Clubs and Societies 01/15/2016

Fri, Jan 15th 2016, 06:00 AM

The Cycling Club will be holding its social on Friday, January 29, from 6pm-9pm. Venue to be announced.

East, weekday rides - morning, Tuesday & Thursday leaving 5am sharp from Sea Grapes Shopping Centre, East Prince Charles Drive. This ride is a 17-mile loop to the Northbound Paradise Island Bridge and back again (Both bridges are sometimes incorporated depending on available time). Open to riders capable of 18 mph + for 1 hour. Lights are essential.

West, weekday rides - morning, Wednesdays & Fridays leaving 4:45am sharp from Cable Beach Police Station, West Bay St. This ride is a 20-mile loop. The route is varied. Open to riders capable of 18 mph + for 1 hr. Lights are essential. Contact Shantelle to confirm your attendance.

Afternoons - Tuesdays & Thursdays leaving 5:30pm sharp from Lyford Cay Gas Station Parking Lot. This ride is 18-20 miles depending on whether you choose to do a second loop. Recommended for Strong Riders capable of 20mph+ for 1-1.5hrs. Intermediate Riders 18-22mph.

Weekend rides - Saturdays leaving 6:00am Sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank (Starbuck’s) 30 miles headed West. In order to complete this ride it is recommended that you have done some recent cycling! Leaving P/I Bridges optional at the end! The pace will range from 18mph – 20+mph, @2 hour duration.

Sundays leaving 6:00am Sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank (Starbuck’s) 40 - 50 miles headed East. This ride is not recommended if you have not cycled recently or first timers! P/I Bridges optional at the end! The pace will range from 18–20+mph, 3-3.5 hour duration (cyclists are invited to join in anywhere along the route).

Upcoming events
January 16-17 Marathon Bahamas - looking for cyclists to assist the medical teams as “On the Course Marshals”. Our job entails circling a specific part of the marathon route keeping an eye out for any runners in distress. The race will start at 6am on the 17th and runners are expected to be on the course until 1pm. email: robphillips@batelnet.bs

January 30 - Bahamas Medical Centre Dri Tri

February 14 - Potcakeman Supersprint Triathlon

February 27, 28 - Tour De Grand Bahama

March 18-20 - Great Abacon Family Fitness Weekend www.gaffw.com/

May 16 - Caribbean Championship Triathlon www.multirace.us/events/44

July 2 & 3 - Independence T/T & Road Race

July 23 - Seagillian Cycling Fest

August 13 & 14 - Viva! Bahamas Invitational T/T & Road Race

September 24 - Potcakeman Main Event Triathlon.

Kiwanis Club of Cable Beach. - The Kiwanis Club of Cable Beach inducted four new members in the last quarter 2015.

Rotary Clubs of The Bahamas. - Rotary is releasing $35m in grants to support polio immunisation activities and research in nine countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The funds will build on last year’s historic achievement of stopping the transmission of the wild poliovirus in Nigeria and all of Africa.

“We are closer than ever to achieving a polio-free world,” said Michael K. McGovern, chair of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee. “To ensure that no child ever again suffers the devastating effects of this disease, we must all ensure that the necessary funds and political will are firmly in place in 2016.”

The funds announced this week include $11.4m in Pakistan and $6m in Afghanistan, the two remaining polio-endemic countries. Funding will also support immunisation activities in several countries still at-risk, including Nigeria ($5.5m), Ethiopia ($4.1m), Chad ($2m), Somalia ($1.8m), Cameroon ($1.6m), Iraq ($1.6m), and India ($618,000). An additional $355,000 will be allocated to polio research.

For more information about Rotary, visit www.rotary.org. To contact Rotary in The Bahamas, email: info@rotarybahamas.com.

 

A local sorority will mark its 40th anniversary by taking part in the Susan G Komen Bahamas Race for the Cure® on Saturday.

Forty sorors from Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc’s graduate chapter, Theta Epsilon Zeta, will walk the 5K event, which is now in its sixth year.

The team is walking under the name, “Forty & Finer”.

“As a group of women who support the fight against all forms of cancer, especially one that targets females, we wanted to commemorate our 40th year in large numbers, showing not only support for those who have won the fight against breast cancer, but also give support to those who are currently battling the disease. We also want to walk or run in memory of those we lost along the way,” said Theta Epsilon Zeta President, Taisha Lloyd.

“The disease is one we take very seriously and as such, we encourage all of our members to get yearly and regular check-ups,” she said.

Lloyd says it is her sorority’s hope that it can bring about more awareness to the disease, particularly to individuals who may think breast cancer is non-existent in The Bahamas.

“We need those fighting this battle to be able to see that we are here fighting alongside them,” she said. “We are here to walk with them, laugh with them and help them live life like the sun will come out tomorrow. We want to restore their hope, strength and faith and show them that we love them. We also want the community to share our joy as we celebrate 40 years of service, scholarship, sisterhood and finer womanhood in The Bahamas,” she said.

Theta Epsilon Zeta Graduate Chapter was chartered on January 23, 1976 in The Bahamas by seven chapter members: Sharon Lady Wilson, Jacqueline Marshall, Rosemary Braynen, Marva Minns, Elsie Pilgrim, Catherine Roxborough and Marcia North Bain.

Once the sorors cross the finish line on Paradise Island, they will be treated to a star-studded concert.

Host and popular comedian, ‘Naughty’ will emcee the event. Nehemiah Hield, Sosa Man, Najie Dun and Wendi Lewis and Dyson Knight of Visage will entertain the crowd during the Survivors Ceremony. The ceremony is the highlight event for Komen Bahamas and honors the women and men who have won their fight with breast cancer.

The race starts at Montagu Beach at 7am and ends at the former Hurricane Hole area on Paradise Island.

To register for the 5K run/walk, visit www.komenbahamas.org.

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