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SPORTS SECTION E

MONDAY, MAY 23, 2016

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Temple Christian Suns take home track and field title

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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he Temple Christian Academy Suns were the most dominant primary school in basketball this year.

They carried that momentum over to track and field where they outclassed their rivals in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Frank “Pancho” Rahming National Primary School Track and Field Championships.

The Suns, coached by Sherry Francis and Nekeno Demeritte, accumulated a total of 272½ points to pull off the win in the three-day meet that attracted more than 30 schools from around the country.

JONES AND SUN LOSE TO MYSTICS, 84-76 IN OVERTIME

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun were outscored 17-9 in overtime en route to their second consecutive loss.

Jones finished with three points, three rebounds and one block in just over eight minutes of the Sun’s 84-76 loss to the Washington Mystics.

In their home debut at the Mohegan Sun Arena, the game went through 10 ties and 10 lead changes before the Mystics moved ahead for good.

Alyssa Thomas led the Sun (1-2) with 18 points. Jasmine Thomas added 13, Kelsey Bone scored 12 and Camille Little added 11.

Tayler Hill scored 24 for the Mystics, Bria Hartley scored 16 and Emma Messeman scored 14.

When the crowd at Mohegan Sun Arena last saw the Connecticut Sun the team was gasping for its breath at the end of a third straight season out of the playoffs.

Jones and her fellow first round draft picks continue to struggle for playing time early in the season.

“You don’t want them to lose confidence early in the season,” Miller said to Jim Fuller of the New Haven Register. “We truly believe it is the coaching staff’s job to put them in positions to be successful. (Thursday) was a big game for us with two of the budding teams in the league, two of the youngest teams in the league, so we were relying on some of the veterans.

“In crunch time we relied on that veteran rotation. We really believe in the rookies, believe they have a really great future but at the same time we are not going to put them in positions that they can’t be successful

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: Temple Christian Academy Suns celebrate.

SEE FULL MEET RESULTS IN TUESDAY SPORTS

Their nearest rivals were from Grand Bahama as Martin Town Primary came in second with 183 and Walter Parker Primary got third with 158. Closely behind in fourth were Central Abaco Primary with 153 and CW Sawyer rounded out the top five with 130.

“Our team’s performance was outstanding,” Francis told The Tribune. “Our kids dominated the meet and it was quite obvious that Temple Christian kids were well prepared in advance. “Our developmental programme spoke for itself from the under-7 division to the under-14. We won three out of the five divisions. We had one or two athletes in all of the finals, which was exceptional.”

Temple won the combined B division with 55 points, the C di-

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vision with 54 and the D division with 48½. They lost the A division that went to Central Abaco with 72. Martin Town were the winners of the E division with 64.

Francis said her Suns would be looking to shine again at next year’s championships as “our pool is very deep with athletes who are eager to compete.” She said it was evident in the fact that only two athletes per team were allowed to compete, so they had to leave a lot of athletes off the team this year.

She noted that the meet was an awesome one and well-organised, especially for the athletes as they got to interact with the lifesize cartoon characters which were on hand during the competition.

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NATIONAL RUGBY TEAM FALLS TO CAYMAN 20-8

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Rugby Football Union’s national team suffered yet another loss in the Americas North zone of the Rugby World Cup 2019 qualification process.

Following a 39-3 loss to Mexico earlier this month, the scoring woes continued Saturday as the Bahamas managed a single try in a 20-8 loss to the Cayman Islands in George Town, Cayman.

Despite the final score, it was a fairly competitive and penalty-filled match that saw the Bahamas unable to recover from an early deficit.

As they did against Mexico, the Bahamas missed an opportunity to score first when Brian Baker missed a conversion and Cayman seized momentum when Venasio Tokatokavanua scored the opening try less than two minutes later.

Hanson Shaw converted the extra point to give Cayman a 7-0 lead.

A play that seemed to give the Bahamas new life wound up costing them the services of a key player as Connor Albury suffered a broken leg just short of the try line.

Albury took an opening on the sideline and extended the ball for what looked to be a sure try only to have it knocked out of bounds at the last minute by a Cayman defender.

The momentum shifted back to Cayman as they dominated the remainder of the half. Shaw converted a kick and Andre Ormond increased the home team’s lead with a late half try to give Cayman the 15-0 advantage headed into the half.

The trend continued in the second half as it took just three minutes for Cayman’s

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Athletes ‘getting fine-tuned’ for BAAA Nationals in June

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WITH the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Open Track and Field Championships a month away, athletes are getting fine-tuned for the much-anticipated showdowns that will also prepare them for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August.

Led by Chris Brown, three Bahamians competed at the Meeting International Mohammed VI D’Athletisme de Rabat Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco.

Brown, facing some of the top quarter-milers in the world as he continues his slow outdoor campaign after serving as the meet di-

rector for his second Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational, settled for a fourth place finish in 45.75.

American LaShawn Merritt, winner of the men’s 200m at the CBBI on April 16, easily won the race in 44.66. Kévin Borlée of Belgium was a distant second in 45.26 and Isaac Makwala of Botswana was third in 45.38.

Adrian Griffith, who has already ran the fastest time this year by a Bahamian in the 100m of 10.12, moved up to the 200m where he was eighth in 21.32.

Alonso Edward of Panama took the tape in 20.07 with Hua Wilfried Koffi of the Ivory Coast second in 20.35. Bruno Herrera of Spain was third in 20.36.

On the field, Donald Thomas was ninth in the men’s high jump,

tied with two other comal scene, was second in petitors on more knockthe men’s high jump with downs at 2.20m. a leap of 2.20m.

Ukrainian Bohdan Sylwester Bednarek Bondarenko, the reignof Poland won the event ing world champion and with 2.21m and Takashi Olympic silver medallist, Eto of Japan came in sectopped the pack with a ond with 2.20m on fewer leap of 2.31m. American knockdowns.

Erik Kynard got second Also at the meet was with 2.28m andKonstaMichael Mathieu. He was BROWN dinos Baniotis of Greece fifth in another pretty dewas third with 2.25m. cent field of competitors in 47.06.

Two more competitors comJamaican Javon Francis won in peted at the IWC AA Drink 45.35. Liemarvin Bonevacia of the FBK-Games at the Hengelo’s Netherlands was second in 46.21, Blankers-Koen Station in Henge- while American Jeremy Wariner lo, Netherlands with high jumper continues his comeback trail, takJamal Wilson leading the way. ing third in 46.33, just ahead of Wilson, slowly making an im- compatriot Kyle Clemons, who pression as he continues his did 46.84 for fourth. breakout year on the internationTwo days earlier at the Ostrava

Golden Spike in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Griffith was seventh in the men’s 100m in 10.43.

Jamaican multiple champion and world record holder Usain Bolt stopped the clock in 9.98. Ramon Gittens of Barbados came in second in 10.21 and Hassan Taftian of Ireland got third in 10.25.

Also at the meet, Mathieu was eighth in the men’s 400m in 46.83.

Francis picked up another victory in 44.87 ahead of American Tony McQuay, who did 45.17 for second. PavalMaslák of the Czech Republic was third in 45.46.

The BAAA Nationals is set for June 24-25 at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium and will serve as the final trials for the Olympic Games, scheduled for August 5-21 in Rio de Janeiro.

