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NEW FUNDS VITAL IN HEALTH CRISIS

Years of underfunding hospitals and staff has left system on its knees

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands says the country needs to find sustainable funding to address many of the long-standing challenges plaguing the public healthcare system.

He spoke after health officials raised alarms about overcrowding at the Princess Margaret Hospital.

During a press conference on Thursday, Health and Wellness Minister

Dr Michael Darville told reporters the hospital was “bursting from the seams” due to a major influx of non COVID-19 patients.

He said some 52 people were waiting to be admitted into the hospital on Thursday, some of whom had to be transferred to Doctor’s Hospital West later that day.

Speaking with The Tribune yesterday, Dr Sands said the harsh reality is the current model being used to address health concerns in the country is “broken”.

SEE PAGE FOUR

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander has encouraged officers to “be careful” how they communicate with the public, warning that he will not stand for disrespect.

While he stressed that respect is a “two-way street”, the Commissioner said it is his intention to facilitate “in-house training” to ensure officers can relate to members of the public in the correct way.

The police chief made the comments as a guest on Immediate Response with Spence Finlayson.

“The public has always been our ears and eyes and we continue to build that relationship,” Commissioner Fernander said on Friday.

“I encourage officers to be careful how they communicate with the public.

It’s a no, no when it comes to disrespecting the members of the public. I don’t stand for it and we’re going SEE PAGE FIVE

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE hotel union’s president says it is “diametrically opposed” to the industry’s proposal that tipped employees receive less than a full minimum wage increase, saying: “We’ve been taken for a ride for too long.”

Darrin Woods, the Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union’s chief, told Tribune Business “it just cannot happen” after this newspaper reported that the hotel sector had “intervened” over the upcoming minimum wage rise.

Responding after employers effectively called for two minimum wage floors, with employees earning the bulk of their income from gratuities receiving less than the full planned rise, he questioned FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS

AIRPORT STAFF TO TAKE STRIKE ACTION TODAY

FERNANDER WARNS OFFICERS MUST SHOW PUBLIC RESPECT

By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

UNION - SPLIT FOR MINIMUM WAGE WILL BE NON-STARTER

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

SHAUNAE’S SUNDAY STROLL BAHAMIAN Olympic double champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo cruising to victory in her 400-meter run at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, yesterday. Shaunae reached the semifinals with a time of 51.10 seconds. See SPORTS for more.

Photo: Ashley Landis/AP

MILLIONAIRE’S BEACH - WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

A FOUR-YEAR battle involving a prominent developer and some of Harbour Island’s ultra wealthy landowners is escalating once again over disputed claims that a Supreme Court Order has been violated.

The ongoing fight between developer Chad Pike and his Bonefish Alley Ltd entity, which is

THE SITE in Harbour Island. constructing a harbour side beach in the area known as the Narrows, and some of the project’s neighbours has been branded Briland’s equivalent of the decadelong battle between Louis

Bacon and Peter Nygard by several locals spoken to by Tribune Business.

For ranged against Mr Pike and Bonefish Alley are a group of high-end expatriate Harbour Island homeowners including Arpad Busson, the hedge fund magnate, a former husband of super model, Elle Macpherson, known as “The Body”, and also ex-partner of Hollywood actress, Uma Thurman.

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AIRPORT operations in both New Providence and the Family Islands could be seriously impacted today, as Bahamas Airport Authority workers intend to take industrial action, The Tribune was told.

While it is unclear the extent to which the workers will act, the decision comes as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was expected to conduct an audit in the country today, this newspaper understands.

SEE PAGE SEVEN

INSIGHT DAVIS SAW NIB CRISIS IN 2001 WHAT WILL HE DO NOW? SEE PAGE EIGHT

PAGE 2, Monday, July 18, 2022

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Climate change ‘largest public health emergency of century’

By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville says climate change is recognised as the largest public health emergency of the 21st century.

During the Climate Change and Health Leaders Fellowship reception on Friday, Dr Darville underscored the devasting impacts of climate change.

“When you look at our national debt, a lot of the debt we presently have in the country is directly related to climate change.

Devastating storms; fast as we build our medical infrastructures, we have storms,” he said.

“You will find that the bulk of our national debt is tied in with weather systems, hurricanes, storms, and devastation.”

Dr Darville said destruction of medical health infrastructures by

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville.

Hurricane Dorian affected the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“If you have a climate change event or a hurricane, it destroys your healthcare structure and damages your clinics. It becomes very difficult to mount a response. Developed countries who have sophisticated healthcare systems had difficulties.

You can imagine the effects of climate change and the impact of the health and well-being of the Bahamian people,” he said.

A climate-resilient health plan is a key priority in the Ministry of Health, Dr Darville stressed.

He said the Bahamas is partnering with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Green Climate Fund/European Union, United Nations, and other

organisations to confront the climate crisis.

The Ministry of Health is training the next generation of physicians and healthcare providers to aid in making the country’s health system climate-resilient.

“Our proactive approach features health professionals as the vanguards for implementing climate solutions and understanding the importance of education,” he said.

Additionally, Dr Darville said his ministry is trying to combat the mental impact of climate change.

“We are now having our summer youth camps, we have children from Abaco and Grand Bahama who have been impacted directly as a result of these climate change events,” he said.

In regard to monetising carbon credits, he said it will aid in the country having the financial resources to fight the effects of climate change.

NEW PROVIDENCE IS HIT BY WEEKEND OF HEAVY RAINFALL

By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

THERE were 6.18 inches of rainfall from Friday to Sunday morning in Nassau - above average activity, Chief Meteorological Officer Patricia Weeks said yesterday.

Heavy rainfall affected the island consequently leading to extreme flooding in some areas.

Ms Weeks pointed yesterday to a combination of factors leading to the rainy weather.

“We had a mid to upper

level low system over the area,” she told The Tribune.

“That was over the northwest and central Bahamas and that is what triggered the unsettled weather pattern over the island, along with moisture in the atmosphere. That combination assisted all of the weather that we’ve been having. The system is just sitting over the island for the most part not moving very fast.

“We still are getting some remnants of it as the actual low itself is smack between the southeast Florida coast and Grand Bahama area.

So, it’s in that area but it’s

still affecting mainly the extreme northwest Bahamas, but we’re still getting some showers and isolated thunderstorms across portions of the central islands.

So, we expect for that to continue off and on in those areas today through tonight as well with some drying up later on in the week.”

Asked if this rainfall is unusual, she replied: “For the month of July, we usually get rainfall - 6.23 is our monthly total rainfall for... the entire month. So this is above average for that period (just gone) and we haven’t closed the month as yet.”

FLOODING in Pinewood over the weekend as seen in this image from video.

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Monday, July 18, 2022, PAGE 3

Mother calls for answers over son’s drowning

By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A DEVASTATED mother has been left searching for answers following her son’s drowning.

According to a police report, 25-year-old Tre Hamilton drowned in waters in western New Providence while with friends on June 11.

However, his mother, Sherique Patton, has doubts about what was reported from both the police and the friends with whom he spent his last moments.

In an interview with The Tribune, the grieving mother recalled the steps she went through after finding out the news; however, she is seeking more answers about what happened to him on that day.

“When I saw it on the news, I passed out and woke up in the hospital,” Ms Patton said. “But the following day, I flew to Nassau. The friend that Tre was with I asked him to take me and give me some clarity on what took place with my son. He took me, but what he showed me wasn’t making sense, you know?

“I wasn’t able to see Tre’s body at the morgue, they told us it was going to be a picture. So, I had to wait

a week to see his body, for them to release him to the funeral home.”

Ms Patton said after her son’s body was released, she noticed markings about his body.

She later contacted CDU, as they had not reached out to the family, but after a week with no further action she contacted the coroner’s office.

“I went to the coroner’s office, and they gave me a report and that report had a lot of inconsistent information and it showed bullets and different things,” she said.

The coroner’s office stated it was a “mistake” as the information was copied and pasted from a previous report.

Ms Patton said to date, nothing has been corrected and she only has the autopsy report which said that Tre died from a “neck injury and complicated drowning”, however, she said, some of the abrasions and the haematoma she noticed was not listed on the report.

According to the mother, a friend who was present during Tre’s demise, had given a statement to the police on the beach.

She also said that friend was given her son’s possessions; however, his cell

phone was missing and when it was asked for by the family it is alleged Tre went swimming with the phone.

“They said to me Tre went swimming with his phone.

“My son will never go swimming with his phone.

He would have never taken his phone in the water because he loved taking photos and that particular day he was recording,” said Ms Patton.

The resident of Fort Lauderdale is asking for answers to fill in the “inconsistencies”.

“I don’t want to accuse anyone of doing anything to my son. You know I have a cause of death, but what led up to that cause of death? I just have answers where there is so much inconsistency between the police department and the coroner’s office,” the grieving mother told The Tribune.

She reflected on the kind of person her son was, telling this newspaper he was “loved by many”.

“I just want them to know that Tre was loved by many and there is a God who sits high and looks low. He has not forgotten my son’s name.”

He celebrated his birthday on June 30.

MARCO ALERT SYSTEM USED FOR FIRST TIME

By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

ALTHOUGH pleased to see cell phone alerts notifying the public of a missing minor, RISE Bahamas president Terneille Burrows said there is cause for concern regarding the system.

A few people over the weekend said they received an alert on their cellphones about the missing female minor.

The alert, with the title “Child abduction (Amber alert)”, included information about Deonte Clark, aged 17. Clark, according to the alert, was last seen on July 10.

Her height, complexion and build as well as a telephone number for CID was also included.

However, Ms Burrows said the listing of an “amber alert” was “incorrect language”, adding the phrase

“Marco Alert” should have been used.

She also stated the timeline of the post did not seem to be in accordance with Marco’s Law, which stipulates a 24-hour timeline.

Ms Burrows said: “If you would have gone online and looked up the law and you would see where they have stipulations related to the timeframe in which the alert should be sent.

So, it clearly went over that timeframe and we want that rectified.

“There should be a link of a picture of the child we believe and we realise after polling that a number of people did not receive the alert. Surprisingly enough of those who had received the test alert a couple weeks back initially some of them did not receive the actual alert,” she told The Tribune.

“And another question we have is whether the television media have

been given protocols and standards related to posting the alerts through their medium, through the television. Also we want to know if the billboard is fully operational and coincides with the text alert. Also, because MARCO acronym stands for Mandatory Action Rescuing Children in Operation, should we therefore remove the opt out option and ensure that is indeed mandatory?

“Finally we’d like a full breakdown of at least the $5.4m that were awarded since 2019 related to Marco’s Alert. We want a breakdown of how the funds were distributed.”

Yesterday, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said the billboards were up and cable along with iPhone testing was in the works.

He said officials thought to use the parts of the system that were up and ready to go.

TRE HAMILTON

MAN IS KILLED

BY FALLING RAMP AT WORK

A MAN is dead after an industrial accident involving heavy equipment in Abaco on Friday.

Police said shortly before 11am, officers at the Marsh Harbour Police Station received a report of an industrial accident at a heavy equipment company on Don McKay Blvd, Marsh Harbour.

Uniformed officers were dispatched to investigate.

“Initial reports revealed that an Hispanic male employee while working on a lowboy trailer, the folding metal ramp came loose and fell on him.

“As a result, he was assisted by other employees who removed the ramp off of him.

“Emergency Medical Services personnel attended the scene and found no signs of life. The victim was transported to the Marsh Harbour Clinic via ambulance where he was seen and examined by a doctor and pronounced dead.”

This matter remains under active investigation, police said.

PAGE 4, Monday, July 18, 2022

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Pintard reveals ‘five points’ to help progress of nation

By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS lmunnings@tribunemedia.net OPPOSITION leader Michael Pintard has spoken of what he believes are some of the key areas of society and government that urgently need addressing.

In a speech to the Rotary Club at Nassau Yacht Club on Friday Mr Pintard highlighted five points that he believes could bring the country progress: a greater sense of urgency, responsiveness, inclusiveness, transparency and accountability.

“I’m in parliament my second time and often it is rather worrisome to watch us pat ourselves on the back passing pieces of legislation that stakeholders in respective sectors have been pushing for in some cases for decades,” he said.

“The truth is that the legislation can only be passed by parliament, so we really have very little justification for being slow in being responsive to those communities and at the point we passed them we’re celebrating ourselves.

“When I talk about this,

I’m talking about the members of the differently abled community that have called for some fundamental changes in building codes, in cultivating a society that is inclusive in terms of its employment we have made some strides, but we certainly don’t deserve to be patting ourselves on the back. We should do our job quietly and firmly and apologise for having taken so long.”

He noted that another important principle on good governance is responsiveness.

“It is important that we are responsive to the cries that are in our community and one of the challenges we have today is that we have a country that is food insecure and while we have a supply chain issues it makes sense for us to concentrate in a very aggressive way to ramp up our production because we do know through successive studies that show import substitution over a threeyear period we are able to save this country somewhere in the vicinity of two to $300m if in fact we do the

required things in agriculture in marine resources in order to fix our food insecure position,” he said.

Mr Pintard explained the need for the country to be more inclusive in their decision-making process as some voices are “entirely too loud”.

“The third challenge that we have is the importance of inclusiveness, including other voices in the decision making of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. There are two voices that are important but entirely too loud one is the political voice, two is the religious voice. Now I firmly believe based on my religious upbringing that it is important for leaders of the faith-based community and ought to be the conscience of the country in many ways,” he said.

“I do believe that there is a key rule for policymakers to play in coordinating the efforts of various stakeholders, but there are many other voices that are critical. The business community I believe that we have a largely passive business community in the Commonwealth of the

MICHAEL Pintard at the Rotary Club meeting at the Nassau Yacht Club on Friday.

Bahamas that occasionally through the Chamber of Commerce or other federations of businesspersons we weigh in on what is going on in our country, but I do not believe there’s sufficient commentary on choices made by policy makers.”

Mr Pintard said he stands as an advocate for the

collaboration of the government and the opposition.

“There was a time that some governments actually held workshops where the technical team, who drafted legislation not only shared it with the private sector it was also shared with the opposition so when we get into the House of Assembly we’re not

engaging in grandstanding or one-upmanship on the other, but we are moving the discussion forward in a way that is beneficial to the thousands of people, some of whom are without light, without water - who are relying on us to engage in mature conversations to improve the quality of their lives.”

NEW FUNDS VITAL IN HEALTH CRISIS

from page one

He said many of the problems in public health are not new, but were just exacerbated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

To address these challenges, the former Cabinet minister said the country needs to “find a way for sustainable funding for our public healthcare system,” adding the situation at both PMH and the Rand Memorial Hospital cannot continue.

“I think that the fundamental problem of Princess Margaret Hospital and the Public Hospital Authority - because this problem also is found at the Rand - is a capacity issue and it’s a funding issue and this has

been a problem now for decades,” he said.

“The system promises to deliver, but it’s not given the tools to deliver and so let me give a shout out to all of the people who do the best that they can, every single day, in incredibly adverse and challenging circumstances.

“But if you start with a situation at the Public Hospitals Authority it is underfunded annually by about $35m or $40m, then you understand why maintenance is a challenge and new equipment is a challenge and why improved terms of engagement for certain level of the staff is a problem and why we have not enough pharmacists, radiologists, physiotherapists,

occupational therapists, etc.

‘What ends up happening is because this system is functioning on the edge... so if you get a few extra COVID patients, a few extra gunshot wound patients, a few people call in sick, etc, the ripple effect is magnified.”

The Free National Movement chairman also highlighted the need for more manpower in public health, saying the country has not invested enough in this regard.

“Right now, the shortage is not in buildings, but it is in people and I’m not talking about support staff,” Dr Sands continued. “Unless you stop the bleeding in terms of registered nurses, your healthcare system will be in peril.

“The situation with registered nurses in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas it is at a crisis level and has been so for some time and this requires urgent, deliberate attention. We started the process - and I certainly recognised how important it is - but we didn’t go far enough and if we don’t go far enough, we will see more public clinics shut down and more Family Island clinics shut down and less services offered to Bahamians, etc.”

Dr Darville has previously committed the government to addressing the nursing and bed shortages.

He also promised that the Davis administration will build two new “state of the art” hospitals as highlighted

PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL in its Blueprint for Change.

“The Princess Margaret Hospital is one of those campuses. We will create another campus and a feasibility study for that facility is near completion for that here in New Providence,” the health minister said on Friday.

“I’ve indicated that there were two potential sites.

Those sites are being completed and once they are completed and we believe

that the sites are capable of handling the additional campus, we will begin to notify the Bahamian people of the next step.

“But while we’re speaking, we’re making steady progress for the new hospital in Grand Bahama, which is also challenged. I’m pleased to report to the media that all of the geo technical studies have been done and my next step would be to survey the land,” he said.

AMERICAN MAN AND DAUGHTER HURT IN CRASH AN American man and his young daughter were ejected from a golf cart they were driving during a collision with a car in Bailey Town, Bimini, on Saturday.

Alice Town police were alerted to the accident in the area of Beach Club 360, at Porgy Bay shortly before noon.

“Initial reports revealed that a 2008 green and beige golf cart, driven by an adult male and accompanied by his juvenile daughter, both of New Bristol Lane, Brentwood, Tennessee, while travelling north on Kings Highway, North Bimini collided with a Black 2013 Acura TL driven by an

adult male of Bailey Town, Bimini,” police said.

“As a result, both passengers of the golf cart were ejected. They were treated on scene and later transported to the Bimini Community Clinic with non-life-threatening injuries. The other driver was not injured. This matter remains under active investigation.”

Hours later, shortly before 4pm a team of officers while conducting routine patrols in the Porgy Bay Area, observed a Grey Honda scooter with two male occupants acting in a suspicious manner.

“The officers beckoned for the males to stop, where they were informed of the officer’s suspicion. A search was conducted of both males and while searching one of the males, a black valet pouch containing a quantity of suspected marijuana was found in his left front pants pocket,” police said.

