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Strikers Boxing Club to compete in Florida State Championships

THE Strikers Boxing Club will be taking a 12-member team on their seventh international trip this year as they compete in the Florida State Championships in Fort Pierce, Florida, this weekend.

Flag football: Team Vitamalt to represent Bahamas at Cayman Invitational

FOR the first time in four years, the Bahamas will be represented in regional flag football competition as the sport of American football continues to develop.

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THE most valuable players (MVP) in City Bowling League competition last night was a red hot Kevin B Williams of Genuine Knights who mowed down the pins for a 270 second high game and a gigantic 708 three game set.

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‘Tum Tum’ and Spartans eye national champs title

The Michigan State Spartans hosted media day to introduce the 2015-16 team to the East Lansing, Michigan, community and Bahamian sophomore guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr was one of the focal points this season.

43rd BSF Nationals ‘was a huge success’

DESPITE the fact that the Eleuthera Softball Association withdrew its men’s team, the Bahamas Softball Federation completed its 43rd National Softball Round Robin Tournament over the weekend with both the men and women titles remaining in New Providence.

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Commando Security Truckers earn national softball title

THOMAS Davis was stingy on the mound and Marvin ‘Tougie’ Wood came up with a clutch two-run home run and that helped to propel the Commando Security Truckers back into the limelight as they clinched the Bahamas Softball Federation men’s national championship title.

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THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools is all set to begin its sudden death softball playoffs at Freedom Farm Park in Yamacraw this week. After seven weeks of action during the regular season, the four contestants in all four divisions - juniors boys and girls and boys and senior girls and boys - have been determined.

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Lady Stingers are national champions

A hobbling Keisha Pratt went 3-for-4, sparking an eight-run sixth inning with a run-producing double and Thela Johnson gave up six hits with eight strike outs as the Lady Stingers stunned Grand Bahama’s Lady Wolverines 12-8 to secure the Bahamas Softball Federation ladies’ round robin championship title.

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THE New Providence Oldtimers Softball Association is slated to return to action over the weekend of November 7-8.

BSF National Round Robin Results

RESULTS of the Bahamas Softball Federation’s National Round Robin Tournament, held October 29 to November 1, are as follows:

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Sprinter Anthonique Strachan to undergo surgery

A sports hernia will delay sprinter Anthonique Strachan's comeback and she will prepare to undergo surgery on Monday in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Truckers open up with 9-2 win over Cougars

The Commando Security Truckers rode the pair of solo home runs from Teran Wood and another from Courtney Smith as they went on to pull off a 9-2 victory over the Brokell Construction Cougars as the Bahamas Softball Federation’s 43rd National Softball Championship got underway last night in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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United Purpose looks to overthrow Sands for BAAA presidency

PRECISELY one month before the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ annual general meeting and election of officers is held, presidential candidate Rosemunde Carey officially launched her slate of United Purpose, whom she expects will carry the sport forward over the next three years.

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COB Caribs hope to turn tables on Florida Memorial University Lions

AFTER losing out in a keenly contested showdown last year, the College of the Bahamas Caribs men’s basketball team is hoping to turn the tables on the Florida Memorial University Lions when they host a two-game series over the weekend of November 6-7 at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.