Disabled Athlete Leads Bahamas Judo Team

Nathan Williams was born with one arm shorter

than the other. His parents enrolled him in

Judo classes at the age of 4 to make sure that

his shorter arm was being exercised.

Little did they realize that one day he would

be the Captain of a national team of one of the

toughest sports in the world. Or that he would

be fully competitive with athletes that had

no disabilities and would represent his country

internationally.

Nathan is now a 15 year old SAC student. He

recently represented the country at the CAC

games in Puerto Rico. He is a former Under 13

Pan Am Bronze Medalist. He will lead the team

as the athlete Captain at the Barbados

International.

The team consists of Nathan Williams 15, Artio

Mcphee 11, Elaina Cuffy 11, Ethan Cuffy 9,

Tajaro Hudson 13, Ashton Forbes 15 and Tajah

Hudson 15.

National coaches will be Mickey Munning and

Albert Lill and the delegation will be headed by

Federation President D'Arcy Rahming.

The team will be accompanied by Referees

David Rahming, Melanie Lobosky and Reno

Culmer who will be beginning the process

for international referee certification.

Anyone interested in Judo can contact Bahamas

Judo Headquarters on Joe Farrington Road at

364-6773.

Pictured (left to right: Tajaro Hudson, Tajah Hudson,

Coach Mickey Munnings, Elaina Cuffy, Ethan Cuffy,

and Strength Training Coach Father Frank Colebrooke).

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