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Fitting honour for a Roadrunner

WHILE the spotlight was on the athletes for their achievement over the year, the Roadrunners Track Club shared the show with their assistant coach Mildred Adderley.

An odd start on the track, field

Sarah Hepburn, Megan Moss, Doneisha Anderson, Charisma Taylor, Alexis Gray and Otto Laing were double winners of events as the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations kicked off its 2015 season with the Odd Distance Track Classic at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium on Saturday.

Gregory McKay Jr: ‘I just want to go there and get better every day’

AS he prepares to enrol at Limestone University in South Carolina in August, Bahamian Gregory McKay Jr is hoping his trip home will help him to make an immediate impact as a rookie for the Saints men’s basketball team.

Police need our support

Can you imagine going to work each day and not being sure you’ll survive your shift and see your family again?

THE FINISH LINE: 'Hooping by the Park' a success

IT’S not every day that you see former athletes come back into their communities where they got started and promote events to help uplift the spirits of the people. Jabari Wilmott was one of those rare gems who should be commended, along with his or

95% of teachers called in sick at primary school – BUT chief

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson said yesterday that 95 percent of teachers at CW Sawyer Primary School called in sick yesterday, noting they are still awaiting a full report submitted by engineers to the Ministry of Education on the safety of the school.

SOFTBALL STATS

INDIVIDUAL stats from the Bahamas Softball Federation’s National Round Robin Championships, as released by chief statistician Rozina Taylor:

Icons of music in caricature

ICONIC entertainers were honoured through unconventional portraits during the Catch Ya Sef exhibition.

Rape suspect: Did I look like a teddy bear?

“DO YOU agree that I looked like a teddy bear when you saw me?” was the question a man accused of rape asked a physician in Supreme Court yesterday concerning a medical examination he performed on him.

Jones leads the way

It was back on August 26, 2007 at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan, that Derrick Atkins established the Bahamas men’s 100 metres national record of 9.91 seconds to win the silver medal. No other Bahamian came close until Saturday when Grand Bahamian Terrence Jones equalised the time.

INSIGHT: Is anyone listening – why are we letting millions slip through our fingers?

“Star Acres”, its gargoyles and neighbouring luxurious government-owned Prospect Ridge properties, join “La Playa” in its grandness of yesteryear and the rotting wood, crumbling walls and overgrown foliage of current times.

Sports Notes

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.

Suriname clinches ICC Americas U-29 Division II Championship title

JOSHUA Holder shot a blistering 129 from 71 balls to help Suriname clinch the International Cricket Club (ICC) Americas Pepsi Under-29 Division II Championship title at Haynes Oval on Saturday.

Wildcats, Truckers pull off impressive wins in NPSA

By BRENT STUBBS

Giants, High Flyers are national champions

BOTH the Division I and Division II titles will remain in the capital as the New Providence Basketball Association champions emerged as winners of the 2019 Bunny Levarity Bahamas Basketball Federation Nationals.

Top athletes nominated for CASJA Awards

Quarter-miler Shaunae Miller and hurdler Jeffery Gibson have been nominated for the 2015 Caribbean Sports Journalists Association (CASJA) Awards for their stellar performances this year.

Team Bahamas leads CARIFTA Swimming medal count

Team Bahamas entered the CARIFTA Swimming Championships as the two time defending champions and target of the remainder of the field.

Rain halts Comets vs Cougars senior girls’ softball game

The Charles W Saunders Cougars and Queen’s College Comets will have to wait another day to determine the outcome of their Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) senior girls’ softball game.

Nagico T20 cricket tourney at Windsor Field this weekend

AS countries around the Caribbean make a concentrated effort to reinvigorate the development of cricket in the region, the Bahamas will be a major part of that process when they host the Nagico T20 tournament for the second consecutive year.

Soca star to be paid $100k for Carnival

TRINIDADIAN Soca singer Machel Montano will reportedly be paid $100,000 to close out the Music Masters Concert for the upcoming Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, according to a source on the National Festival Commission.

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