“As a result, an adult male of Port Royal, South Bimini was arrested and taken into police custody.

Additionally, the driver was also reported for several traffic infractions.”

Investigations are continuing.

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Monday, July 18, 2022, PAGE 5

Attorney wants MP Gibson’s ex-fiancée to give evidence

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE attorney representing the man accused of defaming Long Island MP Adrian Gibson has requested Mr Gibson’s exfiancée be summoned to court to give evidence in the case.

Ian Cargill made the request in his client Gregory Miller’s intentional libel trial after raising concerns with some parts of Mr Gibson’s testimony on Friday.

The matter is being heard before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt.

Miller is accused of transferring $200 to Mr Gibson’s Royal Bank of Canada account that he shared with his ex-fiancée at the time, in an attempt to defame him in December 2018. He is also charged with intentional libel.

While on the witness stand earlier this month, Mr Gibson testified that he was taken aback when he saw a $200 deposit from Miller’s company, Apex Underground Utilities.

He claimed he never did any work for the company that would require payment.

As a result, the Long Island MP said he contacted

his bank and later called for an investigation.

According to Mr Gibson, Miller’s company was one of the several entities that had submitted bids for a Water and Sewerage Corporation contract in Long Island and Crooked Island.

Ultimately, he did not receive the contracts.

The former WSC chairman told the court he believed Miller made the deposit to “entrap” him, claiming it was transferred on the same date that the Long Island tenders came out.

He took the witness stand again Friday for crossexamination, which was conducted by the Crown prosecutor in the case, ASP Clifford Daxon.

When asked whether he had any interactions with Mr Miller, Mr Gibson recalled that he spoke with the accused sometime in 2018 or 2019 on a WSC conference call concerning “the retention of a Pinewood project.”

About a year earlier, he said Miller approached him while he was having lunch with a church overseer.

He told the court he believed the defendant did this because “word on the street” at the time

was that he was set to be appointed the WSC executive chairman.

However, Mr Cargill interjected, arguing the remarks were “hearsay.”

Magistrate FergusonPratt agreed and cautioned Mr Gibson.

She also questioned him further about the alleged bank transaction and how he came to the conclusion that someone was trying to “entrap” him.

“I am trying to ascertain how would anyone know your bank account information,” the chief magistrate said on Friday. “I must know what the premise (for this) case is and in trying to determine that, I am trying to ascertain the factual matrix.

“Based on the evidence, which this witness gave, the court wants to be clear on how did he come to form the view that someone entrapped him.”

In response, Mr Gibson said he could not speculate as to the “defendant’s thinking” and could only assume the accused got the information from someone working at the bank.

Mr Cargill then conceded that Mr Gibson’s response was “irrelevant” as his former fiancée, with whom

LONG Island MP Adrian Gibson in the House of Assembly. he shared the account, was not present in court to give evidence on exactly what happened.

“I note that this is a joint account. I note that the person who is also in signatory to this account other than this witness is not listed as a witness,” the lawyer argued.

“So, all of this is irrelevant because if there are two persons whose name appear on the account, I may not know why the

funds were not there but the other person might know so you can’t feel that someone is trying to entrap me when somebody else is also on that account and you don’t know the relationship between that person and the other person.”

“So, the only thing I can now ask is that person be summoned to come to court. That’s the only way we can know.”

In response, the chief magistrate told Cargill it was more appropriate for

him to present his concerns on the matter in closing submissions.

Meanwhile, the crown prosecutor told Cargill to make an application, seeking to have Gibson’s ex-fiancée summoned if he so desired.

Mr Gibson, who is facing several bribery charges in connection with his tenure as WSC chairman, will return to court in relation to this case on August 26.

The case will continue at 11 am.

FERNANDER WARNS OFFICERS MUST SHOW PUBLIC RESPECT from page one

to have some training, inhouse training, to ensure that we build that relationship. And that respect is a two-way street and we have to continue to do just that.”

He also suggested having a tough approach when it comes to minor crimes - in answering questions from listeners regarding crimes such as stealing and concerns about urban renewal.

“I feel your pain with respect to those questions that you put forward and my position is I want to bring structure, communication and accountability across the board... As I indicated earlier these minor crimes and that’s why identifying a system, an assistant commissioner to be in charge of those divisions.

Two divisions to bring more accountability and better communication with members of the public.

“With respect to the

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander speaking yesterday. minor crimes, as I said, we got to go zero tolerance with respect to these minor crimes and we will do just that and I will encourage you and other members of the public with respect to your property…

“We are bringing structure to our urban renewal programme to be able to

communicate with you members of the public within the community to build that relationship so that we can be on one accord as we approach and deal with this crime situation. But I feel your pain and I understand exactly where you’re coming from, but it’s going to be a zero

tolerance across the board starting from the minor crimes.”

Prior to the question, Mr Fernander spoke about how there was always one assistant commissioner in charge of the ten divisions but he believed that workload was too great for one person.

“So, I have identified each assistant commissioner to take charge of two divisions, which border each other. So, let’s say Southern Division and the Grove Division they border each other, so I have one assistant commissioner and there are two chief superintendents to each one of them to report directly to the assistant commissioner.

You have more leadership and guidance.

“We’re going to bring back our inspection and review team and that will identify areas like that. We are deficient at the division. The communication level with the members of

the public, ensure that the officers respond in a timely manner to the complaints made, and follow ups. So, we’re going to take a zero tolerance with respect for minor crimes and I believe if we’re able to hold those minor crimes down within our communities you will see the changes.”

He also gave his views about the power of urban renewal and how it could have been used in one situation.

“The blood of little Bella I believe that if that Urban Renewal was in there powerful and knowing each other we would’ve been able to see some red flags and somebody would be able to say that something is not right there and were able to jump on that. So, this Urban Renewal, we’re gonna take it to another level so we will know what is going on in our community and where we could assist in bringing other agencies on board.”

The police chief also noted plans are in the works for the identification of a court that focuses solely on people found in possession of unlicensed firearms and are being used in committing an offence.

Mr Fernander also mentioned the issue of guns and protecting the borders. He said he has initiated a task force to assist the Royal Bahamas Police Force, Royal Bahamas Defence Force, customs and immigration to be part of the initiative in terms of checking and manning the border.

Meanwhile, he also addressed the number of officers graduating and the others to come.

“We are deficient with officers. As we speak we have 100 officers in training now. They are expected to graduate in September of this year and so another two months or so and then we have another 100, which is lined up so that we could fill those gaps.”

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Health system problems not dealt with in decades THE problem with kicking the can down the road is that a day will come when there’s no more road.

In today’s Insight section, Malcolm Strachan points out that when an actuarial report on the health of the National Insurance Board landed on the then chairman’s desk in 2001, that was the same man who now has to deal with the crisis predicted in that document – current Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis.

Mr Davis has been part of several administrations since then, and no significant action was taken by either PLP or FNM governments to deal with the problem. Now here it is on our doorstep.

And that’s not the only can that has been kicked down the road.

In our lead story today, former Health Minister Dr Duane Sands talks about the need to find sustainable funding to tackle the problems facing our healthcare system.

On Thursday last week, Dr Sands’ successor in the new administration, Dr Michael Darville, reported that Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) was “bursting from the seams” after an influx of patients. This surge is not from COVID patients. COVID may have played a part, with delays in regular treatment as our healthcare system has struggled to tackle the pandemic – but these are patients with all manner of other ailments.

Dr Darville has talked of more nurses, more beds, two new hospitals, but Dr Sands says the problem is the model used to tackle health concerns is “broken.”

Whether it’s PMH, or the Rand Hospital, or the Public Hospital Authority (PHA), he says there are issues of capacity and funding that stretch back decades.

For the PHA, he says it is underfunded by about $35-40m a year, causing problems with maintenance, new equipment, staffing and more.

He said: “What ends up happening is because this system is functioning on the edge – so if you get a few extra COVID patients, a few extra gunshot wound patients, a few people call in sick, etc, the ripple effect is magnified.”

For his part, Dr Sands was minister at a time when that capacity, and the country’s finances, were sorely tested through first Hurricane Dorian, then the pandemic.

But, as he says, the issues go back decades.

It’s the same pattern as with NIB. Those in charge of running the country have seen these problems first-hand, but

somewhere along the way, it passes to the next government to deal with, and the next, and the next. It’s a recipe to make sure nothing ever gets done.

How do we change that? The obvious step is to ensure there are long-term plans in place to remedy the situation, but with our one-term-and-done governments in recent history, that’s a challenge. A bi-partisan approach ought to be the way to go, where we map out our future together, but our political landscape isn’t terribly welcoming to bipartisan efforts, as the dispute last week over the National Development Plan showed.

Whichever way it does get tackled, we need to do so. Kicking this can down the road isn’t just measured in extra financial cost, it’s measured in lives. Lives lost when hospitals are full, lives lost when people can’t get early diagnosis of conditions, lives lost when it’s too hard to see a doctor or it takes too long to get treatment.

It needs fixing, not for today or tomorrow, but for the decades to come, and make up for the decades we’ve lost.

Disability If you turn to today’s Insight section, we recommend you read the article on disability and job discrimination by Sasha D Smith.

She gives a clear view of the problems facing a significant portion of our population – and the way in which those problems are largely ignored.

It goes from simple issues, such as tickets and fines not being issued to people who don’t have the right to park in a disabled parking space, to the failure to follow through on legislation making buildings accessible.

In many ways, it resonates with the stories we talked about above, with years of not dealing with problems, storing up more difficulties for further down the line.

Significant effort was put into creating and passing disabilities legislation in 2014, so why are we not acting on it?

More, why do fellow Bahamians who have disabilities have to deal with discrimination in the workplace, in educational institutions, and more?

Why do we put barriers in the way of our fellow Bahamians’ ambitions?

That’s even before we get to issues such as support services, availability of careers as needed, and so on.

Ms Smith’s article is a clear-sighted look into the problem – we suggest you turn to page ten today and read more.

ACTOR Jenifer Lewis poses behind her new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame following a ceremony for her on Friday in Los Angeles.

Photo: Chris Pizzello/AP

Spectacular display EDITOR, The Tribune.

LETTERS

MY FAMILY and I attended the Tattoo parade for the 49th Bahamas Independence celebrations on Clifford Park on July 9th, 2022. We were not disappointed this time.

Everything from start to finish appeared to be in order and seemingly with a lot more energy.

Bahamas Christian Council President, Dr Delton Fernandez, delivered a powerful message to the nation.

The prayers delivered by the clergymen for various aspects of our economy was very touching and the conviction with which they spoke made me believe that everything that was prayed for will come to pass.

The story time segment, which ran intermittently through the musical artists performances, was indeed very refreshing. There was a powerful undertone that spoke to the fact that the Bahamas, even though not perfect, is still a great nation, inclusive of many people making notable positive contributions.

The story was symbolic of many Bahamians who want to leave the Bahamas for whatever reason only to find out that people internationally desperately want to become residents of our little county.

As a tourism ambassador in the transportation industry, I can attest to the fact that tourists tell me all the time how beautiful the Bahamas is and if there are

letters@tribunemedia.net options for them to become residents.

The story time segment filled my body with pride when mention was made of our achievements in music and sports. The historical video flashes showed some of our Olympic glory with Frank Rutherford winning the bronze medal in the triple jump in Barcelona in 1992, the Golden Girls winning the gold medal in Sydney in 2000 in the 4*100 meters relay and more recently Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner winning gold in the 400 meters in the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo.

Additionally, mention was made of Jazz Chisholm who became the first Bahamian Major League baseball player selected to an All Star game. My eyes were momentarily filled with tears of pride.

Our musicians performed at a very high level. They sang songs which were specific to many of our major islands, including my favorite song, “Proud to be Bahamian” by Phil Stubbs, but if I remember correctly, sung by Nehemiah Heild.

The technological display during the ceremony was particularly impressive and this kept the audience on the edge of their seats.

Visual displays were literally suspended in the air for all to see.

pieces - unable to rebuild their homes - with no help from the government besides these domes that they are now preparing to kick us out of.

So, we would like to know whether we who lost everything could get the same $10,000 for completely destroyed homes, the $7500 for partially destroyed homes, and/or the $5000 assistance that the DRA made sure all of their Government workers got and were first in the lineup for pay outs? We would also like to know what happened to the 49 homes that were supposed to be built just off Spring City that Baker’s Bay donated in return for having to put 300 Bahamian citizens out of work.

And we would like to know what happened to all the other monies that were

given and are still being given? What happened to the promise to build senior citizens and single mothers’ homes?

I read where the minister said she has gotten two projects from former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham. I would hope that she went and got advice from him as well and then ask him what he did for his people of Abaco after Floyd!

It has not been easy for us here in Abaco for the last three years. And as hard as it has been for us, there has been no counselling for the people who have lost everything in the storm, followed by all the trauma of going through this pandemic as well. I wonder if y’all have taken any of that into consideration before y’all come and destroy our so-called homes now!

Moreover the march past was very entertaining this year and I can tell you that as a former marine that the officers did an exceptional job. Customs, Immigration and the Prison Officers have made significant strides when it comes to their representation in this event. I am always biased towards the Defence Force, but I must give credit to the police force whose lines were as straight as a ruler. I think they edged us out this time with their performance.

Even the flag raising ceremony, which took about eight to ten minutes, was surprisingly very entertaining and I literally could not take my eyes off this segment of the ceremony.

You could feel the energy building up as Bahamians watched with pride as their flag was being skillfully raised by a police and defence force officer. When the flag was finally raised the crowd burst into a spirited cheer.

The fireworks are always an exciting part of the Tattoo parade and this year was no different.

The 49th Tattoo Parade was a spectacular display of culture and pride and the organisers and the Bahamian people need to be commended. I was literally on the edge of my seat from the moment I arrived.

Happy Independence Bahamas.

DEHAVILLAND MOSS Nassau, July 14, 2022.

What future for residents being tossed out of domes?

EDITOR, The Tribune.

I AM writing today as a concerned citizen and a resident of the Spring City domes. I was reading an online article published on July 8th, which was speaking of the Minister trying to have the domes demolished

by August!

It brings great concern to me and our residents here at the domes to understand this bold statement by the Minister of Housing of basically kicking us and our families on to the streets! I, myself, have spoken with the Minister, as I happen to pull up on them doing assessment on a vacant land that is now being used as the site to build the supposed 11 homes. At that time, I would have spoken briefly with the Minister and her team because I

was concerned about a piece of Crown land that I would have applied for more than two years ago in that same area! At that time, I exchanged numbers with one of the ladies from Housing who was supposed to establish communication and spread the word on a meeting that they wanted to have, and to date, she still has not!

About three weeks ago, the community of Spring City hosted a town hall meeting and, sad to say, we did not see our representative for South Abaco, we did not see a soul from housing, and we most definitely didn’t see the Minister because she doesn’t live on the island. And to top it all off, our Local Government department could not shed light on what was going on with us, because they themselves said they

had no idea of the houses being built at the entrance of Spring City.

To me and the families here in dome city, we feel neglected and as though no one cares. It seems as if they just want to kick us with no care as to where we will be going. We Abaconians knew of the housing crisis before the storm and since it is worse for the Government knows firsthand of this problem because they can’t find housing for Teachers to move Abaco!

So, our concerns and our blood pressure are going up!

To let it be known, the majority of the domes’ residents were home owners before the storm and are still property owners now.

However, the banks and the Mortgage Corporation have failed some of our people, leaving them to pick up the

We deserve more respect than is being given to us and all heads of power should at least come and address us in a respectable manner and hear from the people and know the state of our living before you come to destroy us, our homes, and our lives even more! All of these domes are occupied by seniors and tax paying Bahamian citizens. So, we respectfully demand to get that respect be given to us on the way forward.

We don’t have to buy one of the government houses if we have land where our houses once were. That is not making Bahamian’s independent! For what it is worth, Happy Independence Day Bahamas!!

DENRODO C ROKER Nassau, July 14, 2022.

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Airport staff to take strike action today from page one Bahamas Public Services Union president Kimsley Ferguson, who represents the Bahamas Airport Authority workers, would not confirm any industrial action, but said there were too many outstanding issues and not enough movement to resolve them.

He spoke after the Bahamas Airport Authority said it had mobilised contingency plans to ensure that operations run smoothly at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) and other Family Island airports in the event workers participate in industrial action.

“The Bahamas Airport Authority is aware of potential industrial unrest that may impact operations at Lynden Pindling International Airport and other Family Island airports,” the agency said in a statement yesterday.

“Contingency plans have been mobilized to ensure minimal, if any disruption and convenience to both our international and domestic travellers.”

“The travel and general public should be further assured of all efforts to work together in industrial harmony with the relevant stakeholders, as we continue to provide safe, reliable and efficient services to meet the needs of users and operators.”

For his part, Mr Ferguson said, funding for the Family Islands and a new industrial agreement were at the heart of their grievances.

“We have some concerns about money, industrial agreement and funding for the Family Islands. The prime minister himself carried the paper into the Cabinet office to ensure that the adjustment was made sometime in December. However, the retroactive money somewhere in the thousands was never paid.

“Our agreement is set to expire next year. The dates in the agreement for staff at the Airport Authority needed to be changed and the entire industrial agreement had to be sent in again due to it expiring due to the length of time taken completing negotiations.

“We have gotten no word on when the agreement would be signed. No one has reached out to the union. I would have reached out to an official of the airport authority who declined my call.

“I was told that the government allotted some $10m for the industrial agreement to be addressed however we later found

out that that was not so and that they did not receive it.

“We are very concerned and there are too many outstanding issues.”

“We are just fed up.

Nobody is saying nothing.”

“The minister said he doesn’t negotiate with the union in the press but someone needs to tell him to answer his phone when the union is calling.”

Airport authority employees have threatened to take industrial action to protest outstanding payments, an expired industrial agreement and other unresolved workplace grievances.

