G.C. FOSTER College A team are champions in Intercollegiate senior netball with the Sashagay Henry-coached team, in a brilliant display, dominating first-time finalist Moneague College to beat them 48-28 in the final on Friday night at the Leila...
DEFENDING URBAN senior champions, St Catherine High School’s hopes of repeating their feat suffered damage on Friday after they were beaten 25-20 by former champions, The Queen’s School in their top-of-table Group B ISSA Urban Schoolgirl Netball...
GLENMUIR HIGH School’s juniors recovered from their opening defeat at the hands of Titchfield to get the better of Dinthill Technical in the second set of games in the second round of the ISSA Rural Schoolgirl Netball competition on Friday. The...
GLENMUIR HIGH School’s Orane Watson turned hero yesterday with a hat-trick on his home ground to help his side come from two goals down to earn a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Frome Technical in the first round of ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup quarterfinal...
THE COUNTRY’S senior netballers found the going tough on Friday night at the Fast5 netball tournament in New Zealand. Playing inside the Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch, the inexperienced Jamaica team failed to pick up a win from three matches. The...
A BRACE from Tobagonian Kaiem Lewis gave St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) a good 2-0 win over Kemps Hill in their top-of-the-table Group One round-of-16 match at the Wembley Centre of Excellence of Sports yesterday. The win put STETHS on...
IN A recent move by the David Riley-led Jamaica Track and Field Coaches Association (JATAFCA), in partnership with the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association(JAAA), track and field coaches will soon have to be licensed. Effective January 1,...
MCGRATH HIGH School maintained their winning form in the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup football competition, narrowly clipping Dinthill Technical 3-2 to get their Zone 4 round-of-16 campaign off and running. In what was an exciting encounter, McGrath took...
LAST YEAR’S Beaten finalists, Gaynstead, remained perfect in the Urban ISSA Schoolgirls Netball competition after their latest game on Tuesday. Playing at home, the Dalton Hinds-coached team picked up their third win in a row and stayed on top in...
HAPPY GROVE and Glenmuir registered ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup second-round wins yesterday at a Carder Park double-header to move to six points in Groups 5 and 7, respectively. In the opening game, Happy Grove edged Denbigh 4-3, while in the feature,...
DENBIGH HIGH School defended their home turf, shocking Clarendon College in the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup football competition yesterday. Denbigh’s win put them on 16 points, three behind Zone leaders Central High School, who came from behind to beat...
JOSE MARTI’S junior and senior netball teams stayed perfect in the ISSA Urban schoolgirl netball competition this week. Playing in Zone F, the Philip Pinnock-coached teams made it three wins in a row after getting by Mona in their away assignments...
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION High School created the first shock of the season in the ISSA Urban Schoolgirl Netball competition, surprising defending under-16 champions The Queen’s School 18-12 in their Zone A encounter on Friday. After winning their...
LAST YEAR’s beaten senior finalists in the Urban ISSA Schoolgirl netball competition, Gaynstead High, were off to a fast start at home on Friday in their opening Zone D encounter against Tivoli Gardens, enjoying 70-2 win. The match, which was...
HOLMWOOD TECHNICAL and Manchester high schools stole the spotlight at Friday’s ISSA Rural netball rally played at Manchester High’s netball court. Playing at home, the Simone Smith girls came out on top among under-16 teams with a 6-1 win over...
JAMAICAN ATHLETES failed to replicate the performances of Friday’s opening day of the Allanz Memorial Van Damme Wanda Diamond League final when Tajay Gayle and Ackeem Blake had wins. Ackera Nugent, Shiann Salmon, and Rajindra Campbell came closest...
JAMAICA’S YOUNG sprinters ended a difficult World Under-20 Championships on a high yesterday, sweeping the 4x100-metre relays in fine style. The island ended with five medals, four gold and one bronze, to finish fourth overall. The United States...
OLYMPIC LONG jump silver medallist Wayne Pinnock will get his first chance at fulfilling his vow to get the better of Greece champion Miltiádis Tentóglou as early as Thursday, just a few weeks after Paris. Pinnock will be one of 15 Jamaicans in...
JAMAICA’S HISTORY at the Olympic Games includes 88 medals. President of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, Garth Gayle, would love nothing more than to get to that magical figure of 100, however, predictions suggest that he may have...
APPEARING IN her first race as a professional, Jamaica’s Nickisha Pryce was on fire yesterday at the London Diamond League with a breathtaking performance in the women’s 400 metres. In what was the last meet before the Olympic Games, she showed...
ONE-HUNDRED-METRE HURDLES national champion and record holder Ackera Nugent isn’t just fast over the hurdles. She is fast. Nugent, who holds the national record of 12.28 seconds, clocked a nippy 11.17 seconds for second in the women’s 100 metres...
FOLLOWING WINS at the JAAA/PUMA National Junior and Senior Championships, high jumper Lamara Distin and 400-metre hurdler Malik James-King step up their preparation for the Olympic Games with both down to compete at the Meeting De Paris Wanda...
SHANIEKA RICKETTS retained her title in the women’s triple jump on yesterday’s third and penultimate day of competition at the JAAA/PUMA National Junior and Senior Championships inside the National Stadium. Ricketts, who jumped out to 14.50 metres...
“THE TEAM in the Bahamas is the best that made themselves available to run and so we await the results,” said president of the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association, Garth Gayle, when asked about the make-up and chances of Jamaica’s team...
