IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
Published: Saturday | August 22, 2009
Contributed
Member of Parliament for East Central St Andrew, Dr Peter Phillips, greets players from one of the teams participating in the competition, prior to the start on Sunday, at the Norman Manley High School.
Jermaine Lannaman, Gleaner Writer
Member of Parliament for East Central St Andrew Dr Peter Phillips, is hoping that a new community league named in his honour, and launched last weekend at the Norman Manley High playingfield, will bring peace and harmony and foster high sporting achievements.
Speaking in an interview with The Gleaner recently, Dr Phillips said with so much negatives taking place in communities in the city, he is hopeful that the league can change behavioural attitudes.
"Firstly, it's an opportunity to showcase the talents that exist across the constituency; secondly, its an opportunity to bring solidarity between the young people given the tensions that exist in many communities in the city; and thirdly, it is an opportunity for the people to become familiar with each other and develop personal identity," said Phillips.
The league, which features football and netball competitions, is sponsored to the tune of approximately $200,000. At last Saturday's opening ceremony Dr Phillips met and greeted the participating teams, 16 in football and 10 in netball.
Added Dr Phillips, "We see the league as providing good, healthy competition and that can teach a lot of life skills as to how to compete and remain friends. I would like to see the competitions also raise the skill levels among players in the respective disciplines, and for East Central St Andrew to continue to be the home of top class athletes and teams. It's the start of what we hope will be a yearly venture." The competition continues tomorrow.
In football, with the first games beginning at 1:30 p.m., Max Social vs Friendship United, Kencot vs Determined, Friends for Life vs Chisholm Police Youth Club, at the Norman Manley playingfield; and at Jasicera Park, Plum Tree vs Dunrobin, Melrose vs Eden, Macka Park vs Ayrshire.
In netball, with the first game beginning at 2 p.m., at Dunrobin Oval, Maxfield vs Macka Park, Determined vs Eden, Molynes vs Max Social and Red Challenge vs Dunrobin
Jamaica's Under-10 girls secured a bronze medal at the Caribbean Region Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) Cadet Championships, as the team events ended on Tuesday evening.
The team of Larissa McLaughlin (Portmore Missionary Prep), Kimesha Williams (Blauwearie Primary) and Asley Lowe (Hillel Prep) defeated Trinidad and Tobago (3-2).
They lost to defending champions Puerto Rico (3-0) and the Dominican Republic (3-0).
The Under-13 boys and Under-13 girls did not finish among the medals.
The Under-13 boys blanked St Kitts 3-0 and edged Guyana 3-2, but lost 3-0 to Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto Rico 3-0 and the Dominican Republic to place fourth.
The Under-13 girls lost by 3-1 score lines to Guyana, Barbados and Dominican Republic, and 3-0 to Puerto Rico while the Under-10 Boys defeated Barbados (3-2) but lost to Puerto Rico (3-0), Dominican Republic (3-0) and Guyana (3-0) to place fourth.
The Jamaica Football Coaches' Association (JFCA) will host a coaching seminar course between September 4 and 6. The course is called 'Coaching Football Fitness, and is conducted by Global Soccer Ministries (GSM) International.
Lecturers include: Paul Banta - coaching educator and founder of GSM, Paul Shaw - director of Coaching Education for Virginia, Geoffrey Maxwell - technical director of WFC, Baris Johnson - director of GSM Jamaica and assistant coach WFC and there will be a guest appearance by Theodore Whitmore.
A GSM certificate will be awarded for coaches who attend sessions.
For more information email: jamaicafca@gmail.com or tel: 770-7567 Evan McKenzie, Baris Johnson 329-1641, Vin Blaine 427-1134, Curven Whyte 579-6607 or Eric Williams 354-0560.
Following its recent retreat, the Jamaica Inter-Collegiate Sports Association (InterCol) has decided to register the organisation as a limited liability company.
"The decision was taken by the members at the retreat to change the status of InterCol to that of a limited liability company," said Anthony Davis, the association's general secretary.
"Although the retreat was only two Thursdays ago, the process has got underway and should be completed in the coming week," he said.
Davis said they decided to take that direction to maximise the benefits that should accrue by virtue of having company status.
Commitment was also made to run the association as a professional body and lift the current status of tertiary sports in Jamaica, in order to give junior athletes additional opportunities to stay in Jamaica and train because real competition exists for their chosen sport.
