Bahamas, Bermuda to resume rugby rivalry in finale
BEFORE the face-off on the soccer pitch next week, the Bahamas and Bermuda will continue their rivalry in regional rugby competition this weekend.
USA Track & Field to defend title at the IAAF World Relays
WITH the housing location confirmed for the second IAAF World Relays, the USA Track and Field came to town to do a sight inspection of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island and their representatives left quite impressed with what they discovered.
Saunders gets opportunity to claim greater role in Seminoles offence
HE spent his true freshman season as a medical redshirt, but with much turnover on the roster for the upcoming 2015 season, Mavin Saunders has an opportunity to claim a greater role in the offence for the Florida State Seminoles.
‘We are expecting great coverage’ at IAAF World Relays Bahamas
THE presentation of the IAAF World Relays plays to the marketing of the event as an entertainment production and not just an athletics meet. To that end, the IAAF recently conducted another site visit in the capital, with just under two months of preparation remaining.
PAUL DE SOUZA CONTINUES HIS DOMINANCE IN LASER CLASS
THE KPMG Youth Winter Championship was held March 14-15 at the Nassau Yacht Club in near perfect sailing conditions on Montagu Bay.
Top Bahamian soccer players split due to fixture clash
The top Bahamian soccer players have been forced to choose between playing for their country in the opening FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying tie next week or representing the nation at the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship.
Giants sweep Cleaners
THE Commonwealth Bank Giants, featuring a couple of new players, are now into the New Providence Basketball Association’s John Archer divisional championship series, thanks to a two-game sweep over the Double R Services Limited Cleaners in their first round playoffs.
NCAA: Jonquel Jones and Colonials earn No. 6 seed
GRAND Bahamian Jonquel Jones and the No. 19/19 George Washington women’s basketball team have earned a No. 6 seed in the Spokane regional and will face No. 11 seed Gonzaga in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
‘DRASTIC CHANGE’ AS CARIFTA TRIALS START ON FRIDAY
AFTER dropping all the way to seventh on the medal table at last year’s CARIFTA Games in Fort-de-France, Martinique, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations made a drastic change to its selection process for the 2015 version of the top junior regional track and field meet.
Sports in brief
CHAMPION Amateur Boxing Club is scheduled to present “The Heat is on” amateur boxing show at the Wulff Road Boxing Square 6pm March 1. In the showcase will be Lennox Boyce, Donovan Taylor and Don Rolle.
Baptist Sports Council’s AID Basketball Classic gets into full gear
THE Baptist Sports Council continued its 2015 AID Basketball Classic at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex over the weekend.
CARIFTA TEAM NAMED
Joanna Evans, the junior swimmer of the year, will head a 36-member team that is expected to travel to Bridgetown, Barbados, April 2-8 to defend their title at the CARIFTA Swimming Championships.
Shavez Hart helps Texas A&M Aggies capture 4x400 relay
SHAVEZ Hart may not have had the type of performance he anticipated in the men’s 200 metres at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. But he walked away with a bit of history as he helped the Texas A&M Aggies men capture the 4 x 400m relay in grand style.
‘It was so good to compete in a meet that wasn’t the nationals’
SHE HAS been called the “hardest” working member of SwimMac in Charlotte, North Carolina. But Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace has attributed a lot of her success to the relationship that she has developed with her teammates and the environment that the coaching staff has created for them.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Cheers to the best Irish sportsman ever
ON THIS St Patrick’s Day, I feel it would only be fitting for this week’s column to be dedicated to possibly the “best” Irish athlete ever ... George Best.
