Just under three months. That’s how much time is left before the intrepid Team Antigua Island Girls begin their sophomore row, the Pacific Challenge. The Pacific Challenge, in its inaugural year, is 2,800 nautical miles from Monterey, California to Kauai, Hawaii. While the team trains for the row, they are
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Design-an-Oar Art Contest
Design-an-Oar Art Contest Calling all artistes. Team Antigua Island Girls is looking for eight drawings—two per crewmember—to place on our oars for the Pacific Challenge. Rules Submit a high-resolution drawing in PDF format to teamantiguaislandgirls@gmail.com no later than 5 pm on April 3, 2023. Submission Token This is a community
Team Antigua Island Girls complete 18-hour row on four-year anniversary
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (January 28, 2023)—Team Antigua Island Girls spent the eve of their four-year anniversary in an 18-hour around the island row, in preparation for this summer’s Pacific Challenge. Having conquered the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (TWAC) in 2018-19, becoming the first black team to row any ocean, the
Consummate ‘friend of sports’ Cool & Smooth gets onboard with Team Antigua Island Girls
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (February 13, 2023)—Team Antigua Island Girls is proud to announce Cool & Smooth as a row partner for their 2023 Pacific Challenge titled #backontherowagain. A consummate supporter of all sports in Antigua and Barbuda, Cool & Smooth principal Amer Hourani responded without hesitation to the team’s request.
Introducing Dadli Gyal
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (February 14, 2023)—And then there was one. Team Antigua Island Girls’ boat-naming contest went from 64 submissions, to the top 10, to the top five and then to the winner. Following a weeklong polling exercise, from February 3-10, 2023, the people’s choice for the name of the
Contest: Help us name our Pacific Challenge Boat
Help us name our Pacific Challenge Boat We have a new boat for the 2023 Pacific Challenge, and she needs a name. Get back on the row with us, Team Antigua Island Girls, by entering our boat-naming contest. The winner gets their name on the boat in which we will
Budget Marine comes onboard as a silver sponsor for Team Antigua Island Girls’ 2023 Pacific Challenge
Budget Marine comes onboard as a silver sponsor for Team Antigua Island Girls’ 2023 Pacific Challenge JOHN’S, Antigua (July 13, 2022)—Team Antigua Islands Girls (TAIG) is pleased to announce Budget Marine as a silver sponsor for their Pacific Campaign 2023 titled “Back on the row again.” The cash value
Team Antigua Island Girls To Row The Pacific Ocean
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (January 21, 2022)—Team Antigua Island Girls, Antigua and Barbuda’s history-making rowers, are doing it again. The team of four—Christal Clashing, Elvira Bell, Kevinia Francis and Samara Emmanuel—will compete in the inaugural Pacific Challenge carded for 2023. Atlantic Campaigns, the official race organizers of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic