Radshad Davis

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#By RENALDO DORSETT

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#Radshad Davis made his French debut and is off to a noteworthy start with Vendee Challans Basket of the Nationale Masculine 1 League.

#The second year pro has averaged 13.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and two assists per game as the club split their first two games on opening weekend.

#In the season opener, he finished with 11 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in an 89-67 win over C’Chartes.

#He followed with a team high 16 points on 7-10 shooting from the field, and five rebounds in a 74-71 loss to Loon-Plage.

#“I’m super excited to join the team and bring my experience to win the championship,” Davis said at the time of his signing this summer. “It’s great to join the club and I expect it to be a great experience.”

#The NM1 is the professional level third-tier division in France. The two top teams from each season of the competition are promoted to the LNB Pro B, which is the French second division

#Challans head coach, Sebastien Lambert, said the versatile Davis should help bolster the lineup at several positions.

#He is a powerful wing player who is coming off a very interesting season in Europe.

#“He will be a very good complement between our guards and our forward positions,” Lambert said. “He likes to attack the rim and has a reliable outside shot. He is a complete player who also takes a lot of rebounds and who still needs to develop his creative side. He will have to adapt to a new culture and a different league but I know that the people of Challans will know how to welcome him as they should so that he feels happy to defend the colours of the VCB.”

#The club finished 13-19 last season in Group C.

#At the national team level, Davis recently participated in the latest window of the FIBA World Cup ‘23 Americas Qualifiers.

#The Bahamas clinched qualification with a 97-80 win over the US Virgin Islands on July 1. Davis finished with 12 points off the bench.

#Davis played in four games of the qualifying windows and averaged 6.5 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. He spent his first pro season last year with Decolor Fundacion Globalcaja La Roda in the LEB Silver League. The LEB Silver is the third tier in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB and LEB Gold.

#In 26 games, he averaged 13 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game. La Roda finished sixth in the East Division at 14-12.

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Buddy Hield and Kai Jones in action on Wednesday. (AP Photos/Jacob Kupferman)

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#CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield and Kai Jones went head-to-head as the NBA preseason continued last night.

#Hield and his Indiana Pacers made their preseason debut with a 122-97 win over Jones and the Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

#Hield finished with seven points on 3-8 shooting, 1-4 from three-point range. He also added five rebounds, three steals and two assists in 20 minutes. He played 17 of his 20 minutes in the first half and finished with five points on 2-6 shooting as the Pacers took an early 59-43 lead at the half.

#Each of the Pacers’ starters played between 18-22 minutes and 16 players on the roster received playing time in the rout.

#For the second consecutive game, Jones played sparingly late in the fourth quarter with the game out of reach and tallied just eight minutes.

#In last Sunday’s preseason debut against the Boston Celtics, Jones finished with five points, five rebounds and a blocked shot in just nine minutes of the Hornets’ 134-93 loss at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

#The Hornets will close out the preseason with a rematch against the Celtics at the Spectrum Center on October 7. The Pacers will play their second preseason game on October 7 on the road against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York and will conclude their preseason schedule with a rematch when they host the Knicks at Gainbridge Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana.

#Hield continues to be the focus of trade rumours but has a role on this current Pacers roster as a veteran leader, one of just two players returning to the roster at least 29-years-old.

#His game high three steals in last night’s game was indicative of the improved effort on the defensive end.

#“Buddy is one of the very best at what he does – shoot the ball,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said. “And Buddy showed us in the second half of the season that he is a very capable defender and very capable of being that good defender within a defensive system.”

#In addition to his improved scoring numbers, Hield also reached his career high of nine assists on three separate occasions during his time in Indiana. He credited Carlisle’s free flowing offence.

#Hield’s 4.8 assists per game with the Pacers was an increase from 1.9 per game with the Kings.

#“Rick does a good job just letting me be myself and just letting me play freely and do random things but in accordance with his offence and control in the system. As a player, you want to be free and be myself but in the structure of his offence,” he said.

#“Rick’s offence allowed me to expand a little bit more. I was able to do more with the ball, be creative and play freely.”