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THE TRIBUNE

THE FINAL SCORE • THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Frank “Pancho” Rahming National Primary School Track and Field Championships concluded at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium Friday with the following scores posted: 1 Temple Christian School TC - 272.50 2 Martin Town Primary MTP - 183 3 Walter Parker Primary WP - 158 4 Central Abaco Primary CAP - 153 5 C W Sawyer School CWSS - 130 6 North Andros & Central Andros NCA - 100 7 Queens College QC - 89 8 Eleuthera All Star EAS - 87 9 Cleveland Eneas Primary CEP - 77 10 Hugh Campbell Primary HCP - 71 11 St. Anne’s School SAS - 63 12 Freeport Primary FP - 59.50 13 Claridge Primary CP - 56 14 Uriah McPhee School UM - 54 15 Garvin Tynes Primary GT - 52 16 St. Johns College SJC - 48 17 Charles W. Saunders CWS - 47 18 Long Island District LID - 43 19 Faith Way Christian Academy FWCA - 40 20 St. Andrews STA - 39 21 TG Glover Primary TGG - 38 22 Kindsway Academy KA - 24 23 Exuma Scorpions ES - 23 24 Sweeting Cay SC - 20 24 Bishop Michael Eldon School BME - 20 26 Sunland Baptist SB - 16 27 Centerville Primary School CPS - 12 28 Tabernacle Baptist Academy TBCA - 10 28 Lewis Yard Primary LY - 10 30 See-Saw Christian Academy SSCA - 8 31 United Estates Primary UE - 6 32 Jordan Prince Williams Primary JPW - 4 33 RN Gomez RNG - 2 Combined Team Scores - 1 CATEGORY A Division Place Team Points 1 Central Abaco Primary CAP - 72 2 Martin Town Primary MTP - 71 3 Temple Christian School TC - 55 4 Walter Parker Primary WP - 37 5 Queens College QC - 36 6 Uriah McPhee School UM - 31 7 Eleuthera All Star EAS - 29 7 Long Island District LID - 29 9 North Andros & Central Andros NCA - 26 10 Claridge Primary CP - 15 10 C W Sawyer School CWSS - 15 10 Cleveland Eneas Primary CEP - 15 13 Hugh Campbell Primary HCP - 13 14 Centerville Primary School CPS - 12 15 See-Saw Christian Academy SSCA - 6 15 St Andrews STA - 6 15 Exuma Scorpions ES - 6 18 Garvin Tynes Primary GT - 5 18 Freeport Primary FP - 5 20 St. Anne’s School SAS - 4 20 Jordan Prince Williams Primary JPW - 4 22 Faith Way Christian Academy FWCA - 3 Combined Team Scores - 2 CATEGORY B Division Place Team Points 1 Temple Christian School TC - 55 2 Walter Parker Primary WP - 46 3 C W Sawyer School CWSS - 34 4 Queens College QC - 33 5 Cleveland Eneas Primary CEP - 32 6 TG Glover Primary TGG - 28 7 St. Anne’s School SAS - 23 7 Hugh Campbell Primary HCP - 23 9 St. Johns College SJC - 22 10 Charles W. Saunders CWS - 21 11 Faith Way Christian Academy FWCA - 20 11 Bishop Michael Eldon School BME - 20 11 Sweeting Cay SC - 20 11 Kindsway Academy KA - 20 15 Central Abaco Primary CAP - 18 15 Eleuthera All Star EAS - 18 17 Freeport Primary FP - 16 18 Garvin Tynes Primary GT - 15 19 Claridge Primary CP - 13 19 Martin Town Primary MTP - 13 21 Tabernacle Baptist Academy TBCA - 10 21 Sunland Baptist SB - 10 21 North Andros & Central Andros NCA - 10 21 Long Island District LID - 10 25 RN Gomez RNG - 2 Combined Team Scores - 3 CATEGORY C Division Place Team Points 1 Temple Christian School TC - 54 2 Walter Parker Primary WP - 49 3 North Andros & Central Andros NCA - 37 4 St. Andrews STA - 33 5 Eleuthera All Star EAS - 32 6 Freeport Primary FP - 30 7 Martin Town Primary MTP - 29 8 Hugh Campbell Primary HCP - 25 9 St. Anne’s School SAS - 22 10 Claridge Primary CP - 21 11 Charles W. Saunders CWS - 20 12 Faith Way Christian Academy FWCA - 17 13 C W Sawyer School CWSS - 16 14 Cleveland Eneas Primary CEP - 14 15 St. Johns College SJC - 10 16 Exuma Scorpions ES - 9 17 Sunland Baptist SB - 6 17 Queens College QC - 6 17 Uriah McPhee School UM - 6 17 United Estates Primary UE - 6 21 Central Abaco Primary CAP - 4 22 Garvin Tynes Primary GT - 2 Combined Team Scores - 4 CATEGORY D Division Place Team Points 1 Temple Christian School TC - 48.50 2 C W Sawyer School CWSS - 23 3 Garvin Tynes Primary GT - 16 4 St. Anne’s School SAS - 14 5 Lewis Yard Primary LY - 10 6 Central Abaco Primary CAP - 9 7 Freeport Primary FP - 8.50 8 Eleuthera All Star EAS - 8 8 Exuma Scorpions ES - 8 10 Charles W. Saunders CWS - 6 10 Martin Town Primary MTP - 6 10 St. Johns College SJC - 6 13 Uriah McPhee School UM - 5 14 Long Island District LID - 4 15 North Andros & Central Andros NCA - 3 15 Claridge Primary CP - 3 17 See-Saw Christian Academy SSCA - 2 Combined Team Scores - 5 CATEGORY OPEN E Division Place Team Points 1 Martin Town Primary MTP - 64 2 Temple Christian School TC - 60 3 Central Abaco Primary CAP - 50 4 C W Sawyer School CWSS - 42 5 Walter Parker Primary WP - 26 6 North Andros & Central Andros NCA - 24 7 Cleveland Eneas Primary CEP - 16 8 Queens College QC - 14 8 Garvin Tynes Primary GT - 14 10 Uriah McPhee School UM - 12 11 Hugh Campbell Primary HCP - 10 11 TG Glover Primary TGG - 10 11 St. Johns College SJC - 10 14 Kindsway Academy KA - 4 14 Claridge Primary CP - 4

PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONS: Temple Christian Academy Suns celebrate their victory in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Frank “Pancho” Rahming National Primary School Track and Field Championships.

Suns take home track and field title FROM PAGE 1E The meet saw three events contested on the field to close out the final day of competition on Friday, while the majority of the action was on the track.

In the boys’ long jump, Shamar Smith of Martin Town Primary took the title home to Grand Bahama with his leap of 5.07m. Loceinski Tergenus of Central Abaco Primary followed with 4.62m. Kevin Barr, of Uriah McPhee, came in third with 4.61m.

In the girls’ other ball throw under 12, Jewel Arnette of North Andros won with 36.21m. Keianna Moss of St Anne’s was second with 32.35m and Syazha Kelly of Sunland Baptist got third in 30.82m.

And in the girls’ long jump under 10, Tyla Pratt of North Andros pulled off the win with 3.77m. Phoebe Thompson of Freeport Primary was second with 3.55m and Tiana Nixon of St Anne’s School third with 3.37m.

The track events got started with the 800m and in the girls’ under 14, Gershan Russell of Central Abaco Primary ran away from the field to take the tape in two minutes and 36.80 seconds.

Grand Bahama’s Indiya Albury of Walter Parker Primary was a distant second in 2:45.43 and Kendera Turnquest of Long Island was third in 2:47.74.

And in the boys’ under-14 800m, Sedian Pierre of the Eleuthera AllStars held on for the win in 2:30.33.

Louiderson Louis of Central Abaco got second in 2:31.70 and Takai Roker of Walter Parker came in third in 2:32.65.

The 200m followed with Grand Stephanique Dean of Hugh Campbell taking the under-12 girls’ race in 27.54.

Paige Archer of C W Sawyer was second in 27.71 and Karis Taylor of Kingsway Academy got third in 27.99.

The under-12 boys’ 200m was won

by Daniele Ermulus of TG Glover in 26.73. Rojade Tate of Sweeting Cay was second in 27.08 and Van Forbes of

Walter Parker came in third in 27.18.

In the girls’ 200m under 10, Phoebe Thompson of Freeport Primary showed her versatility by winning her race in 31.04. Shanyann Demeritte of Charles W Saunders got second in 31.51 and Darvinique Dean of Temple Christian came in 31.69.

The boys’ 200m under 10 was won

by Tyrone Conliffe Martin Town Primary in 29.21. Quinton Gordon of Walter Parker Primary was second in 30.07. John Rolle of Temple Christian came in third in 30.26.

In the girls’ 75m under-8, Sarsha Wright of Temple Christian won the race in 12.84. Nataya Watson of Temple Christian got second in 12.96 and Trinity George of St Anne’s was third in 12.98.

There was a boys’ 75m for under-8 competitors with Johnathan Higgs of C W Sawyer taking the tape in 12.02.

Ramon Murphy of the Exuma Scorpions was second in 12.24 and third place went to Chancey Baptiste of Central Abaco in 12.45.

Competitors then contested the 400m with the girls’ under-14 getting the one-lap series underway with Javonya Valcourt of Centerville Primary leading the way with her victory in 1:02.96. Leniqua Black of Martin Town Primary was second in 1:03.10.

Kasha Neilly of Temple Christian got third in 1:04.92.

The boys’ 400m under-14 was won

by Shamar Smith of Martin Town Primary in 1:00.46. Loceinski Tergenus of Central Abaco Primary came in second in 1:01.19 and Kevin Barr of Uriah McPhee was third in 1:01.51.

In the girls’ under-12 400m, Alexandra Smith of Tabernacle Baptist took the win in 1:04.46. Paige Archer of C W Sawyer School was second in 1:04.88 and Breyanna Kemp of Charles W Saunders got third in 1:05.99.

