First Bahamian Competes at Darts World Championships

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ENGLAND – Rashad Sweeting made history by being the first Bahamian darts player to compete in the sport’s flagship event – a moment he called “the best day of his life.”

Sweeting made his debut yesterday and lost 3-1 Jeffrey de Graaf in the opening round of the Paddy Power World Darts Championship in London, England.

Despite the loss, sweeting, a relative unknown on the pro darts circuit, became a fan favorite to the thousands of spectators at Alexandra Place.

De Graaf will advance to the next round, but was impressed by the performance of Sweeting in his world championship debut.

Sweeting, an immigration officer by day, took the opening set, and missed out on the second set by just five darts. 

He qualified by winning two of the four events on the championship darts Latin America and Caribbean Order of Merit Series.

Sweeting topped the CDLC standings with 56 points, 16 points ahead of his nearest competitor and became the first player from the Latin American region to qualify for the World Championships out of the CDLC.

Basketball
Franco Miller Jr. is having an impressive rookie season in Spain’s Feb Segunda.

Miller has emerged as an offensive leader as his club looks to keep pace in the standings.

He finished with 18 points and 4 assists, but Palma lost 96-91 to Biencarlo.

He also shot 4-9 from three point range in a season high 29 minutes.

In his rookie year, Miller earned the starting role since the fourth game and Palma opened the season at 6-3.

After dropping the last two contests they fell to fifth in the east division.

In 11 games, Miller is averaging 12.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.

Soccer
The University of The Bahamas men’s soccer team got a win in their latest match to improve their place in the standings.

The Mingoes took a 2-1  over inter Nassau FC’s BLS side  in the Bahamas Football Association men’s soccer league at the Roscow Davies Soccer Field.

After a 0-0 first half, midfielder Ronaldo Green got the scoring underway for UB in the 53rd minute with a well-placed free-kick to give UB a 1-0 lead.

A minute later inter Nassau BLS responded with a goal of their own to tie the game at a goal apiece.

Green’s second strike put the mingoes up 2-1 in the 57th minute and they held on for the win.