Bermuda Olympic Association Names Branwen Smith-King Secretary General
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Hamilton, Bermuda—7 February 2020: The Bermuda Olympic Association (BOA) has named Branwen Smith-King its new Secretary General, effective 10 February 2020. In recognition of the increased demands on the BOA’s administrative team in managing relationships with global sports organisations and their associated committees, Mrs. Smith-King will work full-time as Secretary General. Stanley Douglas, who served as the previous Secretary General on a part-time basis for three years, has been named Second Vice President.
Mrs. Smith-King was previously the Executive Director of the Bermuda Sloop Foundation since 2017, an organisation she joined after a 35-year career in Athletics, including at Tufts University where she served as Head Women’s Track & Field/Cross‐Country Coach and Assistant Director of Athletics. She has also held several NCAA Committee sport leadership positions during her career which helped establish programmatic and policy protocols for its membership.
BOA CONFERENCE PROMOTES LONG-TERM ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT
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Hamilton, Bermuda—9 January 2020: The Bermuda Olympic Association (BOA) will, this weekend, host a special conference for Board members of Bermuda’s various sports governing bodies (NSGBs) to promote the long-term development of the island’s athletes.
Hosted and organised by the BOA’s Standards Committee, the Long-Term Athlete Development Conference will provide attendees with training and tools to assist NSGBs in fostering the development of athletes from their initial interest in sport through to preparation for national and international-level competition, with the objective of increasing the number of athletes being developed to elite levels, and improving the quality of the support they enjoy throughout their athletic careers.
The Conference also seeks to improve the partnership between NSGBs and the Standards Committee, and create dialogue and formal feedback mechanisms between the NSGBs and BOA.