The boys’ 400m under-12 was won

by Kyle Bain of Faith Way Christian Academy in 1:06.00. Garvin McKenzie of Cleveland Eneas was second in 1:06.02 and Sheran Roker of Claridge Primary came in third in 1:06.75.

In the girls’ 400m under-10, Greer Levarity of Faith Way Christian Academy won in 1:13.83. Chinara Grant of St Anne’s School was second in 1:15.19 and Danielle Heastie of St Andrews was third in 1:15.23.

The boys’ 400m under-10 was won

by Bryson Rolle of Claridge Primary in 1:09.23. Thereno Evans of North Andros was second in 1:10.91 and Anthony Sweeting of Temple Christian came in third in 1:12.08.

The final individual events came in the straightaway races in the 100m.

In the girls’ 100m under-14, Grand Bahama’s Leniqua Black of Martin Town Primary was in a class of her own as she prevailed in 13.29. Teana Woodside of CW Sawyer was second in 14.01 and Halicia Russell of North Andros came in 14.03.

The boys’ 100m under-14 was won

by Richard Nelson of Central Abaco Primary in 12.48. Zion Campbell of Martin Town Primary had to settle for second in 12.66. His teammate Shamar Smith got third in 12.70.

In the girls’ 100m under-12, Grand Bahama’s Stephanique Dean of Hugh Campbell Primary crossed the line first in 13.46. Karis Taylor of Kingsway Academy in 13.67 and Ariella of Alcime of Martin Town Primary got third in 13.71.

The boys’ 100m under-12 was won

by Rojade Tate of Sweeting Cay in 13.26. Daniele Ermulus of TG Glover Primary came in second in 13.34 and Van Forbes of Walter Parker Primary got third in 13.82.

In the girls’ 100m under-10, Grand Bahama’s Phoebe Thompson of Freeport Primary turned in another spectacular performance, winning in 14.96. Shanyann Demeritte of Charles W Saunders was second in 15.44 and Greer Levarity of Faith Way Christian was third in 15.63.

And in the boys’ 100m under-10, William Heastie of St Andrews captured the title in 14.17. Ayden Kelly of Walter Parker Primary was second in 14.39 and Danajh Williams of Hugh Campbell Primary got third in 14.50.

BAHAMAS FALLS TO CAYMAN 20-8 FROM PAGE 1E

CONNECTICUT Sun’s Jonquel Jones, centre, shoots over Washington Mystics’ Kia Vaughn, left, and Ally Malott during the first half of Saturday’s WNBA game in Uncasville, Connecticut.

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JONQUEL JONES AND SUN LOSE TO MYSTICS, 84-76 IN OVERTIME

FROM PAGE 1E in or put them in positions where it could steal some of their confidence. I can’t be more pleased with their attitudes, they have worked really hard and are very talented so I am excited about it and the minutes will certainly come.”

The three picks - Jones, Morgan Tuck and Rachel Banham - played a total of 16:45 in the Sun’s lone win of the season.

Banham played a total of .6 seconds in the fourth quarter, while Jonquel Jones saw a total of 15.5 seconds of playing time in the fourth quarter.

On the season Jones is averaging 4.3 points, three rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game. After logging 23 minutes in the season opener, Jones logged a total of 15 minutes in the last two outings.

The Sun are scheduled to face the Los Angeles Sparks at 7pm on Thursday, May 26.

White to post another try on the scoreboard for his side. After a failed conversion they held a 20-0 lead.

The Bahamas fought tough for the remainder of the second half, but at a crucial point of the match they were unable to score with the ball inside the five metre line. The drive ended with a knockon giving the ball back to the Cayman Islands.

Ten minutes after their failed attempt, the Bahamas was able to get on the scoreboard for the first time when Mark Hammertoe took advantage of an unorganised Cayman defence to trim the deficit 20-5.

Baker made a 35-yard field goal for the game’s final mark.

In other Rugby Americas North scores on the afternoon, Mexico topped Bermuda 75-10, Guyana defeated Jamaica 23-5 and Trinidad and Tobago dominated Barbados 39-5.

The Bahamas has lost both group matches so far and have mathematically been eliminated from advancing to the second stage of the tournament.

In their final match of the RAN zone championship, the Bahamas will travel to face Bermuda on June 4.

THE TRIBUNE

Monday, May 23, 2016, PAGE 3E

Baku trials the last chance for boxers to qualify for Olympics

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WITH just the final trials in Baku, Azerbaijan, left for the local boxers to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games, the Amateur Boxing Association of the Bahamas is doing everything possible to ensure that they make the trip next month.

After the team of boxers fell short at the first trials held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 11-19, the boxers found out that there won’t be sufficient funds in the kitty to send them to Baku June 14-26.

National coach Andre Seymour said to ensure that the boxers have the opportunity to compete in the trials, they organised a souse out that was held at the National Boxing Center at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.

“It was great,” Seymour said. “We had a lot of supporters. Everybody was there to make sure that we raise some money to send this team off. We were really surprised.”

Seymour said the boxers are ready to travel to Baku.

Following the trip to Buenos Aires, he noted that they got invited to compete in a boxing exhibition in Trinidad & Tobago earlier this month and the boxers showed that they are all in a competitive mood and ready to compete in Baku.

“The boxers are ready,” he said. “The most important thing is just for them to stay focused. Time is winding down right now, but they are ready. Valentino Knowles is doing a wonderful job with their training at the National Centre.

“They are still working

out with Natasha (Brown) in the morning, so their fitness level is right where we want them to be. We are just trying to keep them as fit and competitive and under their weight when they go to Baku to compete.”

Carl Hield, who is currently in Cuba training, is expected to lead the team when he competes in the 75 kilogram or middleweight.

Rashield Williams is expected to join him very soon in Cuba. Williams will be competing in the 64kg class or light welterweight.

They will be joined by Keishno Major, who will contest the 201-plus pound or super heavyweight division and Godfrey Strachan, who will compete in the 75 kg or middleweight division.

Valentino Knowles, one of the most successful amateur boxers who turned pro but had to cut his career shortly after he was involved in a drive-by shooting incident that almost took his life, will be travelling as the coach of the team.

A couple of boxers from the Strikers Boxing Club, headed by coach Ronn Rodgers, are also looking at travelling to Baku to compete in the tournament.

According to Seymour, it’s going to cost the amateur association between $2-3,000 per boxer to travel to Baku, which is the capital and the largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region.

Seymour said they were “surprised” by the support from the parents of the boxers, and other members of the amateur boxing clubs, who all came out and assisted in making the fund

RASHIELD WILLIAMS (left) and KEISHNO MAJOR, two of the local boxers preparing for Baku.

“VALENTINO KNOWLES IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THEIR TRAINING AT THE NATIONAL CENTRE. THEY ARE STILL WORKING OUT WITH NATASHA (BROWN) IN THE MORNING, SO THEIR FITNESS LEVEL IS RIGHT WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THEM AS FIT AND COMPETITIVE AND UNDER THEIR WEIGHT WHEN THEY GO TO BAKU TO COMPETE.” — National boxing coach Andre Seymour

raiser a success.

As a result of the success of the event and the fact that they are still in need of some funding, Seymour said they are also looking at staging a grill out on Labour Day (June 3) at the same venue.

“We were surprised. The other boxers and people from the other sports all came out,” Seymour said.

“We were really surprised.

All of the souse out was sold out. We had a good time.”

With time winding down for the boxers, Seymour said they are always in need of good sparring and that is one of the reasons why they travel to Cuba because they have the competition over there.

“Cuba is just there for the sparring. The other things we can deal with right here,” Seymour said.

“Me and Valentino can deal with the technical as-

pects. They just need some good sparring.

“But heading into Baku, I am confident that our chances of qualifying is very good. They have to finish in the top four across the board in all of the weight divisions. So we feel confident that they can accomplish that goal.”

Seymour said the goal right now is to secure the necessary funding so that the team can travel. Once they can accomplish that, he said he’s looking forward to some great results in Baku.

• The Tribune is following Team Bahamas in the build up to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and will be reporting from Brazil this summer. The ‘242 on the Road to Rio series’ will appear every Monday and Thursday.

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BBF’s ‘Summer of Thunder’ to dominate offseason

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net AS we draw nearer to the summer months, the Bahamas Basketball Federation is once again preparing to host NCAA programmes for their star-studded series of exhibitions.

The BBF’s “Summer of Thunder” will once again dominate this offseason at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium and several teams have already confirmed their participation and are eagerly marketing the campaign to their respective fanbases.

