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In 2024, the stage is set in The Bahamas for yet another exhilarating edition of the World Athletics Relays, just 200 days away.

This event plans to captivate the world as athletes from all corners of the globe will descend on the tiny capital of Nassau, in The Bahamas, united by shared love for running and the insatiable thirst for victory. With some 1,600 athletes and team officials arriving to compete during the first week of May 2024, this spectacle promises to be a defining moment in the history of Bahamian sports.

As the competition unfolds, it is anticipated that spectators will be captivated by the sheer magnitude of talent on display as the World Athletics Relays have always been an amalgamation of speed, agility, and skill; and next year will be no exception.https://fd39d2e7f65f5ec8f9c410f16927c632.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.htm

athleticism, also highlights the significance of international camaraderie. While athletes compete against each other, showcasing their talents, they also develop a bond with fellow competitors. This relationship transcends borders and language barriers, uniting athletes in the shared pursuit of excellence.

Chair of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Dr. Daniel Johnson confirmed that the committee was already in high gear to ensure the success of this historical event. He noted: “This will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the global sports community to convene in The Bahamas and experience world-class competition, as well as savor world-class Bahamian cuisine and entertainment.”

The Bahamas is preparing to welcome athletes, team officials, and enthusiasts from all over the world May 4 and 5, 2024.

Athletes participating in this memorable event will enjoy the unparalleled hospitality of the Breezes and Atlantis hotels, ensuring that their stay is as comfortable as it is unforgettable. It is also important to note that these relays will serve as the qualifying event for 14 of the 16 countries to compete in the upcoming Olympic Games to be hosted in Paris, France, next year.

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The HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl was set to make a return to The Bahamas for a ninth edition this year, kicking off the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) season, but those plans have been derailed as the venue, the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, will be under extensive renovation.

The announcement was made by Vice President of ESPN Events Clint Overby yesterday

As mentioned in the statement, the temporary location will be announced later and the game is scheduled to return to The Bahamas in December 2024.

Initially, the game was set to be held on Saturday December 16, getting underway at 11 a.m. and carried live on ESPN.

This news came a little over a week after Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg revealed that they were going to do some extensive work to the stadium beginning on November 1.

“We have some serious work that is going to be starting on the stadium. I know we are in agreement with the Chinese government to commence some serious repairs, and that is supposed to start on November 1. Depending on when they come, along with the technocrats from the ministry of works, they will be able to determine that,” Bowleg said.

As for the nature of the work that is set to begin on the stadium, Bowleg said they will be completely shutting down the Western Grandstand.

The HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl game is played between a school in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and a member of Conference USA (C-USA). It is one of 17 bowl games that is owned and operated by ESPN Events.

Last year, there was a close game between the Conference USA’s University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Blazers and the MAC’s Miami University (Ohio) RedHawks. The Blazers won, 24-20, to lift the Prime Minister’s Trophy. The win gave the Blazers their second consecutive bowl win after they won the Independence Bowl in 2021.

In last year’s game, the Blazers’ defense made a key tackle to stop the RedHawks’ offense two yards shy of a touchdown as time expired. Blazers’ wide receiver Trea Shropshire tied the bowl record of 183 receiving yards that former Western Michigan receiver Corey Davis had in 2015.https://afdb5a62455df4dc0989fe7317a25c9d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html

The 2023 National Football League (NFL) Draft was in April and Blazers’ running back DeWayne McBride was drafted in the seventh round at pick 222 by the Minnesota Vikings. RedHawks’ wide receiver Mac Hippenhammer agreed to terms on a mini-camp invite with the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders won in 2021, the University at Buffalo in 2019, Florida International University (FIU) in 2018, the RedHawks in 2017, Old Dominion in 2016, Western Michigan in 2015 and Western Kentucky in 2014. The game was not held in 2020 due to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.

HomeTown Lenders is in its second year as the title sponsor of the game.

Jones, Liberty fall in WNBA Finals as Aces repeat

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For the third time in her professional career, Bahamian professional women’s basketball player Jonquel ‘JJ’ Jones and her team fell short of lifting the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) trophy as the New York Liberty lost in a 70-69 nail-biter to the Las Vegas Aces Wednesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The Aces repeated as champions, winning the best-of-five series 3-1.

