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National high school golf champions are crowned

After a rain delay on Friday, the Bahamas Golf Federation finally got a chance to complete its National High School Golf Championships yesterday at the BGF’s Driving Range.

THE OFFICIAL RESULTS: GSSSA’s 24th Annual Senior Track & Field Meet

• RESULTS of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s 24th Annual Senior Track & Field Meet are as follows:

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Honours from grateful nation

BISHOP Lawrence Rolle, community activist Khandi Gibson and former police commissioner Paul Rolle say they are honoured and humbled for recognition of their service to the nation as recipients of the Bahamas’ 49th Independence Day National Honours.

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Fritz Grant track and field reulsts

RESULTS of the annual Fritz Grant Track & Field Invitational at Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium Saturday - the event was sponsored by Florida's Natural. Girls 80 Meter Dash Under 7 Finals 1, 705 Thompson, Lan

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Bahamas to field 36-member team for the 17th Pan American Games

THE Bahamas will field a 36-member roster, representing five disciplines, at the 17th Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, July 10-26.

‘Null and void’ challenge to City Meat pension deal

The battle over the ‘settlement’ to the long-running City Markets pension fund controversy is intensifying, with those behind a successful ‘11th hour’ intervention in the matter declaring key aspects “null and void”.

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FACE TO FACE: Remember, where you start is not where you finish

DR Kim Williams-Pulfer not only believes in community spirit, she lives and breathes it. She believes in its ability to unite people and help them progress far beyond the limits of what people can do as individuals.

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INSIGHT: Acklins gives up its WW2 secrets - in just a few hours

Found them. As extraordinary as it is, it’s really that simple.

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FACE TO FACE: A rollercoaster ride of fame, despair and finally salvation

The year was 1973 – the glorious year of Independence for The Bahamas. There was a lot to be proud of. There was such a sense of pride in being Bahamian; having a flag of our own, a national anthem and a pledge. The people of The Bahamas were committed to moving forward, upward and onward together. Bahamians were making their presence felt in the world in many disciplines; among them - athletics.

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PETER YOUNG: Assange - hero or villain - still slips from US fingers

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is back in the news again. Not in the American media, which unsurprisingly remains obsessed with the current drama in Washington, but in the UK from where the US government is seeking his extradition to face charges over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.

SPORTS NOTES

VOLLEYBALL NPVA FINALS THE New Providence Volleyball Association is slated to begin its championship series at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Wednesday night. In the ladies’ opener at 7:30pm, the Lady Defenders will play the Scottsdale Vixens, while th

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Cybots rally to even series with Shockers

THE Mail Boat Cybots showed why they are the New Providence Basketball Association men’s defending champions.

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Athletes on track ahead of World Relays

SPRINTER Anthonique Strachan and quarter-miler Demetrius Pinder are all geared up to come home to represent the Bahamas at the inaugural IAAF World Relays Bahamas at the new Thomas A Robinson National Stadium this weekend.

Sports Notes

THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools began its 2015/16 basketball season at various playing sites yesterday.

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‘We shall lose a good athlete’

ST Augustine’s College principal Sonya Knowles said she was impressed from the day that Serena Brown came onto their campus as a student three years ago. She embodied everything that the Big Red Machine stood for as she made her contribution to the success of both the basketball and track and field teams.

BTC’s 9% mobile fall undermines its owner

The 9 per cent contraction in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) mobile revenues for the three months to end-December 2015 helped undermine its owner’s top-line growth, it was revealed yesterday.

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Pools decided for Hugh Campbell Tournament

THE 28-team field is set, the pools have been decided and the most anticipated basketball tournament in the country is just days away from tipoff.

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RESULTS: Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon 2015

UNPREDICTABLE weather over the weekend held up just enough for over 200 participants to swim, bike and run in the name of a good cause at the 2015 Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon.

‘Kiss of death’ fear over GB cruise port

Freeport’s cruise economy will suffer “the kiss of death” if the Government approves Carnival Cruise Lines’ proposed private port in eastern Grand Bahama, an outspoken QC warned yesterday.

THE FINISH LINE: Marathon Bahamas is growing by leaps and bounds

IT’S not how you start, nor how you get there, but more importantly, it’s how you finish.