#Both Hield and Jones competed alongside each other at the national team level for the first time this past summer when The Bahamas competed in the lastest window of the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifiers.

#Jones averaged 18 points and eight rebounds per game in contests against Venezuela and Argentina while Hield averaged 20.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists against the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Argentina.

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 Home|Sports|Bain finishes second in doublesSports

He and his partner lost to the second-seeded team at the regionals

Simba FrenchSend an emailOctober 5, 2022 303 2 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) Gold Rush sophomore Jacobi Bain and his doubles partner Nereo Suarez had to settle for a runner-up position in men’s doubles at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Gulf ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Regional Championships at the XULA Tennis Center over the weekend.

The top-seeded duo lost to second-seeded Texas A&M-Texarkana’s team of Alejandro Oviedo and Mauricio Trevino Velasco.

The first set was won 6-1 by the Texas A&M’s duo, but the Bahamian collegiate tennis player and his partner made a push in the second set, winning 6-4 to even the match at a set apiece.

In the end, they suffered the loss, 6-1, 4-6 and 10-7. Bain and Suarez will have to wait to be considered for an at-large bid for the ITA Cup, set for October 13-16 in Rome, Georgia. Bain and former doubles partner Juan Ramirez earned an at-large bid a year ago after placing second at the regionals.

Oviedo and Velasco earned an automatic bid for winning the tournament on Sunday.

To get to the final, the Gold Rush duo took down the Blue Mountain College (BMC) Toppers’ duo of Justin Van Amerongen and Rick Sakamoto, 8-1.

Bain was set to play in the singles championship as the fourth seed on Sunday against his teammate, third-seeded Mathieu Strauss. Bain was sick so Strauss picked up a walkover victory.

To get to the championship, Bain took down eighth-seeded Van Amerongen on Saturday, winning in straight sets, 6-2 and 6-2.

Bain had a 20-7 win/loss record last season in singles and was 26-9 in doubles. He was awarded the NAIA South Region Rookie Award for his efforts.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Sydney Clarke, a junior, was set to be in action at the Mercer Fall Classic in Macon, Georgia, last weekend. That tournament was postponed because of the passing of Hurricane Ian. She gets another chance to play this weekend, taking part in the Samford round robin tournament in Homewood, Alabama.

Elana Mackey and the Mars Hill Lions team were set to be in action against North Greenville University yesterday. That meeting was postponed. Mackey got her season underway last week Wednesday. Her Lions took down Johnson C. Smith College, 7-0.

In singles, Mackey took down Taylor Proffett, 6-1 and 6-0. In doubles, she and doubles partner Amanda Kadiri edged Proffett and Maykayla Ramos, 7-6.

The Lions return to action against Lees-McRae College at the Hart Tennis Complex in Mars Hill, North Carolina, on Saturday.

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 Home|Sports|Officials threatening ‘no show’ for high school sportsSports

Sheldon LongleySend an emailOctober 6, 2022 185 3 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

High school sports is back in The Bahamas, but the question is being asked by coaches and officials of all sports, is it really back?

They are voicing their displeasure about not being paid what is owed to them for years, and are threatening a no showing at the various events. Sports in the private school sector in New Providence starts with softball. The government schools usually start with volleyball and end with softball or soccer.

This year, there was expected to be a resurgence in local high school sports with the commodity making a grand return after a two-and-a-half year hiatus. It was shut down nationwide following the arrival of COVID-19 in the country in March 2020.

Athletes, physical education teachers, and coaches have been yearning for a return of high school sports, and this fall was selected as the time for it. However, there is another issue that has surfaced.

“Why is the small man always getting taken advantage of? GSSSA basketball was completed February 2020, and why is it that officials have not been paid to date?”, asked an official who wishes to remain nameless. “National high school basketball that is played in Freeport, Grand Bahama, is the worst of the worst. Referees and table officials worked the March 2018 event, went back and worked the March 2019 event and was about to go back in March 2020 when the country was shut down. Most of these officials would have left their families to travel to Freeport to complete this job to ensure the event runs smoothly. Each day begins around 10 a.m. and finishes after 11 p.m. with some table officials unable to move, not able to eat at all most days and many times rushing to use the restrooms or not using them at all because organizers are only concerned about hurrying the games along.

