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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2018
Team Bahamas suffers 8-3 loss to Puerto Rico By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net TEAM Bahamas (Freedom Farm Baseball League) suffered their first loss of the preliminary round at the Cal Ripken Baseball Major 70 World Series. The team is now 2-1 after an 8-3 loss yesterday at the BallParks of Americas Field in Branson, Missouri. Tied 1-1 after the first inning, Puerto Rico scored three runs in the top half of the second inning to take control for good. Andre Arthur scored two runs and drove in one RBI while Kashon Conliffe drove in another RBI and Decarlo Delancy one run.
Conliffe also pitched three innings, had three strikeouts and gave up four runs. Brian Johnson and Cleve Sutherland each pitched two innings. Puerto Rico now leads the Group F International pool at 3-0 and the Bahamas is second at 2-1. The Bahamas will now face the first place team in Group E International, Japan, at 3pm Thursday. Japan was undefeated in the group stage at 3-0. Arthur went the distance and pitched a no hitter with eight strikeouts en route to Monday’s 12-2 win over New Zealand. Lavardo Deveaux had a home run, drove in three RBI and scored three runs. Daniel Gator drove
in three RBI and scored one run while Arthur also helped his own cause with two RBI and one run. The Bahamas opened the tournament with a 14-4 win over Australia on Saturday. Cleve Sutherland and Brian Johnson each had three strikeouts on the mound in the win. Gator drove in three RBI and scored one run. Deveaux had two RBI and scored three runs, Breyias Dean had two RBI while Kashon Conliffe and Arthur each scored two runs. The Bahamas is one of 24 teams competing in the tournament and one of just 10 international teams alongside the aforementioned teams in their pool - Korea,
Japan, Canada and the Dominican Republic. Major 70 is a level of baseball beyond Little League but before professional that allows players to play on 70-foot base paths with a 50-foot pitching distance. It also allows runners to take leads and steal for the first time, playing mainly by official baseball rules. This innovation helped to prepare the youth for better transition to the 90-foot diamonds of the Babe Ruth Baseball 13-15 and 16-18 divisions of play. Today, the Babe Ruth League has more than 1,000,000 players on 56,000 teams in 9,000 leagues in eight countries and all 50 states.
‘Storm’ earns pro bodybuilding card By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
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rand Bahamian Charnice Bain became the latest Bahamian to earn her professional bodybuilding card, although it went under the radar in the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation and not highlighted like the other accomplishments of Bahamian bodybuilders. The highlight was on the team that recently participated in the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championships in Mexico City where they finished with nine medals, including three gold, for second place. Competing at the 2018 NPC Teen Collegiate and Masters National Championships in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 18, Bain was awarded the honour after she won the Figure title. As she returned home to celebrate, Bain said when one achieves a victory from a goal they were determined to reach, they accomplish three things: “You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you, nothing happens before its time and you must never give up,” said Bain, also known as “Storm.” Bain said she received that revelation after winning the title. “I just asked the Lord to use me to inspire Bahamians to stop giving up,” she stated. “I am a trainer and I see so many people giving up and quitting on their weight loss journey. “Even when they achieve their goals, a lot of them give up and put the weight back on. That’s why the motto for our gym, Body4Ever, is ‘We get fit, we stay fit.’” Bain said it has been a long journey for her and the road wasn’t always easy, but she managed to persevere, having competed in the Miss Bahamas Body Fitness three times.
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CHARNICE Bain is the latest Bahamian to earn her professional bodybuilding card.
