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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017
Miller withdraws from BOC President race By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
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alling it a pleasure to have had the opportunity to serve for the past two terms as president of the Bahamas Olympic Committee, Wellington Miller - on the eve of the elections - has withdrawn his nomination to serve for another four years. Miller, who took over from the late Sir Arlington Butler during the 2008 elections, was re-elected for his second term in 2013. However, he said because of a constitutional change, which prevents him for serving for a third term, he has decided to withdraw his nomination when the elections are held tonight in the Paul Farquharson Auditorium at the headquarters of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
As a result of what has adopted, leading to some of the membership unprecedented accomperceived, Miller said he plishments in sports. had previously accepted “We do not desire to the nomination from lord over the sporting the Bahamas Amateur community. We merely Boxing Federation, of desire to work toward the which he also serves as constant advancement of president. sports in The Bahamas, He was to be chalespecially for the benefit lenged by his secretary of our youth.” general Romell ‘Fish’ But after they amended Knowles and former the constitution in 2012, Bahamas Association of Miller said the general Athletic Associations’ assembly of the BOC president Mike Sands. voted to a two-term limit MILLER He said their memfor the posts of presibership was always in dent, secretary general, the forefront as he “endeavoured asst. secretary, treasurer and asst. to truly make the post of presi- treasurer. dent about serving our athletes “The executive board of the and all sporting federations. This BOC and the majority of federais also a philosophy that the pre- tions were of the view that the term sent executive board of the BOC limits under the new provisions
would begin from the time that the amendment came into being,” he said. “Recently, however, there has been a challenge to that interpretation. Those with a different interpretation have expressed the willingness to have this dispute settled in a court of law. Such an action would only have direct ramifications for myself and secretary general Romell Knowles, since we have both held our posts since 2008.” Miller said the executive board of the BOC is of the view that a court battle would be detrimental to sports in The Bahamas. “This would certainly delay the administration of the Olympic movement in the country and, ultimately, disadvantage the many athletes depending on the orderly
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SAC’s ‘clean sweep’ By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net IT was a clean sweep in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ 2017 best-of-three championship series, but the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine only came out of Freedom Farm with three of the four titles. Yesterday, while the Big Red Machine’s junior boys held off the Nassau Christian Academy Saints 6-3, their junior girls rolled past the Queen’s College Comets 26-17 and their senior boys clobbered NCA 27-13. But Queen’s College made sure that all four titles didn’t go to Augustine’s College as the senior girls prevailed with a 9-4 decision to ruin the party. • Here’s a summary of the games: Big Red Machine 6, Crusaders 2 It was a pitching duel on the mound as SAC’s Tyler Munroe got the better of the junior boys’ showdown with Nassau Christian Academy’s
Big Red Machine win three of four titles mainstay Norman Bastian to complete their sweep. In the process, SAC retained their title for the third straight year. “We had two close games, so we had to score as much runs as we could,” said SAC’s head coach DeVaughn Saunders. “It’s always a good feeling to win, but I’m glad for this crew of players whom I’ve been with for the past three years. “We have about 7-8 players who will be moving up to the senior division, so I was happy for them. But I think if we can put in the work, we will be ready to come back next year and win another title, even
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ON THE MOUND: St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine yesterday came out of Freedom Farm with three of the four titles in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ best-of-three softball championship series. Photo: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff
BAHAMIAN PLAYERS HELP THE AXEMEN WIN TITLE By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AFTER finishing near the bottom of the pile last year, the Acadia Axemen, featuring three Bahamians, rose to the top to win the 2017 Atlantic University Sports (AUS) championship title on Tuesday night. It took a shootout for the Axemen to prevail with a 45-38 victory over the Saint Mary’s Huskies and a shot at the undefeated OUA champions Western Mustangs in the U Sports UTeck Bowl this weekend. The UTeck Bowl, which replaced the Atlantic Bowl, is named in honour of Larry Uteck, former head coach (1983-97) and athletic director (1995-2002) of the Saint Mary’s Huskies. While wide receiver Eugene McMinns played exceptionally well in his final conference game, head coach Jeff Cummins said he was pleased with the contributions that he got from defensive back Arrien McDonald and offensive linesman Shelton Williams. “It was a great opportunity for our players to win a championship and to wear that crown and to hoist the trophy as the champions of our conference,” McMinns said. “I’m pleased for our team, especially Eugene as this is his last year and if we had lost, it would have been his last game, but he was a big reason why we are playing another game this Saturday. He was just outstanding.” McMinns had a big game with a touchdown on a catch and run for a 44-yard reception to power Acadia from a 24-21 deficit in the third quarter for a 28-24 advantage over Saint Mary’s. McMinns ended up with six catches for a total of 144 yards, an average of 8.5 with 11 as the longest yard
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Italy strong at 5th Star Sailors League Finals in Montagu Bay IN just a little less than one month the fifth SSL Finals will start in Montagu Bay and this year “we’ll have two Italian flags
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on the starting line,” according to a press release. “Alongside Diego Negri, who’s been to every SSL events so far, we are super happy to welcome Francesco Bruni. Francesco is an all-round sailor, he started his sailing life early in his hometown, Palermo, and soon moved to the Laser where he gained the qualifications for Italy to the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996. He then competed in two other Summer Olympics, all in different classes. He finished 12th at the 1996 event in a Laser, 11th at the 2000 Olympics in a 49er and 7th at the 2004 Olympics in the Star class. Francesco raced with Luna Rossa Challenge at the 2003 and 2007 America’s Cup. He skippered the Azzurra team during the 2009 and 2010
TWENTY five teams are expected to compete in this year’s Star Sailors League Finals, the top 10 Star sailors of 2017 and 15 wild cards drawn from every aspect of the sport.
Louis Vuitton Trophy, re-joining to Luna Rossa Challenge for the 2013 America’s Cup and when Luna Rossa withdrew from the 2017 America’s Cup, Bruni joined Artemis Racing in Bermuda. He also has an impressive Palmares in match racing, he won the 2010 Congressional Cup, 2011 Match Race Germany and 2013 King Edward VII Gold Cup in Bermuda and was runner up at the World Match Racing Tour in 2011. Hamish Pepper (NZL), who was at the Olympic Games in Atlanta for the first time with Bruni, then attended the 2004 also on the Laser, Pepper then moved to the Star and sailed with Carl Williams at the 2008 Olympics,
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