Posted by: Oliver McLaughlin
on: Sat, May, 08 2004 at 7:30:05

Sangster rips Spanish Town apart

As Holmwood emerge all-island champions
Observer Reporter

Holmwood Technical confirmed their status as the best schoolboy team in the island when they defeated Spanish Town High by 300 runs in the final of the Spalding Cup at Chedwin Park yesterday.

The boys from Clarendon, who were winning the title for the fifth time overall, and second year in a row, posted 223 and 291, and in reply Spanish Town could only muster 85 and 147.

Resuming yesterday's third and final day on 25-0, Spanish Town, the urban area Grace Shield and JIIC KO champions, needed 429 to pull off an improbable victory. But thanks a career-best 8-29 from leg-spinner, Damain Sangster, the boys from the old capital folded minutes after lunch.

Ricardo Howe, a double centurion in the Grace Shield final, and Spanish Town's main hope if they were to get close to the total, topscored with 35, while Iva Johnson got 18.
Robert Lewis, coach of Holmwood, said hard work was the key to his team's dominating performance.

"It has been a very hard season for me as I have been studying and have to be carrying the cricket. But coming off a period of inactivity (approximately one month after winning the Headley Cup), I thought we played well," he said. "I thought Damain Sangster bowled excellent and this is a tribute to the hard work both him and the team put in.

"I think Spanish Town played well, given their ability and the standard they are at, but they were overhauled by a better team," he added.

According to Lewis, rural area schools have been dominating the Spalding Cup because they were more focused.

"The rural area guys are much more focused at playing cricket. Also, in the rural schools you have a bunch of dedicated coaches, and I think that makes all the difference at this level," he said.

Holmwood are expected to lose only two players next season.

Spanish Town's coach, Karl Robinson, said his team failed to live up to batting expectations and that's why the match was lost. He said, however, that the team had nothing to be ashamed of as they had a very good season.

"I don't know what happened. They made the occasion get the better of them with people telling them they can't beat Holmwood," he said. "But we never performed badly as I thought we bowled well to restrict Holmwood to their 200 totals. It was just the batting. We just have to settle with two trophies instead of three," he declared.

Holmwood defeated St Elizabeth Technical for the second consecutive year in the final of the Headley Cup, while Spanish Town defeated Jonathan Grant for the Grace Shield title.

Posted by: Patricia Hunter
on: Mon, May, 10 2004 at 16:27:50

Spalding Cup goes to Holmwood

Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer
Holmwood's legspinner Domain Sangster (right) and wicketkeeper Jeffrey Scott celebrate one of Spanish Town's wickets yesterday. Sangster ended at 8-29 and lost the Spalding Cup.

LEGSPINNER DOMAIN Sangster took eight wickets to bowl Holmwood Technical to their second straight All-Island Spalding Cup title, the symbol of schoolboy cricket supremacy, beating Spanish Town by 281 runs in the final, which ended at Chedwin Park yesterday.

Finals score: Holmwood 222 and 291; Spanish Town 85 and 147.

Resuming at 25 without loss and despite getting a good start of 67 from Ricardo Howe and Marinardo Dixon, Spanish Town's batting fell under pressure from legspinner Sangster, who finished with 8-29 off 15 overs.

Cruising at 65 without loss, Spanish Town looked as if they were going to bat throughout the day but pacer Bruce Blackwood (1-10) had other ideas. The fast bowler had Howe, who just over a week ago scored a double century in the Grace Shield final against Jonathan Grant, caught at square leg by substitute Neive McNalley for 35.

Before Wayne Morgan could get settled, Sangster had his middle stump uprooted, he went without scoring at 67 for two. With Sangster getting the ball to bounce and turn, he picked up the wickets of Junior McKenzie (one) and Ricardo Ennis (zero) at 74 for four.

When Sangster secured his second caught and bowled victim, Kevon Goldson for seven, Spanish Town's hopes were shattered.

Dixon was the sixth man out, run out for 29. Marvin Reid also contributed 29 and along with Iva Johnson, 18, no other batsman reach double figures.

Holmwood coach Robert Lewis was a happy man after his team's massive victory. "To have won by 283 runs is a good victory, it was a good all-round performance from the guys."

He added, come next season, "I am expecting that we do as well as we did this year."

Posted by: Lawrence Willlis
on: Wed, June, 23 2004 at 9:26:38

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CAC juniors leave tomorrow Grace shield awards ceremony

CAC juniors leave tomorrow Anastasia Le-Roy, Peta-Gaye Beckford, Shaneka Parkes and others taking a break from training at G.C. Foster College recently. NADINE MARSH and Nickesha Anderson head a 44-member Jamaica squad set to leave the island tomorrow to defend its Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Junior track & field championship in Mexico. Top juniors Anneisha McLaughlin, Simone Facey, Usain Bolt, Renaldo Rose, Peta -Gaye Beckford, Althea Duncan, Schillione Calvert, Sonita Sutherland, Sherne Pinnock, Lotaya Greaves, Kay-Ann Thompson are considered World Junior sure picks and will not make the trip. Marsh, the reigning CARIFTA Games pentathlon champion and Under-20 200m gold medallist, Anderson are two of the most experienced athletes in the Jamaica squad. Anderson will also enter the June 25-27 meet in Vera Cruz, Mexico as a bronze medallist from the 2002 championships, which were held in Barbados. Camoi Hood, who won the Boys Under-20 shot-put gold at April's CARIFTA Games, Under-20 400-hurdles winner Markino Buckley, and Under-17s Ray Brown (shot-put), Renaldo Turner (200m), Kimberly Williams (triple jump), Vanessa Boyd (800m), Akeem Smith (100m-hurdles), and Natasha Ruddock (100m-hurdles) are the other CARIFTA champions in the squad. Jamaica topped the table at the last CAC Juniors championships with 59 medals - 27 gold, 13 silver and, 19 bronze, beating Mexico (33 medals), Trinidad and Tobago (13) and Cuba (12). Under 20 100 metres silver medallist, Andre Wellington of Kingston College will lead the charge in the Boys event where he will be joined by St. George's College's Kevin Stewart. Anneisha McLaughlin, Tracey-Ann Rowe and Anastasia Le-Roy take time during their training session at G.C. Foster College recently. The remaining Boys in this age group are Nesta Carter (Manchester High and Kwayne Fisher of Vere Technical (200 metres); 400M - Michael Gardener (Norman Manley), Leeford Green (Greater Portmore High); 800M - Davian Parker (Holmwood Technical; 110M Hurdles - Patrick Lee (UTech); 400M Hurdles - Markino Buckley (St. Jago); LONG JUMP/HIGH JUMP - Jermaine Johnson (EXED): Shot Put/Discus - Hickel Woolery and Camai Hood (Bridgeport High). BOYS UNDER-17:- 100M Renaldo Turner (Holmwood), Gawayne Jervis;200M - Gawain Gray, Teo Bennett (Ascot); 400M - Romel Lewis (Holm), Kemeil Lee 100M HURDLES - Akeem Smith (Morant Bay). BR BR GIRLS:UNDER 20:- 100M - Jody Ann Powell (GC Foster), Tracy Ann Rowe (Holm); 200M - Anaistesha Le-Roy (Holm), Nickeisha Anderson (Herbert Morrison); 400M - Nyoka Cole (Holm), Shernette Stewart (Vere); 800M - Mareisha Pencil (Edwin Allen); 100M HURDLES - Keisha Brown (Vere); 400MH - Trishan McGowan (St. Andrew), Long Jump - Rosemarie Whyte (Holm); Heptathlon - Nadine Marsh (St. Jago); Javelin - Shaneika Parkes (Holm). UNDER 17:- 100M - Samantha Henry (Queens), Kimberly Smith (Edwin Allen); 200M - Kimberly Smith , Naffereine Briscoe (Edwin Allen); 400M - Shakera Cole (Edwin Allen), Andrea Sutherland (Edwin Allen); 800M - Vanessa Boyd (Holm); 100M - Hurdles - Natasha Ruddock (St. Jago); 300M Hurdles - Judith Riley (Manchester), Andrea Sutherland; LONG JUMP/Triple Jump - Kimberly Williams. Management team: Head Coach Edward Hector; Coaches - Mark Prince, Rohan Bryant; manager and assistants - Dotlyn Daley, Olive Forrester, Royley Robinson; Medical - Drs. Praimanad Singh, Gaynor Downer.

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Tues, October, 05 2004 at 12:51:08

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on: Thurs, January, 13 2005 at 8:57:17

Holmwood starts the defence of the Wilco/Headley Cup today against Spauldings High. Let's wish the biys luch and if we can, go out and support them.

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Sat, January, 15 2005 at 14:05:39

Holmwood, STETHS off the mark

Observer Reporter

All-island schoolboy cricket champions Holmwood Technical and arch-rivals St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) had smashing 10-wicket wins over Spalding High and Newell High in their opening games of the rural schoolboy Headley Cup on Thursday. Choosing to play it safe by bowling first given the possibility of rain, both teams restricted their opponents to less than 60. Holmwood dismissed Spalding for 58 and STETHS routed Newell for 52. Leading the way for the defending champions were off-spinner Andre McCarthy, who took 4-11 and medium pacer Lorenzo Reid 4-16, while for the STETHS the chief wicket-taker was Jamaica Under-19 spinner, Alton Beckford, who grabbed 6-4. Tarique White, 26 not out and Daniel Ricketts, 18 not out, led Holmwood's reply, while for STETHS it was Zeniffe Fowler (36) and Nickoy Samuels (16). In other results, last year's beaten semi-finalist Munro made a winning start with a 69-run win over Black River High on Wednesday. Batting first Munro posted 203-4 declared with Jamie Goodheart getting 89 and Christopher Dyer 52 not out, against Shelton Brown and McKoy Gordon with two wickets each. In reply Balaclava were bundled out for 136. Meanwhile, potential title challengers Manchester High with national Under-19 pacer Craighan Malcolm in their line-up are yet to get off the mark as their two opening games were postponed. There opponents, Bellefield High and Mile Gully High, are said to be experiencing difficulties. Glenmuir High, Albert Town High, and Anchovy High are among the winners so far.

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Fri, January, 21 2005 at 14:57:22

Top teams win in Wilco/Headley Cup

Observer Reporter

Champions Holmwood Technical, St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS), Vere Technical, Munro College, Glenmuir High and Old Harbour were all victorious in their second matches as action continued in the Wilco/Headley Cup recently. Holmwood, favourites to retain their title after losing just two players from their championship team last year, defeated Christiana High by 27 runs, while last year's beaten finalists STETHS topped Maggotty by nine wickets. In other results, Vere trounced Bustamante High by 10 wickets; Munro defeated Newell by nine wickets; Glenmuir scored a four-wicket win over Clarendon, and Old Harbour were seven-wicket victors over Bog Walk. Rain forced a late start in the Holmwood-Christiana game and after being sent in the champions posted 118-4 declared. Tarique White (51) and Danielle Ricketts (30) topscored. In reply, Christiana were dismissed for 91 as Ziggy Levy bagged 5-26 and Andre McCarthy, 3-18. STETHS were led to victory by a eight-wicket haul from national Under-19 leg-spinner Alton Beckford, who took 8-11 to restrict Maggotty for 39. In reply, STETHS raced to 41-1.

