DITAJI KAMBUNDJI, right, of Switzerland, competes next to Devynne Charlton, left, of the Bahamas, in the 110m Hurdles during the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League international athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, yesterday. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

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NATIONAL record holder Devynne Charlton proudly holds the Bahamian flag after placing fifth in the 110 metre hurdles at the Wanda Diamond League Final yesterday.

#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

#bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

#WITH the fatigue starting to settle in, national record holder Devynne Charlton slipped from first place to fifth in the women’s 100 metre hurdles at the Wanda Diamond League Final yesterday in Weltklasse, Zurich, Switzerland.

#Charlton was one of two Bahamians who participated in the season-ending meet that brought a climax to the 14-race series that started on May 13 in Doha, Qatar, where athletes were awarded points to be eligible for the prestigious Diamond Trophy.

#The 26-year-old Charlton completed the race out of lane two by clocking 12.66 seconds, which was off her lifetime best of 12.46 she did at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Championships at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium in June.

#“I felt it was a decent race, well executed, better than last week, but I think I’m starting to feel the effects of a long season,” Charlton said. “Execution wise, I think I was just a little fatigued and it showed.”

#After getting off to a fast start, leading through the first 30 metres, Charlton was caught by the rest of the field.

#Nigeria’s world record holder Tobi Amusan took the victory in a meet record of 12.29 to add to her triumph at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in July and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, in August.

#American Tia Jones got second in 12.40 and Jamaica’s Britany Anderson, the World Championships’ silver medallist, was third in 12.42.

#Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, the Olympic champion, was fourth in 12.49.

#“I think my finish was still decent. Over the last two or three hurdles, I gained some ground and picked up a few people,” Charlton said.

#In the process, the World Indoor Championship and Commonwealth Games’ silver medallist and North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Championships bronze medallist beat out American Nia Ali, who was sixth in 12.67.

#Poland’s Pia Skrzszowski was seventh in 12.72. Former world record holder Kendra Harrison from the United States was eighth in 13.02 and Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji trailed in ninth place in 13.22.

#Charlton, who once again had the support of her parents, Laura and David Charlton, in the stands cheering for her, will close out her first full season as a professional on Sunday when she competes again in Croatia. But, in the meantime, she’s just thrilled to have had the experience she had so far in her four years competing as a pro.

#“I got a real taste of what it is to be a professional athlete,” she pointed out. “Even though I’m four years into it, it was my first doing indoors and outdoors, so I was really happy, although the fatigue is starting to settle in right now.”

#She noted that with the World Indoors being cancelled for next year, she will have to sit down with her Bahamian coach Rolando “Lonnie” Greene when she returns to Kentucky.

#They will discuss whether or not she will do the two or just concentrate on outdoors and the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

#For her efforts yesterday, Charlton earned $2,500 in prize money.

#All the winners got $30,000, $12,000 went to second place, third got $7,000, fourth $4,000, sixth 2,000, seventh $1,500 and eighth $1,000.

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LUCIUS FOX

#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

#rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

#LUCIUS Fox has been on a hot streak at the plate to begin the month of September in his return to Triple-A baseball and the Rochester Red Wings.

#Fox hit a two-run home run in the Red Wings’ 15-8 win over the Syracuse Mets Wednesday night at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

#In the top of the third inning, Fox hit a three-run home run off Connor Grey. In the fourth, Fox also drew a walk and was eventually plated by a Jake Alu three-run home run.

#He finished 1-4 with two runs and four RBI.

#Fox is hitting .292 since the calendar flipped to September with nine RBI, four runs, seven hits and slugging .542 with 13 total bases through six games.

#He opened the month 3-5, (including a double and a triple), with two runs scored and three RBI against the Toledo Mud Hens. He also went 2-5 with an RBI in the series finale to begin his current four-game hit streak.

#Fox missed most of June and all of July before he returned from his rehab assignment on August 15.

#In 39 games with the Red Wings, he is hitting .231 with 33 hits, five doubles, two triples, four home runs, 19 RBI seven stolen bases and a .677 OPS.

#In the offseason, Fox was claimed off waivers by the Washington Nationals last December and joined the fifth franchise of his MLB career.

#During the final week of Spring Training, he was recalled from the Red Wings to the big league club and had an immediate opportunity at the opening week roster after several injuries to veterans in the Washington middle infield.

