A GOLDEN MOMENT: BAAA President satisfied with Bahamas’ performance at 3rd IAAF World Relays
One gold medal and two qualifications for the IAAF World Championships was what Team Bahamas mustered at the 3rd IAAF/BTC World Relays at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium over the weekend.
Miller-Uibo going for the double at London Worlds
AFTER coming out as the crown of the jewels of the women’s 400 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Shaunae Miller-Uibo said she’s even more committed to doubling up in the 200 and 400m in August at the IAAF World Championships in London, England.
Shaunae donates PS4 to Ranfurly residents
SHAUNAE Miller-Uibo, still celebrating her triumph as a member of the mixed gender 4 x 400 metre relays team, made a special visit to the Ranfurly Homes for Children to award the residents who came out to watch her perform in the3rd IAAF/BTC World Relays over the weekend.
Shaquillo commits to Arkansas State Red Wolves
DECISION day came for Bahamian basketball player Shaquillo Fritz as he prepares to make the transition to the NCAA Division I level.
COUNTDOWN TO THE FIFA BEACH WORLD CUP: Poland
Poland kicked off their campaign in the European qualifying tournament with a creditable second-place finish in Group E, in which they registered two victories - beating Estonia 5-3 and Denmark 5-1 - and a 4-2 loss to table-topping Spain.
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I must admit, despite it being the height of silly season and my intelligence being insulted daily by all the political minutia, that Team Bahamas’ gold-medal performance in the mixed 4x400m relay to close out the IAAF World Relays on Sunday night was a welcome break from the norm and the grim reality of where we are truly as a nation.
Sterling Pratt’s Eagle’s Nest Youth Development Programme has ‘each one, teach one’ motto
ONE local non-profit organisation is aimed at providing an additional outlet for young student athletes to hone their skills and learn valuable life lessons.
Sports Notes
THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association is scheduled to continue its best-of-5 championship tonight at the DW Davis Gymnasium with game four between Career Builders Lady Cheetahs and Bommer G Lady Operators.
Mixed relay gold for the Bahamas
While the United States of America was dominant over the two days, the Bahamas saved its best performance in the introduction of the mixed 4x 400 metres at the third IAAF/BTC World Relays.
Women’s 4x100 6th in final, earns World Championships berth
THE youth movement in the women’s 4x100m programme produced a sixth place finish in the final and a berth in the 2017 IAAF World Championships.
Men’s 4x200 5th in final for 2nd straight IAAF World Relays
FOR the second consecutive edition of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, the Bahamas finished fifth in the Men’s 4x200m final.
Men’s 4x100 secures 8th spot for London Worlds
DESPITE their third place finish in the B final of the men’s 4 x 100 metres, a bizarre occurrence in the A final resulted in the Bahamas being elevated to the eighth spot and a trip to the IAAF World Championships in London, England in August.
Bahamas 10th overall in women’s 4x400
IT was a valiant effort for Team Bahamas in the women’s 4x400m but the team remains a work in progress and failed to make the event’s final at the BTC IAAF World Relays.
COUNTDOWN TO THE FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP: Japan
Japan were drawn in Group C at the 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship in Malaysia in March. After easing to respective 14-0 and 11-2 victories over Qatar and Iraq, they went down 5-4 to United Arab Emirates in a thrilling encounter.
FOURTH QUARTER PRESS: What more can Bahamas do to compete with regional powerhouse Jamaica?
IT’S hard not to look at the success of Team Jamaica at this weekend’s IAAF World Relays - held here in The Bahamas at the Thomas A Robinson stadium - and not ask what more Team Bahamas can do to catch-up with the skill and talent of its regional counterpart.
