SPORTS SECTION E
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2025
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CONCACAF BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS
‘Junkanoo Boyz’ to face Panama tonight By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
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ith all of the final pieces in place, it’s only a matter of time before the first whistle is blown to signal the start of the Concacaf 2025 Beach Soccer Championships. The six-day event, featuring eight countries placed in two separate pools, is slated to kick off 2pm today at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility with El Salvador taking on Costa Rica. The host Bahamas team will be in action during the
final of the four matches at 8pm when they take on Panama. Carl Lynch Jr, the assistant secretary of the Bahamas Football Association, who serves on the logistics committee for Concacaf, said their preparations have been completed and all of the teams are in and they have completed their final match training. “You can expect very fast, exciting, high-powered offences and plenty of goals,” Lynch Jr said. “Whether you are going to score plenty of goals to win it or you will play tight
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READY TO RUMBLE: Men’s national beach soccer team, known as the “Junkanoo Boyz.”
Minister Bowleg excited about High School Track & Field Nationals By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
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IN a joint collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg said they are excited about the SuperClubs Breezes National High School Track and Field Championships. The three-day event will take place at the original Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium from March 20-23 and
will attract over 1,500 athletes from more than 30 schools from throughout the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. During a press conference yesterday at SuperClubs Breezes, Bowleg highlighted the fact that the championships will not just be about competition, but a celebration of “grit, determination and sheer passion. “It’s where records will be shattered, limits will be tested and champions will rise. It’s going to be three
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KELSIE JOHNSON-SILLS, the acting director of sports, speaks yesterday.
PAULINE DAVIS TO BE INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net ‘GOLDEN girl’ Pauline Davis, the first female athlete in the Caribbean to win an individual and relay gold medal at the same Olympic Games, will be rewarded with her introduction into the Bob Hayes 25th Hall of Fame. The ceremony is slated to take place on Thursday in the Potter’s House International Ministries, 5119 Normandy Boulevard in Jacksonville, Florida. “The organisers from the Bob Hayes committee came to the Bahamas and they saw me, spoke to Minister of Sports Mario Bowleg and they announced that “I will be elected to the Hall of Fame. “They were impressed that I came from such a small island nation and that I was able to garner two Olympic gold medals and that ascended to the board of World Athletics and now I am a lifetime member of the organisation.” When Davis, now a 58-year-old consultant at the Ministry of Sports, got the news, she said she couldn’t believe it. “I was shocked. I didn’t know how to react. I was literally in shock,” she said. “What it really said is that you just have to be diligent, you have to be honest, you have to be reliable and you just have to work hard. “At one time, I was offered a lot to leave my country and run for another country. I was even offered a rich husband to leave the Bahamas. But I couldn’t
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‘VJ’ EDGECOMBE VOTED BIG 12’S TOP FRESHMAN By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net BIMINI native Valdez “VJ” Edgecombe capped off his initial regular season with the Baylor Bears men’s basketball team by earning the Big 12 Freshman of the Year award. The announcement came last night as Edgecombe and his Bears’ team-mates Norchad Omier and Robert O. Wright III were voted as three Big 12 honourees.
The Big 12 awards were voted on by the league’s head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players. Edgecombe, a 6-foot, 5-inch guard, became the 13th player in Big 12 history and the third-straight rookie from Baylor to sweep the preseason and postseason freshman of the year honours. The 19-year-old Edgecombe was also named to
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THE SPORTS March CALENDAR SWIMMING LAST CHANCE CARIFTA MEET BAHAMAS Aquatics has announced that its Last Chance Meet for swimmers wishing to qualify for the 2025 CARIFTA Swimming Championships will be held over the weekend of March 14-15 at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex. The event is open to all Bahamas
Aquatics-registered swimmers who have previously competed in a Bahamas Aquatics competition. Swimmers who have not competed in a specific event previously will not be allowed to register for that event. (No Time Entries will not be accepted for this meet). The first session is scheduled for 6pm on
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