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Sun, January, 23 2005 at 20:27:15

Palmer wins 200m race in Florida

NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE Nadine Palmer, produced a NCAA provisional qualifying mark to win the 200 metres at the Florida Intercollegiate in Gaines-ville, Florida on the weekend. Representing the University of Florida, Palmer, a former Holm-wood Technical athlete, crossed the line to win the time-final event in 23.99 seconds. She beat LaKendra McColumn of Florida State (24.11) and Sheri-Ann Brooks of FIU (24.11). However, Brooks turned the tables on Palmer in the 55m dash, winning in 6.80 seconds. Palmer was third in 6.90 seconds, which was also an provisional qualifying mark. Palmer, a former CARIFTA Games Under-20 champion, also helped University of Florida to win the women's mile relay in 3:45.42 seconds, ahead of Florida A&M University (3:57.12) and Florida State University (3:57.42). BLISS VICTORIOUS Also securing victories at the meet were former St. Jago athlete Andrea Bliss and Novlene Williams, formerly of Ferncourt High School. Bliss took the women's 55 metres hurdles in 7.79, ahead of University of Miami's Dominique Darden (7.82) and unattached Kim Jones (7.91). Williams, who represented Jamaica at the Athens Olympic, raced to victory in the 400m in 55.04. She left in her wake Florida State's Dana Massiah (56.76). Meanwhile, former Boys' Champs sprint hurdle champion Decosmo Wright was recently rewarded with the International Association of Athletics Federa-tions' (IAAF) best track performance for December. The sprint hurdler, who recently transferred from G.C. Foster College to Lincoln University, Nebraska, secured the honour with 1167 points, this after his 7.20 second victory in the men's 55m hurdles at the Saluki Fast Start Meet in Carbondale, Illinois. A finalist in the 110m hurdles at June's National Championships, Wright, also captured third place in the men's 200m, clocking 22.37 seconds to finish behind Miles Smith of SE Missouri (21.80) and Illinois' Andre English (22.13).

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Thurs, Febuary, 10 2005 at 14:16:07

Big guns for Milo Western Relays

Observer Reporter

Some of the biggest names in local track and field - Asafa Powell, Brigitte Foster and Jermaine Gonzales - have confirmed their participation in the 27th staging of the Milo Western Relays this Saturday at the Catherine Hall Sports Complex, Montego Bay, starting at 10:00 am. National record holder in the 100m and ranked number one in the world by the IAAF, Powell ran under-10 seconds nine times; and Foster will contest two relays with the MVP club coached by Stephen Francis. Gonzales, third in the 400m at the National Championship last June, will contest the 400m invitational and should threaten the meet record set by his High Performance Training Centre teammate Simon Pierre at last year's renewal. Also taking part are 200m World Championships silver medallist Christopher Williams and World Student Games 200m bronze medallist Jenice Daley, who runs for ITDAT Academy coached by Mike Ollivierre. As usual, the cream of the crop at high schools have entered, and the girls section is expected to be competitive as Holmwood Technical, who won four of their seven races last year, want to maintain that performance. Vere Technical, dominant so far this year, as well as St Jago and Edwin Allen, gunning for a third straight win in the 4x800m, will ensure top-class competition in the girls competition with Immaculate being a team to watch. For the boys, Holmwood Technical won four relays last year and Kingston College took two, and they are both back to face the challenges of Jamaica College, upstarts Central High and Claude McKay High schools. The long jump for both male and female will be introduced this year, with last year's Boys Champs winner Wilbert Walker, formerly of Morant Bay High School, and Kenneth Sylvester of the University of Technology set for an explosive battle for the first Western Relays title. Neville Myton, the first Jamaican to break a world junior record (800 yards on August 1964), is the patron of the meet.

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Sat, Febuary, 12 2005 at 13:13:46

Headley Cup second-round groups decided

Observer Reporter

Unless something unexpected happens, perennial title-chasers Holmwood Technical, St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) and Vere Technical should have an easy passage into the third round of the Wilco/Headley Cup. The trio, who have been creating quite a stir in the competition so far along with Glenmuir High, Manchester High and Munro College, have all drawn separate second-round groups, and with the top two teams slated to advance to the third round, are expected to advance easily. Holmwood, who have been chalking up 300-plus scores and are yet to lose four wickets in a match, have been drawn in Group M alongside Munro. STETHS are in Group N with Manchester, Glenmuir are in Group O with Dinthill and York Castle, while Vere will compete in Group P. Second-round groups (preliminary group placing listed first): Group M: A1 - Cornwall College; B2 - Green Island; C2 - Godfrey Stewart E2 - Munro College; F1 - BB Coke; and G1 - Holmwood. Group N: A2 - William Knibb; B1 - Rusea's High; C1 - Manning's; E1 - St Elizabeth Tech; F2 - Manchester; and G2 - Knox College. Group O: I2 - Kemps Hill; D2 - York Castle; H1 - Glenmuir High; J1 - Dinthill Tech; K2 - St Mary High; and L1 - Yallahs High. Group P: D1 - Albert Town; I1 - Vere Tech; H2 - Garvey Maceo; J2 - McGrath; K1 - Oracabessa; and L2 - St Thomas Tech.

The second round will get going on Tuesday.

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Mon, Febuary, 14 2005 at 20:48:58

KC, Holmwood shine at Milo Relays

Everard Owen

Kingston College's mile relay team celebrates its victory at the Milo/Western Relays at Catherine Hall Sport Complex, Montego Bay, at the weekend. From left are Dorrian Coley, Leaford Green, Andre Wellington and Keron Thomas. KC won in 3:15.11 with Holmwood second in 3:17.91. Montego Bay - Kingston College accounted for four records on their way to sweeping five events at the 27th Milo Western Relays at Catherine Hall Sport Complex here on Saturday, where an overall 16 records were shattered and two established. KC were voted the most outstanding boys team, while Holmwood Technical took the girls' equivalent on a day that saw Holmwood's Omar Brown being the top male athlete and Shereene Pinnock of Edwin Allen the top female performer. As expected, Olympians Asafa Powell and Brigitte Foster delighted fans with blistering legs in the Clubs/Institutions men's and women's 4x100m and 4x400m relays, respectively, while Germaine Gonzales won the men's open 400m in an easy 47.18 secs. Shawn Pitter of Jamalco started the haul of records when he won the men's 3000m in 8:51.19. Kay-Ann Thompson (unattached) followed up by winning the women's 1500m in 4:38.62, while Kimani Williams (UTech) clocked 53.55 secs for a new mark in the 400m hurdles, and Sherene Pinnock (Edwin Allen) took the female equivalent in 60.09. Holmwood's Class One boys 4x100m team comprising Remaldo Turner, Omar Brown, Euan Hopkins and Mekel Downer won in 41.24, then returned to take the 4x200m in 1:28.7. KC captured the other three sprint relays for boys and the Open 4x400m - all in record times. They clocked 42.60 in Class Two, 45.52 in Class Three and 47.00 in Class Four. The North Street school returned through Dorrian Coley, Leaford Green, Andre Wellington and Keron Thomas for a record run of 3:15.11 in the mile relay. Holmwood were second in 3:17.91. Other records among the boys were Mount Alvernia Prep, who romped the 4x100m in 55.10 secs, while Wilbert Walker of UTech leaped 7.52m to establish the men's long jump mark. Kimberly Williams of Vere (5.92m) did likewise for the girls. Other teams that accounted for records were Edwin Allen in the girls Class Two 4X100m (46.36) and UTech's women, who took the 4X100m and 4x200m races for Clubs/Institutions in 45.46 and 1:39.80, respectively.

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Fri, Febuary, 18 2005 at 15:37:28

By Anthony Foster, Freelance Writer

VERE TECHNICAL girls retained their title while Holmwood boys dethroned Central for the boys' crown at yesterday's South Central High Schools Athletics Championships at Kirkvine Sports Club, Manchester. Vere tallied 411 points to finish ahead of Edwin Allen (319), Holmwood (317), Manchester (266) and Bellefield (45). Holmwood boys who trailed defending champions Central and Manchester going into the relays, came up big to win by 10 points. They ended up with 183 points to Manchester (173), Central (172), Claude McKay (108) and Clarendon College (105). The boys from Christiana, who entered the championships without some of their top runners, came into the picture as late as the sprint medley relay, which they won. Despite taking the first two sprint relays, Central suffered when Holmwood boys took Class One and closed the show and secured the championships with victory in the mile relay. GALLANT RUN Holmwood girls with a Anastashia Le-Roy on anchor leg won the 4x400m, beating Edwin Allen. Le-Roy, who had a seven-metre lead over Edwin Allen's Sherene Pinnock, found herself trailing into the last 100m, but produced a gallant run to defend her school's title. Meanwhile, Vere's highlight of the championships came when they swept the girls' hurdles. The school, from Hayes in Clarendon, finished one-two in the Class One 100m hurdles through Indira Spence (14:01) and Angella Graham (14:58). Carla-Kay Mills (14.45) defeated Holmwood's Tanesha Blair (15:16) in the Class Two 100m hurdles. In the shorter hurdles, Kay-Marie Jones (12:00) won the Class Three 80m and Lanice Hall (10:77) took the Class Four 70m event. Kevoy Douglas of Clarendon College won the boys' Class One 110m hurdles event in 16:45 seconds while Julian Kennedy of Holmwood took Class Two in 18:10. HOTLY CONTESTED The 200m events were hotly contested as Manchester's Nester Carter, Trison Taylor of Central High, Holmwood's Schilonie Calvert and Anneisha McLaughlin dominated. In this distance, Holmwood won three of the four girls' finals. McLaughlin (23.90) defeated Stephanie Simpson of Manchester (24:10) for the Class One title; Calvert (23.70) beat Edwin Allen's Naffene Briscoe (24:30) in Class Two while Holmwood Petra Fanty (25:20) beat Lanice Hall of Vere (25:50) in Class Four. The spoiler came when Jura Levy of Vere (24:60) defeated Manchester's Denesha Morris (24:80) in Class Three. On the boys' side, Carter was impressive in his 21.60 clocking, so too was Taylor in 21.69. Jamie Davis of Holmwood (23:30) won Class Three. In the boys' Class One long jump, Adrian Campbell of Edwin Allen leapt 5.80m to beat Peter Byfield of Manchester (5.77m) and Kingsley Clarke of Holm-wood (5.70m) while Angella Graham of Vere (5.28m) beat Janice Brown of Holmwood (4.83m) in the girls' section. Megan Reid of Holmwood won the girls' Class One high jump with a height of 1.65m. Lanford Salmon of Clarendon College (CC) won the boys' Class One shot put, throwing 35.35m to beat Jason Diggs-White of Glenmuir (34.80m). Edwin Allen's Latanya Nation (39.07m) won the girls' Class Two discus. She beat Keneisha Throughsingh of Vere (35.96m) and Holmwood's Taneisha Blair (33.06m). Scotteisha Parchment of Manchester (37.64m) beat Angella Graham of Vere (32.80m) and Tanya Thomas her teammate (32.50m) for the Class One event. Nigel McLean of Vere (40:65m)

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Sun, Febuary, 27 2005 at 11:47:07

KC, C'Bar smash records

Holmwood Technical girls make early statement

By Paul Burrowes Observer staff reporter

The sweet smell of the Boys' and Girls' Championships blew over the National Stadium last night during the 29th staging of the annual Gibson Relays. Holmwood Technical's Omar Brown (left) anchors his team to victory in the Class One 4x100m relay during the Gibson Relays at the National Stadium yesterday. Holmwood clocked 40.87secs, beating Camperdown (41.03), anchored by Renaldo Rose (second right) and St Jago High, 41.20. (Photo: Garfield Robinson) Holmwood Technical's Class One boys and Class One and Two girls; Kingston College's Class Two boys; Calabar High's Class Three boys and Manchester High's Class Three girls kept spectators constantly on the edge of their seats during the 4x100m relays. In the boys' Class One sprint relay, St George's College flew out of the blocks and kept the momentum up to the third leg, where they allowed Holmwood Technical and Camperdown High to gain ground. But on the last leg into the home straight, Omar Brown took it home for Holmwood, ahead of Camperdown's Renaldo Rose. The Holmwood quartet of Renalo Turner, Mekel Downer, Younne Hopkins and Brown posted 40.87 seconds, followed by Camperdown High, 41.03, and St Jago, 41.20. Kingston College broke the Class Two record after leading throughout the race to clock 41.70 seconds. Paul Blake, Anthoniel Thomas, Shaliek Dawkins and Cawayne Jervis were the KC quartet that eclipsed Camperdown's 42.08 and Calabar High' 42.78. The previous record was 41.96 set by Calabar in in 1993. Calabar smashed the Class Three record, Shane Coward, Demar Ricketts, Carlyle Cameron and Ramone McKenzie setting a new mark of 44.35 seconds. The old mark was 44.73 seconds set in 2001. Camperdown placed second in 44.77 seconds and St Jago third in 44.83. Holmwood girls ran away with the Class One sprint relay in 44.57 seconds, beating St Jago, 45.74, and Wolmer's, 47.51. While it was St Jago for the most of the way in Class Two until Holmwood's sprint ace Schilloni Calvert hotfooted her school to victory in 46.05 seconds, leaving behind Edwin Allen, 46.44, and St Jago, 46.45. Manchester girls went through the motion in Class Three in a victorious 46.91, ahead of St Jago 47.21, and Immaculate Conception, 47.51. Wolmer's Boys sealed the Class Four sprint relay in 47.71, beating Herbert Morrison, 48.48, and Morant Bay, 48.70 while girls' equivalent was captured by St Jago in 48.76 seconds, followed by Manchester High, 48.78, and Vere Technical, 49.06. Karen Beautle and Kedine Geddes won the open high jump and long jump, respectively, recording 1.83 and 6.01 metres, while Herbert Walker and Jermaine Jackson triumphed in the men's long jump and high jump. Walker leapt a wind-aided 7.86 metres and Jackson cleared 2.05 metres, the same as KC's Alain Bailey, who was second, while Bridgeport's Jerome Foster was third in 2.00 metres.

