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As of Thursday, November 3, 2022

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#THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Sports Association sudden death playoffs got underway yesterday at the Freedom Farm Baseball League.

#The Queen’s College Comets junior boys and senior girls teams both advanced to the championship series in their respective divisions.

#The second seeded junior boys defeated the third seeded NCA Crusaders 11-1. The other half of the junior boys semifinals will be played today when the undefeated St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine takes on the Temple Christian Suns.

#In senior girls’ play, the Comets defeated the Big Red Machine to advance. They will face the winners of the matchup between the undefeated Crusaders and the fourth ranked St John’s Giants.

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SHOWN, from left to right, are Trae Sweeting, Avard Hart, Sam Rodgers, Geron Sands, Albert Cartwright and Teddy Sweeting.

As of Wednesday, November 2, 2022

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#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

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#With the completion of the new Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium, the Bahamas Baseball Federation will not only get to host the fourth annual Caribbean Baseball Cup next month, but will become the base for any and all future COCABE baseball tournaments.

#The BBA, headed by Sam Rodgers, will host the Caribbean Baseball Cup December 4-11 with teams coming in from the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Cuba, defending champion Curacao and Haiti. Yesterday, the BBA announced its management team for Team Bahamas.

#Geron Sands, a former national team player who helped the Bahamas to defeat Cuba 2-1 at the World University Games in 2006 and who serves as the co-founder of I-Elite Baseball, will serve as the head coach and third base coach. Albert Cartwright, a former minor league baseball player, co-founder of I-Elite and the first base coach for Team Great Britain, will be the bench coach.

#Dominique Collie, a former NAIA College standout and former minor league player with the Diamondbacks, will be the first base coach.

#Trae Sweeting, former division one college standout, former national team player who helped the Bahamas to defeat Chinese Tapia at the World Games in Canada and co-founder of LDK – Learn Develop Kaizen – will be the outfield coach.

#Donovan Cox, a former national team player and head coach of the Bahamas College team that participated in the Charles Johnson Collegiate Summer League, will be the bull pen coach. Avard Hart, a former national team player, will serve as the team’s general manager.

#BBA secretary general Teddy Sweeting, who is the chairman of the Local Organising Committee, said the members of Team Bahamas will be announced in the next few days.

#But he noted that they are excited about the progress being made towards the completion of the stadium heading into the tournament.

#“I think December will be a very exciting month for baseball,” Sweeting said. “We are hosting the Caribbean Baseball Cup in the first time in the history of this country we will be hosting a qualifier for the CAC Games. So we are looking forward to that.

#“It’s an exciting time for us. We finally realise how critical it is for us to come together with everybody on board. We’re heading into the direction that we should have been in about two years ago. We are on the right track and we have a lot of things to do.”

#Addressed to BBA president Sam Rodgers, who also serves as the vice president of COCABE, the letter signed by George R. de Lira and secretary general Manuel Fries, reads as follows: “After a sporting greeting of affection and respect, we write this communication thanking the organising committee of the 4th Caribbean Baseball Cup for the hospitality given to the COCABE executives from September 28 to October 3.

#“COCABE through this letter wants to inform you that the board of executives of COCABE has made the decision to choose the Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium as its main base to organise future COCABE baseball tournaments on the island of Nassau, Bahamas.

#“We thank the BBA for their willingness to share the office at Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium with COCABE.

#“COCABE will have its main office in the same stadium together with the BBA.

#“With nothing more to add, we say goodbye with a sports greeting.”

#Sweeting said the completion of the stadium is coming in the right time.

#“We can now see the relevance for the purpose for the completion of the stadium,” he said. “We have already agreed to the hosting of an 18 youth qualifier in October 2023, so that is our next item on the drawing board. “So we’re really excited because baseball is heading in the right direction and we’re moving very quickly. Right after that, we will have the home run derby and so we will have a full month of activities for baseball in December.” The stadium, which has been under construction for the past few years, is expected to be completed by the end of November.

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 Home|Sports|UB Mingoes get ready for homecoming showdownSports

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The University of The Bahamas (UB) men’s basketball team has been practicing in the early mornings at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, preparing for the UB Homecoming kickoff game this Friday.

The team is in a strong rebuilding phase but is still preparing to put on a show at the homecoming game.

