The 16th annual Premier’s Cup takes place at Nanny Cay next weekend, 19 and 20 July.
The annual event brings together young people between the ages of 10 and 18 from all over the Caribbean for a weekend of fellowship and competition. Last year the two-day event featured 10 teams with about 60 young sailors from around the region including the USVI, Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Trinidad, Barbados and the Bahamas.
The regatta is hosted and organized hosted by Kids and the Sea (KATS) and the Rotary Clubs of the BVI. Rotarians volunteer to erect the tent village where teams stay, barbecue and serve meals, and assist in various other logistics of the weekend, while the Royal BVI Yacht Club officiates the racing.
For the first day of racing last year, teams drew lots with five teams sailing in the morning and the remaining five in the afternoon. The top three teams from both sessions advanced to race the next day.
Team Antigua won. Finishers in second through tenth place were: St. Croix, Bahamas, BVI 1, Anguilla, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, USA and BVI 2.
The public is welcome to come and watch the event and meet the young competitors. There will also be shore side events like tug of war for both competitors and attendees.
Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith, OBE, will be attending both the opening and closing ceremonies and will be on hand to greet participants and award the young winners.
