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XIX COMMONWEALTH GAMES SCHEDULE
HERE'S a look at the remaining schedule for the Bahamian team participating in the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India:
BOXING
Welterweight
* Carl Hield will box Joseph St. Pierre of Mauritius on Sunday. The semifinal is on Monday and the final is on Wednesday.
* Valentino Knowles Ikani Falekaono of Tongo on Sunday.
The semifinal is on Monday and the final is on Wednesday.
TRACK AND FIELD
Saturday's schedule
Men's 200 metres preliminaries - Jamial Rolle.
Time: 10:35 a.m.
Men's high jump final - Trevor Barry and Donald Thomas.
Time: 5:50 p.m.
Men's long jump final - Rudon Bastian.
Time: 5:55 p.m.
Men's 200 metres round two.
Time: 6:10 ...
Knowles set to lead delegation at the XIX Commonwealth Games
By BRENT STUBBS
Senior Sports Reporter
bstubbs@tribuemedia.net
NEW Delhi: When the opening ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games is held on Sunday, boxer Valentino Knowles will be hoisting the Bahamian flag as he leads the delegation through the march past.
Knowles, who has already made history by winning three medals in the last three international events he has competed in, will be the first boxer to be given such an honour at either the Commonwealth or the Olympic Games.
"Taking the flag at a competition like this is an honour," said Knowles, who is fresh from his gold medal performance at the Central American and Caribbean Games in July. "This wasn't something that I ...
Registration for the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) Opened December 1
Washington, DC, United States
- Registration, abstract and programme activity submissions for the XIX
International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), to be held from 22 to 27
July 2012 in Washington, D.C., opened December 1 online at
www.aids2012.org.
More
than 25,000 participants and 2,000 journalists from approximately 200
countries are expected to convene at the conference, which is predicted
to be a landmark event in the history of HIV and AIDS both in the United
States and globally.
No Bahamian swimmers to compete in upcoming Commonwealth Games
With the XIX Commonwealth Games fast approaching, the Bahamas Olympic Committee is putting the finishing touches on the team that will compete in New Delhi, India.
However, when the games take place from October 3-14, the BOC will not have competitors in aquatic, although four swimmers have attained the qualifying standard.
Team Bahamas settling in, 'looking pretty good'
By BRENT STUBBS
Senior Sports Reporter
bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
NEW DELHI, India - On Thursday, half of Team Bahamas' tennis players arrived to join the contingent of track and field competitors, cyclists and boxers waiting to represent our country at the XIX Commonwealth Games.
While all of the track and field athletes - with the exception of Donald Thomas (expected to arrive October 2) - have settled in along with the two boxers and two of three cyclists (Mark Holowesko withdrew), coach Leo Rolle and female player Nikkita Fountain were the latest to arrive. They came into the games village yesterday along with assistant boxing coach Floyd Seymour from Washington D.C. and physio-thera ...
2010 Commonwealth Games Profiles
HERE'S a profile of the Bahamian team at the XIX Commonwealth Games:
* TENNIS *
NIKKITA FOUNTAIN
Age: 26.
Events: Singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
Achievements: CAC 2010 women's doubles gold medalist and member of 2008 Fed Cup Zone II championship team.
Expectations: Hope to medal in the doubles.
LARIKAH RUSSELL
Age: 25.
Events: Singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
Achievements: CAC women's doubles gold medalist and singles bronze medalist. Member of 2008 Fed Cup Zone II championship team.
Expectations: To win more medals for the Bahamas.
DEVIN MULLINGS
Not available.
MARVIN ROLLE
Not available.
RODNEY CAREY
Not available.
LEO ROLLE
...
India makes history by hosting its first Commonwealth Games
IN just over a week, the XIX Commonwealth Games will get under way in New Delhi, India.
Each day there are more and more reports of athletes and even countries raising the alarm about not participating in the games that got started in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada.
Formerly called the "British Empire Games, the Friendly Games and British Commonwealth Games," organisers changed the games held every four years to just the Commonwealth Games in 1978 when it was held in 1978 in Edmonton, Canada.
Since then, the Canadians have played host to the games, considered the second largest sporting festival to be held in the world behind the Olympic Games, three more times.
While Australia, the United ...
Team Bahamas strong for Commonwealth Games
By BRENT STUBBS
Senior Sports Reporter
bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
Although some of the elite athletes have shut down their season and the four qualified swimmers opted to stay in school, the Bahamas will still be represented by a strong team at the XIX Commonwealth Games.
Yesterday at their office, the Bahamas Olympic Committee announced a 25-member team of athletes that will compete in athletics (track and field), boxing, cycling and tennis in New Delhi, India, October 3-14.
The team is scheduled to depart on Sunday, September 26, and return on Saturday, October 16.
"You would notice that some of our elite athletes are not traveling to India for the Commonwealth Games, as in the cas ...
A touch of 'royalty' for Team Bahamas
BRENT STUBBS
Senior Sports Reporter
bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
NEW DELHI, India -- It was a touch of "royalty" for some members of Team Bahamas at the XIX Commonwealth Games as they met up close and personal with three members of the Royal British Empire.
Charles, Prince of Wales, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, all stopped into the games village yesterday where they took the time out to interact with members of the teams before the official opening ceremonies.
At the training track and field center, head coach Fritz Grant, along with athletes Jamial Rolle, Rodney Green, Adrian Griffith, Andretti Bain, La'Sean Pickstock, Trevor Barry, Lavern Eve, ...
Valentino Knowles proudly carries the Bahamian flag
BRENT STUBBS
Senior Sports Reporter
bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
NEW DELHI, India -- On the biggest stage of his life in front of the largest crowd ever, Valentino Knowles proudly walked into the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium carrying the Bahamian flag at the opening ceremonies for the XIX 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Back at the games village, high jumper Donald Thomas and tennis players Devin Munnings and Marvin Rolle all made their entrance, albeit just hours before Rolle will have to take to the courts to compete in his first mixed doubles match today with Grand Bahamian Larikah Russell as they open competition for the Bahamas.
They will be joined by Nikkita Fountain, who will play in the first ...
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