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Stories by Lennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

Published:Sunday | December 1, 2024 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

IT’S BEEN a while since Jamaicans got a chance to watch international Test cricket at Sabina Park. On the opening day of the second Test between the West Indies and Bangladesh, they had to wait a bit longer, as some five hours of play was lost due...

Published:Sunday | November 10, 2024 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

DESPITE HEAVY rains from Tropical Storm Rafael over the past couple of days, it is all systems go for the 57th staging of the Jamaica Open Golf Championship, which will tee off today at 8 a.m. at the picturesque Tryall Golf Club in Hanover. With...

Published:Sunday | October 6, 2024 | 12:14 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING CHAMPION Macoy Malcolm is on the verge of defending his Men’s Open title at the Downy Tennis Classic following day two action at the Half Moon tennis courts in Montego Bay yesterday. The Montego Bay native Malcolm looked comfortable in...

Published:Sunday | August 25, 2024 | 12:15 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

AFTER ALMOST missing out on qualifying for the national phase of the Social Development Commission National Community T20 competition, Fairfield United, out of Manchester, will have the opportunity to win back-to-back titles when they square off...

Published:Sunday | June 23, 2024 | 12:06 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

A STRONG Jamaica team is set to represent the nation on home soil when the 36th staging of the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship (CAJGC) tees off on July 3 at the Caymanas golf course. Eight national teams, including defending champions...

Published:Sunday | May 26, 2024 | 12:07 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

IN A pulsating encounter at Sabina Park, the West Indies, on the back of a man-of-the-match performance from all-rounder Roston Chase, secured a workmanlike victory over South Africa in the T20 International series, taking a commanding 2-0 lead in...

Published:Sunday | May 19, 2024 | 12:15 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

AS WAS expected, the island’s top contenders motored through the rounds to book their place in the final four in the men’s open category after day two action in the Bounty Invitational Tennis Classic being contested at the Couples Resorts Tower...

Published:Sunday | May 5, 2024 | 12:15 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S YOUNG golf talents have been unveiled for the Caribbean Junior Championship, slated for July, following the recently held National Junior Trials. The Jamaica Golf Association (JGA) organised the intense three-day event at the Caymanas...

Published:Sunday | May 5, 2024 | 12:15 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

IT WILL be an all-rural affair in this year’s staging of the ISSA/TVJ Super 8 T20 competition following the final set of matches across two venues yesterday. Over at the Sir P Oval in Clarendon, Zone A leaders Manchester High first punched their...

Published:Sunday | April 28, 2024 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

KINGSTON CRICKET Club hold the upper hand heading into today’s final day of the Jamaica Cricket Association Senior Cup final against the Jamaica Defence Force, following opening day action at Sabina Park yesterday. After posting a first-innings...

Published:Sunday | March 24, 2024 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA SCORPIONS head coach Andrew Richardson lamented his team’s poor batting at the top, which helped to contribute to the hosts going down by seven wickets to the Leeward Islands Hurricanes on the final day of their West Indies Championship...

Published:Sunday | March 24, 2024 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA U15 cricketers are heading to Antigua to participate in the West Indies Rising Stars Championship, with new coach Milton Thomas hoping his young charges can come up big in the week-long tournament and improve on last year’s last-place...

Published:Sunday | March 17, 2024 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Scorpions secured their second win of the West Indies Championship after a nail-biting two-wicket win over the West Indies Academy on the final day of their encounter at Sabina Park yesterday. Chasing a gettable 234 to win with all 10...

Published:Sunday | March 3, 2024 | 12:15 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

FREEDOM, CAPTAINED by Wayne Chai Chong, secured top honours following fierce competition at the two-day All Species Fishing Tournament held at PWD Hunting and Sporting Club in Clarendon recently. Freedom beat 12 other sports fishing boats,...

Published:Sunday | March 3, 2024 | 12:13 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA IS set to bow into action in the 2024 CG United Women’s Super 50 Cup on Monday when they bowl off the tournament against defending champions Barbados in St Kitts. Captain Stafanie Taylor is oozing confidence as she leads a rejuvenated side...

Published:Sunday | February 25, 2024 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Scorpions showed fight with both bat and ball, but their efforts were not good enough as they succumbed to the Barbados Pride on the final day of their West Indies Championship match at Sabina Park yesterday, losing by four wickets....

Published:Sunday | November 26, 2023 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

CLARENDON COLLEGE and Glenmuir High School are through to the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup final after safely negotiating the fire of penalty kicks in their semifinal encounters against Garvey Maceo and Dinthill, respectively, yesterday. It wasn’t their...

Published:Sunday | October 29, 2023 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

TRYALL, HANOVER: TWO OF the island’s top amateurs, Justin Burrowes and Sebert Walker Jr, will shrug that tag today when they make their professional debut at the 56th staging of the Jamaica Golf Open which tees off at the prestigious Tryall Golf...

Published:Sunday | October 8, 2023 | 12:13 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

THE SEMI-FINALS of the Downy Tennis Classic will serve off today at 8 a.m. as action continued on Saturday’s second day at the Half Moon Resort tennis courts. Number-one seed David Goldsmith was in a ding dong battle with Andre Burrell in the Men’s...

Published:Sunday | October 8, 2023 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

FOLLOWING A string of impressive performances with both bat and ball in recently concluded practice games, all-rounder Brad Barnes gave selectors no choice but to pick him in the Jamaica Scorpions 14-man squad set to attempt a successful Super50...

Published:Sunday | October 1, 2023 | 12:07 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Scorpions’ preparation to defend their regional Super50 title is in full swing with the squad recently wrapping up back-to-back practice games this week which will help select the squad for the October 17 start of the tournament in...

Published:Sunday | September 17, 2023 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

GLENMUIR HIGH School proved they will be a force to be reckoned with in this season’s ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup, with an emphatic 5-1 win over last year’s beaten finalist Central High School in their Zone L encounter at Glenmuir yesterday. The fixture...

Published:Sunday | September 10, 2023 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

FORMER WEST Indies and Jamaica player Wavell Hinds is hoping that all is not lost, as news recently came to the fore that Jamaica was not among the seven nations from the Caribbean to have submitted hosting bids for the 2024 International Cricket...

Published:Sunday | June 25, 2023 | 2:04 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S JERMAINE Blackwood has admitted that in the last year or so, he was not the positive cricketer that most have come to know. The Westmorland native has made it clear that if he is to do well in the upcoming Test series against India, he...

Published:Sunday | June 25, 2023 | 1:56 AMLennox Aldred - Gleaner Writer

FOLLOWING ITS successful inaugural staging last year, the Dream XI-sponsored Jamaica T10 competition makes its return this morning with the high impact fast-paced action set to get under way at 11 at Sabina Park. In the opening fixture of the new...

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