But there was controversy after Miller (pictured) ignored calls to postpone the election until official and completed audit reports could be presented.

Miller instead said, after the election at the Royal Bahamas Police Force headquarters in Freeport, that the new Executive Board would review the accounts when they were completed and then release them publicly.

Wilson, the treasurer, refused to stay after presenting his unaudited accounts for the elections, for which International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Richard Peterkin acted as an observer.

One of the biggest surprises of the evening was that double Olympic gold medallist Pauline Davis-Thompson, a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ruling Council, failed to earn one of the six vice-presidents positions.

She collected only five votes as Iram Lewis, first vice-president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA), Derron Donaldson, President of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA), Cora Hepburn, first vice-president of the Bahamas Gymnastics Federation (BGF) and Joseph Smith, President of the Bahamas Volleyball Federation (BVF), all received ten and were elected.

The remaining two positions went to Robert Butler, vice-president of the Bahamas Taekwondo Association (BTA), who got nine and Bahamas Cycling Federation President Roy Colebrooke, who had eight.

Bahamas won one medal at London 2012, a gold in the men's 4x400 metres relay when its team of Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu and Ramon Miller caused an upset when they beat the United States.


It was the country's fifth gold medal since it made its Olympic debut at Helsinki in 1952.

Miller wants to build on that success at Rio 2016.

"There are a lot of things that we have to put into place," said Miller, who is also President of the Amateur Boxing Federation of The Bahamas (ABAB).

"There are a lot of people who are prepared to work hard and get the Olympic Movement going.

"This new slate is the future and will help to take the BOC in the right direction.

"There are a lot of things that I want to do, but I have to keep in mind that there are a lot of things that persons on my Board want to see happen, so I am prepared to reach out to everyone, even hold my plans back if need be.

"We all have different things that we want to see done.

"In order to accomplish one goal we have decided to put everything on the table and make sure that is the route everyone wants to take.

"There will be some things that will happen very quickly, and others will need a little more time and a lot more effort.

"Either way, we are willing and ready to work together."

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