“Some coaches, for various sports, are finding it tiring, waiting and asking when will they be paid. Officials, referees and table officials, have been trampled on for years but the worst it has ever been is within the last five years.”

Softball is underway in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) here in New Providence. However, volleyball, the first sporting discipline on the calendar in the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA), has yet to commence. Basketball follows, set for October/November, and there has been no schedule released as yet.

“Imagine studying late hours, many hours, taking tests after tests to ensure you are very knowledgeable on rules and the process of a sport, you are now certified and you officiate a game, only to be disrespected by not being compensated, and for years,” said the disgruntled official. “This is what has been happening to coaches and officials who have worked, not only high school sports, but for other private entities who seem not able to get it together.

“What is really concerning is the fact that not only are documents asked for to prove each official’s number of games worked, and are submitted, but as in previous years, officials’ total number of games are always cut by someone who feels that these officials should not be paid what is owed to them. All you are trying to do is get remuneration that is owed to you. Persons have died and were not paid nor were the monies given to their families. People’s lives could have been made a little easier during the COVID-19 pandemic and it was needed with the cost of living being inflated so high.”

The official said non-payment has occurred under both the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and Free National Movement (FNM) governments and that they are unwilling to continue in their capacities until the debt owned to them is taken care of.

“How would these government agents feel if it were them? Trust has gone out of the window,” the official stated. “If high school sports are going to be played, certified officials will not be used. Some government agents are trying to avoid them anyway. There has to be a better way forward for paying officials for sporting events, if The Bahamas is serious about sports.”

Up to press time, no official from the Ministry of Education & Technical & Vocational Training, could be reached for comment.

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 Home|Sports|Bahamian trio hit the pool in water poloSports

Simba FrenchSend an emailOctober 6, 2022 221 2 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

Bahamian collegiate water polo players Saequon Miller, Nicholas Wallace-Whitfield and Aidan Johnson continued their seasons this past weekend, playing in some tough matches.

Miller and Johnson were at the same event – the Penn State Behrend Invite at the Junker Center Pool in Erie, Pennsylvania. Wallace-Whitfield and the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers were at the Gary Troyer Tournament on the west coast in Claremont, California.

In the east, Miller and the Salem University Tigers, and Johnson and the Washington & Jefferson Presidents played each other on Saturday. Miller got bragging rights over Johnson as the Tigers won that game, 18-14. Neither player scored in this game. The Tigers used a 7-2 second quarter advantage to take a slim 9-8 lead, before putting four more goals at the back of the net to take a 13-9 lead after three quarters.

The Tigers finished the event with a perfect 3-0 win/loss record to improve their overall record to 7-6 on the season and 2-2 in their conference. They took down the host school Penn State Behrend, 22-18. Miller scored two goals in the first quarter and two more in the fourth quarter to finish with four goals in that contest. In the lone game on Sunday, Miller and his squad took down Cornell University, 25-18. He scored one goal in the first and another in the second for the double. He scored six goals in total over the weekend.

The Tigers return to the pool this weekend, playing at the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Crossover at the Aquatic Center at Myland Park in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The loss to Miller and the Tigers was the only loss the Presidents suffered as they finished the weekend event 2-1. The Presidents got started with a 14-6 victory over the host school. They ended the weekend with a 13-11 victory over Mercyhurst University. Johnson netted his lone goal in the first quarter in that game.

The Presidents sport a 7-5 overall record and a 2-3 conference record. The regular season is over for them and they will now prepare to play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Championships that gets underway on October 22.

At the Gary Troyer Tournament, Wallace-Whitfield and the Mountaineers split their weekend with a 2-2 record. They opened the tournament with a close 19-17 loss to Chapman University. The Mountaineers then went on to win their next two games, against Biola University and the University of La Verne. In the Biola match, they won 11-9 and took advantage with a 24-13 victory over La Verne.

