BVI to Host Junior Caribbean Squash Championships
The British Virgin Islands will host the Nagico & Interpath Junior Caribbean Squash Championships from July 10 to 16, 2026, with the Tortola Sports Club confirmed as the venue and organisers expecting nearly 250 athletes, coaches, officials and supporters. The tournament will bring roughly 150 junior players from across the Caribbean and is expected to boost local hotels, restaurants and small businesses.
The British Virgin Islands will welcome the Nagico & Interpath Junior Caribbean Squash Championships from July 10 to 16, 2026, organisers and the BVI Squash Racquets Association (BSRA) confirmed, with the tournament to be staged at the Tortola Sports Club (Guavaberry; BSRA). Organisers say the premier regional junior event is expected to attract approximately 150 of the Caribbean's top young players, along with about 20 coaches and team managers and roughly 80 supporters — a combined turnout organisers describe as nearly 250 athletes, coaches, officials and supporters (Guavaberry; BSRA).
Delegations are due from Barbados, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Virgin Islands, making this one of the larger sports-tourism events to touch the Territory this year (BSRA; VINO). The influx of teams and supporters is expected to benefit local hotels, restaurants and small businesses during the week-long competition, organisers said, adding the championships will be among the biggest sporting draws for the Territory in 2026 (organisers statement via VINO and Guavaberry).
National Junior Coach Adam Murrills said the BVI squad has been training intensively as they look to build on recent success. "Our junior team has been working really hard for the past few months in preparation for the championships," Murrills said, noting that having the event at home "definitely adds excitement and motivation for our players" (quoted in VINO and Guavaberry).
He also highlighted steady growth in local junior programmes, saying the pipeline of talent is expanding in both size and quality. The return of the championships carries added significance after the Territory's landmark showing in 2024, when home players captured an unprecedented three gold medals — a major breakthrough after the BVI's only previous gold, won by Joe Chapman in 2009 (organisers; VINO).
With home-court advantage and a growing junior base, Murrills said the team hopes to replicate or surpass those results. Murrills and the BSRA expressed gratitude to title sponsors Nagico and Interpath and stressed the importance of community support. "Events of this magnitude couldn’t happen without the support of the community, our sponsors, and volunteers," he said, thanking those groups for their role in staging the event (VINO; Guavaberry).
Residents are encouraged to follow announcements from the BSRA and the event sponsors for schedules, match venues and volunteer or attendance opportunities. With confirmed dates and venue, organisers say the championships should provide close-up access to rising Caribbean talent while sustaining momentum in the Territory's expanding junior development programmes (BSRA; Guavaberry).
Primary source: VINO