Lavern Eve reflects on her long illustrious Track and Field career
SHE was the second Bahamian to win the Austin Sealy Award for the most outstanding athlete since the inception of the Carifta Games in 1977.
Management, coaching staff selected for Carifta Games
TEAM manager Doris Wood said the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations completed its selection for the management and coaching staff and is now poised and ready to compete at the BTC Carifta 2013 in the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium this weekend.
BEC to 'absorb' Carifta power costs
CORPORATE Bahamas continues to patronise the 2013 BTC Carifta Games with a major utility corporation coming on board just days before the games begin.
Carifta team member arrested for firearm
If legal proceedings in the United States don’t allow quartermiler Stephen ‘Dirty’ Newbold to return home to compete in the BTC Carifta Games, it will be a big loss for Team Bahamas and he will definitely be missed, said head coach Greg Cash.
Christie busy with Carifta checklist
WITH just one week left before the start of the 2013 BTC Carifta Games at the new Thomas A Robinson Track & Field Stadium, Basil Christie has been busy going over his checklist to ensure that everything is in place, including accreditation, sponsorship and accommodations.
Masters softball: Truckers even series 1-1
THE Masters Softball League's best-of-five championship series between the USS Truckers and Williams Construction Jets is all tied at 1-1.
Waltiea and Tar Heels on NCAA trek this weekend
“SELECTION MONDAY” has passed and the North Carolina Tar Heels and senior center Waltiea Rolle begin their trek into the NCAA Women’s Tournament this weekend.
Bahamas relegated in junior Fed Davis Cups' qualifier
A DISAPPOINTING outing on the courts for the past two days at the North/Central America and Caribbean Pre-qualifying for the Junior Fed Cup and Davis Cup leaves the Bahamas relegated to the lower tier of the playoff rounds.
Freedom Farm in 'mid-swing'
It’s that exciting time of year when Freedom Farm hosts its biggest fund-raiser – the Annual Steakout and Jamboree – at the Yamacraw Beach playing fields on Saturday, March 23.
National cricket team 0-4 in the ICC Tourney of The Americas Division 1
THE Bahamas’ national cricket team is still searching for its first win after their recent promotion, pitting them against the top sides in the region.
Sports in brief
THE Da’Jarvou Beauty & Barber Supplies Amateur Boxing Show, organised by the Champion Boxing Club, was staged at the Wulff Road Boxing Square on Saturday.
Operators are the NPWBA champions
Diasti Delancey may be sore for a couple of days, but helping the Bommer Gee Lady Operators to seal a 68-63 triumph to dethrone the two-time defending champions Career Builders Lady Cheetahs to regain the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association championship crown will more than make up for it.
Defending champions suffer loss as BSC begins Basketball Classic
TWO of the three defending champions suffered a defeat on Saturday as the Baptist Sports Council began its 2013 Basketball Classic at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
'I’m often teased by my friends that we have great athletes, but no money'
SINCE the inception of the Caribbean Free Trade Association (Carifta) in Bridgetown, Barbados, in 1972, Jamaica has dominated the regional track and field meet, winning 36 of the 41 titles, including their 27th straight last year in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Team Bahamas victorious in 4x4 at Trinidad & Tobago relays
WITH the focus on this year’s IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, the quartet of Latoy Williams, Michael Mathieu, Jerome Mitchell and Jamal Moss pushed the Bahamas to the forefront as a medal contender after their victory in the men’s 4 x 400 metre relay at the Trinidad & Tobago Relays.
