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Antigua and Barbuda competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. [1] The Chef de mission of the team was Howard Everton Cornelius. [2] The Antigua and Barbuda team consisted of ten athletes across three sports. [3] This marked an increase of three from the last edition of the games in 2011.
Christal Ariana Clashing O'Reilly (born 8 September 1989) is an Antiguan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.She also completed a Trans-Atlantic crossing as part of an all-woman team.
The Antigua and Barbuda Sailing Association is recognised by World Sailing as the governing body for the sport of sailing in Antigua and Barbuda. [1] The current president of the association is Karl James , who succeeded founder and president of over thirty years Geoffrey Pidduck .
Ivor Grenville Theophulus Bird is an Antiguan businessman and the son of Vere Bird, former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Bird was a high jumper and he was the last gold medallist in that event at the British West Indies Championships in 1965. His brother, Lester Bird, was also a track athlete and former champion at this competition.
Jules represented Antigua and Barbuda, the country of his birth, at the youth level. [8] [3] In September 2023 he was called up to the Dominica national football team for the first-time for a 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C match against the Turks and Caicos. [18] He was one of four overseas-based players in the squad. [19]
A constitutional referendum was held in Antigua and Barbuda on 6 November 2018, [1] the first referendum in the country's history. [2] The proposed constitutional amendment, which ultimately failed to pass, would have made the Caribbean Court of Justice the final court of appeal, replacing the London-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. [3]
Blue Waters has received the following awards: Antigua and Barbuda's Leading Hotel: 2012, 2010, 2006 [6] [7]. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Award: 2012 The hotel was one of only 2 companies to be awarded this accolade which was given for Blue Waters' significant contribution to Antigua during its 50 years of business on the island.
Sir McChesney George Secondary School is a secondary school on the island of Barbuda in the country of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean. [2]The school was opened in 2012 and named in honour of Sir McChesney George, a member of the Antigua Labour Party who served as the Member for Barbuda in the Legislative Council from 1960 to 1965; and in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1971.