COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2014, GLASGOW: THE BAHAMAS TEAM

The name may have come from the Arawak people who lived here, or the Spanish words ‘baja mar’, which means shallow water or sea.

You’ll find frogs, lizards and snakes on the Bahamas. None are poisonous.

In the seas around the islands you can see many fish, including the crayfish. This isn’t actually a fish, but a spiny lobster.

Tourism is important to the economy. Columbus was the first visitor from Europe, when he landed in 1492 on the island that became known as San Salvador.

The Dean’s Blue Hole is one of the Bahamas’ claims to fame. Blue holes are inland caves or underwater sinkholes, and the Dean’s descends 220 m, making it the world’s deepest blue hole.

The Jankanoo is a traditional street parade in Nassau, taking place on Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve with lots of music and dancers.

The national sport is sloop sailing. Basketball and American football are popular too.

Schoolchildren on the Bahamas like softball, volleyball, baseball and track &field sports.

The Bahamas joined the Commonwealth in 1973.

It first attended the Vancouver 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and has only missed the Games of 1974 and 1986. The islanders win the vast majority of their medals on the athletics track, and at Melbourne 2006 Tonique Williams won Bronze in the Women’s 400m and Laverne Eve won Bronze in the Women’s Javelin.

At the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, The Bahamas won six medals. Four of them were in Athletics, with the remaining two in Boxing.

Fun fact: ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ is a song by the Bahamian group Baha Men, who play music called Junkanoo. You may have heard this song in the The Hangover (2009), and it’s also sung at sport events.

Sport fact: Between 1948 and 1988, the Bahamian sailor Durward Knowles competed in eight Olympic Games, and in 1964 he won a Gold medal in the Star class. Previously he sailed for Britain, ending fourth in 1948.

OPENING CEREMONY

FLAG CARRIER

SWIMMER Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace adds another honour to her glittering career tonight when she carries the Bahamas flag at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow.

The 24-year-old multiple national record holder will be the first female outside track and field to be her country’s flag bearer at the prestigious quadrennial event that stand just behind the Olympic Games in prominence.

“It’s a really big honour. I mean I feel like sometimes track and field get a lot of attention so it’s really nice that swimming is going to get the attention,” said Vanderpool-Wallace.

Although she was given the news before she arrived in Scotland, Vanderpool-Wallace said yesterday it is slowly sinking in that she will be leading in the Bahamas’ largest delegation ever to the Games. “I hope that one day I will also be the Olympic flag bearer,” she said. “But the Commonwealth Games is a very big event for the Bahamas and the world, so I am really honoured that I am carrying the flag.”

SWIMMERS Joanna Evans, Ariel Weech, Elvis Burrows, Dustin Tynes, Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace

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THE EVENTS

BAHAMIANS COMPETE IN 6 DISCIPLINES WITH MORE THAN 30 ATHLETES IN OVER 60 EVENTS

ATHLETICS

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chris Brown	400 m
Jeffery Gibson	400 m hurdles
Adrian Griffith	100 m
Shavez Hart	100 m
Shavez Hart	200 m
Demetrius Pinder	400 m
Teray Smith	200 m
Latoy Williams	400 m
Warren Fraser Adrian Griffith Shavez Hart Stephen Newbold Jamial Rolle Teray Smith	4 x 100 m relay
Chris Brown Jeffery Gibson Michael Mathieu Demetrius Pinder Alonzo Russell Latoy Williams	4 x 400 m relay

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lathone Collie-Minns	Triple jump
Latario Collie-Minns	Triple jump
Raymond Higgs	Long jump
Ryan Ingraham	High jump
Leevan Sands	Triple jump
Donald Thomas	High jump
Jamaal Wilson	High jump

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cache Armbrister	100 m
Shaniqua Ferguson	100 m
Shaniqua Ferguson	200 m
Shaunae Miller	400 m
Nivea Smith	200 m
Anthonique Strachan	100 m
Anthonique Strachan	200 m
Cache Armbrister Tylar Carter Shaniqua Ferguson Tynia Gaither V’alonne Robinson Nivea Smith	4 x 100 m relay
Christine Amertil Miriam Byfield Lenece Clarke Shakeitha Henfield Shaunae Miller	4 x 400 m relay

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kenya Culmer	High jump
Tamara Myers	Long jump
Tamara Myers	Triple jump
Bianca Stuart	Long jump

BOXING

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rashield Williams	Light welterweight	N/A
Carl Heild	Welterweight	N/A
Godfrey Strachan	Middleweight
Kieshno Major	Heavyweight	N/A

CYCLING

ROAD

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Chad Albury	Road race
Anthony Colebrook	Road race
Anthony Colebrook	Time trial
Roy Colebrook jr.	Road race
Jay Major	Road race
Jay Major	Time trial
D’Angelo Sturrup	Road race

JUDO

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
D’Arcy Rahming jr.	-66 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cynthia Rahming	-57 kg

SWIMMING

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elvis Burrows	50 m freestyle
Elvis Burrows	50 m butterfly
Dustin Tynes	50 m breaststroke
	100 m backstroke
	200 m backstroke			N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Joanna Evans	200 m freestyle			N/A
	400 m freestyle			N/A
	800 m freestyle			N/A
McKayla Lightbourn	50 m breaststroke
	100 m backstroke
	200 m backstroke			N/A
	200 m individual medley			N/A
Laura Morley	50 m breaststroke
	100 m breaststroke
	200 m breaststroke			N/A
	200 m individual medley			N/A
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	50 m freestyle
	100 m freestyle
	50 m butterfly
	100 m butterfly
Ariel Weech	50 m freestyle
Ariel Weech	100 m freestyle

WRESTLING

Men’s freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rashji Mackey	-74 kg