The Tribune

BOC SUPPORTS

MOORE’S ISLAND

ATHLETE

IN the continuing effort by The Bahamas Olympic Committee to develop and recognise athletic talent throughout the entire Bahamas, Moore’s Island athlete Shane Jones was among the recipients of the BOC’s coveted Olympic Scholarships. Jones is a short distance sprint standout with impressive results at the CARIFTA and Junior CAC Games.

The BOC Olympic Scholarships are administered in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee and are aimed at encouraging athletes assessed as having high potential for Olympic competition.

Jones said that the scholarship will allow him to “put all my focus on track and field… and to perform at peak level in competition.

Said Romell Knowles, BOC secretary general: “Shane Jones is but one of the many athletes who received an Olympic Scholarship this year and we have high hopes for all our athletes to make it in to the Olympiad of Rio 2016.”

BOWLING

CITY BOWLING

LEAGUE

THE top player in City Bowling League competition Monday night was David Slatter of Telco Enterprises, who toppled the pins for a 241 high game and a 637 three game high set.

The runner-up MVP was Johann Pyfrom also of Telco Enterprises with a 609 second high set. Raymond Adderley of Carib Construction crushed the pins for an outstanding high game of 268.

The ladies MVP of the evening was again Driskell Rolle of TK Falcons with a 201 high game and a respectable 522 three game set. Rolle was followed by Tara Johnson of Commonwealth Electrical, who downed the pins for a 198 high game and a 521 second high set.

The other scores of the evening were:

BEC Shockers 3, GIGA Tech 0

Bahamasair Flyers3, City Leaguers 0

Checkers Cafe 3, Back Strikers 0

The Knights 2, Commonwealth Electrical 1

SAILING

KING ERIC

REGATTA

THE Whitty K, skippered by Stefan Knowles, dominated the first Rock Sound Regatta held over the weekend in Eleuthera.

Knowles and his Whitty K won all of the C Class races as well as the special Damian Gomez Cup that was held in honour of the Member of Parliament for North Eleuthera. The race was designed to allow at least one member from Rock Sound to sail on each of the boats.

Coming in second overall was the Leathal Weapon, followed by the Thunderbird, the Lady Eunice and the Melva B. A total of 12 boats participated in the regatta on Friday and Saturday.

The regatta was held in honour of the late King Eric Gibson, who had agitated for the staging of a regatta in Rock Sound long before he died last December.

The boats competed in a sail-off the weekend before in Montagu Bay in order to qualify to compete in the regatta over the weekend.

SOFTBALL

OLDTIMERS

SOFTBALL

THE New Providence Oldtimers Softball Association continued its regular season at the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreation Grounds over the weekend.

The following results were posted:

Cabinet World 11,

BTC Vibes 6

Sherman Ferguson had two hits with a home run, driving in two runs and scoring three times for the winners. Val Munroe was the winning pitcher and Steven Hepburn suffered the loss.

Hardy XO 8,

Proper Care 7

Daylin Williams was 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored to lead the winners. Hector Rolle was the winning pitcher and Foster Dorsett got tagged with the loss.

Dozer Pros 18, Giants 2

Godfrey Willie was 3-for-3 with three runs for the winners. Alfred Munnings was the winning pitcher and Tim Sawyer suffered the loss.

Blue Water Truckers 15,

Corner Boys 8

Ronald ‘Big Boy’ Seymour went 3-for-4 with two runs scored for the winners, Gary ‘Super’ Johnson was the winning pitcher and Harold ‘Banker’ Fitzgerald suffered the loss.