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‘Hard work, good planning’ bring Naggo Head success

Published:Monday | May 4, 2015 | 4:13 PMRobert Bailey

Floyd Coke, head coach of the top team at thisyear's Institute of Sports (INSPORTS)/Seprod Primary Schools Athletics Championships, Naggo Head, said hard work and proper planning played a key role in winning the title.Naggo Head tallied 156.50...

Big Courts package for Girls

Published:Friday | May 1, 2015 | 6:19 PMRobert Bailey

Courts Jamaica renewed its contract with Netball Jamaica on Thursday while announcing a $5.3 million three-year sponsorship package at the Netball House in Barbican, St Andrew.The breakdown of the sponsorship shows $800,000 for the Gold Rush Down...

Bybrook in front at INSPORTS Champs

Published:Thursday | April 30, 2015 | 8:30 PMRobert Bailey

Bybrook holds a slim lead over their rivals heading into today's third day of the four-day Seprod/Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) Primary Champions at the National Stadium.The Portland-based Bybrook lead the standings with 17 points, two ahead of...

Watson’s best good for gold at INSPORTS Swizzzle Primary Champs

Published:Wednesday | April 29, 2015 | 7:29 PMRobert Bailey

Excelsior's Toni-Ann Watson captured the first gold medal on the opening day of the four-day Seprod/Institute of Sports Swizzzle Primary Schools' Athletic Championships at the National Stadium yesterday.Watson easily won the Girls' Open cricket ball...

Unrelenting Seaview rally for KSAFA Major League title

Published:Tuesday | April 28, 2015 | 9:31 AMRobert Bailey

Seaview Gardens turned in a gutsy second-half performance to beat Maverley-Hughenden and capture the Jamaica National/Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Major League title.Seaview Gardens had to rally twice for an exciting 3-2 extra...

Jamaica's netballers need shooting practice, urges TD Jill McIntosh

Published:Monday | April 27, 2015 | 6:30 PMRobert Bailey

Technical director of Netball Jamaica (NJ), Jill McIntosh, is urging the country's shooters to practise a lot more in order to become the best in the world. The standard of the shooting in the Berger Paints Elite League has been very poor this...

Orchids on a roll

Published:Saturday | April 25, 2015 | 3:26 PMRobert Bailey

The St Ann Orchids recorded a nail-biting 39-38 victory over the Clarendon Gaters in round five of the Berger Paints Elite League netball match on Friday night at the Leila Robinson Courts.The Orchids, who began the season with two straight losses,...

Racers, Spurs square off

Published:Thursday | April 23, 2015 | 2:08 PMRobert Bailey

High-flying St Catherine Racers and Manchester Spurs will clash in today's feature match in the Berger Paints Elite netball League at the Leila Robinson Courts' starting at 7:30 p.m.In the day's other games, St James Sharpes will battle defending...

Malysha Kelly working overtime for spot on Jamaica's Netball World Cup team

Published:Wednesday | April 22, 2015 | 3:22 PMRobert Bailey

Sunshine Girl Malysha Kelly said she is working very hard in training as she continues her comeback from a knee injury.Kelly recently returned to action - in the Berger Paints Elite League - with the St Catherine Racers, after more than six months...

Sharpes hunt another win

Published:Saturday | April 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMRobert Bailey

Table-topping St James Sharpes and last year's beaten finalists St Catherine Racers will clash in today's lone game in the Berger Paints Elite Netball competition at the Leila Robinson Courts starting at 4:30 p.m. The Sharpes, the only unbeaten team...

UWI are KSAFA Super League champions

Published:Saturday | April 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMRobert Bailey

The University of the West Indies (UWI) turned in a good second-half display to whip Real Mona 3-1 and capture the 2015 Jamaica National/Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Super League title at the Barbican field yesterday. Akeem...

Windward Road retain INSPORTS title

Published:Friday | April 17, 2015 | 6:25 PMRobert Bailey

Defending champions Windward Road turned in an outstanding last day display to retain their title at the end of the three-day Institute of Sports (INSPORTS)/Junior High Schools Track and Field Championships at Stadium East field.Windward who started...

