La Rosière primary, Pointe Larue secondary and Plaisance secondary are this year’s winners of the annual Inter-school Olympics quiz organised by the Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (Socga). The competition took place last Friday with the elimination rounds in the morning at the Socga office at Stad Linite, Roche Caïman, and the finals took
The QBR team arrived to the Seychelles Island on Tuesday 11th April for their 5 day journey for the 4th time. The Team was welcome by the Minister for Sport, Youth and Culture Ms. Idith Alexander accompanied by her principal secretary Mr. Fabian Palmyre. Also present was the President of the Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth
The traditional Queen’s baton arrived here yesterday and it will tour the coast of Mahé today before travelling to Praslin and La Digue tomorrow. The baton arrived in Seychelles yesterday on board a regular Kenya Airways flight, accompanied by the Queen’s baton team and the head of the Regional Games Committee and the vice-president of
Seychelles awaits arrival of Queen’s Baton The XXI Commonwealth Games is fast approaching and will take place next year in Gold Coast, Australia and already theA look at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton traditional Queen’s Baton Relay, which carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth, currently Queen Elizabeth II, to the member
Queen’s baton to arrive on April 11 Seychelles will welcome the Queen’s baton for five days – from April 11-15 this year – and it will be the ninth country to do Young Seychellois taking part in the Queen’s baton relay in 2014so after the relay was set in motion on Monday. It was Her
Flag bearer Rodney Govinden led Team Seychelles during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Friday night at the fabled Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Seychelles was the 168th country to enter the 78,000-capacity Maracanã, joining more than 10,000 athletes from 207 teams in the colourful parade of nations led by
The biggest contingent of Team Seychelles for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were to leave last night for Brazil. Seychelles is being represented by 23 people consisting of athletes, coaches and other officials at the games from August 5-21 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro – which means ‘River of January’,
Seychellois boxer Andrique Allisop will meet Irish Oliver David Joyce in his first round fight at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Drawn in the bottom half of the men’s light weight (60kg) draw, Allisop, who booked his ticket to Rio by winning the bronze medal at the International Boxing Association (Aiba) African
Swimmers wanting to guarantee automatic qualification for the Olympic Games should achieve an ‘A’ standard, according to the International Olympic Committee and Fina (Fédération internationale de natation) rules. While achieving the Olympic selection time or ‘B’ standard can still take one to the Olympics, it does not necessarily guarantee automatic qualification. This is why although
