CTL Portmore dominomarks final round

The 21st and final round of matches in the CTL-sponsored Portmore/St Catherine domino league will be played tomorrow with the eight quarter-finalists having been decided from last Sunday's penultimate round. Eagle View, the only unbeaten team in the competition, made it 20 in a row last Sunday when they crushed Westchester 300-193 in a home match at Old Braeton. Eagle View have been winning impressively all season and it is left to be seen whether they can keep their unblemished record tomorrow when they play away to second-place Fort International at Passagefort.

The top eight qualifiers for the May 3 quarter-finals are (in order): Eagle View with 80 points from 20 matches, followed by Fort International with 74, Eradication in third with 67, Masterpiece fourth with 66, Caribbean Classic fifth with 63, Ackee Pod sixth with 60, ISCF seventh with 59, and Prozz and Conzz eighth with 59 from 20 matches, but having lost to ISCF in their only meeting makes them the eighth-seeded team.

Results of matches played last Sunday are as follows: Ackee Pod beat Lime Tree 300-266, Masterpiece defeated Right Stuff 300-273, ISCF whipped Marlie Mount 300-254, Prozz and Conzz beat Ken's Wildflower 300-285, Correctional Services got by Old Harbour Bay 300-260, while Fort International gained a walk-over from home team Old Harbour United, who surprisingly, failed to find sufficient players to form a team.

Also gaining walk-overs were Eradication over Colours, Caribbean Classic over Garveymeade, Hurricane over High Roller and Seamaster over New Look.

Ja Cancer Society Golf tournament

The Jamaica Cancer Society Scramble Against Cancer Golf tournament takes place this morning at Caymanas Golf Club starting at 8:30.

Proceeds of this event will go toward the society's cancer screening, education and outreach programmes. The title sponsor for this year's event is the Jamaica National Building Society.

Internationally, April is observed as Cancer Awareness Month.

Kingston Polo Clubwin Hurlingham Cup

Led by eight goals from the Argentinean Jorge Donovan, defending champions Kingston Polo Club clipped the St Ann Polo Club 10-9 in their annual playoff for the Hurlingham Cup at Drax Hall, St Ann, last Saturday. In an exciting contest which went down to the wire, Donovan dominated the scoring with seven of his eight goals being penalties.

Kingston actually led by three clear goals at the end of the fifth chukka, but St Ann rallied strongly to level the scores at 9-9. However, in the final seconds of the match, Donovan converted a 60-day penalty, enabling Kingston Polo Club to squeeze home. The Hurlingham Cup has been played for annually between both teams since 1938.

The Kingston team comprised Donovan, Paul Lalor, Marc Melville and Member of Parliament James Robertson, who was recently appointed the Mining and Energy Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle.

The St Ann team comprised Kurt Chin, who scored four goals, Andy Vernon, Craig Russell and Paul Chin.

Sixth ranking-pool tourney on today

The sixth all-island ranking-pool tournament, sponsored by Head of State Pool and Gaming Lounge in Angels Plaza, Spanish Town, takes place tomorrow and Sunday at Head of State starting at 3:00 p.m. both days.

The tournament offers a first prize of $30,000 and a trophy, second $15,000 and trophy, third $7,000, and fourth $3,000. Entry fee is $1,500.

The fifth ranking tournament, sponsored by Magnum and held recently at the Hot Shots Pool Bar, Constant Spring Road, was won by resident player Ewart Hall, who captured the $80,000 prize and trophy. Hall, who has recently been sponsored by Billiards Jamaica.com, now heads the rankings with 120 points among the island's top players.

He has won two of the five ranking tournaments this season to be two points clear of MoBay's top player, Noel 'Schoolboy' Blagrove, followed by Gary Manning on 89 points, with last December's Kingston Beer singles champion, Sunil 'Termite' Kissendal in fourth with 77.

ISSA Girls football semis

The semi-finals of the ISSA Girls football competition are scheduled to be played next Tuesday, April 28, at the Prison Oval field, Spanish Town, starting at 1 p.m.

In the first match, Lennon High will oppose St Jago High, while this will be followed at 3:00 p.m. by the second semi-final between STETHS and Excelsior High.

The winners will meet in the final at Prison Oval on Friday, May 1.

Old Harbour, JEC playing for pride

Old Harbour New Testament (OHNT) and Jamaica Evangelistic Centre (JEC) will be playing for pride when they meet this morning, at the Lime Tree Oval in the Power of Faith Ministries Twenty/20 Church Cricket League, match time 10:30 a.m. Old Harbour with a point, and JEC on zero from two games, are without a chance of making it to the next round. Last week, Braeton New Testament snatched the last semi-final spot when they defeated JEC by 52 runs. The other semi-finalists are Power of Faith Seniors, Miracle Open Bible and Faith Temple New Testament. The final will be on Saturday, May 2, at Lime Tree Oval.

Watson Grove, Wanderers clash

Watson Grove and Wanderers clash tomorrow in the second-leg final of the E-Services-sponsored Portmore Division Two Football League, at the Ferdie Neita Park, in Braeton, Portmore, St Catherine. Match time is 3 p.m.

Watson Grove, in search of their first Senior League title, has a 1-0 goal advantage courtesy of Cean Crooks, 55th-minute strike in the first leg at the same venue, two weeks ago. But, they will face Wanderers, the team that will be going all out for their second title of the season. Wanderers defeated Greater Portmore 5-4 on penalties to cop the Colin Fagan knock-out crown.

Portmore health-care meet on this morning

Portmore Health Care U-13 Athletic championship is on this morning with over 1,500 athletes down to compete from 35 primary and five preparatory schools from St Catherine and the Corporate Area, at the G.C. Foster College in St Catherine.

The meet, in its eighth year, will see Naggo Head from Portmore defending their title. The meet starts at 9 a.m. with the running of the 800m boys and girls' open, and will close with the 4x200m boys and girls' open.

"This is a development meet for athletes competing at the primary and preparatory champs later this year," meet director Errol Matthias said. He stated that the meet was for the whole family as parents, coaches and teachers would be on hand to see their children or students in action. The meet also attracts scouts from high schools looking to beef up their track team ahead of next year's high schools' championships.

Netball takes a break

To facilitate the hosting of the Jean Pierre (16) Caribbean Netball Tournament, the Jamaica Netball Association divisional league will take a break until Thursday, April 30.

The competition will resume with four Berger Super League games to be played at the Leila Robinson Courts beginning at 5:45 p.m.

Mona Prep are chess champs

Mona Prep 'A' amassed 15.5 points to secure a narrow half-point victory at the end of the fourth staging of the National Primary and Prep Schools Chess Championships, which took place at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on April 14 and 15.

Mona Prep 'A' defeated Grace Christian Academy 'A' in the final match to unseat Sts Peter and Paul Prep as national champions. The Mona Prep 'A' team consisted of Douglas Byfield, Malique Thompson and Ian Ramsay and is coached by National Master Geoffrey Byfield, president of the Liguanea Chess Club.

Last year's champions, Sts Peter and Paul 'A' took second place after finishing on 15 points. Sts Peter and Paul 'A' were the only team to win all their games, including a round-four win against Mona Prep 'A'. Sts Peter and Paul 'A', however, dropped too many points in winning their matches.

Third place went to newcomers Hopefield Prep 'A' who ended on 12.5 points, while fourth was shared by three teams, Grace Christian Academy 'A', Sts Peter & Paul Team 'B' and St Andrew Team 'B' who each ended on 11 points.