The Tarleton State Texans is one such programme galvanising their fanbase for the early exhibitions.

The Texans will compete at the

Kendal GL Issacs Gymnasium, August 15-19 in addition to practicing and participating in community service activities throughout the trip.

“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Tarleton fans to travel to the Bahamas and watch our players compete against the top players in their country,” said head coach Lonn Reisman.

“The team will also visit an orphanage in Nassau and learn the importance of giving back to local communities. We hope to have a large crowd make the trip and experience this international tour as a Tarleton family.”

The Texans are coming off their second straight South Central Regional championship and have gone 55-12 the last two seasons.

Tarleton returns six lettermen

from last year’s Elite Eight qualifying team and six redshirt freshman in addition to the 2016-17 recruiting class.

Among the returning players are Romond Jenkins, the South Central Regional tournament MVP (7.2 points, 7.7 rebounds), Deshawn Riddick (5.9 points, 2.3 assists), Chantz Chambers (5.8 points), and Nosa Ebomwonyi (3.0 points).

The Summer of Thunder showcase is designed to expose local talent to an international style of basketball, as well as give Bahamian players a chance to compete against some of the best collegiate basketball players the NCAA has to offer.

The exhibition also allows young Bahamian athletes to familiarise themselves with poten-

tial tertiary level institutions in which they could possibly attend.

In 2015 there were 14 Division I programmes that participate in the event including: The University of North Florida, Ball State University, Eastern Illinois University, Georgia Tech, Saint Louis University, Southern Utah University, Youngstown State University, University of Central Florida, University of North Dakota, Middle Tennessee St University, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Bethune-Cookman University, West Virginia University and the University of Texas Arlington.

Prior to that event, BBF first vice president and event organiser Mario Bowleg said that the event is growing in recognition and is making a name for itself on the

BLTA recognises two rising tennis stars THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association is proud to recognise the achievements of two of its young tennis athletes - Sydney Clarke and Anthony Burrows.

Clarke was selected as one of the faces for Club One Gym. She was selected along with Olympian Ramon Miller to represent the establishment in its sports fitness campaign.

Club One wishes to combat the obesity problem with their upcoming fitness awareness promotions. She is the number one junior national tennis player in the girls’ 16s division.

Clarke has been playing competitive tennis for many years and has performed exceptionally well over the years. She has represented The Bahamas on several national teams.

Most recently, Clarke was a finalist in an International Tennis Federation (ITF) 14U tournament and semifinalist in 2015 JITIC 14U event, one of the top ITF junior tournaments.

“It is a great feeling to know that people consider you to be fit,” Clarke said. “The campaign gave me an opportunity to meet and work with an Olympian (Ramon Miller). That is really cool. It has motivated me to continue to excel in tennis and to encourage young people to be active and to make healthy food choices.”

Anthony Burrows was selected as student of the year at St Francis & Joseph Catholic Primary and was a nominee in the Bahamas Primary School Student of the Year Award for his achievement in academics, athletics, leadership and community service.

At the 20th annual awards cer-

SYDNEY CLARKE with “Golden Knight” Ramon Miller, spokesperson for the Club One Fitness campaign.

ANTHONY BURROWS accepts his award at Government House.

emony honouring the who’s who in primary school in the Bahamas, Burrows was selected 17th in the Bahamas Primary School Student of The Year award out of 110 students. These students are the best and brightest out of the Bahamas including nominees from Abaco, Andros, Berry Islands, Bimini, Cat Island, Eluethera, Exuma, Grand Bahama, Inagua, Long Island, Mayaguana and San Salvador.

In tennis, Burrows is presently ranked second in the boys’ under-12 and fourth in under-14. He has also represented the Bahamas on the international tennis scene by travelling

on the U-12 national team in 2015 to Curacao. “This experience was nerve wrecking but a rewarding one,” Burrows said. “I have learnt a lot.”

The BLTA is proud to recognise the achievements of its athletes, on and off the court, recognising that there are many facets to these young athletes.

“We encourage the role both Sydney and Anthony will play as being ambassadors for fitness and academics respectively,” said BLTA public relations officer Perry Newton. “We salute you both and your parents on this feat.”

international scene.

“The tournament is only getting bigger and expanding and even though we had 14 teams here, there are more that wanted to participate,” he said.

Local teams notched four wins against visiting teams in last series and another six games were decided by a single possession, three points or less.

“Bahamian teams have been able to hold their own. Many of the final scores have been close,” Bowleg said. “We feel as though the competition is stiff, the foreign teams and the coaches have been pleased that they have been able to face this competition as they prepare for their seasons.”

The full list of Summer of Thunder teams will be published as made available.

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Usain Bolt wins 100 at Golden Spike in 9.98

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Usain Bolt used his strong finish to win the 100 metres in 9.98 seconds at the Golden Spike meet on Friday.

Bolt recovered from a slow start but pulled ahead in the second half of the race to breeze unchallenged to the victory.

With the time, Bolt improved on his season’s best of 10.05 in the Cayman Islands on Saturday. After that first race of the season, he needed treatment on a tight hamstring in Germany on the way to the Czech Republic.

He didn’t appear to be limited on Friday though his time was still far from his world record of 9.58 in 2009.

“My reaction was good,” Bolt said about the start.

“The power behind the start wasn’t there. I didn’t execute.”

Ahead of the race, he said he would be happy with a time of 9.8.

“I had to get to work a little bit harder at the end to get up the speed,” Bolt said. “If I can improve that it should be OK.” Bolt is also scheduled to race in the London Diamond League meet on July 22 in his only other competition in Europe, two weeks before the Rio de Janeiro Games.

“This is a very important season. This is a very big year for me,” he added.

“I have a lot work to do. I just need to continue, need more races to go.”

Ramon Gittens of Barbados finished second in 10.21 while Hassan Taftian of Iran was third in 10.25.

It was the eighth time Bolt has raced at the Golden Spike. In 2012, he won the 100 in Ostrava in 10.04, a poor time by his standards, before he won three more gold medals at the London Olympics. He won his first three golds at the

2008 Beijing Games.

Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie of France cleared 5.83 metres to win the pole vault, beating world champion Shawnacy Barber of Canada, who made 5.70.

Jarret Eaton led the American 1-2 finish in the 110 hurdles, in a personalbest 13.25 seconds to edge Jeff Porter by 0.17.

World and Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton of the United States, who was scheduled to compete in the long jump and later in the 100 alongside Bolt, withdrew from the his first competition after completing only two jumps.

“During the second jump, I felt something happened in my left quad,” Eaton said. “I don’t know what happened but I don’t want to take a risk in the Olympic season.”

Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm of Germany had the best leap of 8.13. The rest of the field was placed in a separate category with Radek Juska of the Czech Republic taking the competition with a jump of 7.92.

Rehm hopes to become the second athlete with a carbon-fiber prosthesis to compete in the Olympics and the Paralympics after Oscar Pistorius in 2012.

“I hope I can perform at the Olympics but it will be the issue in next weeks,” he said.

Thomas Roehler of Germany dominated the javelin with a world-leading throw of 87.37 metres.

In the 200, Briton James Elligton won in a tight finish in 20.35 seconds, edging Likourgos-Stefa Tsakonas of Greece by 0.01. Also, Javon Francis of Jamaica won the 400 in 44.87, while LJ Van Zyl of South Africa was the fastest in the 400 hurdles in 48.67.

Christine Day of Jamaica took the women’s 400 in 51.09, well ahead of Carline Muir of Canada who clocked 51.84 while Jessica

SEMENYA IMPRESSIVE AGAIN, MERRITT ALSO WINS IN MOROCCO RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Caster Semenya set another world-leading time as she left behind a strong field to easily win the 800 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Morocco yesterday.

Semenya’s powerful performance comes after her victory in Doha two weeks ago. She went even faster this time, blowing past world indoor champion Francine Niyonsaba to win in 1 minute, 56.64 seconds, nearly two seconds faster than her last run.

In the men’s 400, LaShawn Merritt reeled in a tiring Isaac Makwala to take victory. Almaz Ayana was way out in front to win the women’s 5,000 but was just short in her attempt on Tirunesh Dibaba’s world record.

On her return to the Diamond League, double Olympic champion Valerie Adams won the shot put with a season’sbest 19.68 metres.

JAMAICAN sprinter Usain Bolt competes in the 100 metres at the Golden Spike athletic meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Friday. (AP)

Beard of the United States had 51.88 in third.

World 400 hurdles champion Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic finished third in her first race of the season, clocking 55.69 in a race won by Joanna Linkiewicz of Poland in 55.40.

