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'Time for golf to make an impact in schools'

WITH the developments taking place in so many sports within our school system, Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy coach Marcus Pratt feels now is the best time to get golf to make its impact.

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Kiwanis Club of Nassau AM. - Members of the Kiwanis Club of Nassau AM went to solicit sponsors and made personal donations to assist more than 40 families on the island of Eleuthera. This initiative took great time, effort and co-ordination. However, members pulled it off and 40 families had a hot meal during the holidays.

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Antoan to host ‘career paths to athletic success’

AS the new year rolls in, professional baseball player Antoan Richardson will give Bahamian sporting enthusiasts an opportunity to participate in a free educational forum designed to empower Bahamians interested in college athletics and professional sports.

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THE FINISH LINE: Shaunae’s thrilling dive for the gold highlights an amazing year of sports

SO just like that, before we realised it, Christmas has come and gone.

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Iesha comes out on top

IESHA Shepherd said she knew it wasn’t going to be an easy run defending her women’s title at the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s 2016 Giorgio Baldacci National Open Tennis Challenge.

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Iesha Shepherd wins thrilling final to take Open title again

IESHA Shepherd, living up to the advanced billing, successfully defended her title as ladies' champion at the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association's 2016 Giorgio Baldacci National Open Tennis Challenge.

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THE FINISH LINE: A gift for sports enthusiasts who were ‘naughty and nice’

FORGIVE me for taking this time to stray away a little from the norm. This is not an ordinary time.

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A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: A pledge of service to my hometown

Dear Long Islanders, To use the words of founding father Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield, today “my soul is dancing!”

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Double winners emerge in Odd Distance Track Meet

SHYANNE Demeritte, Sherinique Sears, D’Arjha Davis, Doneisha Anderson, V’Alonee Robinson, Aiden Curry, Darius Pratt and Daniel Ermilus were double winners at the Odd Distance Track Meet over the weekend.

Elana to face Sydney or the top spot in pool B

THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association will conclude the ladies’ round robin of the Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals Challenge today with a match-up between two undefeated players as Elana Mackey and Sydney Clarke will compete for the top spot in pool B.

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MBL player Richardson to host free ‘career paths to athletic success’

MAJOR League Baseball player Antoan Richardson is using the offseason to join fellow professional athletes and industry executives in his home country - The Bahamas - for an educational forum designed to empower Bahamians interested in college athletics and professional sports.

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Bahamian-born Sharlene Cartwright Robinson elected first female premier of Turks and Caicos

BAHAMIAN-born Sharlene Cartwright Robinson has become the first female premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands after leading the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) party to victory in the general elections.

Loretta: Web shops ‘only game in town’ for Long Islanders

Long Island’s MP yesterday backed concerns that web shops were having a negative economic impact on her constituents, becoming “the only game in town” as other business “pillars” closed.

Voters go to the polls in Turks and Caicos Islands

VOTERS in the Turks and Caicos Islands went to the polls yesterday to choose their new government in elections being touted by all sides as the most important in the British territory’s history.

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Woman, 57, found dead in suspected suicide

THE lifeless body of a 57-year-old woman was found hanging from a cord in her home yesterday in what police suspect was an act of suicide.

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A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Why I’m proud to stand and serve Long Islanders and the FNM

Wow! It is amazing what a week makes in local politics.

Businessman blasts web shop ‘scourge’

A  Long Island businessman has slammed web shops as a “scourge” that is “drying up” the island’s economy, with residents prioritising gambling above everything else.

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Road Runners shine at awards banquet

Head coach Dexter Bodie was praised for opening the door and allowing so many young track and field athletes to pursue their dreams as members of the Road Runners Track and Field Club.

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Jordan, Laquell qualify for CARIFTA Games

TWO athletes closed out the year on a high note as they attained the qualifying standards for the 2017 Carifta Games as they competed in the RC Athletics Throwers Meet at the University of the Bahamas field on Saturday.

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FNM supporters in Long Island ‘in disarray’ after shock move

FREE National Movement supporters in Long Island yesterday were said to be in “disarray” after seven parliamentarians petitioned to remove party Leader Dr Hubert Minnis as leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Assembly and replace him with their parliamentary representative Loretta Butler-Turner.