SPORTS SECTION E
MONDAY, JULY 28, 2025
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‘Bodybuilding is back’ By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
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udah Forbes, Alexander Kemp, Orick Nesbitt, Jackie Cleare and Denica Thompson came back to lead the list of team members for The Bahamas at the 52nd Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championships in St Lucia. Federation president Wellington Sears declared that “bodybuilding is back” after they were not able to host last year’s nationals because of the lack of competitors. He announced that just about all of the competitors on stage on Saturday night at the University of the Bahamas Auditorium will be given the opportunity to compete at the CAC Championships, scheduled for September 24-28 at the Rodney Bay, Gros Islet, St Lucia.
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WOMEN’s wellness champion Denica Thompson. Despite the decline in contestants, Sears said they were still happy with the turnout with two competitors from Andros in the newly formed Southern Association and three from Grand Bahama from the Northern Bahamas division. The rest came from New Providence. Forbes, competing in the toughest division in the men’s physique open against four other competitors, said he didn’t make up his mind to compete until the end of April and he asked God to guide him each step of the way. “I was on stage with a lot of novice competitors who gave me a run for my money. It reminded me that you should never be comfortable. Nothing is given to you. So you have to go out there and take it,” said Forbes, the 32-yearold director of media and production at Eyewitness
JIMMY Norius presents the winners of the Men’s Physique Open. News. “I just need to work on my posing, making sure I land them so I can keep it tight on stage.” Kemp, also competing out of New Providence, participated in four events, winning the men’s fitness open and the men’s fitness model, while placing second in the men’s physique open and the men’s fitness challenge. He’s hoping to improve on the pair of silver medals he got in the men’s fitness and fitness model at last year’s CAC Championships in Guyana. “It was good to go out there and compete again,” said the 31-year-old, a locksmith who also serves as a personal trainer and men’s development coach.
“You learn new methods and it helps to increase your chance of getting better. But I noticed that I need to work on my conditioning and become tighter when I go to CAC this year.” Cleare, also back for a CAC encore after she made her debut in Guyana, said it was an amazing feeling for her to get back on stage to prepare for this year’s CAC. “It was an amazing feeling. I felt really good and I could see the improvement in my physique since October last year. That is always the goal and the first focal point for me,” said the 42-year-old CEO and founder of Executive Advisory. “I’m excited to be able
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BIKINI runner-up Shantae Rahming and Jackie Cleare receive their awards from Dr Remington Rolle and Wellington “Cat” Sears.
WARS FLAG Swimmers making SAND FOOTBALL TOURNEY THE BEACH a splash at the FINA ROCKS SOCCER STADIUM Worlds in Singapore By Jonathan Burrows
THE sand was hot and the stakes even hotter this past weekend as the Sand Wars Flag Football Tournament stormed the Beach Soccer Stadium with three days of high-energy competition, featuring 16 elite teams from across the Caribbean. Teams from Cayman Islands, Freeport, Nassau and Abaco clashed in a
By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE first of the three Bahamas Aquatics teams to compete in international competition got started yesterday at the FINA LCM World Championships at the OCBC Aquatic Centre at the Singapore Sports Hub in Singapore. Mark-Anthony Thompson, one of four members of the team, managed by Georgette Albury with Travano McPhee as the coach, placed eighth in the third of eight heats in the men’s 100 metres breaststroke preliminaries. He was eighth in a time of one minute and 6.56 seconds. He was well off his personal best of 1:05.24 that he posted at the Bahamas National Championships in 2023. Man Hou Chad won the heat in 1:02.64, but that only placed him 46th overall, while Thompson was 66th. The fastest qualifier was Kirill Prigoda in 58.53 as he won the second heat. “While Mark-Anthony didn’t have his best swim in the opener, we know he’s capable of more and
display of speed, strategy and athleticism. The tournament kicked off Friday afternoon with teams setting the tone for an intense weekend of playoff football. The energy built toward Sunday, where elimination games and the championship games for both the men’s and women’s divisions drew an electric
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BAHAMAS’ swim team at the FINA LCM World Championships in Singapore. will look to regroup as the meet continues,” McPhee said. “That said, we still have several swimmers yet to compete, and the energy within Team Bahamas remains high. “We’re confident in the strength and depth of our team, and we’re looking
forward to seeing strong performances from our athletes throughout the rest of the competition.” Team Bahamas will have today off but Thompson will be back in action on Tuesday when he competes in the preliminaries of the men’s 50m breaststroke. He will be swimming in
lane nine in the fourth of nine heats. He goes into the event with a lifetime best of 28.59 at the FINA Swimming World Cup in the United States in 2022. The other members of Team Bahamas are Olympian Lamar Taylor,
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BASKETBALL ANNUAL CAMP THE annual Jeff Rodgers Basketball Summer Camp is slated to get underway today at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, starting at 9am. Larry Johnson, the brother of Earvin “Magic” Johnson, will officially open the camp today. The camp, conducted by Jeff Rodgers, will run through August 8 when a number of the
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visiting dignitaries are expected to be matched against some of the camp instructors and campers in a friendly matchup. BASKETBALL FREE CAMP THE Bahamas Shooting Stars Basketball Camp is scheduled to be held 9am to 3pm July 28-30 at the Dundas Cultural Park Basketball Court in Dundas
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