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Bahamas Track and Field Alumni inaugural Gala and Awards Dinner ‘bittersweet’
It was a bittersweet weekend for the formation of the Bahamas Track and Field Alumni on their inaugural Gala and Awards Dinner on Friday night at the Balmoral Club. After receiving an award that he shared with his wife, Maxine Munroe, for their commitment and service to track and field over the past 50 years, Adam Munroe passed away when he returned home. The Adams were honoured along with Doyle Burrows, Martin Lundy, Keith Parker, Frank “Pancho” Rahming, Elaine Thompson, Neville Wisdom and Ronald Cartwright. Also honoured posthumously were the late Livingstone Bostwick, Winston ‘Gus’ Cooper, Alpheus ‘Hawk’ Finlayson, Thomas A. Robinson and Monica Woodside.
Sixteen-year-old Shania Adderley shocks the world
IT was the biggest and grandest stage of her life, but junior quarter-miler Shania Adderley was unrattled, not even after she admitted that she was a bit nervous making her debut as a senior competitor on the global scene. At just 16 years old and just getting ready to complete her senior year in grade 12 at Tabernacle Baptist Academy in Grand Bahama, Adderley was thrust into the spotlight at the BTC World Relays Bahamas 2024 as a member of The Bahamas’ mixed 4 x 400 metre relay team.
Basketball standout Rhema Collins prepares for Ole Miss
AS she continues her transition to college, University of Mississippi bound Rhema Collins came home to take advantage of some training from professional player Ryan Moss and veteran women’s coach Anthony Swaby. Moss and Swaby took Collins through a series of workouts yesterday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium as the 6-foot, 2-inch forward took the break from her final season with the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee.
BJ Murray III wins Home Run Derby
POWER hitting third baseman Bertram Murray III, coming off an impressive year in the Chicago Cubs minor league baseball organisation, capped off the first All-Bahamian final to become the first home grown player to capture the Don’t Blink Home Run Derby title. In a dramatic showdown as the fifth edition of the event returned from Paradise Island to the Montagu shores, Murray, better known as ‘Deeja,’ out-slugged Trent ‘T-Money’ Deveaux 9-8 in the final of the country’s biggest event that highlighted the majority of the players playing in the minor leagues or in college.
Derrick Atkins named head women’s track and field coach
Men’s national 100 metre record holder Derrick Atkins, who still holds the distinction of being the only Bahamian to win a male sprint medal at the World Championships, has been named the new head women’s coach of the Trailblazers’ track and field club at Dixie State University in Utah.
In Spain, Lashann Higgs sinks 13 in losing effort
Bahamian guard Lashann Higgs turned in another outstanding performance, but it wasn’t quite enough to lead her Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM women’s professional basketball team to victory in the Spanish League yesterday.
Joanna Evans: Training for US Open Swim Championships ‘going pretty good’
While she continues to train at her alma mater at the University of Texas, Bahamian multiple national record holder Joanna Evans is preparing to get back into the pool when she competes in the 2020 US Open Swimming Championships.
Mike Sands: ‘We have to get the message out about who is NACAC’
THE North American, Central American and the Caribbean (NACAC), in its bid to bridge the gap in all aspects of the region, hosted a virtual meeting with the media to ascertain the way forward and, in particular, the highly acclaimed CARIFTA Games as it reaches close to its 50th anniversary. The meeting was hosted by NACAC’s newly elected president Mike Sands and facilitated by Trinidad & Tobago’s journalist Kwame Laurence and local photographer Kermit Taylor and events manager Dianne Woodside-Johnson.
‘Golden Girls’ celebrate 20 years
In a five-year span that began in 1995, collectively the team of Savatheda Fynes-Coke, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie and Eldece Clarke culminated the journey being crowned champions of the women’s 4 x 100m relay at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
Happy Olympic anniversary Pauline Davis-Thompson
IT took her fifth and final Olympic Games in 2000 in Sydney, Australia for Pauline Davis-Thompson to ascend the podium to finally secure her elusive individual track and field medal on the world’s biggest sporting stage.
Sprinter Anthonique Strachan posts season’s best performance in Europe
IN another season’s best performance, Bahamian sprinter Anthonique Strachan improved on her previous finish to complete her two track and field meets in Europe this weekend.
Equestrian Bahamas growing vibrantly by leaps and bounds
SINCE the formation of the Equestrian Bahamas after the defunct of the BANEF, president Catherine Ramsingh-Pierre and her executive team have been working arduously to make the sport one of the more vibrant ones in the country.
Adam Johnson goes pro in France
IT has been a long and tedious journey with so many disappointments for Adam Johnson. But through Jaraun ‘Kino’ Burrows’ Raw Talent programme, Adam Johnson is now playing professional basketball in France. He has signed with Fos Provence Basket Club where he’s developing through their No.5 team, but according to Burrows, they anticipate that the 6-foot, 6-inch forward will get the chance to advance through the ranks very quickly.
Former baseball player Asa Ferguson dies at 83
ASA Ferguson, a former baseball player who became involved in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations making great personal sacrifices, including mortgaging his home to sustain the sport financially, died on Saturday.
Lord Coe to open NACAC office in New Providence
Following the successful hosting of the first three editions of the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s World Relays, World Athletics’ President Lord Sebastian Coe said he’s delighted to be back to launch the opening of the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) office.
Relay team could qualify for the London Olympics
By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net The Bahamas Swimming Federation (BSF) could for the first time have a 4 x 100 freestyle relay team qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games. The team of Arianna Vanderpoool-Wallace, Alana Dillet
Two most outstanding athletes are honoured
Two most outstanding athletes are honoured By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Triple jumper Latario Collie-Minns repeated as the most outstanding male competitor in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations' (BAAA) S
Red Stripe and Good News share regatta prize money
Red Stripe and Good News share regatta prize money By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Richard Browning was quite pleased with Palm Cay's investment in the 25th 'Catch Me If You Can' St Valentine's Regatta in the Montagu for
Red Stripe and Good News share regatta prize money
Red Stripe and Good News share regatta prize money By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Richard Browning was quite pleased with Palm Cay's investment in the 25th 'Catch Me If You Can' St Valentine's Regatta in the Montagu for
Red Stripe and Good News share regatta prize money
Red Stripe and Good News share regatta prize money By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Richard Browning was quite pleased with Palm Cay's investment in the 25th 'Catch Me If You Can' St Valentine's Regatta in the Montagu for
