Beach soccer teams lose matches on opening day
Both beach soccer teams for the Bahamas lost opening day matches as the discipline began group stage play last night at the National Beach Soccer Stadium.
Holowesko 7th in time trials, just 13 seconds off the winning time
WILLIAM Holowesko is the lone flag bearer for Bahamian cyclists at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games and competed in the first of his two events as the discipline got underway.Holowesko finished seventh in the time trials, just 13 seconds off the win
Nursing injury, Parker shuts down season as track starts today
WHEN the athletic (track and field) competition of the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games gets underway today in the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, missing from Team Bahamas’ line-up will be sprinter Devine Parker. The top junior sprinter in the co
Mya Beneby and Karra Hanna soak up spotlight
One day after she and Mya Beneby were celebrated as the first medallists for the Bahamas at the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games, Karra Hanna said she’s still experiencing a lot of pain. Hanna suffered an injury during her semi-final match of the wome
Bahamas struggles on day 1 of Rugby Sevens
OVERMATCHED by some of the more experienced teams in the draw, the Bahamas struggled on day one of Rugby Sevens competition at the VI Commonwealth Youth Games.The team finished the day 0-3 with lopsided losses to Fiji (59-0), Samoa (59-5) and England
Lone Bahamas boxer LennoxBoyce to hit the ring today
WHILE boxing got started yesterday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, Team Bahamas’ lone representative - Lennox Boyce - won’t compete until today.
Bahamas lands two bronze
Team Bahamas picked up its first set of medals - both bronze from Mya Beneby in the women’s -57 kilogram and and an injured Karra Hanna in the women’s +70 kg - as Judo completed the first sporting discipline on day one of the sixth Commonwealth Games.
My story, my 2017 Journey: Serena Brown
Competing in itself is hard: finding and maintaining the right mindset, executing the instructions drilled at you by coaches, and being fearless and doubtless as you step into the ring. But the glee of triumph arises when a standard is met, when rank
Florin Lascau: 'Two bronze medals is a very good start'
FLORIN Daniel Lascau, the former world judo champion from Germany, likes what he saw from the competitors in the judo competition at the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games.Lascau, who captured the title in 1991 in Barcelona, Spain, is in town working the
My Story, My 2017 Journey: Holland Martin
My 2017 track and field season has been bitter-sweet, as I was faced with several minor injuries. I first made the qualifying standard for PanAmerican U20 Athletics Championships at the Freeport, Grand Bahama Island Sports Meet when I leaped the dist
My Story, My 2017 Journey: Jyles Etienne
After competing at Carifta I feel that it showed me what I needed to work on, in order to perform at the best of my abilities. I realized that it would be the small things that had the biggest impact on my performance level going forward. Whether it
Beach volleyball teams suffer lopsided defeats in prelims
CONSIDER day one a learning experience for Team Bahamas as beach volleyball play began yesterday on the opening day of the VI Commonwealth Youth Games.Both the girls’ and boys’ teams suffered lopsided defeats at the National Beach Soccer Stadium in t
Baroness predicts 'best ever' Games
Before it gets started today, Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland predicted that she’s looking forward to the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games being the best ever.Scotland, who took office on April 1, 2016, was among the speakers
NCAA basketball: Cornish todebut for Seawolves this fall
AN NCAA Division I programme will be the next step in the progression of the basketball career of Jaron Cornish.Cornish will debut for the Stony Brook Seawolves this fall as a junior college transfer, highlighting the programme’s 2017 recruiting clas
Vanderpool-Wallaceresumes her training
THE country’s most decorated and accomplished swimmer officially announced her return to a full-time commitment to the sport and will do so in new surroundings.Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace took to social media to announce that her hiatus from the sport