Earlier this year, the ministry released a statement on workers’ outstanding pay concerns, saying the government had agreed to pay all money owed to Airport Authority employees over a six-month period starting in the March pay period.

However, the funds have not yet been paid, according to airport workers.

“We were advised by the airport authority human resources director that the monies would have been paid in installments over a six-month period. We have now been advised that they no longer have that money,” Mr Ferguson said during a press conference last week.

Responding to worker’s concerns last week, Tourism, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper assured that all issues will be addressed and committed the Davis administration to living up to its obligations.

“Let me say that the government takes labour relationships very seriously,” he said. “We consider ourselves a friend of labour and a friend of workers. There is an agreed industrial agreement between the airport authority and the unions.

“The government will honour the commitments of the agreement. We find it concerning that this agreement has been in place since 2018 and we have already committed the funding for the payments due under the agreement.”

Mr Cooper added: “We’ve come a long way in this process over the period of nine months. We will continue to press forward and talking openly with the union and the Cabinet has approved the appropriate funding to honour the agreements with the union and the ministry of finance are working out the logistics.”

“I am satisfied that the government is doing all within its power to live up to the obligations laid out in the agreement.”

TEENAGER ACCUSED OF MULTIPLE SHOOTING

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

A TEENAGER was charged with murder and attempted murder on Friday in connection with a shooting incident that left one man dead and three others in hospital last month.

The 17-year-old appeared before Magistrate Shaka Serville, accused of murdering Chavez Jones, a father of two, on June 27.

Police allege that the minor also tried to kill France Dolce, Rotnel Geffrard and Leroy Petty on the same day.

According to police reports, a group of men were standing outside a business establishment on

Dean’s Street shortly after 10pm that day when a car pulled up.

The occupants produced firearms and discharged the weapons at the group, hitting four men.

The victims were taken to hospital where one later died.

Due to the nature of the charges, the accused was not required to enter a plea and the case was adjourned to October 12 for service of a voluntary bill of indictment.

The teenager was denied bail and remanded to Simpson Penn Centre for Boys until that time.

Before being remanded, Magistrate Serville informed him of his right to apply to the Supreme Court for bail.

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YOUTH climate change video competition winners receive their awards.

Photo: Moise Amisial

VIDEO CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED

By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net

THE “Building a Climate Resilient Bahamas” Youth Climate Change Video Competition winners were announced on Friday at the Ministry of Health and Wellness.

The winners are as follows: 1st place – Davincia Cox, 12th Grade Student at Anatol Rodgers; 2nd place – Angel Percentie, 12th Grade Student at Bishop Michael Eldon School; 3rd place – Zaria Stapleton, 10th Grade Student at St Augustine’s College.

Sponsors of the prizes included BRON, OakTree Medical Centre, Eeden Acres, Nema, Red Cross and others.

The prizes were inclusive of a MacBook, Apple iPads, Beats headphones, and externships.

Students attending a school in The Bahamas in grades 10-12 were eligible to participate. The participants of the competition were given the task to create a two-minute video identifying an issue of climate change and to give solutions.

The competition sought to bring

more inclusion and awareness to the youth on the issue. Students were able to make creative videos while also discussing how they plan to be a climate change ambassador in their community.

At Friday’s event, Dr William Hamilton explained the importance of education in climate change especially in the health care system in The Bahamas. He said being a physician during Hurricane Dorian, he realised the training and education of workers in the health system is crucial in fighting the impact of climate change.

MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022

THE STORIES BEHIND THE NEWS

NIB’S WOES SAT ON BRAVE’S DESK IN 2001 - WHAT’S HE GOING TO DO NOW THE CRISIS IS ACTUALLY HERE?

By MALCOLM STRACHAN

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis.

“WE’VE clearly run out of time.”

When Matt Aubry, the executive director of the Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG), gave his assessment of the state of the National Insurance Board’s funds, he was right – but he was only reflecting what everyone else knows.

His words may be sobering, but it’s a bit too late for sobriety after years of spending money like a

drunken sailor.

In the past week, there’s been a lot of talk about how much NIB lost from its funds through the effects of Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s a distraction – the fund was in trouble even without those.

We’ve been paying out from the fund more than we’ve been taking in since 2016. COVID and Dorian just came along to make the problem worse – but the problem was there all along.

Think of it this way – you aren’t helping – with people have a savings account, but living longer and birth rates you’ve been spending more falling. A longer lifespan than your salary for a while, is a good thing, of course, and that amount is running but it does mean years of low. Then suddenly your extra expense in pension car dies and you need to costs and so on. The falling buy a new one. It’s not that birth rate means we have an one big expense that was older population on averthe problem, it was that you age – put simply, that means were living beyond your more retired people drawmeans so you weren’t pre- ing from the pension pot, pared when that expense and fewer working people came along. putting contributions back This isn’t a criticism of in. one political side or another Shouldn’t the funds – this falls on the shoulders those older people put in of both sides throughout equally. NIB’s their lives still problems have ‘I don’t think be there ready existed through there’s a magical to be drawn successive upon?

Well, solution. I don’t administrations. yes, but that’s think there’s a Although, not generally there is some- lazy solution. how such funds thing of a I don’t think work.

Those feeling of funds have irony that a there’s anything been invested previous actu- that we’re going over the years, arial report, to come up with or used to the seventh, cover the costs completed in magically that of supporting 2001, warn- will take the previous gening that burden off, but erations since reserves were the start-up of we’ve clearly run the fund. There “projected to become out of time to are plenty of exhausted” in deal with this in a questions over 2029, landed the wisdom of on the desk of way that doesn’t some of those the then chair- put people in investments man of NIB, down the years, a state of crisis Philip “Brave” of course, and Davis.

That projection.’ over how some date is now of those funds projected to be 2028, and were used. the consequences of two We have now apparently decades of nothing being reached the stage where we done now sit on the Prime can’t even afford to invest, Minister’s desk. with Mr Laroda saying How seriously is the we are now in “disinvestgovernment taking it? ment” mode. We’re selling Well, there’s no sound of up the investments we have any decision being made to cover the costs we are about what to do – while having to meet. No prizes the press secretary, Clint for guessing what that’s Watson, is only adding to doing to the return value of the confusion. those investments.

He said the government All around, voices are was putting a “significant” calling for something to be amount of money into NIB done. to save the fund from depleLarry Gibson, the chief tion, while saying: “The operating officer of CG fund will not go depleted. Atlantic Pensions, who The government will look knows a thing or two about after the National Insur- such funds, said of the latest ance Board fund. What actuarial report, “If this is the government is doing is not a clarion call to action, being creative and finding then what is?” additional ways to fund the Mr Laroda said: “ImmeNational Insurance Board diate action is needed without just taxing the to restore short-term Bahamian people, which is sustainability.” the lazy way out.”

Mr Aubry said: “I don’t Bombastic as he may think there’s a magical solusound, the only trou- tion. I don’t think there’s a ble is – the money’s not lazy solution. I don’t think there. There’s nothing in there’s anything that we’re the Budget for this “sig- going to come up with nificant” amount of money magically that will take the government is putting the burden off, but we’ve into NIB. So essentially clearly run out of time to Mr Watson seems to have deal with this in a way that announced a secret plan doesn’t put people in a state to fight NIB bankruptcy, of crisis projection.” which isn’t funded, hasn’t There are solutions, but been made public, and it all boils down to a fairly which has been roundly simple equation. Bring ignored in comments by in more money, or stop officials since. If you think spending as much money. that sounds like he was That means raising contalking nonsense, you’re tribution rates, or looking not alone. at aspects such as raising The trouble is, in the the retirement age, cutting absence of strong, decisive eligibility and so on. Neileadership on the issue, Mr ther side of that equation Watson’s comments are is appetising. Both would about as close to taking a be politically damaging. stand on the issue as we’ve But inaction would be got. worse. As it stands, the Myles Laroda, the Min- fund is headed towards ister of State in the Prime bankruptcy. There’s time to Minister’s Office with change that – but not a lot. responsibility for NIB, As CG Atlantic’s Mr is playing his part. He’s Gibson says: “We knew been ringing the warning that this was going to come bell for a while now about home. We knew that there the state of the NIB fund, was going to be a day of saying an increase in con- reckoning. It’s what people tributions was going to be have been saying for the necessary. longest.”

Last week, he warned That day is upon us – so again that demographics what will we do?

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INSIGHT

MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022 PAGE 9

The other shoe MANY years ago, I was employed as the chief resident for foot and ankle surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York at both the main Manhattan and the smaller Queens locations. Back then, most of my time was spent in the hospital on the floor tending to an extensive list of patients that my team and I were consulting on. When I wasn’t there, I could otherwise and fairly frequently be found in either the emergency room or the operating theatre, quelling but never fully satisfying an insatiable curiosity about the narrow interval between good versus poor health and the full use of extremities versus a sudden disabling incident that changes a life.

Fast forward more than ten years and now that I’m in private practice, I’m never in the hospital.

I strictly see patients in my office and life is very different.

In a hospital setting, you rarely get an opportunity to form a lasting relationship with patients, particularly once they’re discharged from your service. In a clinic setting, however, bonds are more readily formed and it’s much easier to cultivate a strong community of patients who then recommend friends and family members to your care. The ongoing connection is the most appealing aspect of private practice for me. Today’s report piggybacks off the fortunate circumstance of seeing patients recurrently over their lifetime and revisits a patient named Diana, previously written about in my “as the orchids bloom” column. Diana recently returned to my office after suffering another medical setback.

You may recall that at the age of 19 she began experiencing heavy bleeding with menstrual cramps and was ultimately diagnosed with endometriosis.

Diana then underwent surgery to remove two cysts on her right ovary followed by another surgery several months later to remove six cysts on her left ovary. She was told she’d never be able to have children but went on to deliver two healthy sons. After the birth of her second son, she experienced intense repetitive seizures and, at its worse, she lost consciousness when her blood pressure became critically elevated.

Her life-threatening symptoms prompted a battery of tests and Diana was diagnosed with post-partum pre-eclampsia. For the past 18 years, she’s been on antiseizure medications. At our last visit several years ago, she’d begun gardening, specifically growing orchids, to help control her stress levels.

In June 2020, Diana was at home gardening in the middle of the day. It was the early midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the country was on lockdown. She had to step up from her garden to get onto the driveway that leads to her house. While doing so, she lost her balance and her right leg pivoted outward as she began to fall.

As she tried to regain her footing in those quick few seconds, there was a contorted twisting motion with direct pressure applied to her knee and Diana heard her leg snap. The searing pain was immediate and so excruciating that she immediately belted out a loud scream. For 20 minutes she lay on the floor afraid to move, her entire upper and lower leg now red, swollen to double its size and unbelievably painful with light palpation and minimal motion.

Slowly and carefully she maneuvered her weight onto her other side. With the help of her son, she hobbled into the house. As soon as her husband got home and saw the condition she was in, he rushed her to her general doctor who specialises in internal medicine. Diana was given four injections in the front of her knee, four in the back of her knee and

then another in her hip. He also wanted to prescribe an oral pain medication and a muscle relaxer but she refused, hoping the injections would suffice. When it didn’t resolve entirely, an MRI was ordered.

Because of the lockdown and office closures, everything was delayed. A week of trying to manage constant pain passed before the imaging – a week of uncertainty before Diana learned her results were positive for a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Diana was referred to an orthopedic surgeon who to her surprise informed her that she didn’t need surgery. She was referred for physical therapy but it was two weeks before an initial appointment was available.

As COVID-19 restrictions were slowly being lifted, Diana had her first assessment, and realised she was completely incapable of raising her right leg while lying flat on a table.

Her therapist also pointed out the significant muscle atrophy to her right leg.

She was scheduled to start therapy in two days but the country went into another lockdown and the therapy office was closed for six weeks.

Diana underwent three months of therapy after they reopened but she didn’t notice any improvement. Her knee was essentially non-functioning and after four months of pain and patience, she could barely walk. She sought a second opinion from another orthopedic surgeon who immediately, based on the position of her knee, how she was walking and her MRI results, asked why she wasn’t wearing a locking support brace. But, until that time, she’d only ever been advised to wear an elastic bandage. Diana was told that she needed to have surgery immediately but until non-emergency surgeries were allowed, she was advised to get a locking knee brace and to continue with a modified form of therapy to strengthen her muscles.

Diana had been in limbo working from home for the past four months and eventually returned to the office setting. When the time arrived, she scheduled her surgery and in preparation took a COVID-19 test.

In yet another notch on the string of what could possibly go wrong, her surgery was cancelled because the ACL graft wasn’t available.

The surgery was rescheduled and cancelled again for the same reason. By the time she did in fact undergo surgery, she had to get another COVID-19 test, at her expense, delaying the procedure yet another day.

After surgery, Diana underwent therapy for another four months but she never regained full extension and flexion of her leg. Her orthopedic surgeon delivered the devastating news that she’d developed an extensive amount of scar tissue, which was restricting her mobility and she’d need to have a second operation to correct it. Diana debated about whether to undergo surgery a second time, but when she began to lose mobility and experience pain in her heels because of her uneven gait, she knew there was only one conclusion.

Fourteen months later, she underwent that second surgery and while she knows she will never fully recover, she has regained more mobility.

Fortunately she has insurance but, since her injury, her out-of-pocket expenses (ie insurance co-payments) for the hospital, her surgeon, anaesthesia and physical therapy have mounted to more than $14,000.

She tries not to focus on the money, clinging to a feeling of gratitude for the second surgeon, his correct diagnosis, therapy and her progress. There’s a part of her that wonders when the other shoe will drop, afraid that another setback is near. But whenever those thoughts arise, she

By DR KENNETH D KEMP

AN IMAGE of an anterior cruciate ligament complete tear.

says a prayer and returns to her garden where she is quickly comforted by the peace that it bestows and the faint promise of better days ahead.

• Nicknamed ‘The Prince of Podiatry’, Dr Kenneth D Kemp is the founder and medical director of

Bahamas Foot and Ankle located in Caves Village, Western New Providence.

He served as the deputy chairman for the Health Council for five years and he currently sits on the board of directors for the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation in his role as co-vice-chairman.

‘A week of trying to manage constant pain passed before the imaging – a week of uncertainty before Diana learned her results were positive for a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).’

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INSIGHT

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‘Bahamas’ attitude on the rights of the disabled is deplorable and alarming’

By SASHA D. SMITH JOB discrimination and limited employment opportunities for Bahamians with disabilities have facilitated in many ways my ability to reflect on the current status of young adults with disabilities who have attained degrees from higher educational institutions. I too reflect on their need for vocational rehabilitation services and the many challenges they face seeking employment.

Since I have experience working with this population, I am privy to some of this group’s higher educational experiences and, therefore, have preconceived thoughts about the phenomenon. For instance, I have very limited hope in The Bahamas and its efforts towards disability inclusion and advocacy. The character of the country is of one that promotes ableist privilege.

An example would be as simple as disability parking spots. Disability parking spots in The Bahamas are not secured specifically for people with disabilities.

Most able-bodied Bahamians disregard the fact that a person with a disability may need that parking spot and when they do park in the spot, nothing is done about it. Tickets and fines are not issued.

The attitude surrounding the rights of people with disabilities in The Bahamas is deplorable and alarming.

Another preconceived notion I have is Bahamians with disabilities do not have a voice. For instance, I sought to investigate the work experience of staff with disabilities and approached an employee who used a wheelchair.

When asked about their thoughts of working as a wheelchair user, the individual would not share information. The impression was given that they were afraid to speak up about their experience as a person with a disability at their job.

According to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour (2003), advocates for people with disabilities in The Bahamas complained of widespread job discrimination and general apathy on the part of private employers and political leaders toward their need for training and equal opportunity.

They noted there was no general legislation to implement and enforce equal opportunity policies in the workplace, educational institutions, or elsewhere.

‘Disability parking spots in The Bahamas are not secured specifically for people with disabilities. Most able-bodied Bahamians disregard the fact that a person with a disability may need that parking spot and when they do park in the spot, nothing is done about it.

Tickets and fines are not issued.’

However, the Bahamas’ Persons with Disabilities Equal Opportunities Act (2014) was passed a few years ago but other than access to buildings (not policed) has achieved very little.

It is important to learn more about the vocational rehabilitation needs of Bahamian transition-age young adults with disabilities and bring new meaning to this phenomenon. The employment needs of transition-age young adults are important, and support is needed to help this population achieve self-sufficiency.

Considering The Bahamas ranks #10 on the cost of living index, according to Global Economy (2022), the maximum monthly of $1,790.68 available for Bahamians with disabilities is insufficient and reason enough to promote the pursuit of

post-secondary education and employment among this population. International researchers have found that post-secondary educational pursuits generate significant economic gains and is associated with increased earnings and career mobility.

The absence of vocational rehabilitation agencies or employment services retrofitted for Bahamians with disabilities is problematic.

These sorts of services are essential to the needs of transition-aged youths and young adults with disabilities and are needed to assist these individuals who are in pursuit of a productive and self-sufficient life.

Despite this obvious need for vocational rehabilitation support, there are certain challenges and employment barriers stemming from identifying as one with a disability. In general, international researchers found that transition-age youth are often at risk for homelessness, increased incidents of juvenile justice involvement, higher levels of unemployment and a lack of post-secondary education.

Research has found that youth with disabilities are four times more likely to be adjudicated by the juvenile court system than their counterparts of the same age without disabilities.

In addition, the incidents of adult poverty are three times higher for young adults with disabilities than for their peers. Further, barriers such as disabling conditions, poverty, and homelessness are additional factors that can have a significant negative impact on a youth’s likelihood of employment into adulthood. Youth and young adults who transition without the proper transitional supports are at higher risk of placing a heavy burden on a country’s limited resources.

Many people with disabilities pursue higher education with hopes of obtaining a degree, financial stability, self-care, quality of life and independence.