Another world champion, Yarisley Silva of Cuba, was also beaten in her season debut by Czech Jirina Ptacnikova who cleared 4.60 metres in the pole vault.

HOW IT WORKS: A LOOK AT THE RETESTS OF OLYMPIC DRUG SAMPLES

By STEPHEN WILSON and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers GENEVA (AP) — Inside a non-descript concrete building in a Swiss parking lot lies evidence that could take down dozens of Olympic athletes.

The anti-doping laboratory in Lausanne holds the stored urine and blood samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics that are being retested with improved techniques to catch drug cheats who escaped detection at the time and to keep them out of this summer’s games in Rio de Janeiro.

So far, 31 unidentified athletes in six sports from 12 countries have been caught during retests of samples from the 2008 Beijing Games. Results on tests of 250 samples from the 2012 London Olympics will be known soon.

• Some things to know about the retesting programme:

MARTIAL SAUGY, head of the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses (LAD) of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CHUV, speaking, in Lausanne, Switzerland, during a press conference. (AP)

THE LAUSANNE LAB It’s officially called the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses, or by its French acronym LAD. It’s one of 34 labs around the globe accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency and is affiliated with the University Hospital of Lausanne. The lab is located in a drab building near a small Coop supermarket, beside a main road and at the end of the M2 metro line. Visitors have to be buzzed in to take the elevator up the threestory building.

The lab director is Martial Saugy, a Swiss scientist with long hair and a soul patch above his chin that gives him the look of a jazz musician. Saugy and his lab have often been caught up in major doping cases. Lawyers for Lance Armstrong tried to undermine Saugy’s evidence about the cyclist’s suspect samples from the 2001 Tour de Suisse. Saugy also met with Armstrong’s entourage ahead of the 2002 Tour de France when he was a witness for antidoping authorities in their case against the American rider.

THE RUSSIAN CONNECTION Links between Russia and the Lausanne lab were questioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency inquiry team that detailed statesponsored cheating in a report last November. Panel chairman Dick Pound said the lab did not have a convincing explanation for destroying 67 samples that were sent from Moscow in 2013.

An inquiry witness in Russia implicated Moscow lab director Grigory Rodchenkov in a plot to retain clean samples for 67 athletes ahead of the London Olympics. If any of the athletes later produced a positive sample, it would be replaced by their clean sample and the athlete would pay Rodchenkov.

In late 2012, WADA asked for all 67 samples to be retested in Lausanne. One tested positive for low levels of a banned substance, 54 were clean and 12 had too little volume for proper testing. The Lausanne lab destroyed the samples after a standard three-month storage period despite a request

from WADA to keep them.

An investigation by the Lausanne hospital, opened within days of the Pound report, cleared the lab of wrongdoing. Rodchenkov is now at the centre of a scandal over Russian doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He says he helped Russian athletes dope before Sochi and switched their tainted samples for clean ones during the games. Sochi samples are also stored at the Lausanne lab and the International Olympic Committee says it plans to retest those as well.

SAMPLE PROCESS By the end of any Olympics, IOC testers are in control of as many as 5,000 urine samples.

Samples are divided into “A’’ and “B’’ bottles, and the “B’’ samples are available in case they’re needed to corroborate a positive result in the “A’’ bottle.

The initial tests take place in the lab located in the Olympic city. Because of the huge number of samples and tests that need to be conducted in a short period

of time, not every sample is tested for every drug. Experts take educated guesses on which set of athletes are more likely to use certain drugs and run the according tests.

After those tests, the leftover urine is placed into a cargo container that’s refrigerated, then loaded on an airplane that goes to Geneva. From there, the samples are transported to the lab in Lausanne and stored in a large vault, where they can be stored in a locked freezer at one of two temperatures — minus 20 or minus 80 Celsius, depending on the type of freezers the lab buys.

“Chain of command” is a critical part of the anti-doping process, and every time the bottles change hands, or locations, forms must be filled out to acknowledge who has been in contact with the bottles. A missing link in that process can invalidate a positive test.

Under new rules, the IOC can hold the bottles for up to 10 years, and can thaw the urine for a retest any time during that window.

The limit was recently raised from eight years, which gives scientists more time to identify new drugs, then develop new tests to identify them. Also, scientists can develop more sensitive tests for metabolites — residue — of known drugs that are found in urine. And, if a test for a certain drug wasn’t completed at the Olympics, it can be done in a retest years later.

“The anti-doping guys have an arsenal that they don’t make public,” said Tom Brenna, a Cornell University professor and an expert on anti-doping laboratories.

An example Brenna gave was the discovery of a test for plastic residue from the bags some cyclists used for EPO-laden blood transfusions. Because EPO has been notoriously difficult to detect, the test for the “plasticizer” gave the drug-fighters a backdoor method to prove someone was using the drug.

MEDAL REALLOCATION The IOC is notifying the 12 national Olympic committees whose athletes have been caught in the Beijing retests. Names and details have been kept confidential for legal reasons. If athletes are found guilty of doping and stripped of medals, any reallocation won’t take place immediately. The IOC will retest the samples of those athletes who stand to move up in the medals to make sure they were clean.

BY THE NUMBERS The 31 new cases from Beijing represent by far the highest number of positive tests from a single Olympics. Beijing had already produced 14 doping cases during the games, plus six cases involving doping of horses.

Retests of Beijing samples in 2009 produced five more cases for the blood-boosting drug CERA. The new retests bring the overall total to 56. The previous high was held by the 2004 Athens Olympics, with 26 cases.

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Klay Thompson has carried Warriors this postseason

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A far cry from his brash, former basketball-playing father, Klay Thompson is perfectly content to be the soft-spoken, second superstar behind MVP Stephen Curry. He is more than happy to let Draymond Green do the arguing, arm flexing and trash talking.

Yet Thompson’s hardnosed performances on both ends of the court all postseason are arguably the biggest reason the defending champion Warriors are back in the Western Conference finals and one step closer to a repeat title.

“He doesn’t say a lot, but he absorbs a lot. He’s all over it, he kind of sends off this vibe that he’s a little out there, but it’s the old expression ‘still waters run deep,’ something like that,” coach Steve Kerr said. “There’s a lot more in there than you think.”

Thompson, he just wants to play.

“We’ve got a huge fan base, but it’s not No. 1 on my list,” Thompson said of engaging with supporters and the media. “I just enjoy, I love playing the game.”

After he carried Golden State for much of the first two rounds, Thompson’s teammates took the pressure off with a balanced performance in Wednesday night’s 118-91 Game 2 win against the Thunder that notched the Western Conference finals at one game apiece.

Earlier in the playoffs, Thompson shared how

Kerr challenged him to “channel my inner Reggie Miller” and constantly keep moving. Kerr has appreciated Thompson’s ability to drive and dish and making things happen without the ball — and he did it much of the time without fellow Splash Brother Curry, who was sidelined with ankle and knee injuries.

So, when Golden State eliminated Portland in five games last round, Curry offered one final thing: A thoughtful shout out to Thompson and all he has meant during this title defense.

“Klay doesn’t even want the limelight,” said Kerr.

“He just likes to play and he would prefer not to do any media. I don’t think he cares at all about having his name out there or doing endorsements or whatever.

In many ways he’s the perfect kind of second star on a team because of that. So Steph and Draymond get most of the attention. Klay enjoys being in the background, living his life quietly.”

His demeanor certainly isn’t like that of his former power forward father, Mychal, a No. 1 overall pick

by Portland in 1978 who played 12 NBA seasons.

Thompson prefers to praise his teammates at any chance rather than discuss himself.

“We’re kind of different because he loves to talk.

He loves to talk trash, he loves the camera and the limelight,” the two-time All-Star son said of his dad. “That might be from playing with the Showtime

GOLDEN State Warriors’ Klay Thompson, centre, shakes hands with fans as he walks off the court after Game 5 against the Portland Trail Blazers in the second-round NBA basketball playoffs in Oakland, California, on May 11. Golden State won 125-121. Thompson’s role is a big reason the Warriors are closer to their goal of a repeat title. (AP) (Lakers) for a while or growing up in the Bahamas.

I didn’t get that gene from him. But I’m getting better at it.”

After five games defending James Harden and five more chasing Damian Lillard, there was no getting around the attention for superb outing after outing.

Thunder star Russell Westbrook is his current assignment, with the best-of-seven series shifting to Oklahoma City for last night’s Game 3.

The 26-year-old Thompson is known to be funny in team meetings or elsewhere

behind the scenes.

