THE New Providence Volleyball Association has announced that on Wednesday night at the DW Davis Gymnasium, the Saints and the Crusaders will play a sudden death game to determine who will get fourth place in the men's playoffs.

Both teams are currently tied at 3-7. The winner of that match at 8 p.m. will advance to the first round of the playoffs on Sunday against the undefeated pennant winning ScotiaBank Defenders at 5pm.

On Friday, the playoffs will begin at 7:30pm with the undefeated defending champions and pennant winning Scottsdale Vixens (10-0) taking on the fourth place Junior Cougars (4-6) in a ladies' affair.

The men's nghtcap at 9pm will showcase the second place Technicians, also undefeated at 8-0, against the third place Intruders (6-4).

BASKETBALL

NPWBA ACTION

AFTER taking two weeks off for the Christmas holiday, the New Providence Women's Basketball Associationb will resume play in its regular season on Thursday night at the DW Davis Gyumnasium with a double heaer on tap.

In the 7:30pm opener, the Bommer Gee Lady Angels will take on the Saints, followed by the 8:30 p.m. feature contest between the Johnson Lady Truckers and College of the Bahamas Lady Caribs.

BASKETBALL

NPBA ACTION

FRESH off their Christmas holiday break, the New Providence Basketball Association is now preparing for the second half of its men's regular season.

The season is scheduled to resume this weekend at the CI Gibson Gymnasium, but no official schedule has been released as yet by the association.

TRACK

WOODSIDE/GRANT

ATTEND CLINIC

FRITZ Grant and Dianne Woodside are both in San Diego, California where they are attending a USA Track and Field (USATF) and International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) Academy for sprints and hurdles course.

The course got started on Sunday and will run through Saturday. It's designed specifically for sprints and hurdles, both areas of specialty for Grant and Woodide.

Both coaches, who were afforded full scholarships to attend the course, were members of the Bahamas team that competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea last year.

While Grant, a coach with the Ambassadors Track Club, was the head coach of the team, Woodside, who coaches the Monica Track Club, made history as the first Bahamian female to coach at that level.

At the end of the course, the two will be presented with the USATF/IAAF Academy diploma and certification, which is the highest recognized achievement awarded through the IAAF Coaches Education and Certification Systems and is honored all around the world.

TRACK

FIRST MEET FOR 2012

WITH the new Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium not officially opened or in use yet, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations will begin its 2012 season on Saturday at the old Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium.

The first event on the calendar will be the Odd Distance Track and Field Classic that will begin at 9 a.m. Athletes will have an opportunity to compete in various events that are of a shorter distance on the track and field events using a shorter approach.

The first official meet will be the T-Bird Flyers' Track Classic that will be held at the stadium on Saturday, January 14.