The Tribune

CYCLING

GRAND BAHAMA

CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE 11th Annual Grand Bahama Road Cycling Championships is slated to be held on Saturday with competition in categories 1, 2 and 3 to see who will take home the crown of Grand Bahama Road Cycling champions.

2015 marks 11 years since the first championship was held on Grand Bahama, but the event has only had eight editions with eight male and two female champions.

The women’s division was ruled by Vicki Stafford until Shannon McBrayer came along to claim the crown in 2014.

In the men’s division, there was no such domination as each year saw a “changing of the guard.”

Last year’s male champion was Bahamas national team member Roy Colebrooke Jr, who won in a photo finish sprint.

Will he be the first male to win in consecutive years, or will a former champion return to reprise his role as GBCC champion?

The event starts at 8am from the east of the airport round-a-bout. The registration fee is $20 for adults and $10 for juniors.

CYCLING

NPCA

SERIES

THE New Providence Cycling Association is scheduled to hold its monthly cycling series on September 27 with the Goodman’s Bay Cycling Clash that will feature a 42-mile race for elite cyclists and 24 miles for the junior cyclists around the western end of the island. The event is opened to men and women, open masters men and women, 35-years and over and junior boys and girls.

RUGBY

WORLD

CUP

TO celebrate the opening of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Bahamas Rugby, in conjunction with Heineken, will be hosting a couple of events at the Winton Rugby Pitch on the weekend of September 19.

Friday, September 18 -

2pm on Bay Street

World Cup Opening

Ceremony - 2pm

England v Fiji

(opening game) - 3pm

Saturday, September 19

• 2pm

Winton Rugby Centre

Men’s & Women’s 7s

Tournament

Sunday, September 20 -

12 noon

Boat Trip to Rose Island -

Details to be confirmed

Women’s Rugby

The women’s 7s squad are training at Winton at 7pm every Tuesday and Thursday evening.

“We’re recruiting active and energetic women between the ages of 17 and 30 who are not afraid of contact,” the BRU stated. “Please inform any women who you feel may be interested. We are currently in training for a tournament in Trinidad and Tobago in December, though our long term goal is to qualify for the Commonwealth Games in June 2016.”

WALK:

STRIDE 4 LIFE

THE Walk 4 Cancer Stride 4 Life 2015 is scheduled for 6am October 3, starting from the Cancer Society Building on East Terrace, Centreville. The theme for the event is “Walk A Mile In My Shoe.”

Registration is being held at the Cancer Society of the Bahamas on East Avenue, two doors south of ZNS. Adults will be charged $20 and children under 12 $10, which includes a t-shirt, backpack and other goodies. Monetary donations are accepted. Breakfast will be on sale.

BAPTIST SPORTS

COUNCIL MEETING

THE Baptist Sports Council is scheduled to hold a meeting 10am Saturday for all churches interested in participating in the 2015 Volleyball, Softball and Track and Field Classics, scheduled to be held between October and December. All interested churches are requested to have two representatives present. Details of all of the events will be discussed.

BASEBALL:

JBLN

REGISTRATION

THE Junior Baseball League of Nassau announces that registration for the 2016 season for new and returning players is open for on-line registration on their website - www.jblnbaseball.com. The JBLN pre-season is slated to run November 11 to December 13.

The 2016 season is set to start on January 13 with opening day ceremonies on Saturday, January 16.

Registration will close at 2pm on Saturday, September 26. There will be registration payment and confirmation days at the JBLN fields 10am to 2pm on Saturdays, September 19 and 26. Tryouts will be held 11am to 1pm on Saturday, October 3 and the 2016 draft will follow at 1pm at the baseball fields.