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Road Runners awarded at the annual banquet

COACH Dexter Bodie was lauded for having the vision to take time out to honour his athletes in the Road Runners Track Club with an awards banquet every year for the past 13 years.

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Goombay Splash Bowl: Bahamian survives in singles

JUST one Bahamian survived in singles action on day two of the Goombay Splash Bowl ITF Junior Circuit Tournament at the National Tennis Center.

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Spencer Cartwright dominates regatta

BAHAMIAN teen sailor Spencer Cartwright continued his year of dominance in the Optimist dinghy events by winning all six of the races in the Optimist Fall Regatta.

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NSAF brings athletes to Nassau for the Jumpers Coaching Clinic

HE was recognised as far as Saudi Arabia for his coaching expertise. Now the United States of America is taking advantage of what Peter Pratt has to offer.

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Cobras, Rattlers to face 'stiff penalty' for basketball brawl

The New Providence Association of High Schools Principals (NPAHSP) is expected to suspend both the CC Sweeting Cobras and the CI Gibson Rattlers senior boys basketball teams for the remainder of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association for their part in the melee that disrupted the start of the season at the DW Davis Gym last week Monday.

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'He will be sorely missed'

THE Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC) and all its member sporting federations and associations give sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Thomas Augustus ‘Tommy’ Robinson.

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QC Comets off to winning start

THE Queen’s College Comets could not have scripted a better start to their Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ senior boys’ basketball season, delivering a dominant performance and announcing their presence as title contenders.

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Bahamians in win column on Goombay Splash ITF Junior Circuit

WHILE Kevin and Philip Major Jr both breezed through their first round matches in the main draw of the Goombay Splash ITF Junior Circuit Tournament yesterday, Danielle Thompson was taken to the limit before she prevailed with a victory to lead the Bahamian attack at the National Tennis Center.

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AF Adderley Gym being restored with new floor

BEFORE the end of the year, Land Sand International Development Company is expected to have the mystic AF Adderley Gym restored with a new $120,000 maple floor that will be done in time for the hosting of the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic for senior boys in February.

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Local swim clubs' presence felt at the Winter Swimming Championships

FOR the last 10 years, Swift Swimming has made its presence felt at the annual Winter Swimming Championships in Plantation, Florida. Swift had 12 out of 19 swimmers (or 63 per cent of the team) score in the finals. It scored 197.5 points to finish 21st out of a field of 50 teams that were mostly from South Florida, according to a press release.

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Female Rising Star Award for Anthonique Strachan

Already labelled as the Bahamian female athlete of the future, sprinter Anthonique Strachan got another feather in her cap when she was awarded the Female Rising Star Award at the IAAF’s Athletes of the Year Awards.

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Robinson was a 'sporting hero of truly legendary status'

NATIONAL sporting icon Thomas Augustus Robinson left so many fond memories of his exploits as an international sprinter before he died Sunday after a long illness at the age of 74.

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Duke Blue Devils win the Battle 4 Atlantis

DUKE’S senior’s garner much of the media attention, but it was sophomore point guard Quinn Cook who made nearly every key play down the stretch to lead the Blue Devils to the 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis Championship.

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It was an 'incredible event'

IN just three years, the Battle 4 Atlantis has become the upstart of the college basketball world and has established a reputation as a top early season tournament on the NCAA calendar.

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St. Bede's eliminated from Catholic Primary sudden death playoffs

WITH their school getting ready to close down for good in June, the St Bede’s Crushers were hoping to at least get into the Catholic Diocesan Primary Schools basketball playoffs.