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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...

Published:Saturday | May 6, 2023 | 1:28 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Former All-Jamaica champion and local favourite Damion Johnson got off to a marauding start at the inaugural Bounty Invitational Tennis Classic which got under way at the Couples Tower Isle courts yesterday. Johnson wasted little time in getting in...

Published:Friday | May 5, 2023 | 1:34 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The garden parish of St Ann has produced some of the island’s top tennis players in the past, local stars such as Jermaine ‘Giant’ Smith, Nicholas Malcolm, Peter Gordon and Elvis Henry, to name a few. Starting today, a number of former Davis Cup...

Published:Thursday | May 4, 2023 | 12:46 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

LAST YEAR’S beaten finalists, St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), proved that they will once again be a force to be reckoned with in the ISSA TVJ Super 8 T20 competition after defending a small total to secure a four-run win over Excelsior...

Published:Wednesday | May 3, 2023 | 1:29 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

IF THE final from last year’s ISSA Super 8 T20 competition is anything to go by, the 2023 edition is set to be another humdinger of an affair as the top eight schools in T20 cricket on the island lock horns, starting today. Firm favourites and...

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

The Jamaica Cricket Association Senior Cup final saw the bat dominating the ball as more than 650 runs were scored. In the end, it was St Catherine CC who chalked up the most runs thus securing the title on first innings yesterday in their drawn...

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 12:59 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

It was a successful family affair at the 27th staging of the Jakes Off-Road Triathlon in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, at the weekend as Carlisle Russell and his son, Elisha, won their respective categories with daughter Melaika finishing second in...

Published:Saturday | April 29, 2023 | 12:45 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Sabina Park, the mecca of cricket on the island, is expected to come alive this weekend as the two most consistent local cricket teams, St Catherine CC and Kingston CC battle it out in the final of the Jamaica Cricket Association two-day Senior Cup...

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