“Klay is who he is. That’s the beauty of him,” Kerr said. “It’s important because every team has kind of a pecking order, totem pole, however you want to put it, and guys need to slide into roles. There are teams where maybe you have two guys who want the attention and want the ball and maybe it doesn’t click.

The personalities have to fit, just like the skills have to fit. I think that’s one of the strengths of our team.

People enjoy being around one another and they are

comfortable in their roles, and I think Klay is a huge part of that.”

Thompson logged 2.61 miles per game — at 4.34 miles per hour, no less — in the first two rounds while playing 36.1 minutes and taking on the scoring load in Curry’s absence.

Green has told Thompson at times this postseason to keep looking for his shot, even when the defence changes up on him or the ball doesn’t drop for the All-Star 3-point contest champion.

Thompson did just that

in the Portland series, following up a playoff careerhigh 37-point performance in the opener with 27 points and five 3-pointers in Game 2. In fact, he had scored at least 20 points in eight straight playoff games before Wednesday.

Thompson expects the Warriors to build off Game 2, when he scored 15 points but played just less than 30 minutes, and to learn from the lack of poise they exhibited in losing the opener.

“We know what it takes to win,” he said. “It’s extremely hard.”

Lorenzo passes Marquez in photo finish for Mugello win

YAMAHA rider Jorge Lorenzo jumps on the podium as he celebrates after winning the Italy’s Moto GP grand prix at the Mugello circuit, in Scarperia, Italy, yesterday. (AP)

SCARPERIA (AP) - World champion Jorge Lorenzo passed fellow Spaniard Marc Marquez on the final straight to win a thrilling Italian Moto GP yesterday.

Marquez took the lead briefly on the final corner but Lorenzo pushed his Movistar Yamaha ahead once the road became straight again and won by just 0.019 seconds at the Mugello circuit.

“I thought Marquez would have more energy at the end when he passed me,” Lorenzo said. “I thought to stay in second place and take the points but finally I remembered a little bit 2005 when I was in 250 and I passed (Alex) De Angelis in this corner in the last chicane for second and I thought maybe I

could do the same. I tried a crazy move and it was OK but I was going right in the second corner of the chicane. My bike was quite fast and I could get past Marc for an unexpected victory.”

Andrea Iannone of Italy finished third, 4.742 seconds behind. Pole sitter Valentino Rossi was right behind Lorenzo in second midway through the race when he ran into technical problems, with white smoke blowing out of his bike. The seven-time champion in the elite series had to return to his garage and retire, a huge disappointment for the majority of the more than 100,000 spectators.

Lorenzo, Rossi’s teammate, blew his engine during warmup,

but overcame those worries to increase his lead over Marquez in the world championship to 10 points, with Rossi 37 points back in third.

Lorenzo, Rossi’s teammate, blew an engine during warmup.

“I was very unfortunate,” Rossi said. “I had the same problem as Jorge but his happened in the warmup and mine during the race. It’s a huge loss ... It’s always disappointing to have a breakdown but to do it here, in front of my fans, hurts even more. Especially because I felt really fast and I could definitely have won.”

French driver Johann Zarco won the Moto2 race and Brad Binder, of South Africa, took the Moto3 race.

BROTHERS STAKE CLAIM FOR PREAKNESS VICTORY WITH EXAGGERATOR BALTIMORE (AP) - Bonded by their prowess for getting the most out of race horses, brothers Keith and Kent Desormeaux have a relationship that can best be described as professional.

Sure, they love each other. Yet, after the duo teamed to win the Preakness Stakes with Exaggerator on Saturday, the most visible sign of affection between the two was a fist pump from Keith, the trainer, after Kent rode the colt to a stunning victory.

“It’s interesting that our styles are the same,” Keith Desormeaux said yesterday. “That’s why we don’t have to speak much. We know exactly what we want from each other.”

Standing outside the Preakness Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course on another rainy day in Baltimore, 49-year-old Keith explained how he and his younger brother ultimately formed a winning combination in a Triple Crown race.

“We were here together a couple years. He went out to California and I remained here and then spent most of my time in the Texas-LouisianaKentucky circuit and everywhere in between,” he said. “But we came together these last few years in California. I train for an off-the-pace style of running, and you rarely see Kent on the lead.”

Besides, having your brother as a jockey means there’s never a need to mince words.

“You don’t have to worry about hurt-

ing your employee ... uh, it shouldn’t be said that way,” Keith said. “I can’t cuss out Gary Stevens. But being he’s my brother, it’s a little easier when the adrenaline is flowing.”

After finishing second behind Nyquist in the Kentucky Derby aboard Exaggerator, Kent Desormeaux ran a brilliant race in the Preakness. He stayed on the rail, lurking from a safe distance before rushing past Nyquist in the stretch and pulling away to win on a sloppy track. It was the third Preakness victory for Kent, 46, who has also won the Derby three times.

For Keith, it was the biggest win of his career as a trainer.

That it came courtesy of his brother was, seemingly, nothing more than a footnote.

“We had an embrace up there,” Keith said. “But brotherly love? I don’t know, is it different than any other kind of love? When you know you have that type of love, you don’t need to show it outwardly. We know what we have.”

The victory ended Nyquist’s bid for a Triple Crown and provided Keith Desormeaux with a euphoric feeling that was years in the making.

“I personally never had a doubt that I’d get here,” he said. “It wasn’t a matter of if but when. That’s what I tell myself. If I woke up every day wondering if I was going to win a Derby or Preakness or Belmont, I wouldn’t enjoy my work. I wake up every day thankful that I get to do this for a liv-

ing.”

Kent Desormeaux, a Hall of Fame jockey, also had plenty to be thankful for. His battles with alcohol have been well documented, and he had not won a Triple Crown event since the 2009 Belmont Stakes, the third leg of US horse racing’s triple crown.

“The owners and trainers, absolutely, put me on a pedestal, and I hope they’re all very proud that they’re not wrong about what they gave me,” Kent said after the race. “Because this is where I belong, riding classics.”

After calling their mother in Louisiana, the brothers had a late dinner at a steakhouse as part of a muted celebration.

“With all the emotion leading up to that race, and beginning a meal at 10 o’clock, I don’t care how excited you are, you’re starting to wind down,” Keith said. “We had a nice meal, pleasant chatter and a couple glasses of wine and it was over.”

Keith Desormeaux was asked if he would put Kent on Exaggerator in the Belmont. With a wry grin, he replied: “No, I’m thinking about giving somebody else a chance. He’s won so many of these things, he’s getting a little greedy. Get Calvin (Borel) out of retirement.”

It was all a joke, of course. The brothers will team again at the Belmont, where on June 11 they will try to make it two in a row over Nyquist after losing four times to the previously unbeaten horse.

TRAINER Keith Desormeaux holds a trophy after Exaggerator with Kent Desormeaux atop won the 141st Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 21, 2016, in Baltimore. (AP)

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KANE, VARDY SCORE AGAIN TO EARN ENGLAND 2-1 WIN OVER TURKEY

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer

JUVENTUS’ players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the Italian Cup soccer final against AC Milan at Rome’s Olympic Stadium on Saturday. Substitute Alvaro Morata scored in extra time and Juventus beat AC Milan 1-0 to win the Italian Cup on Saturday, becoming the first club to win the league and cup double in consecutive seasons. (AP)

Juventus beats AC Milan 1-0 in extra time to win Italian Cup

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Showing off his ability to shine in the most important matches, substitute Alvaro Morata scored in extra time as Juventus beat AC Milan 1-0 to win the Italian Cup on Saturday.

The Turin power became the first club to win the league and cup double in consecutive seasons.

In the 110th minute at the Stadio Olimpico, Morata required one touch to redirect a cross from Juan Cuadrado past Milan’s 17-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

The loss means Milan will miss out on Europe for a third consecutive season. The Rossoneri had to win the final to qualify for the Europa League following a seventhplace finish in Serie A. Juventus, meanwhile, earned its third trophy of the season, having opened the campaign by beating Lazio in the Italian Super Cup then rebounding from a difficult

start to comfortably secure a fifth straight Serie A title.

The goal came two minutes after Morata came on for Hernanes, and on the forward’s third touch.

“My friends asked me yesterday if was playing and I told them no.

So they said, ‘Well, you’ll come on and score a goal,’” Morata said.

“I wish every final would be like this.”

While Morata was largely relegated to a bench role this season behind Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic, it’s not the first time he’s scored a big goal for Juventus.

In last season’s Champions League semi-finals, Morata scored in both the first and second legs against Real Madrid, plus a temporary equaliser in a 3-1 loss to Barcelona in the final.

