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Approximately 41 representatives of community groups and sporting organisations in Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland, took part in a regional consultation on the National Sports Policy (Green Paper), at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, on June 7. This was the sixth in a series of national consultations on the policy, which was tabled in Parliament, in November 2011.  Through...

The Government will be restoring and rehabilitating 12 sport facilities in sugar dependent areas at a cost of $213.7 million, as part of its rural development strategy. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, during her presentation in the 2012/13 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on June 5. The Prime Minister pointed out...

A total of 382 teams from communities across the island are competing for $4 million in cash and prizes in the 2012 staging of the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) 20/20 Community Cricket Competition. The tournament began on April 7 with the preliminary rounds, and the teams which compete at the parish and regional levels over five months, with the final...

The re-opening of the rehabilitated Stadium East running track in Kingston, on February 13, was the first major achievement of the Ministry of Sports during the first 100 days since the Government took office on January 5. Repair work was funded by the Sports Development Foundation at a cost of $43 million. The track, which was closed late last year,...

Fourteen sporting facilities within the sugar growing areas island-wide will be upgraded and rehabilitated in an effort to enhance the social lives of the residents in these areas. The over $200 million rehabilitation works, which will be carried out by the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), through funding from the European Union (EU) and the government of Jamaica, are expected to...

Minister with responsibility for Sports in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon Natalie Neita Headley, is encouraging more local companies to become involved in the upgrading of sports facilities across the island as they could become prime income earners.    “Having the best facilities in place will encourage people from across the world to want to come to...

Coaches of netball, the island’s top women's sport, are benefitting from advanced training, which will better enable them to build the skills and techniques of the country’s players from the earliest stage. The six-week training course, which began on March 17, is a joint venture between the University of Technology (UTech) and the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA). It is being...

Six young students will be journeying to Pennsylvania, in the United States, for the upcoming Penn Relays, to join forces with KiDz HuB media and KidStar radio networks, to showcase their skills as broadcasters. This was announced by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Team Jamaica Bickle, Irwin Clare Snr., at a reception at the Alhambra Inn, in Kingston, on April...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller who has held the Sport portfolio for a long time, last Friday, March 30 took time out to attend the 2012 staging of the ISSA/ GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championships at the National Stadium. Here the Prime Minister enjoys a conversation with GraceKennedy’s CEO, Don Wehby. Also attending is the Minister with responsibility for Sport...

Some 190 aspiring footballers will be participating in the third staging of the Next Generation Valencia Football Camp, which is to last from April 1 to April 5 at the University of Technology (UTech) Football Stadium. The camp, which chooses players to train with Valencia Football Club in Spain every year, will provide 15 hours of intense practical and theoretical...

Students for Transformation (SFT), the youth arm of the National Transformation Programme (NTP), are appealing to young Jamaicans to maintain peace during the upcoming Boys and Girls Athletic Championships, slated for March 28 to 31 at the National Stadium in Kingston. “We are all one Jamaican. Let it be one love, one heart and friendly rivalry. It is okay for...

Plans are in place to improve the physical condition of the Leila Robinson netball courts located at Independence Park Complex, National Arena in Kingston. This was announced by Minister with responsibility for Sports, Natalie Neita-Headley, during the March 14 press launch of the University of Technology (UTech)/Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) advanced level one coaching course at UTech’s Old Hope Road...