Sisters Zaire, Zion and Zeden Poitier dominated the Lower Primary Girls division of the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Junior Division’s National Schools Golf Championships – the four-day event came to a close yesterday. Photo: Moises Amisial/Tribune Staff
#By BRENT STUBBS
#Senior Sports Reporter
#bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
#Sisters Zaire, Zion and Zeden Poitier teamed up as the Poitier Golf Home School to dominate the Lower Primary Girls division of the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Junior Division’s National Schools Golf Championships.
#The trio, led by Zaire and Zion’s top two positions individually, came to the BGF’s Driving Range where the four-day championship came to a close yesterday.
#Reef Harvey, also competing as a Home School competitor, captured the title in the Lower Primary Boys category.
#The focus of the day, however, was on the Poitier family.
#Zaire, who loves the colour blue and enjoys eating pizza, said although she’s only been playing one year, she didn’t expect to be the winner.
#“I feel great,” said the eight-year-old Zaire. “I think we played very good as a team.”
#Mother Denise Poitier said once she and her husband started to come out with their father, they waited until their children were grown enough to get them playing.
#“We all started playing about a year ago and ever since they have been playing good,” she stated. “They are very confident girls and they put in the work, practicing at least four times a week. They pay attention.”
#On their way to the Driving Range, Denise Poitier said daughter Zaire told her that she “got this today.” While Zaire finished with a score of 39, Zion trailed with 45.
#“We are the best,” said Zion, who claimed however that she’s the “best” of the trio. She admitted that she didn’t play as well as she expected yesterday.
#Sarah Scheidender of Nassau Christian Academy got third with 47, the same score as Skyrah Chambers of Home School. Zeden Poitier, the other sister, rounded out the top five with 48.
#Harvey, an eight year-old third grader who has only been playing golf for a year and-a-half, had to go to a playoff to secure the win over Aden Jones of Lyford Cay International after they both finished with identical scores of 39.
#“It was fun and exciting and even though I didn’t play that well,” said Harvey, another Home School student.
#“I just went out there and played my own game. I just came out here to have some fun and play golf.”
#Maximilien Demole, winner of the Upper Primary Boys division with a 27, said it was a build up to a successful week that he will cherish.
#“I progressed every day, so it was really good,” said the eight-year-old third grader at King’s College. “I knew I had it. I was one thousand percent sure that I could win this tournament.”
#He had a double dose of victory as his team also secured the divisional title.
#“My team didn’t play that well, but we played well enough to win,” he stated. “It was an intimidating week. We hope to be back next year to win it again.”
#Tatyana Clarke of Queen’s College beat out Kayleigh Rolle of The Meridian School in a playoff after they finished on top of the Upper Primary Girls division with 41. Aiyanna Hernandez of Eva Hilton Primary School took third with 42.
#However, Eva Hilton emerged as the team champions with a score of 140 over Windsor with 149. Queen’s College was third with 154.
#Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg was on hand to encourage the youngsters during the final day of competition.
#He indicated that he would like to see more interaction between the public and private schools in the various sporting disciplines.
#“This is a very great event to have the private and public schools come together and play golf,” Bowleg said. “We hope that we can see more of the disciplines do the same thing.
#“Golf calls for so much focus, so it’s interesting to see how they provide this avenue for the young children to participate in a forum like this.”
#Bowleg said golf provided the opportunity for schools like Lyford Cay, Windsor Academy and the Home Schools to participate. He said he hopes that the other sporting disciplines will be able to accommodate schools like that when they host their events.
#• Here’s a look at the results from Thursday’s final day of competition:
#Lower Primary Boys Teams
#1st Place – Lyford Cay International School -Team Score of 130 – Aden Jones, Diego Gago and Alexander Murray.
#2nd Place Windsor Lower School – Team Score of 136 – Luca Greaves, Jack Fox and Adam Turnquest,
#3rd Place – Eva Hilton Primary School – Team Score of 169 – Antoine Roberts, Daniel Ramsay, Treilon Stuart, Kameron Rolle and Andrew Roberts.
#Top 10 Individuals
#*1st Place – Reef Harvey, Home Schooling – 39; 2nd Place – Aden Jones, Lyford Cay International School – 39; 3rd Place – Luca Greaves, Windsor Lower School- 42; 4th Place; Diego Gago, Lyford Cay International School – 42; 5th Place – Thomas West, Windsor Lower School – 44; 6th Place – Alexander Murray, Lyford Cay International School – 49; 7th Place – Jack Fox, Windsor Lower School – 50; 8th Place – Antoine Roberts, Eva Hilton Primary School – 53; 9th Place – Daniel Ramsay, Eva Hilton Primary School – 57 and 10th Place – Adam Turnquest – Windsor Lower School – 57.