It might have been Morata’s last match for Juventus, amid reports that he could return to Madrid.

“Now I’ve got to prepare for the European Championship,” Morata said when asked about his future. “Today I can’t think about

that (transfer).”

It’s Juve’s 11th Italian Cup title.

Milan, which has five titles, hasn’t won the cup since 2003 — and no trophies at all in nearly five years, since the 2011 Italian Super Cup. Cuadrado came on in the second half, and with Morata’s entrance Juventus concluded with four forwards on.

“I had to decide whether to go for it or settle for penalties and I went for it,” Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said. “It worked out.”

Milan controlled for almost the entire first half, attempting 10 shots to Juve’s one in the opening 45 minutes. After that, it was an even match until Morata’s late strike.

“We probably deserved it more considering how we played but we lacked the knockout punch,” Milan midfielder Riccardo Montolivo said.

“If we had played all season the way we did tonight it probably would have been a different type

of season.”

In the final segment of added time, Milan substitute Jose Mauri sent a potential equaliser just wide.

Minutes later, Italy President Sergio Mattarella presented the trophy to Juve’s Giorgio Chiellini, who was captain for the night since Gianluigi Buffon did not play.

Struggling Milan forward Mario Balotelli played only the final eight minutes.

It was likely the last match for Milan interim coach Cristian Brocchi, who produced just two wins in six Serie A games after replacing the fired Sinisa Mihajlovic.

“It hurts,” Brocchi said. “The guys did everything I asked them to and the only thing we lacked was a goal.”

Brocchi hopes to continue with Milan next season.

“Of course that’s what’s in my heart,” Brocchi said. “I’m partly responsible for the way we played tonight.”

UNCERTAINTY FACES VAN GAAL DESPITE ENDING MAN UNITED DROUGHT

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Louis van Gaal had little time to savour delivering Manchester United’s first trophy since the Alex Ferguson dynasty ended three years ago.

Within an hour of collecting the FA Cup after Saturday’s victory over Crystal Palace, Van Gaal left his jubilant players to be faced with more uncertainty about his United future now the season is over.

For six months United has not challenged the veracity of reports that the American ownership will ditch Van Gaal before his third season in charge and bring in Jose Mourinho. United’s leadership still remained silent on Saturday, rather than publicly backing Van Gaal.

Just before Van Gaal entered the Wembley Stadium news conference after the 2-1 victory over Palace in extra time, fresh reports emerged that Mourinho’s hiring was inching closer.

“I don’t want to talk about leaving,” Van Gaal responded when it was highlighted that United hasn’t denied it plans to recruit Mourinho.

Mourinho did not comment when approached by reporters at a boxing event in London on Saturday. Fired by Chelsea in December, Mourinho told The Associated Press last week that he would sign a contract with a new team by the end of next month.

Van Gaal had the air of a manager on the way out during a combative exchange with reporters at Wembley. The 64-year-old Dutchman delivered a defence of his United reign and claimed internal restrictions prevented him from achieving more this season. United failed to achieve its ultimate goal of Champions League qualification after finishing fifth in the Premier League.

Asked about targets for next season if he stayed in charge, Van Gaal responded: “That’s dependable because also last season I have asked for players but you don’t think that the players I have asked (for) have come.”

UNITED’s manager Louis van Gaal, right, watches as the players pose with the trophy after they won the English FA Cup final against Crystal Palace at Wembley stadium in London on Saturday. United won 2-1. (AP) Van Gaal complained that clubs more than double the cost of players when the record 20-time English champions make an approach.

“I need the players that I have asked (for),” he said. “I have said I want creative, fast wingers ... and we didn’t do that because it was not possible.”

Clicking his fingers, Van Gaal said: “You are thinking everything is possible at Manchester United.

No. I’m sorry. It is not.”

Nor does winning the world’s oldest football cup competition necessarily guarantee keeping your job.

What Van Gaal has done — largely due to injuries — is adhere to the club’s traditions of utilising academy graduates. One produced the winning moment in extra time as Jesse Lingard netted five minutes after United was reduced to 10 men in the 135th FA Cup final.

The Palace defence only halfcleared Antonio Valencia’s cross

and Lingard volleyed into the top corner of the net to complete United’s comeback. “We’ve had a tough end to the season but I thought we worked very hard today — our determination got us through this so I’m delighted,” United captain Wayne Rooney said. “It’s been a (while to win a cup).

“Winning trophies lifts football clubs and lifts supporters. The fans have had a tough few years. Hopefully they enjoy tonight.”

United showed the fighting spirit often lacking under Van Gaal to provide a winning end to the campaign.

Alan Pardew won’t. The Palace manager produced a giddy jig on the touchline after Jason Puncheon put the London club ahead in the 78th minute. But within three minutes, Rooney waltzed through the Palace defence before whipping in a cross that Juan Mata equalised from.

Fortune seemed to favour again

at the end of the first period of extra time when Chris Smalling received a second yellow card for a rugby-style tackle, grabbing Yannick Bolasie’s right leg.

Smalling saw red but United kept its cool, with Lingard striking in the 110th minute to deny Palace a first major trophy.

It is the first time United has won the FA Cup since 2004 — one of 38 major trophies Ferguson won as manager from 1986 to 2013. Ferguson’s immediate successor, David Moyes, was fired after less than a year in charge. Van Gaal has managed to end the club’s rare trophy drought, and the Dutchman has titles in four countries in management. “I don’t want to speak about Louis van Gaal leaving,” Rooney said. “He’s still our manager and it’s a bit unfair after we’ve just won the FA Cup to speak about him as if he isn’t here. He’s a good manager. I’m grateful he’s helped us win this FA Cup.”

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy transferred their scoring form in the Premier League to the international stage yesterday, netting England’s goals in an unconvincing 2-1 victory over Turkey in the teams’ first warmup match ahead of the European Championship.

Vardy capitalised on successive mistakes from Turkey goalkeeper Volkan Babacan to sweep home a close-range winner in the 83rd minute, handing the Turks their first loss in 14 matches stretching back to November 2014.

Kane put England ahead in the third minute and missed a 72nd-minute penalty that would have restored England’s lead after Hakan Calhanoglu’s 13th-minute equaliser — Turkey’s first-ever goal against England in 11 games.

Vardy and Kane were paired up front by England coach Roy Hodgson after scoring 49 goals between them in the Premier League this season. With captain Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge also fighting for attacking berths in the team at Euro 2016 in France, it has given Hodgson some thinking to do.

As has the performance of some of his squad hopefuls.

Hodgson has to cut three members of his provisional 26-man squad for the final group of 23, and Jack Wilshere — a Hodgson favourite — failed to make a convincing case for selection in his 66 minutes on the field. The Arsenal midfielder is coming back from a long injury layoff and is struggling for rhythm and match sharpness.

Winger Raheem Sterling, coming off a disappointing end to the season with Manchester City, also struggled to impress on his home ground as England played the first of two games away from its usual home of Wembley Stadium. England plays Australia in Sunderland on Friday, after which Hodgson will finalize his squad for Euro 2016.

Turkey was on top for spells in the second half and could be a surprise at the Euros, where it is in Group D with Spain, Czech Republic and Croatia. Cenk Tosun twice came close when the score was 1-1 and substitute Olcay Sahan was denied an injury-time equaliser by England goalkeeper Joe Hart.

Turkey will also rue the concession of Vardy’s goal. Gary Cahill’s header from a corner was parried away weakly by Babacan, who made that error worse by falling onto the heels of Ismail Koybasi, a defender stationed on the post. That gave Vardy time to pounce and the Leicester striker’s shot from two metres hit the face of Babacan and careered into the net.

Vardy also won the penalty that Kane squandered, when he dispossessed Mehmet Topal and bore down on goal before being brought down by Topal. Kane’s penalty clipped the outside of the post and the Tottenham striker held his head in his hands.

He had been celebrating early on when he ran onto a pass from club teammate Dele Alli, from what appeared an offside position, and sidefooted home.

It was Kane’s 32nd goal for club or country this season, and he appears one of the few guaranteed starters against Russia in Marseille on July 11 in England’s first game at the Euros.

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Monday, May 23, 2016, PAGE 7E

While Djokovic, Williams wait, Wawrinka gets going in Paris

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Thanks to rain, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams must wait an extra day to start their bids for history at the French Open.

The two No. 1-seeded players originally were slated to play first-round matches today, the second day of the clay-court Grand Slam tournament.

But the schedule already is being shuffled because of showers that created a delay of more than 2½ hours in the afternoon and returned to halt all play in the early evening, allowing a total of only 10 out of 32 matches to be completed.

