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THE TRIBUNE

LOCAL SPORT

ALL FOR ONE AND ALL ABOARD

SPECTATORS raising a glass at the All For One regatta at the weekend. THE Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company (BBB) kicked off their 2013 sculling season at the All for One Regatta at Montagu Bay this weekend. As one of the sponsors who came to the rescue of the event, the Bahamian Brewerys national sculling races were a fun highlight to the weekends races. With over 16 entries and 4 heats, final results placed David Rolle, third, Stephen Rolle second, and champion of the Montagu sculling races was Donnie Bastian. Bastian won 10 cases of beer, t-shirts, and the coveted trophy and honour of being the first sculling winner for 2013. Second place sculler Stephen Rolle won 8 cases of beer and for his efforts David Rolle, third place, won 6 cases. All participants also received a free case of Sands and a t-shirt, noted Lynden Johnson, BBB Sales and Marketing Manager. We are extremely excited to have started our sculling season on Sunday and to help support truly Bahamian regattas in our country! Johnson added. There will be more Family Islands regattas that will host the sculling races and several homecoming committees have expressed strong inter-

Photos courtesy of Tim Aylen/Barefoot Marketing

MONTAGU Sculling Champion Donnie Bastian, with Gerrard Sawest in having the Sands scull- conching and at the time ing races at their events. had no outboard engines, Bastian will travel to Grand explained George Kelly, Bahama later in the year for Sands sculling event organthe finals of the Sands Man iser. It was also used in In the Boat Sculling Cham- our Out Islands where there pionship Of The Bahamas, were no docks. The smallest home of the Bahamian Brew- person in the village would ery. He will scull to become scull out to the mail boat and the enviable Sands Man in bring in cargo to the island. The Boat Sculling Champion Kelly and Johnson are of The Bahamas a title cur- pleased to help keep this trarently held by last years first ditional Bahamian skill alive champion Mr. Clayton Bain, and prevalent in The Bahawho hails from Nassau. mas. They also emphasised Bahamian Brewerys main that persons do not need to product, SANDS, highlights be a sculler to enter the race. the traditional sculling on its All persons are invited to try bottle design, which is also their hand, including the laused in its advertising cam- dies. More information and paigns through out the coun- pictures from the sculling in try. Montagu can be found on Traditionally sculling was their Facebook or website used by fisherman who went pages.

RACERS at Montagu.

2ND place winner Stephen Rolle, with Gerrard Sawyer, BBB Marketing

MARKETING Manager at the Bahama Brewery, Lynden Johnson, is truly blinged out.

THIRD place sculler David Rolle, with Gerrard Sawyer, BBB Marketing