LIVINGSTONE  BOSTWICK  PASSES

Bernard  Livingstone  Bostwick, who spent a lifetime in athletics administration, passed away on Friday morning, August 14th.

As an athlete he participated in Softball, Cricket, Soccer, and Athletics.

A teacher by profession, Bostwick began his Athletics administration as Secretary to the Ambassadors Sporting Club and became Secretary of the BAAA in 1968. He retained that position until 1997.

He served as secretary to presidents Enoch Backford, Winston Cooper, Dr. Bernard Nottage, and Alpheus Finlayson.

Livingstone was instrumental in the formation of the Bahamas Association of Certified Officials (BACO) and introduced the use of computers for local and international Meet Management in The Bahamas.

A long standing member of the National Sports Advisory Council Bostwick was appointed Secretary/Treasurer for the Central American and Athletic Congress in 1982 by President Dr. Bernard Nottage.

He was the Organizational Secretary and Meet Director for just about every international competition held in The Bahamas until the 2005 Senior Central American and Caribbean Championships.

He is credited in bringing the federation into the digital age.

Bostwick represented The Bahamas at many IAAF Congresses and received an IAAF Veteran’s Pin at the 1999 Seville Congress.

He was one of five Bahamians inducted into the Central American and Caribbean Hall of Fame in 2008.

Bostwick was also a long serving member of the Bahamas Olympic Association, where he left in 2008 as Assistant Secretary.

Livingstone is survived by his wife Branhilda, children Barry, Gena, Bernard, Tammy, Brendan, Kijana, and Alicea,

In November of 2014 Bostwick was inducted into the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s National Hall of Fame.

Alpheus Finlayson