Posted by: Kay Dennis
on: Sun, Febuary, 27 2005 at 20:33:00

Gibson:Spotlight shone brightly on Holmwood boys and girls.

As usual, the crowds were good, the games were not too spectator friendly but the high school performances were of high quality, Holmwood were the top boys school, with KC also competing very well for top honors. Holmwood were the top girls school with St. Jago a distant second... BOYS RELAYS Coach Hector of Holmwood must be a very happy man. We are accustomed to seeing the Holmwood girls outshine the boys, but this year, although the girls dominated as was expected, the boys were even more impressive than the girls Although Holmwood and KC won 4 events each, Holmwood were Class one 4X100M, 4 X 200M champions, and showed their versatility and depth by also winning the 4 X400M and 4X 800M open events. Although Holmwood girls and quite likely Vere girls have performed this feat, I cannot remember a boy’s school winning all the CI and open relays. All the 4 X100M performances were class performances. Calabar just edged Camperdown to win CIII in a new record sub 45-second time. KC simply dominated the CII relays and won going away from Camperdown in a new record time of 41.7? The CI relay was won by Holmwood (40.8?), defeating Camperdown and St. Jago. Expectations were great when Remaldo Rose the C’Down anchor got the baton a couple of Metres behind Omar Brown the Holmwood anchor, but Rose made very little impression on the impressive Brown. Facey, the C’bar starter pulled up on the first leg. C’bar with Robertson, Clarke and german would have been a genuine threat in this race. Unlike the 4X100M, the 4 X200M races were not as competitive, because teams like C’Down who ran second in all the 4 X100M did not enter a team. C’bar, Wolmers and KC entered no CI team (saving athletes for the 4 X400M). In the CI race, Holmwood won easily , with the impressive Omar Brown going away. In C2 and CIII, KC easily defeated the competition. The 4 X800M open relay saw Holmwood winning easily from Lewisville and Wolmers. Holmwood had to overcome a very pooropening leg (2:02) The 4 X 400M relay was the final race on the program, it did bring the house down. Holmwood, Wolmers and KC renewed their last year rivalry. Holmwood took an early 3M lead from Wolmers after the first leg. KC was in mid pack, but had Top 400M runner Leeford Green on the second leg. However, Holmwood’s Downer and Wolmers Palmer, maintained the big lead over KC going into the third leg. Robinson (Holm) started with a 5M lead on Wolmers new sensation Tarik Edwards, but Edwards ran an awesome leg and he gave Wolmers a very slight lead going into the final leg. However, first year CI athlete Lewis from Holmwood ran the anchor leg of his life and totally destroyed Buchanan of Wolmers. Holmwood won in a very fast time of 3:10, just outside of the champs record but could be a Gibson record. During the excitement of the race, I messed up the last two splits for Holmwood, but these are the numbers I got from other timers 47.5,47.6, 47.7, and 47.1. These are truly awesome splits for a high school team GIRLS RELAYS The girls 4 X100M races were quite fast and quite exciting. In CI, St.Jago started best, but as expected, Holmwood dominated and won in a very fast 44.5 seconds. In CII, the early season favorites Edwin Allen, St. Jago and Holmwood did battle to the final leg, with St Jago leading. However Holmwood’s Calvert showed her class and won going away in 46.seconds. In CIII, the Manchester High favorites showed they were still as potent as they were in class four and won easily. The Class four relay had St. Jago out dueling Manchester in a fairly close race. The 4X200M open was to be an easy jog for the Holmwood cadre of female sprinters, but they opted to save Calvert, Leroy, McLaughlin and Sutherland for the 4 X400M and fielded a weak side. At the anchor leg, St Jago had a 12M lead, but Nyoka Cole of Holmwood almost brought the house down when she cut the lead quickly but she did not have enough at the end, and St. Jago prevailed. The 4 X800M open was an easy race for Holmwood; with last years CIII 400M star Wilkins looking very good in her “not so pet” event. The 4 X400M open was of course an easy race for Holmwood. They won in 3:37 with Edwin Allen and Vere trailing. New Kids On the Block ---------------------- Junior male stars like Drummond (Glengoffe), Barnes (JC), Rose (Camp) and female stars like Sutherland, Mclaughlin (Holm), Pinnock (Ed Allen), Ruddock (St Jago), Henry (Queens) were expected to perform well, and they did just that. However, there are a few athletes who have not yet made their name, but are on their way to doing so this year. Orrett Remekie (Lewisville) (The most awesome performer of the meet)BR Remekie ran the third leg in the 4 X 800M, and got the baton way back, at least 20M behind the Holmwood athlete who was in fourth position. Remekie simply sprinted the first lap, made up about 50M on the leader, and proceeded to hand over the baton 10M in front. The Holmwood athlete had a split of 1:57. I shudder to think of the time Remekie ran. A Sub 1:51 time will be needed to beat this guy at champs. Coach Milton Brown is doing some serious work at Lewisville. Like the Glengoffe coach, he has single handedly placed his school firmly on the track and field map. Omar Brown (Holmwood) He showed his awesome sprinting prowess at Gibson relays stepping with Rose of Camperdown, not giving and inch, and looking oh so easy. His “male athlete of the meet” award at western Relays was no fluke. Rohan Lewis (Holmwood) This first year CI boy anchored his 4 X 400M and might have run the fastest split. This boy is not about to pay any dues as a first year class one athlete Rosemarie Whyte (Holmwood) Holmwood’s utility woman has won champs LJ and is also a top highjumper. However, she looked awesome on the back strech of the Holmwood 4 X 100M team. Her 100M title at central champs was no fluke. Her best event may just be on the track.

Posted by: Kay Dennis
on: Mon, Febuary, 28 2005 at 14:21:24

Performance of Alumni at their recent Indoor Track and Field Championship.

Southeastern Conference – Indoor Track & Field Championships

CONGRATULATION GIRLS!!!!!!!!!

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on: Sat, March, 05 2005 at 16:53:22

Holmwood boys 4x400m quartet ... -

Worth going miles to see

published: By Anthony Foster, Freelance Writer

Members of the Holmwood Technical quartet, which clocked a record 3:10.32 to win the Gibson Relays 4x400m at the National Stadium last Saturday. The winning quartet from left are Romel Lewis, Mickel Downer, Kemar Johnson and Kerone Robinson. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer THE PERFORMANCE of Holmwood Technical's boys' mile-relay quartet at last Saturday's Gibson Relays has left a lot of track & field fans, begging for a Champs replay. Those who were at the National Stadium were quite impressed, with some people calling it the best they had seen from a schoolboy team on local soil. No wonder their coach Ed-ward Hector, who has produced several Holmwood teams that scored impressive victories in the late 90s, was delighted. "It's one of the better races for sometime on local soil," Hector believes. A SIZZLER The quartet of Kemar Johnson, Mickel Downer, Kerone Robin-son and Romel Lewis brought the stadium to its feet with a spectacular 3:10.32 sizzler. They defeated Wolmer's (3:12.48) and Kingston College (KC), (3:12.85) and erased the 3:11.63 set by Rudolph Mighty's Jamaica College team in 1992. Last year, Holmwood were big favourites to win the event at both Gibson and Champs, but Wolmer's produced huge performances to win on both occasions. Even this season, KC were doing well and were favourites to take the event. However, coach Hector said he was always confident his boys would win. "I told the Wolmer's coach (Bert Cameron) that anybody who wants to beat me will have to run better than three minutes and 10 seconds (3:10.00). "I knew I have the boys to run that time or even better," Hector remarked. Second-leg runner Downer admitted to an element of revenge in the win. "The victory means a lot to us because from Champs (2004) when we lost it's like we had to replace it and we decided to do anything to replace it and that's what we did tonight," he said after the race. From start to finish Holm-wood's boys were hot, as Johnson opened with a 48.2 leg, which had Wolmer's Nasser Johnson (48.5) trailing all the way. Downer kept up the pace with a 47.1 split against Wolmer's Matthew Palmer's (47.3), and although Wolmer's Tarik Edwards blazed 46.9 to give Wolmer's the changeover before Holmwood's Robinson (47.5), Lewis ran very well, a 47.3 leg for Holmwood to send Wolmer's Tywayne Buchanan (49.5) back into second. Lewis, after collecting the baton in second place, went out fast and held off the inside, which forced Buchanan to stay on the outside. On reaching the backstretch, Lewis cut his speed. Buchanan did likewise but approaching the corner, the former found an extra gear and pulled away from his Wolmer's opponent. "That was always what coach told us to do ... when we get the baton just keep on the inside and run out fast," Lewis explained. "When you are in a 400m, all you got to do is just run the first 100m hard and relax and conserve some energy. When coming home I just put out all I got." Lewis continued: "I just went out there and decided to do my best and make my coach and team mates proud." He said despite receiving the baton in second place, he wasn't too nervous. "I was kind of scared, but I know once I have the baton I just have to do what I got to do." With Champs less than two weeks away, Holmwood may now target the record 3:09.86 held by Daniel England's Calabar since 1990. Hector said they are definitely looking forward to break that record. "In 2002 I had a team that ran 3:10 at Champs which put the school in an elite group because not many schools have done that. "I am looking forward to bring something of that nature. I am not going all out to say I am going to break it (Champs record), but it would be a crowning glory for the team to post a record time." HIGH PRAISE FROM TEAM He added: "Based on how I structure my team, I think we have the guys that can produce the record." The team also gave credit to their coach. "Without our coach this wouldn't be possible," Downer said of Hector in a post-race interview. The national junior record is 3:04.06 and was set in 2002. There is also a High School record of 3:06.56 set by JC at the 1990 Mutual Games. The quartet that set the national junior record did so at the 2002 World Juniors and included one Holmwood athlete in Jermaine Myers. Sekou Clarke, Usain Bolt, and Jermaine Gonzales completed the quartet. beat Omar Francis of Edwin Allen (37:37m) for the big boys' crown.

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Sat, March, 12 2005 at 11:40:59

Quarters win for Holmwood, STETHS, Glenmuir
CRICKET - Wilco Headley Cup
Observer Reporter
Saturday, March 12, 2005

The first set of matches in the quarter-final round of the Wilco/Headley Cup were completed yesterday with champions Holmwood Technical registering the biggest win.

Holmwood, coached by national Under-19 manager Robert Lewis, defeated St Catherine hopefuls Dinthill Technical by an innings and 81 runs, while there were innings victories for St Elizabeth Technical and Glenmuir High.

At Dinthill, Holmwood batted first and posted 366 with Garnel Ricketts getting 98, and Jeffery Scott 59, against medium pacers Kemar Cox, 3-27, Sherack Fuller, 3-49.

