The Tribune

TRACK

CARIBS AT

RIDDLE UNIVERSITY

A 10-member contingent from the College of the Bahamas Caribs track and field team are off to the Embry Riddle University Meet this weekend in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The team, which will be led by sprint coach Mark Humes, is:

Ashley Oembler, Bradley Cooper Jr and Anthone Lightbourne - discus and shot put; Deneisha Bagot, Blayre Fernander and Celine Thompson - high jump; Dennis Williamson and Fabian Murry - 200m, 400m and 4 x 400m; Jessi-Mar Wilson - 60m, 200m and 4 x 400m; and Yurick Dean - 4 x 400m.

So far, Fernander and Thompson have qualified for the Carifta Games in Grenada over the Easter holiday weekend.

BOWLING

FINANCIAL LEAGUE

THE top scorer from the Financial Bowling League competition last night was Alfred Burrows, of the BTC Night Hawks, with a 245 high game and a 629 high three-game set.

The runner-up was Sonith Lockhart, of Rubis Oil Stars, with a 626 second high set. Chavez Thompson, of Sunshine Insurance, downed the pins for the high game of 234.

The ladies MVP of the evening was Tara Culmer, of Forsythe Communications, who toppled the pins for a 190 high game and a 550 high three-game set.

Culmer was followed by Joy Lockhart, of BTC Night Hawks, with a 189 high game and a 497 second high set.

RESULTS: Real Deal Kirki Bar 3, Financial Leaguers 0; Rubis Oil Stars 2, Deloitte & Touche 1; Sunshine Insurance 2, Moonlight Strikers 1;

BTC Night Hawks 2, Leno Corporate Services 1; Forsythe Communications 2, Strike Force 1.

RUGBY

BRU ACTION

THE Bahamas Rugby Union will host the Charlotte Rugby Football Club to a friendly match on Saturday at noon at the Winton Rugby Centre.

The visiting team will take on a Nassau select team.

At the same time, most of the players will be in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the Ruggerfest.

BASKETBALL

NPWBA ACTION

AS the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association prepares to break for the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic at the AF Adderley Gymnasium next week, four games will be played on Saturday night at the DW Davis Gymnasium, including three in the junior division.

In the opener at 5.30 pm, the Family Guardian Cheetahs will meet the Water and Sewerage Operators followed by MIYA (Bahamas) Cybots Princesses v Athletico Bahamas at 6.15 pm.

At 7pm, the Consolidated Water Truckers will take on the Family Guardian Cheetahs and in the feature contest at 8.30pm, the Boomer G Operators will face the Career Builders Cheetahs.

The NPWBA will resume play on Tuesday, March 1 and they will host their All-Star Classic on Saturday, March 5, at the DW Davis Gymnasium.

CORRECTION

IT was incorrectly stated in The Tribune on Wednesday and Thursday that Lenora Cornish heads the CH Reeves Raptors’ track and field team.

Cornish has retired and has been replaced by Rashad McKenzie, who heads the Physical Education Department that includes Marilyn Toote, Thurman Johnson and Varel Davis, the president of the GSSSA.

We are happy to set the record straight.