{"id":77,"date":"2021-06-15T11:59:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T15:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sportoverview-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:07:49","slug":"overview-about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/about-us\/overview-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid page-wrapper\">\n<section>\n<div id=\"dept_content\">\n<div id=\"sub_content\" class=\"bodytext\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">About Us<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Images\/About-Us\/UBSC2.jpg\"><\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3>Overview<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p>The Academy of Sport at Cave Hill is one of four academies under the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwi.edu\/sport\/\" target=\"_blank\">Faculty of Sport<\/a> which was established in 2017. It is the home of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/blackbirds-club\/\">UWI Blackbirds<\/a> and offers both competitive and intramural sports across an array of disciplines, including Football, Cricket, Netball and others. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/programmes\/\" target=\"_blank\" lclink=\"mng6giqmg65r41k99uh\">Academic programmes<\/a> such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/programme\/bsc-sport-science\/\">BSc in Sport Science<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/programme\/bsc-sport-coaching\/\">BSc in Sport Coaching<\/a> are also available at the Academy, for anyone who holds an interest in sports as career, in Barbados and across the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row stacked-images\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/about-us\/mission-and-vision\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Images\/About-Us\/UBSC-building2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/about-us\/mission-and-vision\/\">Mission &amp; Vision<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/about-us\/uwi-games\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Images\/About-Us\/uwi-games-about.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/about-us\/uwi-games\/\">UWI Games<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us &nbsp; Overview The Academy of Sport at Cave Hill is one of four academies under the Faculty of Sport which was established in 2017. 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