Dinthill in their reply made 134 and 151. In their first innings, Michael Bedward topscored with 46, against off-spinners McCarty 5-18 and Jaipaul Powell, 2-29, while in their second innings, Anton Taylor got 56 against Domain Sangster, 3-35, and Powell, 2-16, and Ziggy Levy, 2-40.

At Vere, STETHS after winning the toss and batting, made 239 with Damian Ebanks getting 112. Vere, in reply, were bundled out for 124, with Christopher Pascoe scoring 54 against Romaine Powell 5-28 and Alton Beckford 3-24.

At Munro, the home team made 219, with Jamie Goodheart getting 85. Glenmuir, in reply, scored 254, with Mark Rammarrack getting 54.

STETHS, Vere, Glenmuir and Munro are contesting Group X, while Holmwood, Manchester, Albert Town, and Dinthill are in Group Y.

The group winners and runners-up will advance to the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, over in the corporate area GraceKennedy Shield competition, five of the six semi-finalists have already been decided.

They are champions Spanish Town High, St Jago, Kingston College (KC), and "A" League champions and runners-up, Eltham High and Penwood High. Jamaica College (JC) and St Catherine High will meet in a play-off game to decide the sixth

Posted by: Dwight Smith
on: Sat, March, 26 2005 at 9:28:52

KC, Holmwood repeat
TeenAge Sport By VISHWANAUTH Tolan Observer TeenAge writer Calabar High School Tuesday, March 22, 2005
After four days of hard and intense battles, defending champions Holmwood Technical and Kingston College romped to victory in the VMBS Girls' and Boys' Champs respectively. In the boys section, Champs was declared to KC after the 200m finals while in the Girls' section, Holmwood had to fight off a never-say-die team, Vere Technical, in a ding dong battle to win in a very close finish.
Kingston College - led by star athletes such as Cawayne Jervis, sprint double - champion in Class 2, and Alain Bailey, triple champion winning the Class 1 high and long jumps and the open triple jump help in no small way to give the boys from North Street their fifth consecutive title.
A section of the crowd with KC supporters at Boys and Girls Champs
Bailey and Jervis amassed 45 points between themselves. Other winners for KC were Keiron Stewart in the Class 2 110m hurdles; Omari Dookie in the Class 2 high jump; and Tarik Bathelor in the Class 2 long jump. Class 1 100m athlete Andre Wellington suffered a cramp in the final and could only manage last position. The expected battle between KC and rivals Calabar was short-lived as there were Calabar athletes who had injuries carrying into the championship and athletes who suffered injuries during the championship along with several cases of chickenpox. However, even with these unfortunate mishaps, Calabar came fourth with 140 points behind Wolmers' 143 points and St Jago 143.5 points. Jamaica College finished fifth with 101 points. Great performances came from Jerome Myers of Calabar; who won the Class 3 long jump and 100m hurdles; Christopher Henry of Wolmers', who won the Class 3 200m and came second in the 400m; Darion Bent of Mannings, who ran sub- 50 seconds to win the Class 3, 400m and came second in the 800m, Carlington Morgan of Knox, who took the Class 1 800m; and 400m titles; Camoi Hood of Bridgeport who won the Class 1 shot put and discus; the record-breaking 4x100m Class3 Calabar team running 43.85; seconds, the winning Camperdown Classes 1 and 2 4x100m relay team; and Bengallo Morrison and Theon O'Connor of JC and Campion respectively.

Petra Fanty of Holmwood Technical

These two athletes ran the 1500m and 800m Class 2. The 1500m, one of the most exciting races of the meet, saw Morrison being victorious as both athletes sprinted the last 200m to the finish line with O'Connor fighting desperately to overtake Bengallo but was held off by about two metres. O'Connor however, got his revenge in the 800m winning quite easily ahead of Morrison in second. As the curtains came down on Boys' Champs the Wolmers 4x400m quartet with Twayne Buchanan on the anchor leg soared pass Holmwood to retain their title and stop Holmwood from winning both the boys and girls 4x400m titles. The Wolmers team improved from fifth place last year to third this year and respect is due to the team, as well as their coaching staff led by Olympian Bertland Cameron who seems to be doing a great job. In the Girls section, the lead changed from St Andrew High to Vere Technical, then Holmwood, and then back to Vere then finally to Holmwood, the eventual winners. The Holmwood athletes shone brightly in their events and did well to place first in all the Class 1 sprints and having three sprint double champions, namely Anneisha McLaughlin in Class 1, Schillonie Calvert in Class 2, and Petra Fanty in Class 4. Sonita Sutherland won the Class 1 400m in a record time of 52.10 seconds while Anastacia Le-Roy won the 400m Class 2 and placed second behind team-mate Calvert in the 200m. The Holmwood quartet of Schillone Calvert, Anastacia Le-Roy, Anneisha McLaughlin, and Sonita Sutherland returned to take the 4x400m final ahead of Edwin Allen and Vere Technical. Edwin Allen, although out of the title race, cruised to victory in the Class 3, 4x100m where they broke the record and 4x100m Class 2. St Andrew High's Latoya McDermott was impressive winning the Class 3 400m and Manchester High's Natoya Goule won three gold medals: the Class 3 800m and 1500m and the open 3000m in a record time of 10:08.10. Other top performers were Anna Kay Campbell of St Andrew High, who won the Class 1 high jump and heptathlon open; Natasha Ruddock of St Jago, who won the Class 2 100m hurdles; Latoya Greaves of Queens, who was victorious in the Class 1 sprint hurdles; Phelicia Reynolds of St Hugh's, who claimed first place in the Class 1 shot put and discus; and Marsha Mattias of St Jago in the girls Class 2 high jump. All in all, Vere put up a great fight placing well in many events on the track and in the field but Holmwood's track athletes rose to the occasion and were able to perform at top class and earned needed points in the field to get their third straight title. Even though it was a fairly good championship, there was a violent incident in the bleachers section that caused patrons to run onto the field and stall the championships for approximately 30 minutes. Over seven people were injured in the incident, and this dampened the mood at the spectacle known as Champs.

Posted by: Dwight Smith
on: Sat, March, 26 2005 at 10:05:54

Quarters win for Holmwood, STETHS, Glenmuir
CRICKET - Wilco Headley Cup Observer Reporter Saturday, March 26, 2005
The first set of matches in the quarter-final round of the Wilco/Headley Cup were completed yesterday with champions Holmwood Technical registering the biggest win.
Holmwood, coached by national Under-19 manager Robert Lewis, defeated St Catherine hopefuls Dinthill Technical by an innings and 81 runs, while there were innings victories for St Elizabeth Technical and Glenmuir High. At Dinthill, Holmwood batted first and posted 366 with Garnel Ricketts getting 98, and Jeffery Scott 59, against medium pacers Kemar Cox, 3-27, Sherack Fuller, 3-49. Dinthill in their reply made 134 and 151. In their first innings, Michael Bedward topscored with 46, against off-spinners McCarty 5-18 and Jaipaul Powell, 2-29, while in their second innings, Anton Taylor got 56 against Domain Sangster, 3-35, and Powell, 2-16, and Ziggy Levy, 2-40. At Vere, STETHS after winning the toss and batting, made 239 with Damian Ebanks getting 112. Vere, in reply, were bundled out for 124, with Christopher Pascoe scoring 54 against Romaine Powell 5-28 and Alton Beckford 3-24. At Munro, the home team made 219, with Jamie Goodheart getting 85. Glenmuir, in reply, scored 254, with Mark Rammarrack getting 54. STETHS, Vere, Glenmuir and Munro are contesting Group X, while Holmwood, Manchester, Albert Town, and Dinthill are in Group Y. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the semi-finals. Meanwhile, over in the corporate area GraceKennedy Shield competition, five of the six semi-finalists have already been decided. They are champions Spanish Town High, St Jago, Kingston College (KC), and "A" League champions and runners-up, Eltham High and Penwood High. Jamaica College (JC) and St Catherine High will meet in a play-off game to decide the sixth semi-finalist.

Ja under-15 team off to regional tournament cricket Observer Reporter Sunday, March 27, 2005
A Jamaican Under-15 cricket squad, with only two members from that which placed second to Barbados last year, will leave the island today for Trinidad and Tobago where they will participate in the annual regional under-15 tournament.
Andre Creary of reigning rural-area schoolboy Wilco/Headley Cup champions Holmwood Technical will captain the 14-man squad, which includes eight players who are young enough to be eligible for next year's tournament. A batsman who bowls off-spin, Creary is expected to get most support in the batting department from Courtney Brown, who recently helped Manchester High to the Wilco/Headley Cup semi-final, and openers Jon-Ross Campbell and Kirk Fisher of Wolmer's Boys and Albert Town High, respectively. Creary and Fisher are the two with experience from last year's tournament. In the bowling department, which is heavily biased to spin, much will be expected of left-arm spinners Patrick Harty of York Castle High and Adrian Morris of Excelsior, and leg-spinner Oshane Jones of Holmwood. Holmwood Technical coach Robert Lewis is manager of the team and he is expecting a good showing. "The team is talented and while they will be the youngest ever to represent the country, I expect them to hold their own," said Lewis. According to Lewis, the team's early pre-season preparations were pushed back but since a 10-day camp at Munro College in St Elizabeth, things have been good. He said a number of weekend camps were held in Clarendon and mentally and physically, the players were ready. "It's for them to go out there, assess the competition and apply themselves," Lewis said. The six-team tournament, which was held in St Vincent and the Grenadines last year, will be played under a new format this year. Instead of five straight limited-overs matches there will be three limited-overs matches and three two-day matches for each team. Jamaica will open their account on Tuesday against defending champions Barbados. SQUAD: Andre Creary (Capt) and Oshane Jones (Holmwood), Maverick Perry (New Hope Primary and Junior High), Jamie Holness (Munro College), Courtney Allen and Brian Clarke (Manchester High), Partrick Harty (York Castle High), Rajiv Service (William Knibb High), Dermaine Rall (William Knibb), Garth Garvey (St Jago), Horace Miller (Norman Manley High), Jon-Ross Campbel (Wolmer's Boys), Adrian Morris (Excelsior High), Kirk Fisher (Albert Town).

Holmwood, STETHS on top in semis CRICKET - Wilco/Headley Cup Observer Reporter Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Unless Vere Technical and Manchester High can put in a sensational batting display, there seems to be no stopping defending champions Holmwood Technical and St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) from reaching yet another Wilco/Headley Cup final.
At the end of day one of their two-day semifinal encounters yesterday, Vere were 61-4 in reply to Holmwood's 210 and Manchester were in similar trouble at 54-5 replying to STETHS' 192. First innings advantage will be enough to decide the games. At Port Esquivel in St Catherine, Chris Vassell made 19 but no other batsmen offered any real resistance as Vere crumbled in the later afternoon. Pacer Neive McNally, 2-16, took most wickets for Holmwood. In Holmwood's total earlier Daniel Ricketts scored 41, while Ziggy Levy, Andre Creary and Damain Sangster made 27 each. Medium pacer Vassell 4-35, left-arm pacer Andre Clarke 3-21, and Morgan took most wickets for Vere. At Kirkvine, Manchester were undermined by a three-wicket haul from STETHS pacer Marlon Miller (3-32). When STETHS' batted, Richard Thomas scored 38, Zeniffe Fowler 28 and Damian Ebanks 25. Left-arm spinner Conroy Jacobs 5-49, Allen Powell 2-20, and Jamie Merchant 2-37 took the most wickets for Manchester.