#He made his MLB debut on April 10 with a squeeze bunt and run scored in a win over the Mets.

#On May 1, Fox ended his drought at the plate and recorded both his first hit and first stolen base of his MLB career.

#He got the start at shortstop and finished 2-5 with one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base in an 11-5 win over the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California.

#When he was reassigned to the Red Wings on June 7, manager Davey Martinez said he expects the versatile infielder to be back in the big leagues.

#“I told him [Fox], I said, ‘Hey, look, it’s just a matter of time before you get an opportunity to come up here and play every day. It’s part of your development, we want you to go down there and get as many at-bats as possible, and work on your footwork.’” Martinez said.

#“He’s learned a lot up here with [third base coach Gary DiSarcina and first base coach Tim Bogar], he has to continue to work, but I loved having him, and you see — if we can cut down his swing a little bit, and he puts the ball in play, you see what he does when he’s on the bases. He’s a very good baserunner. And he’s going to learn a lot, and he’s learned a lot, so we just want him to go down there and get consistent at-bats and play.”

#He appeared at both shortstop and third base in his time with the Nationals.

#Last season, Fox rose as high as No.26 in the Kansas City Royals’ prospect pipeline and spent the bulk of his season at the AAA level with the Omaha Storm Chasers in the International League. In 57 games with the Storm Chasers, Fox hit .245 with a .353 OBP, .729 OPS, 56 hits, five home-runs, 24 RBI, 44 runs scored, and 19 stolen bases.

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Lourawls Nairn Jr

As of Thursday, September 8, 2022

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#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

#rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

#Lourawls Nairn Jr continues the progression of his basketball coaching career and will return to the sidelines at the NCAA Division I level.

#The Southern Utah Thunderbirds’ men’s basketball programme announced Nairn’s addition to the staff as an assistant coach yesterday.

#The Thunderbirds, led by head coach Todd Simon, are based in Cedar City, Utah, and compete in the Western Athletic Conference.

#“Yet another depiction of the Lord’s grace in my life. I’m so grateful to coach Simon for giving me the opportunity to be a part of such an amazing program!” Nairn said, “T-Bird Nation, let’s go! Don’t get off the treadmill first!”

#The Thunderbirds finished 23-12 overall last season, 14-6 in the Big Sky Conference.

#They made the transition to he Western Athletic Conference for the 2022- 23 season and will open the year on December 29 against New Mexico State University.

#“Coach Nairn will be an excellent addition to our staff,” said Simon. “He brings an infectious energy and strong leadership. His experience in player development at the NBA, college, and prep school levels is going to benefit our programme. He has been a winner everywhere he has been from playing and coaching at Sunrise Christian Academy, to playing and working for coach Izzo at Michigan State and also as a EYBL coach for Mokan Elite.”

#During the regular season, Nairn was the head coach of the postgraduate men’s basketball team at nationally ranked Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas. He led the Buffaloes to a 24-2 record.

#Over the summer, he served as an assistant coach for the latest Mokan Elite team that captured the 17U title at the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League Peach Jam.

#Nairn reflected on his days as a player at the same event a decade ago when his title chase came up just short. His post playing career has taken him to the NBA, NCAA, and prep levels. He spent the 2018 season in a role with the Phoenix Suns as a member of the coaching staff with a focus on player development and also made his debut as an author with an autobiography entitled “Purpose Driven.”

#After two years, he returned to his prep alma mater for the first head coaching appointment of his young career.

#During his playing days at Sunrise, Nairn rose from a little known recruit to a highly sought after Division I prospect.

#Sunrise Christian Academy retired his no.11 jersey in 2021.

#He went on to play four seasons for the Michigan State Spartans and was part of two Big Ten championship teams while reaching the Final Four in his freshman season of 2015.

#Nairn was one of several players in the pipeline from The Bahamas to Sunrise Christian that also included Indiana Pacers guard Chavano “Buddy” Hield (Oklahoma) along with Division I talents Nathan Bain (Stephen F Austin), Travis Munnings (Louisiana-Monroe), and Radshad Davis (UT-Arlington/FIU) among others.

#As a player, Nairn continues to compete for Team Bahamas at the senior men’s national team level. He joined the roster in the latest window of the FIBA World Cup ‘23 Qualifiers in games against Venezuela and Argentina.

