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| Full name | UWI Blackbirds Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Blackbirds |
| Ground | Usain Bolt Sports Complex |
| Capacity | 950 |
| Chairman | Amanda Reifer [1] |
| Manager | Roland Butcher [1] |
| League | Barbados Premier Division |
| 2016 | 1st |
UWI Blackbirds FC, is a Barbados association football club based in Cave Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados. The team is the football division of the UWI Blackbirds athletic program. In 2016, the team won their first Premier Division title.
The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Each country is either a member of the Commonwealth of Nations or a British Overseas Territory. The aim of the university is to help 'unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth' in the West Indies, thus allowing improved regional autonomy. The University was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London.
Cave Hill, St. Michael is a suburban area situated in the parish of St. Michael. It is located about 4 km north-west of the capital city Bridgetown along the west coast of Barbados.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the nation of Barbados.
The Premier League is the top football league in Barbados. It was created in 1947 and is headed by the Barbados Football Association. Ten teams participate in this league. It is known as the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons.
The Barbados First Division is the second tier of Football in Barbados.
A cricket team representing the University of the West Indies (UWI) played several matches in West Indian domestic cricket during the early 2000s, and currently plays at lower levels.
Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles KA is a Barbadian historian, he is the current vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Committee.
Professor the Most Honourable Violet Eudine Barriteau, GCM is a professor of gender and public policy, as well as Principal of the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. She was also the president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) from 2009 to 2010, and she is on the advisory editorial boards of Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International, published by SUNY Press, and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, published by University of Chicago Press.
The 2015 Barbados Premier Division was the 69th season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. Barbados Defense Force won their final six matches to hold off Rendezvous FC for their third consecutive league title and fifth overall. With BDF having already completed their schedule, Rendezvous FC needed to make up 11 goals in goal differential with a win on the final day of the season to pull even with BDF, but managed only a 2-1 victory over Weymouth Wales. The season began on February 8 and concluded on July 23.
Mario Harte is a Barbadian international footballer who plays as a Midfielder. He is currently playing for UWI Blackbirds. He was the top scorers during the 2016 Barbados Premier Division season.
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, GCMG, DA, QC is the Governor-General of Barbados. She was a practising Attorney-at-Law who has served as a High Court judge in Saint Lucia and a Court of Appeal judge in Barbados. She was the first woman admitted to the Bar in Barbados. She served as chair of the CARICOM commission to evaluate regional integration, was the first magistrate appointed as an Ambassador from Barbados, and was the first woman to serve on the Barbados Court of Appeals. She was the first Bajan appointee to the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal and served briefly as the Governor General of Barbados. She has been called one of the 10 most powerful women in Barbados. In 2017, she was appointed as the 8th Governor General of Barbados, with a term beginning on 8 January 2018. Simultaneously with her appointment, Mason was awarded the Dame Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. On assumption of the office of Governor-General, Dame Sandra Mason, under the Order of the Dame of Saint Andrew, became the Chancellor and Principal Dame of Saint Andrew.
The 2016 Barbados Premier Division is the 70th season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. UWI Blackbirds won their first league title, holding off defending champions BDF by a single point. Pinelands United were winless and are joined by Empire Club in being relegated to Barbados First Division for the 2017 season.
The UWI Blackbirds or Cave Hill Blackbirds, are the official athletic teams of the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill.
The 2017 Barbados Premier League is the 71st season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. UWI Blackbirds are the defending champions, coming off their first league title.
The 2016 Barbados FA Cup was the 106th edition of the top knockout tournament in Barbados. The tournament was won by Weymouth Wales who defeated Rendezvous in the championship match. It was Weymouth's fifth domestic cup title.
Jairo Lombardo is a Panamanian footballer who is last known to have played for San Juan Jabloteh of the TT Pro League in 2017. Hailing from Vacamonte, he is the nephew of former Panamanian footballer Ángel Lombardo.
University of the West Indies at Cave Hill is a public research university in Cave Hill, Barbados. It is one of 5 general campuses in the University of the West Indies system.
Jomo Harris is a Barbadian international footballer who plays for Kemi Kings, as a midfielder.
The University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC) is a public and distance only, research university headquartered Cave Hill, Barbados. It is one of 5 general autonomous units of the University of the West Indies system. Its main campus is located inside the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, but remains a distinct and separate institution.
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