(BIS Photos / Eric Rose)
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Nassau, The Bahamas - Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Lanisha Rolle hosted a Welcome Reception, on January 13, 2020 for World Athletics (formerly the International Amateur Athletic
Federation) President Sebastian Coe and North American, Central American
and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Council Members at
SuperClubs Breezes Resort, Cable Beach. NACAC President Bahamian Mike
Sands also received special recognition. Among those present for the
reception were the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, David Cates; Under
Secretary Montez Williams; Director General of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Ambassador Sharon Brennen-Haylock; Deputy Permanent Secretary of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eugene Torchon-Newry; Director of
Sports Timothy Munnings; Senator the Hon. Jamal Moss; Honourary Lifetime
Member of the World Athletics / IAAF Pauline Davis-Thompson; NACAC
Immediate Past President Victor Lopez; Secretary General of the Bahamas
Olympic Committee Derron Donaldson and President Rommel Knowles; Bahamas
Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) President Drumeco Archer;
various sports bodies representatives; and other stakeholders, including
Alpheus "Hawk" Finlayson and Wellington Miller. After the formal
speeches, informal levity and cutting of the cake, the international
guests also received a taste of Junkanoo. (BIS Photos / Eric Rose)
Slide show: (BIS Photos / Eric Rose)
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(BIS Photos / Eric Rose)
(BIS Photos / Eric Rose)
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