SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Bird had the last laugh – but it was funny at the time
With my Cowboys having dropped their sixth game in a row, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory again, I need to clear my head a bit.
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THE Baptist Sports Council has announced that their 2015 Softball Classic will get underway on Tuesday, November 17, at the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
GRAND BAHAMA HOSTS 29TH CONCHMAN TRIATHLON
THE 29th Conchman Triathlon was held on Saturday in Grand Bahama with Stefan Laursen and Elizabeth Shaddock emerging as the overall male and female champions.
Young girls are crowned as ‘princesses’ at self-affirmation event
EVEN if a complete “renewing of the mind” was not achieved, organisers of the first ever Princess Conference are confident that the necessary seeds were sown in the lives of young girls who attended the event to inspire and encourage them to reach their fullest potential.
Sands sets sights on BAAA vote victory
“STRONGER, experienced and committed” were the key words echoed throughout the day by the ‘One BAAA’ team headed by incumbent president Mike Sands as they prepare for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ annual general meeting and election of officers.
Lions take a bite out of COB Caribs
FLORIDA Memorial University Lions found a way to roar with a slim and a sizeable victory in their two-game series against the College of the Bahamas Caribs men’s basketball team.
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RISING tennis star Jacobi Bain lost in the semi-finals of the Celisus Thanksgiving Level 6 Tournament to seventh seed Yeudy Villar 6-1, 6-1 yesterday in Sarasota, Florida.
SOCCER STANDOFF: More than 800 young soccer players in BFA displaced
A standoff at the administrative level between the Bahamas Football Association and several of its member clubs has displaced over 800 youth soccer players.
Spartans win Combat Cancer Challenge
THE Orry J Sands Spartans beat out 14 other five-person teams of fitness enthusiasts and cancer awareness supporters to win CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Combat Cancer Challenge.
Abaconian Branden Sands victorious in Optimist Nationals
HAILING from the tiny settlement of Cherokee Sound, Abaco, Branden Sands and his younger sister Rachel showed their more experienced big city rivals from Nassau just how to do it.
Minister welcomes Vita Malt basketball champions, talks about the importance of being ‘well-rounded’
MINISTER for Grand Bahama Dr Michael Darville yesterday welcomed the winners of the Vita Malt Basketball Championship - from St George’s High School - to his office.
THE FINISH LINE: BAAA elections ‘shaping up to be an all out war’
IT’S not how you start, nor how you get there. Most importantly, it’s how you finish.
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THE New Providence Volleyball Association continued its regular season at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
Hero World Challenge on par for Albany
Major championship winners Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Zach Johnson headline the field for the 2015 Hero World Challenge, featuring 18 of the world’s top-ranked golfers, it was announced yesterday.
Big Red Machine clinch championship series berth
DAY two of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) sudden death softball playoffs saw the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine clinch berths to the championship series in several divisions.