29 Jamaican schools for Penn Relays Observer Reporter Saturday, April 16, 2005
Twenty-nine Jamaican high schools will take part in the Penn Relays in Franklin Field, Pennsylvania, later this month.
At the end of day one of their two-day semifinal encounters yesterday, Vere were 61-4 in reply to Holmwood's 210 and Manchester were in similar trouble at 54-5 replying to STETHS' 192. First innings advantage will be enough to decide the games. At Port Esquivel in St Catherine, Chris Vassell made 19 but no other batsmen offered any real resistance as Vere crumbled in the later afternoon. Pacer Neive McNally, 2-16, took most wickets for Holmwood. In Holmwood's total earlier Daniel Ricketts scored 41, while ZigSt Jago and Holmwood Technical High are expected to send the largest contingent. Relays apart, a number of athletes will compete in individual events. So far, Sherene Pinnock of Edwin Allen, Nickiesha Wilson of Alpha Academy and Tashana Willock of St Jago will run the 400m hurdles. Pinnock, the 2004 World Junior bronze medallist, was the silver medallist last year and is expected to strike gold during the April 26-30 Relays. Claudia Calder of Alpha will take part in the high jump, while Rosemarie Whyte of Holmwood, Tamara Francis of St Jago, Anna-Kay Campbell of St Andrew and Renee White of Wolmer's hunt glory in the long jump. Kimberly Williams of Vere and Latoya Heath of St Andrew will compete in the triple jump. Phelecia Reynolds of St Hugh's will line up in the shot put, while Jerrine Foster of Alpha and Latanya Nation of Edwin Allen will participate in the discus. Suesanna Williams of St Hugh's will throw the javelin. In boys' competition, six Jamaicans will take part in the 400m hurdles: Markino Buckley of St Jago, Josef Robertson of Calabar, Norbert Miller of STETHS, Romel Lewis of Holmwood, Sheldon Wilkinson of St Jago and Oliver Cargill of Munro. Like Pinnock, Buckley was a silver medallist at last year's Penns and hopes to go one place better. In the high jump, Jerome Foster of Bridgeport, David Edwards of Manchester, Shagorey Smith of Cornwall and Omari Dookie of Kingston College will do the honours. Jamaica will also have a strong showing in the high jump, led by Alain Bailey of KC. Others hoping to make their presence felt are Nicholas Gordon of Calabar, Chrisnieve McKenzie of Herbert Morrison, Tremaine Buchanan of Wolmer's Boys, and Oshayne Foote of Mannings. The triple jump will feature Carlos Mattis of Kingston College, Ryan Taylor of Calabar, and Robert Peddlar of Wolmer's Boys. Mattis is the defending triple jump champion at Penns. In the discus boys, Camoi Hood of Bridgeport, Steve Hammond of St Jago, Sharif Small of Jamaica College, and Hickel Woolery of Mannings will take part. In the relays last year at the Penns, Wolmer's Boys could only manage fourth in the 4x400m Championship of America in a time of 3:15.95. In the girls' equivalent, Edwin Allen copped the silver medal after clocking 3:44.29. In the 4x100m relay Championship of America last year, Calabar High finished fourth, while for the girls, the Simone Facey-led Vere Technical triumphed convincingly in a time of 44.32 seconds. Holmwood girls took the bronze. In the boys' 4x800m Championship of America, Holmwood Technical were runners-up, while in the girls' equivalent, Edwin Allen and Holmwood Technical finished one-two. Jamaican High Schools for the 2005 Penn Relays: Alpha, Ardenne High, Bridgeport High, Calabar High, Camperdown, Central High, Clan Carthy, Cornwall College, Edwin Allen, Godfrey Stewart, Herbert Morrison, Holmwood Technical, Jamaica College, Kingston College, Manchester High, Mannings, Mona High, Munro College, St Andrew High for Girls, St Elizabeth Technical, St George's College, St Hugh's, St Jago, St Joseph's, Tacius Golding, The Queen's, Vere Technical, Wolmer's Boys, and Wolmer's Girls. gy Levy, Andre Creary and Damain Sangster made 27 each. Medium pacer Vassell 4-35, left-arm pacer Andre Clarke 3-21, and Morgan took most wickets for Vere. At Kirkvine, Manchester were undermined by a three-wicket haul from STETHS pacer Marlon Miller (3-32). When STETHS' batted, Richard Thomas scored 38, Zeniffe Fowler 28 and Damian Ebanks 25. Left-arm spinner Conroy Jacobs 5-49, Allen Powell 2-20, and Jamie Merchant 2-37 took the most wickets for Manchester.

Posted by: Patricia Hunter
on: Sun, April, 17 2005 at 13:30:24

Sutherland sets sights on Olympics, criminal law By Paul Burrowes Observer staff reporter Sunday, April 17, 2005
Focused and fearless, 17 year-old Sonita Sutherland has excelled in the 400 metres. Only the third Jamaican to clinch an individual World Junior Championships silver medal in the one-lap event, Sutherland ran a personal best 52.10secs at the VMBS Boys' & Girls' Champs last month.
She smashed the Girls Class One 400m record of 52.32secs set by Keisha Downer in 1998 to become Jamaica's fourth-fastest female junior ever over the distance. So far, only Sandie Richards, Marilyn Neufville, and Claudine Williams have run faster as juniors.
SUTHERLAND... feels she has a chance of making Jamaica's World Championships team
But Sutherland slowed at the finish line at Champs, having caught quick-out-of-the-blocks Sherene Pinnock after 300 metres. She just cruised home. "If I had to somebody to push me, I would have run faster," Sutherland, one of Holmwood Technical's most decorated athlete, told the Sunday Observer. She wants to be seen "as an ordinary person trying to achieve her goals". She also wants to earn "a PhD in criminal law and five medals at the Olympics". Born in Robbins Hall, Manchester, Sutherland said she "never liked sports", but a coach at Robbins Hall All-Age "realised" that she was "talented" and introduced her to track and field. Was she a star performer at all-age school? "No, but I always saw myself as a star, therefore I worked hard," she said matter-of-factly. A star she did become at Holmwood under the guidance of coach Maurice Wilson, who drives his young charges to always seek to represent their country. In 2002, Sutherland represented Jamaica at the Carifta Games in Nassau and took silver medal in the Under-17 400m in 56.01secs. At the 2003 Carifta Games in Port-of-Spain, she again secured silver in the Under-17 400m, but in a better time of 53.90, just behind compatriot Annabella Reid, who won in 53.81secs. Later that same year, Sutherland grabbed bronze medal at the Pan American Junior Champs in Bridgetown, Barbados in 53.56. 2004 marked a new beginning for Sutherland, as she won the Carifta Under-20 quarter-mile in Bermuda in 53.11secs. But she saved her best for the World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy, posting 52.41 for the silver medal. "I was focused and I trained hard," Sutherland said of her performance. The younster became only the third Jamaican to win a individual silver medal in the 400 metres in the history of the World Junior Championships, which began in 1986. She joins Claudine Williams, silver medallist at the 1992 event in Seoul, South Korea, and Brandon Simpson, silver medallist at the 2000 edition in Chile. At this year's Carifta Games at the end of last month, a tired and slightly injured Sutherland defended her Under-20 400m crown, winning in 54.22. Sutherland now looks forward to the rest of the season, particularly the August 6-14 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. She feels she has a "good chance" of making that team. In the meantime, the young star will focus on the CAC Champs in Nassau from July 8-11, and the Pan Am Junior Champs from July 29-31 in Windsor, Canada. Jamaica has been blessed with good female quarter-milers such as Neufville, Richards, and Lorraine Fenton. Neufville boasts a Commonwealth and Pan American gold, and ran a world record 51.0secs in Edinburgh in 1970; Richards has Commonwealth gold and bronze and silver at the World Champs level; and Fenton holds two World Championships silver medals and an Olympic silver. But in her own humble way, Sutherland hopes to one day do even better.

STETHS, Holmwood renew rivalry Cricket - Wilco/Headley Cup BY DAVID SATCHWELL Observer writer Tuesday, April 19, 2005
The venue for today's Wilco/Headley Cup final may be new, but there is no novelty in the rivalry that exists between St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) and Holmwood Technical, who will over the next three days seek the rural area schoolboy cricket crown.
Both teams have been the dominant forces in rural schoolboy cricket for some time, and action at the Kirkvine Sports Club in Manchester is expected to be keen and absorbing. STETHS have won the title an impressive 19 times, while Holmwood have etched their names on the coveted silverware on seven occasions. Both teams are blessed with quality coaches. STETHS are guided by national Under-19 coach Junior Bennett, while Holmwood are led by Jamaica's Under-15 manager Robert Lewis.
		BENNETT... has led STETHS to numerous Headley Cup titles
The records show that for the past seven years, the title has rotated between the teams, with the former winning four championships to the latter's three. Except for 2000, both have contested the final since 1998 when Holmwood won. The Christiana-based team also won last year, while their opponents have taken the decider on the other occasions. Defending champions Holmwood have retained most of their winning team of 2004. STETHS have lost a few key players, but both teams possess an abundance of talented youngsters who will guarantee an exciting finale. Holmwood coasted through the first round, winning their four matches. In the second, they also won four games, with the other being rained out. In the quarter-final round, they won their three contests, in the process posting the highest team score of the season - 496 against Manchester High. The defending champs also rattled up huge scores against Dinthill Technical (366) and Albert Town (280). At the semi-final stage, Holmwood blew away Vere Technical. Batting first, the champions made 210, then dismissed Vere for 92. In their second turn at the crease, the champions opted for batting practice and made 281-9 in the drawn encounter. Key bowlers for Holmwood are leading wicket-taker Ziggy Levy and fellow spinners Andre Carthy and Domaine Sangster. They will be supported by pacers Boris Hutchinson and Neil McNall. The prolific opener Daniel Ricketts, along with partner Tarrique Whyte, will have all-rounders Levy, McCarthy and Sangster as support. STETHS progressed steadily to the final, but had a tough encounter against Mannings High. Like Holmwood, they boast three centurions - Zaniffe Fowler (4) Damion Ebanks (2), and Nickoy Samuels (1) - who have to date chalked up seven centuries among them. Richard Thomas, Ishmael Parchment, Romaine Powell and Duran McLeod are the other batsmen expected to provide support for the St Elizabeth side. STETHS' batting reached its zenith in the quarter-final stage when they scored 452 runs against Glenmuir High. Prior to that, they recorded 368 against Munro College, 317 against Black River High, 355 against Manchester High and 239 against Vere. Spinner Alton Beckford is the danger man for the many-time champions, having accounted for 60 wickets so far this season. Support will be expected from Romaine Powell, Jason Dawes, Duran McLeod and Marlon Miller.

St Catherine, Eltham seek first U-19 title Cricket - GraceKennedy Shield Observer Reporter Tuesday, April 19, 2005
The urban area schoolboy GraceKennedy Shield cricket final between St Catherine High and second-time entrants Eltham High takes place today, tomorrow and Thursday at Melbourne Oval.
The two St Catherine-based teams are contesting their first Under-19 final. The pair booked their spots late last week in semi-final round matches against Penwood HIGH and St Jago HIGH (another St Catherine-based school), after leading on first innings in drawn games. It's the second year running that two St Catherine-based schools will be contesting the urban area final, following last year's historic meeting between Spanish Town High and Jonathan Grant. The victors will meet the winners of the Wilco/Headley Cup final, which also starts today between defending champions Holmwood Technical High and St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) at Kirkvine in Manchester for the all-island schoolboy final, the Spalding Cup. The latter is currently held by Holmwood. By reaching the GraceKeneddy Shield final, Eltham, which was only established as a high school in 2001, and St Catherine High, are reflecting a coming of age, since they were joint Under-16 champions for the urban area two years ago. In last week's semi-final round, both teams showed good batting form, with Damian Wright hitting 142 and skipper Keshan Shattock, 89 as Eltham in their first innings made 389. And in St Catherine's 259-9, Knakki Gordon made 75 and Rasheed Outar, 66. St Catherine's coach Stanford Hudson could not be reached for comment yesterday, but Eltham's Oral Simpson said his team was very confident and would not be deterred by their inexperience at this level. "From we started playing, confidence has been our main weapon. We know we will do well - even if we do not win - we know we will do well," he said. He identified his 12-man squad as Keshan Shattock (captain), Damion Wright (vice captain), Andel Earlington, Matthew Stewart, Shacoya Thomas, Kemar Guyah, Sanjay Watson, Romeo Parker, Simeon Lewis, Herod Marsh, Frederick Hermit, Dwayne Biggs.

