Pro golfer determined to bounce back on the green
SOME people go through a great deal of difficulties to achieve their goal. Oren Butler is one of them. But he felt that what he encountered was enough to cause him to pack up his golf clubs and walk away from the sport for good.
Colin Knowles ‘was another great sporting icon’
COLIN ‘Troppy’ Knowles, known as a perfectionist who strives to get the best out of his players and remembered as a visionary with an eye on the development of sports in the future, passed away on Wednesday after an illness with prostate cancer. He was 68.
Marathon Bahamas: Bank awards student relay winners
CONTINUING its effort to engage student athletes in the fight against cancer, Scotiabank awarded its student relay winners in the sixth annual Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend.
Jets vs Pros in Boil Fish Bowl
Before football fans across the country tune in to Super Bowl XLIX this Sunday, the battle for local football supremacy will be decided on the gridiron.
Championship games all set after sudden death playoffs
After a hard-fought season, the championship matchups are all set in the Government Secondary School Sports Association (GSSSA) basketball league’s senior divisions after the sudden death playoff rounds at the DW Davis Gymnasium last night.
GSSSA finales to be aired live on national television
THE finale of the Government Secondary School Sports Association basketball season will be aired live on national television for the fifth consecutive year, thanks to a partnership between government and corporate entities.
Team Beastmode in ‘Combat Night at Passion’
EMPIRE Mixed Martial Arts’ “Team Beastmode” fight team once again looked to the state of Florida to field bouts for its group of amateur fighters.
‘Come out and watch some of the best golfers in the world’
MINISTRY of Tourism officials are feverishly working towards staging the second Pure Silk LPGA Classic Tournament – an event officials are hoping will be a shot in the arm for the Bahamian economy.
Sports notes
THE Sports Unit of the Department of Eduction, Science and Technology, in conjunction with the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association, has announced that its basketball championships are set to be held at Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium January 30 to February 3.
World Relays on the calendar
The International Amateur Athletic Federation’s inaugural World Relays not only got tremendous coverage last year, but the IAAF is making sure that it remains in the minds of many more viewers this year, who may not have been able to view the two-day meet in person.
MMA: Bahamian Brewery, Sands Beer sponsor ‘Beast Mode’
SANDS Beer is “kicking it up a notch” by donating to a mixed martial arts team in the Bahamas.
GSSSA basketball postseason begins today
THE Government Secondary Schools Sports Association has completed its regular season and is now all set to start its postseason today at DW Davis and CI Gibson gymnasiums.
Junior national tennis teams all set for Fed and Davis Cup pre-qualifiers
TWO teams from the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) will depart Nassau for San Salvador, El Salvador, on Saturday to participate in the Jr Fed and Jr Davis Cup BNP Paribas pre-qualifying event.
JBLN girls are making their mark in the US
WHILE the Softball Division in the Junior Baseball League of Nassau (JBLN) is doing wonders here in Nassau, the JBLN girls are now making their mark abroad.