#*Playoff Winner (7 Holes)
#Lower Primary Girls
#1st Place – Poitier Golf Homeschool – Team Score of 132 – Zion Poitier; Zeden Poitier and Zaire Poitier.
#2nd Place – Eva Hilton Primary School – Team Score of 179 – Jamiah Miller; Kazmyn Rolle and Denira Moxey.
#Top 10 Individuals
#1st Place – Zaire Pitier, Poitier Golf Homeschool – 39; 2nd Place – Zion Poitier, Poitier Golf Homeschool – 45; 3rd Place – Sarah Scheidender, Nassau Christian Academy – 47; 4th Place – Skyrah Chambers, Homeschooling – 47; 5th Place – Zeden Poitier, Poitier Golf Homeschool – 48; 6th Place – Kazmyn Rolle, Eva Hilton Primary School – 55; 7th Place – Jamiah Miller, Eva Hilton Primary School -59; 8th Place – Safari Hanna, The Meridian School – 60; 9th Place – Marlee Poitier, Palmdale Primary – 63 and 10th Place – Denira Moxey, Eva Hilton Primary – 65.
#Upper Primary Boys
#1st Place – King’s College School, The Bahamas – Team Score of 96 – Maximilien Demole; Francisco Ortiz Von Bismarck and Luis Ortiz Von B Bismarck Jr.
#2nd Place – St. Andrews International School- Team Score of 117; William Mahelis; Caleb Davis; Carlos Osazuwa and Mirko Gervasini.
#3rd Place – Lyford Cay International School – Team Score of 126 – Sebastian Halewyck; Juan Pedro Vianna and Philippe Ciampini.
#4th Place – Windsor Lower School – Team Score of 129 – Hugo Johnston; Hawthorne Wood and Thomas Fox.
#5th Place – Eva Hilton Primary School – Team Score of 138 – Antonio Hernandez; Yelisey Smith; Antonio Bain; Fritzner Sylvester and Kymani Rolle.
#6th Place – Eva Hilton Primary School – Team Score of 147 – Hiram Tinubu; Lathan Bowleg; Bayne Bostwick; Amir Hamilton and Taye Charlton.
#7th Place – Palmdale Primary – Team Score of 168 – Alton Miller; Caleb Adderley and Joshua Joseph.
#8th Place – Kingsway Academy – Team Score of 179 – Amari Jones; Joshua Louis; Liam Gray; Dereck Rolle and Ethan Miller.
#Top 10 Individuals Upper Primary Boys
#1st Place – Maximilien Demole, King’s College School, The Bahamas – 27; 2nd Place – Hugo Johnston, Windsor Lower School – 29; 3rd Place – Sebastian Halewyck, Lyford Cay International School – 32; 4th Place – Francisco Ortiz Von Bismarck Jr., King’s College School, The Bahamas – 33; 5th Place – Deandreay Poitier, T.G. Glover Primary School – 34; 6th Place – William Mahelis, St. Andrew’s International School – 36; 6th Place – Luis Ortiz Von Bismarck – 36; 8th Place – Caleb Davis, St. Andrew’s International School – 39; 9th Place – Carlos Osazuwa, St. Andrew’s International School – 42; 10th Place – Antonio Hernandez, Eva Hilton Primary School – 43 and 10th Place – Mirko Gervasini, St. Andrew’s International School – 43.
#Upper Primary Girls
#1st Place – Eva Hilton Primary School – Team Score of 140 – Aiyanna Hernandez; Janai Miller; Ri’Annah Hanna; Brenaya Knowles and Cyamarie Ferguson.
#2nd Place – Windsor Lower School – Team Score of 149; Zara Greaves; Amelia Ingaggiato; Alexandrea Lefeber and Taylor Davis.
#3rd Place – Queen’s College – Team Score of 154 – Tatyana Clarke; Kaleah Brown; Isobel Grimes and Haylee Rolle.
#4th Place – Garvin Tynes Primary School – Team Score of 174 – Janae Phillips; Rachel Miller; Zamira Swann and Nikia Saunders.
#Top 10 Individuals Upper Primary Girls
#*1st Place – Tatyana Clarke, Queen’s College – 41; 2nd Place – Kayleigh Rolle, The Meridian School – 41; 3rd Place – Aiyanna Hernandez, Eva Hilton Primary School – 42; 4th Place – Zara Greaves, Windsor Lower School – 43; 5th Place – Tracy Johnson, Kingsway Academy – 45
#6th Place – Janai Miller, Eva Hilton Primary School – 49; 6th Place – Ri’Annah Hanna, Eva Hilton Primary School – 49; 8th Place – Amelia Ingaggiato, Windsor Lower School – 51; 9th Place – Janae Phillips, Garvin Tynes Primary School – 52; 9th Place – Brenaya Knowles, Eva Hilton Primary School – 52 and 9th Place – Kaleah Brown, Queen’s College – 52
#*Playoff Winner (2 holes)
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