I-Antigua neBarbuda ilungele ukukhipha ukhaphethi obomvu weTeam Antigua Island Girls

I-Antigua ne-Barbuda, nefa layo eliqinile lomjaho wezikebhe kanye ne-moniker njenge-Sailing Capital of the Caribbean, ihlale ikulangazelela ukuzijabulisa okuhle kwe-nautical. Futhi njengoba kuzokwenziwa umlando, indawo okuyiwa kuyo isikulungele ukwethula umata obomvu ukuze bamukele abagwedli base-Atlantic “Ithimba Lamantombazane Asesiqhingini sase-Antigua”, lapho begwedla eDockyard kaNelson kanye nasezincwadini zokuqopha njengezokuqala zonke- iqembu labesifazane abamnyama emhlabeni elizogwedla linqamule i-Atlantic Ocean, liqeda i-Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge kulo Januwari/Feb.

Ebizwa ngokuthi umugqa oqinile emhlabeni, i-Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge iyisipiliyoni sokugwedla olwandle esiqala e-La Gomera e-Canary Islands. Mhla ziyi-12 kuZibandlela wezi-2018, amaqembu, angamashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili esewonke, aqala uhambo lwawo egijima e-Atlantic Ocean, enqamula amakhilomitha angu-3000 ngokushaywa kwezigwedlo okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.5 nokulala kancane, ukuze afike lapho aya khona e-Antigua. Iqembu lokuqala eliqede i-Challenge, 'i-Dutch Atlantic Four' lamukelwe e-Antigua, ngentshiseko enkulu ngobusuku bangoJanuwari 15, selichithe izinsuku ezingu-34 olwandle.

Abagwedli beThimba i-Antigua Island Girls: u-Elvira Bell, uChristal Clashing, uSamara Emanuel kanye noCaptain Kevinia Francis kulindeleke ukuthi bafike ngasekupheleni kwale nyanga, lapho umndeni, abangani nezixuku ezinkulu zabafisela okuhle zizohlangana eNelson's Dockyard, iNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO. ukubajabulisa njengoba begwedla futhi bagubhe ukuphela ngempumelelo kohambo lwabo. U-Junella King, elinye ilungu nelesihlanu le-Team Antigua Island Girls, uzohlangana nozakwabo e-Antigua.

“Ifa elicebile le-Antigua ne-Barbuda le-nautical, kanye nesilungiselelo esingenakuqhathaniswa izimbangi ezigwedla eDockyard abazohlangana nazo, kwenza i-Antigua ne-Barbuda ibe indawo ekahle yalo mcimbi. Sijabule ukwamukela bonke abagwedli, imindeni yabo nabangane e-Antigua nase-Barbuda ngalolu lwazi,” kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Antigua naseBarbuda, uMhlonishwa uCharles Fernandez.

“Nakuba kungokwesithathu iqembu elivela e-Antigua naseBarbuda lingena ku-Challenge, siyaziqhenya ngempela ngokuthi iqembu lokuqala labesifazane abamnyama ukugwedla i-Atlantic lakhiwe abesifazane abane abanesibindi base-Antiguan. Isizwe sonke silwela amantombazane ethu futhi sikubheke ngabomvu ukuwamukela ekhaya futhi sibungaze amandla abantu besifazane. Lona umlando oqhubekayo, futhi kuzoba isenzakalo esibalulekile ngempela e-Antigua naseBarbuda.”

Ithimba le-Antigua Island Girls likhombe izinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi, i-Cottage of Hope njengesizathu esiyinhloko somugqa wabo. I-Cottage of Hope yinhlangano engenzi nzuzo eyasungulwa ngo-2009 ehlala futhi/noma isiza amantombazane ahlukunyeziwe, anganakiwe noma ayizintandane. I-Cottage of Hope ngosizo lwezimali eziqoqwe yi-Team Antigua Island Girls izohlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezandisiwe kwabesifazane abasebasha asebekhulile abashintsha kusukela ekuhleleni ikhaya leqembu bayohlala bodwa. Ukuze unikele kunhlangano esiza abantulayo kanye nolwazi olubanzi mayelana neTeam Antigua Island Girls iya ku: https://www.antiguabarbudaislandgirls.com/donate/=