'Vote of no confidence' in BAAA executive board
With all the bickering and disruptions going on in their meetings, members of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) have casted a “vote of no confidence” in the entire executive board, paving the way for fresh new elections one year after the team, led by president Mike Sands, was voted in office.
NPBA season to open at AF Adderley on Saturday
LOCAL basketball in New Providence is expected to be in full swing this weekend as the New Providence Basketball Association is slated to tip off its 2013-14 campaign, joining the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association which opened last weekend.
Bahamas 'a land of relays, champions and athletics'
A NEW venture, both for the Bahamas and the IAAF, the Bahamas emerged from the rigorous selection process based on its rich athletics history and attraction as a sports tourism destination.
BAISS softball championship series next week
After two days of sudden death playoff rounds, championship series are all set to conclude the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ softball season next week.
Sports in brief
THE lanes at Mario’s Bowling & Entertainment Palace were on fire Monday night as the City Bowling League continued its regular season action.
'We are the Rockets, we soar very high'
Over the past two years, no other team has enjoyed the kind of success in both the boys’ and girls’ Carlton E Francis Rockets teams.
Palm Cay Princess Challenge set for A Class
BEFORE the curtains come down on 2013, the local sailing fraternity will have one last opportunity to watch seven A Class boats line up to compete as the regatta returns to Montagu Bay at the end of the month.
2013 National Softball Championships BSF presents awards to deserving athletes
Following the completion of the men’s championship game, the Bahamas Softball Federation presented the awards to the deserving athletes for their performances during the 2013 National Softball Championships held at the Banker’s Field, Baillou Hills Sporting Complex, over the weekend.
Sports in brief
BOWLING
Bulldogs are No.1
Manager Hazel McDonald said his Creter’s Bulldogs’ triumph as the new men’s champions in the Bahamas Softball Federation was a result of a group of guys coming together from all across the island of Abaco, including its surrounding cays.
Re: VAT and Insurance
The Government has out of the blue come up with what can only be described as a hare-brained scheme obviously made up on the hoof to split the insurance industry in two for the purposes of VAT.
NCAA: Bahamian players tune-up in exhibition games
THE NCAA basketball season will officially tip off in just a few days, but several Bahamian players were in action last weekend in the final exhibition tune-ups before the games count in the standings.
BAISS softball playoffs start today
THE opening sport on the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools calendar heads into its playoff rounds today as the softball season is set to conclude within the next two weeks.
Sports in brief
AFTER calling off its show that was to have returned to the Fish Fry at Arawak Cay, Champion Amateur Boxing Club will present “Saturday Night Live Boxing” at the Wulff Road Boxing Square 6pm Saturday November 9.
Sigma Brackettes are the champions
The Sigma Brackettes and Abaco Bulldogs are the ladies and men’s national champions respectively.
