The CARIFTA Aquatics Championships is an annual, age-group aquatics championships for the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

. It has been held since 1985, and is similar in form/origin to the track & field/athletics event: the CARIFTA Games

CARIFTA Games

  For the CARIFTA swimming meet, please see: CARIFTA Swimming Championships.The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association . The games was first held in 1972 and consists of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles,...

. The event is held under the auspices of CANOC, the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees.

The 24th edition of the aquatics championships was held in April 2009 in Savaneta, Aruba

Savaneta, Aruba

Savaneta is a fishing village in southwestern Aruba. Home to the oldest surviving home in Aruba, it is the oldest town on that island and former capital. It was where the Dutch first settled after they recaptured it in 1816....

.

Musician Sean Paul

Sean Paul

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 participated in the 1989 and 1991 editions of the championships, as part of the Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n water polo team.

Editions

Year	Edition	Location	Dates	Disciplines
1999	XIV	Bridgetown, Barbados Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	April	swimming
2000	XV
2001	XVI	Nassau, Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...	April	swimming
2002	XVII	Bridgetown, Barbados Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	April 11-15	swimming
2003	XVIII	Kingston, Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...	April 19-21	swimming, water polo, synchronized swimming
2004	XIX	Nassau, Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...	April 15-18	swimming
2005	XX	Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles Curaçao Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...	March 31-April 3	swimming
2006	XXI	Wildey, Barbados Wildey, Saint Michael, Barbados The Wildey area of the Parish of Saint Michael located roughly 4 km east of Bridgetown, it lies on the border with the Parish of Christ Church. Normally a very busy area with the ABC Highway, Wildey is one of the main convergence points for vehicles travelling either towards the capital-city...	April 6-9	swimming water polo
2007	XXII	Kingston, Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...	April 6-11	swimming, synchronized swimming
		Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles Curaçao Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...	April 11-16	water polo
2008	XXIII	Savaneta, Aruba Savaneta, Aruba Savaneta is a fishing village in southwestern Aruba. Home to the oldest surviving home in Aruba, it is the oldest town on that island and former capital. It was where the Dutch first settled after they recaptured it in 1816....	March 26-31	swimming, synchronized swimming
		Kingston, Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...	March 21-24	water polo
2009	XXIV	Savaneta, Aruba Savaneta, Aruba Savaneta is a fishing village in southwestern Aruba. Home to the oldest surviving home in Aruba, it is the oldest town on that island and former capital. It was where the Dutch first settled after they recaptured it in 1816....	April 15-20	swimming, synchronized swimming
		Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles Curaçao Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...	April 10-13	water polo
2010	XXV	Kingston, Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...	April 3-6	swimming, water polo, synchronized swimming
2011	XXVI	Wildey, Barbados Wildey, Saint Michael, Barbados The Wildey area of the Parish of Saint Michael located roughly 4 km east of Bridgetown, it lies on the border with the Parish of Christ Church. Normally a very busy area with the ABC Highway, Wildey is one of the main convergence points for vehicles travelling either towards the capital-city...	April 23-May 1	swimming water polo synchronized swimming

See also

• Caribbean Free Trade Association
  Caribbean Free Trade Association
  The Caribbean Free Trade Association was organised to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean following the dissolution of the West Indies Federation which lasted from January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962.The Caribbean Free Trade Association was...
  
   (CARIFTA)
• Caribbean Island Swimming Championships
  Caribbean Island Swimming Championships
  The Caribbean Island Swimming Championships, or "CISCs", is a biennial aquatics championships held in even years. They are organized by CCCAN, and feature age-group competition for teams from Caribbean island nations....
  
   (CISCs)
• Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships
  Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships
  The CCCAN Championships are a biennial aquatics championship for countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The name of the event comes from the event's organizers: the Central American & Caribbean Swimming Confederation, whose abbreviated name is CCCAN....
  
   (CCCANs)

External links

• CARIFTA 2007 website
• CARIFTA 2008 website
• CARIFTA 2009 information on www.arubaswimming.com
• CARIFTA results page (with 2004-2009 swimming results) on the Bahamas Swimming Federation website.