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Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones shoots as Chicago Sky forward Candace Parker, left, defends during the second half of Game 4 of a WNBA basketball playoff semifinal Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

#rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

#THE ninth meeting between Jonquel Jones’ Connecticut Sun and Chicago Sky will determine which team will advance to the WNBA Finals and which team will see its 2022 season come to an end.

#The Sky will host a winner-take-all game five at 8pm tonight in the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and the winner will advance to face the Las Vegas Aces in the Finals.

#Facing elimination Tuesday night, the Sun scored a WNBA playoff record 66 points in the paint en route to a 104-80 win in game four. Jones finished with nine points, seven rebounds and five assists.

#The 24-point margin of victory was the largest in the series thus far and the Sun’s 104 points was a franchise record on 57 percent shooting from the field.

#Sun head coach Curt Miller said the team responded in the manner it had to with their season on the line.

#“Big response by our team and the starting group that really set the tone early with the aggressiveness at both ends of the floor. We talked the entire time about how this was going to be a points in the paint series for us and that was an incredible performance with points in the paint,” he said.

#“We felt deflated after game three that we played so well defensively but couldn’t get to the finish line, so incredible heart and determination by our players to do what was capable.”

#He highlighted Jones’ leadership early on as a scorer, then later as a facilitator when the Sky came with double teams.

#“I thought she was very aggressive with catches, she set the tone with her aggressiveness wanting the basketball,” he said. “She was unselfish, I thought at times she was almost too unselfish out of some congestion and I thought she could take some shots but I was really pleased with her activity, her aggressiveness was impressive.”

#Along with Jones’ stat line, DeWanna Bonner finished with 19 points, six rebounds and four assists, while Alyssa Thomas finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists.

#It marked just the fifth time in WNBA Playoffs history that a team had three players each with over nine points, six rebounds and four assists and the first time since the Minnesota Lynx accomplished the feat in 2013.

#The Sun shot under 40 percent in two of the first three games of the series, before their efficient shooting percentage in game four.

#Early in the series, Jones cited ball control and defence as her team’s keys to winning.

#“We got to take care of the ball, making an emphasis on being strong with it whether we’re in the post – for me and the other post players the double teams are coming – so being ready for that – but ultimately just being better,” she said following a game two loss.

#“For us, defence is such a big part of what we are doing, being able to get stops and run out in transition. In the games we lost you could count the amount of times we got three stops, which is something we use as a mark for the level of defence we’re playing in the game.”

#Jones scored her seventh point midway through the second quarter, more than she scored in all of game three when she finished with a series low six.

#Game five will be the 10th matchup this season between the two teams. The Sun took game one on the road at Wintrust Arena before the Sky took back-to-back games to take a series lead. “Obviously home court and crowds play a factor but it will come down to who plays better for two hours on Thursday,” Miller said. “We have won some tough road games, we have a team that grinds and has toughness and has grit and I feel like that’s what you need to win a big playoff game on the road.”

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#COMING off an historic 2021 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis that saw the return of its decade-long men’s tournament and the debut of its first-ever women’s tournament, the Atlantis resort has announced that the 2022 edition will continue in paradise.

#Taking place the week of Thanksgiving, Battle 4 Atlantis will welcome 16 NCAA Division I basketball programmes, along with its players, coaches, families and fans for the women’s tournament (November 19-21) followed by the 11th year of the men’s tournament (November 23-25).

#More information can be found at:

#www.battle4atlantis.com

#The field for the Women’s Tournament will include Louisville, Tennessee, South Dakota State, Rutgers, UCLA, Marquette, Texas, and Gonzaga.

#The Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis men’s tournament will include Butler, BYU, Dayton, Kansas, NC State, USC, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

#The 12-game, three-day tournament is regarded as one of the most challenging early-season tournaments.

#“We extend a warm Bahamian welcome to Atlantis Paradise Island for the Men’s and Women’s Battle 4 Atlantis, the premier early-season NCAA college basketball tournament. The tournament is the highlight of our year, and we couldn’t be more excited to host the athletes, coaches, alumni and fans for what is always a memorable experience,” said Audrey Oswell, president and managing director of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.

#“After a groundbreaking inaugural Women’s Battle 4 Atlantis which produced the eventual, national champion South Carolina, and the 10th anniversary of the Men’s Battle 4 Atlantis, we are looking forward to another amazing year of world-class college basketball to be held at the ultimate destination, Atlantis Paradise Island,” said Lea Miller, CEO, Complete Sports Management.

