Men’s national cricket team return home with 2nd place
THE Bahamas men’s national cricket team returned home from the International Cricket Club’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Qualifer in Bermuda over the weekend with a second-place fnish and a berth in the second round. Host Bermuda won the title with a 2-0 win-loss record, while The Bahamas was 2-1 - the same identical record as Panama who got third. Belize was fourth at 1-2 and Brazil came in last at 0-3. All of the teams,
with the exception of Brazil, were awarded a point on their ledger. The team, coached by Andy Moles, included Turan Brown as captain, Gregory Taylor II as vice captain, Marc Taylor, Julio Jemison, Festus Benn, Everett Haven, Ricardo Patten, Renford Davison, Jonathan Barry, Shawn Fowler, Keith Burrows, Akash Gulati, Orville Howell and Ahil Amburose.
Team Bahamas
Bahamas Cricket Association president Greg Taylor Sr said there was a change in the fxture with The Bahamas originally scheduled to play Bermuda in the last game on June 27. Instead, The Bahamas had to play Bermuda on the frst day of competition on Saturday, June 20. "It rained all day. The teams were in place, but we couldn't get any games on that day,"
Taylor Sr said. "Therefore, the four teams scheduled to play that day got a point each. "But the team performed very well. We had outstanding performances from just about everybody."
Taylor Sr singled out the eforts from Turan Brown, who in his frst try as the team captain, made it to the next round.
Brown was named Man of the Game in The Bahamas'
victory over Belize and Marc Taylor got the other one for the win over Brazil. Against Panama, Taylor Sr said it seemed like everytime they didn't play up to standard, they (Team Bahamas) got beat. "That's the second time in 24 years that Panama has beaten us."
With that being their only loss, The Bahamas qualifed for the second round of the T20 World Cup Sub
Regional Qualifer early next year to determine who goes to the World Cup in 2028. "We have a good chance of doing that," Taylor Sr said. "We have another tournament coming up in September at the North America Championships, so that should keep us going and in shape." With the team just returning home, Taylor Sr said they intend to take a couple of weeks of before coach Moles gets the players back on The Bahamas Cricket Club’s pitch to start preparing for the tournament.
54th Bahamas Aquatics’ National Swimming Championships
Outstanding performances across the poolNya Ferguson, 9, establishes five national records
THE 54th edition of the Bahamas Aquatics' National Swimming Championships produced some outstanding performances across the board from the boys and girls in just about every age group and clubs represented.
In the words of Bahamas Aquatics' president Algernon Cargill, the four-day championships over the weekend at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex turned out to be one of the best they have staged in a long time.
While Mako Swim Club, headed by Travano McPhee, boasted of winning their eighth straight title, it was one of their youngest competitors who stole the show, even though there were some of the countries' elite swimmers and a number of international competitors in competition.
Mako's Nya Ferguson, a nine-year-old who will be entering grade four at Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, said she was thrilled to be back home with a lot of support from her family and friends.
"It feels amazing, just to know that I got to participate with the help of my coaches," said Ferguson, who established fve national records as
she dominated the girls’ 8-and-under division, winning a medal in every event she participated in. Ferguson said her goal is now set on the Goodwill Games that The Bahamas will host in August. She's hoping that she can turn in another stellar performance for the country before she returns to school. On the boys' side, a stellar performance came from Christon Joseph in the 13-14 division. The versatile 14-year-old, 6-foot basketball player claimed seven individual gold medals, breaking fve national records and one Bahamian Open record.
"My performance was exceptional. I trained really hard for this. I really wanted to do it and I executed," Joseph said. "I really enjoyed the 200m free and 100m butterfy because I came back faster than I ever did before."
As he prepares to enter grade 10, Joseph said he has one lofty goal for next season and that is to qualify for the 2028 Olympic Games to be staged in Los Angeles, California.
Mason Sadowski of Lyford Swim Club turned in a great performance as well in the boys’ 8-and-under division, easily winning seven gold medals.
"It was good. In the longer distance races, I didn't have anybody to pace of, so I had to just
try my hardest to see how I could get my best times," Sadowski said. "I feel good about my performances, but I think the 100m freestyle was my best event. I like the mid-distance events where you have to swim as hard as you can."
Isabella Cuccurullo, a member of Alpha Aquatics, had another top performance as she captured the girls’ 13-14 high point trophy with 63 points after controlling the breaststroke and butterfy events. "My performance was pretty good," said Cuccurullo, who ended up with seven gold medals. "I was on some of my best times, I
Outlawz open New Providence Amateur Baseball League season with 14-5 win over Sharks
THE Outlawz opened The New Providence Amateur Baseball League season with a 14-5 victory over the Sharks in opening day action Sunday at the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium. The Sharks scored frst in the top of the opening inning when Jaydon Brown drove in a run on a ground out. The Outlawz answered with seven runs in the bottom of the frst to take control of the game. Jaiden Cartwright, Stefan Cartwright, Craig Wells, Max
Gomez, Ben Dupuch and Omar Smith each drove in a run during the inning as the Sharks’ pitching staf issued six walks. The Outlawz broke the game open with another seven-run inning in the second. Craig Wells singled home a run, Keanno Hinzey added a two-run single, Stefan Cartwright, Wells and Gomez each forced in a run with bases loaded walks, while another run scored on a passed ball. Cayden Bethel took the loss for the Sharks after allowing seven runs, two earned, without surrendering a hit in two thirds of an inning. He struck out two and walked six. Gabar Collie earned the win for the Outlawz after
allowing three runs on three hits over one and one third innings with one walk. Marlon Bostwick, Mario Dean, Tevano Darling and Cavian Roberts each had one hit for the Sharks. Malik Williams, Darling and Roberts each drove in a run. Craig Wells, Max Gomez, Stefan Cartwright, Keanno Hinzey and Tyler Nairn each collected a hit for the Outlawz. Wells fnished with a game high three RBIs. The Outlawz also showed patience at the plate with 10 walks and stole four bases. Max Gomez, Stefan Cartwright and Jaiden Cartwright drew two walks each in the season-opening victory.
beat some of them and I added some times."
The 15-year-old former student of Lucaya International School in Grand Bahama who will be transferring to Baylor Boarding School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for grade 10, said she was pleased with her perfomances all weekend long.
"I've been training hard and I think I did pretty well. It was a pretty good meet for me. I enjoyed the 50m breastroke because I had problems in this event, but I dropped my overall time so I was pleased with it."
There were a number of records also produced, but one that stood out was from
the Blue Waves' team in the girls’ 8-and-under 200m medley relay in two minutes and 44.78 seconds.
Layla-Ray Julien said it was good because "we broke the record by fve seconds." She noted that she did the butterfy stroke and she "swam fast as I could. My team swims too. We worked together and we came frst."
Madison Richards, a nineyear-old heading into grade fve, said it was exciting. "I did good," she said. "I was surprised that we swam as fast as we did."
Peyton Bostwick, also nine, said she felt it was an "amazing performance" and she was very "excited"
about their accomplishments. "It went well for us and I am happy to swim with them."
And Charlotte King, who swam the backstroke, said she was "happy to have my team-mates racing with me." She noted that "it was our frst time getting the record. It was actually our second. But this one feels much better than the frst one because we got a lot faster this time."
At the end of the meet, Mako clinched its eighth consecutive title with 3,059 points, followed by the Blue Waves with 1,347.50 and Alpha Aquatics rounding out the top three with 1,168.
