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Published:Thursday | October 31, 2024 | 12:07 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Monday evening’s intimate chocolate and rum pairing event at Breathless Montego Bay Resort and Spa in St James had guests trying a special treat: jerk seasoning chocolate, one of four rich and unique flavours showcased by Pure Chocolate Jamaica....

Published:Wednesday | October 30, 2024 | 12:23 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

A HAT-TRICK from Justin McPherson helped lead St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) to a 6-1 victory over Alphansus Davis High School in an ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup round-of-16 match at the St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) Sports...

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2024 | 12:12 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

WHEN THE ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup round of 16 continues today, one of the interesting matchups will be between Gavey Maceo and Kemps Hill. The 3 p.m. encounter between Garvey Maceo, the hosts and runners-up in the second round in Group 8, and Kemps...

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

ST JAMES has heeded the calls for increased focus on grassroots football with the Hosanna Preparatory School 25th Anniversary Under-12 Co-Ed Football Competition. The competition, launched last Thursday at Hosanna’s playfield, has its coordinator,...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Montego Bay United’s (MBU) coach Rodolfo Zapata has hailed his team’s gritty performance following their 0-0 draw against Portmore United in the Jamaica Premier League yesterday. It was the second consecutive draw for MBU, who are atop the table...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

THE SHOWERS OF RAIN could not dampen the spirit of Montegonians who came out in their numbers for yesterday’s Kiwanis Club of Providence, Montego Bay Breast Cancer Awareness 5K Walk/Run and Wheelchair. The 15th staging of the 5K/Run/Walk and...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

The round of 16 of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup kicks off today with eight matches. Frome Technical High, who have been cruising through the rounds undefeated, will face defending champions Clarendon College at the Llandilo Sports Complex in...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:13 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Mount Pleasant Academy’s coach, Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore, has expressed his disappointment after yesterday’s 0-0 draw against Waterhouse FC in the Jamaica Premier League. It was the third consecutive draw for Mount Pleasant, and Whitmore was...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:11 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

NEWLY RE-ELECTED President of the Westmoreland Cricket Association, Deltonio Williams, says his administration is ready to make more improvements and lift the popularity of the sport in the parish. Williams, who was not opposed at the annual...

Published:Wednesday | October 23, 2024 | 12:10 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

ST ELIZABETH Technical High School (STETHS) ensured there were no hiccups on their way to the next round of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup football competition when they ended The Manning’s School’s hopes of doing the same with a 3-0 victory at The...

Published:Tuesday | October 22, 2024 | 12:08 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

IT’S WIN or go home for some teams when the second round of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup resumes today with nine matches across the island. In the west, many-time champions Cornwall College will face an already eliminated Spot Valley, who are trying...

Published:Thursday | October 17, 2024 | 12:15 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

MALDON HIGH School’s first foray into the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup second round ended with a point yesterday after their game with Brown’s Town in Group 4 ended 1-1. While the two are off the mark, they will now have to watch today’s game between...

Published:Wednesday | October 16, 2024 | 12:13 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

MALDON HIGH School coach Dillan Thelwell is already happy, even without playing a game of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup second round. Thelwell’s joy comes from having created history at Maldon, the side getting out of the first round for the first...

Published:Saturday | October 12, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Damion Nelson, coach of Spot Valley High, has identified players’ discipline and cultural changes made at the school in the past two years as the main reasons why the school has advanced to the second round of the WATA/ISSA daCoata Cup. Spot Valley...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:08 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Already facing a miserable existence, being blind and depending on the kindness of others to survive, 56-year-old Orville ‘Blacka’ Cameron of Water Lane in Montego Bay, St James, is now poised to face even more misery as his...

Published:Wednesday | October 9, 2024 | 12:14 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

FROME TECHNICAL need just three points to cement a place in the second round of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup and they will be seeking to secure them when they face Zone B rivals Rusea’s in a mega clash at the Collin Miller Sports Complex in Lucea...

Published:Wednesday | October 9, 2024 | 12:13 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

MONTEGO BAY United Football Club’s (MBU) coach, Rodolfo Zapata, is liking the way his team is executing the tactical awareness he desires from them if they are to be a force to be reckoned with in this year’s Jamaica Premier League. On Monday night...

Published:Tuesday | October 8, 2024 | 12:10 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

MOUNT PLEASANT Football Academy came away with an impressive 4-0 win over newcomers Racing United during their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) football match at the Montego Bay Sports Complex yesterday. Overwhelming favourites Mount Pleasant collected...

Published:Tuesday | October 8, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

PAULA PINNOCK, managing director of the Youth Football League (YFL) Junior Cup Under-11 competition, said the Kingston and St Andrew regions level of development is far more advanced than other regions. She expressed this during the second week of...

Published:Monday | October 7, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Three coaches at the preparatory and primary level in western Jamaica have called for more investment in grass-roots football to lift the performance of preteen players. The coaches expressed their views during the second week of the Youth...

Published:Saturday | October 5, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

DILLAN THELWELL, the coach of Maldon High, says a decision by match officials to boycott the school’s football field is affecting his players mentally and costing a lot of money as they are forced to travel for the majority of their home games....

Published:Friday | October 4, 2024 | 12:11 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

A LATE goal by Kevin Hawthorne secured a 1-0 win for Maldon High over Irwin High in their Zone A ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup match at the Irwin High playfield in St James yesterday. Maldon wasted many early chances, but just when many fans thought the...

Published:Friday | October 4, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Fascinated by cars, riding his bicycle, and harbouring dreams of becoming a police officer, four-year-old Zyair Codner is looking forward to living his best life. Unfortunately, Zyair’s future is now looking uncertain as after his...

Published:Tuesday | October 1, 2024 | 12:11 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

WITH JUST around a month and a half to go before accepting proposals for leasing the Montego Bay Sports Complex close, The Gleaner has been reliably informed there are already two bidders under consideration. In an advertisement in The Sunday...

Published:Tuesday | October 1, 2024 | 12:11 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

RUSEA’S HIGH School made light work of Anchovy High School’s unbeaten run in the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup, cruising to a 5-1 victory in their Zone B clash at the Collin Miller Sports Complex in Lucea yesterday. Despite a half-an-hour delay due to a...

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