The Tribune

THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Class of 2014 was inducted into the National Sports Hall of Fame at Government House on Friday night.

The inductees included Kevin Johnson - Athletics; Percival Andrew Knowles - Sailing/Swimming; Edith Powell - Tennis/Administration; Marina McClain - Bowling; Donnie Martinborough; Ray Minus Sr - Boxing; Harcourt Rolle - Soccer/Administration; Frederick Robert Sturrup - Journalism/Administration; Daniel Sumner - Bodybuilding and Powerlifting/Administration; Franklyn Theodore Roosevelt Sweeting - Baseball; Frederick “Chicken” Taylor - Baseball; and deceased inductees Calvin Cooper - Golf/Administration; Norris Stubbs - Athletics; Allan Jackson - Baseball/Administration; Wilfred Coakley - Boxing/Administration and Bertram Musgrove - Cycling.

The inductees were nominated by persons in the sporting community, federations and stakeholders, according to Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr Daniel Johnson.

Among those in attendance for the ceremony were Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling; Minister Johnson; Bahamas Olympic Committee president Wellington Miller and Sir Durward ‘Sea Wolf’ Knowles, one of the first five members inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1989.

The others inducted in the first class were Thomas A Robinson, Cecil Cooke, Andre Rodgers and Everette “Elisha Obed” Ferguson.

• The other inductees

are as follows:

Class of 2003 - Roderick Simms, Robert ‘Bobby’ Symonette, Sloane ‘Bunty’ Farrington, Charlie Major Sr, Deacon Leviticus ‘Uncle Lou’ Adderley, Kingsley Poitier, Leonard ‘Boston Blackie’ Miller, Anthony ‘Tony’ Curry, Mychal ‘Sweet Bells’ Thompson, Vincent Ferguson, Elizabeth Marion ‘Betty’ Cole and John Sands.

Class of 2008 - Sterling ‘Robert Lloyd Quant, Peter Bethell, Tom Berutti ‘the Bird’ Grant, Dr Hubert Wong, Winston ‘Gus’ Cooper, Winston ‘Tappy’ Davis, Bertram ‘Rolly the Grand Master’ Gray, Dr Bernard Nottage, William ‘Yama Bahama’ Butler, Churchill Tener Knowles, Delroy ‘Roy’ Armbrister, Henry Crawford Jr, Edison ‘Ed’ Armbrister, Betty Kelly-Kenning and Fred ‘Papa’ Smith.

Class of 2009 - Perry Christie, Bradley Cooper, Florence ‘Flo’ Saunders, Cliff Wilson, Alexander ‘Doyle’ Burrows, Richard ‘the Lion-Heart’ Johnson, Dr Timothy Barrett, Glen Wells, Ed Smith, Errol Bodie, Robert Edward ‘Bob’ Isaacs, Samuel ‘Sir Day’ Davies, Percival Wentworth ‘Wenty’ Ford, Edward Leon ‘Apache’ Knowles and Anthony Carroll.

Class of 2010 - Basil Trevor Kelly, Gorman Donald ‘Gomeo’ Brennan, Sharon ‘the General’ Storr, Earl Peter ‘Sweet Pete’ Brown, Leonard John ‘Skeeter’ Dames, Osbourne ‘Ank’ Rahmin, Carl Minns, Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt, Douglas ‘Dougie’ Smith, Winnifred Russell-Bethell, Keith Holland Parker, Celestine Albury-Wilson, Percival Andrew ‘Andy’ Knowles and Frederick ‘Freddie’ Higgs.

Class of 2011 - John Antonas, Derek ‘Bookie’ Nesbitt, Margaret Albury, Frank ‘Pancho’ Rahming, Godfrey Kelly, Austin ‘King Snake’ Knowles, Martin Lundy, Gladstone ‘Moon’ McPhee, Arthur Eldon, Anita Doherty, Glenroy ‘Flo’ Saunders, Wilfred ‘Sudgy’ Culmer, Prince Albert Patrick ‘Head’ McIntosh, Sir Gerald Cash and Justice Maxwell Thompson.

Class of 2013 - Captain Hezron Moxey, Leroy ‘Mitch’ Mitchell, Basil Neymour, Phil Smith, Leroy Archer Sr., Rev. Enoch Backford II, Jacqueline Barnett-Bethel, Sir Arlington Butler, Bernard Bostwick, Maryann Higgs-Clarke, Roscoe Davies, John ‘Barrie’ Farrington, Alpheus ‘Hawk’ Finlayson, Earl Eugene ‘Sonny’ Haven, Dr. Norman Gay, Osbourne ‘Goose’ Lockhart, Oswald ‘Ossie’ Moore, Harold Munnings Sr., Kendal Nottage, Garth Rolle and Dr. Gail North-Saunders.