Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Saturday | January 17, 2009
Kerr glides into action tomorrow
Errol Kerr, the 22-year-old who will represent Jamaica in ski cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, will glide into action tomorrow at the Lake Placid Freestyle World Cup, scheduled for Whiteface Mountain, New...
Bernard grabs two on rain-hit first day
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Trinidad and Tobago's captain Daren Ganga steered his side with a resolute half-century against Jamaica, on a rain-hit opening day of their WICB regional four-day match yesterday.Sent to bat, Trinidad and Tobago...
Top schools set for showdown at Kirkvine
Top girls schools from central Jamaica will be on show at today's 28th renewal of the Puma/Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association Development Meet, which will be staged at Kirkvine Sports Club in Manchester, starting at 10 a.m.
Wallace included in 'A' Team - source
Gavin Wallace's outstanding bowling performance against the Leeward Islands in last weekend's regional first-class tournament has landed him a place in the West Indies' A team to play England.Wallace, who took 8-20 to propel champions Jamaica to a...
Rickayba hard to deny
Down-in-class RICKAYBA should make amends for his narrow defeat to GETAWAYBOY on January 3 by winning the Colin Melhado Memorial Cup feature (claiming $270,000-$240,000) over 1200 metres at Caymanas Park today.
A Town, Spring in big clash
Leaders August Town will today host fifth-place Constant Spring at the University of the West Indies (UWI), in one of six Claro KSAFA Super League matches, all starting at 3 p.m.August Town, who have title ambitions given the fact that only the league's...
Teams shooting for spots in Open League quarter-finals
A number of quarter-final spots will be decided in today's final round of matches, in the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA)/Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Open League competition, at the Leila Robinson Courts.In the...
Juici Patties score big win
Last year's beaten finalists, Juici Patties, thrashed hosts Hy-Performance 4-1 in their Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA)/ Northwest Development Club League division three game on Thursday, at Gibson Circle in Hope Pastures.Juici Patties now lead...
Quality performances expected at Douglas Forrest Invitational
The fourth annual Douglas Forrest Invitational meet will take place today at the Stadium East complex.The meet, which over the years has seen a number of past and present international track & field stars including Ato...
Taking swimming to the next level
Local swimming does not enjoy the support and popularity of games like football and cricket but is making far more rapid strides than most other sports.
What makes SwimJamaica different - Keisha's story
Keisha is five years old and attends Victory Basic School in Trench Town. She loves her swimming lessons with Swim-Jamaica and proudly wears her bright green SwimJamaica T-shirt to each class.
Hero's welcome for Montserrat's Baker
BRADES, Montserrat (CMC): Lionel Baker, the first Montserratian to play for the West Indies, was greeted with a hero's welcome when he arrived here Thursday evening.Scores of jubilant supporters turned up at the John A Osborne Airport for Baker's...
PERFORMER OF THE WEEK: In Gavin Wallace's web
Leg-spinner Gavin Wallace, in his first match for Jamaica, created history against the Leeward Islands in a regional first class match in St Kitts last weekend.Wallace bagged a record eight-wicket haul last...
IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
Thirty-two (32) schools will compete in this year's INSPORT Primary School league, which is set to begin on January 21.The league, which ends on February 20, will see Clan Carthy, last year's champions, trying...
'Bassa' gets the last laugh
MARCELINO Blackburn was the first Harbour View player off the field at half-time on Sunday, with his team trailing Arnett Gardens 1-0 from the third minute of their Digicel Premier League clash at the Anthony Spaulding...
Big four take the spotlight
Mandeville, Manchester:Quarter-final places will be up for grabs when the third round of the Grace/ISSA Knock-out Cup resumes today with 10 matches.As usual, the spotlight will be on the big four - defending champions...
Give U-20s maximum backing
The Under-20 men's football team continue to keep the nation's hopes alive in its quest to qualify for the World Cup Finals in Egypt, that will run from September 25 to October 16 later this year.They accomplished this task in somewhat admirable...
Hinds misses ton but Barbados rally
GRENVILLE, Grenada (CMC):Out-of-favour West Indies batsman, Ryan Hinds, reminded regional selectors of his presence, but he fell short of a century on the opening day of Barbados' West Indies Cricket Board Regional Four-day, second...
