THE FINISH LINE: Kudos to the BAAAs for honouring its past presidents
It’s not every day that you see leaders reach out to their former leaders and take the time out to celebrate the history of their sports.
SPORTS NOTES
THE funeral service for the late Roosevelt ‘Mr Starter’ Thompson, is scheduled for 11am Friday, February 10 at the New Covenant Baptist Church on the East-West Highway.His body will be interred in Woodlawn Gardens.
Big Red Machine sweep Comets
The St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine’s junior girls basketball programme returned to the top spot of the division following a two-year hiatus.
Falcons and Suns win championship titles
THE Falcons came up short in last year’s semi-finals, but Terrence McSweeney and his squad dominated the divison all season long en route to capturing the BAISS championship title.
BAHAMAS BEATS US TO RETAIN GENE SCOTT TROPHY
A STRONG Bahamas IC team which included its most successful Davis Cup player over the last decade, Devin Mullings, and its most successful Fed Cup player Larikah Russell - over the same period - beat the USA to retain The Gene Scott Trophy.
Carisa Brogden, 15, star of the day in horse show
THE Bahamas’ newest crop of budding junior equestrian athletes were on display in two days of fierce competition at the Mariposa Winter Horse Show, held last weekend at Mariposa Stables in western New Providence.
Official schedule for the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships released
WITH the draw set and facilities nearing completion, the official schedule was released as the Bahamas learned more about their path to a Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Beach Soccer Championship title.
OFFICIAL RESULTS: Barracuda/Leno Corporate Services Invitational
• RESULTS of the Barracuda Swim Club’s Leno Corporate Services Invitational at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex over the weekend:
Lions, Mystic Marlins, Pitbulls take openers
The Government Secondary Schools Sports Association continued its postseason at the Kendal Isaacs Gym last night with HO Nash Lions, the Dame Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins and the DW Davis Pitbulls winning their respective opening games of their best-of-three championship series.
‘Fantastic Four’ all set for the Davis Cup tie
THE stage is set for the American Zone II Davis Cup tie this weekend at the Doral Park Country Club in Miami, Florida.
‘Super Bowl’ of sailing all set
THE ‘Super Bowl’ of sailing will be held over the weekend of February 18-19 when the 30th ‘Catch Me If You Can’ St Valentine’s Massacre is held in Montagu Bay.
LOC releases ticket prices for the 3rd IAAF World Relays Bahamas
THE Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the 3rd IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2017 has released ticket prices for the big event set for April 22-23 at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.
Women, like men, making inroads in the relays
WHEN it comes to athletics, The Bahamas is a nation of relays, and although it has been the men’s 4x400 metre relay that has been the cream of the crop in recent times, the women’s unit has made significant inroads.
SPORTS NOTES
THE New Providence Basketball Association is slated to play one game at 8pm tonight when the Mr Ship It Freight Regulators take on the Pirates at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
OFFICIAL RESULTS: Barracuda/Leno Corporate Services Invitational
• RESULTS of the Barracuda Swim Club’s Leno Corporate Services Invitational at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex over the weekend:
