Caribbean Beat — November/December 2018 (#154)

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need to know Great Outdoors Rowing for a cause Since 1997, the annual Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge has begun in the Canary Islands and finished in Antigua. Yet until 2015 there had never been a Caribbean team attempting the row, considered one of the toughest races in the world, in which individuals or teams of up to five people row across the Atlantic in a tiny boat. It sounds crazy, but it raises thousands of dollars for charity each year (each team competes for their favourite). In late 2015 and early 2016, the entire country of Antigua and Barbuda watched in amazement as pioneering Team Wadadli made their way across the Atlantic. Inspired by these dauntless men, two years later another Antiguan team came a close second to the fastest finishers in race history, completing the race in only thirty days on 13 January, 2018. The next challenge? An all-female team, currently training for this year’s race (which begins in early December). Team Antigua Island Girls includes Elvira Bell, Christal Clashing, Samara Emmanuel, Kevinia Francis, and Junella King. Four of them will actually compete. They’ve set their sights on being the top female contenders, and are planning to be among the top five finishers overall. Elvira Bell has been a natural athlete all her life. The thirty-six-year-old is a keen swimmer, martial artist, and certified health coach. By day she’s a flight dispatcher, and at first she wasn’t specially keen on taking up this particular challenge, but no became yes after her best friend Kevinia Francis insisted they join. Francis, for her part, has been imagining an all-female crew since the original Team Wadadli competed. “This challenge epitomises all that I live for in one go: sports, travel, competition, country, charity, new experiences, and creating memories,” says the fortyyear-old. Meanwhile, Samara Emmanuel was the first Antiguan woman to become an RYA-certified yacht captain, and at thirty-two, she has more than a dozen years’ seafaring experience. Emmanuel has a passion for the water — as does Christal Clashing, who made history in 2004 as the first female swimmer to represent Antigua and Barbuda at the Olympics. Now twenty-eight, and a travel writer, she was excited to join the women’s team after being inspired years ago by the journey of the canoe Gli-Gli through the Caribbean. And the youngest member of the team, Junella King, is only seventeen. A keen sailor, she juggles sports and schoolwork, and her interest in the race was inspired when Team Wadadli, postrace, visited her school. The team are rowing for the charity Cottage of Hope, a home where girls from newborn to age eighteen can find a safe, secure, and stable place to live when their family lives are unsuitable. It’s as good a reason as any for these intrepid young women to undertake the adventure of a lifetime. Bridget van Dongen To support the Team Antigua Island Girls in their journey, visit www.antiguabarbudaislandgirls.com courtesy team antigua island girls From left to right: Kevinia Francis, Samara Emmanuel, Christal Clashing, Junella King, and Elvira Bell — the Team Antigua Island Girls 36 WWW.CARIBBEAN-BEAT.COM
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