SPORTS Undefeated SECTION E
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2025
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Bahamas boasts perfect 4-0 record By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
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t was a big celebration day yesterday for Team Bahamas after they completed pool B of the Davis Cup American Zone IV tie with a perfect 4-0 win-loss record in Tacarigua, Trinidad & Tobago. Now they await to see who their opponents will be in Saturday’s promotional playoffs to determine who will return to Group III next year and who will remain in Zone IV. In their final match of the tie yesterday, The Bahamas whitewashed Panama 3-0 to head into Saturday’s crossover playoffs with the PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: Bahamas team of Kofi Bowe, Denali Nottage, captain John Antonas, Donte Armbrister and Michael Major Jr after their victory over Panama.
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momentum of the team to beat. Donte Armbrister once again, playing the number two spot, won his opening singles with a 6-1, 0-1 retired victory over Chad Valdes, while national champion Denali Nottage blanked Diego Rodriguez Tobar 6-0, 6-0 in their No.1 spot match. With the tie already secured, the Grand Bahamian duo of Nottage and Kofi Bowe combined for an identical set score of 6-3, 6-3 for the doubles win over Rodriguez Tobar and Guillermo Davis Rodriguez Pinilla to put the icing on the cake. With a day to rest and recuperate from the intense matches they played all week long, team captain John Antonas said
DENALI NOTTAGE, left, after his singles win over Panama. Team Bahamas doubles team of Denali Nottage and Kofi Bowe. they can now celebrate before they prepare for the promotion playoffs on Saturday. “Another solid day. Clinched our group,” said
Antonas as the team gets a well-deserved rest today. “We cannot wait for Saturday to have the chance to move up. We won’t know
who we play until tomorrow’s matches are finished. But just another great
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THIS year will mark the 50th anniversary since Everette “Elisha Obed” Ferguson claimed the world boxing title, but Wellington Miller said the boxing fraternity is still disappointed that the Bahamas Government has not yet honoured him. On November 12, 1975, Ferguson captured the World Boxing Council’s light middleweight title by defeating Miguel de Oliveira in Paris, France and defended it twice before losing it to Germany’s Eckhard Dragge on June 18, 1976 in Charlottenburg, Germany. Miller, a former heavyweight champion who has gone on to become the president of the Bahamas Olympic Committee, said November 15 will be the 50th anniversary of Elisha Obed’s feat and it’s high time the deceased boxer gets the recognition that he deserves. “This is a great opportunity for the Bahamas Government to honour Elisha Obed,” Miller said. “We’re asking the Prime Minister to announce a proclamation to honour Elisha Obed on November 12 and show the fight on ZNS so that people can see it. There is a vast amount of Bahamian people who have not seen it and a lot of people don’t realise that The Bahamas has had a world boxing champion. Fifty years is always
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DAY TO Roadrunners Trent Ford FUN-FILLED CLOSE OUT THE 37TH and Akaree Roberts are JEFF RODGERS CAMP heading off to college THE curtain will come down on another successful Jeff Rodgers Summer Basketball Camp today with a fun-filled day at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. Before the 37th edition of the camp came to a close, the participants got a real treat last night as a number of international stars, including Bahamian superstar Mychal “Sweet Bells” Thompson, not only shared their basketball experience, but they also participated in the Family Night activities. Camp organiser Jeff Rodgers, who now resides
By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net SPRINTER Trent Ford and middle distance runner Akaree Roberts are the two latest members of the Roadrunners Track and Field Club who are heading off to college to further their athletic careers. While Ford will be leaving on Sunday for Indiana Tech, who competes in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) and is member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Roberts left yesterday for Hinds Community College in Mississippi, a member of the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Roberts said just as she made the transition in high school, she’s looking forward to doing it in college under head coach Reginald Dillon. “It’s a community college, so it’s not a lot of people. I don’t really like the crowd,” she said. “I just want to improve and
in the United States, thanked God for bringing him back to continue the camp during his vacation time to give back to the Bahamian community. “When you look at this camp and see some of the young men and young ladies who come out of this camp and to see where they are today, like Kai Jones and Deandre Ayton, it just makes it easier and better to encourage others to believe in themselves. And so all of that is just a way of
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SPRINTER TRENT FORD, left, and middle distance runner Akaree Roberts, far right, are the two latest members of the Roadrunners Track and Field Club heading off to college to further their athletic careers. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr do better than I am doing now.” In the 800 metres, Roberts has run a lifetime best of two minutes and 14 seconds and 5:02 in the 1,500 metres. The three-time CARIFTA team member has a pair of bronze medals as a member of the 4 x 400m relay teams.
The 18-year-old Roberts, who spent the past six years with the Roadrunners, hopes to pursue her degree in business administration. “It’s been good. Everybody has been nice and really pushed me to do what I can do,” Robert said. “I just want to say to those who are remaining,
to stay focused and stay determined and don’t give up when you are down.” She thanked coach Bodie and the rest of the coaching staff in the Roadrunners, noting that if it wasn’t for them pushing her, she would not be where she is today. Her
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NP AMATEUR BASEBALL LEAGUE WITH its playoffs completed, the New Providence Amateur Baseball League is now looking to crown its initial champions. The NPABL is scheduled to begin its best-of-five championship series between the Blue Reapers Baseball team, led by Alfred Ferguson Jr against the
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Rebels, led by Junel Bain, 8pm tonight at the Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium. The Blue Reapers swept aside the Joshua Outlawz 2-0 in their playoff matchup, while the Rebels ousted the Sharks in a two-game sweep as well. NP SOFTBALL AFTER taking a break over the holiday
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