The one-day retreat was held at the Brown's Town Community College auditorium in St Ann and was chaired by new president, Silvero Castro, chairman of G.C. Foster College. The other members of the newly-elected executive are: Ventley Brown - first vice-president; John Messam - second vice-president; Davis - general secretary and Gracelyn Crawford - treasurer.
St Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners were praised for hosting the Mini-League Summer Games by State Minister in the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Senator Warren Newby.
He said children participating in sports tend to perform better in school, develop excellent interpersonal skills and lead healthier lifestyles.
"Sports is an important means of building and developing the character of an individual, as well as that of the community," said Newby while addressing the 30th annual closing ceremony of the company's Mini-League Summer Games held at the sports club last Friday.
He added, "It nurtures the spirit of friendly competition, provides healthy entertainment, exercises the body, focuses the spirit, creates a climate for achievement and it challenges the youth in particular to higher levels of endurance and attainment."
Public and Community Relations officer at St Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners, Winston Watson, said his company is very cognisant of the fact that sports plays a vital role in the agenda towards youth development.
National netballer Nicole Aiken and West Indies fast bowler, Daren Powell, challenged the youngsters to be disciplined in their quest for achievement in sports at the highest level.
Under this year's programme Rockeem Greaves and Rohan McKenzie were rewarded for being the most valuable players in cricket, while Akeliah Brown and Greaves were the most outstanding participants in netball.
Other awardees in cricket were Deethmar Anderson and Ragni Francis for most runs and Dermaine Cookhorne and Francis for most wickets. In netball Shantel Letford and Tameka Edwards were rewarded for most goals.
The Kingston College fraternity will recognise the life and work of former Kingston College Manning Cup star of the 1960s, Patrick Kirkwood during a thanksgiving service later this month.
The KC Old Boys Association will host the memorial service for Kirkwood at St Augustine Chapel, located on the school's North Street campus on Thursday, August 27, starting at four o'clock.
The service comes two days before the annual Roper Cup football competition between defending champions St George's College and Kingston College at Stadium East.
The thanksgiving service, which will be conducted by the school's chaplain, Rev Abner Powell, will feature tributes from past players and Kirkwood's family, a pictorial of the late footballer's exploits and a solo performance by top classical music exponent Barry Williams.
Kirkwood died in New York, United States recently, after a short illness. He was 61. He is the only member of the all-conquering KC team that won every match of the 1965 season, on the way to winning the Manning Cup, Walker Cup knockout and Olivier Shield titles, to have died.
Defending champions Portmore United and Wanderers will clash in the final of the Keith Gentles/Pines Imaging Centre Portmore Under-17 football league tomorrow at Ferdie Neita Park, at 3 p.m.
Portmore whipped
In the first semi-final, Wanderers made it to their fourth final of the season, after topping Cumberland 2-1.
Andre Forbes (38th) and Shamari Shaw (77th) scored for Wanderers, while Kenroy McLeod netted Cumberland's consolation goal.
Wanderers captured two titles in division two and were runners-up in the Under 15 final won by Cumberland.
Meadows, Black Lions advance
Meadows and Black Lions advanced to the semi-finals of the St Catherine Football Association Under-17 football league following quarter-final victories over DB Basovak and Church Pen, respectively, at the Spanish Town Prison Oval on Thursday.
Meadows defeated DB Basovak 2-1, while Black Lions got by Church Pen 3-1. Meadows and DB Basovak's opponents will be known this afternoon, with a pair of quarter-final games scheduled for the Prison Oval. The semi-final is scheduled for Tuesday, also at the Prison Oval. The first game begins at 2 p.m. and the feature match will be played at 4 p.m.
Portmore teams Meadowvale and The Dip had mixed fortunes in the second round of the Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum Skittles competition last Sunday.
After losing their opening round match to defending champions Eastern All-Stars on August 9, Meadowvale rebounded with a 7-4 victory over Rowe's Strikers at Meadowvale in Group 'A' of the competition.
The Dip, on the other hand, suffered their second consecutive defeat from as many matches in Group B.
Playing at home, the Gregory Park-based team was beaten 7-4 by Mystix, who duly made it two in a row, having crushed Mercury 10-1 in the opening round.
Results of other matches played last Sunday are as follows: Zone A - Starliner defeated Dragon 7-4 in a home match at 112 Waltham Park Road, while Waltham clipped home team Eagles (formerly Cherry's Strikers) in an away match at Hughenden Plaza.
