SOCCER
COB TRYOUT
THE College of the Bahamas is scheduled to hold another tryout session for grade 11 and 12 male soccer players 4pm Wednesday at the COB soccer field. Coaches, parents, high school teams and teams in the U-17 BFA league are encouraged to attend and speak with coach Steve Bellot about opportunities for the Fall 2013/14 season. Financial aid is available to student-athletes who qualify.
TENNIS
ROBERTS
ADVANCED
IN the International Tennis Federation’s Luxembourg G4 Tournament on Monday morning, rising young star Justin Roberts defeated No.5 seed Christopher Reynolds of Great Britain 6-4, 6-3 to move into the round of 16. Reynolds has an ITF ranking of 366.
CARIFTA
MINI-OLYMPICS?
THE Bahamas is preparing itself to become the home of the CARIFTA Games on a permanent basis, providing the platform for the country to host a mini-Olympics each and every year leading up to the Olympic Games, according to Minister of Youth, Sports & Culture Dr Daniel Johnson.
Dr Johnson is in talks with other ministers of sports across the Caribbean to put forth an agenda for the next 10 years.
“I want the public to know that I am thinking about the CARIFTA games being a primer for the Olympic games,” he said. “Right now, these games are really track and field championships that we are hosting. Jamaica will host the swimming championships. We in the Bahamas, after the build out of this multi-purpose centre, are interested in hosting the CARIFTA games that would mimic the Olympic Games.”
He said the aim is to have 15 to 20 core sports going on all over the Bahamas, including gymnastics, canoeing and kayaking, rowing, racing and cycling. He said the Bahamas would be prepared as early as next year to host this sort of games. Even a beach volleyball and beach soccer pit are well on the way.
Dr Johnson said officials are also in talks with the PGA about creating the first PGA-certified course outside of the US on Cat Island.
In the meantime, officials are also in talks with the Ladies Professional Golf Association of the Americas.
The minister made these announcements as officials begin their push in earnest for a national support for the athletes as they participate in the CARIFTA games.
Leroy Archer, chairman of the National Sports Authority, says the track will meet full certification and an announcement in that regard will be made this month.
Basil Christie, chairman of the local organising committee, promises that the opening ceremonies will be a fabulous display of culture from the Bahamas and the Caribbean.
Tickets for the CARIFTA games, set for March 29 to April 1 at the national stadium, are expected to go on sale today.
Check out www.carifta2013.com for more details.
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