Posted by: Oliver McLaughlin
on: Wed, April, 20 2005 at 9:06:54

Holmwood on top McCarthy bags six to put STETHS in a spin Observer Reporter Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Off-spinner Andre McCarthy bagged 6-21 to give defending champions Holmwood Technical High School a strong hand at the end of a rain-hit first day of the three-day Wilco/Headley Cup final against St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) at Kirkvine, Manchester.
STETHS were reeling at 111-9 when pre-tea showers brought an early end to proceedings. Three hours of play was lost due to rain. STETHS won the toss and chose to bat first on the traditionally easy-paced Kirkvine track which played true to expectations. However, their batsmen failed to make use of the toss and but for Romaine Powell, 24; Ishmael Parchment, 17; Zeniffe Fowler ,14; and Nicoy Samuels, 13; the score would have been a total embarrassment. After a satisfying 27-run start, STETHS floundered badly as McCarthy with the assistance of leg-spinner Domain Sangster (2-3) and off-spinner Ziggy Levy (1-20) left them staggering. Fowler was the first to depart caught at slip, cutting against the off-spin of McCarthy. Samuels with the score on 43 glanced into the gloves of the keeper off Levy's bowling. Sangster then struck twice, to remove Derval Green (8) with the score at 64, followed by Parchment - the score being 70. McCarthy then pounced on the lower order, snatching the next five wickets. Holmwood's coach Robert Lewis said it was a satisfying first day, considering that the STETHS batsmen performed below expectations. He said his team intended to maintain the advantage. STETHS Coach Junior Bennett said his team "batted poorly but whatever total we get we will have to defend it."

Posted by: Oliver McLaughlin
on: Fri, April, 22 2005 at 8:09:54

Holmwood make it three-in-a-row CRICKET - Wilco/Headley Cup DAVID SATCHWELL Friday, April 22, 2005
Holmwood Technical retained their Wilco/Headley Cup cricket crown and secured a third consecutive lien on the trophy when they topped rivals St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) on first innings in a rain-affected final at Kirkvine yesterday.
Final scores in the three-day match in which some nine hours of play were lost to rain: STETHS 111; Holmwood 112-4. Holmwood were winning the title for an eighth time - six of them under current coach Robert Lewis. The prospects of an intriguing day's play never materialised yesterday as Holmwood were made to wait until after lunch to resume from their overnight position of 66-4 due to a damp spot at one end of the pitch. When play finally resumed, national Under-19 player Ziggy Levy, on 33 overnight, and Andre Creary, guided their team home in an unbroken stand of 52. Levy finished undefeated on 64, while Creary was on seven not out when rain ended play. Winning coach Lewis said it was a rewarding result for his team, adding that the game itself was a good one, although the scores did not reflect that as a result of the heavy Kirkvine outfield. STETHS' coach Junior Bennett, in offering congratulations to Lewis and his team, said: "My team just did not put enough runs on the board." Rural area champions Holmwood and urban area winners Eltham will meet next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Kirkvine in the All-Island Spalding Cup final.

Posted by: Patricia Hunter
on: Fri, April, 22 2005 at 9:48:36

Holmwood Tech rule the roost again Richard Bryan, Freelance Writer MANDEVILLE: DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Holmwood Technical yesterday completed a predictable end to this year's Headley Cup final by achieving the 45 runs they needed to overhaul STETHS' first innings total of 111. It took just one hour and ten minutes, about the same time the weather afforded play after yesterday's start was delayed until 1:30 p.m. SLOW OUTFIELD Resuming at 66 for four, a position which must have created some discomfort given the slow outfield and imminent showers, main batsman Ziggy Levy, along with Andre Creary (not out seven), shepherded the run chase from 19 overs. Levy finished unbeaten on 64, hitting just one boundary but finding the gaps regularly with singles, twos and threes. With rain curtailing play for most of the two previous days, the game was going to be decided on first innings. STETHS began yesterday with the spin combination of Alton Beckford and Romaine Powell. But the strategy was thwarted by Levy's restrained but positive approach. Holmwood's victory takes them to eight championships overall and three straight over STETHS, the dominant team of the past two decades. It was the sixth time that their coach, Robert Lewis, achieved such success, all of which have come against STETHS.

Posted by: Lawrence Willis
on: Tues, April, 26 2005 at 8:12:12

Holmwood, Eltham clash in Spalding Cup Jermaine Lannaman, Observer staff reporter Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Rural area Wilco/Headley Cup kings Holmwood Technical High and urban GraceKennedy Shield champions Eltham High meet in the final of the all-island Spalding Cup at the Kirkvine playfield, Manchester today, tomorrow and Thursday.
Holmwood, the defending all-island champions, have won the title for the past three years. Last week they convincingly took first-innings points from traditional powerhouse St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) in a rain-ruined Wilco Headley Cup final. But Eltham are very high on confidence after a fairy-tale run. Established in 2001 as part of the development of the Spanish Town community of Eltham Acres, the school won the corporate area's elite schoolboy competition in only their second season after defeating parish-mates St Catherine High on first innings in the final. Eltham - having earlier won the second tier "A" League (for new and developing schools) - scored a record 555-5 declared in their first innings of the Grace Kennedy Shield final with 16 year-old Shacoya Thomas getting an undefeated 324, the highest score ever in senior schoolboy cricket here. They then restricted St Catherine to 227. The triumph added to a fine season which included the scalps of semi-finalists Kingston College (with national Under-19 captain Jamie Trenchfield and Under-15 opener Christie Jones in their line-up) and St Jago - the last urban team to offer any real resistance in a Spalding Cup final. Last year, corporate area champions Spanish Town High were humbled by Holmwood within two days at Chedwin Park, while in 2003 Norman Manley High suffered a similar fate at Alpart. "We're not looking at it as a big occassion, (though) it is. We are going to go there and play the game like any other game," said Eltham's coach Oral Simpson, who listed Thomas, three-time century maker Damian Wright, and leg-spinner Sandre Watson as his trump cards. "We are always positive, confident and determined and it is a similar attitude we will be taking in the match. Hard work and team effort ... that's our strength," he added. However, after all is said and done, it would take a brave gambling man to bet against Holmwood who, in defeating St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) in the final of the Wilco/Headley Cup last week, copped their third consecutive hold on the title, and ninth overall. Coached by national Under-15 manager Robert Lewis, the boys from Christianna are yet to lose a match this season and, with a number of national youth players in their line-up, are overwhelming favourites for the title. Included in their squad are national Under-19 batsman Ziggy Levy, national Under-15 captain Andre Creary and former national Under-15 representative Andre McCarthy, whose all-round performance of seven wickets with his off-spin and 60 runs set up the victory over STETHS. Openers Daniel Ricketts and Tarique White, Marlon Johnson, Damain Sangster and Jaipaul Powell, should also provide solid batting support, while in the bowling department pacers Borris Hutchinson (captain of the team) and Nieve McNally should pave the way for the spin of McCarthy and Levy. "It's a final we are taking seriously. We know that Eltham won't be coming to lie down and die, but we have a good team and are ready for the challenge," said Lewis. "The task is for the guys to go out there and play responsible cricket and once we do so we should come out on top," he added

Posted by: Oliver McLaughlin
on: Wed, April, 27 2005 at 9:02:33

Holmwood take complete control CRICKET - Spalding Cup Final Observer Reporter Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Defending champions Holmwood Technical High took firm control of the all-island schoolboy cricket final, the Spalding Cup, against urban GraceKennedy Shield champions Eltham High on yesterday's opening day of the three-day game at the Kirkvine Sports Club in Manchester.
Eltham, having won the toss, were dismissed in early afternoon for 113 and by the close, Holmwood, who are the rural Wilco/Headley Cup champions, had cruised to 201-3. Right-arm wrist spinner Damian Sangster (3-33), offspinner Ziggy Levy (2-15) and seamer Bruce Blackwood (2-0) destroyed the Eltham batting. Shacoya Thomas, who made a record-breaking, unbeaten 325 in last week's urban GraceKennedy Shield final against St Catherine High, top-scored with 25, while Kishan Shattock (17) and Sandre Watson (11) were the others into double figures. In reply, Holmwood's opening pair of Marlon Johnson (80) and Daniel Ricketts (71 not out) shared an opening partnership of 140 to give Holmwood first-innings advantage and complete control. Jamaica Under-19 batsman Ziggy Levy made only four, while Andre McCarty fell for 21, but Andre Creary, not out 13, will resume with Ricketts today. Offspinner Damian Wright scalped Levy and McCarthy for figures of 2-24.

Posted by: Oliver McLaughlin
on: Wed, April, 27 2005 at 9:10:51

Ja teams leave for Penn Relays published: Wednesday | April 27, 2005
The Manchester High School team prepares to depart the island for 111th Penn Relays in Philadelphia yesterday. GIRLS CHAMPS winners Holmwood Technical headed the list of schools which departed the island yesterday for 111th Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Of the 29 Jamaicans school expected to participate in the world's biggest relay festival, Edwin Allen and Vere Technical were the only two schools to win titles last year. Last year, Edwin Allen won the 4x800m relay while Vere Technical were triumphant in the sprint relay. However, this year teams have suffered big losses and it looks unlikely that they will defend their titles. If any Jamaican schools are capable to winning those events it will be Holmwood in the 4x800m and St. Jago or Holmwood in the sprint. Holmwood's 4x800m team of Vanessa Boyd, Bobbie-Gaye Wilkins, Cassandra Powell and Celia White should be gold medal ready. St. Jago, who departed yesterday, will have the likes of top schoolgirl sprint hurdler Natasha Ruddock, Sudian Davis and Carifta Games 200m Under-17 champion Lotaya King leading the charge. Also seen departing yesterday were St. Hugh's with Champs shot put and discus champion Phelecia Reynolds, Alpha with Champs 400m hurdles winner Nikeisha Wilson, St. Andrew High with Anna-Kay Campbell, St. Jago's boys with Dwight Mullings and Manchester with Judith Riley, Deneisha Morris and Nester Carter. Holmwood boys also left with very good 4x100m and 4x400m teams. They could be the surprise team of this year's event.