The team practiced Wednesday, going through drills and a full scrimmage in preparation for the game. Head Coach Bacchus Rolle was busy putting plays together for the game.

Rolle says he’s excited about the upcoming game. “I feel good about this team,” he said. “We’re a new team and a young team but I believe we have a great chance to pick up the win if we stick to the game plan.”

He adds the key to the winning is guard play. “We want to show speed and we want to show an ability to shoot the basketball pretty good,” he said. “I think if we get our point guard really engaged we are going to see something big from him.”

Co-captain Theodore Grant, who plays point guard, agreed with Rolle.

“We have some great guards on this team and we have shooters who can knock down shots to go along with some excellent big men and players who can run the floor,” he said. “On the defensive end, we are a menace so that’s going to be a big thing for us as well.”

The Mingoes are set to play the Mambas at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Kendal Issacs gym. The homecoming festivities actually kick off at 4 p.m. with a tailgating party at the gym.

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 Home|Sports|UB Mingoes can’t stop Strikers in NPVA actionSports

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The University of The Bahamas (UB) Mingoes women’s volleyball team fell short again in New Providence Volleyball Association (NPVA) action, Wednesday night inside the Anatol Rodgers Gymnasium.

The Mingoes lost in straight sets to the Strikers, 25-23, 25-8 and 25-13.

The Mingoes struggled but gave the veteran Strikers team a run for their money in the first set. The Mingoes led by as much as six points in that set at 13-7 but the Strikers fought back. The Mingoes could not get over the hurdle, dropping that set 25-23.

The first set seemed to take a lot out of the team, it seems. They weren’t able to come back with the same fire in the second set, and dropped that set 25-8.

In the third set, the Mingoes had a burst of energy. They were able to play better than they did in the second set, but still dropped that set 25-13.

Jada Coakley led the Mingoes with eight points (five kills) and Shanyhah Bowe scored six points (four kills).

Head Coach Raymond Wilson said the first set loss seriously impacted his team’s energy. He said they were just not able to get back into the game.

“That’s the danger of having to play hard in the first set,” he said. “We should have won that set and that would have made a big difference in the game. The ladies went back, in the second set, and were just out of it at that point. I don’t know if they were broken or what but they just could not get back into playing.”

Wilson said he was very disappointed in the team not being able to shake off that first set loss and regroup.

“We are a far better team than we displayed in those last two sets,” he said. “It’s a hurtful loss for me and I’m hoping that going forward the ladies will pick it up.”

The Mingoes now have a winless 0-3 record. They are set to play the Lady Techs at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Anatol Rogers Gymnasium.

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 Home|Sports|Equestrian Bahamas making strides in the regionSports

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Equestrian Bahamas achieved another milestone this past weekend as The Bahamas became the third country after Jamaica and Barbados to obtain certification of competition officials from the Caribbean Equestrian Association (CEA), while also holding the inaugural Bahamas leg of the CEA Mini Jumping Challenge.

Overseeing the event were CEA President Heidi Mello and Colleen Hoffman, president of the Ground Jury at Spruce Meadows, the largest show jumping venue in North America. Both Mello and Hoffman are Level 3 FEI (International Equestrian Federation) officials. The CEA Officials Education Tour was an initiative conceived by Mello, who became the new president of the CEA earlier this year, as part of an effort to upgrade the education of regional equestrian officials to international competition standards.

Equestrian Bahamas President Cathy Ramsingh-Pierre said the 

federation jumped at the opportunity to participate and learn from such esteemed professionals.

“As our sport grows, we aspire to hold higher levels of competition here in the country. However, even regional-level competitions require certain levels of official certification, and like many other Caribbean countries, we do not have these. Competent officiating is the bedrock of any sport, and equestrian is no different in that respect,” Ramsingh-Pierre said.

Six senior members of the local federation successfully participated in a rigorous four-day certification exercise to become CEA-Certified Candidate Jumper Stewards and Candidate Jumper Judges. The course encompassed theoretical and practical elements and a written exam.

On Saturday, the practical day of the clinic, young riders had an opportunity to participate and learn alongside the adults about various procedures, such as horse inspections, that take place at international competitions. Then on Sunday came the big day – the inaugural Bahamas leg of the CEA Mini Jumping Challenge (MJC). The MJC is one of several competitions contested by the eight member nations of the CEA: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

Mello had strong words of encouragement for all involved.

