The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

Jaden Ward led a clean sweep of the top five positions in the senior boys’ division as Windsor Academy put a cap on another successful showing in the Bahamas Golf Federation’s National High School Golf Championships yesterday in the Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

It was almost a dominating day for Windsor Academy as they just missed out on carting off all four divisional titles. While they captured the senior and junior boys and girls, the senior girls went to the Comets of Queen’s College.

Gina Gonzalez-Rolle, the chairman of the Junior Division of the BGF, said they were hoping to have more teams entered in the high school division, but that didn’t happen. She noted, however, that both the public and private schools will begin competition today and they are expected to compete until Thursday when their champions will be crowned.

“Everything went really well. We thought we would have had some issues with the rain, but God had favour on us and we ended up having a fabulous day,” said Gonzalez-Rolle, who was assisted by Georgette Rolle-Harris of Fourteen Cluibs Golf Academy in the operation of the tournament.

As for Ward, the 17-year-old 12th grader at Windsor Academy said the goal was to repeat as the champions and they accomplished that feat. He led their sweep with a score of 30, one stroke better than runner-up Oliver White with 31.

Zadok Smith got third with 33, Alex Dupuch was fourth with 34 and Patrick Farquharson was fifth with 35. “Last year, I didn’t do well last year, but I know team wise we won it again and it was just cherry on the top after I won the individual title this year,” Ward said. “The priority today was to get the win for the school. We did that.”

In shooting a 37, Tyesha Tynes of St John’s College edged out second place finisher Lauren Deal of Queen’s College by one stroke, 38, to win the senior girls title for the third consecutive year. Gabrielle Pratt of Kingsway Academy was third with 40

“This year was a little bit harder than last year because of my school work,” said Tynes, who has been playing golf the past 11 years. “I’ve been focusing a little more on that than my golf, but I still managed to get my drive to pull off another title.”

Madison Carroll, a 12-year-old, said she enjoys playing golf because it’s a sport that brings out the best in her. She won the individual title with 33, the same score as second place finisher Lilly Bisterzo of Windsor Academy. There was a two-way tie for third with Chemari Pratt of Queen’s College and Haley Hall of Jordan Prince William, both with 34.

“When I am not feeling good or I am having a bad day, I can just go out and practice and it makes me feel good about myself and allows me to just push harder,” said the sixth grader at Tambearly International School. “I feel like my performance was alright, but I could do better.

“I was a little tired because I just had a tournament to play in on Sunday and the greens here are alright, but it’s a little harder to play here. I just had to make some pretty good putts today. My iron shots were on and my chipping was alright.”

Bisterzo, a 13-year-old representing Windsor Academy, said they wanted to win the title. “Our team played well,” she summed up. “We came here to win first place and we accomplished that goal.”

Maddison Carroll, also representing Tambearly School, said her goal was to improve on her second place finish last year.

Winning the junior boys title was Aidan Gorospe of Windsor School with 29, edging out his team-mate Kerrington, who was the runner up with 30. Rashawn Hanna of HO Nash Junior High was third with 36.

• Here’s a look at the team and individual results posted:

Junior Boys Team

1st place - Windsor School at Albany - Team Score of 97 - Aidan Gorospe, Kerrington Rolle, Edward Johnson, Maximilian Landry and Nicholas Turnquest.

2nd Place - Lyford Cay International School - Team Score of 123 - Alec Hooper, Patrick Tomlinson, Mark Segger, Erik Jensen and Julian Segger.

3rd Place - Queen’s College - Team Score of 160 - Michael Knowles, Caeden Hayling, Deon Flowers, Khai Neeley and Aiden Sheppard.

