Hopes to make Bahamas ‘one of the best rugby countries in the world’
IT all started on Facebook almost a year ago when Aleksandre (Alex) Beridze contacted Buccaneers chairman Dorian Roach about visiting the Bahamas.
Sports Notes
THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture extends congratulations to our newest ‘Golden Girl’, Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace for her outstanding record-breaking gold medal performance at the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games in the 50m freestyle event.
Boxer Carl Hield on medal hunt
After an off day on Monday for the BTC Team Bahamas, the last boxer and the track and field squad will be in action today at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.
Bahamas’ U-21 team turns in impressive performance at the US Junior Judo Open
THE Bahamas’ under-21 junior team turned in a very impressive performance at one of the region’s largest tournaments at the US Junior Judo Open in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.
Pastors beat Politicians, 49-43
Shanendoah Cartwright showed that he still has some of the athletics prowess that he displayed during his high school days at St Augustine’s College.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: On this day in sports history
TO BE a true aficionado one must know the past just as much as the present when following sports.
DeAndre Ayton in Under Armour Finals Showcase
AFTER an impressive series of AAU performances thus far, Bahamian DeAndre Ayton and some of the top high school recruits in America helped to raise the profile of the grassroots basketball for one of the elite shoe companies on the circuit.
Tight end Saunders has some work to do when camp begins
NCAA football powerhouse Florida State Seminoles released their first depth chart for the upcoming season and Bahamian tight end Mavin Saunders will have some work to do once fall camp starts if he will target a bigger role in the offence.
Bahamas Cycling Federation hosts first ever cycling event in Spanish Wells
THE Bahamas Cycling Federation took some of their members to Spanish Wells over the weekend to participate in the first Seagillian Cycling Fest.
‘The Golden Princess’
A Pan American Games record, two Bahamas national records and a pair of medals, inclusive of a gold and bronze, has left ‘The Golden Princess’ Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace beaming with excitement and more confident as she left Toronto, Canada, to prepare for the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, next month.
Team Bahamas doesn’t win 2nd straight title but proves to be major force at junior level
ALTHOUGH they did not claim a second consecutive title at the CAC Age Group Championships, the Bahamas still proved to be a major force in the region at the junior level.
Athletes clock personal bests at World Youths
THERE were no medal-winning performances for Team Bahamas at the 9th IAAF World Youth Athletics Championships in Cali, Colombia. However, a number of athletes recorded personal bests in a series of spirited performances against the top junior athletes in the world.
‘Peace on da Streets’ champions crowned
Coach Dudley Seide said he was so eager to bring his Reach Out Ministries teams to Nassau to compete in the 20th annual Peace on da Streets Basketball Tournament that he had them selling water on the side of the road in Grand Bahama. Their efforts paid off over the weekend as they will return home as double champions in the 13-and-under and 16-and-under divisions.
Lady Operators roll over Lady Truckers, 16-9
THE Bommer G Lady Operators broke up a 9-9 tie by scoring seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to hand the Johnson Lady Truckers a 16-9 loss in the ladies’ opening game of the New Providence Softball Association in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex Saturday night.
Welterweight Carl Hield last chance for Team Bahamas to get boxing medal
THE dream for a major international medal at the 17th Pan American Games is over for super heavyweight Keishno Major and light welterweight Rashield Williams. Now it’s all up to welterweight Carl Hield to get the Bahamas on the medal podium in boxing.