Wallace-Whitfield performed at his best in the last game as he scored his only goal of the weekend in a 25-12 loss for his team to the NCAA Division II number 16 nationally ranked California Baptist University.

The Mountaineers played against Johns Hopkins University last night in Baltimore, Maryland, but no score was available up to press time.

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 Home|Sports|Hitmen, Operators reach championshipsSports

They will play Marlins and Wildcats in the best-of-five championships

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The New Providence Softball Association (NPSA) fastpitch league playoffs was set to be completed from last week but inclement weather pushed it back to Tuesday when it finally played out. The remainder of the semifinals resulted in the men’s defending champions C&S Hitmen and the women’s RAB Operators sweeping their way into the NPSA Championships.

The Hitmen had no more mercy on the Chances Mighty Mitts as they easily shut out them out, 17-0. The Operators won 15-9 over the University of The Bahamas (UB) Mingoes. Both series were best-of-three.

The teams in the championships are now known in both divisions with number one seeded Hitmen taking on the second-seeded Cyber Tech Blue Marlins in the men’s division. The ladies championship will feature the defending ladies champions and the number one seeded Sunshine Auto Wildcats battling the second-seeded Operators.

The Wildcats and the Blue Marlins were waiting from Saturday, September 25 for their opponents and should be well-rested. As a matter of fact, all four teams will be well-rested as the first game of the championships get underway on Thursday, October 13. The championships will be in a best-of-five format.

On Tuesday night, in the featured game, Hitmen veteran pitcher Edney ‘The Heat’ Bethel put on a clinic in the shutout victory for his team. He pitched a no-hitter in the four-inning contest, facing 13 batters and recording 12 strikeouts. The one batter who got on base earned a walk, stopping the perfect game for Bethel. At the plate, Bethel went 1-for-2 with a run batted in (RBI). He scored twice.

The Hitmen let it be known that they came out to end the game early, scoring six runs in the top of the first inning. They came back in the top of the second and doubled the lead to 12-0. Two more runs in the third inning and three more runs in the fourth proved to be enough for the mercy rule to be invoked.

The Hitmen and the Blue Marlins met three times in the regular season with the Hitmen winning the series 2-1. The Blue Marlins won the first matchup, 14-0. The Hitmen bounced back with 8-0 and 4-3 wins in the next two games.

Four Operators batters got multiple hits. Michelle Thompson, Jeanette Hilton, Keesha Johnson and Vanessa Sawyer each had two hits in the win for them.

The first two innings belong to the Operators as they opened the game with a four-run first inning and a two-run second inning to go up 6-0. The Mingoes got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third inning, but the Operators led 6-2 at the end of that inning.

After not scoring in the third and fourth innings, the Operators went on to score five runs in the top of the fifth to open an 11-3 gap. The Mingoes scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to bring the game to 11-6 in favor of the Operators.

Unlike the men’s division, the game needed the full seven innings as the Mingoes tried to make the score respectful. The game went into the bottom of the seventh inning 15-9 in favor of the Operators. Unfortunately for the Mingoes, the tail end of their batting lineup was up and they came up empty.

The Mingoes were led by Adonya Rolle who went 3-for-4 at the plate with a RBI.

The Operators and the Wildcats met three times in the regular season, with the Wildcats winning that series 2-1. The Wildcats won the first two games, 10-3 and 17-9. The Operators won the final game, 8-7.

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RISING young discus thrower Calea Jackson of Blue Chips Athletics.

#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

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#ALTHOUGH she won’t sign her official letter of intent until November, rising young discus thrower Calea Jackson from Blue Chips Athletics has confirmed that she will be attending the University of Miami in August on an athletic scholarship for the Hurricanes women’s track and field programme.

#Jackson, 17, is currently attending Rabun Gap-Nacooche School, a boarding school in north Georgia, She had qualified for CARIFTA during her seventh grade at Queen’s College, but because she was only 12 years old, she was ineligible to compete.

