Foster sweeps TT Champs

Sixteen-year-old Yvonne Foster swept the National Table Tennis Championships at University of Technology last weekend when she won all six titles.

In addition to retaining the national title by winning the women's open event, Foster won the girls' under-18 singles, girls' doubles and mixed junior doubles, plus the women's doubles and the senior mixed doubles titles.

Peter Moo Young, who won the senior men's crown for the first time last year, made it two-in-a-row.

In the men's singles final, Moo Young outplayed former two-time champion Joseph Dibbs 4-2, while Foster overpowered Andrea Wadsworth 4-0 in the women's final.

Foster crushed Tracy-Ann Dattadeen 3-0 in the under-18 girls' final, teamed with Dattadeen to outscore Kristen McKenzie and Ashli Alexander 3-1 in the girls' doubles, and joined up with Michael Cai to trounce Simon Tomlinson and Alexander 3-0 in the junior mixed doubles, for her three junior titles.

She and Dattadeen outlasted Shenique Clare and Janelle Morris 3-2 for the women's doubles crown, and with Cai crushed Samuel Lamount and Wadsworth 3-0 for the senior mixed doubles title.

Kareem Flowers of Wolmer's Boys won three titles. He trounced Tomlinson 3-0 in the final of the boys' under-18 and teamed with Cai to defeat Tomlinson and Don-Walker Petinaud 3-1 in the boys' doubles final, and Lamount and Ricardo Richards 3-0 in the men's doubles final.

Campbell, Bell top MOH 5K

Kemoy Campbell continued his dominance on the road while a new road queen, Stacey Bell, ran away with Sunday's Ministry of Health (MOH) 5K, the first in the series of Burger King/Jamdammers Road Race Grand Prix season.

Campbell, a national representative from Bellefield High School in Manchester, covered the course which took the runners from Half-Way Tree Square to New Kingston then Constant Spring Road in 14 minutes and 28 seconds.

He was pleased with his performance. "It was a good race and I am happy with my performance," he said.

Campbell finished ahead of Kirk Brown, who represented Ebony Seek, in 14:52 and Rupert Green, unattached, in 15:00.

Damion Bent, who also ran unattached, was fourth in 15:02, while crossing the line in fifth was Shawn Pitter, also of Ebony Seek, in 15:08.

On the female side, Bell, formerly of Vere Technical, led home a G.C. Foster College 1-2-3, winning in 19 minutes flat ahead of Twishana Williams (19:07) and Arieta Martin (19:18).

Bell said it was not an easy victory because she was pushed all the way by Williams, the Carifta Under-20 3000m champion.

Natoya Goule of Manchester High was fourth in 19:56.

Edwin Allen's girls and Holmwood's boys took the high school titles.

Edwin Allen finished ahead of Holmwood, Frome and Manchester High while the boys from Christiana outscored Bellefield, Edwin Allen and Tacius Golding.

St Thomas football elections

The St Thomas Football Association will tomorrow hold its voting congress at the Social Development Commission, Springfield, Morant Bay, at 10 a.m.

The following will be up for election: President, first vice-president, second vice-president, general secretary, treasurer, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer.

KSAMLA Masters League mid-season final

Defending Kingston and St Andrew Masters League Association (KSAMLA) champions, Barbican, easily made it to their fourth mid-season final in five years, and will oppose Telecom Strikers in today's Grizzly's mid-season final at the Harbour View Stadium at 4 p.m.

This is Telecom's first appearance in the mid-season final, while Barbican will be seeking their third lien on the coveted prize, the Grizzly's Peter Cargill Cup.

Barbican booked their place in the mid-season final as the Zone A champions, and emerged with the best record in the League while Telecom Strikers, the Zone B champs, edged Zone D winners Nautica by a single point to snatch a shot at winning the Cargill Cup.

Linstead pool tournament

Island Delight Restaurant and Sports Bar and sponsors Wray & Nephew Limited will host the season's 11th ranking pool tournament (eight-ball) on Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27 at Byndloss Cross Road, Linstead.

Most of the island's top players are expected to participate in this tournament, which offers a first prize of $50,000 in addition to a trophy. Match time is 3 p.m. on both days.

The runner-up will receive $20,000 plus a trophy, and third and fourth $5,000 each. Entry fee is $1,500, re-entry $1,000. For early bookings call Toothpick at 391-4666 or Ms. Chin at 461-9453.

Meanwhile, the Palm Court Sports Bar will host ranking tournament number 10 at Hermitage Road, West End, Negril, this Saturday and Sunday starting at 3 p.m. both days. First prize is $50,000 and trophy, second $25,000 and a trophy while entry fee is $2,000.

Excelsior domino tourney starts today

The Excelsior Domino Pairs Championship commences in St Catherine this weekend, today and tomorrow at Portmore HEART and the Lions Club of Old Harbour, respectively.

Action on each day starts at 10 a.m. There is no entry fee.

The top 16 of the 192 competing pairs at each location will gain automatic places in the national finals, set to start on November 8 at University of Technology.

Chan Chess Open

Veteran National Chess Master Geoffrey Byfield will try to make it four-in-a-row when the Harold Chan Chess Open gets under way at the Campion College auditorium today.

Byfield, who accomplished the improbable feat of copping his third straight Harold Chan title last year, will find competition much harder this year as a number of Jamaica's junior players are now playing at a much higher level than last year.

The tournament will be divided into three sections, an Open Section in which anyone can play, an Intermediate Section for entrants with a JCF rating below 1600, and an Amateur Section for players with a JCF rating under 1200.

Prizes will be awarded to the top three players in each section, the best under 10, 12 and 14 year-old players, best rural player, best female player, best junior and best new player.

The tournament was named in honour of Dr Harold Chan, who won the Jamaica National Chess Championship titles from 1972-74 and 1978-79, and was one of the first players in Jamaica to earn the National Master title, in 1975.

Ken's, Development squad face off

Last year's beaten finalists Ken's Wildflower will face off against a Development squad in the third week of the J. Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum Portmore Cricket League tomorrow at the Ken's Wildflower sports ground.

In other games, Portsmouth travel to Hamilton Gardens ground to play Hamilton Gardens, while Belmont clash with Washington CC at the Lime Tree ground, and defending champions Colours International challenge newcomers Portmore Pines at Bridgeport. All games begin at 11 a.m.