Grand Bahama CARIFTA athletes backed by GBPA corporate support

Mon, Mar 25th 2013, 08:56 AM

Freeport, Grand Bahama -- As Team Bahamas readies to compete in the upcoming 42nd annual CARIFTA Games, 17 athletes from Grand Bahama are among their ranks as The Bahamas plays host to the region, March 29 to April 1, 2013. Several well-known Bahamian track and field standouts hail from Grand Bahama, and The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) is keen to do its part to ensure that a new generation of youngsters are able to receive the exposure and experience gained from competing on such an international level as CARIFTA.

GBPA's Director of Community Relations, Geneva Rutherford, was pleased to meet with several of the athletes and coaches and offered words of encouragement along with much needed sponsorship funds.  "First of all we want to congratulate each one of you who are representing the island of Grand Bahama.  We wish to thank the coaches for their really hard work and we are looking forward to great things," stated Rutherford.

  "CARIFTA is something that our company is very pleased to support because we recognize that athletics develops discipline which is crucial for personal success." She further noted that GBPA was extremely pleased to see some 7 schools on the island represented by the athletes, including Sunland Baptist Academy, Bishop Michael Eldon School, St. Paul's Methodist College, Jack Hayward High School, Eight Mile Rock High School, Tabernacle Baptist Christian Academy and Grand Bahama Catholic High School.

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