#Going on its 11th year, Battle 4 Atlantis is one of the most important college basketball traditions of the year, and through seamless, world-class hospitality along with rich, cultural exchanges, Atlantis Paradise Island is committed to celebrating the global game of basketball through a vibrant Bahamian lens.

#Year after year, the event has been highly touted as the most coveted early-season tournament, and Atlantis Paradise Island is proud to serve as the longest-standing international host destination in college basketball history.

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Island Luck and Aliv donated backpacks filled with school supplies for the children.

As of Thursday, September 8, 2022

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HARTIE JOHNSON, left, new president of the Eleuthera Tennis Association, and the former president Jerome Hill.

#THE Eleuthera Tennis Association (ETA) held its annual general meeting and the new executive board consists of the following persons who ran unopposed:

#President – Hartie Johnson; Vice President -Juanita Percentie; Treasurer – Barbara Johnson; Assistant Treasurer – Laura Culmer; Secretary -Parry Culmer; Assistant Secretary – Rose Johnson- Kirby; Chaplin – Jackie Percentie; and Assistant Chaplin- Charles Rolle.

#On hand was the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) treasurer, Timothy Dames.

#Mr Dames brought remarks on behalf of the BLTA, noting that the BLTA will continue to support the ETA as they seek to develop and grow the sport in Eleuthera.

#The BLTA congratulated incoming president Johnson and his team and wished them well as they lead the ETA.

#The BLTA also extended warm regards to outgoing president Jerome Hill for his service to tennis on the island of Eleuthera over the past years,

#President Johnson and his administration have hosted a Back2School Tennis Fun Day.

#He thanked Island Luck and Aliv for provided backpacks filled with school supplies.

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DEFENSIVE linemen Mazio Randall, left, and Amarie Archer.

#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

#rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

#IN their debut season of college football, Mazio Randall and Amarie Archer have made an immediate impact as freshmen with the Dodge City Community College Conquistadors.

#Both defensive linemen are two of the latest in the pipeline from The Bahamas to the Miami International Academy programme.

#Dodge City has struggled early on with losses in their first two games of the season but Randall found the stat sheet early with three tackles, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery against nationally ranked. No.2 Iowa Western Community College Reivers.

#He added another tackle the following week in a 38-10 loss to the Coffeyville Red Ravens.

#Archer has recorded a tackle in each game in limited minutes thus far.

#Randall, 6’4” 300 pounds, played on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball as a senior at Miami International.

#He chose Dodge City, in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference of the NJCAA over offers from South Alabama in the Sun Belt Conference, Kentucky Christian, and Webber International University in the NAIA.

#“One of the most unselfish kids I ever coached, Randall was a starting defensive tackle the last two seasons but has made the move to offensive tackle to help the team,” said Miami Prep’s Mike Tunsil.

#“College coaches, he can play offensive tackle, defensive tackle, or strongside defensive end at the next level. Randall is one of the best interior players in South Florida.”

#Archer is a 6’4” 320 pound versatile offensive lineman that has played centre, guard, and tackle at Miami Prep but has played defensively thus far in Dodge City.

#He previously received offers from Webber International University and Florida Memorial University.

#“I’ve coached some good offensive teams during my coaching career. All Sun Belt, All MEAC and All Ohio Valley,” Tunsil said.

#“I have three good senior offensive linemen that have all conference potential. Kaylin Smith, Mazio Randall, and Amarie Archer.”

#Both players join a Dodge City programme that also welcomed new offensive coordinator Richard Dorceus under head coach Terry Karg.

#Dorceus, a Florida native, was a former offensive linemen at Howard University where he racked up several postseason honours, including Howard Offensive Lineman of the Year twice, MEAC Offensive Lineman of the Week four times, and second-team All-MEAC in 2005, and also served as a team captain two seasons.

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Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones is guarded by Chicago Sky forward Candace Parker during the first half of Game 4 of a WNBA basketball playoff semifinal, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

As of Wednesday, September 7, 2022

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#UNCASVILLE, Conn (AP) — DeWanna Bonner and Courtney Williams each scored 19 points to help the Connecticut Sun rout the Chicago Sky 104-80 last night and force a decisive Game 5 in their WNBA semi-final series.