Jones had an uncharacteristic night on the offensive side of the ball with just six points on 3-for-8 shooting from the field. She had a strong game on the boards and on defense with 11 rebounds, three blocked shots and a steal. She played 34 minutes.

The game went down to the wire with the Liberty needing a free throw to force overtime or a field goal to win it in the waning seconds. The Liberty got the ball with 8.8 seconds left. They went to league MVP Breanna Stewart who was double-teamed on her move to the basket. She passed the ball to Betnijah Laney who in turn found Courtney Vandersloot in the corner. Vandersloot took the shot but tossed up an air ball. Jones grabbed the ball and put it up and in but it was after the buzzer sounded and the Aces started to celebrate.

Vandersloot led the Liberty with a side-high 19 points.

It was a valiant effort by the Liberty, particularly in the final two minutes of the game as they trailed 70-64 with 1:26 left. Jones assisted Vandersloot who made a three-point shot with 1:14 left on the clock and the lead was cut to three points, 70-67. After the Aces came up empty on their next possession, the Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu hit a jump shot in the paint to cut the Aces lead to one, 70-69m with 41.9 seconds left in the game.

The Aces had another opportunity to pad the lead but Jones and Stewart recovered for a big block of Wilson in the lane, setting up one final opportunity for the Liberty.

Overall, the Liberty had a tough night shooting from the field as they finished at a 36.1 percent clip for the game. The Aces were missing two starters in Chelsea Gray and Kiah Stokes, but they rallied behind their MVP Wilson. They shot the ball at a 41.8 percent clip. The Aces controlled the glass, winning that battle 38-30. The Liberty had a tough time in the paint as the Aces scored 44 points there compared to just 24 for the Liberty.

Grand Bahama native had a solid postseason, averaging 16.8 points and 11.6 rebounds per game in 10 playoff games. Both are postseason career highs for Jones, and so is 34.7 minutes per game. She also made an average of 55 percent of her shots.

As mentioned earlier, this was Jones’ third trip to the WNBA Finals, and it’s the third time she came up short of winning the title. The first was in 2019 when she played for the Connecticut Sun. They lost that series 3-2 to the Washington Mystics. The second was in 2022 when she also played for the Sun and they lost to the Aces 3-1.

The 29-year-old had a slow start to her season but picked it up and was even named the MVP for the in-season tournament – the Commissioner’s Cup, which the Liberty won 82-63 over the Aces. For the season, Jones, the 2021 WNBA MVP, finished at 11.3 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while shooting 52.7 percent from the floor.

The Liberty finished with a 32-8 win/loss record in the league’s first 40-game season. That was good for the second seed. Before dropping the final game of the regular season against the Mystics, The Liberty was on an eight-game winning streak.

Jones and the Liberty will have to do a post-mortem on their season and postseason to see what they can improve on for the 2024 season.

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#ST Mary’s College men’s golf team will travel farther than any other in the 19-team field for this week’s White Sands Bahamas NCAA Invitational at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island, Bahamas.

#And among the things the California team will carry to the event is the label as the favourite in the field.

#The 54-hole invitational is scheduled from Friday through Sunday (October 20-22).

#The Gaels are the only team entered to be ranked in the top 100 by the latest Golfweek Sagarin Rankings, but they will likely get a stiff challenge from North Texas and Santa Clara, which is serving as the host school for the event.

#Jacksonville State could also make a run for the title, behind senior Erik Jansson of Sweden, the top-ranked player in the field.

#“Our players are looking forward to this week,” said St Mary’s head coach Scott Hardy, who is in his 24th season at the helm. “It will be a challenge to play in different conditions than we are used to. It’s really too early to judge how good teams are, but if we play well, we’ll be hard to beat.”

#The Gaels are led by juniors Kristian Bressum of Denmark and Connor Reis of Claremont, California. “They both have turned the corner this year,” he said.

#Santa Clara coach Andrew Larkin’s team is younger, but he thinks they are just as talented. His standouts are freshmen J.P. Odland of Tiburon, Calif., and Jeffrey Kwak of La Mirada, Calif.

