Cycling Club Bahamas. - Weekend events: Friday (Holiday) Labour Day & Saturday - leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank 30 miles headed west. In order to complete this ride, it is recommended that you have done some recent cycling, Leaving P/I bridges optional at the end. The pace will range from 18–20+mph, two-hour duration.
Sunday - leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank, 40-50 miles headed east. This ride is not recommended if you have not cycled recently or first timers! P/I Bridges optional at the end! The pace will range from 18–20+mph, 3-3.5 hour duration (cyclists are invited to join in anywhere along the route).
Saturday - Pineappleman Sprint Triathloan, Gregory Town, Eleuthera. https://www.facebook.com/groups/pineappleman/
Upcoming events:
June 21 - Potcakeman Super Sprint Relay, Jaws Beach, New Providence, http://www.potcakeman.com/
July 18th, Saturday, 7am – Spanish Wells, Eleuthera. The Spanish Wells Cycling Association invites you to participate in their 1st Annual Cycling Road Race. The race will be Criterium style, 2.4 mile laps for 50 min. There will be a 15-49 yr cat, Masters cat, 10-14 yr cat. This race will be run the same weekend as the Legendary Spanish Wells Fisherman’s Fest. Come for the race and stay for the Fisherman’s Fest! www.fishermensfest.comTransportation to/from Spanish Wells is easiest on Bahamas Fast Ferries www.bahamasferries.com Accommodation / transportation Spanish Wells www.HarboursideBahamas.com Contact: Andre@HarboursideBahamas.com or call 242-333-5022.
August 8&9 – Bahamas Cycling Invitational-VIVA Cycling, two-day event - Jaws Beach parking lot. Teams from The Bahamas, Columbia, Cuba and USA compete for Junior Championships!
September 5 - Potcakeman Sprint Triathlon, Jaws Beach, New Providence. https://www.facebook.com/
October 9-12 - Run For Pompey Marathon, Exuma, www.runforpompey.com.
October 2015 - UWC Sprint/Olympic/Kids Triathlon, Jaws Beach, New Providence. http://www.uwctriathlon.com.
November 7 - Conchman Sprint Triathlon, Taino Beach, Grand Bahama, http://www.conchman.com.
November 7 – Cycling event in Exuma. Contact mailto:jeffrey.todd@givexuma.com.
Morning rides west - Wednesday and Friday, 4:45am, Cable Beach Police Station, West Bay Street, 20-mile ride route. Headed east to Montague and return. One-hour duration. Cyclists capable of 14+mph welcome. Ride leaves promptly (cyclists are invited to join in anywhere along the route). Contact Shantell the day before to confirm your attendance: shorelinecargo@gmail.com.
Afternoon rides west - Tuesdays and Thursdays, leaving 5:30pm sharp, parking lot next to Lyford Cay Gas Station, 18 or 24 miles depending if you do second loop. This is an advanced cyclist’s ride. The pace will range from 20+mph Intermediate New18-22mph, contact Spyder.
Morning ride east - Tuesdays and Thursdays, leaving 5am sharp, start/end Seagrapes Shopping Centre (under the big sign), East Prince Charles Drive: 1-1.5 hour duration Cyclists capable of 14+mph welcome. Prince Charles Dr- Eastern Road-Shirley St-Church St-East Bay-Eastern Road- Prince Charles. Please have lights attached to your bike.
Kiwanis Aktion Club. - The Kiwanis Aktion Club of Fort Montagu president, members and advisors attended the Kiwanis Division 22 Interclub on Tuesday May 19. The guest speaker was Dr Delon Brennen, deputy chief medial officer with the Ministry of Health (centre in the photo at the top of the page with bow tie) who spoke on the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) for the Bahamas.
Kiwanis Aktion Club of Fort Montagu meets the 1st and 3rd Thursday each month at the Anglican Diocese Office Sands Road 6:00-7:00 pm.
Adults with disabilities, parents and guardians are welcome to attend meetings, and learn more about the club. The general public is also welcome.
Our Motto: Where development has no disability.
Mission: To provide adults living with disabilities an opportunity to develop initiative, leadership skills and to serve their communities.
Vision: To develop competent, capable, caring leaders through the vehicle of service.
Special Olympics Bahamas. - On Saturday, Special Olympics Bahamas held their annual track & field nationals at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium and organisers of the event are once again, pleased with the results.
A spokesman said: “While we believe that there are still several areas that can be improved upon to raise the level of this event and enhance the overall experience for athletes and coaches, we are satisfied that we are on the right track and we will continue to do our best to make this event bigger and better.”
The event got underway shortly after 9:30 am with the parade of athletes, followed by the entrance of the “Flame of Hope”, brought into the stadium by the law enforcement torch runners (LETR) of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, who chanted words of encouragement and motivation in unison as they made their run.
Athletes from each of the programs taking part in the day’s competition joined in the run for a final lap around the track, before relinquishing the torch to the Commissioner of Police, Ellison Greenslade, who officially lit the games torch, after which he addressed the athletes and spectators and officially declared the games open.
Prominently represented at these nationals were athletes from Special Olympics programs in Abaco, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama and New Providence, including a team from the Stapledon School.
More than 100 athletes competed for medals and position ribbons in the traditional events such as the sprints and middle distance races, as well as the standing long jump, the softball throw, the shot put, several short distance walk events and of course, the 4x100 and 4x400m relays.
In July of this year, Special Olympics Bahamas will send a team of athletes and coaches to participate in the Special Olympics World Summer Games, which will be held in Los Angeles, California. The Bahamas will be represented in the sports of athletics, aquatics, bocce, bowling, open water swimming and tennis.
More than 7,000 athletes from more than 170 countries are expected to participate in these games, which will be the largest sports and humanitarian event to be held anywhere in the world in 2015.
Special Olympics is at its core, a sports organisation that provides year round sports training and competition in Olympic type sports for children and athletes with intellectual disabilities (ID), and “…uses the power of sport as a catalyst for social change”.
Special Olympics Bahamas is volunteer driven and depends very heavily on contributions and donations from individuals and corporate citizens to run its program year round.
Persons and/or organizations wishing to become volunteers and/or donate time or financial resources to Special Olympics Bahamas, may contact the program’s national director, Amanda Moncur, on 477-0304.
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