The Tribune

VOLLEYBALL

NPVA FINALS

THE New Providence Volleyball Association’s best-of-five championship series continued Wednesday night at the DW Davis Gymnasium with the Scottsdale Vixens and National Fence Intruders moving into the driver’s seat. They both can wrap up the ladies’ and men’s titles when the series continues tonight.

In the ladies’ matchup, the defending champions and 2015 pennant winning Vixens lead this series by winning game two in four sets over Johnson Lady Truckers. The Truckers held on to win the third set and avoided being swept in three straight sets. The final set scores were 25-18, 25-15, 16-25 and 26-24 in favour of Scottsdale.

In the men’s matchup between the 2014 champions and runner-up in the 2015 season, the Scotiabank Defenders won the first set but didn’t have enough steam to hold off the Intruders. The match was an exciting one, with National Fence winning in four sets 19-25, 25-19, 25-23 and 25-22.

Championship action is slated to continue tonight with game three at 7:30pm. If necessary, they will play game four on Sunday.

BOWLING

FINANCIAL LEAGUE

THE top scorer in Financial Bowling League competition last night was Stan Bethell of Strike Force with an impressive 253 high game along with a 617 high three game set.

The runner-up MVP was Alcondo Hepburn of Best Deal Kirki Bar with a 569 second high set. Greg Taylor of the Strike Force downed the pins for the second high game of 238. 

The ladies’ MVP of the evening was Joy Lockhart of BTC Night Hawks who toppled the pins for a 197 high game and a 539 high three game set. Lockhart was followed by Xynea Johnson of Sunshine Insurance with a 171 second high game and a respectable 476 second high set.  

The team scores of the evening were as follows: Forsythe Communications 3, Financial League 0: BTC Night Hawks 3, Deloitte & Touche 0; Rubis Oil Stars 2, Best Deal Kirki Bar 1; Sunshine Insurance 2, Leno Corporate Services 1; Moonlight Strikers 2, Strike Force 1.

BASKETBALL

NPWBA JUNIOR

LEAGUE

THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association will kick off its junior division for girls at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday.

The division is opened with six teams participating inclusive of Water and Sewerage Operators, MIYA Cybots Princesses, Consolidated Truckers, ASF Insurance Elites, Family Guardian Cheetahs and the Athletic Bahamas.

Games will start on Saturday at 5:30pm with the official opening set for 6:30 pm.

Games scheduled for the day are as follows: Athletico Bahamas vs Water and Sewerage Operators; MIYA Cybots Princesses vs Family Guardian Cheetahs and ASF Insurance Elites vs Consolidated Truckers.

The night will close out with a senior women’s game between the league leading Bommer G Operators against the defending champions Johnson Lady Truckers, who are trying to reclaim their supremacy.

All are invited to support the young basketballers - the future of our nation.

TENNIS

BRAJAXBA

TOURNEY

BRAJAXBA Tennis, in conjunction with Gym Tennis Club, will host a Tennis Jamboree 8am Saturday.

Brajaxba Tennis monthly development tournaments are to ensure that our young tennis players gain a lot of match play experience.

Tennis is a game of experience and the more the matches our kids play, the better they understand the game and can improve their tennis skills.

The tournament caters to tennis players aged 4-18. The tournament format is round robin which allows kids to play 2-3 shorts matches in the tournament. Players will compete in the following events - Mini-Tennis Skills, Mini-Tennis (red balls), Short Court (orange ball) and green dot balls, with advance players using yellow balls.

Players in the Brajaxba Tennis Programme will be using this event as a tune-up for the Subway Junior Tournament in Freeport at the end of February.

VISITING RUGBY

TEAM IN TOWN

THE Bahamas Rugby Union is scheduled to entertain Duke University this weekend at the Winton Rugby Pitch. In the lone game to be played 3pm Saturday, the Nassau Renegades meet Duke University. This is the first touring team to come to the Bahamas for 2016.