A college education is considered a prerequisite for leading a fulfilling life. Yet, individuals with disabilities who hold a bachelor’s degree were found to be much less likely to be employed, compared with people without disabilities.

New vocational practices are needed to assist students with disabilities who have graduated from higher educational institutions and are disconnected from employment opportunities because of their disability status. A higher educational institution in The Bahamas offers general career services for its students and alumni but these services are not retrofitted for the special needs of its students with disabilities.

To address the realities of employment issues, the government in partnership with external stakeholders, such as the Department of Labour and the InterAmerican Development Bank are working towards increasing employability among Bahamian youths and adults. Is this employment initiative inclusive

SASHA SMITH of Bahamian community youths and rather than of adults with disharm. I recogabilities? It is nise disability is important to note a sensitive topic in that employability of those The Bahamas so it would without disabilities is be imperative to proinsufficient in solving the mote empowerment and unemployment problem. inclusivity of persons with Transition-age youths and various disabilities. I want young adults with disabili- to highlight the strengths ties can too benefit from and capabilities of pervocational rehabilitation sons with disabilities and supports for academic and position myself as an ally. post-secondary success.

Increasing self-sufficiency Young adults with dis- of this population can be abilities lack vocational life changing. Life changrehabilitation assistance ing where avenues will be and experience barriers to created for Bahamians establishing a career path- with disabilities to achieve way. It would be useful positive vocational rehabiliand beneficial to explore tation outcomes and pursue the vocational rehabili- career aspirations whether tation needs of young in the private or public secadults with disabilities who tors, or as self-employed. have graduated with their degrees. Research sugSasha D. Smith, MS gests transition-age youths is the former Disabilities with limited access to supand Compliance Officer ported employment and and Chair for the Students vocational rehabilitation with Disabilities Advisory support are more at risk for Board of the University unemployment and longof the Bahamas; and is a term disability benefits rehabilitation counsellor programme. education PhD candiMy hope is to be of date at the University of assistance and help to this Wisconsin-Madison.

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BRITAIN’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Photo: Frank Augstein/AP

Electing a woman leader – a long and winding road World View

By SIR RONALD SANDERS

THE fight for the post of leader of the ruling Conservative Party in Britain and for the Presidency of the United States is bringing the question of women and race into sharp focus.

The fact that women – and non-white women – are strong contenders for leadership in Britain and the US, demonstrates a remarkable advance in both countries, where women endured many indignities, including imprisonment, in the fight for equality of treatment and the right to compete with men for any and all positions.

The active involvement of non-white women is an even greater indication of the maturing political elite in these countries, although real equity and equality is yet to be achieved.

In Britain, the election of Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May to the leadership of the Conservative Party and the Prime Ministership, smashed that glass ceiling. A white woman becoming leader and Prime Minister is no longer an issue for the Conservative Party. But the issue of a non-white woman, becoming party leader and Prime Minister, still might be.

Among the eight candidates who sought the leadership of the Conservative Party, after Boris Johnson was forced to announce his intention to step down, four were women of whom two are non-white - Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman.

Badenoch’s parents are Nigerian. She was elected to parliament in 2017 and has served in three government positions, the most recent one being Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities and Minister of State for Equalities.

Despite her immigrant background (or maybe, because of it), she voted for Britain to leave the European Union, describing it as “the greatest ever vote of confidence in the project of the United Kingdom”.

Braverman is the child of immigrants of Indian origin; her father and

mother moved to Britain from Kenya and Mauritius respectively. Despite this, she was also strongly in favour of Britain leaving the EU. As Attorney-General of England and Wales from 2020, until she too resigned to run for the top Conservative Party post, she pledged to withdraw Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights, to “stop the small boats” and crack down on refugees crossing the English Channel. She also expressed the intention to abandon climate change action in its entirety.

Countries which are victims of Climate Change must have breathed a sigh of relief when Braverman was eliminated from the leadership contest. Her departure leaves only Badenoch as the non-white woman in the race, which has whittled down to five candidates and appears to be heading to a showdown between a white woman, Penny Mordaunt – the current Minister of Trade - and a man of Asian origin, Rishi Sunak, the former Treasury Minister. Badenoch is likely to be eliminated in the next round of voting but, depending on which of the remaining contenders she backs, she could place herself in position for a senior Cabinet post.

The winner of the vote for the Conservative Party leadership will be decided on September 5, when one of the final two contestants will be chosen by about 180,000 Conservative Party members from across the country. That group will consist mostly of white males. Their choice will be between a non-white man and a white woman.

Their decision will be a telling measure of how far the Conservative Party has come in overcoming racial bigotry on the one hand and prejudice against women on the other.

It is remarkable that the leadership of the Labour Party in Britain, long the favoured party of immigrants, especially from the West Indies, remains firmly

male dominant. Although of its 200 elected members, 104 are women of whom 41 are non- white, the leadership is mostly white and male.

In the United States, although nine other nonwhite women have run for President on behalf of obscure political parties, only two were seriously considered.

Shirley Chisholm sought the Democratic Party nomination in 1972 and Kamala Harris in 2020.

They were both eliminated. And while, many white women contested for nominations as Vice President, only two of them were selected Geraldine Anne Ferraro in 1984 for the Democratic Party and Sarah Palin in 2008 for the Republicans.

Kamala Harris was the first woman of any colour to be selected as Vice President.

Campaigning for the 2024 Presidential elections has already started among the political elite and kingmakers in the US. So far, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Cheney of the Republican Party look like contenders, but neither of them is a foregone conclusion to win the nomination of their parties.

In the Caribbean, while five women have held the post of head of government in Dominica, Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

But considering women for party and government leadership is not a norm in the Caribbean. Eugenia Charles of Dominica, Janet Jagan of Guyana, Mia Mottley of Barbados, Kamla Persad Bissessar and Portia Simpson Miller were exceptions.

They were strong personalities with deep involvement in electoral politics in their countries, but, more so, in the politics within their own political parties.

to overcome racial prejudice as well.

Progress is being made in breaking down institutional bias against women in international politics, but male bigotry and racial prejudice remains alive and well in domestic politics. It may well be the determining factor in the Conservative Party’s vote for a new leader and Prime Minister, and for the Presidential contenders in the US. The road to true equality remains long with many a winding turn.

All five women endured slurs and other calumnies to achieve leadership of their parties and countries. In large part, what aided their triumph over male contempt was their political grit – a much needed quality for women in politics.

Of course, in other parts of the world, for instance

SUELLA BRAVERMAN, top, and Kemi Badenoch.

India, Israel, Chile, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Germany and Sweden, women have been elected as Party leaders and Heads of Government; but unlike the US and Britain, these women did not have

• Responses and previous commentaries: www.sirronaldsanders.com.

(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organisation of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto).

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MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER TO LAUNCH SERIES OF EVENTS

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

INTERNATIONAL motivational speaker, trainer, and author Mitch Carson expects to launch a series of live speaking events in The Bahamas to transform lives, while helping speakers build their personal brands internationally.

Over the past 36 years, Mr Carson has hosted successful stage events in several countries, including North America, Canada, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia, to name a few.

And now Grand Bahama could be the next international staging ground for his upcoming live events.

Through his Instant Celebrity Maker model, he has trained and helped people achieve celebrity status, appearing on television, in newspapers, and other platforms. He has also prepared business CEOs and has coached some very prominent people.

While in Freeport over the weekend, he spoke at the Rotary Club of Grand Bahama’s bi-monthly meeting at the Garden of the

DONOVAN BOWE, president of the Rotary Club of Grand Bahama, with Mitch Carson.

Groves, where he shared did it for free to help other including ‘The Silent Saleshis knowledge about alcoholics, was approached man.’ And has shared the public speaking and how by someone who paid him stage with persons such he became a motivational to speak at a luncheon, and as former US Presidents speaker. the rest is history.

Bill Clinton and Donald “I learned to speak and “It was a passion with a Trump, world-renowned share about me through purpose and then it turned public speaking expert Alcoholics Anonymous,” into profits. So, there is a Les Brown, Mark Victor admits the 62-year-old who lot of money to be made in Hansen, Lord Sugar, and had developed a drink- the speaking business,” he Sir Richard Branson at ing and drug problem in explained. “I have trained the O2 Arena in London his early 20s after he lost two prime ministers and before 40,000 people. both his parents. “I have three members of the royal In addition to being a been sober and clean for 38 family in the Middle East.” sales-focused speaker, he years.”

Mr Carson has also also focuses on developing Mr Carson, who initially written several books, personal brands.

“I have gotten into creating personal brands through finding someone’s expertise and finding the hidden gem inside them; finding what they actually contribute, and then getting them on various platforms to grow their personal brand and their presence, so then eventually they can become either locally, nationally or internationally known,” he explained.

Carson has held seven live events in Dubai. James Dentley, and his wife, Kara, attended one of those events and were featured on CNBC. The couple attended other events hosted by Carson in Thailand and Bahrain.

“They used that credibility to grow their network marketing business, and they have grown their income as a result,” he said.

There is also spiritual growth and - that’s why I do what I do. The transformation experienced internally gives me the push to do what I do, knowing I am doing the right thing. It is transformation with people and not just going on stage overcoming fear.

It is breaking through

that barrier of emotional self-restriction, emotional constraints.”

Mr Carson’s live stage events were very successful in Asia for 11 years before the pandemic shifted everything, and he returned to America.

“All the live events got shut down,” he recalled.

Living in America, he thinks that model can work in The Bahamas.

“It is international, and it is a different country. I would be bringing people to The Bahamas. There is a well-known African American Chef, out of Atlanta, who has expressed interest in going international.

We got a big following in Atlanta, and many of them would like to come here.

They are mostly CEOs and business owners,” he said.

Mr Carson has trained over 600 speakers, authors, coaches, consultants, and CEOs to reach their goals. Some notable clients include Mark Victor Hansen (author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, half billion books sold), Chris Okazaki who is the Tony Robbins of Japan, and Dan Kennedy (author of 30 books).

THREE ARRESTED AFTER HOUSEBREAKING INCIDENTS THREE men were arrested in connection with two separate housebreaking incidents, one in New Providence, the other in Eleuthera, where stolen goods with a combined worth of $34,000 were recovered by police.

In the first incident, two men were taken into police custody after they were found in possession of stolen property valued at $18,000.

Reports are that officers of the Cable Beach Police Station

arrested two men on Friday after receiving a housebreaking report made the same day.

Preliminary reports indicate that the suspects broke into a vacation home located in the Sea Beach Estates area where they stole an assortment of jewellery and electronic items.

Acting on information, Cable Beach officers proceeded to Montel Heights where they arrested a 32-year-old male after he was found in possession of

a pair of apple air pods and diamond rings that were reportedly stolen.

Further intelligence led officers to a home at Millers Close, off Market Street where a second suspect, aged 30 years, was arrested after being found in possession of iPads, iPhones, MacBooks, and jewellery, all of which were reportedly stolen from the vacation home.

In another incident, Eleuthera police are questioning an

18-year-old male of Harbour Island in connection with a spate of housebreakings on the island.

The incidents reportedly took place on Sunday, July 10, at Whale Point, Eleuthera.

According to reports officers arrested the suspect on Thursday, July 14, on Harbour Island.

Acting on information officers went to Caribe Cay, east of Three Islands, where the stolen goods, including a refrigerator, an airconditioning unit, weed-whacker,

television, dehumidifier, blender, fishing rod, assorted tools, cordless drill sets, and communication equipment, were recovered in an abandoned building.

Collectively the stolen property have an estimated value of $16,000.

Active police investigations continue.

Police reminded members of the public who purchase stolen items, that when caught they will be prosecuted.

376 officers at school as children shot dead UVALDE, Texas Associated Press NEARLY 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a damning investigative report released yesterday.

The nearly 80-page report was the first to criticise both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities in the South Texas town for the bewildering inaction by heavily armed officers as a gunman fired inside two fourth-grade classrooms at Robb Elementary School, killing 19 students and two teachers.

Altogether, the report and more than three hours of newly released body camera footage from the May 24 tragedy amounted to the fullest account to date of one of the worst school shootings in US history. Some families blasted police as cowards and JENNIFER LOPEZ AND BEN AFFLECK

JENNIFER LOPEZ AND BEN AFFLECK MARRY IN LAS VEGAS DRIVE-THROUGH NEW YORK Associated Press

JENNIFER Lopez and Ben Affleck were wed on Saturday in a late-night Las Vegas drive-through chapel, culminating a relationship that stretched over two decades in two separate romances and headlined countless tabloid covers.

Lopez announced their marriage yesterday in her newsletter for fans with the heading “We did it.” Lopez initially made their engagement public in April on the same newsletter, “On the J Lo.” “Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” wrote Lopez in a message signed Jennifer Lynn Affleck.

Lopez wrote that the couple flew to Las Vegas on Saturday, stood in line for their licence with four other couples and were wed just after midnight at

A Little White Wedding Chapel, a chapel boasting a drive-through “tunnel of love.” Lopez said a Bluetooth speaker played their brief march down the aisle.

She called it the best night of their lives.

“Stick around long enough and maybe you’ll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever with,” said Lopez.

News of their nuptials first spread Sunday after the Clark County clerk’s office in Nevada showed that the pair obtained a marriage license that was processed Saturday.

The marriage licence filing showed that Lopez plans to take the name Jennifer Affleck.

Representatives for Lopez and Affleck declined to comment.

demanded resignations.

“At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritise saving innocent lives over their own safety,” the report said.

The gunman fired approximately 142 rounds inside the building — and it is “almost certain” that at least 100 shots came before any officer entered, according to the report, which laid out in detail numerous failures. Among them: • No one assumed command despite scores of officers being on the scene.

• The commander of a Border Patrol tactical team waited for a bullet-proof shield and working master key for the classroom, which may have not even been needed, before entering the classroom.

• A Uvalde Police Department officer said he heard about 911 calls that had come from inside the classroom, and that his understanding was the officers on one side of the building knew there were victims trapped

inside. Still, no one tried to breach the classroom.

The report — the most complete account yet of the hesitant and haphazard response to the May 24 massacre — was written by an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives. Swiftly, the findings set in motion at least one fallout: Lt Mariano Pargas, a Uvalde Police Department officer who was the city’s acting police chief during the massacre, was placed on administrative leave.

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said an investigation would be launched to determine whether Pargas should have taken command of the scene. He also disclosed for the first time that some officers had left the force since the shooting but did not provide an exact number, saying it was as many as three.

“It’s a joke. They’re a joke. They’ve got no business wearing a badge. None of them do,” Vincent Salazar, grandfather of 11-year-old Layla Salazar, who was among those killed, said yeserday.

THREE DEAD IN LATEST MASS SHOOTING AT MALL

LAW enforcement wait outside after a deadly shooting at the Greenwood Park Mall, in Greenwood, Indiana, yesterday.

Photo: Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP GREENWOOD, Indiana Associated Press THREE people were fatally shot and two were injured yesterday evening at an Indiana mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed him, police said.

The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall with a rifle and several

magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court, Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison said.

An armed civilian killed the man, Ison said at a news conference. In total, four people were killed and two were injured, he said.

Officers went to the mall at about 6pm for reports of the shooting. Authorities are searching the mall for any other victims, but they believe the shooting was

contained to the food court.

Police have confiscated a suspicious backpack that was in a bathroom near the food court, Ison said.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police and multiple other agencies are assisting in the investigation.

“We are sickened by yet another type of incident like this in our country,” Indianapolis Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bailey said.

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Cruise control SHAUNAE MILLER-UIBO WINS 400M HEAT AT WORLDS

CHISHOLM JR RULED OUT OF ALL-STAR GAME

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net DESPITE his best efforts to rehab a lower back strain, Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr was officially ruled out of the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Marlins’ manager Don Mattingly told reporters Friday that the team’s medical staff has yet to clear the All-Star second baseman for a return to the field.

“Anybody that’s in the [injured list] is in medical’s hands until they’re not,” Mattingly said. “I’m sure he’s disappointed he can’t play. He’s earned that right to play.’’

While he won’t play, Chisholm still plans to head to Los Angeles to take part in all the other offfield events and activities surrounding the All-Star Game.

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FIBA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: BAHAMAS EARNS THE BRONZE

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

HEAT OF THE DAY: Shaunae Miller-Uibo wins her heat yesterday in the women’s 400-metres race at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

SEE THE FULL STORY ON PAGE 19 (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

AFTER falling short of getting into the gold medal round, head coach Donillo ‘Donnie’ Culmer said the women’s national basketball team wanted to make sure Team Bahamas returns home with the bronze medal from the FIBA Caribbean Women’s Basketball Championships.

Culmer, assisted by Diasti Delancy and Deven Johnson, held off Jamaica for a 68-57 victory in the third place at the end of the fiveday tournament yesterday in Havana, Cuba. It was the Bahamas’ second victory over Jamaica after they

SEE PAGE 16

Philipsen wins Tour Smith rallies to beat stage, Vingegaard McIlroy at British keeps lead, Roglic out Open for 1st major CARCASSONNE, France (AP) — Jasper Philipsen of Belgium braved a heat wave to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint yesterday as Jonas Vingegaard kept the leader’s yellow jersey.

Primož Roglic, the 2020 runner-up and a key teammate for Vingegaard, abandoned the race before the start yesterday because of injuries he previously sustained in this year’s edition.

Philipsen beat points leader Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen on the line to win a Tour stage for the first time. “It makes it super unbelievable. I know what losing is like in the Tour de France. I was close many, many times,” Philipsen said.

“But that it worked out today, it’s unbelievable.”

Philipsen was second behind Van Aert in the

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

BELGIUM’s Jasper Philipsen crosses the finish line to win the15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 202.5 kilometres (125.5 miles) with start in Rodez and finish in Carcassonne, France, yesterday.

(AP Photo/Daniel Cole) fourth stage of this year’s had to wait until the right race. opportunity.”