#“We are the host school, but it’s 75 percent coaching and 25 percent hosting,” said Larkin. “This is new for my team. Half of the team has never been out of the country. We even had three guys who needed to get passports for this trip.”

#Other teams competing are Georgia State, North Alabama, Southern Illinois, Wichita State and Wofford. This is the fourth year for the annual golf tournament, which was previously played at the Ocean Club Golf Course in 2019, 2021 and 2022. Houston, Mississippi and Duke are the past men’s winners over the 7,159-yard layout designed by past major champion Tom Weiskopf.

#For more coverage of the 2023 White Sands Bahamas NCAA Invitational, follow @WhiteSandsBah on social media and use the following hashtags: #WhiteSandsBahamas and #WhiteSandsNCAA or visit WhiteSandsBahamas.com

Team earns first point in 2023-2024 CONCACAF Nations League play

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• Oct 18, 2023
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It appears The Bahamas’ senior men’s national soccer team plays better on the road as the team secured its first point of the 2023-2024 CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) Nations League competition. They drew against Antigua and Barbuda 2-2 at the Antigua and Barbuda’s Football Center in Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda, yesterday.

After Antigua and Barbuda scored in the 54th and 59th minutes to go up 2-1, it was teenager Nahum Johnson who came up clutch for The Bahamas, scoring the equalizer to put the score at 2-2 in the 82nd minute. It was Johnson’s first goal for Team Bahamas at this level.https://aab03b424ac3ff25ebbdaad0ea8b6f27.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.htm

It was a fast turnaround for both teams as they played at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in New Providence on Saturday. The Bahamas lost that match, 4-1.

Head Coach for The Bahamas Nesly Jean and his staff made two changes to the starting lineup. Nathan Wells replaced Phieron Wilson on defense and Ricardo McPhee replaced Wood Julmis, who was nursing an injury, at the forward position.

“We made a few adjustments in regard to the way we play and defended,” Jean said. “It was also a case of pride knowing that we didn’t play well on Saturday. Also, we tried to limit the mistakes and I think that helped to get the guys relaxed.”

Jean said he was glad to see the team stick to the game plan but he wants them to be ruthless in front of the goal.

The Bahamas’ captain Lesly St. Fleur, who had a busy afternoon in the center back position, said they got Saturday’s game out their system and played hard.

“We came together as a team and fought together, and believed. The effort was there today (Tuesday) and everything was going well for us,” St. Fleur said.

Wells, who plays for The University of The Bahamas (UB) Mingoes, got the first goal of the game in the fifth minute. It came from a free-kick from William Bayles who placed it right on the penalty spot. The ball was headed away by Antigua and Barbuda but put it went back into the home team’s 18-yard box before McPhee saw a pressing Wells and passed him the ball. Wells kicked the ball with power and precision to the lower left side of the net for his first international goal at this level.https://aab03b424ac3ff25ebbdaad0ea8b6f27.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html

“It’s incredible to see the young guys stepping up to the plate,” Jean said. “We can see that these guys have a bright future ahead of them and they have to keep working.”

The Bahamas was on defense most of the first half with Antigua and Barbuda possessing the ball for 67 percent of the time.

Joshua Parker put the home team even with The Bahamas in the 54th minute when he found the back of the net. Five minutes later, Parker’s teammate Thomas Bramble got on the scoresheet to put them up 2-1.

In the 81st minute, The Bahamas won a throw-in. St. Fleur stepped up and threw the ball into Antigua and Barbuda’s 18-yard box where a waiting Marcel Joseph battled a defender and managed to get a touch on the ball to Johnson’s right foot. Johnson, who attends Aquinas College, one-touched it after the first bounce and placed it to the top left of Antigua and Barbuda’s goal and past the goalkeeper, Zaieem Scott, for the equalizer.

Antigua and Barbuda tried to get a go-ahead goal but The Bahamas kept it clean the rest of the way.

Looking ahead, Jean is looking for the team to improve.

“We will keep working on trying to limit the mistakes and look to improve our performance. Part of doing well today was the guys holding each other accountable and that’s what we need from the players to be successful,” Jean said.

This was the final game in this CONCACAF Nations League window for both teams. They will play the third and final window in November. The dates for the two games in the November window will be announced later.