#Alyssa Thomas added 17 points for Connecticut, which will travel to the second-seeded Sky for the winner-take-all game on Thursday night. Jonquel Jones helped out with nine points, seven rebounds and five assists in 28 minutes on the floor.

#It’s the second consecutive playoff series for each team that has gone the distance. Both Chicago and Connecticut had to go on the road in the third game of their opening-round series and win to reach the semi-finals because of the new playoff format that saw the higher seeded team host the first two games of that best-of-three set.

#Connecticut coach Curt Miller has been saying for the entire series that his team would have to make the game “messy” to beat the Sky. Getting into a high-scoring game wouldn’t benefit the Sun.

#That wasn’t the case yesterday, as the Sun raced to a 22-6 lead, scoring 10 of the first 12 points. Thomas was a big reason why with seven points, four rebounds and two assists in the first five minutes. The All-Star forward had six points total in Game 3 and seven in Game 2 — both Connecticut losses.

#The Sky got back within eight by the end of the first quarter, but couldn’t get much closer as Connecticut had an answer for every Chicago run — thanks to Thomas, Bonner and Jonquel Jones.

#Chicago got within 38-33 midway through the second quarter before the Sun went on a 15-5 run to restore the double-digit advantage. DiJonai Carrington had five points during the burst that was capped by Thomas’ layup with 1:01 left in the half.

#Candace Parker, who had been stellar in the first three games of the series, scored her first points of the game on a 3-pointer 16 seconds later that got the Sky within 53-41. Connecticut scored the final five points, including a layup just before the buzzer by Carrington that made it 58-41 at the break.

#Williams was the spark in the third quarter, helping the Sun stave off any Sky run. Her teammates were looking for her when Chicago would come double them, and Williams was left open for layups. She had 10 points in the third quarter.

#Kahleah Copper scored 16 points and Emma Meesseman added 14 for the Sky.

#AWARD WINNER:

#WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert honoured Sun forward Brionna Jones before the game with the league’s Sixth Person of the Year award.

#Jones received 53 of the 56 votes from a national media panel. It’s the first time Jones has won the award.

#TIP-INS:

#The Sky are trying to be the first team to repeat as champions since Los Angeles did it in 2001-02.

#Six other defending champions reached the finals since then, but all lost in that round.

#The UConn women’s basketball team was in attendance, sitting a few row up from the Chicago Sky bench.

#Bonner moved into seventh on the all-time postseason scoring list in WNBA history.

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MEACHER MAJOR

#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

#bstubbs@tribunemdedia.net

#MEACHER ‘Major Pain’ Major, whose Major Boxing Club is preparing to stage the inaugural Frederick Sturrup Boxing Championships on September 24 at the National Boxing Gymnasium, has decided to put his name in the hat for the post of president of the Boxing Federation of the Bahamas.

#Major, a resident of Buffalo, New York, is expected to challenge incumbent Vincent Strachan whenever the elections take place this year. No date has been set as yet for the elections, but Major said he just wants to let the pubic know that he wants to take over the reigns of the amateur boxing programme in the country. “I want to give the Almighty God thanks and praise for the people who have encouraged me to run for president,” said Major, one of the former prolific amateur and professional boxers in the country. “I feel now is the time to bring something new to the Bahamas as a tourism destination.

#“A lot of the present coaches and even coaches from the past have been complaining about what is going on and with my experience as one of the first amateur boxers to come out of Ray Minus Jr’s Champion Boxing Club and one of the professionals to retire from the sport, I know all of the ins and outs of the sport.”

#Major said he has been studying the new IABA rules and laws and is well versed on what’s going on in the sport, being exposed to a high level of competition in the United States, he is confident that he can bring a new, vibrant programme to the Bahamas.

#“I feel our boxers could have a better chance when they compete at these international competitions and have an even smoother transition whenever they decide to turn pro like I did,” he said. “So I’m really looking forward to making a difference if I am successful.”

#At the elections, Major said the delegates will not just be voting for him, but for the amateur boing programme in the Bahamas.

#“We don’t really have a junior national boxing team and we hardly have a senior national team. A lot of the amateur boxers have quit because they didn’t see anywhere to go,” Major said.

#“Only Carl Hield really stuck around and Rashield Williams has turned a pro fighter because of his frustration with the amateur programme.

#“But I feel with my connections in the United States and with the coaches I have who are willing to come to the Bahamas with their teams to compete, I feel this will be a fresh new opportunity for our amateur boxers and the coaches.”