“It’s been a massive Benjamin Thomas had search for this victory and tried to attack for the first we worked really hard for win by a French rider on it,” said Philipsen, hold- this year’s Tour but was ing back tears. “I knew I had good legs, but we just SEE PAGE 16

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The stage at St. Andrews was all set for Rory McIlroy.

The show belonged to Cameron Smith, and so did that silver claret jug he won in a Sunday stunner at the British Open with the best closing round the Old Course had ever seen.

Smith was four shots behind at the start as a record crowd was eager to see McIlroy cap off a week of celebrations at the 150th Open in style.

He was three behind when he made the turn.

And then the plucky Australian with his magical putter ran off five straight birdies to take the lead, stared down a nervy

CAMERON SMITH, of Australia, holds the claret jug trophy as he poses for photographers on the 18th green after winning the British Open golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, yesterday.

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) putt around the edge of from 80 feet for birdie for the nefarious Road Hole an 8-under 64. bunker to save par and finished with two putts SEE PAGE 18

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RESULTS - BAHAMAS AQUATICS’ 50TH NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS THE Bahamas Aquatics Federation completed its 50th National Swimming Championships at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex last week Sunday.

• Here’s a look at the performances from the four-day meet, held in memory of the late longtime executive John Bradley: Girls 11-12 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Pratt, Trinity C 12, Julien, Madyson C 11, Clarke, Christin-Alyssa C 11, Gibson, Saleste A 11), 1:59.01B. 2, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Smith, Adaiah T 12, Nelson, Cindy T 11, Saunders, Kimaya S 11, Lewis, Lelah E 12), 2:06.41. 3, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Mckenzie, Dndn F 11, Pinder, Nyah S 11, Sands, Gianna K 12, Roache, Ayira 11), 2:08.10. 4, Lyford Swim Club ‘A’ (Threadgill, Jaylah N 11, Saralegui, Violet A 11, Colebrook, Danielle R 12, Zatarain, Alexia C 12), 2:10.54. 5, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Lynes, Bharti S 12, Cooper, Wynter H 12, Rolle, Jayla Marie G 12, George, Trinity S 12), 2:10.71. 6, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Dean, Da’scha 12, Fox, Madison E 11, Isaacs, Siann E 11, Donaldson, Samirah E 11), 2:13.10.

7, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Stubbs, Durmani X 11, Smith, Chelsea N 12, Rolle, Sabria M 11, Taylor, Anaiah R 12), 2:26.13. 8, Sea Waves Aquatic Team ‘A’ (Hutcheson, Tyanne-Joy M 12, Nabbie, Makaila A 11, Williams, De’Angel S 11, Knowles, Taylor C 11), 2:38.84. --, Barracuda Swim Club ‘B’ (Prince, Nia-Ishia C 12, Gilbert, Madison R 12, Ingraham, Dayna G 11, Smith, Chrislynn T 11), X2:08.81.

--, Black Marlins Swim Club ‘A’ (Taylor, Kylah L 12, Armbrister, Chloe C 12, Miller, Ramonica S 11, Cooper, Aryanna I 11), DQ. --, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Burrows, Allyssa E 12, Evans, Anneka X 11, Pickstock, Zahran K 12, Maycock, Melaja A 11), DQ. Boys 11-12 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Hamilton, Lenin 12, Butler, Damari 12, Russell, Trace K 11, Daniels, Maxwell P 12), 1:54.79. 2, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Singh, David A 11, Rolle, Gerard C 11, Farrington, Will B 12, Burrows, Keron D 12), 2:01.39.

3, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Smith, Cameron K 12, Simmons, Dijon M 12, Adderley, Kraig L 12, Deleveaux, Aindriu H 11), 2:01.80.

4, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (McBroom, Rafael S 12, Williams, Kaylan K 11, Pickstock, Jaishon R 11, Knowles, Noah S 12), 2:02.14.

5, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Ferguson, Luke 12, Wilmore, Macario K 11, Boucher, Logan C 12, Walkes, Cameron A 12), 2:11.48. 6, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Brown, Caylen X 11, Smith, Jayden N 11, Bienamie, Jamar Q 12, Knowles, Shanterro M 12), 2:13.14. 7, Sea Waves Aquatic Team ‘A’ (Knowles, Thomas O 12, Oliver, Javon J 11, Wright, Khristian-Isaiah E 11, Johnson, Tristan S 11), 2:58.74. --, Mako Aquatics Club ‘B’ (Chatlani-Pickstock, Jahan R 12, Davis, Evan R 12, Moncur, Ayriel J 11, Saunders, Myles A 12), X2:10.11. --, Black Marlins Swim Club ‘A’ (Murray, Alexander J 11, Smith, Jayden K 11, Smith, Leo J 11, Thompson, Gilbert A 11), NS. Girls 13-14 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Williamson, Zoe A 13, Norville-Smith, Seannae S 13, Watson, Zarria J 14, Patton, Mia K 14), 1:58.96. 2, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Adderley, Tia- Isabella J 14, Rolle, Jordyn 13, Theberge, Elle A 14, Ward, Rayven H 13), 2:00.08.

3, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Bridgewater, Lauren 14, Rolle, Chloe C 14, McPhee, Arielle J 14, Barnes, Sanaa Z 13), 2:02.35. 4, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Bain, Quiana L 13, George, Teryl O 14, Brooks, Shianne L 14, Minus, Denaja A 13), 2:05.66. 5, Lyford Swim Club ‘A’ (Fiaux, Elina A 14, Kissau, Nadia M 13, Farrington, Cecilia P 13, Mulder, Kristin E 13), 2:10.22. 6, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Bain, Nia L 14, Major, Mathea 14, Miller, Maya C 14, Carey, Nakeisha A 13), 2:12.97. 7, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Andrews, Cheniscia D 13, Cowan, Teeann J 14, Grant, D’Asia A 14, Watkins, Teynarae T 14), 2:22.67. --, Mako Aquatics Club ‘B’ (Martin, Jai A 14, Dillet, Morgan A 14, Pritchard, Erin M 14, Mercedes, Amy A 13), X2:06.87.

Boys 13-14 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Gibson, Zion U 14, Bartlett, Mikhail A 14, Storr, Kaidin A 14, Moncur, Ayrton G 14), 1:45.52. 2, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Moncur III, Tre L 14, Albury, Kyle A 14, Adderley, Tyler A 14, Miller, Matthew H 14), 1:49.46. 3, Freeport Aquatic Club ‘A’ (Bain, Ayden T 13, Adams, Chad D 13, Carter, Clarence D 14, Carey, Nicholes E 13), 1:52.72. 4, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Saunders, Donald L 13, Armbrister, Tamar A 13, McKenzie, Kayden M 13, Johnson, Aydin A 14), 1:55.42. 5, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Johnson, Tahje D 13, Rollins, Aiden V 13, Miller, Tyler A 14, Johnson,

Kevin L 13), 2:00.84. 6, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Archer, Daniel E 13, Simon, Tony 14, Turnquest, Elijah M 13, Seymour, Braeden K 13), 2:04.71.

--, Mako Aquatics Club ‘B’ (Mcdonald, Devin T 13, Saunders, Najeh A 13, Wilkinson, Ethan M 13, Nairn, Shyon 14), X1:57.09.

--, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Charles, Jarrod J 14, Kemp, Aidan J 14, Darville, Caellum T 14, Ferguson, Caleb T 14), DQ. --, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Johnson, Asher A 14, Duncombe, Launy L 14, Hepburn, Tristen 13, Gibson, Ellie J 14), DQ. Girls 15-17 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, Lyford Swim Club ‘A’ (Zatarain, Isabelle X 15, Tuinman, Chloe I 15, Saidi, Layla A 15, Mizell, Delaney L 17), 1:52.91. 2, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Lundy, Rachel L 17, Sands, Giann D 15, Cuffy-Bethel, Devin 16, Moss, Keianna B 16), 1:53.83. 3, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Gibbs, Rhanishka R 15, Higgs, Chyme D 16, Higgs, Kyana E 15, Farrington, Grace M 16), 1:54.63. 4, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Knowles, Leylah A 15, Culmer-Mackey, Sienna 15, Johnson, Bianca N 15, Thompson, Zaylie-Elizabeth P 17), 1:55.02.

Boys 15-17 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Forbes, Nigel J 16, Fountain, Taye E 17, Smith, Ocean S 17, Johnson, Marvin L 15), 1:38.32. 2, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Thompson III, Erald C 17, Dam, Brayden J 17, Bonamy, Amauri E 15, Ferguson, Tristin K 15), 1:39.39. 3, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Carey, Christian B 16, Barr, Jack C 16, Prince, Hodari E 16, Bosland, Msanaa A 16), 1:42.39. 4, Black Marlins Swim Club ‘A’ (Bowers, David E 16, Cooper, Elbert W 17, Thompson, Jake F 17, Knowles, Reis K 17), 1:42.65. 5, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Brown, Adian J 15, Ferguson III, Daniel H 15, Williams, Rondon L 16, Richford, Adam D 17), 1:49.64. 6, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Beneby, Dominic C 17, Gibson, Joshua J 15, Darville, Ashley F 15, Carey, Logan C 16), 1:52.03. 7, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Major, Dayyan J 15, Cordova, Ragh E 15, Brice, Jurien C 17, Bannister, Elijah S 15), 1:56.06. 8, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Brooks, Latrell L 16, Sands, Blaire 15, Sands, Blaine 15, Davis, Malek K 16), 2:03.84. --, Alpha Aquatics ‘B’ (Bell, Nicholas 15, Maycock, Lyle D 16, Bastian, Cairo T 15, Ijeoma, Nkume J 15), X1:57.87.

Boys 18 & Over 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Taylor, Lamar C 18, Carey, Davante S 19, Kerr, Kohen K 25, Walcott, Andre A 20), 1:38.44. 2, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Bastian, Izaak Z 20, Gaitor, Tenajh R 21, Wood, Ralph III V 19, Miller, Melvin V 18), 1:42.82. 3, Mantas Swim & Water Polo ClubBA ‘A’ (Wallace-Whitfiled, Nicky 18, Johnson, Aidan M 18, Ferguson, Mateo 18, Sastre, Gabriel T 19), 1:59.35.

Girls 11-12 400 LC Meter IM - 1, Lewis, Lelah E, WAVE-BA, 5:50.35 CAR. 2, Pratt, Trinity C, BSC, 6:01.20 CAR. 3, Gilbert, Madison R, BSC, 6:05.80 NATL. 4, Prince, Nia-Ishia C, BSC, 6:40.82 NATL. 5, Mckenzie, Dndn F, MAC, 6:44.25 NATL. 6, Burrows, Allyssa E, LIT, 7:11.13 NATL. 7, Ingraham, Dayna G, BSC, 7:18.31 NATL. 8, Evans, Anneka X, LIT, 7:29.95 NATL. 9, Pickstock, Zahra A, LIT, 7:37.80 NATL. 10, Knowles, Taylor C, SWAT, 7:46.43 NATL. Boys 11-12 400 LC Meter IM 1, Simmons, Dijon M, Blue Waves, 5:27.10 CAR. 2, Farrington, Will B, BSC, 5:34.09 CAR. 3, Butler, Damari, MAC, 6:09.44 NATL. 4, Knowles, Shanterro M, MANTABA, 6:24.91 NATL. 5, Wright, Issac S, MAC, 6:28.45 NATL. 6, Bethell, Daniel N, MAC, 6:41.00 NATL. Girls 13-14 400 LC Meter IM - 1, Murray, Alanna T, BMSC, 5:55.31 NATL. 2, Theberge, Elle A, MAC, 5:58.44 NATL. 3, Bridgewater, Lauren, BSC, 6:19.77 NATL. 4, Pritchard, Erin M, MAC, 6:24.34 NATL. 5, Minus, Denaja A, Blue Waves, 6:59.48 NATL. 6, Cowan, Teeann J, LIT, 7:00.49 NATL. Boys 13-14 400 LC Meter IM 1, Hepburn, Tristen, WAVE-BA, 5:02.76 CAN. 2, Wells, Caden A, BMSC, 5:06.14 CAN. 3, Gibson, Zion U, MAC, 5:22.84 NATL. 4, Moncur, Ayrton G, MAC, 5:30.80 NATL. 5, Johnson, Kevin L, Blue Waves, 5:54.94 NATL. 6, Albury, Kyle A, BSC, 6:08.97 NATL. Girls 15-17 400 LC Meter IM 1, Higgs, Kyana E, BSC, 5:35.29 CAR. 2, Farrington, Grace M, BSC, 5:51.46 NATL. 3, Zatarain, Isabelle X, LSC, 6:02.51 NATL. 4, Cuffy-Bethel, Devin, MAC, 6:17.95 NATL. --, Belfonte, Allyson, CBAC, X5:45.12 NATL. Girls 18 & Over 400 LC Meter IM - 1, MacPhail, Anya I, MAC, 5:46.32 NATL. 2, Albury, Kaliyah G, MAC, 6:09.88 NATL. Boys 15-17 400 LC Meter IM 1, Thompson III, Erald C, MAC, 4:56.41 CAR. 2, Dam, Brayden J, MAC, 4:59.84 CAR. 3, Barr, Jack C, BSC, 5:04.89 CAR. 4, Prince,

Hodari E, BSC, 5:06.78 CAR. 5, Bosland, Msanaa A, BSC, 5:22.47 NATL. 6, Sealy, Kieran A, BSC, 5:35.86 NATL. 7, Ferguson III, Daniel H, AAC, 5:37.11 NATL. 8, Knowles, Reis K, BMSC, 5:38.92 NATL. 9, Brooks, Latrell L, Blue Waves, 5:46.60 NATL. Boys 18 & Over 400 LC Meter IM - 1, Murray, Joshua M, BMSC, 5:05.74 NATL. 2, Walcott, Andre A, MAC, 5:28.21 NATL. 3, Bartlett III, Hugh A, MAC, 6:13.89.

Girls 8 & Under 50 LC Meter Butterfly - (Finals) 1, Munroe, Isabella I, MAC, 39.92N. 2, Fergurson, Makayla J, Blue Waves, 49.37. 3, Dean, Cailyn G, Blue Waves, 49.84. 4, Rolle, Kirsten C, Blue Waves, 51.95. 5, Coleman, Samaiya A, Blue Waves, 52.28. 6, Hamilton, Delnia S, BSC, 52.84.

7, Knowles, Jaleah L, FAC, 53.06.

8, Johnson, Rinia E, Blue Waves, 53.83.

Boys 8 & Under 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Bastian, Asher X, MANTA-BA, 44.86. 2, Cooper, Kymani D, WAVE-BA, 48.08. 3, Menzies, Fraser, AAC, 49.10. 4, Comarcho, Logan G, WAVE-BA, 49.16. 5, Menzies, Lyall, AAC, 49.84. 6, Wells, Caylan C, Blue Waves, 51.62. 7, Musgrove, Dylan A, Blue Waves, 51.65. 8, Sweeting, Stafford S, MANTA-BA, 53.46.

Girls 9-10 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Smith, Skyler Y, WAVE-BA, 33.61 NATL. 2, Seymour, Tiah X, MANTA-BA,

R, BSC, 28.62 CAN. 2, Moss, Keianna B, MAC, 29.18 CAN. 3, Lundy, Rachel L, MAC, 30.10 CAR. 4, Norville-Smith, Seannia V, WAVE-BA, 30.53 CAR. 5, Zatarain, Isabelle X, LSC, 30.98 NATL. 6, Sastre, Mia G, BMSC, 31.83 NATL. 7, Cuffy-Bethel, Devin, MAC, 32.09 NATL. 8, Saidi, Layla A, LSC, 32.53 NATL. --, Crooks, Jillian, TSAFG, X28.95 CAN. --, Belfonte, Allyson, CBAC, X31.18 NATL. --, Hyson, Gabrielle, TSA-FG, X31.42 NATL. Girls 18 & Over 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Russell, Victoria, UN, 28.95 NATL. 2, Cabral, Katelyn, WAVE-BA, 29.40 NATL. 3, Weech, Ariel, AAC, 31.06 NATL. 4, Hepburn, Jamilah R, MAC, 32.71 NATL. Boys 15-17 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Forbes, Nigel J, WAVE-BA, 25.40 CAN. 2, Johnson, Marvin L, WAVE-BA, 25.71 CAN. 3, Dam, Brayden J, MAC, 26.19 CAR. 4, Richford, Adam D, AAC, 26.37 CAR. 5, Gadson, Emmanuel L, BSC, 26.79 CAR. 6, Feaste, William W, MAC, 28.03 NATL. 7, Bonamy, Amauri E, MAC, 28.37 NATL. 8, Smith, Ocean S, WAVE-BA, 28.40 NATL. --, Jackson-Blaine, Zach, TSA-FG, X28.05 NATL. Boys 18 & Over 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Taylor, Lamar C, MAC, 24.67 CAN. 2, Bastian, Izaak Z, BSC, 25.67 CAN. 3,

FOURTEEN-year-old Adreil Pratt had a strong showing at the Bahamas Aquatics Federation’s 50th National Swimming Championships - her final swimming competition before she heads off to Jacksonville, Florida, to continue her education. Pratt snagged four bronze medals - 50-, 100- and 200-metres breaststroke and 200 medley mix relay. She also placed fourth in the 100m back stroke, fifth in the 200m back stroke and 6th in the 50m back stroke. She made finals in all of the races she competed in.

