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.
The Championships feature competitions in swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo. They have been held since 1976.
Participating Countries
The CISCs predominantly features teams from the Caribbean, but traditionally also includes Bermuda and Suriname. Residents of the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique have also been invited to compete, despite the fact that they technically fall under the jurisdiction of the French Swimming Federation, and therefore, are considered part of Europe.
Twenty (20) countries have been invited to the 2008 Championships:
*flag|Antigua and Barbuda
*flag|Aruba
*flag|Bahamas
*flag|Barbados
*flag|Bermuda
*flag|Cayman Islands
*flag|Cuba
*flag|Dominica
*flag|Dominican Republic
*flag|Grenada
*flag|Guadeloupe
*flag|Jamaica
*flag|Netherlands Antilles
*flag|Martinique
*flag|Puerto Rico
*flag|Saint Lucia
*flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
*flag|Suriname
*flag|Trinidad and Tobago
*flag|U.S. Virgin Islands
Locations
External Links
* [http://www.swimjamaica.com/CISC_2008/CISC_2008_Home.htm CISC 2008 website]
* [http://www.news.caribseek.com/CISC2002/ CISC 2002 website]
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