NPBA All-Star Classic set for AF Adderley gym on Friday
AFTER posting their activities a week ago, the New Providence Basketball Association has confirmed that the Godfrey McQuay All-Star Classic is now set for Friday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with two additional events included in the package.
Sporting Mischief & Mayhem: Dan Marino, the Super Winner without a Super Bowl win
BEFORE I begin, let me preface this by giving fair warning to Bahamian Dolphins fans - you know this isn’t going to be pretty.
Club Monica Track Classic: Athletes qualify for CARIFTA
AT least four athletes surpassed the qualifying standards for the CARIFTA Games and Grand Bahama Power Track Club made their presence felt as the Club Monica Track Classic took centre stage at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium over the weekend.
SPORTS NOTES
THE Baptist Sports Council is all set to kick off its 2015 AID Basketball Classic at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday. The basketball season is being dedicated to the memory of the late Colin ‘Troppy’ Knowles, a former player, coach and executive of the BSC.
‘Dan Marino and Friends’ hit Bahamas
The success of the second edition of the “Dan Marino and Friends Bahamas Weekend” has left event organisers optimistic about the partnership between the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism.
Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic championship tonight
NOT a final four, but the final three teams remain standing to decide the 2015 title for the Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic.
‘Golden Girl’ Debbie hopes to put her stamp on national stadium at World Relays
SHE has had a history of performing big time wherever she competed locally or internationally. But there’s just one place that veteran sprinter Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie would like to enjoy some level of success and that is at home in the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.
Sports notes
THE Pittsburgh Pirates are scheduled to hold a Major League Baseball showcase for junior and senior players on Sunday, March 8.
Jonquel Jones helps Colonials to victory
THE front court trio of junior Jonquel Jones, sophomore Caira Washington and freshman Kelli Prange combined for 52 points to lead the No. 24/23 George Washington women’s basketball team past Atlantic 10 rival Fordham (83-65) at the Charles E Smith Center on Saturday afternoon.
Shockers stun Caribs, 77-74
THE College of the Bahamas Caribs men’s basketball team was hoping to take the frustration of their three-game losing streak in Miami, Florida, out on the Real Deal Shockers.
Let the eliminations begin
It was a busy day four in the 2015 Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic which featured an early start and the first round of eliminations in this year’s tournament.
Kerrie and Seminoles fall to Gators in Showdown
KERRIE Cartwright and her Florida State Seminoles lost a hard-fought battle against the No.2 University of Florida Gators, losing 4-3, in the Sunshine Showdown on Wednesday.
‘Sailing Barber’ Johnson: It was the biggest event I ever had
DESPITE watching his Campari Lady in Red, Lady Nathalie get caught by two boats during the St Valentine’s Day Massacre, Eleazor ‘the Sailing Barber’ Johnson still left Montagu Bay over the weekend smiling from ear to ear.
Jones posts double double in George Washington victory
SOPHOMORE Caira Washington and junior Jonquel Jones combined for 31 points and 30 rebounds to lead the No. 23/24 George Washington women’s basketball team to a 65-57 victory over Atlantic 10 rival VCU at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Wednesday night.
Sports Notes
BAHAMIAN Shanae Armbrister scored a gme high 25 points and added five rebounds as the Darton State College Lady Cavaliers came from 11 points down with nine minutes remaining in a do-or-die game that determined whether Darton would host the Region 17 Chmpionships as the No.1 seeded team.
