Grand Bahama Amateur Athletic Association 'energised'
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama - Grand Bahama Amateur Athletic Association, under the auspices of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations, is energised and ready for the BTC Senior Nationals Track & Field Championships June 21-22 at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.
Tough road ahead for Jay Major
There aren’t too many goals that Jay Major has set that he has not been able to achieve in cycling.
'Basketball smiles'
BASKETBALL Smiles, back for its 14th consecutive year, brought another week of “smiles and hope through basketball” to a number of local boys and girls at the CI Gibson Gymnasium.
Davis Cup: Bahamas vs Bermuda
AFTER a day off on Tuesday to get acclimatised to the high altitude in Bolivia, the Bahamas will be back in action today in the American Zone III Davis Cup tie.
Athletes get set for BAAA Nationals, final trials for Worlds
WITH the IAAF World Championships in Athletics looming over the horizon, about seven athletes, including Michael Mathieu and Shaunae Miller who double up in the 200 and 400 metres and Sheniqua ‘Q’ Ferguson, who has a double dip in the 100 and 200m, have already attained the A qualifying standards so far this year.
Petty returned unopposed as president of the BPATFA
DESPITE being one of three officers who had a vote of no confidence by the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations, businessman Harrison Petty has been returned unopposed as president of the Bahamas Parents Association of Track and Field Athletes.
Davis Cup: Bahamas 2-1 against Panama
The Bahamas split its pair of singles and won the doubles to secure a 2-1 decision over Panama as they opened play in the American Zone III Davis Cup tie at the Club de Tenis La Paz in La Paz, Bolivia, on Monday.
Showtime Basketball Club wins championship titles
LIVING up to their name, the Showtime Basketball Club put on a show at the HOYTES Sir Randol Fawkes Labour Day Basketball Classic in Grand Bahama.
RBC donates $35,000 to BSF for Swimming Nationals
FOR the 30th consecutive year, the Royal Bank of Canada has pledged their financial support to the Bahamas Swimming Federation for their National Swimming Championships this weekend, cementing the longest partnership of any sporting body and corporate business in the country.
NCAA: Tight end Marvin Saunders commits to Seminoles
THE decision to pursue a career on the gridiron fulltime has paid great dividends for one Bahamian prospect as he accepted an offer from an elite NCAA programme to conclude the recruiting process.
70 teams to compete in Street Legends
OVER the weekend, more than 70 teams from throughout New Providence came together at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium for the official opening of the Street Legends and Urban Renewal’s Season 4 Community Basketball League.
CYCLING: Jay Major wins title
JAY Major outsprinted arch-rival Anthony ‘Biggie’ Colebrooke in another battle between the two rising young stars to win the New Providence Cycling Association’s Road Championship title on Saturday morning.
Sports in brief
THE Bahamas Bowling Federation has announced that its trials for the Tournament of Americas is scheduled to start 7pm Wednesday.
BLTA completes inner city programme
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association completed its new inner city programme in the Farm Road community over the weekend.
Mark Knowles to play one more tourney
FORGET retirement. Former touring pro Mark Knowles has decided to take down his tennis gear and come out to play one more tournament.