“As president of the Caribbean Equestrian Association, I have seen many firsts for Equestrian Bahamas,” Mello said. “This is their first year as members of the CEA, their first time competing in the CEA Mini Jumping Challenge and [their] first officials to be regionally credentialed. Equestrian Bahamas has a great future in both national and international equestrian sport. I wish them every success to obtain their reachable goals.”

A total of 15 riders took part in the competition, which featured three different classes according to the fence’s height. Results were tallied for individuals in each class, and for The Bahamas as a team, and they will then be ranked against riders from other CEA member islands. The MJC is run in each CEA member-country over the course of the calendar year, after which overall results from the region are tallied and awards distributed.

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 Home|Sports|Albury’s career night powers Chipola to victorySports

The Indians will host the Chipola Classic on the school’s campus this weekend

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Bahamian senior men’s national basketball player Deyton Albury dropped a double-double with a career-high 22 points and 13 rebounds to power the Chipola College Indians to an 84-75 victory over the Coastal Alabama Community College North Eagles on Tuesday night. It was their season opener.

Playing at home at the Milton H. Johnson Center in Marianna, Florida, the Bahamian was able to keep the Indians in the game after they went into the half down 39-31. The sophomore dished out seven assists and played some tight defense, coming away with three blocks and two steals in the victory. He spoke about his performance in that game.

“I came into that game locked in knowing that it was the first game of the season. It was a home game and I could not disappoint the fans. I was on a mission thinking about how to help my team win, especially since I am a huge factor on the team this year,” Albury said.

He got help from teammate Derrick Butler who chipped in with 20 points.

The Indians’ coach, Donnie Tyndall, also spoke about the victory and of Albury’s work on the glass.

“… I was proud of our guys for showing some grit and toughness and finding a way to win when things weren’t necessarily going our way. We continued to drive the ball late and not settle for jump shots and Deyton (Albury) had some very timely offensive rebounds,” Tyndall said.

The Indians being down at the half is not something new under Tyndall. Albury hit two free throws to put the Indians up 44-43 with 16:42 left in the game.

It was a back-and-forth game until the Indians went up for good at 71-70 with 3:15 left in the game. Albury got an offensive board with 1:21 left in the game, had a putback shot and completed the and-one play at the free throw line to put his team up 79-73.

“I am looking to stay consistent,” Albury said. “We got 30 games, and my main goal is to play good in all those games. No one is perfect but that is my goal this season. I put in a lot of work in the off-season, and I have the right mindset to do what I want to do this season.”

In his freshman season, Albury played in 33 games and started five of them. He averaged 4.4 points per game in 4.2 minutes while shooting 52.4 percent from the field. Albury also posted 2.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. His season-high in points were 16, back in February of this year so this is a hot start for the sophomore who is looking to take on a major role this season.

The Indians return to action this weekend, hosting the Chipola Classic on the school’s campus. The Indians will go up against Southwest Mississippi Community College at 7 o’ clock tonight and Polk State College at 6 p.m. on Saturday.

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As of Monday, October 31, 2022

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#By BRENT STUBBS

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#WITH a new contract signed, Grand Bahamian Yolett McPhee-McCuin is looking forward to building on the success of last year by her University of Mississippi Lady Rebels.

#Ole Miss, as they are commonly referred to, pulled off an impressive 80-38 victory against Delta State in an exhibition game played on Friday night.

#Now McPhee-McCuin and the Lady Rebels are looking forward to the start of the regular season that will include her first trip home to showcase her team in November.

#Entering her fifth season and the first of her new four-year deal at Ole Miss, McPhee-McCuin said despite the loss of First Team All- SEC centre Shakira Austin, they will have a pretty good season.

#“It’s a lot of newness, trying to figure things out,” she said of Austin, who is now playing in the Women’s National Basketball Association with the Washington Mystics. “Minus our pro player, we’re learning how to survive and function without her. That is our focus right now. So we’re trying to figure out what we want to do and be who we want to be. It’s a process, but I enjoy it.”

#Ole Miss women’s basketball has been picked to finish fifth overall in the SEC Preseason Media Poll released on Tuesday.

