Foster's Fairplay is fiercely protective of Jamaica's world-standard track and field talent. When it seeks exposure under a foreign flag, there is frustration, coupled with anger.This columnist was at the 1999 Seville World Championships. Talking to...
The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) National Championships had its gloss removed on the last weekend in June, when arguably the two most anticipated events were shorn of a top-ranker expected to compete.
There is no difficulty or discomfort in recounting that Kingston College (KC) has written an indelible chapter in the pages of Jamaica's sporting history. This columnist has been recognised at the highest level of international sport, for "real...
Many will recall - the revenue deviants might prefer not to - the days this columnist, wearing another cap, was employed to the Government of Jamaica.Years of customs officer service, before some politically inclined fanatics had their way, were...
Published:Monday | June 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMLaurie Foster
Track & Field aficionados zero in on the National Stadium later this week - Thursday to Sunday - seeking what could be a changing of the guard in Jamaica's athletics arena.
Published:Monday | June 15, 2015 | 12:00 AMLaurie Foster
Foster's Fairplay sends an open letter this week to the president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Dr Warren Blake, who is from a long and distinguished line of Kingston College graduates who have held the top post in the...
It has always been a singular pleasure and privilege to interact with any Holding. The family has been highly respected and indeed, revered from the days, sisters, Rheima (Lady Hall) and Dr Marjorie (Mrs Jeffrey Cobham) were guests of senior Jamaica...
Published:Monday | May 25, 2015 | 12:00 AMLaurie Foster
Foster's Fairplay sometimes asks the question, "Who is reading and enjoying this column?" To get a positive feedback from a former St George's College Sunlight Cup and Jamaica fast bowler, Roy McCatty, now resident in Florida, was indeed gratifying....
Foster's Fairplay paid a self-mandated visit last week to Shelly's CAFE on the campus of Jamaica's University of Technology (UTech).This was in continuance of an unannounced mission statement to support anything or anyone who in this column's...
Published:Monday | May 11, 2015 | 12:00 AMLaurie Foster
The track-and-field family is awaiting with eager anticipation, a review on the Nassau World Relay Championships.This was promised by the president of the local governing body, the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Dr Warren Blake...
Published:Monday | May 4, 2015 | 12:00 AMLaurie Foster
Another major athletics championships has come and gone. The Bahamian city of Nassau, where legal casino gambling attracts the rich and famous, was the venue chosen by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was a back-to-...
Published:Monday | April 27, 2015 | 12:00 AMLaurie Foster
Following the UTech Classic 2015 200m performance (22.96 clocking) of double Olympic 100m queen, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Foster's Fairplay described her runner-up, Sherone Simpson, in promising terms.This columnist, angered by the trials (take that...
Published:Monday | April 20, 2015 | 12:00 AMLaurie Foster
Foster's Fairplay is impressed by what is now the enhanced image of tertiary track and field.There was a time was when supporters of the sport, with a global image commanding the attention of the world's most powerful man, were exposed almost solely...
Published:Sunday | April 5, 2015 | 12:00 AMLaurie Foster
Foster's Fairplay is disturbed that the peace initiatives leading up to Champs 2015, as relevant as they were, were only focused on the students.Jamaica's world renowned five-day track-and-field showcase had in recent years become a battlefield,...
Published:Monday | March 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMLaurie Foster
This week's column was intended to ask a few questions of the sponsors of national sporting events.This is against the background of widespread speculation as to the presence of corrupt practices in the distribution of tickets for what carries the...
Published:Monday | March 23, 2015 | 7:04 PMLaurie Foster
Champs 2015 is here. With it comes the regular features one associates with the world-acclaimed spectacle it has become.The fact that peace initiatives have been introduced - fÍtes and parties jointly orchestrated by the main rivals to curb youthful...
