Boyce vs Davis to take spotlight in ‘The Final Round - 2015 - Fight to the Finish’
WHEN the Champion Boxing Club’s 21st edition of the Ray Minus Sr End of the Year Amateur Boxing Tournament is held on Saturday, Lennox Boyce will be in the spotlight as he takes on Trae Davis from Grand Bahama in the welterweight main event bout.
Rugby: Baillou vs Cuckoos in Nassau Cup Saturday
THE Nassau Cup is on the line as two Bahamas Rugby Football Union powerhouses square off this weekend in the second game of a double header to decide the top team in the capital this season.
THE FINISH LINE: ‘Let’s pause to digest some of my Christmas wishes’
It’s not how you start, nor how you get there. Most importantly, it’s how you finish. • The Finish Line, a weekly column, seeks to comment on the state of affairs in the local sports scene, highlighting the highs and the lows, the thrills and the spills and the successes and failures.
Sports Notes
Sports news in brief
Young sailors in spotlight: Derbyshire and de Souza take titles at Jr Laser Nationals
BEN Derbyshire enjoyed an easy win in the Laser 4.7 class as he took all but one race in the series at this year’s Junior Laser Nationals in Montagu Bay.
Island Luck Pros improve to 3-2 with victory over Everybody Wins Legends
A pair of blowout wins highlighted NPBA play at the AF Adderley Gymnasium Wednesday night as teams got their final tune-ups before the winter holidays.
Tristian Curtis has his best game of season
NAMED a starter headed into his senior season, Bahamian forward Tristian Curtis has improved in his new role and has put up some of the best numbers of his career for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.
Golden Gates men take game one of BSC best-of-3 softball championships
JEFFERY Woodside cracked a three-run home run Tuesday night as Golden Gates rebounded for a 13-12 come-from-behind walk-off-the-field victory over Charles W Saunders to snatch game one of the Baptist Sports Council men’s best-of-three championship series.
Burrows and Bromwell win exhibition against Noble Prep Academy Spartans
IT WAS an opportunity to showcase their skills and a homecoming for two Bahamian high school student athletes who have helped transform their Canadian programme to a basketball powerhouse.
‘Call to action’ for support of 2nd Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
AS he paid a courtesy call on Rotarians, Dr Sidney McPhee, president of Middle Tennessee State University, issued a “call to action” for Bahamians to support the second edition of the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl.
Atlantis Crown Invitational starts tonight
THIS year has been filled with milestones for the sport of gymnastics and now another approaches as the country prepares to host the largest gymnastics competition in the Caribbean.
DeAndre Ayton proves he can hit three pointers
ALREADY billed as one of the top recruits of the class of 2017, DeAndre Ayton continues to showcase his development in his junior season.
College football fans are in for a treat on Christmas Eve
JUST eight days remain until both visiting teams kickoff play in the 2015 Popeye’s Bahamas Bowl and head coaches for both teams anticipate a hard fought contest on Christmas Eve.
Justin Roberts wins opener at the Dominican Republic Futures
BAHAMIAN tennis ace Justin Roberts came through in flying colours yesterday at the Dominican Republic Futures $15,000 Tournament.
Winter Throw Camp at home of Queen’s College Comets
Coach Corrington Maycock said the second annual Winter Throw Camp has achieved its purpose, although they would have liked to have entertained a much larger crop of participants.
