The Tribune

BOXING

CHAMPION AMATEUR SHOW

THE Champion Amateur Boxing Club completed the Island Sound Solutions amateur boxing show at the Wulff Road Boxing Square on Saturday night.

Donovan Taylor won 14-13 over Kendric Stuart, Kenrio Capron won 16-13 over Eugene Mackey, Jonathan Cox won 11-9 over Julian Newbold, Tiko Munroe won 32-29 over Julias Newbold, Gabriel Newbold won 23-18 over Prince Simeon, Colin Bullard won over Trevor Pinder as referee stopped contest in the second round, Donovan Taylor won rematch 17-15 over Kendric Stuart, Anton Brown won 15-13 over Jamal Nabbie and in two exhibition matches, Marco Fernander fought Mequil Gibson and Don Rolle took on Tyrone Oliver.

The best fight was between Tiko Munroe and Julius Newbold. The most improved boxer was Colin Bullard. The most outstanding boxer was Donovan Taylor and the winner of the Island Sound Solutions Trophy was Gabriel Newbold.

The Da’Jarvou Beauty & Barber Supplies Amateur Boxing Show will be the next bout. It’s scheduled for Friday and Saturday (March 15-16) in the Wulff Road Boxing Square at 6pm each night.

BASKETBALL

NPBA PLAYOFFS

THE New Providence Basketball Association has announced that its second round semifinal best-of-five playoffs, which was scheduled to begin on Saturday, has been pushed back to Wednesday to accommodate the Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic.

When the playoffs resume 7:30pm Wednesday at CI Gibson Gymnasium, the defending champions Commonwealth Bank Giants are slated to play the Police Crimestoppers. That will be followed by the feature contest at 9pm between last year’s runners-up Mail Boat Cybots against the Real Deal Shockers.

Game two is scheduled to be played on Friday when the matches reverse. Then they will go back to the line-up in the opener in game three on Saturday night. The two winners of the semifinals will go on to clash in the best-of-seven final for a chance to represent New Providence in the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Round Robin Tournament.

VOLLEYBALL

BVF TRYOUTS

THE Bahamas Volleyball Federation is inviting athletes to tryout for a position with the junior boys’ and girls’ national team. Teams are expected to travel for competition beginning in June. The divisions are as follows: Youth Girls - 15s, Born 1998 or after; Youth Boys - 16s, Born 1997 or after; Junior Girls - 17s, Born 1996 or after and Junior Boys - 18s, Born 1995 or after. For more information persons can visit the DW Davis Gym every Saturday between 12-6pm or contact Kurtwood Greene Sr, the girls coach at 357-7437.

TRACK

STADIUM CLOSED

IN preparation for the BTC Carifta Games, the National Sports Authority has announced that the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium will be closed as of Friday, March 1. The NSA is closing the stadium in order to complete the necessary renovations to the stadium before the start of the games, which will take place March 29 to April 1. The stadium was built by the Republic of China as a gift to the people of the Bahamas but there are some major repairs that need to be done.

TRACK

GSSSA TRACK MEET

HAVING just completed their basketball championships, the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association is now turning its attention on their school track and field championships at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium. The championships will again be divided into two with the junior high schools competing on Tuesday and Wednesday, while the senior high schools will be in action on Thursday and Friday.

CRICKET

NATIONAL TEAM COMMENDED

PAUL Thompson, a former president and executive of the Bahamas Cricket Association, is commending the Bahamas National Cricket team for winning the International Cricket Council’s Americas Division II Tournament that was recently played at Haynes Oval.

While this was not the first time that the team has won the tournament, Thompson said special thanks and congratulations should be given to Charles Carter for arranging the celebrations for the Bahamas’ 40th Independence, Johnathan Barry, who won the Man of the Series prize, Marc and Gtegory Taylor Jr, Ryan Tappin, teenager Geronimo Brown and the coaching staff headed by Mohammed Allie.

“Johnathan Barry, in his early teens, visited Trinidad’s Queen’s Park Cricket Club where he trained and was exposed to Brian Lara in the nets and the indoor training facility,” Thompson said. “I was told by the manager of the club and the coach that the youngster is very talented and should be playing more cricket.”

Barry was commended by the Trinidadians for his good manners and ability to listen to instructions. Thompson said Lara concurred and noted that the international exposure in ICC tournaments will most certainly help Barry.

“I am looking forward to the team’s performance this March in Florida where they will be playing in Division One against teams such as the USA, Canada, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, who are all in the ICC First Division,” Thompson said.

“The cricket stadium in Florida is huge and in an area close to the Bahamian and West Indian population. The team should get good support.”