CONCACAF U-15 SOCCER: BAHAMAS FALLS 2-0 TO ST LUCIA By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net TEAM Bahamas is off to an 0-2 start at the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Girls’ Under-15 Championship. The team lost 2-0 to St Lucia yesterday in the second preliminary at the IMG Academy campus in Bradenton, Florida. In other results on day two, Puerto Rico lost 1-2 to Northern Ireland, Cayman Islands won 2-0 over Guyana, the United States won 8-0 over Jamaica, Mexico won 1-0 Haiti, Curacao won 3-2 Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada blanked Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5-0, Bermuda 1-0 over Barbados, Portugal won 5-0 Portugal, Anguilla shutout Dominica 4-0, Panama won 3-2 over the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica topped Canada 1-2, Martinique defeated 3-0 Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis won 5-0 over the U.S. Virgin Islands. On day one, the Bahamas also lost 4-1 to the Cayman Islands in their tournament debut. Gabrielle Simms scored the lone goal for the Bahamas when she corralled a deflection off a corner kick and beat the Cayman goalkeeper in the 40th minute. Also on day one, Guyana lost 1-3 to Saint Lucia, Belize surrendered a late goal to lose 3-4 to Saint Kitts and Nevis, the US Virgin Islands lost 0-3 to Martinique, Grenada won 2-1 over Dominica, Anguilla won over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3-1, Antigua and Barbuda lost 1-3 to Bermuda and Barbados and Curacao played to a 0-0 draw. The tournament continues through August 13. The Bahamas has been placed in Group E of Division II, which comprises of the Cayman Islands, St Lucia and Guyana. There are four groups in Division II, which will all play for the top spot. However, in division one, there are three groups of four teams that will play for four spots in the playoffs The tournament, held every two years, will be the third time for the Bahamas to participate and with teams like the United States and Mexico in the field, Davies said the Bahamas should be able to match up with their peers. Billed as the largest CONCACAF tournament ever for female participants, the tournament includes the participation of a record amount of the organisation’s member associations and two invited teams from UEFA.
Bahamas 4th, 6th in 62nd Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas concluded the 62nd Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships with a fourthplace finish for the George Teale Trophy, and sixth place in the standings for the Hoerman Cup. Hosted at the North Sound Golf Club in the Cayman Islands, the nine-member team featured veteran players and several members of the junior division joining the seniors at the international level. The team of Taneka Sandiford, Haylie Turnquest and Ashley Michel finished with a score of 624 (+56).
Puerto Rico solididay 78 for a total score of fied their dominant 310 (+26). performance to claim the Michel finished in 14th George Teale Trophy, finplace with a total score of ishing -5 under par (562). 317 (+33). She followed her The Dominican Repubround of 83 with an eightlic was second at 599 (+31), stroke improvement with a Trinidad and Tobago was second round 75 and conthird at 601 (+33) and TURNQUEST cluded with rounds of 79 Jamaica rounded out the and 80. top five at 633 (+65). Sandiford finished at No.20 The Cayman Islands were sixth with a score of 333 (+49). She shot at 640 (+72) and the US Virgin rounds of 80, 86, 85 and 82. Islands finished seventh at 646 For the Hoerman Cup, Richard (+78). Gibson Jr, Pablo Nahmias, Oren Turnquest was the top finisher Butler, Peter McIntosh, Paul for Team Bahamas and concluded Tsavoussis and Nolan Johnson’s her four round total in 11th place. combined score of 1198 (+62) was She shot a final round of 81, a sixth in the eight-team field. tournament low 74 in round three, Cayman Islands retained the a 77 on day two, and an opening title at home with a score of 1155
(+19), the Dominican Republic was five strokes behind at 1160 (+24), Trinidad and Tobago was third at 1163 (+27), Puerto Rico was fourth at 1181 (+45), Jamaica fifth at 1193 (+57), Barbados fifth at 1214 (+78) and the US Virgin Islands eighth at 1250 (+114). Tsavoussis was the top finisher among the group at No.15 overall. He opened with a 78, shot a blistering 71 in round two, tied for second on the leaderboard on the day, a 78 in round three and concluded with a 72 for a total gross of 299 (+15). Nahmias finished 25th with a score of 304 (+20). He opened with an 82, shot 75 in round two, 74 in round three and a tournament low 73 in the final round.
Gibson finished one stroke behind, tied at No.26 with his score, 305 (+21). He produced rounds of 76, 82, 73 and 74. Butler finished at No.31 with rounds of 81, 77, 72 and 77 for a score of 307 (+23). McIntosh equalled Tsavoussis’ mark with the lowest round - a 71 on day three. He opened with a 78, an 84 in round two and concluded with a 78. He was 36th at 311 (+27). Nolan Johnson shot 88, 76, and rounds of 84 on consecutive days to finish tied for 43rd with a score of 332 (+48). The CAGC is the region’s premier event, played both as an individual stroke play event and as a country team competition.