HAPPENING NOW !



November 18th Grand Bahama Over 35s select v Miami Over 35s ( football) 4 pm at Club

November 19th Over 35s football GB v Miami 2pm at Club CANCELLED

November 25th Freeport v Baillou 2pm at Club ( Bahamas Cup - Rugby)



Rugby and soccer teams obviously practising on relevant nights ( see team coaches or captain for details)

Start of GBFL soccer season delayed , new dates to be announced


ON THE HORIZON !


December 2nd Freeport v Cuckoos in Nassau 2pm ko ( Bahamas Cup - Rugby)

December 2nd Sponsored 50 mile bike ride in aid of Youth Development : see article below or Chris Cafferata for details

December 24th Christmas eve carol concert and vist from the Fat Man ( no , not Matt)

Discussions are underway between the Club, the GBFL, the GB Girls Development League and a US travel/soccer related company to host 2 tournaments for teams from the US , Bahamian and Club teams in 2007 . Well known irishman Derek Lawther has organised a number of tournaments in the Bahamas and soccer related events on the US west coast over the years via his Company Golden West Sports ( http://www.goldenwestsports.com )

The Club and the Grand Bahama Footballing community have now joined forces with Derek to launch two tournaments in 2007 for prosepctive travellers from near ( Eight Mile Rock and Lucaya) and far ( Florida, West coast and the UK) .


Scheduled soccer tournaments have been pencilled in as follows :

Soccer in the Sun adult soccer tournament (February 8th to 12th 2007)

http://www.rugbyfootballbahamas.com/SITS.PDF


Bahamas International Soccer Classic (25th June to 1st July ) for youth, men , women and golden oldies


http://www.rugbyfootballbahamas.com/Bahamas2007.pdf


Please link to the application forms attached or contact Mark Hardy via the contact link on this website

The club is set to burst into a frenzy of activity as the final plans are being made by the respective leagues for the seasons to start . Hot off the press , here we are:

Rugby
7 s has started in Nassau and Bahamas Cup action is scheduled to commence November 11th with Freeport defending their title against an as yet to be named team. .

Next game is slated for November 25th - home v Baillou (3pm ko) and then travelling to Nassau to play Cuckoos on december 2nd


Senior Soccer

Adult GBFL is scheduled to start November 5th with the Club entering 2 teams in the mens division and hopefully 2 in the womens. Full fixture still to be finallised.

Boys Intermediate I league every wednesday at The Club from 5pm to 6.30 for boys aged 14 to 17

Discussions are underway along with the GBFL and a US travel/soccer related company to host 2 tournaments for youth players , mens and womens teams for US , Bahamian and Club teams. More details to follow.

Preparations are on hand for the annual sponsored 50 mile bike ride on Sunday December 3rd . The event which raises funds for the youth programmes at the Club is a regular fixture at the Club now but still needs more people to either come out and cycle, help in the 'road side assistance' or in sponsoring the hardy souls .

Please contact Chris Cafferata for details at 351 4086.

Details have just been announced for the prestigious Freeport Rugby & Football Club Golf Day on Saturday November 4th commencing at midday.

In what is expected to be an annual event , the tournament is to be held at Our Lucayas Reef Golf course and a hard round of golf will be followed by suitable refreshments . Event co-ordinator Tomi the Finn expects the event to become a mainstay in the Islands social calendar.

Interested parties ( both participants and sponsors ) should contact Tommi at 352 2952.

After a hiatus of a number of years , Bahama Mama Shooters are back, sponsored by the bar of the same name in Port Lucaya. In an attempt to help expand the womens GBFL division , a new group of feisty and sassy young ladies have joined the club and brought back an old team name with new faces. With a good mix of experience and some new players they , as a team, are excited and ready for the upcoming season.

Lauren Butler noted 'We have had a great turn out and are stoked to have a full squad. We train on Mondays and Thursdays in preparation for many games to come and hope this will be an awesome season and wish good luck to all our other teams, both rugby and soccer.'

The team have some big boots to fill and if they are anything like the former shooters team , we can look forward to plenty of post match dancing in full kit ( inclusive of boots and shin pads) in Port Lucaya !