Posted by: Sandra E. Morgan
on: Wed, April, 27 2005 at 12:41:01

2005 High School Girls Relay Preview Courtesy: University of Pennsylvania Release: 04/26/2005

Holmwood Tech is favored to win three of the four high school girls' relays this year. The Jamaican school is the favorite despite the fact it will be without one of its star sprinters, Anneisha McLaughlin. McLaughlin, silver medalist in the World Junior 200 last summer, has already competed in four Relays, the limit for high school competitors. Holmwood won the 4x1 (44.25) and 4x4 (3:36.46) at the nation's Girls' Champs last month, setting a meet record in the 4x1 at that historic meet. That is also faster than the Relays record of 44.32 set a year ago by Vere Tech. Holmwood also has the season's fastest time in the 4x8, the 9:01.26 it ran at the Gibson Relays in February. In the 4x1, Holmwood is likely to use Schillionie Calvert (11.73/23.44) to replace McLaughlin and join Sonita Sutherland, Rosemarie White and Nyoka Cole. (Calvert was not a member of the 44.25 unit because that group is limited to Class 1 runners. Holmwood's Class 2 4x1, younger athletes, ran 45.65). St. Jago was 2nd in the Class 1 4x1 in 45.60, 2nd in Class 2 in 45.87. Jago is led by Sudian Davis (24.28) and Latoya King (24.46). The second-fastest Jamaican 4x1 this season was actually the Edwin Allen Class 2 team, which ran a remarkable 45.37. (They also ran an astonishing 46.35 in Class 3, a division of junior high school-age competitors.) Allen's top sprinter is Kimberly Smith (11.95/24.35). In the 4x4, Holmwood has Sutherland (52.10), silver medalist in the 2004 World Junior 400; Anastasia Le-Roy (23.53/54.22), Bobby-Gaye Wilkins (54.96) and Jerine Bolt (55.81). They will have to contend with Edwin Allen, which kept it interesting at the Champs (2nd, 3:38.16) and West Catholic (Philadelphia), winner of the National Scholastic indoors (3:41.96). Allen has Sherene Pinnock (52.89), Andrea Sutherland (55.03), Shakeeri Cole (54.90), Latoya Sanderson (56.25) and Nadisha Page. West Catholic won the Arcadia Invitational in California in 3:42.52 and is led by junior halfmiler Latavia Thomas (2:06.76) and senior intermediate hurdler Nicole Leach. Leach's 400 best is 52.19, run indoors in 2004. The fastest time ever run by a Pennsylvania team is 3:39.70 by William Penn (Phila.) in 2001. William Penn is also the last Pennsylvania team to win the Relays 4x4, in 1996. Long Beach Poly has won the past two 4x4s. It ran 3:48.04 at Mt. Sac in April. Poly also won the 2003 4x1 and set the national high school record in last year's 4x1, but it did not enter the event this year. Edwin Allen was 2nd in last year's 4x4. They won the 4x8 in 2003 and 2004. The leading domestic squads in the 4x1 are Hempstead (NY), 47.73; Middle College H.S. (Brooklyn, NY), 47.34 and 1:38.76 in the indoor 4x2; West Catholic, 47.80, and Bethel (Va.) 46.27/1:39.85, led by Francena McCorory, national leader indoors in the 300. In the 4x4, Jamaica is also sending The Queen's School (3:45.09), Vere Tech (3:47.27), St. Jago (3:48.71), Manchester (3:49.30) and Wolmer's Girls. From the States, Truman (Bronx, NY) has run 3:50.74, Eleanor Roosevelt (Md.) 3:52.01 and Hempstead 3:51.16. In the 4x8, Holmwood uses Cassandra Powell (2:12.98), Celia Whyte (2:14.07), Wilkins (2:14.06), Vanessa Boyd (2:14.90) and Cadian Beckford. The top U.S. challengers will be Boys & Girls/Brooklyn, the fastest team in the country indoors (9:04.29); Saratoga Springs, the New York state indoor champion (9:12.37); Suffern NY (9:06.14), Lake Braddock Va. (9:17.83), Shenendehowa (Clifton Park, NY) 9:19.31, and Long Beach Poly, 9:18.17 to win Mt. Sac. Saratoga has elected not to defend its championship in the distance medley. Edwin Allen was 2nd in the race a year ago but as later disqualified after it was determined that they used an ineligible competitor. They do not have an entry this year. Vere Tech, which has not win this event since winning every one from 1990 to 1995, will have a strong entry that features Petrona Layne (2:16.07/4:47.70 1500) and Stacey Bell (2:13.77/4:33.66). The top domestic teams are Warwick Valley NY (11:52.53), Bay Shore NY (11:59.59), Scotia-Glenville NY (12:04.64), Ocean City NJ (12:12.22) and Bronxville NY (12:14.20). Warwick Valley is anchored by Aislinn Ryan, the national cross country champion last fall, who has run 4:49.92 in the mile. Bay Shore hopes to have Laura Cummings back from injury to join sisters Sarah (2:16.89) and Mary Liz (4:52.87 mile) McCurcy. Ocean City is anchored by Brittany Sedberry (10:37.02 2-mile). ~Written by Jack Pfeifer

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on: Thurs, April, 28 2005 at 8:38:28

Holmwood whip Eltham for 3rd straight title Observer Reporter Thursday, April 28, 2005
	Holmwood Technical's wicketkeeper Jeffrey Scott (left) attempts to run out Eltham High's Damian Wright during the second day of the all-island Spalding Cup schoolboy final at Kirkvine in Manchester yesterday. Holmwood won by an innings and 141 runs. (Photo: Michael Gordon)
Holmwood Technical High made a telling statement for rural area cricket by securing the all-island schoolboy Spalding Cup title for the third consecutive year at the Kirkvine Sports Club in Manchester yesterday.
Scores: Eltham 113 and 88; Holmwood 342. After whipping Corporate Area champions Eltham High by a convincing innings and 141 runs inside two days, victorious coach Robert Lewis said he was not too surprised by the ease with which his charges attained victory in the scheduled three-day encounter. "Yes, I anticipated an easy win based on the standard of urban area schoolboy cricket over the past years," a frank Lewis told the Observer yesterday. "Their weak standard continues and this was manifested in the fact that Eltham High came from virtually nowhere to win the Corporate Area (Grace Shield) title," he explained. "This means that the competition is weak as usually a team has to go through the rounds for some time, like the semi-finals and so on, before making the final. "What it also means is that they have not really played against anybody, so looking at the cricket over recent years, it (the victory) was expected," he added. Resuming on their overnight 201-3 and with first-innings already in the bag, Wilco/Headley Cup champs Holmwood piled up 342, with overnight batsman Daniel Ricketts making 84 after going to bed on 71. Damain Sangster made 69, Bruce Blackwood, 30, and Andre Creary, 21. On Tuesday, opener Marlon Johnson cracked 80 to set the stage for a mammoth total. Eltham's Sanjay Watson took 3-57 and Damian Wright, 3-53. In their second innings, Eltham surrendered and were dismissed for a paltry 88. Only Keshan Shattock (28), Handel Earlington (14), Mathe Stewart (11) and Shacoya Thomas (10) made it into double figures. Medium-pacers Blackwod (3-14) and Sangster (3-13) were again among the wickets for Holmwood, while legspinner Neive McNally chipped in with 2-20.

Posted by: Oliver McLaughlin
on: Thurs, April, 28 2005 at 8:46:54

Holmwood set to roll at 'Penns' McLaughlin ineligible after 4 appearances Earl Bailey, Freelance writer Thursday, April 28, 2005
	Holmwood Technical's winning 4x400m relay quartet (from left) Sonita Sutherland, Schillonie Calvert, Anatasia LeRoy and Anneisha McLaughlin after capturing the event at Girls Champs in March at the National Stadium. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)
Pennsylvannia, USA - Despite the loss of Aniesha McLaughlin, Holmwood Technical are favourites to win three of the four high school girls' relays at the Penn Relays, which starts today here at Franklin Field.
McLaughlin, the top athlete at Holmwood for the past three years, and who won four gold medals at Girls Champs last month, has already competed four years at Penn, the limit for high school competitors. At Champs, Holmwood won the 4x100 and 4x400 (3:36.46), setting a fantastic record of 44.25 in the former. That is faster than the Penn Relays record of 44.32 set a year ago by Vere Technical. Holmwood also have the season's fastest time in the 4x800 - the 9:01.26 they ran at the Gibson Relays in February. In the 4x100, Holmwood will not lose much, as McLaughlin will be replaced by Class Two double-sprint champion, Schillionie Calvert (11.73/23.44). She will join Sonita Sutherland, Rosemarie White, Nyoka Cole and Anastasia Leroy. In the 4x400, Holmwood have Sutherland (52.10), silver medallist in the 400m at the 2004 World Juniors; Anastasia Le-Roy (23.53/54.22), Bobby-Gaye Wilkins (54.96) and Jerine Bolt (55.81) form a formidable quartet. Without McLaughlin, Holmwood will have to fight harder for this one. Edwin Allen, with Sherene Pinnock, kept it interesting at Champs, running a decent second with 3:38.16. They, along with West Catholic (Philadelphia), winners of the National Scholastic indoors (3:41.96), will be breathing down Holmwood's necks. The Boys events should be more competitive. Jamaican teams have been shut out in the sprint races at Penns in recent years after a long period of dominance. A Jamaican team has not won the Boys' 4x100 since 2000, nor the 4x400 since 2002. (Jamaican boys' teams have been shut out completely since 2002, the first two-year drought for Jamaican teams since 1972-73.) Camperdown and Holmwood are the teams to beat this year in the 4x100, with Wolmer's Boys and Holmwood in the 4x400m. Holmwood, who have never won the 4x100 at the Penn Relays, won a spectacular double at the Gibson Relays, posting 40.87 and 3:10.32, respectively. But at Boys' Champs less than a month later, they were beaten in both events as Camperdown (40.39) set a meet record in the 4x100m, defeating Holmwood (40.46), while Wolmer's took the 4x400 with 3:10.60 ahead of Holmwood (3:10.80). No high school team has broken 40 seconds at the Penn Relays. The meet record is 40.15 by El Dorado of Trinidad in 2002. A single boys team has not swept the two sprint relays since Boys High of Brooklyn in 1971-72. The only Jamaican school to do so was KC in 1965; both units were anchored by the future Olympian Lennox Miller. The main American challenger is expected to be Long Beach Poly, winner of the 4x400m in 2003 and the 4x100 in 1997. Long Beach Poly, out of California, set a national American indoor record in the 4x200, running 1:26.09. They also posted the season's fastest indoor 4x400 (3:17.10). They have already run 41.03 outdoors this season. Holmwood's boys team won the 4x800 at the Gibson Relays, but they will have a tough row to hoe, fighting off the challenge of the Americans. In individual events, Jamaicans will do well as usual. Much interest surrounds the USA versus the Rest of the World relays on Saturday, featuring many of the world's best athletes who will line up at the Jamaica International Invitational at the National Stadium in Kingtson on May 7.

Posted by: Oliver McLaughlin
on: Thurs, April, 28 2005 at 8:58:23

Holmwood still rule the roost published: Thursday | April 28, 2005 Richard Bryan, Freelance Writer

Andel Hurlington of Eltham is clean bowled for 14 by Nive McNaley of Holmwood in their Spaulding Cup match at Kirkvine yesterday. HOLMWOOD RETAINED their all-island schoolboy cricket crown yesterday with an emphatic innings and 41 run victory over Grace Shield champions Eltham in the Spaudling Cup final here. The St. Catherine school had for three hours yesterday fought gallantly to stave off defeat in two days and had reached 67 for five well into the final hour before losing their last five wickets for just over 20 runs. The final scores were: Eltham 113 and 88; Holmwood 342. In the end, there were easy three-wicket hauls for Holmwood's Bruce Blackwood (3-15) and perhaps man of the match Damaine Sangster (3-13) while Nieve McNally waded in with two scalps. DEFEAT ON THE HORIZON The prospect of a heavy defeat for Eltham loomed once Holmwood were dismissed for 342 just after lunch and the Corporate Area side faced an imposing deficit of 229 runs. Holmwood's victory means they have now won three straight Cup titles ­ the previous two coming against Norman Manley and Spanish Town. Eltham's celebrated batsman, Schacoya Thomas, who smashed 324 a week ago to achieve their championship, fell cheaply opening the batting in the second innings, scoring just 10 in an opening partnership of 25, before he was needlessly run out by Damaine Sangster. Thomas who had entered the local record books with his unbeaten knock of 324 in a score of 552 for five declared in the Grace Shield final, had top-scored with 25 in his team's disappointing first innings of 113. VALOROUS EFFORT Eltham did fairly well to restrict a massive Holmwood first innings total yesterday after the rural champions resumed on 201 for three and opener Daniel Ricketts well set on 71 not out. Ricketts added 13 more before he was lbw to Fredrick Hermit as Holmwood lost five wickets in the session before lunch. The toast of the morning was undoubtedly Sangster, who batting at number seven, conjured up the most attacking innings seen in the three schoolboy matches at this venue, smashing five fours and a six in making 69. His knock was the third half-century score of the Holmwood innings and followed that of openers Marlon Johnson (80) and Ricketts. Damion Wright, who had taken two of the three wickets to fall the previous afternoon, finished with 3-53 along with Sanjay Watson who got 3-57 as they were the main wicket takers for Eltham. The game opened up discussions among spectators as to the gap in quality between the level of competition among Corporate Area schools and their rural counterparts. This was exposed on the first day when Eltham were shot out for 113 in 54 overs while Holmwood had little trouble rattling up 201 for three. Some criticism has been levelled at the Kirkvine outfield as it has not been kind in terms of allowing easy boundaries from balls hit on the ground, but the wicket appeared placid, giving little support to the faster bowlers.

