The Tribune

BASKETBALL

NPBA SEMIFINALS

THE Real Deal Shockers knocked off the Pyramid Food Rockets 104-96 Wednesday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium to secure their berth in the Vince Ferguson’s divisional final against the defending champions Mail Boat Cybots.

The Shockers-Rockets’ series was the only one that didn’t go the distance as the New Providence Basketball Association completed its first round playoffs. The other half of the semifinal will feature last year’s runners-up Commonwealth Bank Giants against the PJCS Stingers in the John Archer Division.

The schedule for the

semifinal is as follows:

Tonight’s schedule

7:30pm - Commonwealth

Bank Giants vs PJCS

9pm - Mail Boat Cybots

vs Real Deal Shockers

Saturday night

7:30pm - Real Deal

vs Mail Boat Cybots

9pm - PJCS vs

Commonwealth

Monday’s schedule

7:30pm - Commonwealth

vs PJCS

9pm - Mail Boat Cybots

vs Real Deal Shockers

Wednesday’s schedule

7:30pm - Real Deal

vs Mail Boat Cybots

9pm - PJCS vs

Commonwealth

Friday’s schedule

7:30pm - Commonwealth

vs PJCS

9pm - Mail Boat Cybots

vs Real Deal Shockers

SOFTBALL

MEN’S SLOWPITCH

CHALLENGE

FRIENDS of Rising Stars Softball is scheduled to hold a men’s slow pitch softball challenge between the Eleuthera Softball Association and the Grand Bahama Softball Association this weekend.

The two islands, matched in a series of games slated to start tonight and continue Saturday, will clash at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.

The registration fee is $85 per team. Interested persons are asked to contact Helena Cooper at 373-8272 or Suezette Basden at 351-2303.

SIR DURWARD

BOOK LAUNCH

IT’S here at last. The general public is invited to join Sir Durward, his family and friends at his book signing on Saturday, March 29 at Montagu Gardens between the hours of 10am and 2pm.

Coffee and refreshments will be served. All profits from sales will be donated to charity. The paperback is $25 and the hard cover is $30. It’s a fascinating sequel to Sir Durward’s first book: “Driven by the Stars.’

With a life covering almost a century, Sir Durward has been there in the thick of all the many changes - good and bad - that have happened around him.

His own voice speaks to us from every page, as we follow him through all the life-changing experiences, joys and sorrows, that have formed him into the man he is today. Through these pages, you will come to realise that he is indeed, in the words of a long-time friend: ‘a special, distinguished national hero.’

SOFTBALL

MASTERS FINALS

GAME one of the Masters Softball League’s best-of-five championship series is slated to be played 2pm Saturday at the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park.

The match-up will be between the defending champions Joshua Knights and the pennant winning Dozer Pros. Game two is set for 2pm Sunday.

RUN/WALK MARIO’S

BOWLING EVENT

THE Mario’s Bowling & Family Entertainment Palace’s third annual Mario & ‘Big O’ 10K Run/Walk/Skate event is all set for 6am Saturday, April 26, from the bowling centre on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway. The application fee is $15 per person. All proceeds from the event will go to the Bahamas Red Cross. Interested persons are urged to contact 242-326-8010 for details.