Orchids, Spurs clash in Elite League feature

Published:Thursday | April 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMRobert Bailey

Fresh off their first-ever victory in the Berger Paints Elite Netball competition, the St Ann Orchids will be aiming to make it two in a row when they take on the Manchester Spurs in today's feature game.The match, which will be played at the Leila...

John Mills look to topple Windward Road

Published:Thursday | April 16, 2015 | 8:24 PMRobert Bailey

John Mills' Primary and Junior High head coach, Lanford Spaulding, is oozing confidence going into today's final day of the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) Junior High Track and Field Championships at the Stadium East field.John Mills lead the...

John Mills’ Miller reaps golden reward at INSPORTS' Athletics Championships

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2015 | 6:41 PMRobert Bailey

John Mills' Ashley Miller flourished on her way to capturing the girls' Class One high jump on yesterday's opening day of the three-day Institute of Sports (INSPORTS)/Junior High and All-Age Athletics Championships at Stadium East.The stoutly built...

NJ desperate for funds to start Intermediate League

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2015 | 4:41 PMRobert Bailey

President of Netball Jamaica (NJ) Marva Bernard says the lack of sponsorship could force the cancellation of the Intermediate Divisional League this season.The Intermediate League should have started in March, but Bernard told The Gleaner on Monday...

UWI, Real Mona in Super League final

Published:Saturday | April 11, 2015 | 7:43 PMRobert Bailey

University of the West Indies (UWI) and Real Mona will contest the final of the Jamaica National (JN)/ Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Super League competition.Both scored 1-0 wins over Brown's Town and Rockfort, respectively, at...

Netball World Cup gold medal hinges on ‘four good quarters’ - McIntosh

Published:Wednesday | April 8, 2015 | 7:12 PMRobert Bailey

Netball Jamaica's (NJ) technical director, Jill McIntosh, says it will take strong performance in each quarter for Jamaica to win the gold medal at this year's Netball World Cup (NWC).The Australian-born McIntosh, who assisted in guiding the...

Spurs gunning for Elite title

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2015 | 5:30 PMRobert Bailey

  Gleaner Writer Manchester Spurs' head coach, Carlene Graham, expects her team to put up a strong challenge for this year's Berger Paints Elite Netball League title. The Spurs recorded their second consecutive victory in the...

Montego Bay United bag last four berth

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2015 | 7:45 PMRobert Bailey

  Gleaner Writer Defending champions Montego Bay United have sealed their place in the semi-finals of the Red Stripe Premier League, following a 3-1 victory over lowly Barbican at the Barbican Sports Complex yesterday. Owayne Gordon (14th),...

‘Carnival of Speed’ race meet gets Total support

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2015 | 5:26 PMRobert Bailey

Andrea Stephenson, marketing manager of Total Jamaica, said her company's sponsorship of this year's Jamaica Race Drivers' Club (JDRC) Carnival of Speed race meet is testimony to their commitment to the development of motorsports in JamaicaThe two-...

NJ warns against bad behaviour in league matches

Published:Monday | March 30, 2015 | 4:57 PMRobert Bailey

President of Netball Jamaica (NJ), Marva Bernard, has issued a warning to players participating in this year's Berger Paints Elite League, stating that indisciplined behaviour will not be tolerated.Bernard told The Gleaner in an interview yesterday...

Principal probes track coach's assault on athlete

Published:Monday | March 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMRobert Bailey

The principal of a prominent high school has launched an investigation after one of its track-and-field coaches slapped a female athlete in the face at the ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships at the National Stadium on Friday....

Boyz hunt Copa America warm-up win

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMRobert Bailey

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz will face Venezuela's in a friendly match at the Montego Bay Sports Complex tonight at 8 o'clock.The 39-man Venezuela delegation arrived yesterday full of confidence ahead of today's encounter. Both teams will be using the...

Coach foresees Hydel placing among top five

Published:Wednesday | March 25, 2015 | 1:18 PMRobert Bailey

Hydel High School's head coach, Corey Bennett, said they are hoping to finish in the top five of this year's Inter-Secondary Schools' Sports Association (ISSA) Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships, which enters its third day at the National...

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