SPORTS SECTION E
HALL OF FAME
Induction, Page 2
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2017
BAAAs boss Carey ‘disappointed’ over BOC elections By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net s one of the premier sporting bodies in the country, Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ president Rosamunde Carey said she was disappointed that no one from the sport was elected to the Bahamas Olympic Committee. Nominated by the BAAAs, Carey ran for one of the vice president positions, while IAAF councilwoman Pauline Davis was nominated for assistant secretary general. Immediate past BAAAs president Mike Sands was nominated for the post of president by the Bahamas Aquatic Federation, but he nor Carey or Davis got elected at the elections held last week at the Paul Farquharson Auditorium at the Royal Bahamas Police
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Force headquarters. including this year “I wasn’t disappointed when Steven Garabout not getting in. I diner made his was disappointed in the breakthrough, along fact that no one from with Meagan Moss and track and field was on Doneisha Anderson, the board,” Carey said. two of our rising young “Track and field is stars who will be prethe biggest sporting paring for Carifta next body in the Commonyear,” she said. wealth of the Bahamas “So we have plans in terms of sports. It in place, we have prois the most successful gress. We don’t see that CAREY sport. We are an organin the other organisaisation that get athletes tions that had persons on the podium at any major elected to the BOC board. We championships or games. So it are not bashing any of them, but was disappointed in that aspect.” when you look at track and field, In giving her views on the elec- we are moving forward into the tions, Carey also touched on right direction.” a number of issues, including Carey said that’s one of the the upcoming season, the Car- reasons why the BAAA was disifta Games, an athletes’ doping appointed in the outcome of the scandal, the Steven Gardiner election, along with sports like investigation and the BAAAs swimming and soccer, which also election of officers next Novem- didn’t have any members on the ber. “We have had our success, new board, headed by Rommel
Knowles. During the elections, Knowles moved up from the secretary general position to beat Sands 15-8 to replace Wellington Miller, who withdrew from seeking a third term in office as president due to the change in their constitution. While the BAAAs indicated that it was disappointed in the outcome, Sands has expressed regret that he didn’t get the support of the BAAAs in his bid to become the new president. But Carey said she heard the remarks, but wanted to point out that the BAAAs only has one vote and he lost 15-8, so he it would be best for him to find why the others didn’t vote for him. “Rommel won 15-8. That’s seven federations,” she insisted. “We support our own. It’s unfortunate that he wants to beat up on the federation, but the point is, seven other federations didn’t vote for him.”
Athletes’ Positive Drug Testing Prior to going to the IAAF World Championships in London, England in August, the BAAAs got the news that one of its athletes tested positive for a banned substance from the IAAF World Relays here in April. However, Carey said there is no further development because the athlete in question has made an appeal to the IAAF. “The due process is underway,” she stated. “The IAAF have to complete their investigation before they can determine what will happen.” Until the investigation is completed, Carey said the athlete’s name would remain anonymous. Gardiner to go to Tribunal The BAAAs has decided to convene a tribunal to determine
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Sydney, Afrika stay alive in Goombay Splash Bowl By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net TWO of the three Bahamians in action in the main draw of the International Tennis Federation’s 2017 Goombay Splash Bowl stayed alive yesterday at the National Tennis Centre. On the second day of the intense competition, both Sydney Clarke and Afrika Smith survived, but Donte Armbrister got eliminated. Armbrister, the No.8 seed in the boys’ under-18 singles, lost a hard fought 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 decision to Andy Zhu of Canada. One other seeded player advanced on the boys’ side as No.4 Joachim Schaefer of Norway won 6-0, 6-1 over Diego Amilibia from Spain. In two other matches on the boys’ side, American Jake Krug pulled off a 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 win over Callum Theaker of the Cayman Islands and Joshua Cadiz Ramcharitar of Canada won 7-5, 6-3 over American Niklas Von Hellens. On the girls’ side, Clarke, the fifth seed, pulled off a 6-0, 6-2 win over Canadian Shirley Liang, while Smith, the No.5 seed, knocked off Patricia Molina from Spain 6-3, 6-4. Top seed Imani Graham of the United States won 6-1, 6-1 over Mandisa Walle from Curacao and No.7 seed Charlotte Russell of Great Britain won 7-6 (2), 6-4 over Genevieve Quenville from Canada. Doubles also got started yesterday, but only two teams featuring Bahamians advanced.
