New Providence sweeps both divisions in 6th Bahamas Games
CLEAN SWEEP: The New Providence Buccaneers pulled off a clean sweep yesterday in both the men and women divisions for soccer at the Bahamas Golden Jubilee Games. Photo: Tenajh Sweeting/Tribune Staff
#By TENAJH SWEETING
#Tribune Sports Reporter
#tsweeting@tribunemedia.net
#The New Providence Buccaneers continue to steamroll the competition in the various sporting disciplines with soccer being the latest in the Bahamas Golden Jubilee Games.
#The home team swept both divisions yesterday to secure yet another gold for New Providence.
#The women’s runners-up were the Grand Bahama Lucayans and bronze was claimed by the Abaco Survivors.
#Meanwhile, in the men’s division, the Survivors collected silver and the Eleuthera Adventurers came away with bronze.
#The final two games of the soccer sporting discipline concluded yesterday at the Roscow A L Davies soccer field.
#In the last match of the competition, the Buccaneers completed a clean sheet in the tournament after defeating the Lucayans 1-0.
#Both teams remained scoreless in the first half of the game with neither unable to get an edge on their opponent.
#However, in the second half, New Providence’s Larry Noel sank the ball to the back of the net for the team’s lone goal.
#The Buccaneers won all of their games against the competition in the sixth Bahamas Games.
#Noel talked about what the gold medal means to the Buccaneers.
#“This means a wonderful thing, thanks to our coach, he was telling us from the start that we ain’t losing we are gonna make it, this is his fifth win [and] we got gold…we came in the second half saying that all we needed was one, we got that one and came out on top,” he said.
#Dion Peterson, head coach of the men’s Buccaneers, said the win was special because it was a new set of guys since the last time he coached and it was special to guide them through their first Bahamas Games.
#He credited togetherness, encouraging each other and a team-first mentality from the opening day, for their success.
#In addition to their championship hardware, New Providence also captured more accomplishments in the men and women divisions on the final day of soccer.
#Thajay Smith won the golden glove award, Ronaldo Green claimed the golden boots trophy, and Jean Tilo earned the golden ball honours.
#Additionally, Melina McClure, who played a pivotal role in the women’s victory on Sunday, was awarded as the golden glove winner.
#Her teammate Kenyonique Thompson won the golden boots award and Phoebe Wilson of Grand Bahama went home with the golden ball trophy.
#The battle between the men’s Survivors and Adventurers ended in a 1-1 draw for both teams to end the competition. After five days of elite matchups, the soccer segment of the Bahamas Golden Jubilee Games are officially done.
#To follow up with previous scores in the tournament, visit the Bahamas Football Association’s Facebook page.