#In April, she participated in her first Caribbean regional competition at CARIFTA in Kingston, Jamaica where she placed fourth in the discus.

#In preparation for the upcoming season, Jackson said she’s in constant dialogue with her Blue Chips Athletics Club Corrington Maycock online to get her workouts done because there’s really no throwing programme for her at school.

#“I am looking forward to CARIFTA, seeing that it’s going to be in the Bahamas,” said Jackson, who will be competing in the under- 20 girls’ division. “I want to do really well because it’s at home. I feel I have a lot to prove, so I’m looking forward to competing.”

#On her choice of college to attend, Jackson said Miami was an easy location to settle on.

#“I had a lot of good schools to look at and to choose from,” she pointed out. “But I chose Miami because not only do I think I would excel from the athletic perspective, but also from an academic perspective.

#“They have an awesome medical programme and that is the field that I want to go into in the future. They also have a great track programme. That was the balance that enabled me to select that school.”

#Although she’s versatile in the throwing events, Jackson said she and Maycock, as well as the coaching staff at Miami, agreed that she would abandon the shot put and concentrate a little more on her specialty in the discus with her emphasis now being placed on the hammer.

#“I wasn’t as good in the shot put as I am in the discus and I always wanted to do the hammer, but it’s not offered for high school,” said Jackson, who has a lifetime best of 45.19 metres or 148-feet, 3-inches in the discus and 11.45m (37-6 ¾) in the shot put.

#On her transition from high school to college, Jackson said she feels it will be an easy one.

#“It should not be a difficult transition for me because I’m already in a boarding school and I don’t think much will really change, except for the fact that I have a coach there training me,” she said. “So I’m looking forward to having a coach training me so that I can continue to excel in the sport.”

#Maycock, a former CARIFTA thrower who has turned into one of the country’s top throwers’ coaches, said Jackson has shown tremendous progress since she first qualified for CARIFTA as a seventh grader at Queen’s College.

#“She came a long way,” said Maycock, who celebrated his birthday on Tuesday. “She’s in boarding school in Georgia, so I continue to coach her online. She is working very hard, so I’m expecting some great things from her when she heads to Miami.”

#As he looks ahead to next year, Maycock said Jackson has an exceptional collegiate career as she competes in only the discus and the hammer, the latter of which he feels will turn out to be her best event.

#“This is her last year in high school, so we expect for her to compete at the Penn Relays today,” Maycock said.

#“I think she will be one of our better throwers because she has the potential. She’s a very hard worker.”

#Jackson, who left Queen’s College in 2020 for Georgia where she currently attends school with Mila Sands and Khory Moss, expressed her gratitude to God, her mother Carla Jackson and coach Maycock.

#She also thanked her team-mates for their support as she prepares to venture into the collegiate ranks next year.

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RICARDO McPhee and Christopher Rahming Jr with team officials.

#By BRENT STUBBS

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#FROM playing together at age five with the United Football Club to team-mates on the men’s national team before they split up and played against each other’s academies in England, Ricardo ‘Ricky’ McPhee and Christopher Rahming Jr are now re-united as team-mates on their first professional soccer team in Italy.

#The pair of 23-year-old players signed their first pro contracts two weeks ago to play for the Casteilaneta Calcio 1962.

#While McPhee, a centre/ forward would have played in their first game on Sunday that ended in a scoreless draw, midfielder Rahming Jr is expected to play in their next game after he just got all of his official paper work completed.

#While he was playing for an academy in England, Rahming Jr said his coach introduced him to a few pro teams and when the offer was made to try out for Casteilaneta Calcio 1962, he invited McPhee. Together, they impressed the coaching staff and were signed to a one-year deal.

#“I just feel that it’s all God who brought us back together to make something happen big for the Bahamas,” said Rahming Jr. “It’s kind of like fate that we met playing so young with each other, then against each other in rival academies and now we have signed our first pro contract together. It’s only God to have brought us together again.”

#For McPhee, whose team lost out to Rahming Jr’s when they played in their separate academies in England, it was a blessing to play with someone who has known just about all of his life.