#The ranking is the highest preseason slot by the media for the Rebels in the poll since the 2005- 06 Ole Miss team was selected to finish fifth.

#The defending national champion South Carolina was voted to win the conference for the second straight season in a row, with NCAA Tournament teams in Tennessee, LSU and Arkansas rounding out the top-four.

#McPhee-McCuin said she’s going to build her team around what is available to her.

#“We’re going to look different and so we have to play differently,” she projected. “We’re going to have to play more of a community thing by committee for sure. But someone will emerge.”

#Aliyah Boston, who was once again selected as the Preseason Player of the Year, after earning the 2022 Player of the Year award as a junior, is one of the top players to watch for Ole Miss this year.

#Ole Miss heads into the 2022-23 campaign, coming off of one of its best seasons in programme history and its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 15 seasons.

#The Rebels return a solid starting core in juniors Madison Scott and Snadda Collins with reigning SEC Sixth-Woman of the Year Angel Baker looking to make a mark in the starting lineup. Ole Miss’ winning percentage of 71.8% off of a 23-9 record last year, was the highest for the programme since 1993-94.

#Nine newcomers joined the Rebels including two freshmen and seven transfers, with three well-versed to the grind of the SEC.

#After leading the SEC in assists last season. Myah Taylor joins the Rebels from Mississippi State as one of the nation’s top point guards after earning a spot on the Nancy Lieberman Award Preseason Watch List.

#Pitt transfer Rita Igbokwe also looks to shine on the interior, after blocking 68 shots last season as a junior to rank 20th in the country.

#“We just want to continue to build on the foundation that we already laid,” McPhee-McCuin said. “Now it’s putting those cornerstones in place so that we can be successful in the future.

#“Last year, I thought we did a good job setting the foundation and now we have to continue to build the house. The house isn’t complete until you win a national championship. So we have a lot of ways to go.”

#The Rebels will begin their regular season on Monday, November 7 at 5pm at home against Kennesaw State. They will play three more games on November 10 against Southeast Missouri State; Sunday, November 13 on the road against Little Rock and Wednesday, November 16 against Southern Miss.

#Then it’s here in the first for the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championships in their two games against Dayton on Monday, November 21 and Utah on Wednesday, November 23, “We’re looking forward to that. We’re excited about that,” McPhee-NMcCuin said. “I’m looking forward to coming back home personally because I’m from the Bahamas.

#“But for the team, we are going to be playing two great teams who will really put us to the test. So we definitely want to come down and put on a show for my Bahamian people.”

#Ole Miss is expected to come to town with a contingent of about 35 people, but McPhee-McCuin said they are expecting a large group of fans to accompany them to the Bahamas, just as they do whenever they play on the road in the United States of America.

#“We just want the Bahamian people to come out and support us,” McPhee-McCuin said. “I’m in the SEC so there’s pressure every time I step out on the floor.”

#McPhee-McCuin is a former Bahamian national team point guard and the first female player to sign a division one letter of intent when she went to play for the University of Rhode Island for her junior and senior years in 2003 and 2004 after she played for Miami-Dade Community College the previous two years. She went on to earn her first assistant coaching job at Frank Phillips College in 2004 before she moved on to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Pittsburgh and Clemson before getting her first head coaching job at the University of Jacksonville in 2013.

#“I’m pleased with where I am at. I love what I do. I’m coaching at the highest level. I’m able to recruit the best talent and I’m competing against the best players and the best coaches,” said McPhee-McCuin, who signed her first contract with Ole Miss in 2019.

#“So for me, I’m excited about where I’m at right now. It’s just pretty much trying to complete the mission here. It’s going to take time. I just signed a new contract, so I plan to be at Ole Miss for a while and really build this programme up to one where it has national recognition.”

#McPhee-McCuin earned national prominence when she coached to lead the women’s national team to their first championship title in 10 years in a 55-51 victory over Jamaica at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation to qualify for the 2016 CentroBasket Championship.

#And during the 2021-22 campaign, McPhee-McCuin also became the first woman in Bahamian history to coach at the men’s national level, serving as an assistant with the Bahamas men’s senior national team during the World Cup qualifiers.

