'Sea Wolf' won't serve another term
DURING a special reception for participants in the Western Hemisphere Star Class sailing championships, legendary skipper Sir Durward “Sea Wolf” Knowles announced that he will not be serving as the commodore for another term.
Scotiabank title sponsor for national high school track championships
FOR the sixth consecutive year, Scotiabank will be the title sponsor for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National High School Track and Field Championships.
YESI joins with 'largest youth soccer club in world'
YOUTH Empowerment through Sports International (YESI) has joined forces with Rush Soccer, “the largest youth soccer club in the world,” to enhance the passion for soccer in the country and throughout the Caribbean.
Lourawls making a name for himself
Sunrise Christian Academy has become a major pipeline for Bahamian basketball talent at the high school level, and now the latest product of the Bel Aire, Kansas institution has drawn interest from some of the top NCAA programmes in the country.
BAWF in campaign to reinstate wrestling as olympic sport
THE Bahamas Amateur Wrestling Federation (BAWF) has joined with federations around the Americas in a campaign to reinstate wrestling as an Olympic sport.
BSFN Boat Show at Palm Cay April 27
PALM Cay, the upscale waterfront development on Nassau’s eastern shore, will host the second annual Bahamas Sports Fishing Network (BSFN) Boat Show April 27.
'Flo' Saunders: 300 game 'wasn't my greatest feat'
He has been credited with being the first Bahamian to roll a 300 average game as a bowler. But Glenroy “Flo” Saunders said there’s an even greater accomplishment for him to reflect on as he welcomes the return of competitive bowling with the Bahamas National Bowling Championships being held by the Bahamas Bowling Federation.
Antoan and Albert 'just waiting for phone to ring'
FROM the time they ventured into the professional ranks, it was always the dream of good friends and training partners Antoan Richardson and Albert Cartwright to either team up or compete against each other.
Williams wants to help BAAA revive distance running programme
ANTHONY Williams, the first Bahamian to win a medal in a distance event at the CARIFTA Games in 1977 when he picked up a silver in the under-20 boys’ 800 metres in Bridgetown, Barbados, would like to help the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations revive the once flourishing distance programme.
Basketball development camp this summer
DEXTER Cambridge said he wasn’t all that impressed with the performances at the recent Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic. So he is spearheading a basketball development camp over the summer.
Baptist Sports Council's 2013 Basketball Classic heating up
THE action is starting to heat up in the Baptist Sports Council’s 2013 Basketball Classic with only two teams in each of the three divisions still undefeated.
NATIONAL BOWLING CHAMPS: Driskell and Richard in the lead
WITH a blistering 1,314 (219 average) 6-game set, Richard “Richie” Pyfrom leads the men in the Bahamas Bowling Federation’s National Bowling Championships after the first night of competition Monday night at Mario’s Bowling and Entertainment Palace.
Bowling's back
The Bahamas Bowling Federation’s National Bowling Championship is back. After a 15-year hiatus in New Providence - it was last held two years ago in Grand Bahama - the Nationals opened last night at Mario’s Bowling and Entertainment Palace. The event is slated to run through Sunday, April 21, when the final is expected to be aired live on Cable 12 TV.
BAAA to select teams for Penn Relays later this month
FOLLOWING the completion of the inaugural Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational at the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium this weekend, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations will finalise the four relay teams expected to compete in the 117th version of the Penn Relays Carnival.
Carifta 'glitches' lead to some major changes for Martinique 2014
FROM media coverage, to logistics, to the format of the games themselves, a myriad of issues surrounded the Bahamas’ hosting of the 2013 BTC CARIFTA Games, causing some major changes for the meet moving forward to Martinique in 2014.
