OFF Committee 2009

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THE NAME BERINDA COX will be forever immortalised now that the Oistins Fish Market has been renamed in her honour.

Minister of Transport and Works and Member of Parliament for Christ Church South John Boyce made the announcement yesterday at the launch of the 32nd Oistins Fish Festival.

Eighty athletes have registered on line for Monday's City of Bridgetown Cooperative Credit Union Ltd.10k Run & Walk: This race is divided into 5 events. Results 10 K Run (Men, Women), 10k Walk (Men, women), Wheel Chair

City of Bridgetown Cooperative Credit Union Ltd. Net Throwing Competition 2009

1st Stanton Thomas, 2nd Ricardo Roach, 3rd Richardson Skeete. Other competitors were Nicholson Pinder, Shawn Sandiford and Wendell Thomas. The judges were Dalton Nurse, Frederick Griffith and Roland Ashby.

Digicel Conch Shell Blowing Competition 2009

1st Ronald Folkes, 2nd Anderson Lorde, 3rd (Seven year old) Tryone Burnette. The other blowers were Alastair Forde, Omar Forde and Roland Price.

THE 2009 OISTINS FISH FESTIVAL is expected to be the most exciting Easter weekend
extravaganza since the inaugural event in the South Coast fishing town 32 years ago.

Planning is now in the final stages for marine activities, including swimming contests and
boat racing, to precede the festival's April 11 opening.

Visual artists Arlette St Hill and Kathleen Yearwood will showcase 100 pieces of original artwork at the Gallery of Barbadian Art and there will be new attractions at the Police Tattoo
on the Foundation School grounds on April 9.

Foundation, celebrating its 200th anniversary, will play a leading role in this year's festival. Former student Judith Gill will deliver the Sir Harold St John Oistins Fish Festival Lecture at the Christ Church Parish Centre on April 8 at 7:30 p.m. She will speak on the topic Foundation: "The Oistins Connection - More Than A Matter Of Proximity"

Thousands are expected in the Christ Church fishing village at 4:30 p.m. for Minister of
Transport and Works the Honourable John Boyce's feature address as he officially opens the festival. PROGRAMME - 2009

Minister of Public Works, John Boyce opened the 31st Oistins Fish Festival at Oistins Bay Gardens on Saturday, 22nd March 2008. more >>

SKYROCKETING COSTS forced cutbacks on activities at this year's Oistins Fish Festival, which opened on Saturday, 22nd March 2008. more >>

THE GOSPEL SEGMENT of this year's Oistins Fish Festival featured brand new faces and fresh and exciting award-winning voices, when local gospel artistes appeared at the Bay Garden bandstand for the Easter Sunday night's Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)- sponsored music festival. more >>

Competition Results 2008

Poweraid 10 K Road Race 2008 results (Men), (Women)

ALTHOUGH organisers have had to cut activities from the 2008 festival to ensure the importance 31-year-old Oistins Fish ival was not compromised year.
New Christ Church South MP, Minister of Transport John Boyce, delivered the feature address at the official opening of the festival on Saturday, March 22nd , 2008. more>>

CORRETTA BRATHWAITE, a representative of Guyana's Rockstone Fish Festival, more >>

DAN CARTER wants to see "real good patronage" and renewed interest in the 2007 Oistins Fish Festival, which officially began with a Professor Karl Watson lecture at the Christ Church Parish Centre on February-28.more>>

Fishermen and boat owners were lambasted for their failure to plan for their future, that of their families and their laid-back approach to the profession. more>>

Organisers of the Oistins Fish Festival are upbeat about commemorating this year's festival. The South Coast-held festival, now in its 30th year, began with a church service on Sunday and patrons can expect a number of exciting attractions right through to Monday (Easter Bank Holiday).more>>

Fishermen who worked on the 20 boats to ferry 58 loads of necessities to Grenada in the wake of Hurricane Ivan are the latest recipients of the Rommell Primus Award For Bravery And Human Kindness. more>>

The Oistins Fish Festival will be celebrating its thirtieth anniversary on the 7th, 8th and 9th of April 2007. This will be a major milestone in the development of the Oistins Festival. more>>

"The future of the fishing industry is in safe hands." That assurance was given by Minister of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Reginald Farley on Monday, 28th March, 2005. As he delivered the feature address at the opening of the Oistins Fish Festival. more>>