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Flying colours

One last day of competition stands between the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine and the high school’s 25th consecutive BAISS Track and Field championship title.

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Cybots defeat Giants 97-86 in opener

THE Mail Boat Cybots were in this same situation last year when they took an early 2-0 lead, but only to watch as the Commonwealth Bank Giants rebounded to eventually win the New Providence Basketball Association men’s title.

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Basketball Challenge starts Monday

FOR the fifth consecutive year, the Providence Basketball Club is all set to host the Phil Smith Primary School Basketball Challenge.

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Quick start for the Big Red Machine

St Augustine’s College head coach William “Knucklehead” Johnson said he wanted his Big Red Machine to get off to a “fast start” on day one of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) Track & Field Championships yesterday, but even Johnson couldn’t have predicted the the perennial powerhouses would distance themselves so quickly on their path to a 25th consecutive title.

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Carifta trials set for March 15-16

WHILE several regional powerhouses hosted their Carifta Track and Field Trials this weekend, the Bahamas will have to wait until March 17 to learn the members of one of the most eagerly anticipated Carifta teams in recent memory.

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Carifta tickets 'going very fast'

THE 2013 BTC Carifta Games is just 22 days away, and local patrons have been turning out in droves at the ticket box office at the new Thomas A Robinson track and field stadium.

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Jamaica's 'Reggae Boyz' to face Spurs in May 23 exhbition

ONE of the first major events to be hosted in the new state-of-the-art Thomas A Robinson National Stadium has marked the “beginning of a new era,” according to Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr Daniel Johnson.

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Big Red Machine poised for 25th straight title

There have been many spectacular feats in local sports, including the fourth and 10th straight victories by the CH Reeves Raptors and the CR Walker Knights respectively at the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s Junior and Senior High Schools Track and Field Championships last week.

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Jones-Fry makes the top 10 in the 25th IFBB Arnold Classic

IN just five years, Dawnita Jones-Fry has become one of the household names on the local bodybuilding scene.

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St Andrew's Hurricanes win BLTA World Tennis Day title

St Andrew’s clinched the A divisional title with a 2-1 decision over St Anne’s in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s World Tennis Day, sponsored by AID, at the National Tennis Centre on Monday.

SPORTS IN BRIEF

THE Bahamas will have five competitors representing their respective schools in the NCAA Division 1 Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this weekend

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Freshman runner of the year

For someone who doesn’t like competing indoors, Shaunae Miller is having the time of her life for the University of Georgia Bulldogs.

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Leo Morris helps lead Hurricanes to their first ACAA title

BAHAMIANS were the driving force behind the Holland College Hurricanes’ historic football milestones over the past few years. Now, on the basketball hardwood.

Amateur Boxing Federation of Bahamas to hold seminar

IN an effort to ensure that its coaches and members are kept abreast of the new rules, the Amateur Boxing Federation of the Bahamas is all set to hold a one-day seminar in the boxing centre at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.

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Caribbean Bottling company limited supports regatta

THE Caribbean Bottling Company Limited through Coca-Cola showed their support to the National Family Island Regatta Committee this past week, helping to sustain one of the most anticipated cultural sporting events of the year - the 60th National Family Island Regatta.