New date set for postponed CARIFTA events
HAMILTON, Bermuda, (CMC) – The CARIFTA Triathlon, Aquathlon and Mixed Team Relay has been rescheduled for November 12-13, officials said Monday.
The event, which had been forced to take a two-year break because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was called off last week because of Hurricane Fiona, was scheduled to take place last weekend at Clearwater Beach with more than 100 young athletes from several Caribbean nations slated to compete.
President of the Bermuda Triathlon Association (BTA), Sharon Hammond, stated that the organisation is pleased that a new date could be scheduled for the event and that the other Caribbean countries will be able to join the BTA and its athletes in November.
“We are delighted to be able to reschedule the championships and are especially pleased that triathlon federations from across the Caribbean are able to join us in November,” she said.
“It also seems fitting for Bermuda that this event will take place the weekend after the World Triathlon Championship Series event where our home-grown champion, Flora Duffy, will be racing.”
The original event was set to see teams fly in from Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Puerto Rico.