34.07 NATL. 3, Pratt, Noel S, BSC, 34.75 NATL. 4, Cuccurullo, Isabella K, WAVE-BA, 36.28 NATL. 5, Nicolls, Taylen D, MAC, 36.48 NATL. 6, Hamilton, Lenika, MAC, 36.97 NATL. 7, Curry, Angel A, MANTA-BA, 37.73 NATL. 8, Seymour, Kaleah R, FAC, 42.35 NATL. Boys 9-10 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Joseph, Christon A, Blue Waves, 32.91 NATL. 2, Knowles, Nitayo G, WAVE-BA, 33.02 NATL. 3, Simmons, Harold A, WAVE-BA, 33.89 NATL. 4, Lewis, Liam E, WAVE-BA, 37.70 NATL. 5, Dean, Adrian C, MAC, 38.19 NATL. 6, Rolle, Suraj M, Blue Waves, 41.69 NATL. 7, Lloyd, Keiron I, MAC, 41.83 NATL. 8, Thompson, Blair E, MAC, 41.95 NATL. Girls 11-12 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Lewis, Lelah E, WAVE-BA, 30.12N CAN. 2, Gibson, Saleste A, BSC, 30.41N CAN. 3, Julien, Madyson C, BSC, 31.07 CAN. 4, Smith, Adaiah T, WAVE-BA, 33.30 NATL. 5, Threadgill, Jaylah N, LSC, 33.53 NATL. 6, George, Trinity S, Blue Waves, 34.94 NATL. 7, Saralegui, Violet A, LSC, 35.28 NATL. 8, Clarke, Christin-Alyssa C, BSC, 36.47 NATL. Boys 11-12 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Hamilton, Lenin, MAC, 29.47 CAN. 2, Simmons, Dijon M, Blue Waves, 29.52 CAN. 3, Daniels, Maxwell P, MAC, 30.46 CAR. 4, Knowles, Noah S, WAVE-BA, 31.05 CAR. 5, Butler, Damari, MAC, 31.64 NATL. 6, McBroom, Rafael S, WAVE-BA, 32.21 NATL. 7, Murray, Alexander J, BMSC, 32.76 NATL. 8, Knowles, Shanterro M, MANTABA, 33.00 NATL. --, Fahy, Lev, CBAC, X33.18 NATL. Girls 13-14 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Williamson, Zoe A, WAVE-BA, 30.04 CAN. 2, Ward, Rayven H, MAC, 30.89 CAR. 3, Bridgewater, Lauren, BSC, 31.52 NATL. 4, Rolle, Chloe C, BSC, 31.67 NATL. 5, Watson, Zarria J, WAVE-BA, 32.65 NATL. 6, Knowles, Anjaleah B, SWAT, 33.64 NATL. 7, Norville-Smith, Seannae S, WAVE-BA, 33.69 NATL. 8, Bain, Quiana L, Blue Waves, 34.35 NATL. Boys 13-14 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Ferguson, Caleb T, AAC, 26.35 CAN. 2, Johnson, Asher A, WAVE-BA, 27.08 CAN. 3, Moncur III, Tre L, BSC, 27.39 CAN. 4, Kemp, Aidan J, AAC, 28.43 CAR. 5, Charles, Jarrod J, AAC, 28.69 NATL. 6, Albury, Kyle A, BSC, 29.17 NATL. 7, Storr, Kaidin A, MAC, 29.44 NATL. 8, Johnson, Kevin L, Blue Waves, 29.48 NATL. Girls 15-17 50 LC Meter Butterfly - 1, Gibbs, Rhanishka

Murray, Joshua M, BMSC, 25.86 NATL. 4, Ferguson, Rommel A, WAVE-BA, 26.01 NATL. 5, Bowers, Thomas M, BMSC, 26.23 NATL. 6, Pinder, Roman A, LSC, 26.32 NATL. 7, Wood, Ralph III V, BSC, 27.55 NATL. 8, Gaitor, Tenajh R, BSC, 29.38 NATL. Girls 9-10 100 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Ferguson, Alissa A, BSC, 1:18.73B NATL. 2, Smith, Skyler Y, WAVE-BA, 1:21.78 NATL. 3, Pratt, Noel S, BSC, 1:27.65 NATL. 4, Mitchell, Helsinki E, WAVE-BA, 1:29.03 NATL. 5, Allen, Ariana D, WAVE-BA, 1:30.63 NATL. 6, Burrows, Paityn G, MANTA-BA, 1:32.05 NATL. 7, Ellis, Kamelia E, BSC, 1:32.06 NATL. 8, Griffin, Dasha A, BSC, 1:35.96 NATL. Boys 9-10 100 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Simmons, Harold A, WAVE-BA, 1:19.27 NATL. 2, Comarcho, Blake G, WAVE-BA, 1:21.60 NATL. 3, Lloyd, Keiron I, MAC, 1:28.49 NATL. 4, Norville-Smith, Sean H, WAVE-BA, 1:31.18 NATL. 5, Lightbourne, Zander L, MAC, 1:32.52 NATL. 6, Dean, Adrian C, MAC, 1:34.64 NATL. 7, Thompson, Blair E, MAC, 1:37.99 NATL. 8, Rolle, Kriston L, Blue Waves, 1:39.03 NATL. Girls 11-12 100 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Pratt, Trinity C, BSC, 1:14.55 CAN. 2, Prince, Nia-Ishia C, BSC, 1:20.33 NATL. 3, Isaacs, Siann E, AAC, 1:21.82 NATL. 4, Clarke, Christin-Alyssa C, BSC, 1:25.22 NATL. 5, Threadgill, Jaylah N, LSC, 1:25.56 NATL. 6, Pickstock, Zahra A, LIT, 1:26.99 NATL. 7, Zatarain, Alexia C, LSC, 1:29.66 NATL. 8, Ingraham, Dayna G, BSC, 1:32.49 NATL. Boys 11-12 100 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Singh, David A, BSC, 1:11.95 CAR. 2, Daniels, Maxwell P, MAC, 1:14.28 CAR. 3, Hamilton, Lenin, MAC, 1:15.41 CAR. 4, Russell, Trace K, MAC, 1:20.96 NATL. 5, Burrows, Keron D, BSC, 1:21.68 NATL. 6, Pickstock, Jaishon R, WAVE-BA, 1:22.54 NATL. 7, Walkes, Cameron A, AAC, 1:25.08 NATL. 8, Williams, Kaylan K, WAVE-BA, 1:26.35 NATL. --, Fahy, Lev, CBAC, X1:15.69 CAR. Girls 13-14 100 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Theberge, Elle A, MAC, 1:10.82 CAN. 2, Knowles, Anjaleah B, SWAT, 1:15.33 NATL. 3, Bertoldo, Giada I, MAC, 1:16.64 NATL. 4, Pratt, Adriel A, BMSC, 1:18.54 NATL. 5, Fiaux, Elina A, LSC, 1:19.81 NATL. 6, McKinney, Summer S, WAVE-BA, 1:24.63 NATL. 7, Campbell, Marliyah A, MAC, 1:26.14 NATL. 8, Bowe, Taliyah A, SWAT, 1:26.72 NATL. Boys 13-14 100 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Saunders, Donald L,

LIT, 1:03.22 CAN. 2, Gibson, Ellie J, WAVE-BA, 1:03.31 CAN. 3, Gibson, Zion U, MAC, 1:05.23 CAN. 4, Duncombe, Launy L, WAVE-BA, 1:08.01 CAR. 5, Johnson, Asher A, WAVE-BA, 1:09.99 NATL. 6, Moncur III, Tre L, BSC, 1:10.38 NATL. 7, Miller, Matthew H, BSC, 1:11.81 NATL. 8, Moss, Orion A, BMSC, 1:14.63 NATL. Girls 15-17 100 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Higgs, Kyana E, BSC, 1:10.60 CAR. 2, Sastre, Mia G, BMSC, 1:11.06 CAR. 3, Mizell, Delaney L, LSC, 1:11.38 CAR. 4, Knowles, Leylah A, AAC, 1:12.17 CAR. 5, Farrington, Grace M, BSC, 1:15.80 NATL. 6, Goulandris, Katie A, LSC, 1:16.73 NATL. 7, Higgs, Chyme D, BSC, 1:17.62 NATL. 8, Higgs, Dedrie D, WAVE-BA, 1:20.95 NATL. --, Belfonte, Allyson, CBAC, X1:13.87 NATL. --, Fankina, Veronika, CBAC, X1:14.58 NATL. Girls 18 & Over 100 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Cabral, Katelyn, WAVE-BA, 1:11.42 NATL. 2, Dean, Alexa J, Blue Waves, 1:28.31.

Boys 15-17 100 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Thompson, Jake F, BMSC, 1:01.32 CAN. 2, Prince, Hodari E, BSC, 1:04.99 NATL. 3, Sealy, Kieran A, BSC, 1:05.99 NATL. 4, Newry, Joshua K, FAC, 1:06.05 NATL. 5, Carey, Christian B, BSC, 1:06.90 NATL. 6, Bonamy, Amauri E, MAC, 1:08.68 NATL. 7, Gray, Wellington X, MAC, 1:11.03 NATL. 8, Pinder, Cyle N, FAC, 1:11.42 NATL. Boys 18 & Over 100 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Carey, Davante S, MAC, 57.58N CAN. 2, Taylor, Lamar C, MAC, 57.83N CAN. 3, Pinder, Roman A, LSC, 1:03.13 NATL. 4, Smith, Kristofer E, WAVE-BA, 1:05.20 NATL. 5, Wood, Ralph III V, BSC, 1:09.18 NATL. 6, Mott, Kadin V, MAC, 1:12.40 NATL. 7, Miller, Melvin V, BSC, 1:16.27 NATL. 8, Curtis, Jayden O, MAC, 1:17.54 NATL. --, Stevens, Tristan, UN, X1:01.75 NATL. --, Weddington, Langston, UN, X1:03.77 NATL. Girls 8 & Under 200 LC Meter Freestyle - 1, Munroe, Isabella I, MAC, 3:01.12. 2, Johnson, Rinia E, Blue Waves, 3:06.00. 3, Dean, Cailyn G, Blue Waves, 3:15.73.

4, Fergurson, Makayla J, Blue Waves, 3:22.90. 5, Rolle, Kirsten C, Blue Waves, 3:26.85. 6, McPHEE, Ateelah K, Blue Waves, 3:34.96.

7, Coleman, Samaiya A, Blue Waves, 3:35.30. 8, Hepburn, Kate S, LIT, 3:35.40. 9, Knowles, Jaleah L, FAC, 3:38.19. 10, Astwood, Hannah, MAC, 3:53.10.

11, Smith, Kahira N, Blue Waves, 3:54.35. 12, Chambers, Skyrah A, Blue Waves, 3:56.08. 13, Wallace, Emma M, BSC, 4:01.17. 14, Hamilton, Delnia S, BSC, 4:05.29. 15, Hamilton, Leniah, MAC, 4:08.66.

16, Emmanuel, De’Neigha R, LIT, 4:11.57.

Boys 8 & Under 200 LC Meter Freestyle - 1, Bastian, Asher X, MANTA-BA, 3:02.56. 2, Menzies, Fraser, AAC, 3:06.93. 3, Comarcho, Logan G, WAVE-BA, 3:10.15. 4, Newry, Jeremiah K, FAC, 3:15.92. 5. Menzies, Lyall, AAC, 3:16.63. 6, Musgrove, Dylan A, Blue Waves, 3:23.33. 7, , Caylan C, Blue Waves, 3:29.05. 8, Bastian, Dakota A, Blue Waves, 3:35.21.

9, Feaste, Isaiah T, MANTA-BA, 3:37.27. 10, Cooper, Benjamin M, Blue Waves, 3:42.45. 11, Sweeting, Stafford S, MANTA-BA, 3:49.46. 12, Nixon, Razario O, Blue Waves, 3:55.85. 13, Campbell, Edward F, MAC, 4:15.93.

14, Knowles, Anthony M, SWAT, 4:20.07. 15, Cordova, Ghabby E, LIT, 4:21.91. 16, Burrows, James C, LIT, 4:44.52.

Girls 9-10 200 LC Meter Freestyle - 1, Ferguson, Alissa A, BSC, 2:30.23N NATL. 2, Seymour, Tiah X, MANTA-BA, 2:32.96 NATL. 3, Smith, Skyler Y, WAVE-BA, 2:36.51 NATL. 4, Cuccurullo, Isabella K, WAVEBA, 2:48.42 NATL. 5, Nicolls, Taylen D, MAC, 2:53.22 NATL. 6, Allen, Ariana D, WAVE-BA, 2:54.19 NATL. 7, Albury, Gillian C, MAC, 2:55.00 NATL. 8, Donaldson, Skarlette L, MANTA-BA, 2:55.79 NATL. 9, Chase, Layelle G, BSC, 2:56.19 NATL. 10, Mackey, Jayda T, BMSC, 2:56.70 NATL. 11, Mitchell, Helsinki E, WAVE-BA, 2:59.67 NATL. 12, Belton, Nai’a A, MAC, 3:03.86 NATL. 13, Seymour, Kaleah R, FAC, 3:06.64 NATL. 14, Taylor, Catrell L, MAC, 3:08.34 NATL. 15, Grey, Blue, MAC, 3:08.56 NATL. 16, Rolle, Semaiah G, FAC, 3:11.24 NATL. 17, Boucher, Savannah C, AAC, 3:11.66 NATL. 18, Hepburn, Kourtney E, LIT, 3:15.07 NATL. 19, Hamilton, Lenika, MAC, 3:20.70 NATL. 20, Ferguson, Avaree J, AAC, 3:22.86 NATL. 21, Smith, Meghan D, MANTA-BA, 3:30.83 NATL. 22, McCartney, Layell M, AAC, 3:36.32 NATL. 23, Miller, Kaylee, MAC, 3:47.93.

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THE TRIBUNE

Monday, July 18, 2022, PAGE 15

Champions crowned at Bodybuilding Nationals

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net KAIF Young, Fania Joseph, Cara Saunders, Giovanni Farrington and Sanadia Smith emerged as overall champions in the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation’s 49th National Bodybuilding Championships at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island on Saturday night.

Their performances should cement their spots on the federation’s national team that will represent the Bahamas at the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships July 27 to August 1 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Center in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Federation president Joel Stubbs said they are expected to announce the team selection within a day or two so that the athletes can prepare for the trek to the championships.

Fans showed up in great numbers in groups to support their favourite competitor as they yelled and screamed every time they came onto the stage to strut their stuff until the announcements were made on the final winners.

Young, omitted from the final stage appearances with all of the winners, said he was not disappointed when his name wasn’t called for the men’s physique title.

He kept his composure and was more elated that the officials recognised the mistake, albeit, after the crowd had dispersed.

“I felt good about it. I knew I worked hard for it all season,” said Young in receiving the trophy in his bitter-sweet victory. “It showed tonight. I put in the work and I am happy.

Things happen. That’s a part of life.”

The 37-year-old Young, however, said his focus is concentrated on getting ready for his fourth CAC Championships. He intends to be “sharper” as he changes his diet to go on stage more developed in his bid to improve on his second place finish at the 2019 championships.

From lacing up her track shoes to walking on stage in more high heels, Saunders didn’t have a problem making the necessary adjustments to becoming the women’s wellness champion.

“I anticipated doing very well, but nothing is never expected in this sport because it is so objective,” she said. “I just know I had a plan and I wanted to be effective with my plan and I wanted to execute the things that I trained for. I’m just so happy to be on this stage performing.”

The 38-year-old Saunders was a promising 400m specialist, but since 2018, she’s been in the gym preparing for her transition to the big stage as a fitness competitor. “I won the Northern Division and I won it again here, so I’m just so elated,” said Saunders, who started competing in the wellness competition in 2016 when it was first introduced, but noted that she definitely misses track and field because “it’s still my first love.”

As she prepares for CAC, the self-employed Saunders said she would like to be able to put on some more mass to be more effective.

Already acclaimed as the first female heavy equipment operator at Bahama Rock in Grand Bahama, Sanadia Smith came to town and crushed the competition in the women’s figure category.

She was also honoured for assisting in the success of the recent Northern Bahamas Championships.

“I felt like I made an improvement from the initial show that they had in Grand Bahama,” said Smith of her victory in the same category at the Northern Bahamas Championships.

“I love the competition. I brought my A-game and I felt very good being on the stage.”

NATIONAL champions Sanadia Smith, Cara Saunders and Giovanni Farrington show off their awards.

KAIF Young displays his winning trophy.

TWIN brothers Wedlear and Wendly Eugene receive their awards.

The 31-year-old Smith said if selected for the CAC Championships, she wants to just “tighten up” and be a lot leaner.

With his two coaches Paul ‘Mighty Mouse’ Wilson and Leonardo ‘Nardo’ Dean presenting him on stage with his men’s bodybuilding title, Farrington said he couldn’t ask for a better performance.

“I want to give God thanks for allowing me to come here and to perform,” said Farrington, a longtime member of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

“I was actually thinking about calling it quits when COVID-19 came.

“However, my coaches saw the potential in me and I also want to thank Joel Stubbs because he was there to help motivate and encourage me in training. I came out here and I brought the package to win and now it’s time to get ready for the CAC Championships.”

Looking at the performances, president Stubbs said the show was a great one, considering that many fans showed up as they were eager to watch the competitors compete for the first time since the pandemic stuck in 2020.

“We are starting and rebuilding at the same time,” Stubbs said. “We will mix the bitter with the sweet and at the same token, encourage and support these new athletes who came on board and want to advance and excel in their fitness goals. We want to be there for them” • Here’s the results from the various categories: Men’s Physique Champion – Kaif Young.

Women’s Bikini Champion – Fania Joseph.

Women’s Wellness Champion – Cara Saunders.

Men’s Bodybuilding Champion – Giovanni Farrington.

Men’s Physique Class A – 1. Justin Lightbourne.

Men’s Physique Class C – 1. Anthon Moxey.

Men’s Physique Class D – 1. Wedlear Eugene, 2. Wendly Eugene (twin brothers).

Men’s Physique Class E – 1. Judah Forbes, 2. Dangelo Edmunds.

Men’s Physique Class F – 1. Kaif Young, 2. Davin Johnson, 3, Terrion Kemp.