#If elected, Major said he will make sure that the amateur boxers in the country will get the opportunity to go to the next level.

#The inaugural Frederick Sturrup Boxing Championships is the first initiative that Major intends to put on as he looks ahead to the future for the sport.

#He thanked the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture for allowing his Major Pain Boxing Club to put on the show.

#The show is being spearheaded by Alpachino Allen, another former amateur/pro fighter, who is working along with Major.

#In his absence from the Bahamas, Kato Ferguson, another former amateur/ pro fighter, runs the Major Pain Boxing Club.

#Tyrone Oliver, one of the most exciting amateur boxers, is expected to be one of the top boxers to watch on the show. Major said they are still putting together all of the details for the show.

#The show is expected to take place one day before the Bahamas Boxing Commission, headed by Sturrup, stages a boxing clinic in the Kemp Road community on September 23. “I want to thank all of the local coaches who are coming on board to work with Major Pain Boxing Club to put on this show,” Major said.

#“It’s so good to see the young coaches like Kieshno Major, Valentino Knowles, Tureano ‘Reno’ Johnson, Kayla Johnson and those in Inagua, Grand Bahama, Eleuthera and Exuma all expected to compete,” Major said. “This is something that we haven’t had before. I know Ray Minus Jr used to put on a lot of in-house boxing shows because a lot of the local clubs didn’t want to band together.

#“But hopefully we can do this to get boxing back to the level that it used to be and even further in the future.”

#Whenever the elections for the federation takes place, Major said he will be putting all of his emphasis into making his campaign a successful one.

#Because he has a number of ideas that will be implemented to bring more programmes throughout the country under one umbrella once again like it was when he competed under Champion Boxing Club with Major Jr.

#The 40-year-old Major, who turned pro with a TKO over Juan Trevino on October 28, 2000 in Nassau, had his last official fight on October 27, 2018 with a knockout win over Martin Anderson in Nassau after he compiled a 24-6-1 win-loss-draw record. While he was still on the active trail, Major started his Major Pain Boxing Club in 2014 with Ferguson, catering mainly to the boxers coming out of the Kemp Road community where he was born and grew up.

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SYDNEY Clarke in action for the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers women’s tennis team.

As of Wednesday, September 7, 2022

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SYDNEY CLARKE

#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

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#SYDNEY Clarke is eager to get her junior fall season started with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers women’s tennis team.

#Clarke, who closed out her sophomore year in May by being named to the Conference USA All-Conference Singles Second Team, is set to begin playing for the Blazers September 16-18 in the Austin Peay Hidden Duals in Clarkesville, Tennessee.

#“Things are looking good, preparation wise,” said Clarke, a right-handed player. “Pre-season has been going very well. We have been getting in a lot of practices getting prepared and equipped for what is ahead of us.”

#After coming home this summer to play for the Bahamas in the prestigious Billie Jean King Cup, formerly the Fed Cup, Clarke said she’s hoping that the experience gained will help her as she continues her tenure for the Blazers.

#“I just want to continue doing better and get better,” stated Clarke, who won the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s December Invitational to win the top spot on the national team.

#“I’m really hoping for a very successful fall. My spring season has been pretty good. So I’m really going to push myself so that I can do better than I did in the spring.”

#Already, Clarke said the coaching staff, headed by Mark Tjia, assisted by Paula Baird, expect her to improve on her game and take more of a leading role as the number two player in singles and No.1 in doubles for the Blazers.

#“They expect for me to be more professional on the court and to be more of a leader on the team,” she stated. “I expect to be more calm and composed and be able to fight right to the end in every match that I play. If I can do that, I have a chance to do very well for the team.”

#Clarke, a 20-year-old graduate of Windsor Academy after transferring from CR Walker Secondary High, said there’s a lot of pressure, but she’s confident that she can handle it.

#“Playing these matches in the fall should really help me in the spring next year,” Clarke said. “So I want to be able to take advantage of these opportunities to be able to improve my game.”

#Once the fall season starts next weekend, Clarke said they should be playing in a series of matches just about every weekend until the end of October.

#As for her classes at UAB, Clarke said she switched her major to mass communication with a minor in broadcasting with marketing on the side. She said her classes have already been intense since she returned to school, but she’s looking forward to the year ahead of her.

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