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Knights get the victory

  The Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSA) continued its senior basketball season at the DW Davis Gym yesterday.

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Sports in brief

THE New Providence Basketball Association resumed its regular season play at the CI Gibson Gym over the weekend after taking a break for the Christmas holiday.

Society critical for education direction

The Bahamian education system’s quality is a matter of great concern, and has sparked much debate about where the responsibility lies for making it better.

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Three-time NBA champ Rick Fox encourages basketball campers in Pinewood

A COLLABORATION between the country’s longest summer basketball programme and the Pinewood community proved to be a resounding success in its inaugural effort, highlighted by an appearance from three time NBA champion Rick Fox.

Bahamas ‘cannot afford’ to lose family businesses

The Bahamas and other countries “cannot afford to lose” the economic impact and job creation stemming from family-owned businesses, an expert in the field believes.

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McPhee loses but wins boxer of the year

DEVANTE McPhee had his winning streak snapped on Saturday night, but he still managed to walk away with the Ray Minus Sr. Boxer of the Year honors.

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17th Annual Ray Minus Sr. Boxing Day tourney is on

CHAMPION Amateur Boxing Club’s 17th Annual Ray Minus Sr Boxing Day Tournament began yesterday and concludes the following Saturday at Wulff Road Boxing Square.

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Devin Mullings is No. 1

THE draw got harder but Devin Mullings proved once again why he’s the top male tennis player in the country.

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Top seeds to clash in the singles final

IN a rematch from last year, top seeded players Simone Pratt and Kerrie Cartwright are slated to clash once again in the final of the women’s singles in the Giorgio Baldacci Open Challenge at the National Tennis Center today.

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Top seeds advance to next round

Day one of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s Giorgio Baldacci Open Challenge Tennis Tournament held true to form as most of the top seeds in the main draw dominated en route to the next round.

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Christmas Jazz at Jacaranda

JAZZ AT Jacaranda closed out the year with a festive evening of swinging Jazz and popular holiday tunes, presented to a packed house this past Friday at the historic Jacaranda House.

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BLTA gets in gears for exciting showdown in the main draw

WITH the qualifying rounds completed, the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association is gearing up for an exciting main draw in the Giorgio Baldacci Open Challenge Tennis Tournament at the National Tennis Center today.

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Helicopter ride thanks to Sandals

Principal Rachel Taylor and five students from the Enid Capron Primary School on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, were treated by chairman of Sandals Resorts International Gordon “Butch” Stewart to a ride on the company’s private helicopter.

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Giorgio Baldacci Elite Invitational Tennis Tournament starts today

WHILE the women will play directly out of the main draw starting on Wednesday, the men’s field will be made up of a qualifying round as the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association kicks off the Giorgio Baldacci Elite Invitational Tennis Tournament at the National Tennis Center today.

Sports in brief

THE fourth annual Georgette Rolle Junior Golf Camp is slated to get underway 9am to 2pm today in the Golf Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Mistrial in sex attack case

A MISTRIAL was declared yesterday in a high-profile case in which a man is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy.

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Boy tells jury of sex attack

A 13-year-old boy told a jury yesterday he was sexually assaulted by a man who forced him into a car in the street.

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Elite players expected to compete in BLTA Open Nationals Challenge

ALL of the country’s elite players are expected to be home next week to compete in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s Giorgio Baldacci Battle of the Elite Players Open Nationals Challenge.

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WITH the shortened regular season completed, the Baptist Sports Council is slated to begin its postseason in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Tuesday night.

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Free-for-all Christmas basketball camp in Pinewood

JEFF Rodgers, who has ran a successful summer basketball camp for more than 20 years, is lending his expertise to Khaalis Rolle as the Member of Parliament for Pinewood hosts his first Christmas Basketball Camp in the area.