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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Information Services Updates
Nassau, The Bahamas - The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Lanisha Rolle; Acting Permanent Secretary, Rhoda Jackson and Director of Sports, Timothy Munnings joined members of the nation’s sporting community and stakeholders in recognizing outstanding Bahamians at the National Sports Awards held at SuperClubs Breezes, November 30, 2018. Also present were Executive Director of Culture, Rowena Poiter-Sutherland; The Bahamas Olympic Committee Secretary General, Derron Donaldson; Sports Division staff members and numerous sports-related federations and associations representatives. The Prime Minister’s Award for Male and Female Athlete of the Year went to Steven Gardiner and Shaunae Miller-Uibo. The winners in various categories and the runner-ups are listed below. (BIS Photo/Eric Rose) Sports Award Nominations per Category Runner Up: St. Augustine’s College (SAC) Federation of the Year: Bahamas Basketball Federation Runner Ups: Bahamas Lawn Tennis Assoc. Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations Bahamas Judo Federation Bahamas Volleyball Federation National Team of the Year: 2018 Davis Cup Team – Tennis Runner Ups: 2018 BAAA Commonwealth Games Team Carifta Swim Team Bahamas Water Polo Team Coach of the Year: Marvin Rolle - Tennis Runner Ups: Rupert Gardiner – Track & Field Laszlo Borbely – Water Polo Sensi Oneysi Portorreal Pons – Judo Most Improved Athlete of the Year: Jonquel Jones - WNBA Basketball * Runner Ups: DeAndre Ayton - Basketball Gabriel Sastre – Water Polo Tourism Impact Award: Shaunae Miller-Uibo - Track & Field Runner Up: D’Arcy Rahming Sr. – Judo Olympic Committee Award: Joanna Evans - Swimming Runner Up: Shaunae Miller-Uibo – Track & Field Future Star Award: D’Andre Ayton - Basketball Runner Ups: Izaak Bastian - Swimming Jasrado Chisolm - Baseball Amron Sands - Boxing Albury Higgs - Swimming Jasmine Russell u48Kg – Judo Leevan Sands Courage Award: Justin Roberts - Tennis Sportsmanship Award: Jimmy Norius - Bodybuilding Runner Up: Larry Russell 90Kg – Judo Community Sports Award: Judo Outreach Program – Holy Family Runners Up: Mario Ford Baseball Fred ‘Papa’ Smith – Baseball Street Legends Organization - Basketball Athletes of the Year with Disability: Deron Forbes (Male) Charleasa Bain (Female) Volunteer of the Year: Beverly Wallace-Whitfield Runner Up Larry Minns Collegiate Athlete of the Year: Devynne Charlton – Track & Field Runners Up Desmondo Bootle – Judo Albury Higgs – Swimming Joanna Evans - Swimming Minister of Sports – For Excellence: Allan Murray (Swimming) Antoan Richardson (Baseball) Prime Ministers’ Award - Athlete of the Year: Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Female) – T & F Steven Gardiner (Male) – T & F Runners Up: Joanna Evans - Swimming Albury Higgs - Swimming Kerry Cartwright - Tennis Danielle Thompson – Tennis Elderich Rahming - Bodybuilding D’Andre Ayton - Basketball Jasrado Chisolm – Baseball Lesley St. Fleur - Soccer
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