Support for the 12th Annual Catch Jerry Chile Fun-Run-Walk fund-raiser was strong this year, with participants from all over Central Eleuthera. This year’s 12th Annual ‘Catch Jerry Chile’ Fun-Run-Walk fundraiser event, for only the third time in the history of it being held, saw Mr. Miska Clarke (Jerry’s Chile) being caught. The...
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Mens Doubles Winners – Bobby Mullarkey and Matthew Pryor with coach and tournament director Artie Johnson and tournament sponsor Tim Dames. Tennis enthusiasts from Eleuthera, Abaco, Nassau, and Harbour Island all convened at the Knowles Tennis Courts in Palmetto Point on Saturday, April 20th and Sunday, April 21st for the 17th Annual Tim’s...
Isaiah Thompson of Gregory Town scores a good ride at an Eleuthera Surf Club session at Surfer’s Beach. The newly reborn Bahamas Surfing Association and the Eleuthera Surf Club have announced an April 5-10 waiting period for the First Annual Surfer’s Beach Classic presented by Island Made Gift Shop. The surf contest is geared towards...
Coach Sharon Storr (3rd from left), is shown with young participants in the Crean-Storr Basketball Camp during the midterm break. Carrying on a long-serving tradition of supporting and encouraging young people through sport, retired educator, Mr. Anthony Crean hosted his 7th Annual Basketball Camp in Governor’s Harbour in partnership with veteran...
The Pink Diamonds out of Harbour Island and the Pine City Ladies teams faced off during the Saturday slow pitch softball jamboree. Police in Eleuthera celebrated a relaxed day of family-oriented fun at the Twin City Softball Park in Palmetto Point on Saturday, October 28th, 2023, where community softball teams from across the island came together in...
Coach Artie Johnson with Boys U14 Team Coach Hartie ‘Artie’ Johnson, from James’ Cistern, Central Eleuthera, traveled with the Bahamas’ under 14 (U14) boys tennis team members during the month of March to compete in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) 2023 World Juniors Tennis Championships. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association...
Joshua Higgins, in action, competing at the ISAF Junior Worlds in Oman in December 2021. 18 year-old Joshua Higgins of Harbour has been sailing since he was seven years-old when he started out in the Optimist dinghy, and it was said that he instantly fell in love with the sport. He hails from a family that is well grounded in Bahamian sailing, and a...
The Bahamas featured 15 athletes in the Tokyo Summer Olympics, competing in two sporting disciples – athletics and swimming. As the games wrapped up on Sunday, August 8th, The Bahamas was ranked in 42nd place in the medal standings with two gold medals, both in the 400m athletics track event. Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas claimed the gold...
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has extended congratulations to the West Indies cricket team on their February 2021 test series victory against Bangladesh. Prime Minister Rowley praised the discipline, determination and grit of the Caribbean players, under the captaincy...
On Friday, June 27, 2014, exciting fast pitch softball summer league play continued at the Twin City Arena ballpark in Palmetto Point hosted by the Eleuthera Softball Association (ESA), with three action packed matchups – and teams from Spanish Wells officially joined the fray. The fun began with the ladies at 7:15 pm when the Asue Draw...