Reports: Barbados Challenge 5-20 October 2010
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| Ray Allen, CSSC receives the trophy from George Shepherd, Barbados |
Information on this page is being compiled by David Pearson - CSSC London Website Manager and on-the-spot reporter in the Caribbean. Errors and omissions are (probably) entirely mine!
Results and reports
CSSC win the Barbados Challenge trophy in 2010 - well done all teams!
More detailed reports on individual events are linked from the table below.
I've selected 250 of the best of our 3,000 or so still pictures from the event - see below.
Last updated 18 October 09:30.
| Event (and link to report) | When? | Points on offer | CSSC | Barbados |
| Cricket Barbados win |
Thursday 7th day | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| General Knowledge Quiz CSSC win |
Thursday 7th eve | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Pop Quiz CSSC win |
Thursday 7th eve | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Cribbage CSSC win |
Thursday 7th eve | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Pool Barbados win |
Thursday 7th eve | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Dominoes Barbados win |
Thursday 7th eve | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Darts CSSC win |
Thursday 7th eve | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Badminton Barbados win |
Friday 8th am | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Netball Barbados win |
Friday 8th pm | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Football - men's CSSC win |
Friday 8th pm | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Touch Rugby CSSC win |
Friday 8th pm | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Volleyball (on the beach) Barbados win |
Friday 8th pm | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Football - ladies CSSC win |
Sunday 10th am | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Golf CSSC win |
Friday and Sunday | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Rounders CSSC win |
Sunday 10th pm | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 120 | 80 |
Pictures
We've put together a gallery of highlights pictures...
These are the 250 I've selected of the best of our 3,000 or so still pictures from the event. I'll re-work these when I get home and add additional pictures from individual events then too. We'll let participants know how they can get copies if they want them. And we'll be inviting others to let us have any of their own pictures they'd like to include in this official record.
Video won't be available until some time after we all get home. We've currently got something like 8hrs of video to edit down...!
The same set of pictures - with other viewing and slideshow options - is also at http://picasaweb.google.com/cssc.london/Barbados2010Highlights
All pictures are by David Pearson and Dave Graham (CSSC London) and Martin Rivers (CSSC South/SouthEast) and © CSSC London unless otherwise indicated.
Background
CSSC’S team arrived on 5-6 October 2010 to take on the Barbados civil service and other local teams in the seventh year of our series of “Barbados Challenge” competitions.
Around 140 British civil servants from CSSC’s London, South, South East and South West Regions (a total of some 210 people with their spouses, partners etc) are competing in a variety of events.
The event started with an evening reception – sponsored by the Barbados Tourism Authority – on Wednesday 6th October at the Coconut Court Hotel.
The competition events take place between Friday 8th and Sunday 10th October at a variety of venues – from the Police Sports Club and the Wanderers Cricket Ground, to the Sir Garfield Sobers Sports Centre and the Rockley Golf Club. The formal part of the event finishes with a presentation and beach party at The Boatyard on Monday 11th October.
Our thanks to:
We gratefully acknowledge the help of all the event organisers/assistants - with many thanks for their help and enthusiasm:
| Event | Organiser(s) |
| Cricket | Paul Lees/Matthew Smith |
| General Knowledge Quiz | Reg Wheeler/Tom Banks |
| Pop Quiz | Danny Winch |
| Cribbage | Hilary Gray |
| Pool | Ray Allen |
| Dominoes | Clive White |
| Darts | Kevin Mansell/Ray Allen |
| Badminton | Clive White |
| Netball | Marcia Harris |
| Football - men's | Chris Knight/Tom Banks |
| Touch Rugby | Ashley Robinson |
| Volleyball (on the beach) | Dale Walkden |
| Football - ladies | Chris Knight/Tom Banks |
| Golf | David Sparkes/Andy Burdett |
| Rounders | Hilary Gray |
CSSC is grateful for the support of the Barbados Tourism Authority, our local organisers, Team Travel, our sponsors the Civil Service Insurance Society, and Virgin Atlantic. We thank the managers and staff of the Blue Horizon and Coconut Court Hotels, and all the local teams, organisers and those who have helped.
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| Civil Service Insurance Society | Team Travel Caribbean |
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| Virgin Atlantic | Barbados Tourism Authority |