Men’s Classic Physique – 1. Andrew Gibson, 2.

Orick Nesbitt, 3. Andrew Sweeting.

Men’s Physique Novice Open Class – 1. Davin Johnson, 2, Judah Forbes, 3, D’Angelo Edmunds.

Women’s Bikini Class B – 1. Fania Joseph.

Women’s Bikini Class G – 1. Kastachia Stuart, 2.

Danielle Rollins.

Women’s Bikini Class H – 1. Britnaa Davis.

Women’s Bikini Novice – 1. Kastachia Stuart, 2.

Britnae Davis, 3. Danielle Rollins.

Women’s Bikini Novice Open Class – 1. Dorcas Cox, 2. Jackie-Jean Cleare.

Women’s Wellness Class B – 1. Altonique Curtis.

Women’s Wellness Class C – 1. Cara Saunders, 2.

Denica Thompson.

Women’s Wellness Class D – 1. Jackie-Jean Cleare.

Women’s Wellness Novice – 1. Altonique Curtis, 2. Denica Thompson, 3. Jackie-Jean Cleare.

Men’s Bodybuilding Middleweight – 1. Giovanni Farrington, 2. Andrew Gibson, 3.

Andrew Sweeting.

Men’s Bodybuilding Novice Middleweight – Andrew Gibson.

Men’s Bodybuilding Super Heavyweight – 1.

Orick Nesbitt.

Men’s Muscular Physique – 1. Gemo Smith.

JUDAH Forbes on the stage.

Men’s Masters Bodybuilding – 1. Orick Nesbitt.

2. Andrew Sweeting.

Women’s Fitness – 1.

Seanea Bowe.

Women’s Fitness Model – 1. Sanadia Smith.

Women’s Figure Novice – 1. Dorcas Cox, 2. JackieJean Cleare.

Women’s Figure Open – 1. Dorcas Cox, 2. Sanadia

Smith, 3.

Jackie-Jean Cleare.

Men’s Fitness Open Class – 1. Alexander Kemp.

Men’s Fitness Model Nationals – 1. Alexander Kemp, 2. Kyle Turnquest.

Men’s Classic Physique Novice – 1. Andrew Gibson.

Gym with the most participants – J-Line Fitness.

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Bringing home the bronze

TOUR

FROM PAGE 13

SENIOR women’s national basketball team celebrate with their bronze medal at FIBA Caribbean Women’s Basketball Championships yesterday in Havana, Cuba.

FIBA

FROM PAGE 13 won their first game in their only game in the round robin. “The team’s performance was great. We had some ups and downs, but this was a very young team and so some of the girls had some jitters,” said Culmer, who had at least two high school students who will be going into grade 12 in September.

“We wanted to finish with the gold or at least play in the gold-medal game, but the Dominican Republic and Cuba were a little bit better than us on the days we played them and we felt a bit short.”

The Bahamas, coming off an 81-56 loss to the Dominican Republic in the playoffs on Saturday, got a game high 14 points with 12 rebounds, two steals and a block from starting centre Britinique Harrison.

Denika Lightbourne, the 17-year-old high school sensation, had 12 points with six rebounds, five steals and three assists and Valicia Demeritte added 12 points.

No other player was in double figures, but La’Tavia Brennen contributed nine points with three rebounds, Antonicia Moultrie, another 17-year-old rising star, had six points with two rebounds, two steals, a blocked shot and an assist, Valeria Nesbitt also had six points with eight assists and five rebounds, Philicia Kelly had four points, three rebounds and two assists and Latoya Rolle chipped in with three points ad seven rebounds.

Jamaica was led by Faatimah A with 12 points, eight assists, three rebounds, two steals and a block.

The Bahamas held a slim 18-14 lead at the end of the

TEAM Bahamas coaching staff, from left to right, Deven Johnson, Diasti Delancy and Donillo Culmer.

DENIKA Lightbourne drives to the basket.

VALERIE Nesbitt drives through the defence of the Jamaican players. first quarter and posted a 32-29 advantage at the half.

The Bahamas came out of the locker room and went on a 18-9 spurt in the third to extend their margin to 50-38 at the end of the third quarter.

Jamaica outscored the Bahamas in the fourth, but it wasn’t enough to stage the massive comeback for the upset.

“Jamaica came out and gave us a run for our money in the first half,” Culmer said. “So I told the girls, we have to dig down deep

because we have the whole Bahamas watching us.

Today is Sunday and everyone was watching us. So if everyone does their job, we will be successful in taking home the bronze.”

The other members of Team Bahamas were Karolyn Baptiste, Lorraine Oliver, Roberta Quant and Tiffany Wildgoose.

The trainer was Sasha Johnson.

Looking at the team they had to work with, Culmer said if the Bahamas Basketball Federation could keep

the core players together, the future looks bright for the women’s national programme. “We need to find some bigs who are willing to play for their hometown and I think we should be good for a good eight years because these girls are very, very young,” Culmer reflected. “We have some girls who are going into their final year in high school in the United States and the Bahamas, so the future is bright for us.”

Team manager Anastacia Moultrie said the Bahamian

team made the tournament a tough one, but they are delighted to come back with the bronze.

“We fell short shooting and not hitting the open shots and a lack of big women to help rebound,” Moultrie said.

“But thank God we pulled off the bronze. So for November, hopefully we will have some bigs to go and by then, we will be working on our shooting.”

The Bahamas will be back in November to participate in the CentroBasket Tournament.

In the four-team field in the Caribbean Championships, the Bahamas was blown out 76-44 by Cuba on Wednesday and 73-50 by the Dominican Republic on Thursday before they won 74-53 over Jamaica on Friday for a 1-2 win-loss record and third place in the round robin standings.

In their rematch against the second place Dominican Republic in the playoff on Friday, the Bahamas lost

caught on the final stretch. Faced with temperatures peaking at around 40 degrees Celsius (104 F), organisers deployed measures to deal with extreme heat.

They relaxed the rules on riders’ refreshments and the maximum time to complete the stage, which at 202.5 kilometres (126 miles) was the joint second-longest of this year’s Tour. Environmental protesters blocked the road at one point and were quickly removed.

Vingegaard’s lead remains unchanged at 2 minutes, 22 seconds over 2020 and ‘21 Tour winner Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia after they both finished in the lead group.

However, the Danish rider had to recover from a fall and he has lost two of his Jumbo-Visma teammates, including Roglic. That leaves Vingegaard with reduced support in the peloton as the race enters the Pyrenees following the rest day today.

Roglic did not start the stage following injuries he sustained on stage five when he crashed into a hay bale which had been knocked into the road by a motorbike.

Roglic reset his own dislocated shoulder on the side of the road and had been racing in pain ever since.

“To allow my injuries to heal properly, we have decided that I won’t start today,” Roglic said.

Another Jumbo-Visma rider, Steven Kruijswijk, was taken away in an ambulance following a fall.

Two more riders, Magnus Cort and stagesix winner Simon Clarke, withdrew from the race after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Eight riders have left the race so far because of the virus.

81-56 to set up the showdown against Jamaica, who was winless in their three games in the round robin and lost to Cuba in the playoffs.

Cuba stayed undefeated as they won the gold 79-60 over the Dominican Republic.

The Bahamas will be back in Mexico November 22-27 to participate in the CentroBasket Tournament.

SONS OF ALL-STARS HOLLIDAY, JONES GO 1-2 IN MLB DRAFT

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackson Holliday and Druw Jones, sons of All-Stars Matt and Andruw, were taken by Baltimore and Arizona with the first two picks in baseball’s amateur draft last night.

Holliday, whose father is a former batting champion, was chosen by Baltimore over Jones in somewhat of a surprise.

“A tough decision,” Orioles general manager Mike Elias said.

“I would liken it to deciding what to order at a five-star restaurant.”

Texas used the third pick on Kumar Rocker, a 6-foot-5 righthander who failed to sign with the New York Mets after being selected 10th overall last year.

Rocker will be reunited with Rangers minor league pitcher Jack Leiter, his teammate on Vanderbilt’s 2019 NCAA baseball championship team. Texas chose Leiter with the No. 2 pick last year.

Holliday, a left-handed-hitting shortstop from Stillwater High in Oklahoma, is 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds — quite a bit smaller than

JAZZ

FROM PAGE 13 Chisholm has been on the injured list since June 29 and has reportedly been undergoing the rehab process at the Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium complex in Jupiter, Florida.

No definitive timetable has been set for his return.

“For the most part, he is doing okay. The swinging has been okay. The groundballs, throwing and all that stuff’s been good. A little

his 6-foot-4, 240-pound father.

Rocker, a 22-year-old from He hit .685 and with 89 hits in Georgia, failed to sign last year 41 games and broke a national after the Mets became concerned record for hits in a high school over his physical. He had shoulder season that had been surgery last September held by J.T. Realmuto. and pitched this year His dad was a sevenfor the independent time All-Star and the Frontier League’s Tri2007 NL batting chamCity ValleyCats as a pion. Matt was taken showcase ahead of the

by Colorado with the draft, going 1-0 with a 210th overall pick in 1.35 ERA in five starts. the seventh round in Baltimore has five of 2007. the top 81 picks as the Jackson has said big league team has he planned to attend rebounded after five Oklahoma State, but straight losing seasons. he’s likely headed to The Orioles recovDRUW Jones pro ball now. The slot ered from an 8-16 start value assigned to the to enter the All-Star first pick is nearly $9 million. break at 46-46, just 3 1/2 games Jones is a 6-foot-3 18-year-old back of a wild-card berth. from Wesleyan High in Peachtree Pittsburgh used the fourth Corners, Georgia. He hit .570 pick on second baseman Termarr with 13 homers, 39 RBIs, 72 runs, Johnson of Mays High in Georgia, 33 walks and 32 stolen bases a product of baseball’s Reviving this year. He also went 10-1 as a Baseball in the Inner Cities propitcher, though he is projected as gramme. The top pick present an outfielder. for the broadcast, Johnson said His father, a five-time All-Star the Pirates were getting “the best and 10-time Gold Glove winner, player in the draft.” was born in Curaçao and signed In contrast to other sports, with Atlanta as an international baseball draft picks take time to free agent. reach the majors. Catcher Adley

problem with the running. I think that’s been the biggest issue. How are we going to move forward with the running because the running has given him issues,” Mattingly said.

“Really just something that they’ll keep working on medically and make sure the strength’s there. There are a lot of boxes for him to cross off to be able to get back to this level. For now, he’s in medical’s hands.

Once they say he’s clear to be able to start playing some games, we can move forward.”

Chisholm will be replaced on the National League roster by the San Diego Padres’ Jake Cronenworth and New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil will be moved into the starting lineup.

The 92nd MLB All-Star Game is scheduled for Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

Although he will not appear in the game, Chisholm will reportedly be in Los Angeles to partake in other All-Star game festivities.

Rutschman, taken by the Orioles with the top overall pick three years ago, made his debut this May 21 and is hitting .222 with five homers and 16 RBIs. Los Angeles Angels pitcher Chase Silseth was the first of last year’s selections to reach the majors. Taken in the 11th round and 321st overall, he debuted this May 13.

The first pick is assigned a slot value of $8,846,900, followed by $8,189,400 for the second, $7,591,600 for the third, $7,005,800 for the fourth and $6,497,700 for the fifth. The value decreases to $2,486,800 by pick 30 and $807,200 by No. 80.

Baltimore has the highest signing bonus pool at $16.9 million, followed by Arizona at $15.1 million and the Mets at just under $14 million. The Dodgers have the lowest at $4.2 million.

The first 80 picks were scheduled for yesterday, when the draft was held outdoors for the first time at LA Live, its second year taking place in conjunction with the All-Star Game. The draft resumes with the start of the third round today and 616 players in all are to be selected.

Chisholm is one of several expected starters that will miss the All-Star game due to injury.

Houston Astros’ second baseman Jose Altuve, San Francisco Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon, and St Louis Cardinals’ third baseman Nolan Arenado have all been ruled out.

Chisholm is the first-ever Bahamian-born All-Star of the nine countrymen to ever play in the MLB. From the Marlins’ perspective, he joins Hanley Ramírez, Dee Strange-Gordon, Marcell Ozuna, Gary

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ top pick was dropped 10 spots to 40th for exceeding a luxury tax threshold, and the Mets got an extra first-round pick (No. 11) for failing to sign Rocker.

Colorado gained an additional pick (No. 31) for the loss of Trevor Story to Boston as a free agent and Cincinnati (No. 32) for the loss of Nick Castellanos to Philadelphia. The Red Sox and Phillies forfeited their secondround picks and $500,000 each from their international signing bonus pools.

Residents of the US — including Puerto Rico — and Canada are eligible for the draft if their high school class has been graduated and the player will be at least 17 within 45 days of the end of the draft. In addition, a player enrolled at a four-year college is not eligible until the end of his junior year.

MLB hopes to start an international draft, and the March lockout settlement with the players’ association set a July 25 deadline to reach an agreement or keep direct draft-pick compensation for the loss of qualified free agents.

Sheffield, and Giancarlo Stanton as the only Marlins to be fan-elected starters.

Chisholm’s last appearance on the field in a Marlins uniform was June 28. He originally suffered the back early in the season on a slide and eventually reaggravated the injury in late June, which forced him out of the lineup.

He returned to the field the following game and doubled on “Bahamian Heritage Night” but was again sidelined the following day in the series finale against the New York Mets.

Through 60 games he has a .254 average 14 home runs, 54 hits, 45 RBI, 12 stolen bases, and scored 39 runs.

“I feel like I can go a lot further than I am now. I always say I can be a 40/40 [home run/stolen bases] guy if I really focus the whole year.

“No distractions. No anything. Just go out there and play baseball,” Chisholm said.

“That was always my goal. So, I’m going to keep that as my goal and my ceiling.”

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KERLEY LEADS RED, WHITE & BLUE SWEEP OF 100M AT WORLDS

Jones and Hornets end Summer League with 2-3 winloss record

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net KAI Jones and the Charlotte Hornets concluded the NBA2K23 Las Vegas Summer League with a 2-3 win-loss record.

In five games, the second year forward averaged 8.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and two blocked shots in 20 minutes per game.

He had his best performance of Las Vegas Summer with 11 points (5-7 field goals), six rebounds and two blocks in a 90-81 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

He opened league play with 10 points and nine rebounds in a 96-84 loss to the Indiana Pacers, but struggled from beyond the arc as he shot 0-10 on threes. He also posted nine points and eight rebounds in an 89-73 loss to the Chicago Bulls and

also eight points, four rebounds and four blocks in an 89-86 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

This year marked Jones’ second appearance in the Las Vegas Summer League.

As a rookie last year, he averaged 9.8 points and 9.4 rebounds in 28.1 minutes per game.

The team was coached

by Greensboro Swarm head coach Jordan Surenkamp.

At the NBA level with the Hornets, Jones appeared in 21 NBA games but played sparingly on the bench, but excelled at the G-League level under Surenkamp on assignment with the Swarm.

He averaged 16.5 points on 61.4 percent shooting from the field – 32 percent from three-point range – 9.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.1 steals and 2.1 blocks in 32 total G League games.

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

CHARLOTTE Hornets’ Kai Jones had his best performance of the Las Vegas Summer League with 11 points (5-7 field goals), six rebounds and two blocks in a 90-81 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. In five games, the second year forward averaged 8.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and two blocked shots in 20 minutes per game. (AP Photo) He also posted 15 total double-doubles.

Jones highlighted the season with a career high 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a 139-119 win over the Long Island Nets on March 27 at the Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina. “I bought in out of the gate. I love basketball, so once I was told about the opportunity to play 30 minutes (in Greensboro) because I wasn’t playing up here (in the NBA), I was jumping.

I was so excited and ready

to go. It gives me extreme confidence. Coming in, I believed I could have an impact on this team on both ends.Now, it’s just that I think I can have a greater impact. I know there’s no ceiling for me.

Just continue to work,” Jones said in his postseason exit interview.

“Coming into the season, I didn’t think I was going to be down there, but God had a plan and I’m glad that I did go. I learned so much about myself and grew so much.

It’s a blessing. The biggest thing for me was walking in gratitude. I think that’s huge. Learning how to be so grateful for playing the game every day and with the opportunity you have in front of you, making the most out of it.”

Jones was selected No. 19 overall by the New York Knicks but his rights were traded to the Hornets for a future first round pick in the 2021 NBA Draft in June at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

PORTLAND Trail Blazers celebrate after defeating the New York Knicks in an NBA summer league championship basketball game yesterday in Las Vegas.

PORTLAND TOPS NEW YORK 85-77 TO WIN NBA SUMMER LEAGUE TITLE

By WG RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brandon Williams scored 22 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to an 85-77 victory over the New York Knicks in the NBA Summer League championship game on Sunday.

It was the third time Portland played in the championship game since 2017, and its second title since.

The Trail Blazers got 36 points from their reserves, led by Jabari Walker, who finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Trendon Watford finished with 19 points and seven rebounds for

Portland and was a unanimous choice for game MVP honors.

“They made a run in I think the late third or the fourth,” Watford said.

“We stuck together and when we came back in, we turned it up and I’m just proud of all these guys man.”

“It was big time, our chemistry came together since day one and I’m just proud of all these guys.”

The Knicks, with coach Tom Thibodeau sitting courtside, had five players finish in double figures, led by Quentin Grimes, who scored 19 points.

Miles McBride scored 17 points, while Jericho Sims added 13 and Feron Hunt and Micah Potter

each chipped in with 10 for New York.

Portland, which came into the game ranked third during the summer league with 42.8 rebounds per game, outrebounded the Knicks, 37-32.

The Blazers, who defeated New York 88-77 earlier in the event, didn’t find their rhythm until the start of the second quarter of the championship, when they opened with three straight 3-pointers that gave them a 21-14 lead.