Top 10 Individuals

Junior Boys

1st Place- Aidan Gorospe, Windsor School at Albany – 29; 2nd Place - Kerrington Rolle, Windsor School at Albany – 30; 3rd Place - Rashawn Hanna, H.O. Nash Junior High – 36; 4th Place - Zachary Christopher Joseph, D.W. Davis Junior High – 37; 4th Place - Jackson Carey, Lyford Cay International School – 37; 6th Place- Edward Johnson, Windsor School at Albany – 38; 7th Place - Alec Hooper, Lyford Cay International School – 39; 7th Palce - Patrick Tomlinson, Lyford Cay International – 39; 7th Place - Benjamin Kofoed, Lyford Cay International School – 39; 10th Place - Michael Knowles, Queen’s College – 40 and 10th Place - Maximilian Landry, Windsor School at Albany- 40.

Junior Girls Team

1st Place - Windsor School at Albany - Team Score of 122 - Lily Bisterzo, Elyse Hanna, Yulia Chipman and Olivia Ott.

2nd Place - Queen’s College - Team Score of 138 - Chemari’ Pratt; Caitlin McWilliam, Cianna McWilliam, Alphanique Dean and Melaja Maycock.

Top 10 Individuals

Junior Girls

*1st Place - Maddison Carroll, The Tambearly School – 33; 2nd Place - Lilly Bisterzo, Windsor School at Albany – 33; 3rd Place - Chemari’ Pratt, Queens College – 34; 3rd Place - Haley Hall, Jordan Prince William – 35; 5th Place - Renaisha Dill, H.O. Nash Junior High – 36; 6th Place - Anissa Robinson, D.W. Davis Junior High – 38; 7th Place - Elyse Hanna, Windsor School at Albany – 40; 8th Place - Tiar Agaro-Gibson, Aquinas – 41; 9th Place - Jacara Forbes A.F. Adderley Junior High – 43 and 10th Place - Yulia Chipman Windsor School at Albany - 49

*Playoff Winner.

Senior Boys Team

1st Place - Windsor School at Albany - Team Score of 94 - Jaden Ward. Oliver Whit. Zadok Smith. Alex Dupuch amd Camdyn Forbes .

2nd Place - Queen’s College - Team Score of 117 - Luke Grimes, Andrew Benjamin, Rhan Miller, Alexander Knowles and Kasar Patton.

Top 10 Individuals Senior Boys

1st Place - Jaden Ward, Windsor School at Albany – 30; 2nd Place - Oliver White, Windsor School at Albany – 31; 3rd Place - Zadok Smith, Windsor School at Albany – 33; 4th Place - Alex Dupuch, Windsor School at Albany – 34; 5th Place - Patrick Farquharson, Windsor School at Albany – 35; 6th Place - Luke Grimes, Queen’s College – 37; 7th Place - Christopher Callender, Windsor School at Albany – 39; 8th Place - Rhan Miller, Queen’s College – 40; 8th Place - Jermaine Dawkins, C.R. Walker Senior High – 40 and 8th Place - Andrew Benjamin, Queen’s College - 40

Senior Girls Team

1st Place - Queen’s College - Team Score of 132 - Lauren Deal, Biswapriya Pati, Bailey Bostwick, Zara Robinson and Lauren Ramsey.

2nd Place - St. John’s College - Team Score of 142 - Tyesha Tynes, Daliah Hamilton-Knowles and Jaidyn Roye.

3rd Place - Kingsway Academy - Team Score of 144 - Gabrielle Pratt, Taylor Sands and Hailey Ellis.

Top 10 Individuals Senior Girls

1st Place - Tyesha Tynes, St. John’s College – 37; 2nd Place - Lauren Deal, Queen’s College – 38; 3rd Place - Gabrielle Pratt, Kingsway Academy – 40; 4th Place - Taylor Sands, Kingsway Academy – 42; 5th Place - Miljojka Gojkovick, Teleos Christian Academy – 43; 6th Place - Biswapriya Pati, Queen’s College – 44; 7th Place - Daliah Hamilton-Knowles, St. John’s College – 47; 8th Place - Bailey Bostwick, Queen’s College – 50; 9th Place - Elvanique Rolle, Charles W. Saunders – 52 and 10th Place - Jaidyn Roye, St. John’s College – 58.