Greetings as usual to my readers from all parts of the globe - Barbados, Canada, Ireland, Nigeria, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam. If I had to invite you to Barbados, we would look like a United Nations meeting! Blessings to all 🙏🏽.
Today I'm saluting this nation's sporting champions.
Since July 28, 2022, when the Commonwealth Games began, it marked the commencement of eight weeks of success for Barbadians in different disciplines - and different meets as well.
I begin by toasting one of our golden girls. Track athlete Sada Williams, who trains in Jamaica, won the Commonwealth Games 400 metres in a Championship record of 49.90 seconds. You can click the link to see her golden run. Look at her, hardly breaking a sweat as we say in Barbados. That means she was very cool about it.
Another Barbadian female was also in winning form - at another meet and in the discipline of cycling. She is Amber Joseph who in mid-August won a gold and 2 silver medals at the Pan-American Track Cycling Championships in Peru.
Zane Maloney, still a teenager, has been making his mark on the FIA Formula 3 Circuit. He ended his season on three consecutive wins after some issues in earlier rounds to end the tournament in 2nd place overall. Keep flying the flag for the 246 Zane.
Now to some guys who have found their winning ways since the Hero CPL 2022 began on August 30, 2022. It is a complete turnaround for them as they were at the bottom of the points standings last year. In the previous year they were 5/6. Not encouraging. So I wasn't following. Still, I kept hearing the news clips and they won game after game after game. At the time of writing, they had played 9 games and won all 9. So, props to them. 👏🏽
Of course, they have one more game and then the qualifiers. So it does not mean they will end up champs. Still after the last 2 years, a top 4 finish is creditable. To emerge the overall winner would be the icing on the cake. Good luck to them.
I finish with the song Champion by Trinity Clarke - herself an international champion, having once won gold and silver awards at the World Championships of Performing Arts. Click to view a behind the scenes video as she sings. .
Cheers to Barbados' sporting Champions. 🥂
Until next time...
