Sports in brief
BOXING
Will a world champion emerge from Bahamas?
Head coach Rupert Gardiner said he’s convinced that the Bahamas’ 11-member team will perform very well at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in the Polish city of Sopot this weekend.
Bahamians make presence felt in Libyan league
YOU can find Bahamians playing basketball on just about every continent but it’s rare to find former high school teammates reunited on the same roster at the professional level.
Sprinter Devynne Charlton racks up the points
DEVYNNE Charlton scored in a pair of events to help the Purdue University Boilermakers wrap up the Big Ten Conference Championship meet on Saturday as the women had a total of 53 points to join the men’s fifth place finishers.
Bahamas Bowling Federation selects national team
FOLLOWING its national trials, the Bahamas Bowling Federation has selected its national team to represent the Bahamas at a number of tournaments, including the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games.
Sports in brief
BASKETBALL
Eagles Nest avenge double whammy
IT was payback time for the Eagles Nest as they avenged a double whammy from Macedonia Baptist to start the Baptist Sports Council’s 2014 Basketball Classic at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.
'It pains me to see them running barefoot'
Interbational Amateur Athletic Federation councilwoman Pauline Davis-Thompson said she’s impressed with the level of enthusiasm that has been demonstrated so far throughout the Bahamas for the inaugural IAAF World Relays set for May 25-26 at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.
Team Bahamas named for the IAAF World Indoors
It’s official. With just a week to go, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) has ratified an 11-member team that is considered “very strong, but not very big and should have some solid performances” when they represent the Bahamas at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland.
Burnside to serve as NPSA president for two more years
FOR the second consecutive two-year term, Godfrey ‘Gully’ Burnside will serve as president of the New Providence Softball Association.
Sports in brief
VOLLEYBALL
Regatta winners get prize money
After watching another competitive St Valentine’s Day Regatta in Montagu Bay, organisers took the opportunity to distribute the hardware and prize monies to the winners in the various categories on Wednesday.
Raising the bar of Bahamas coaching
THE genesis of the Bahamas Football Coaches’ Association (BFCA) is perhaps equal to that of the game itself in the Bahamas. From the very outset, you had a ball, a team (players) and, of course, a coach.
LPGA: Georgette Role ends up at No.21, out of contention
AFTER two promising days in the Kissimmee Bay Golf Classic, Bahamian golf pro Georgette Rolle suffered a disappointing third round to fall out of contention.
Coleby: Playing this year was a big sigh of relief for me
WHEN the Wichita State Shockers made an improbable run at the 2013 NCAA Tournament’s Final Four, Kadeem Coleby watched from the sidelines during his transfer period and missed a chance at history.