They went on to hit seven 3-pointers in the quarter to build an 11-point lead they’d take heading into the locker room, 41-30. The Blazers pushed their lead to 16

in the third quarter, with a 60-44 lead built on the strength of 10 points at the rim.

Portland rode its defensive tenacity to the championship, but it was New York’s defence that frustrated the Blazers to start the game.

Both teams came out relatively sluggish, with a splash of sloppiness mixed in, as the Knicks shot 5 of 15 (.333) from the floor and the Blazers were just 3 of 12 (.250) from the field.

SUNS 84, PACERS 69 Louis King hit four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points, Tyson Carter scored 12 and Phoenix beat Indiana.

Kameron Taylor and Ish

Wainwright added 11 points apiece for the Suns.

David DiLeo, Jermaine Samuels Jr and Kendall Brown each scored eight points for Indiana.

RAPTORS 80, BUCKS 69 Abu Kigab scored 15 points to lead six Toronto players in double figures and grabbed 10 rebounds to help the Raptors beat Milwaukee.

Christian Vital, Ryan Hawkins and Christian Koloko added 11 points apiece for Toronto.

And Alex Barcell and Ron Harper Jr each scored 10.

Lindell Wigginton led the Bucks with 11 points and Dewan Hernandez scored 10.

EUGENE, Oregon (AP) — Before the race, US fighter jets zoomed over the stadium. Then, down on the track, Americans flashed a different kind of speed.

Fred Kerley led the charge Saturday on an All-American night for track and field, headlining the first US sweep of the sport’s marquee event, the men’s 100, in 31 years at the worlds.

It placed a red-white-and-blue stamp on Day 2 of the first championships held on American soil.

“We said we were going to do it and we did it,” Kerley said in the on-track interview, moments after the crowd had finished chanting “USA! USA! USA!” Kerley powered through the line to finish in 9.86 seconds and beat both the leaning Marvin Bracy and the 2021 US champion, Trayvon Bromell, by less than 0.02 seconds. The difference between second and third was 0.002.

It marked the first American sweep at the world meet since Carl Lewis, Leroy Burrell and Dennis Mitchell went gold-silver-bronze in 1991 in Tokyo.

“It’s amazing,” said Burrell, who was on hand. “And honestly, I wouldn’t have expected less from the group. This is one of the best groups of US sprinters we’ve had in years.”

This All-American burst of speed came moments after the jets presaged the evening’s main event by blazing over Hayward Stadium, the still-cozy confines on the University of Oregon campus that were renovated to bring the championships to the US for the first time.

The race itself brought back memories of times when the US dominated the track game in the same way Jamaica and Usain Bolt did for nearly a decade starting in 2008.

Some might call that the good old days — Lewis was a star and Burrell and few others certainly filled the stands. That was also a time of the sullen track superstar and an era marred by doping.

This one felt more like a bunch of comeback stories and “I told ya so’s.”

“It’s amazing to be around the greats,” Kerley said. “They did it in ‘91, and now we did it in ‘22.”

Kerley, the 27-year-old Texan, came into Eugene as the favourite — the only sprinter to crack 9.8 seconds this year. His reward is a title in an event he didn’t start investing time in until the leadup to last year’s Olympics.

In an interview on former US sprinter Rae Edwards’ webcast earlier this year, Kerley explained the reason for the move down in distance.

“At the end of the day, nobody really comes to watch anything besides ‘The Fastest Man in the World,’” he said. “So if you ask me what I want to be, I want to be the Fastest Man in the World.”

Now he is — and part of the fastest team in the world, too.

The runner-up, Bracy, was a scholarship football player who left Florida State to pursue track, then went back to the gridiron for a couple of unsuccessful tryouts in the NFL. Now, he has a silver medal.

“I went to play football for three years, obviously that didn’t work out, “ Bracy said.

“So to come back to do this, it just means everything.”

Bromell was the favourite at the Olympics last year, but didn’t make it out of the finals. He was a relatively forgotten man at these worlds, and starting on the outside in Lane 8 certainly didn’t help him in the final.

“A lot of people didn’t expect us to do this, obviously from what happened to me in Tokyo,” said Bromell, who almost walked away from the sport a few years ago due to Achilles injuries. “So we just hope we gained some respect tonight.”

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Suns match Pacers’ offer for Ayton, keeping nucleus intact

By MICHAEL MAROT AND DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Deandre Ayton finally has his new deal from the Phoenix Suns, who simply weren’t willing to let him get away for nothing.

A person with knowledge of the situation said the Suns quickly decided to match a $133 million, fouryear offer sheet that Ayton agreed to Thursday with the Indiana Pacers.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Suns had not publicly announced the decision.

The Athletic first reported Phoenix matching the offer. ESPN first reported that Ayton had agreed with the Pacers.

The move means the Suns — at least for now — keep their nucleus of Ayton and the All-Star backcourt of Devin Booker and Chris Paul.

The trio pushed Phoenix to the NBA Finals in 2021 and a franchise-record 64 wins during the most recent regular season.

The No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft, Ayton was

eligible to get an extension from Phoenix last summer.

That didn’t happen, and he became a restricted free agent this summer — meaning Phoenix had the chance to match any offers.

Once Indiana made its move, the Suns countered quickly.

Phoenix has been linked to interest in acquiring Brooklyn star Kevin Durant during the offseason, but Ayton can’t be used as trade bait because of the new deal.

The Suns’ move is a blow to the Pacers, who were hoping to add Ayton as a pivotal piece in a promising young core that includes 22-year-old point guard Tyrese Haliburton, who was acquired in a February trade with Sacramento.

Ayton — who turns 24 later this month — had a shaky start to his career but became a critical component in the Suns’ run to the Finals.

He’s part of the 2018 draft class that includes Dallas’ Luka Doncic and Atlanta’s Trae Young. The two guards have had more individual success, but neither has made it as far in the playoffs.

The athletic 6-foot-11 Ayton is powerful in the low post and has developed a strong mid-range game.

He averaged 17.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last season while shooting 63.4% from the field and 36.8% on 3-pointers.

Much of the criticism about Ayton has been about his maturity. He was suspended 25 games without pay by the NBA in 2019 for violating the league’s AntiDrug Programme by testing positive for a diuretic.

He was also benched for part of Game 7 of the team’s second-round loss to Dallas this year after appearing to exchange words with coach Monty Williams.

Still, he is generally popular with his teammates.

Booker and Paul often praised Ayton, who did a lot of the little things to help the team win.

Even without Ayton, Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard may not be done wheeling-and-dealing.

Indiana has three potential first-round picks in next year’s draft and enough players and assets to help other teams looking for a salary-cap dump.

PHOENIX Suns centre Deandre Ayton looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game on March 24, 2022, in Denver. The Indiana Pacers have signed restricted free agent Deandre Ayton to a four-year, $133 million offer sheet. Phoenix matched the offer for the centre it selected with the top overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) The Pacers Thursday that four players Washington

announced they waived — Duane Jr, Nik

Stauskas, Malik Fitts, and Juwan Morgan. They were part of Indiana’s trade that sent guard Malcolm

Brogdon to Boston, clearing enough cap space to make the pursuit of Ayton or other players realistic.

MILLIE Vlasov and Gulliver du Saint-Chene have a clear first round in the CSI2* 1.45m Grand Prix at the Jumping International de Vichy event in Vichy, France.

Vlasov achieves Longines World Rankings

SMILES and tears of joy as Vlasov’s performance makes her the first Bahamian ever to achieve the Longines World Rankings in show jumping.

MILLIE Vlasov achieved the most significant milestone yet in her equestrian career, becoming the first Bahamian show jumper to

earn a place in the Longines World Rankings as a result of her placing in the 26.000 CSI2* 1.45m Grand Prix at the Jumping International

de Vichy event in Vichy, France, aboard Gulliver du Saint-Chene.

Out of a field of 54, the pair were only one of 15

to jump clear over French course designer Jean-François Gourdon’s challenging first round track, completing the course in 74.12 seconds.

An unlucky rail down on the second fence of the jump-off cost Vlasov four faults. Despite this, a series of tight, nimble turns between the fences helped to shave off extra seconds, a successful strategy

SMITH

In the 29 previous times golf’s oldest championship was held at St. Andrews, no winner had ever closed with a 64. Smith finished at 20-under 268, a record score for the Old Course and matching the lowest score to par in any major.

“I got beaten by the better player this week. To go out and shoot 64 to win the Open Championship at

St. Andrews is a hell of a showing. Hats off to Cam,” McIlroy said.

McIlroy hit every green in regulation and twoputted all of them — two were birdies, the rest were pars — for a 70 that left him in third place and having to wait nearly nine months before he can try to end his drought in the majors that now is at eight full years.

Smith won by one shot over Cameron Young, who holed a 15-foot eagle putt on the final hole to ever-sobriefly tie for the lead.

It wasn’t enough, and neither was anything McIlroy could muster.

McIlroy couldn’t make a putt early. He couldn’t hit it close enough late. His last good chance was a 15-foot birdie attempt on the dangerous Road Hole at No. 17, and it narrowly missed to the left. McIlroy needed eagle to tie him, and his chip through the Valley of Sin had no chance.

Smith won for the third time this year, all on entirely different courses — the generous fairways of Kapalua, the visual intimidation of water on the TPC Sawgrass and the oldest links in the world with its double greens and pot bunkers.

He beat the No. 1 player in the world (Jon Rahm) at Kapalua. He beat the best field in golf at The Players Championship. And he had

to overcome a four-shot deficit against a heavy crowd favourite to capture his first major. Even with the silver claret jug in his hands, it was hard to believe. “All the names on there, every player that’s been at the top of their game has won this championship,” Smith said.

“It’s pretty cool to be on there. It really hasn’t sunk in yet. I don’t think it will for a few weeks. Yeah, it’s just unreal.”

Smith is the first Australian to win at St. Andrews since Kel Nagle in 1960, when he topped a rising American star named Arnold Palmer, the people’s choice. That’s what McIlroy is now. He moved into the void left when Tiger Woods missed the cut in what might be his final Open at St. Andrews. He had support that carried him to the cusp of winning at the home of golf. “The Holy Grail,” McIlroy had called it earlier in the week.

All day there was an energy along the humps and hollows of the Old Course, all of them waiting to celebrate McIlroy as an Open champion at St. Andrews.

He gave them little to cheer. “The putter went cold on me,” McIlroy said.

“When both Camerons — especially Smith — went on that run on the back nine, I had to dig deep to make birdies. And I just couldn’t.”

FROM PAGE 13 “To win an Open Championship in itself is probably going to be a golfer’s highlight in their career,” Smith said.

“To do it around St. Andrews I think is just unbelievable.”

So was his golf.

that landed her in the prize money – and, for the first time, in the Longines World Rankings.

The Longines Rankings are the way the governing body of equestrian sport, the FEI, ranks the best riders in the world. The list is updated weekly.

To be eligible for Longines Ranking points, riders must place in competitions meeting certain

requirements with regards to fence height, technical difficulty and prize money.

Competitions are divided into groups depending on the level of each.

Vlasov’s performance earned her a spot in three categories. As well as the Longines Rankings, she is also now ranked in the FEI Jumping U25 Ranking and in the Pan-American Rankings.

That left Smith, the 28-year-old Aussie known for his grit and his putting stroke, on the 18th green to be introduced as the “champion golfer of the year.”

Smith is the first Australian to win the Open since Greg Norman in 1993 at Royal St. George’s. Norman was asked not to return this year — there was no indication he was coming — because of his Saudifunded LIV Golf that has offered millions to attract players like Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau, major champions who finished in the top 10.

But this day belonged to Smith and that putter that answered every test.

McIlroy was playing controlled golf, his only birdie a two-putt from 18 feet on the par-5 fifth. Viktor Hovland, who started the final round tied with McIlroy, was never a factor. He didn’t make his first birdie until the 12th hole and closed with a 74.

That run by Smith on the back nine is now part of Open lore.

He hit a nifty pitch to 5 feet for birdie on the short 10th. He was bold to a back pin on the par-3 11th and holed a 15-foot birdie, and he birdied the next two holes from about that length. His fifth in a row was a putt from 90 feet on the par-5 14th, over a huge mound and down the slope

to tap-in range that gave him the lead for the first time.

McIlroy couldn’t catch up. His lag putting was terrific. That wasn’t what he needed. And he got no help from Smith, whose one missed shot set up his biggest challenge.

The Road Hole bunker was between him and the flag on the 17th. He used his putter to ride over the right edge of the bunker and onto the green, 10 feet away, and he poured in another putt, this one for par to stay in front.

Young had his chances in his Open debut. He left short a 6-foot putt with about a foot of break on the 15th. He came up short with a wedge on the next hole. He drilled his drive and approach to the 17th, only to leave another birdie chance short.

He finally delivered, but all that got him was a 65 and the silver medal. In two majors this year, the PGA Tour rookie missed a playoff by one shot at the PGA Championship and made his best putt too late at St. Andrews.

Smith made his last birdie and the engraver went to work on the claret jug, a prize first awarded to the 1873 champion at St. Andrews. There’s a lot of history around this gray, old town, and Smith became part of it in a big way.

THE TRIBUNE

Monday, July 18, 2022, PAGE 19

SHAUNAE MILLER-UIBO MAKES VICTORY IN 400M HEAT LOOK EASY

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net TWO-time Olympic champion Shaunae MillerUibo got out fast enough that she had more than enough real estate between the rest of the field for her to cruise home in the heats of the women’s 400 metres at the World Athletics’ 2022 World Championships.

On day three of the championships at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, the first time its ever been staged in the United States, Miller-Uibo clocked 51.10 seconds as they established control of the first of six heats to finish with the ninth fastest qualifying time going into Wednesday’s semi-finals with the final on Friday.

Aliyah Abrams of Guyana managed to close in as Miller-Uibo eased up, looking from side to side at her competitors behind her, for second place in 51.69.

But the biggest surprise was that American Kendal Ellis had to settle for sixth in 52.55 to miss out on a spot in the semi-final.

Jamaican Stephenie Ann McPherson had the fastest qualifying time in 50.15, a season’s best in heat two.

The 28-year-old MillerUibo said in a brief interview on television from Eugene after the race that the goal was to get through the round as easy as possible and get ready for the next round, but the ultimate goal is to win the gold.

The gold slipped away from her in 2019 in Doha, Qatar when Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser pulled off a stunning victory. MillerUibo’s performance Sunday morning kept the Bahamas in the limelight after defending champion Steven Gardiner withdrew from the men’s 400m field with an injury.

But there was also some drama for Team Bahamas on Sunday night as national champion Tynia Gaither, running out of lane two, got disqualified for a false start in the last of three heats of the women’s 100m semi-finals.

Gaither, 29, protested to the officials on the track and was showed the replay on the monitor before the race was restarted. As she was escorted off the track and saw the replay on the television screen, she could be heard saying: “I didn’t move” as she pointed in disgust over the decision.

Just before her race, Anthonique Strachan, the 28-year-old national runnerup, slipped at the start, but rebounded for fifth place in her semi-final of the women’s 100m in dropping her lifetime best from 10.99 to 10.98, but it was only good enough for fifth place and 10th place overall.

The eighth and final spot for the final was achieved

by Mujinga Kambundji of Switzerland in 10.96 with Britain’s Daryll Neita also denied a spot with her ninth place finish in 10.97.

“I like it so far. I got a PB (personal best) out of it,” Strachan told the reporters in the mixed zone. “I ran in a nice heat. I gave my all in the semis. That’s all I could ask for.”

On day two on Saturday, Strachan picked up a third place finish in her heat in 11.08 for the 13th fastest qualifying performance, while Gaither followed with a fourth place in heat two in 11.16 for a three-way tie for 19 to also advance to Sunday’s semis.

Today, the competition will continue with the six heats of the women’s 200m with Gaither running out of lane eight in the fourth heat with Britain’s Dina AsherSmith going in lane two and Strachan will also be in lane eight in the last heat that will feature American Jenna Prandini in four.

“Strachan, the runnerup to Miller-Uibo in the 200m at the nationals, said the shake out in the 100m should really prepare her for her specialty in the 200m.

“It was really a good look for me in the 100m because I’m a better 200m runner than the 100m,” Strachan said. “So I’m excited about it and see how tomorrow (today) goes for me in my 200m opener.”

The first three of each heat and the next four fastest times will advance to the semi-finals on Tuesday to book a lane in the final set to be staged on Thursday.

On day one on Friday in the mixed 4 x 400m relay, 24-year-old Bradley Dormeus, running a split of 47.94, 20-year-old Megan Moss (52.23), 30-year-old Bahamian Alonzo Russell (43.80) and 21-year-old Doneisha Anderson (53.76) finished seventh in three minutes and 19.73 seconds.

The team finished in 15th place with the two heats combined.

Grand Bahamian Donald Thomas, the 38-year-old 2007 world champion, bowed out of the qualifying rounds of the men’s high jump with a leap of 7-feet, 3-inches or 2.21 metres for a tie in 12th place in Group B and 23rd overall.

In the evening session on day one, 25-year-old Samson Colebrooke was the only competitor to show up in the heats of the men’s 100m. He placed fifth in heat five in 10.23 for 39th place overall.

Grand Bahamian native Terrence Jones Jr was also scheduled to compete, but he didn’t.

The only other competitor in action on Friday night was 25-year-old LaQuan Nairn in the qualifying round of the men’s long jump. He soared 25-7 1/4 (7.80m) for 10th in Group B and 18th overall.

Still waiting to compete for Team Bahamas are Devynne Charlton, 26, in the women’s 100m hurdles and Ken Mullings, 25, in the men’s decathlon - those events will be staged over the final two days of competition - along with the women’s 4 x 400m relay.

SHAUNAE MILLER-UIBO, left, wins her heat in the 400-metre run at the World Athletics Championships yesterday in Eugene, Oregon.

(AP Photos/Ashley Landis)