First-time entrants and underdogs Grand Lido Braco Resort and Spa were crowned champions of the 2006 Western Hotels Sports Association All-island domino competition after beating former champions Rose Hall Resort and Country Club 202-197 in the final played at Rio Bueno in Trelawny.

Having already won the netball and football championships, Grand Lido Braco Resort and Spa got off to a sluggish and nervous start and at one stage were trailing 23-18.

Strategic table changes by Captain Burchell Henry, who opted not to play but managed the tables and players from the sidelines, saw the new champions take their first lead at 38-37 and went into the half- time break leading 105-97.

The last 20 minutes of the encounter were the most crucial and nerve-wracking and not for the faint hearted as Rose Hall powered their way to an amazing 192-184 lead and seemed set to cop their fifth title overall, as dejection set in on the Braco supporters and their players. However, a key table switch and change of pairs by Henry slowed Rose Hall's progress and at 197-196 in favour of Braco, the countdown was signalled by the referee and Braco prevailed with five more victories to Rose Hall's solitary win.

"We knew we were up against a quality team," stated Henry, who when asked why he chose not to play in the most important match of the competition, said it was more beneficial to his team for him to observe his opponents playing strengths at the various tables and effect changes when he saw fit and it paid off, especially in the latter stages of the match.

The 2006 Portmore Sports/Youth Clubs Association-sponsored Island Grill Intermediate netball league serves off tomorrow with three matches.

Portmore Pines take on Bridgeport at 1:30 p.m., Silver Stone B tackle Portsmouth at 2:30 p.m. and Progressive Strikers face Silver Stone A at 4:40 p.m.

The league will be played in groups of two, with Bridgeport B, Silver Stone A, Progressive Strikers, Silver Stone B, Portmore Pines and Portsmouth in Group A and Bridgeport A, Hellshire United, Braeton United, Prep Star and Westchester comprising Group B.

The top two teams from each group will play in the semi-finals.

In action from the Stingray City Primary School Championships, Albion Mountain defeated Goshen 7-5 in what was described as the most exciting netball match this season.

In the day's other match, Donnington outplayed Trinity 7-2.

On the football field, Goshen turned the tables on Albion Mountain, beating them 1-0 while Donnington completed the sweep of Trinity with a 3-0 victory.

Michael Escoffery scored Goshen's goal while Jannoy Nelson with a double and Jason Nelson got Donnington's goals.

Earlier in the week, Tony White scored a hat-trick to lead Free Hill to a 5-2 win over Newstead in football action. Okeem Johnson, and Jemar Miller scored the other goals.

On the netball court, Gayle came out 6-4 winners over Retreat while on the football field the tables were turned with Retreat coming out 4-3 winners despite a hat-trick from Gayle's Demar Hylton.

Its do-or-die for the eight remaining teams in the Social Development Commission's National Community Cricket Championship. The preliminary round of the national phase, which was played on a round-robin basis with each team playing three matches in groups of four and the best two teams qualifying for the Super Eight or the quarter-finals, came to a close last week. From now on all matches will be played on a knockout basis.

The eight teams (representing their respective parishes) are Lakes Pen (St. Catherine), Granville (Trelawny), Annotto Bay (wild-card entrant), Race Course (Clarendon), Broughton (Westmoreland), Sherwood Forrest (Portland), Lititz/Comma Pen (St. Elizabeth) and Heatease (St. Thomas).

They will square off against each other (in the order listed above) in the battle for supremacy of the champion community team, a substantial cash prize and tickets to a match in the 2007 Cricket World Cup are up for grabs.

The quarter-final matches will be played later this month at Vere Technical and Alpart Sports Club. Two matches will be played at each location.

The parish phase of the championship began in June with 16 teams in each parish vying for the parish title and $100,000 for each parish winner. The 14 winners plus two wild-card entrants comprised the 16 teams at the national phase of the championship.

This year's annual Manchester parish table tennis tournament is set for next Saturday and Sunday.

The first day of the two-day tournament will be staged at the Ingleside Wellness and Recreation Centre and participation on this day will be restricted to players from the parish. The venue for the second day will be the gymnatorium of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) and play on this day will be open to players from across the island.

Male and female parish champions will be crowned on the 21st from the parish men's and women's singles events, with other parish events being veterans over-40 singles, girls' singles for Under-12, Under-15 and Under-18, and boys' singles for Under-9, Under-12, Under-15, Under-18 and Under-21. Jermaine Newell and Nina Burton are the defending parish champions.

Open events to be played at NCU on the 22nd are men's and women's singles, under-2000 rating (B), under-1750 rating (C), women's B (under-1500 rating), plus boys and girls singles for Under-12, Under-15 and Under-18 age-groups. Nigel Webb has won the open men's singles for the past two years while Nina Burton is the defending women's open champion.

Entry fees for parish events are $100 for juniors and $200 for adults while the fees in the open section are $200 for juniors and $500 for adults. As usual, adult top performers will receive cash prizes and trophies while juniors will receive trophies.

Entries may be made by contacting MTTA President Bert Welsh at 961-3633 or 381-4181, Peter Kavanaugh at 879-2625 or Justin Allen at 961-7138 or 577-7138, by Wednesday.

Waterford Cricket Club and Colours International renew their rivalry in the final of the Portmore Metropolitan Cricket League after semi-final wins over Portsmouth and Ken's Wildflower respectively.

The teams are vying for the Tony Becca Cup, named in honour of the former senior sports editor at The Gleaner.

The match is scheduled for next Sunday at Bridgeport Sports ground.

At Waterford High School, Waterford defeated Portsmouth by 33 runs to snatch their final spot. Waterford batted first and made 203 all out in 31 overs with Curtis Francis top-scoring with 64 while Ranville Brown made 42 and Damion Foster chipped in with 34. Hugh Hinds (3-13) took the most wickets for Portsmouth.

Portsmouth replied steadily but the overs ran out on them, leaving Hinds stranded on 21 not out as his team finished on 170-7. David Bernard Jr. top-scored with 38 and Rasheed Outar made 35. Gary Hurbine (3-26) was Waterford's most successful bowler.

At Bridgeport, Ken's Wildflower fell to newcomer Colours International by three wickets.