#“We both share the same dreams since being young kids and now to see us achieve that dream, not just at the same time, but in the same place, is truly a blessing. I want to thank God for this.”

#In his debut with the team, McPhee said it was more than he anticipated.

#“It was as tough match, very physical, fast and technical, but there’s nothing that my ability could not get through,” McPhee said.

#Based on what he saw, Rahming Jr said he hopes to provide some strength to their midfield.

#“I’m just looking forward to getting into the game and to display my ability to help the team as much as I can,” he said.

#As the only non European Union based players on the team, Rahming Jr and McPhee said it does not matter where you come from.

#“If you say you want something, just go and get it,” McPhee stressed.

#To the players they left behind, Rahming Jr said just as they got the exposure, it could happen to any other Bahamian.

#“They just have to put in the hard work and wait for their opportunity to come,” he stated.

#Over the next eight months, the duo are hoping to produce the kind of performances on the field that will enable Casteilaneta Calcio 1962 to contend for one of the two playoff spots in the league this year.

#The team finished in the middle of the table last year and is eager to move up the ladder.

#If there’s any hurdle that they both have to deal with, it’s the language barrier.

#They noticed that not many Italians speak English and so they find themselves learning some Latin words on the fly.

#“It’s been a little hard to learn the Latin language,” McPhee said.

#If there’s any consolation, McPhee said they are located in a very small city where “everyone knows everyone” so it gives us much more time to get adjusted to our environment and at the same time focusing on football. “We have fans driving to our matches, which are normally 45-one hour away from our city,” McPhee said.

#The stadiums they play in on the road house between 2-3,000 seating capacity, as compared to just under 1,000 at home.

#For the younger players back home in the Bahamas, McPhee advised them that it’s not “how you start, but rather how you finish. If you dream it and you believe it, you can achieve it. “I come from playing home, growing up on Carmichael Road to moving to England for football, then to Cyprus and Sweden to the division II level to come here for my first professional contract. Anything is possible.”

#The son of Chantell Varence and grandson of Clarice Varence, McPhee has two sisters Shernesha and Sherniah Pratt.

#McPhee graduated from Garvin Tynes Primary School, attended Aquinas College for grade seven and then entered the Leadership Academy Home School before leaving to complete the 11th and 12th grades in the United States of America.

#Rahming Jr is the son of Christopher Rahming Sr and Yvette Rahming and the brother to Gabrielle Rahming.

#He attended St Anne’s School from primary to eighth grade before enrolling in St Andrew’s School for the ninth grade and then departing for the USA as well to complete his high school tenure.

#“To anyone playing football in the Bahamas, if God gives you a dream to play pro, it’s a reason he gave you that dream,” he said.

#“So put your head down and work up and trust God. That is the only way you will make it.”

#Together, the duo want to “put the Bahamas on the map,’ McPhee said. “We want the world to know that we also play football in the Bahamas,” he added.

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#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

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#IN an effort to continue to promote the Bahamas as a “Paradise” destination to play golf, renowned American golfer Tiger Woods has released the names of 17 of the top 21 players in the world who will be coming to participate in his 2022 Hero World Challenge.

#This year’s Challenge is set for November 28 to December 4 at the Albany Bahamas resort and will include defending champion Viktor Hovland of Norway, who is currently ranked at number 11 in the world.

#The field of competitors coming in will comprise of seven major winners who have won a total of 11 major championship titles and 16 Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour champions with a total of 87 titles to their ledgers.

#Now in its seventh year, the tournament rounds will be played from Thursday, December 1 – Sunday, December 4.

#Live television coverage will be provided by GOLF Channel during all four rounds and by NBC during the third and final rounds.

#According to the organisers on their official website, good-any-one-day grounds tickets and a limited number of premium hospitality packages for the Hero World Challenge are available for purchase at HeroWorldChallenge.com.

#Proceeds from this year’s Hero World Challenge benefit the TOR Foundation, Tavistock Foundation and the Bahamas Youth (Golf) Foundation.

#It’s anticipated that this year’s tournament will draw one of its strongest fields of competitors participating.

