The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

THE dynamic Bahamian duo, Shamarr Burrows and Livingston Bromwell, have led the Ridley College Tigers to several marquee wins over the course of the 2014-15 season - and now they face the no.1 ranked school in Canada for the conference championship.

The Tigers will face St Michael’s College for the Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) title this afternoon in Ontario. The teams will square off for the third time this season, with St Michael’s holding a 2-0 edge in the series.

In the CISAA semi-finals the Tigers advanced with a 46-39 win over the no.3 ranked team in the nation, St John’s Kilmarnock, powered by the two Bahamians.

Burrows finished with 12 points, 12 rebounds and two blocked shots, while Burrows added 10 points, 12 rebounds and three assists.

Earlier in the season, the pair led the Tigers to the Upper Canada College Invitational tournament championship.

Bromwell became the fifth in the line of Noble Preparatory Academy (NPA) students to participate in the exchange programme between the two institutions, which acts as the precursor to the possibility of an athletic scholarship.

Burrows was the beneficiary of a scholarship following the exchange programme. Both players were former members of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s junior national teams.

Ridley College, in St Catharine’s, Ontario, is one of the leading private boarding and day university preparatory schools in the country.

It is one of the oldest private schools in Canada and has the largest boarding programme in Ontario, with students representing over 35 countries.

The CISAA is a collaboration of 36 collegial independent schools across Ontario whose mandate is to “provide their students with exciting athletic opportunities, challenging competitive experience and to teach and demand positive attitudes and respect for others.”

According to its website, “the CISAA proudly balances the concepts of participation and excellence in sport. By offering approximately 141 leagues and 1,300 teams, the CISAA far exceeds the provincial norm by involving a greater percentage of its students in sport.”

Bromwell’s tenure at Ridley College came on the heels of the successful experience Burrows had in the exchange programme in 2013.

Burrows was able to earn a full athletic scholarship and Bromwell said he looks for the programme to become an annual tradition for NPA students.