JAMES BOND NIGHT ANNOUNCED BY T.J PRODUCTIONS!!! FEBRUARY 18TH, 2011
Tony Johns, CEO of TJ Productions has announced the date for the 2011 James Bond Night at the Freeport Rugby Club. Friday February 18th is the date announced and Tony is hoping to build on the magical evening held in 2009.
With the Club in need of funds to keep its Youth Programs on track Tony thinks the evening will provide a great time for its guests and offer a chance to raise some funds for a great cause. Fancy dress will be in the theme of James Bond and this should provide an interesting evening, superb prizes for the best dressed and raffle winner should make it a star studded night.
Great music and some tasty delights from Antoni’s will be on offer and of course your complimentary Martini will be on hand!
Shaken not stirred is your only decision!!!!!!!!!!!
Look out for more on the event in the coming weeks but book the date.
Click here for photos from the previous James Bond Night!
Freeport 19 – Bucc’s 12
Freeport kept themselves in the hunt for the Bahamas Cup with a hard earned victory against Bucc’s. With Bucc winning all the scrums and most of the lineouts Freeport had to defend to the last man and rely on some great running tries to sneak over the finishing line as winners! Well done to Bucc’s for such a strong game and bring a good drinking crew up from Nassau. Freeport blooded some young guns and it bodes well for the future of Rugby on the island.
XMAS EVE AT THE CLUB!
Continuing our tradition the Club will be hosting Santa at the club friday afternoon. The festivities start at 2pm with nibbles and some fantastic drink specials. The Cafferata Horn Section will play Santa in at 3.00pm on Friday. Please bring a gift for your own kid as Santa will not have room to buy presents for all the kids! Look forward to seeing at the club and Happy Xmas from us all at the Freeport Rugby Football Club!
Freeport take 14 Under 16’s to Nassau to play National Game against Cayman!
Great news this week from Freeport Football Club. Under the coaching of Peter Breine Freeport took 14 under 16’s to Nassau on Thursday December 16th to play two National Under 16 games against Cayman in Nassau. With Freeport making up 80% of the National Side it proves the hard work is all worthwhile. Full reports and pic’s to come and we wish them all the best for the two games.
Two young Bahamians take top positions at Freeport Rugby and Football Club
The changing face of Freeport Rugby and Football Club – two young Bahamians, one aged 21 and the other 24, have taken the top positions of captain of rugby and soccer.
Jackelo & Kacy
It is a great success story for Jackelo Pierre (left) and Kacy Charlton who both graduated to the roles after starting out in the club’s programmes for pre-teenagers. Jackelo now leads the rugby team and Kacy the soccer, as well as being rugby vice captain.
It was a decision Jackelo made shortly after leaving Hugh Campbell Primary School which has taken him to the top of the Grand Bahama tree in his chosen sport.
The 11-year-old avoided the kneejerk reaction of his friends, who were taking up basketball at Sir Jack Hayward High School, and opted for the unfashionable rugby instead. A dozen years later he has become a vital powerhouse in a team which has been outstandingly successful in league and cup games in the Bahamas.
He and Kacy, the 21-year-old, now sit as fully-fledged members of the historic club’s committee along with old stagers who helped develop them when they were teenagers.
A delighted Kacy said: “When I was younger I watched my dad play rugby and that’s how I got involved. I now consider the club my second home. It was there I learned to play soccer. It is now probably my favourite sport and one where I have met some of my good friends.
“I think it is a great accomplishment to come through the ranks like this and I am very proud of that. I am looking forward to accepting all the responsibility and being a role model for the younger kids at the club.”
Kacy is one of the many local youngsters to have benefitted from the annual English Premier League soccer camp with its visiting international coaches. He was just 14 when the series began, and he has also learned a lot under the tutelage of boys’ development league senior coach Mark Hardy.
Jackelo, whose early mentor was Jay Cafferata, told the story of his discovery of rugby. “When I went to Sir Jack Hayward I wanted to play basketball and when the PE teacher was explaining at assembly what sports there were available I was listening for when the try outs would be for that sport. While I was waiting she talked about rugby and for some reason my ears started ringing.
“After that I forgot about basketball. The following Monday night I went over to the rugby club and had my first practice session. After that first night I was addicted.
“Rugby is a fun, tough sport. My friends from the neighbourhood I grew up in called it ‘kill the man with the ball’ but it is not. For me rugby is not so much a sport but a job. When I step on that field I always give 120 per cent. If you have never played or even heard of rugby you need to come and try it. You will never look back”
Kacy comes from a well-known local sporting family. “Growing up I played all kinds of sport because it stopped me getting bored. Coming from a family with great athletic abilities I think I was born to play sport.”
Club President, and former rugby captain, Rob Speller could not be happier with the dual appointment. “These guys both deserve this recognition. They have both made great contributions to the club in the past and will do for a long time to come.
“They both came through the youth programs of the two sports. Both have continued supporting the club and indeed both have played for the national rugby team and now are on the committee making decisions about the next generation.
“Rugby and soccer obviously attract a lot less attention than other sports here but internationally both are huge with many millions watching worldwide. Given the size of Grand Bahama the standards reached in both are excellent and these two guys will be carrying the torch to new heights.”
For further information contact: Rob Speller 533 5735.
Courtesy of GB Info