#Although she has coached one Bahamian guard Valerie Nesbitt at Ole Miss from 2019-2021, she’s looking forward to adding the second to her roster and that could happen very soon.

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Chavano “Buddy” Hield and Deandre Ayton.

As of Monday, October 31, 2022

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#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

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#Chavano “Buddy” Hield has enjoyed a hot shooting streak over the last four games while Deandre Ayton continues to be sidelined with an ankle injury to highlight play from Bahamian players in the NBA.

#Hield finished with a near triple double on Saturday night – 17 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists – as the Indiana Pacers won their second consecutive game 125-116 over the Brooklyn Nets. He shot 5-11 from three-point range (46 percent) in 38 minutes.

#The Pacers made a franchise-record 23 three-pointers. Their previous franchise record for 3s in a regular season game was 21 at home against Milwaukee on May 13, 2021.

#It was Hield’s third consecutive with at least five three-point field goals and his fourth consecutive game scoring at least 17 points.

#Over the course of that four-game stretch, Hield has averaged 21.3 points per game and shot 48 percent from three-point range.

#Hield’s streak began in an October 24 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers when he finished with 18 points, six rebounds and six assists. He followed with 25 points and a season high seven three pointers in a loss to the Chicago Bulls on October 26.

#On October 28, he repeated his 25-point performance against the Washington Wizards and shot 5-9 from three-point range.

#On the season, Hield is averaging 17.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.

#“Everybody’s voice is needed. We just have to learn quickly, and adapt,” Hield said in training camp. “We brought in a group of guys that are a great fit, have great personalities when you understand and like each other, it’s easier to have great vibes. When guys bring in their egos and go about things in different ways it’s not a good vibe. I think the guys we have in the locker room are a group of guys.”

#Ayton missed his first game of the season last night when his Phoenix Suns took on the Houston Rockets.

#In Friday night’s 124-111 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, Ayton hurt his left ankle in the first quarter when he stepped on the foot of Pelicans centre Jonas Valanciunas.

#He got up and walked to the bench, but a few minutes later walked back to the locker room for further evaluation.

#He had four points and three rebounds in just eight minutes prior to the injury. Ayton’s ankle will be re-evaluated in a week, according to the Suns.

#Through four games, Ayton averaged 18.3 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game on 55 percent shooting from the field.

#He notched 30 double-doubles last year in only 58 games played and already has two in the first week of the season.

#He opened the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds in the season opener against the Dallas Mavericks and had 16 points and 14 rebounds against the Golden State Warriors.

WINNERS of the Grand Bahama Tennis Association’s junior tournament in Freeport, Grand Bahama, this weekend.

As of Tuesday, November 1, 2022

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TOURNAMENT organisers share a special moment.

#THE tournament sponsored by FOCOL featured U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 participants and was held at the YMCA.

#The event was sanctioned by the BLTA and the results in the various categories are as follows:

#U10 Girls – Winner: Danielle Saunders. Runner Up: Marina Bostwick.

#U12 Girls – Winner: Kaylah Fox. Runner Up: Briana Houlgrave.

#U12 Boys – Winner: Patrick Mactaggart. Runner Up: Kingston Rees.

#U14 Girls – Winner: Briana Houlgrave. Runner Up: BreAnn Ferguson.

#U14 Boys – Winner: Jerald Carroll. Runner-Up Jackson Mactaggart.

#U16 Girls – Winner: Jalisa Clarke. Runner Up: BreAnn Ferguson.

#U16 Boys – Winner: Michael Major Jr.. Runner Up: Jerald Carroll.

#U18 Girls – Winner: Jalisa Clarke. Runner Up: Sierra Rodgers.

#U18 Boys14 – Winner: Michael Major Jr.. Runner Up: Dentry Mortimer.

#GBTA president Natishka Barrett congratulated the winners, runners-up and all the players who participated in the tournament (some of the winners and runners-up are pictured above).

#“We acknowledge those double crown winners: Michael Major Jr winner of Boys U16 and U18 and Jalisa Clarke winner of Girls U16 and U18,” Barrett said.

#“We also congratulate the GBTA on another successful tournament. Briana Houlgrave and Jerald Carroll both captured the U14 crowns in the girls’ and boys’ categories respectively and they were also able to get runners-up awards in another division.”

