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Knights hold seven point lead

THE defending champions CR Walker Knights hold a slim seven-point lead over the CV Bethel Stingrays going into the final day of competition in the senior segment of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s Track and Field Championships.

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Sports in brief

THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association announced the names of the players who will be representing the Bahamas at the ITF/COTECC Pre-Qualifying World Junior Tennis Championship Event in the Dominican Republic March 11-17.

Bishop Hubert A Pinder honoured in grand style

FAMILY, friends and well-wishers congregated at the Lively Stone Church of God on February 17 to celebrate and show appreciation to Bishop Hubert A. Pinder, the church’s assistant pastor.

Who survived the sudden death eliminations?

TEN FEMALE SINGERS performed live, but only five advanced past the two hour American Idol “Sudden Death” episode last Wednesday.

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Jay Major top cyclist so far this season

THE New Providence Cycling Association staged its second road race of the 2013 season and young Jay Major proved to be the cyclist to watch as he posted back-to-back victories in a hotly contested race from start to finish.

36-member Carifta swim team ratified

FOLLOWING the completion of the final trials at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Center over the weekend, the Bahamas Swimming Federation has ratified the team that will represent the Bahamas at the Carifta Swimming Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, over the Easter holiday weekend.

NPBA: the final four

IT’S now down to the final four in New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) semifinals, featuring three former champions.

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Sports notes

ROADRUNNERS Track & Field Club is scheduled to host its 7th Annual Diana Lynn Thompson Track & Field Classic on Saturday.

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BICA stages its first Peer Review workshop

The Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) has held its first Practice Monitoring/Peer Review Workshop, aimed at preparing licensees that sign off on attestation and assurance engagements for a process that begins this year.

Copyright woes 'soon dealt with'

The Copyright Royalties Tribunal’s chairman yesterday said the issue of outstanding payments owed to foreign rights holders would “not be outstanding for very much longer”, with Tribune Business obtaining documents showing his predecessor sought to use URCA to “pressure” Cable Bahamas over the issue.

Sports in brief

THE defending champions Commonwealth Bank Giants have secured their berth in their divisional final of the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-five semifinal series after they completed a two-game sweep over the PJ’s Stingers at CI Gibson Gym Monday night.

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Man guilty of house robbery

A LONG Island man accused of breaking into the Cape Santa Maria Villa of an American family and robbing a man of cash and a jeep was unanimously convicted of the crimes in the Supreme Court yesterday.

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Court dismisses paedophile's appeal over sex with girl,11

BEFORE dismissing the appeal of a paedophile who challenged his 39-month jail term for having sex with an 11-year-old girl, Court of Appeal judges told the man his actions were “extremely serious and egregious”.

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Knights take it all

Coach Trevor Grant got a chance to celebrate another Government Secondary Schools Sports Association senior boys title.

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Putting faith in sport

IT was a special day on Friday for students of St Bede’s Primary School.

Constable and reservist are charged in court

TWO policemen, a Constable and a reservist, found themselves before the courts yesterday where they were respectively charged with causing grievous harm and unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

Bahamian church is in crisis

Nearly two decades ago the president of the US based anti-cult organisation the Christian Research Institute, Hank Hanegraff, published the ground breaking book Christianity in Crisis in order to expose the myriad of false teachings which had inundated the church in America.

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Sports notes

THE Scottsdale Vixens and the Technicians have both taken commanding 2-0 lead in their New Providence Volleyball Association’s best-of-five championship series on Wednesday night at the DW DAvis Gymnasium.

Outreach course gets under way

THE Sports Outreach Level 1 - Certification Course In and Through Sports is currently underway.

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How sports can reach out

IN an effort to provide an avenue for Bahamians to gain more knowledge in effective sports outreach, Commune Sports Bahamas and the International Sports Coalition is hosting a Sports Outreach Level 1 certification course.