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The Bahamas Youth Flag Football League (BYFFL) is set to open its new season this Saturday at the open fields opposite the original Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium.

A number of games are on the schedule as the league starts the first week of its season.

In the 10-13 age group, Moss will battle Kevin at 12:30 p.m., Munroe will take on Dawkins at 1 p.m., Allen will go against Kevin at 1:30 p.m. and Munroe will take on Moss at 2 p.m. Players are asked to be at the fields for 11:30 a.m.https://e882a8409e7888f42dce8cbcd8c951e3.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html

In the 14-17 age group, Chavar will battle Allen at 2:30 p.m., Munroe will take on D’Angelo at 3 p.m., and Allen will go against D’Angelo at 3:30 p.m. Players are asked to be at the fields for 1:30 p.m.

BYFFL President Jayson Clarke said they expect a full day of exciting flag football and they are inviting families and friends of the players and coaches and football fans to come out and support.

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The Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC) has confirmed a 20-member team to represent The Bahamas at the 19th Pan American Games, from Friday October 20 to Sunday November 5, in Santiago, Chile.

The Bahamas will be represented in six disciplines – tennis, sailing, swimming, athletics, golf and wrestling. There are nine swimmers, five athletes in athletics, three tennis players, one sailor, one golfer and one wrestler.

Larikah Russell will coach tennis while Sara Knowles will be the coach for swimming. The coach for athletics is Antonio Saunders. The caddie for Johnson is Bahamas Golf Federation (BGF) President Lynford Miller.

BOC Vice President Clarence Rolle is the chef de mission of the team and fellow BOC Vice President D’Arcy Rahming Sr. will travel as one of the team’s delegates.

President of the BOC Romell ‘Fish’ Knowles said he has high expectations for the team.

“We expect some great performances. Led by Donald Thomas who is the cagey veteran, we believe it is a very strong team with talented athletes who are anxious to make their mark on the international scene,” said Knowles. “We have a number of young athletes and veteran athletes as well. The team is smaller than usual, but it is a good mixture. We are proud of them and we wish them well.”

Swimming gets underway on Saturday followed by tennis that starts next Monday. Sailing will begin on October 28 followed by athletics that begins on October 30. Wrestling begins on November 1. Golf is the final sport to start and that is set for November 12.

Knowles highlighted all of the disciplines that will be represented in Chile.

“We have Higgins on the water while tennis is loaded with talent with Justin Roberts, Sydney Clarke and Kevin Major. Swimming has a lot of talent with the experience of Ariel Weech and others such as Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson and Taylor who were at the Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games this past summer. There is also the talent of Barr, Russell, Luke-Kennedy Thompson, Mark-Anthony Thompson and Katelyn Cabral,” Knowles said.https://95f2163da9e15eef97cff8280064fd57.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html

The most experienced team member is high jumper Donald Thomas who Knowles expects to perform at a high level.

“We’re looking for good things from Thomas, who is the senior man on the team. He’s going to obviously inspire the young athletes and it is exciting to watch him perform,” Knowles said. “Colebrooke is going to begin his Olympic push. We can expect at least a semifinal from him and then we have the decathlon athletes in Kendrick Thompson and Ken Mullings. Both are right on the cusp of qualifying for the Olympics and hopefully they can make the mark.

“We are pleased to extend the Olympic program and invite golf to the platform, and Johnson is coached by Miller, who will be his personal caddie. In wrestling, we have Mackey. He has been to a number of international tournaments and, hopefully, this is the one that he breaks through,” added Knowles.

The Bahamas had a 33-member team at the last Pan Am Games that was held in 2019 in Lima, Peru. The athletes competed in athletics, judo, swimming and tennis. TyNia Gaither won a bronze medal in the 200 meters (m) for women. It was the only medal for Team Bahamas.

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Bahamian professional baseball player with the Miami Marlins Jasrado ‘Jazz’ Chisholm Jr. had another strong season in Major League Baseball (MLB).