#In attendance at the tournament were BLTA President Perry Newton and Abaco Tennis Association (ATA) President and BLTA Secretary Cameel McDonald. The presidents are also pictured with tournament director Danny Rigby.

#“In the 2022 junior tennis circuit, we saw some great competition and increased participation from all over The Bahamas,” Barrett said.

#“We encourage the juniors to continue to display their talents and we look forward to an even better 2023 by God’s grace,” said a press release.

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As of Tuesday, November 1, 2022

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#By BRENT STUBBS

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#THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s annual Youth Month celebrations in November will feature more activities throughout the country, while the National Sports awards ceremony will be postponed until January.

#In a press conference on Monday, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg and members of his staff launched the month of activities. Sports representatives from Grand Bahama and the Family Islands also participated via Zoom.

#Coming off a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kelsie Johnson, the acting director of sports, said the Ministry of Sports wants to include as much of the Family Islands in their month of celebrations as they prepare for the sixth Bahamas Games, scheduled for next year.

#Using the theme: “The Awakening Power of Sports,” the Ministry will worship at Mt Tabor Full Gospel on Sunday, November 6 and they are asking the general public to come out and share in the experience.

#Bowleg said during the month, they will host a number of sporting activities on New Providence, Grand Bahama, Bimini, Andros and Eleuthera.

#“Sports is far reaching and as we celebrate sports and those who have contributed so much to its growth and development, we hope that Bahamians across the country join us in this month and experience the true power of sports,” Bowleg said..

#Each Monday over lunch, Johnson said the Ministry will include the media to sit down over lunch to discuss a number of topics regarding fitness, nutrition, injury, treatment and health. The sessions will also be carried live on Zoom.

#Additionally, at least 5-10 coaches will be honoured by the Ministry. Those coaches, according to Johnson, would not have been inducted into the National Hall of Fame, but would have made significant contributions to the development of sports in the country.

#This year’s National Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at 6pm on Wednesday, November 16 at the Baha Mar resort. The list of inductees will be released shortly.

#However, Johnson revealed that the National Sports Awards ceremony will be postponed until January because “we didn’t want to overshadow the praises that we will be bestowing on our Hall of Fame inductees.”

#The Ministry also introduced some of its new sports officers, Byron Ferguson and Sadie Bowe, along with Adam Miller and Pauline Davis.

#Norris Bain, the deputy director of sports in the Northern Bahamas, said there is an exciting month of activities being planned in Grand Bahama where they will be going into the schools, hosting a 3.5 mile walk/run race and a wrestling clinic.

#Bain, one of the country’s top high school basketball coaches, said they will also be recognising a number of coaches on the island as well as they will honour some of the players who have enjoyed a successful collegiate volleyball and basketball season so far.

#Brian Cleare, the sports officer for Andros, revealed that there are a number of activities planned, including a Sunfish sailing in Morgans Bluff on November 19, a basketball tournament in Mastic Point on November 26 and a softball tournament on November 27 in Nicholls Town.

#“The president of the Mastic Point Sailing Club, Patrick Romer, will be assisting us with that,” Cleare said.

#‘This past summer, we used the Sunfish Sailing as one of the youth programmes.

#“We also had the Sunfish Sailing as a part of our Fun Day out on the Regatta site in North Andros and we had a number of youth who participated in that event. At the moment, we have three ladies who are now sailing solo, so we want to try and sail as often as possible to get our young people more interested in Sunfish Sailing.”

#During the month, Cleare said they will also honour at least five local coaches and some of the former athletes who represented North in the Bahamas Games in the past.

#He noted that their activities will be used as a tune-up for the Bahamas Games.

#“At the moment, we are preparing some of the facilities here in North Andros to get us ready for the games,” Cleare said.

#Jermaine Adderley, the sports officer in Long Island, said they will host a series of softball and baseball games on Friday, November 4 and on Saturday, November 5, they will join the Cancer Society of the Bahamas in a walk-a-thon.

#On November 19, they will host a basketball tournament in preparation for the Bahamas Games.

#During the Bahamas Softball Federation’s National All-Star Tournament on November 12, Johnson said the Ministry will play in an exhibition game with two teams formed among the staff and on November 19, they will take part in a beach volleyball tournament.

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