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AFRIKA SMITH (left) and Donte Armbrister in action during the main draw of the International Tennis Federation’s Goombay Splash Bowl at the National Tennis Centre yesterday. Photos: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff
BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS BEGINS, BAHAMAS BOWL IN DECEMBER STARTING this week at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island and finishing December 22 at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, the Bahamas will be the site of two major college sports events that bring thousands of visitors to the Bahamas and millions more viewers on ESPN television platforms around the world. The seventh-annual Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis will be played November 22-24 in the Imperial Arena at Atlantis. The 2017 field includes 2016 NCAA national champion Villanova along with Arizona, North Carolina State, Purdue, Tennessee, WKU, SMU and Northern Iowa. ESPN will show all 12 games from the 2017 tournament as the sole broadcaster on its various channels and online platforms. ESPN began televising select games, including the championship game, from the Battle in 2014, and 2017 is the first year that every Battle game will be shown on an ESPN platform. The 4th-annual Bahamas Bowl December 22 will feature teams soon to be announced from Conference USA and MidAmerican Conference. As with the previous three editions, the Bahamas Bowl will be televised by ESPN at 12:30pm ET. The Bahamas Bowl game broadcast has brought the highest TV ratings of any sporting event held in the Bahamas.
Fierce competition in Kid’s Athletics Club’s cross country By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WITH the cross country season now in full swing, the Kid’s Athletics Club returned to the Bahamas Hotrod Association’s racing facility to stage their event on Saturday. Despite the inclement weather that left the course a little under water, the competition was fiercely contested as the various clubs split up the victories in the various age groups. “The competition was awesome. We had a really good turnout,” said Sherry Francis, head coach of Kid’s Athletics. “We had almost 300 kids from the kids that supported it. “I noticed that the kids competition has improved since the last time we had one about a month ago, so I think we will have some very good performances during the track season next year.”
Francis said although they had some problems with the water on the course, she said it didn’t matter because they competed in a very safe environment. Stephen Murray of the Striders assisted his sister in organising the event. He said the whole purpose is to try and improve the distance running to the standard that it was when they were competing. “Hurry Murray is doing the distance. Ashland (Murray, their older brother) is doing the distance with his kids,” Stephen Murray said. “But it ain’t easy because the kids today don’t want to put in the time doing morning and afternoon sessions.” But he said the course, which was 200 metres long, worked out very well for the competitors, including the under-six division that just ran one lap covering 400 metres. They increased the mileage with each age group finishing with the open one-mile or four
NATHAN DUNCAN with his award. Photo: Nathan Duncan Sr
laps. “It’s better because they are always in sight and we could be cheering them on and encourage them,” he added. “So it was more interacting rather than just sending them out to do a mile or 800m and you can’t see them until they are finishing.” Caria Murphy of Hurry Murray carted off the title in the girls’ under-8 division with Alena Pinder of Kid’s Athletics second and Takashi Seymour of the Road Runners coming in third. Cordell Munroe of Kid’s Athletics was the winner of the under-8 boys’ division. Taven St Louis of the T-Bird was second and Cameron Hendfield of Kid’s Athletics got third. “The competition was good. I come first and I lap somebody,” a seven-year-old grade two student at Temple Christian. “I felt good. I was the star for my school.” Azaria Marshall of X-Tream won the girls’ under-10 division.
J’Kaiyah Rolle of the Road Runners was second and Britisha Kemp of Hurry Murray came third. Huyler Lully of the $-D Stallions won the boys under10 division. Hurry Murray teammates Godfrey Brown and Gabrielle Johnson got second and third respectively. Deandra Sears of Hurry Murray won the girls’ under-12 division. Her teammate Stacyann Humes was second and Nya Wright of Kid’s Athletics was third. Christopher Humes led a 1-2-3 sweep for Hurry Murray in the boys under-12 division. Raymond Winder was second and Breck Kemp came in third. Nathan Duncan Jr, representing the T-Bird Flyers, was the winner of the boys under-14 division. Christopher Santus of 4-D Stallions got second place over his
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