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The people of Barbados are sport mad and the facilities for pursuing a sport of your choice are excellent for an island of this size. Cricket still draws the largest following and there are dozens of famous cricketers who are household names. Going to watch a cricket match is an entertaining cultural experience and well worth doing, even if you don’t understand the game. Football and rugby are also played and followed enthusiastically by the crowd. An unusual spectator sport for a Caribbean island is horse racing, which is exciting to watch, but even more extraordinary is polo, which appears to have been imported wholesale from the Home Counties and is followed avidly by mostly white ex-pats. Participation sports are also well-developed and there are great facilities for visitors to play golf, tennis and several other sports. The sea is a natural water playground and you can scuba dive, sail, fish, windsurf, kitesurf and surf as well as hire more low- key water toys on the beach.
Contact the National Sports Council, Blenheim, St Michael, T 4366127, for information on any sport not mentioned here or pick up the annual brochure, Sporting Barbados, http://www.sportingbarbados.com
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