32 overall teams participating in Sunday’s Virgin Islands Volleyball Association Fun Day activities, held at Fishers Cove, Virgin Gorda. In all, there were 14-2-on-2 female teams, 10-2-on-2 male teams and 8-4-on-4 coed teams. The Tortola quartet of Zebalon McLean, Chandi Wattley, Jacinta “JaJa” Weeks and Alston “Alo” Hanley, stopped Virgin Gorda’s Taliyah Miurhead, Daphne Sprauve, Rachel Ann Nape and Jose Martinez, for the 4-on-4 division.
One Love’s goalie Taj “Chiny” Parchment, about to pounce on an opponent’s shot on goal By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway After playing to a defensive 0-0 halftime tie, Deandre Rogers fired the Islanders to their fifth straight BVI Football Association Super 6 League victory with a 1-0, triumph over One Love in Greenland on Sunday. Islanders, who won their 8 th league title in December and the President’s Cup in January, improved to 5-1 on the season after losing their opening match, and moved within one point of the table topping 5-0, Sugar Boys. “Today was a rather easy game for us,” Islanders Captain Ronalie Cain told Island Sun Sports. “We had a lot of chances and didn’t put them away, but we still came out victorious.”