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THE FREEPORT NEWS

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

SPORTS

TOUGHWIN:Bears grind out a

win in their game against Fast
Track Flyerson Sunday, in GB
Flag Football week nine action.

(PHOTOS:
SHAYNESTUBBS)

Mens division in a close

race to the GBFFL playoffs
SHAYNE STUBBS
FN Sports Reporter
shayne@nasguard.com
Were two weeks away from
the Grand Bahama Flag Football
League play-offs and week nine
was another action packed week
at the Grand Bahama Sports
Complex. The play-offs are
scheduled to begin July 5.
The mens division remains to
be a close race. While the
Chances Alliance and Bahama
Rock Excavators are gridlocked,
each with a 7-1 record, the MSC
Tritons, Freeport Container Port
(FCP) Stackers (Bye Week),
Royal Bahamas Police Force
(RBPF) Enforcers and Sands
Bears were each left standing
with a 5-3 record after week 9.
The Chances Alliance disposed of the Grand Cay Sharks
(0-9) 42-6. The Alliance have
now forced 197 points for the
season (the most among the
mens teams) while only giving
up 44. The Excavators got by the
BORCO Oilers with a 28-0 victory. While they can light the
scoreboard up having forced 184
points for the season, their defense remained among the top
defense in the division, allowing

Piranhas celebrate overtime

win after putting a dent in the
Lady
Enforcers,
winning
streak.

only 25 points, the fewest in the

division.
The MSC Tritons fell to the
Grand Bahama (GB) Shipyard
Wreckers in a very close contest.
The Wreckers escaped with a 96 win, bringing them to an even
4-4 record for the season. The
Tritons remained the third best
offense with 123 points forced
and allowed only 34 all season.
The Wreckers have put up 91
points for the season and have
given up 77 points.
The Bears got by the Fast Track
Flyers (4-5) in a hard-fought, 70 win. The Bears continue to find
their stride and have now forced
81 points on opposing defenses
all season but have give up 87.
The RBPF Enforcers stopped the
Westminster Runners (1-7) in
their 28-6 triumph. The Enforcers pushed their points force
total to 85 and still have one of
the top four defenses with only
49 points given up.
These teams will hope to add
some separation in the standings
come Sunday. The Chances Alliance will take on the MSC Tritons, the BORCO Oilers will
face off against the RBPF Enforcers, the Grand Cay Sharks
are set to face the GB Shipyard

Wreckers, the Sands Bears and

Bahama Rock Excavators will
square off and the FCP Stackers
will take on the Westminster
Runners.
All good things must come to
an end and that was the case in
the womens division this past
Sunday. The FCP Piranhas took
on the undefeated Lady Enforcers, and neither team gave an
inch. This one needed overtime
to declare a winner with the
score knotted at zero. After a
penalty was called on the Lady
Enforcers, the Piranhas found
themselves in field goal range,
where they would end the game
and the streak after the kick was
signaled good.
The Lady Enforcers fell to 8-1,
but remain the top team in the division with 157 points forced
and only 10 allowed for the season. The Piranhas were lifted to a
6-2-1 record and proved why
they have the second best defense in the division and kept
their points forced total at 33,
while they have forced 112
points for the season.
The MLM Eagles got by the
ISS Lady Marines with a 13-0
win. The Eagles improved to a 72 record and pushed their points

forced total to 209, while relinquishing 85 points. The Lady

Marines fell to 5-3-1, but remain
the number three offense with
121 points forced while allowing
opposing offenses to score 89
points for the season.
The Hot Shots Liquors Assassins fended off the Lady Warriors in the second half to hold
on for the 18-12 victory. The As-

sassins improved to a 3-6 record

and dropped the Lady Warriors
to 2-6-1.
Candys Meat and Produce
Crushettes dropped the High
Rock Stingers in a close 6-0 win.
The Crushettes improved to 3-51 and left the Stingers winless at
0-9.
The Lady Enforcers look to
bounce back from their first loss

World Relays
2014 report still
not made public
More than a year has passed
since the successful staging of
the first (2014) International
Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) World Relays at
the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium, right here in The Bahamas.
Particularly because the stadium had to be brought up to
standard before the IAAF certified it as appropriate for
competition, many millions of
dollars were spent by The Bahamas. That translates of
course to funds coming out of
the taxpayers pockets.
It seems reasonable then, that
by now there should have been
a financial report produced to
show the Bahamian people
just how their funds were
spent. It is estimated that
around $15 million came out
of the Treasury, directly for the
World Relays 2014.
There is always the insistence from those who are responsible for government
agencies, that transparency is a
priority. Yet, there are many
situations when reports are
withheld from The Bahamian
people. With technology being

one of the significant aspects

of todays society, it is puzzling why, no matter the financial items that needed to be
reconciled, the report of the
2014 World Relays has not yet
surfaced.
Should we be satisfied with
the explanation that there were
a lot of financial details to be
sorted out?
Why has it taken so long?
Quite frankly, the Government of The Bahamas ought to
have insisted on an official financial report regarding the
2014 World Relays, before
clearing the way for the 2015
event to go forward.
How could the authorities
make the decision to go forward using our money for
World Relays 2015, without
being in possession of a full
accounting of World Relays
2014?
If there was a financial report, why was it not made
public?
Who cares about properly informing Bahamians about
their very own business?
The World Relays and other
events sponsored by the Gov-

SPORTS
SCOPE
MLM Eagles stop the ISS Lady
Marines in Flag Football play.

against the Lady Warriors, the

MLM Eagles will face the
Candys Meat and Produce
Crushettes, the FCP Piranhas
will look to build on their record
when they face the Hot Shots
Liquors Assassins and the ISS
Lady Marines will take on the
High Rock Stingers.
Games begin at 1:00 p.m at the
Grand Bahama Sports Complex.

With Fred Sturrup

DR. DANIEL JOHNSON

ernment of The Bahamas happen to be the business of the

people.
Why should it be simply
business as usual, another failure to produce a financial report when millions of
taxpayers dollars have been
spent?
Perhaps Minister of Youth,
Sports and Culture, Dr. Daniel
Johnson or Permanent Secretary Calvin Balfour can explain. If the explanations make
sense, then with certainty,
there would be acceptance by
the general public.
As it is though, the 2014
World Relays financial report
is long overdue.
The Bahamian people deserve to be treated with greater
respect.
To respond to this column,
kindly contact Fred Sturrup at
sturrup1504@gmail.com