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Mark your Calendar for Grand Bahama Island Regatta 2008
By GB Regatta Committee
May 14, 2008 - 11:37:17 AM

GRAND BAHAMA -- The Ministry of Tourism along with the Grand Bahama Regatta Committee held a press conference to announce plans for this year's Grand Bahama Island Regatta, Thursday, April 24.  The Regatta scheduled for June 20 – 22 on Taino Beach, will showcase sailboats from around The Bahamas, traditional games, live entertainment and conch cracking. The committee said that this Regatta will go down in history as the best, with 24 sailboats expected to participate. 

Pictured at the press conference from left: Harold McPhee, Chairperson, Regatta Committee; Derek Sands, Committee Member; Canard Bethel, Committee Member; April Gow, Committee Member; Charlie Robins, representative of Sports Tourism in the Ministry of Tourism; Lady Naomi Wallace Whitfield, Committee Member; Benson Knowles, Executive Member; Pam Ferguson, Executive Member; Tynia Roberts, Secretary; Merril Williams, Committee Member and Walton Rolle, Executive Member. (BIS photo/Vandyke Hepburn)

Read the Freeport News Article HERE

Photos from Regatta 2007 taken by Dave Mackey- Courtesy of Coldwell Banker James Sarles Realty)