ABACO,
Bahamas — Get hooked! It’s fishing season in the Abacos, and
the next three months are jam packed with events, tournaments and, of
course, the pure tranquility that surrounds this Bahamian paradise,
named one of the top 5 fishing spots in the world by
Marlin
Magazine.
As the
2010 fishing season casts off, few other places will offer
such an exhilarating and varied tournament roster as the Abacos.
Hundreds of anglers, their boats, and their families will gather from
all over the globe to enjoy some of the world’s top-ranked waters. This
season will be unbeatable as Abaco Beach Resort serves as the perfect
backdrop for tournament fishing and introduces some new highlights that
will reel you in.
View the upcoming fishing tournament schedule for 2010...
Orlando,
Florida - 14 year-old Leah Rodgers made The Bahamas proud by capturing
a first place title in one of her five events at an international
gymnastics
meet over the weekend. Rodgers, who is a member of Nassau ‘Nastics,
was the only Bahamian and Caribbean competitor at the 2010 Leprechaun
Classics in Florida. This was her first ever competition.
The
young athlete wowed the judges and blew away her competition by getting
top marks with super splits and fantastic flips in her floor routine.
Rodgers returned to the competition ring and earned a medal on the bars
and on the vault. Despite slipping off of the balance beam during her
display, Rodgers jumped back into competition to continue her routine.
“I
did my best to focus and I exceeded my expectations,” said Rodgers...
Sports B.A.C.F. Trial for National Cycling Team - Mar 15, 2010 - 6:41:54 PM Nassau, Bahamas - The
New Providence Cycling Association staged its 2nd road race on Saturday
March 13th at the National Heritage Parking lot. This race was used as
one of the trial for the National Team selection by the Federation, the
next one will be held in Freeport during the month of April, and the last
trial right back here in Nassau in April as well.
Nassau, Bahamas - The
Bahamas Weekly News Team recently visited with Bahamian bodybuilder
Joel Stubbs who is noted to have the 'Best Back in the World" .
Joel
was off to assist with the Arnold Classic (as in 'Swarchenegger') in
California last weekend. Joel is a Bahamas Air pilot who has been
bodybuilding for 14 years, and last year competed in the Mr. Olympia
competition, a first for The Bahamas!
Joel can bench press 550
pounds when he is in his prime condition. He is presently rebuilding after a knee injury and is on the comeback trail to compete
again soon. He looks fine to us however...
Nassau, Bahamas - After a year of intense planning and preparation,
the Nassau Yacht Club is in the final stages of readying itself to once
again welcome the International Star Class.
The Western Hemisphere Championship 2010 will
commence with a packed opening reception on Monday 12 April. Racing
will begin in earnest on Wednesday 14 April with competition proceeding
through until
Saturday 17 April. Races will be sailed in the area known as the
Douglas Roads off the eastern end of New Providence, which boasts the
signature clear blue waters of the Bahamas against a backdrop of the
surrounding islands and cays...
Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas --- The
Abaco Beach Resort at Boat Harbour proudly announces the launch of one
of the only all-release billfish tournaments in the Bahamas.
The inaugural All-Release Boat Harbour
Billfish Challenge will commence on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 and conclude
on Saturday, April 17. The tournament format will be dedicated
to billfish conservation as well as providing a top notch, first-class
all-release fishing tournament venue and the schedule will focus on
the Bahamian traditions of Abaco Beach Resort at Boat Harbour.
For example, the Kick-Off Dinner will feature a beach bonfire, the Talent
Showcase Dinner will present the soulful and artistic sounds of the
entire staff, and Friday’s Rake ‘N’ Scrape pool party will offer
a joyful celebration of the local native music...
DOHA, Qatar (
Associated Press) — The IAAF has
announced that
London, Beijing and the Polish city of Chorzow are in the running to
host the 2015 world championships.
IAAF spokesman Nick Davies says a decision on
which will host the outdoor track and field event will be made in
November at its ruling council meeting in Monaco.
Davies says the IAAF has received bids to host
the 2013 world youth championships from Greenville, South Carolina;
Nassau, Bahamas and a Slovenia, which is yet to nominate a city.
Freeport, Grand Bahama - The Community of Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama
officially opens the West Grand Bahama Basketball Tournament at the
Eight Mile Rock High School Gym, Friday, March 5.
The Minister of
Public Works and Transport the Hon Neko Grant stands in the centre
during the jump-off before the tournament open.
Orlando,
Florida - 14 year-old Leah Rodgers will be entering her very first
international gymnastics meet this weekend as the only Bahamian in the
entire competition. The ninth grade student of Queen’s College has been
a member of Nassau ‘Nastics, The Bahamas’ oldest gymnastics club for
three years. She plans to make her competition debut at the 2010
Leprechaun Classics in Orlando, Florida which takes place March 13 and
14.
“I’m
looking forward to my very first meet and I hope to score at least an
eight on my events,” says Leah who will be competing on the floor,
balance beam, vault and uneven bars. “The floor is my favorite routine
and I think I’m glad to finally have a trip and I am most looking
forward to getting it over with...”
Freeport, Bahamas
– “Baseball is the tool we use to
impact our youth and provide educational opportunity for them and their family
with financial funding through high level training and exposure,” said
Coach Patrick Knowles of the YMCA
Baseball Academy.
The YMCA’s affiliation
with the Hall of Fame Baseball League in Florida
is doing just that, giving young Grand Bahama
athletes greater exposure from playing abroad. Twenty-three boys traveled
to South Florida recently to compete against
teams in the 12 and Under, and 14 and Under divisions.
