Commonwealth

The BVI Olympic Committee will host the Gold Coast 2018 Queen’s Baton Relay on July 1-5.

The Queen’s Baton Relay, which started its journey through the 71 Commonwealth nations and territories in March, heralds the quadrennial celebration of Commonwealth sport which will be held in Australia in April 2018.  The Queen’s Baton and traveling crew will arrivehere  from Anguilla on July 1 and will depart for Jamaica on July 5.  There will be two days of community-oriented activity as the relay passes through Tortola, Jost Van Dyke and Virgin Gorda. “Although called a relay, running is not central to the QBR and the activities planned through Road Town, Sea Cows Bay, Cane Garden Bay, Great Harbour in Jost Van Dyke, The Valley, Virgin Gorda and East End/Long Look will be accessible to people of all ages and abilities giving everyone an opportunity to interact with the Baton,” said BVIOC President Ephraim Penn.

More information, visit www.bviolympics.org.

Fishing

The second annual Scrub Island Blue Marlin Invitational will be held on August 3-6. The event will be hosted at Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina, “We’re excited to be hosting the Blue Marlin Invitational for the second year in a row and fully expect a record turnout,” said Federico Ciampi, resort manager at Scrub Island Resort. “With such close proximity to the fishing grounds and the North Drop, anglers have found the Scrub Island Blue Marlin Invitational to be a breath of fresh air.” For more information on the Scrub Island Blue Marlin Invitational, go to www.skipstournaments.com/scrub-island.cfm.

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