So the soonest Djokovic — who is trying to complete a career Grand Slam and become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win four consecutive major titles — and Williams — hoping to equal Steffi Graf’s Open-era record of 22 major championships — will get started is Tuesday, which is Day 3 at Roland Garros.

ANDY MURRAY serves during a training session of the French Open at Roland Garros stadium in Paris on Saturday. (AP)

MURRAY STARTS: No. 2-seeded Andy Murray’s first-round match comes against Radek Stepanek, who qualified for the main draw at the age of 37. They’ve played eight times in the past, dating to 2005, and Murray is 6-2 in those matches.

Murray is coming off a clay title at the Italian Open, where he defeated Djokovic in the final. Murray is also without a fulltime coach at the moment, having recently split with Amelie Mauresmo.

“I had the impression that we’d reached the end of what we could do professionally together,” Mauresmo said in an interview with L’Equipe magazine. “Andy is complex. On a court, he can be the opposite to how he is in life. It can be disconcerting.” As for when he’ll hire a replacement, Murray said: “Things obviously are going well just now, so no need to sort of rush into anything.”

Instead, some of the players considered possible challengers will be in action today.

If the weather holds up, that is, because there is more rain in the forecast for Day 2.

Among those scheduled to play today: No. 3 Stan Wawrinka, the defending champion, who beat Djokovic in the 2015 French Open final. “Novak is the favourite, for sure,” Wawrinka said. “But I think it’s going to be interesting to see what’s going to happen with the other players.”

Wawrinka is coming off a confidence-boosting title last week on red clay in Geneva, where he defeated his first opponent in Paris, Lukas Rosol, in the semifinals.

That victory made Wawrinka 4-0 against Rosol, a player best known for stunning Rafael Nadal in the second round of Wimbledon in 2012.

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RESUMING: The halfdozen matches that were suspended in progress yesterday are to resume today.

Those involve players such as No. 5 Kei Nishikori, who has a two-set lead against Simone Bolelli; No. 23 Jack Sock, headed to a fifth set against Robin Haase of the Netherlands; and 2009 French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, up a break at 3-1 in the third set against Yaroslava Shvedova.

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Radwanska lost to Williams in the Wimbledon final in 2012, Muguruza did the same last year, and Halep lost to Maria Sharapova in the French Open final in 2014.

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THE TRIBUNE

THE NOMINEES for Equestrian Bahamas Junior Sportsmanship Award proudly present their certificates. Shown (l-r) are Ella Holowesko, Emily Lowe, Sara Tilberg and Cairo Morrison. Missing from photo is Peyton Wong.

Photos by Carol O’Brien

Celebrating our accomplishments EQUESTRIAN BAHAMAS HOLDS 3RD ANNUAL END-OF -YEAR AWARDS CEREMONY

LOCAL equestrians of all ages gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2015-2016 competition year at Equestrian Bahamas’ 3rd Annual End of Year Awards Ceremony, held last Saturday at La Hípica Restaurant in western New Providence.

The evening began with special prizes being awarded to 19 young riders who achieved either a Level 1 or Level 2 certification in the new Equestrian Bahamas Rider Certification program.

The Rider Certification programme, which was launched in late 2015, is a rigorous, progressive certification programme designed to broaden riders’ horsemanship knowledge and skills.

The programme has eight levels, designed to conform to international equestrian standards. At each level, riders achieve certification by scoring 80 per cent or more on each section of a three-part test.

“The successful launch of the Rider Certification Programme has been a very important accomplishment for EB as a sporting federation,” said Cathy Ramsingh-Pierre, president of Equestrian Bahamas. “The goal of the programme is to ensure that our riders meet international standards in their essential skills. To see so many young riders achieving certification at their particular levels in this first year of the programme speaks to their dedication, and to the level of technical excellence in instruction that our trainers provide.”

Overall end-of-year awards were next, with riders, trainers, friends and family members cheering as EB’s beautiful aqua, black and gold prize rosettes were presented to the highestscoring riders and horse owners in each category of competition.

End-of-year award winners were calculated according to horse and rider performance in specific categories (called divisions) across the aggregate of the seven horse shows in the 2015-2016 horse show season.

The first and second highest scorers of each division were awarded champion and reserve champion rosettes, respectively. In addition, every rider who participated in one of Equestrian Bahamas’ shows over the course of the year received a ‘participant’ ribbon in acknowledgement of their participation and support.

Leading members of the community were at the event to present some of the major awards. Mrs Francis Adderley presented the Dr Francis Adderley Per-

AWARDEES FOR 2015-2016 Short Stirrup Equitation Division Champion: Mila Sands Reserve Champion: Morgan Peterson Pony Equitation Division Champion: Lila Nottage Reserve Champion: Katherine Farrington 11 & Under Equitation Division Champion: Maya Tilberg Reserve Champion: Elle O’Brien 12-14 Equitation Division (A) Champion: Cairo Morrison Reserve Champion: Siena Holowesko 12-14 Equitation Division (B) Champion: Ella Holowesko Reserve Champion: Tamsin Nottage 15-17 Equitation Division Champion: Sara Tilberg Reserve Champion: Emily Lowe Short Stirrup Hunter Division Champion: Trade Secret (owned by Camperdown Equestrian Centre) Reserve Champion: Reese’s Pieces (owned by Camperdown Equestrian Centre) Pony Hunter Division Champion: TGIF (owned by Lila Nottage) Reserve Champion: Cinnamon Twist (owned by Erika Adderley)

CAIRO MORRISON, winner of the Equestrian Bahamas Jr Sportsmanship Award.

ELLA HOLOWESKO receives the Lady Marie Dupuch Perpetual Trophy from Pierre Dupuch.

Child/Adult Hunter Division Champion: Gandolfe (owned by Erika Adderley) Reserve Champion: Graceful Lark (owned by Maya Tilberg) Regular Working Hunter Division Champion: Touch of Grey (owned by Tamsin Nottage) Reserve Champion: Gandolfe (owned by Erika Adderley) Hack Division Champion: Dehlia (owned by Sara Tilberg) Reserve Champion: Casino Royale (owned by Erika Adderley) Puddle Jumper 1 Division Champion: Kokopelli’s Dance (owned by Camperdown Equestrian Centre) Reserve Champion: Trade Secret (owned by Camperdown Equestrian Centre) Puddle Jumper 2 Division Champion: Trade Secret (owned by Camperdown Equestrian Centre) Reserve Champion: Reese’s Pieces (owned by Camperdown Equestrian Centre) Pony Jumper Division Champion: Blue Ice (owned by Isabella Coello) Reserve Champion (tie): Skye’s the Limit (owned by Kimberly Johnson) Mr. Casanova (owned by Erika Adderley) Novice Jumper Division Champion: Graceful Lark (owned by Maya Tilberg) Reserve Champion: Casino Royale (owned by Erika Adderley)

MILA SANDS, Junior High Point Rider, with the Equestrian MAYA TILBERG receives Dr FranBahamas executive committee members Erika Adderley and cis Adderley Perpetual Trophy from Mitzi Thompson.

Mrs Francis Adderley. petual Trophy, awarded to the horse or pony with the highest overall points accumulated in Jumper Divisions. This award was won

by Trade Secret (owned by Camperdown Equestrian Centre), and accepted by Ms Jessica Thompson, a trainer at CEC. Mr Pierre Dupuch, JP, was on hand to

present the Lady Marie Dupuch Perpetual Trophy to Ella Holowesko, winner of the Bahamas Junior Classic. The final award of the evening was the Equestrian Bahamas Junior Sportsmanship Award. Five finalists were invited onto the stage to receive certificates of commendation. Finally,

Miss Cairo Morrison was announced as the winner, proudly receiving the beautiful floating trophy, donated by Mrs Barbara Pyfrom and family. The End of Year Awards ceremony marks the end of Equestrian Bahamas’ 2015-2016 show season. Competitions will resume in the fall.

Training Jumper Division Champion: Touch of Grey (owned by Tamsin Nottage) Reserve Champion: Dehlia (owned by Sara Tilberg) Junior High Point Rider – Mila Sands Hunter Pony of the Year – T.G.I.F. Hunter Horse of the Year – Gandolfe Jumper Pony of the Year – Trade SecretJumper Horse of the Year – Graceful Lark Dr Francis Adderley Perpetual Trophy winner – Trade Secret Lady Marie Dupuch Perpetual Trophy winner – Ella Holowesko Bahamas Junior Sportsmanship Award (Pyfrom Floating Trophy) – Cairo Morrison