The Marlins’ center fielder wrapped up his fourth season just over a week ago as the Marlins bowed out in the National League wild card playoffs to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Back in The Bahamas, Chisholm reflected on the season and looks ahead to next season.Uclosehttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.596.0_en.html#goog_1696393898Ad 1 of 1 (0:15)NextStay

The Bahamian holds himself to a very high standard. Although he was instrumental for the Marlins in the 97 games that he played in, he feels that he could have played better.https://8765adaaa3c4bd4b8eaebab5684347de.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html

“Personally, if I don’t play 140 or 150 games, nobody would ever see my potential,” Chisholm said. “They only see half of it. For me, it’s just that every time I don’t get to 150 games, I feel like I had a bad season. I played just over 90 games this year and had 19 home runs. That’s okay for a regular player, but I’m not a regular player. For me, I feel if I play 140 games, that’s 40 home runs.”

Chisholm ended the regular season just one home run shy of a 20-20 season. He batted .252 with 19 home runs and 52 RBIs (runs batted in). He had 22 stolen bases, one short of his career high in that department, an on-base percentage of .305 and a slugging percentage of .462 for an on-base plus slugging percentage of .767.

The Bahamian played more games this season than the previous season when he played 60 games. He was on the injury list three times and will look to stay off that list next season.

Chisholm played a role in getting his team to the

postseason. One of the highlights for him was hitting grand slams on back-to-back days against the Atlanta Braves just days before the regular season concluded, becoming the first player in Marlins’ history to hit grand slam home runs in back-to-back games. The Marlins were swept 2-0 by the Phillies in the National League wild card playoffs.

“Those games were crazy in Philadelphia. The people in Philly, the fans out there going crazy. That’s the loudest I’ve ever heard in a stadium in my life,” Chisholm said.

Chisholm struggled but he and the Marlins plan on making the postseason again in the not too distant future.https://8765adaaa3c4bd4b8eaebab5684347de.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html

“We plan to do it again. Now we know what it takes to get there, so we’re going to just get there again. Now, we know what it takes to win and we see how we have to play and who we got to play against to win. I feel for us, we just took it as an experience,” Chisholm said.

LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, is where the Marlins play their home games and it has been the venue of more and more fans in recent seasons. A small part of it has to do with the larger than life personality of Chisholm who has brought style and flair to Miami.

“The fans are coming out now and the stadium is rocking,” he said. “I feel like since we’ve gotten to the playoffs this year, it showed Miami that we’re not the old Marlins that were led by other people. The vibe is different, the clubhouse is different, the staff is different and the players are different. We’re coming out to rock every night. Honestly, we feel like we are like artists out there more than anything else because we’re coming to entertain everybody. We play fun baseball and I feel like Miami is starting to live with that.”

This past season, Chisholm was moved from playing second base and shortstop to center field. It was a change he acclimated himself to after a while.

“I feel like it got easier from the first month in spring training. When I got into the season, it just clicked and it started coming together in games. Being a person that just loves to compete and be out there, I take it to heart when I’m not the best person out there. I had to flip a switch and feel it out,” Chisholm said.https://8765adaaa3c4bd4b8eaebab5684347de.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html

So far, Chisholm is spending his offseason wearing a walking boot on his right foot after undergoing ‘turf’ toe surgery last week Tuesday. Chisholm said it went well and he should be back running in January. He initially suffered the injury in May of this year, and is expected to be back to baseball activities by early next year.

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#By TENAJH SWEETING

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#The Junkanoo Boyz spoiled the Benna Boys chances of earning back-to-back wins when they secured a 2-2 draw yesterday evening in an away game in Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda.

#In the second game of their October window in the Concacaf (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) Nations League matches, the senior men’s national team earned their first point in League B, Group D. The match got underway at the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association’s Technical Center.

#Kevin Davies, assistant coach of the men’s national team, shared the difference in their approach on the road. “I think the biggest difference tonight was we played with a lot more heart and a lot more fight. We did not have that fire and passion when we played at home. The guys had enough losing and confided among themselves that they wanted to give some more and I think that was the difference today,” Davies said.

#Overall, he was happy with the team’s performance away from home turf.

#“It is a great feeling and shows that we can do it if we put in the effort, concentration, and the fight,” the assistant coach added.

