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Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 1:40 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

ELISHAMA BECKFORD, fresh from his national duties at the ISA World Surfing Games in EL Salvador, secured the men’s open division title following the Jamaica Surfing Association’s fifth qualifying event at the Copa Beach in Bull Bay on Sunday....

Published:Saturday | June 17, 2023 | 12:55 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg and his co-driver Orry Hunte had to settle for a seventh-place finish following a closely contested Sol Rally Barbados 2023. Compatriot Jeffrey Panton and co-driver Michael Fennell fared a little better after ending the rally...

Published:Friday | June 16, 2023 | 1:19 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Campion College under-14 cricket coach Donald Bredwood said the hard work that his boys had put in throughout the season is testament to the team’s emphatic nine-wicket win over St Catherine High in the final of the Inter-Secondary Schools...

Published:Tuesday | June 13, 2023 | 12:59 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

When a quartet of Portuguese club coaches from SL Benfica descend on the island for a six-day football camp starting on July 3, close to a dozen local youth coaches will be paying keen attention as they look to garner knowledge from the...

Published:Saturday | June 10, 2023 | 12:54 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The 2023 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) in El Salvador is now history with Jamaica’s four-member team finishing in 43rd position out of 63 competing nations. The Jamaicans ended with 432 total team points, which...

Published:Friday | June 9, 2023 | 1:22 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

If the results from the Jamaica Golf Association National Senior Trials are anything to go by, Jamaica’s team to the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship should be hard to beat after youngsters Ryan Lue and Mattea Issa bettered their more...

Published:Wednesday | June 7, 2023 | 1:21 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

AFTER LOSING the Inter-Secondary Schools Association Under-19 T20 cricket final to Wolmer’s Boys recently, Excelsior High School now have a reason to smile as their under-16 team made light work of St Jago High in the final at Kensington Park...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 12:45 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Day three action at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) saw mixed performances from Jamaica’s two male surfers with Elishama Beckford failing to make it to round three while rookie Javaun Brown advanced out of heat...

Published:Friday | June 2, 2023 | 12:00 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

EL SUNZAL, EL Salvador: Jamaica's Elishama Beckford will have to use the consolation repechage heat to try and get back into competition at the ISA World Surfing Games after failing to advance from his heat in the second round of the competition...

Published:Friday | June 2, 2023 | 12:39 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

LA BOCANA, El Salvador Jamaica’s Elishama Beckford became the second surfer to advance to the second round of the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) following day two action at the La Bocana Surf spot in Surf City, El...

Published:Thursday | June 1, 2023 | 1:03 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

LA BONACA, EL Salvador: JAMAICA’S ICAH and Imani Wilmot had mixed results on the opening day of the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) following opening-round action at two venues, EL Sunzal and La Bocana in Surf City...

Published:Wednesday | May 31, 2023 | 1:31 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador: IF THE sizzling temperatures in Surf City El Salvador are anything to go by, the action on the beach of La Bocana and El Sunzal over the next couple of days is expected to reach fever pitch as the International Surfing...

Published:Saturday | May 27, 2023 | 1:05 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica will have a debutant at this year’s International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) as Portland native Javaun Brown will literally get his feet wet for the nation on the global stage. Javi, as he is known in the surfing...

Published:Saturday | May 27, 2023 | 12:59 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) senior cricket season will come to an end today when the final of the TVJ Super 8 T20 competition bowls off at Sabina Park at 3 p.m. with defending champions Wolmer’s Boys taking on Excelsior...

Published:Saturday | May 27, 2023 | 12:57 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Umpires Association has a new president with former umpire Athol Hamilton elected to lead the body for the next 12 months. Hamilton, a former Cricket West Indies regional panel umpire, has close to two decades of service, and he will...

Published:Friday | May 26, 2023 | 1:23 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Elishama Beckford is a man on a mission as the 26-year-old Bull Bay native prepares to represent his country at the International Surfing Association’s World Surfing Games (WSG) in El Salvador next week. Beckford will be making his...

Published:Friday | May 26, 2023 | 12:39 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica senior women’s cricket coach Shane Brooks believes his team is being outplayed by their opponents in the ongoing Cricket West Indies T20 Blaze tournament in St Kitts. After starting the tournament with two straight wins, the Jamaicans have...

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2023 | 1:43 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

IF EXPERIENCE is anything to go by, Jamaica’s Icah Wilmot should be the man leading the nation’s charge when the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) gets under way early next week in Surf City, El Salvador. The 36-year...

Published:Wednesday | May 24, 2023 | 1:25 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Surfing Association has named a four-member team that will compete against 63 other nations at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG), scheduled to get under way next Tuesday in El Salvador with the...

Published:Tuesday | May 23, 2023 | 12:25 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Defending Cricket West Indies T20 Blaze champions Jamaica are well on their way to retaining their title after picking up a second win in as many games on Sunday. They defeated Trinidad...

Published:Tuesday | May 23, 2023 | 12:23 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

William Knibbs and Michelle McCreath secured the male and female National Amateur Golf Championships titles following the third and final day of action at the Jamaica Golf Association event at the Caymanas course on Sunday. Knibbs had to come from...

Published:Monday | May 22, 2023 | 2:49 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica will have two of the island’s best drivers competing at this year’s Sol Rally Barbados as many-time circuit champion Kyle Gregg will join former Rally Barbados champion Jeffrey Panton at the three-day tarmac event set for June 9-11. Gregg...

Published:Saturday | May 20, 2023 | 12:59 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The opening fixture of today’s semifinals of the ISSA/TVJ Super 8 T20 competition will be a repeat of last year’s final as defending champions Wolmers’ Boys look to pull off another victory against perennial contenders St Elizabeth Technical (...

Published:Friday | May 12, 2023 | 1:17 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

After receiving a handful of international cricket fixtures in recent years, Jamaica could very well be in the thick of things when the International Cricket Council (ICC) men’s T20 World Cup comes to the Caribbean and the United States next year...

Published:Monday | May 8, 2023 | 1:14 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Former All-Jamaica junior and senior champion David Goldsmith rekindled some of his youthful tennis form yesterday to secure the inaugural Bounty Invitational Tennis Classic, which was held at Couples Tower Isle. Goldsmith defeated another former...

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