The Tribune

BASKETBALL

CARIBS IN TAMPA

THE University of The Bahamas Caribs men’s basketball team is off to Tampa, Florida today to participate in the Sun Coast Men’s Basketball Classic January 5-7.

The schedule is as follows:

January 5 @ 8pm – Florida

College (host team)

January 6 @ 7pm – Georgia

Northwestern Tech

January 7 @ 4pm – Trinity

College

The team returns home on

Sunday, January 8.

TENNIS

BLTA JANUARY EVENTS

THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association has released its activities for the month of January

The events are as follows:

January 7 to Feb. 18 - Bahamas International Tennis Club (IC) Invitational Team Tennis League

(Saturdays at 2pm at six tennis clubs – Gym Tennis Club, Albany, NTC, Nassau Lawn, Lyford Cay Club, Lyford Youth)

January 8

Juniors to play with IC Players (International Tennis Club) at NTC (2pm)

January 9-11

4th Bi-annual IC Doubles Week at NTC (morning matches) - USA, Canada, Barbados, Bahamas

January 27

Juniors’ Quarterly Seminar –

NTC at 6pm.

TRACK

65TH ANNIVERSARY

THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations is all set to hold a church service and luncheon on Sunday to mark the 65th anniversary.

The service will be held at 9am at Holy Cross Anglican Church, Highbury Park. The luncheon is scheduled for 1 pm at the British Colonial Hilton. The cost is $35 per person. For further information, persons can contact Ann Thompson at the BAAA office at 357-5833.

TRACK

BAAA MONTHLY

CALENDAR

THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) calendar of track and field events for January are as follows:

Saturday, January 14 – T-Bird Flyers Invitational at Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium.

Saturday, January 21 – Road Runners’ Dianne Lynn Thompson Track Classic at Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.

Saturday, January 21 – Mary McNabb Track Classic at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex in Grand Bahama.

Saturday, January 28 – Club Monica Track Classic at Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.

SWIMMING

BSF MONTHLY

CALENDAR

THE Bahamas Swimming Federation (BSF) calendar of swim meets for the month of January are as follows:

Swift Swimming Gunite Invitational at Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre – starting 6pm Friday and Saturday at 9am.

Barracuda Swim Club Invitational at Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre – starting 6pm January 27 and Saturday at 9am.

VOLLEYBALL

NPVA ACTION

THE New Providence Volleyball Association will resume its 2016/17 season Sunday at the DW Davis Gymnasium after taking a break for the Christmas holiday.

The match-ups for Sunday

are as follows:

Women’s Division

3:30pm - University of the

Bahamas vs Lady Technicians 

5pm - Truckers vs Panthers

Men’s Division

6:30pm - Intruders vs

Defenders

BASEBALL

FREE FORUM

ON Friday from 7:30-9:30pm at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel, professional baseball player Antoan Richardson will host a free ‘Career Paths to Athletic Success’.

Persons will get an opportunity to speak with professional athletes, a division 1 college coach as well as an executive from the office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball.

Young athletes will have a chance to ask questions and receive advice that will help them to create a road map for their future. The panel members’ goals are to help aspiring individuals make the most of their abilities.