#While Hovland was just one of two players who won the title in their debut here, following in the footsteps of Jon Rahm, the 2015 champion, there are five players making their debut, who are looking to make an impact this year, They are Will Zalatoris, Cameron Young, Sungjae Im, Max Homa and Tom Kim.

#The list of entries for the tournament, which was first moved to the Bahamas in 2015, is headed by American Scottie Scheffler, the top ranked player on the official World Golf Ranking as of August 28.

#The next highest ranked player is fellow American Xander Schauffele, who is pegged at No.5.

#The players ranked from No.6 to 18 and from 20-21, are all listed to participate in the event. Missing from the list is the 2-4 ranked players and No.17.

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Dahiana Santana and Jessica ‘The Cobra’ Camara.

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#Senior Sports Reporter

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#Promoter Michelle Minus and her First Class Promotions is back with another exciting professional boxing show, this time with an all-female cast of competitors.

#In their first show in more than a decade, Minus announced that in conjunction with Quinton Brennen of QB Events Consulting and Marketing, First Class Promotions will host a World Boxing Association super lightweight title fight between Canadian Jessica “The Cobra” Camara and Dominican Republic’s Dahiana Santana 8pm on Friday, October 28 at the Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium.

#Camara comes into the fight with a 7-1 win-loss record against Santana, the more experienced of the two with a 40-13 record. She is a former IBA world champion. Both fighters are aged 34.

#Under the theme “Fighting For the Cure,” the main event of the card, which will be a colour pink affair in recognition of Breast Cancer Month, will cover some 10 rounds, while there will be four other bouts featuring all females on the undercard.

#During the show, Minus said Ray Minus Jr, the founder of Champion Boxing Club which gave birth to First Class Promotions, will be honoured for his contribution to the sport of boxing, both at the amateur and professional ranks.

#“Ray has been one of the most outstanding boxers, who has contributed significantly to the sport,” said Minus, who worked feverishly with her husband during the heydays when he coached and produced three boxers with seven championship titles.

#They included Jermaine ‘Choo Choo’ Mackey with four belts and both Meacher ‘Major Pain’ Major and Elkino Saunders with one. All three boxers held the WBA Fedecaribe titles, while Mackey held the Bahamas, World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) and the British Commonwealth super middleweight titles.

#Minus noted that during the night, Minus said they will also recognise a number of the fighters who came up through the ranks of Champion Boxing Club and First Class Promotions under the tutelage of Minus, who is currently recuperating from a series of injuries. The show is being partnered by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture and will be sanctioned by the Bahamas Boxing Commission.

#According to Minus, this is just the beginning of the return of First Class Promotions.

#“I’m hooked up with the top weight division for boxing, the IBF, who match made the show,” Minus said. “When I made the call, they were able to put everything together because they want to bring more fights of this sort to the Caribbean and the Bahamas in general. “This is the first all-female boxing show ever staged in the Caribbean.

#“We are also planning on putting on the first unisex show here in the Bahamas in the future. We just want to make sure that we get this one under our belt first.”

#Minus said the whole idea is to support the fight against breast cancer and the Sister Sister Group.

#Tickets for the event are $35 for general admission and $125 for VIP. All major cards will be accepted for payment.

#Quinton Brennen, who now operates his QB Events consulting and marketing company after his departure from the National Sports Authority as the general manager, said he’s delighted to venture with First Class Promotions and Minus in taking the event from paper to fruition.

#“I’m responsible for the logistics, the organising, the full operation and the breakdown of the event,” he said. “Right now, we’re trying to secure all of the necessary funding to make the event a success.

#“But I’m happy to be associated with Michelle and First Class Promotions in this being a first time event in the country. Nothing much has been happening with boxing in the country, so it’s good to see the sport come back and come back in such a unique way with an all-female show.”

#Brennen said they hope to put on a first-class event that will attract all Bahamians to attend.

#The event comes just before the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture hosts its Sports Month in November where the focus will be on recognising some of the former greats who have made their contribution to sports in the country over the years.

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