SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: A mad March day for records and retirements
FROM time to time I like to look back at great sports achievements, occurrences and events in sports history.
Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays win national title
VINDERO Lightfoot struggled shooting the ball all night, but his final trip to the line sealed the national title for his Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays.
NPWBA REGULAR SEASON COMES TO END THIS WEEK
THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association is all set to wrap up the regular season for the senior division this week at the DW Davis Gymnasium as they prepare for the start of the playoffs immediately after the Easter holiday break.
Bronze for Charlton, Collie at NCAA Indoors
Devynne Charlton and Latario Collie picked up third place finishes in the women’s 60 metres hurdles and the men’s triple jump respectively as they led a group of Bahamians competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships over the weekend in Birmingham, Alabama.
Hoop history: Doris Johnson girls are national champions
ADD another milestone in the historic season for the Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins girls basketball programme.
Quick exit for Cleare and the Longhorns in Big 12
IT WAS a quick exit for Shaquille Cleare and his Texas Longhorns in the Phillips 66 Big 12 tournament.
Nationals: Cobras win opener, 54-32 over Cherubims
TOP seeds and recent title winners continued to roll with dominant performances on the opening day of the Bahamas National High School Basketball tournament.
BOC gets set to host more than 1,0000 young athletes
WITH the fourth Commonwealth Youth Games all set for the Bahamas next year, the Bahamas Olympic Committee is making sure that they are properly prepared for all challenges they will encounter when the more than 1,000 athletes from the majority of the 71 registered countries come to compete.
High jumper Wilson late addition to World Indoors team
HE is a late addition to the team, but high jumper Jamal Wilson said he’s going to use that as his inspiration when he goes to ‘Track City USA’ in Portland, Oregon, next weekend to compete in the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s World Indoor Championships.
YESI officially expands its pilot programme to Adelaide Primary
YOUTH Empowerment through Sports International (YESI) officially expanded its pilot programme to another local primary school as it continues its mandate of using the game of soccer to impact the community at large.
THE FINISH LINE: ‘We wish all of the boxers the very best’ on their quest for Olympic qualification
THE Amateur Boxing Association of the Bahamas made a move that was anticipated for quite some time. Two additional boxers were added to the national programme as the Strikers Boxing Club and their coach Ronn Rodgers is starting to get the recognition they deserve.
BAAA Steak-Out & Family Fun Day to liven up the final CARIFTA Trials
WHILE you come out on the final day of competition for the final CARIFTA Trials, fans can also participate in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ Steak-Out and Family Fun Day at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium on Saturday.
Sports Notes
THE New Providence Cycling Association is scheduled to hold its stage team relay time trials 8:05am Sunday. The race will start and finish at Baha Mar Boulevard. The entry fee is $30.
Inspirational player award for ‘Tum Tum’
Despite a season hampered by injury, Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr was still recognised by his Michigan State Spartans for his leadership attributes.
CARIFTA team set on ‘defying all odds’ with 3-peat
YOUNG Bahamian swimmers are faced with an opportunity to chase history and stake their claim as being the most dominant junior swimming programme in the region.
