Sports Notes
BAHAMIAN Justin Roberts has pulled off another victory. Roberts defeated No.8 seed Samuel Shropshire in a 6-4, 6-3 decision at the Dominican Republic Futures $15,000 Tournament. Shropshire had a career high ranking of 1,417 and he plays as the No.1 seed for Northwestern University and currently has an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division 1 singles ranking of 34.
Bubba Watson wins World Challenge by 3 shots
A few weeks ago, Bubba Watson wasn’t expected to compete at the Albany Golf Course, but following a series of fortunate events and a torrid stretch over the last two days of competition, he emerged as the 2015 Hero World Challenge champion.
Giants off to good start with 77-63 win over Shockers
THE Commonwealth Bank Giants, in their bid to regain their New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) title that they relinquished to the PJ Stingers last year, have regained control of the early leaderboard with another impressive victory.
Lady Cheetahs prevail with 61-55 win over Lady Elites
ALTHOUGH they are a lot younger this year, new coach Devon Johnson said there’s no excuse for his Career Builders Lady Cheetahs not to be playing better than they are right now.
SPORTS NOTES
JACOBI Bain, the only Bahamian playing in the 2015 Eddie Herr International Championships in Florida, suffered a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Xaiofei Wang of China in the boys 12 semi-final.
Bubba Watson cruises to Hero World Challenge win
BUBBA Watson, the American golfer, cruised to victory in the Tiger Woods Hero World Challenge on Sunday after an impeccable display of driving around the Albany course in western New Providence.
George Szabo wins thrilling Star Sailors League final
AMERICAN George Szabo and his Italian crew, Edoardo Natucci, won a dramatic final of the Star Sailors League in Montagu Bay on Saturday to claim the $40,000 first prize.
Bubba Watson takes two-shot lead at Hero Challenge at Albany
THE first time Jordan Spieth saw Albany Golf Club, he predicted Bubba Watson would love the place because it looked so open off the tee.
Xavier Rohart leads way at Star Sailors League
ELEVEN teams will decide the Star Sailors League finals on Saturday after racing was curtailed on Friday due to forecast thunderstorms.
Hero World Challengers in 3-way tie for the lead
A few of the names shifted atop the leaderboard on day two, but there remains a three-way tie for first place at the Hero World Challenge 2015, hosted at the Albany golf course.
Close racing on day 2 of Star Sailors League Finals
THE second day of the qualification rounds for the SSL Finals proved to be an intricate game of chess for the star-studded cast from nine different nations, boasting nine Olympic medallists and even more world champions.
JONQUEL ON AWARD WATCH LIST
GEORGE Washington senior forward Grand Bahamian Jonquel Jones was named to the watch list for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, which recognises the women’s national player of the year, the US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) announced on Wednesday.
‘CUDAS WIN ORCA SWIM MEET
THE Barracuda Swim Club won the Team Orca Winter Invitational Swim Meet held at Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex last weekend.
THE FINISH LINE: Is national stadium only for international athletes?
So they voted in Rosamunde Carey and ousted Mike Sands as president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations.
Sports Notes
JACOBI Bain, playing in the prestigious 2015 Eddie Herr International Championships, advanced to the quarter-finals with a 7-6 (6), 7-5 win over Tomas Moretto of Argentina. He will go on to play No. 13 seed Maximo Lucentini Sanchez of Argentina 8am today.
