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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
NASSAU, The Bahamas – It was 50 years ago...in Tokyo...when Sir Durward “Seawolf” Knowles and the late Cecil Cooke won Olympic Gold -- representing a first for The Bahamas. They won the Star Class Sailing in those Summer Olympics. The Bahamas Olympic Committee along with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture paid tribute to the accomplishment of Sir Durward and Cecil Cooke at a banquet at Atlantis on Thursday, October 23, and to their sparking a tradition of excellent performance of The Bahamas at the Olympic Games.
Sir Durward is pictured, seated, giving a handshake to the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie. He is surrounded by the Governor General Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, left, and Mrs. Knowles at right. Next to Mrs. Knowles at far right is Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Dr. Daniel Johnson. (BIS Photo/Peter L. Ramsay)
Prime
Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, standing centre, presented an
award to Olympic Gold Winner Sir Durward Knowles, seated, during a gala
luncheon celebrating the 50th Anniversary since the winning of The Bahamas’s
first Olympic Gold Medal -- in 1964 at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo,
Japan -- by Sir Durward Knowles and the late Cecil Cooke. The gala
luncheon was held October 23 at the Imperial Ballroom of Atlantis,
Paradise Island. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Daniel
Johnson, and Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis were in attendance.
Governor General HE Dame Marguerite Pindling is seated left, and Lady
Holly Knowles, right. Organizers of the gala are next to the Prime
Minister: President of the Bahamas Olympic Committee, Wellington Miller,
standing left, and Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Dr.
Daniel Johnson, standing right. (BIS Photo/Peter L. Ramsay)
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