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Students get some pointers at junior golf clinic

PROFESSIONAL players Jackie Stoelting and Marissa Steen provided some tips to close to 70 government and private junior and senior high school students just before the start of the 2018 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Golf Tournament.

NPBA: Rockets, Resistance in win column

THE Caro Contractors and the Rockets split their pair of games played on Monday might as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

Students get some pointers at junior golf clinic

PROFESSIONAL players Jackie Stoelting and Marissa Steen provided some tips to close to 70 government and private junior and senior high school students just before the start of the 2018 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Golf Tournament. Stoelting and Steen par

Bahamas LPGA Classic officially open

The Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, now in its sixth year, has helped to solidify the Bahamas as the sports mecca of the region, said Travis Robinson, parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation.Robinson was speaking at the offici

NPBA: Rockets, Resistance in win column

THE Caro Contractors and the Rockets split their pair of games played on Monday might as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.The Caro Contractors Resistance won their division II

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Rolle to represent Bahamas in Pure Silk Classic

For the fifth time, Georgette Rolle will carry the Bahamian flag at the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s Pure Silk Bahamas Classic.In preparation for this year’s tournament that will run from Thursday to Sunday at the Ocean Golf Club on Paradis

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Cornish puts up solid numbers for the Seawolves

JARON Cornish continues to produce solid numbers in his first season with the Stony Brook Seawolves in the America East Conference. Cornish recorded his second double double of the season with 16 points and a season high 13 rebounds in Sunday’s 53-51

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Hurst fires 8-under-par 65 to qualify

VICKY Hurst of Melbourne, Florida, now in her 10th season on the LPGA Tour, fired an 8-under-par 65 yesterday to win one of two qualifying spots in this week’s $1.4 million Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic.Daniela Darquea of Ecuador won the other spot

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THE PRESS BOX: Anthony Miller Jr pitches very impressive five innings of 'no hit' ball in 7-1 victory

WITH all the negativity and controversy surrounding sports these days, in all the various sporting disciplines, both locally and internationally, it’s always refreshing to see youth excel in sports, giving hope, with a new generation of athletes on t

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Sea Waves Aquatic Team heptathlon makes a splash

THE Sea Waves Aquatic Team, headed by Shirley Mireault, provided an opportunity for the local swimmers to participate in a slightly different format than the usual swim meet held in the Bahamas Swimming Federation.More than 154 swimmers braved the we

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Six qualify for CARIFTA at Roadrunners Classic

WHILE Jaida Knowles and Anthaya Charlton took advantage of the competition at the McKenley-Wint Track and Field Classic at Calabar High School in Kingston, Jamaica, to surpass the CARIFTA qualifying standards, six athletes attained the standards at t

Torrington Cox signs in Iraq

VETERAN Bahamian hooper Torrington Cox continues his professional career in Iraq with his latest signing. Cox agreed to terms with Nift Al-Janoub of the Iraq Superleague, the highest professional league in the country. The 33-year-old forward enter

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LPGA: PURE SILK CLASSIC QUALIFYING ROUNDS TODAY

WHETHER or not she advances out of today’s qualifying round, Daniela Darquea said she’s just delighted to be in the Bahamas playing in the sixth annual Pure Silk Women’s Professional Golf Tournament and helping out the Bahamian future stars at the yo

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On track: Pro and college athletes take US spotlight

IT was a mixture of professional and collegiate athletes in the spotlight over the weekend as Warren Frazer, Alonzo Russell, Katrina Seymour, Bianca ‘BB’ Stuart, Jyles Etienne, Pedrya Seymour, LaQuan Nairn and Brianne Bethel turned in some of the lea

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NPBA: Regulators stop Pirates 126-121 in double overtime

IT took double overtime for the Leno Regulators to outscore the Caro Contractors Pirates 126-121 in Saturday night’s New Providence Basketball Association men’s division one feature contest at the AF Adderley Gymnasium. In the opener, the Rockets kno