The trip was made possible
through membership fees and donations. The Grand Bahama Port Authority
Limited (GBPA) is also major corporate contributor to programs at the local
YMCA....
Nassau, The Bahamas - Bahamas
Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) President Mike Sands and
executives paid a courtesy call on Barry Malcolm, Managing Director,
Scotiabank (Bahamas) Ltd. to discuss plans for the 2010 Scotiabank
National High School Track & Field Championships scheduled for
March 11th - 13th at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium.
“Building on our existing partnership with the BAAA and expanding our
support of youth development within The Bahamas, Scotiabank is
delighted to sponsor this premier track and field event. We affirm our
continuing commitment to the community in which we live and that we
serve,” said Managing Director, Barry Malcolm...
Freeport, Bahamas -
(The Tribune) The Tabernacle
Baptist Falcons celebrated through the streets of Grand Bahama in a
victory motorcade on Friday.
The Falcons of Tabernacle Baptist Christian Academy are the reigning
basketball champions of the Hugh Campbell Basketball Tournament that
was held New Providence at the Kendal Isaac Gymnasium on February 21.
This is their second consecutive win and the sixth time that the Falcons have won the Hugh Campbell championship title...
Nassau, Bahamas - TVI
Events, the producers of the inaugural Fish & Chips Showdown to be held May
11 – 16, 2010 in Nassau, Bahamas is excited to announce that this year’s event will now be
co-hosted by the girls of PlayerXT, who will be staging the Bullz-Eye.com
Bikini Model Search Finals. Fish & Chips participants will not only
be competing for $250,000 of prize money, but will also be invited to attend
events throughout the week that will culminate in the crowning of the 2010
Bullz-Eye.com Bikini Model Search Winner.
The Fish & Chips Showdown will be based out of the
stunning, four-star Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort. The poker tournament will be hosted at the adjoining Crystal
Palace Casino and the fishing tournament will be staged from the nearby
Paradise Island Marina. Competitors will battle it out on the tables and on the
water for $250,000...
Freeport, Bahamas - History will be made at this year’s
Sir Jack Hayward Grand Bahama Soccer Camp, now in its seventh highly-successful
year.
It will feature the event’s first
full-time professional female soccer coach. Her name is Sarah Green
and she works for the London-based Football Association as part of its
drive to take kids and turn them into international players of the future.
The camp’s 180 attendees split roughly
equally between boys and girls but Sarah is at home coaching both and
in fact leads mixed classes on a daily basis.
She follows a long line of top-line
coaches the camp has attracted from the UK, the country where what is
the world’s biggest sport was invented...
Freeport, Bahamas - The youth of Grand Bahama Island, and in particular, the high school
scholarship students (currently 17) were the beneficiaries of the 7th.
annual Grand Bahama American Women's Club (GBAWC) golf tournament, The
Home Centre Classic, which was held on Saturday, February 20. Harsh
economic times made the work of the organizing committee much more
difficult, but the wonderfully resilient people of Freeport/Lucaya
rallied to the challenge. Many local businesses and individuals took up
the slack and eighty golfers enjoyed playing Our Lucaya Reef Course for
this annual event.
Check the 2010 "Wall of Honour" at the entrance to The Home Centre and
patronize those who have given to this, the GBAWC's only annual
fundraiser...
Freeport, Bahamas - Minister of Public Works and Transport
and Member of Parliament for the Lucaya Constituency on Grand Bahama, Neko C
Grant is pictured left congratulating the recent Marathon Bahamas winner and
long distance runner, Delroy Boothe at the Office of the Prime Minister on
Friday.
Mr Grant applauded the
Grand Bahama native for his accomplishments and encouraged him to continue
in his efforts to qualify for the 2012 Olympics as well as other regional and
international marathons.
Also pictured is Don Cornish, Administrator in the
Office of the Prime Minister and Vice President of the Bahamas Olympic
Association...
Freeport, Bahamas -The first Bahamas Lawn and Tennis Association sanctioned junior tennis
tournament of the year took place this past weekend (February 19-22, 2010) at the
Gully Bowe Tennis Center at the Lucayan Bath & Racquet Club. The
Grand Bahama Tennis Association hosted 35 junior tennis players from Nassau,
Eleuthera and Grand Bahama for several days of healthy tennis competition with several
hundred spectators in attendance during the 4 day event.
Tournament director Gully Bowe said that this year's event was very competitive
and a great success. "I enjoyed the tournament and I know that the young
tennis players did as well," he added. “This year’s players displayed
a high level of competitiveness and good sportsmanship as they vied for the first
place trophies in the various age categories” remarked Bowe.
The YMCA Baseball Academy (YBA) is apart of the Florida Hall of fame Baseball league
in Ft. Lauderdale. Our Members travel to South Florida to Play four league
games in each age division. We just completed Weekend #1. Our Second Weekend is
March 20th 2010 and our Third Weekend is April 24th 2010.
The YMCA Baseball Academy (YBA) is all about Exposure and providing
the young men with more opportunity to play Baseball at a higher level: When
This Florida League finishes in MAY we would have completed a Possible 16 game
schedule to add to the boys local league schedule in Legacy Baseball PONY
League and GBABA Little league
The Goal is development and getting experience, We want to win, but we wont
sacrifice our players development for winning, so we ensure our boys receive
the required playing time for us to evaluate them...
Freeport, Bahamas - The 
Nassau, Bahamas - The
New Providence Cycling Association staged its 2nd road race on Saturday
March 13th at the National Heritage Parking lot. This race was used as
one of the trial for the National Team selection by the Federation, the
next one will be held in Freeport during the month of April, and the last
trial right back here in Nassau in April as well.