#The Bahamas changed the pattern of the previous game, which saw the Benna Boys score first, by connecting on the first goal of the away game. Midfielder Nathan Wells took charge in the first five minutes of the match. With his teammate battling with their opponents’ defenders, Wells came from behind the penalty arc and sank the ball to the back of the net to give the national team an early 1-0 lead.

#Gameplay continued with the home team remaining scoreless until the 54th minute mark in the second half where midfielder Joshua Parker made good on the equalizer. He moved his way around the defenders and launched the ball from directly in front of the goal area to score.

#Five minutes later Thomas James Bramble, of Antigua and Barbuda, followed up his single goal from the last game at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium with another at home. At the 59th minute he scored on The Bahamas to give the home team a 2-1 advantage with under 60 minutes on the clock.

#The tides looked to be turning in favour of the Benna Boys once again until the visiting team’s forward Nahum Johnson converted on an equalizer late in the Nations League match. Following a throw-in with 82 minutes on the clock, Johnson kicked the ball over the head of Antigua and Barbuda’s goalkeeper to tie the match and secure the draw before the November window.

#The Junkanoo Boyz made some final attempts to go for the win, including a shot by Jean Tilo, but were unsuccessful.

#With the team looking ahead to the final window of the Nations League matches, coach Davies is confident yesterday’s win will give them a boost going into the next segment of the competition.

#“They showed that they can play with these guys and that they are not that much better than us, if better at all, if we play the way we want to play and can play we can get good results once the guys have confidence in themselves” he said.

#The national team will play their next two matches against the top teams in Group D, Guyana and Puerto Rico.

#Guyana leads the group with 12 points. Puerto Rico is ranked second with 6 points. Antigua and Barbuda has a total of 4 points and The Bahamas has one point in the League B, Group D rankings.

BACK IN ACTION: The newly-named Dawn N Knowles Primary School Soccer Tournament got underway yesterday for the north group at the Roscow A L Davies Soccer Field. Photo: Tenajh Sweeting/Tribune Staff

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#THE newly named Dawn N Knowles Primary School Soccer Tournament returned to the Roscow A L Davies Soccer Field yesterday morning.

#Fifteen games were played across the north group for boys and girls in the under 10 and 12 divisions. The north group included TG Glover, Eva Hilton, Woodcock, Yellow Elder and Sadie Curtis Primary Schools.

#Latoya Sturrup, president of the New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association (NPPPSSA), was excited for the primary schools to be back on the pitch.

#“I am very excited. Ms Knowles did a kick off and also made a goal. The kids are excited, even though we had some sprinkles, we still managed to get the game off and everything is running smoothly,” Sturrup said. She added that the competition has improved across the primary schools after consecutive weeks of training.

#“We have improved, the competition is stiffer and the children are well prepared. You could see that they have been training more… it is just an exciting time and the kids are having a lot of fun,” the NPPPSSA president said.

#For the boys in the under 10 category, Eva Hilton earned wins against Sadie Curtis and Woodcock Primary. The primary school dropped Sadie Curtis 2-0 and Woodcock Primary 2-1. Antonio Hernandez earned three goals collectively on opening day for the school.

#TG Glover defeated Woodcock Primary 2-0. Meanwhile, Sadie Curtis and Yellow Elder came out with a 0-0 draw in the division.

#Eva Hilton once again shined but this time in the under 12 division. Noah Forbes pulled off a hat trick in the 5-0 win against TG Glover.

#The primary school also prevailed 5-2 against Woodcock Primary.

#Meanwhile, Yellow Elder defeated the latter opponent 2-1.

#The under 12 girls division saw Eva Hilton shutdown TG Glover 4-0. Raynique Tinker came away as the hat trick hero in the match.

#Additionally, the team finished in a 0-0 draw with Yellow Elder Primary School. The north group club also collected a 3-1 win against Woodcock Primary. TG Glover finished with a 2-2 draw against Woodcock.

#Eva Hillton beat Sadie Curtis 2-0 and TG Glover 1-0 in the under 10 girls division. Sadie Curtis came out tied 2 apiece in their match against Yellow Elder.

#Sturrup extended a special thanks to the Bahamas Football Association (BFA) for their role in providing the kids with equipment, uniforms and breakfast as well as their continued support of the NPPPSSA.

#Games commence for the primary schools of the south group at 10am today.