Posted by: Oliver McLaughlin
on: Fri, April, 29 2005 at 8:13:45

Holmwood on track, but Pinnock false starts Earl Bailey Friday, April 29, 2005
Pennsylvania, USA - With a first-day record turnout of 25,189 fans and what could be described as 'good' weather - if you are an Eskimo - Jamaican teams looked warm at the Penn Relays yesterday as Holmwood and Vere held centre stage PINNOCK... disqualified for false-starting in 400m hurdles
Vere Technical were not their dominant self this year, finishing a distant sixth in the only relay final yesterday for high school teams. The many-time winners, who surprisingly did not field teams in any other relay event, led most of the way, but were unable to hold on. Ironically, Vere were the lone Jamaican team in this event as Holmwood opted for the 4x800m and Edwin Allen, one of the more successful teams in the middle distance events in recent years, did not enter a team. But while Vere ran their hearts out but will leave with no trophy, Holmwood qualified for three finals today. Jamaican teams took control of the heats of the high school girls sprint relay. St Jago, with a quartet of Kaydene Mason, Latoya King, Sudian Davis and Natasha Ruddock, posted the fastest time of 46.41. Pre-race favourites Holmwood, with Sonita Sutherland, Rosemarie White, Nyoka Cole and Anastasia Le-roy ran 46.58, Edwin Allen 46.65, Manchester 46.92 and Alpha 48.74. Holmwood are without Anniesha McLaughlin and Class Two sprint champion Schilloni Calvert, who is slightly injured and was left at home. Holmwood looked comfortable in the heats of the 4x800m, advancing to today's final with 9:10.54, the second fastest time. They will be Jamaica's only representative in this event. Not surprisingly, Holmwood (3:45.79) looked imperious in the heats of the mile relay, leading throughout to beat Long Beach Poly HS out of California by 20 metres with St Jago in third. The Queen's School and Edwin Allen looked good in winning their heats in 3:46.75 and 3:47.62, the second and third fastest times. In individual events, Vere's Kimberly Williams won the girls triple jump, posting 12.47m. Sherene Pinnock of Edwin Allen must be the most unlucky person in the sport this year. Unquestionably Jamaica's best junior intermediate hurdler, the series of mishaps which started at Champs last month continued for her. Pinnock was disqualified after false starting in an event won by Nickiesha Wilson of Alpha Academy. At the finish line, Wilson was the best placed Jamaican, finishing second in a good 58.44 to Nicole Leach of West Catholic in a new record of 57.44 seconds. The boys will go into action today with their finals set for Saturday. On a controversial note, Steven Francis of MVP track club told the Observer none of athletes would participate in the highly anticipated USA versus the World relays on Saturday. He is protesting the partisan method used by Jamaican track legend Donald Quarrie to select Jamaica's team for the events. MVP will run in the Olympic Development sprint relay today in the form of Asafa Powell, Michael Frater, Ainsley Waugh and Winston Smith. Holmwood Technical girls win two relays at 'Penns' Earl Bailey, Reporting from Pennsylvania, USA Saturday, April 30, 2005     Holmwood Technical High girls gave the large Jamaican delegation at the Penn Relays much to rave about yesterday, winning two out of the three finals for high school girls - the 4x800 and the mile relay - while finishing second in the sprint relay behind St Jago. The 4x800m relay final was not much more than a walk in the park for Holmwood. The quartet of Celia White (2:13.2), Vanessa Boyd (2:16.7), Bobby-Gaye Wilkins (2:11.7) and Cassandra Powell (2:17.3) were never headed and were never in trouble. With one lap to go, Powell was 25 metres clear and she opened the gap a further five metres before crossing the line in eight minutes 59.03 seconds. Boys and Girls HS out of New York were second in 9:04.82. If the 4x800 was easy, the mile was the opposite. Holmwood had to demonstrate strength and character to prevail in the mile relay, as the record second-day crowd of 39,008 cheered vociferously in admiration. A good lead-off leg by Edwin Allen saw them almost 10 metres clear and the Clarendon-based girls, who finished second to Holmwood at Girls Champs last month, looked like they were ready to force a long-awaited upset. But a good run by Bobby-Gaye Wilkins on the third leg placed the baton in Sonita Sutherland's hand three metres clear of Edwin Allen's anchorwoman, Sherene Pinnock. Three metres were more than enough for the Girls' Champs record holder in the 400m, as she pulled away to give Holmwood a comfortable win in 3:40.37. Edwin Allen were second in 3:42.01. Holmwood were the overwhelming favourites to take the girls sprint relay after registering a blistering 44.25 at Champs last month. But with sprint stars Anniesha McLaughlin and Schiloni Calvert not available for varying reasons, Holmwood were susceptible to any strong poacher. St Jago turned out to be just that, as Natasha Ruddock came off the pace like an avalanche to pass Anastasia Le-roy near the line and take the win in 45.35. Holmwood crossed the line in 45.50. Wolmer's Girls won the consolation final in 46.65 with Alpha Academy second. Holmwood's boys are in line to add more silverware to the school's bulging trophy room. They enter today's final of the 4x100 metres with the fastest time, 41.39, from yesterday's heats. Other teams in the final are Calabar 41.73, Boys Champs Class one winners Camperdown High - who ran almost two seconds slower than the record 40.39 they ran then - posting 42.28, and St Jago 42.39. The consolation 4x100m final will be a North Street battle for bragging rights, featuring neighbours Kingston College who posted 42.73 and St George's College who ran 42.58. Holmwood 7:51.01, will also feature in the Boys 4x800 metres final along with Tacius Golding who ran 8:01.53, while the Boys mile relay heats and final will be run today, the final of three days. In individual events, Olympian Kimberly Barrett of the University of Miami won the College shot put with 17.85 metres and Andrea Linton, formerly of Mount Alvernia and St Jago, took the college women's triple jump with 12.76m. Earlier in the day, Gregory Little of the University of Technology secured an easy victory in the Collegiate 400m hurdles in 50.41, while teammate Wilbert Walker finished 2nd in the College long jump with 7.50m. Posted by: Oliver McLaughlin on: Sat, April, 30 2005 at 10:59:51 Holmwood Tech lead relay sweep published: Saturday | April 30, 2005   St. Jago's Natasha Ruddock (right) holds off a fast charging Anastasia LeRoy (left) of Holmwood to win the high school girls Championship of Americas 4x100m event at the Penn Relays yesterday. At center is Kimberly Smith of Edwin Allen, which placed third. Holmwood Technical High won two events yesterday as Jamaican high schoolgirls made a clean sweep of the Championships of Americas events on the second full day of the 111th Penn Relays carnival at Franklin Field. Running in front of an announced attendance of 39,008, the Maurice Wilson-coached girls won the 4x400m and 4x800m events, while St. Jago took the 4x100m. This was the first time in four years that the Jamaicans were registering a shut-out over the Americans after Holmwood had won all three events in 2001. The Holmwood girls saved the best for last as a magnificent anchor leg of 52.7 seconds from national junior representative Sonita Sutherland, the joint 10th fastest ever by a high school girl at Penn, carried them to what coach Wilson described as a "big win" in 3:40.37 seconds. Sutherland praised Edwin Allen High, who led over the first two legs, was second in 3:42.01, thanks to a great run by 16-year-old Sherene Pinnock. Wilson praised Sutherland's performance afterwards, saying: "This was a statement run. I challenged her last night that she needed to step up and perform." Jerine Bolt led the team off with a 57.7 split, followed by Anastasia Leroy 55.5, and Bobby-Gaye Wilkins 54.5 after running on the winning 4x800m team earlier in the day. Holmwood won the 4x800m for the first time in three years, running a modest 8:59.03 seconds to beat Boys and Girls High of New York with the team of Celia White - 2:13.2, Vanessa Boyd - 2:16.7, Bobby-Gaye Wilkins who replaced Cadien Beckford - 2:11.7 and Cassandra Powell - 2:17.3. Yesterday's winning times were the second slowest of Holmwood's five wins, slower only than the 9:08.01 they ran when they won their second title in 1999 as they became the 19th Jamaican team to win this event in the last two decades. The St Jago girls backed up their coach's (Raymond 'KC' Graham) promise when they won the Championship of Americas 4x100m in 45.35 seconds, beating Holmwood Technical and Edwin Allen Comprehensive in a 1-2-3 finish for Jamaica. The quartet of Kaydene Mason, Latoya King, Sudian Davis and Natasha Ruddock bettered the time of 46.41 seconds they ran in Thursday's qualifying heats. Coach Graham, who had told The Gleaner on Wednesday he was confident they could pull off the win, said yesterday: "I was never worried, I knew what we had was better than anything else we saw there." Graham said the addition of the Class Two runners King and double-CARIFTA-gold medallist Ruddock was enough to give St. Jago their fourth title and first since 2002. Wolmer's Girls, thanks to a brilliant finish from anchor runner Shelly-Ann Fraser, won the 'Large Schools' consolation finals in 46.65 seconds. Rene White led off and handed off to Jodi-Ann Muir while Paula Renalls ran the third leg. Alpha was second in the "Small Schools' consolation finals. The boys will have their hands full in trying to match the achievements of the girls today but have qualified for two finals with the heats of the 4x400m set to be run this morning. Jamaica teams in finals Four Jamaican boys schools led by Champs Class 1 winners Camperdown High will line up in today's Championships of Americas 4x100m finals. Camperdown ran a smart 42.28 with the team of Kimur Bruce, Remaldo Rose, Jermaine Dawkins and Sandor Pendicott, but coach Jermaine Shand was not impressed, saying the baton changing was sloppy and he was expecting a faster time. Holmwood Technical with 41.39, Calabar with 41.73 and St. Jago with 42.39 are the other Jamaica teams in the 'big' finals. North Street rivals Kingston College and St. George's College will square off in the 'Large Schools' consolation finals, while Munro College, Manchester high And Mona will run in the 'Small Schools' finals. Bridgeport High, who fumbled the first exchange and ran 43.73, will be the first alternate in the 'Large Schools' finals. Mannings School, who ran 43.59 in the heats, lodged a protest and could be included in the Large school finals today. Former champions Holmwood Technical are the only Jamaican qualifier for the High School Boys 4x800m after the quartet of Ramone Hall, Kerone Robinson, Kerith Graham and Davian Parker won their qualifying heat in 7:51.01, fourth fastest time of the day. Twenty Jamaican boys teams will line up in the 4x400m event led by Champs gold medal winners Wolmer's Boys and Holmwood, both of whom went under 3:11.00 seconds. In the individual events Kingston College's Carlos Mattis will be seeking to create history today by becoming the first High School boy to win four titles in an individual event when he competes in the triple jump. His best effort at Penn Relays was a 14.92m in 2003 but jumped 15.17m at Champs this year. Calabar's Ryan Taylor and Robert Peddlar of Wolmer's Boys will also compete. Kingston College are hoping for a clean sweep in the jumps as Alain Bailey will start as favorite to win the long jump after finishing second to Dennis Boone of Thomas Dale, Virginia. Bailey was leading last year when he took a bathroom break and returned to discover the competition had ended. Herbert Morrison's Chrisneive McKenzie, Tremaine Buchanan of Wolmer's Boys and Oshane Foote of Mannings will also take part in the long jump event. Josef Robertson, who has a season best 51.17 seconds, will lead a strong Jamaican contingent in the high schools 400m hurdles event and will clash with CARIFTA Under 20 champion Romel Lewis of Holmwood, Markino Buckley of St. Jago and STETHS dark horse Norbert Miller. In the College section, the University of Technology (UTech) women's team was sixth in the College 4x100m championships in 44.27 seconds after a first change mix up between Marcia Woolery and Davita Prendergast left Sherika Williams with a lot of work on the third leg while Olympian Sherone Simpson anchored. Former St Mary Technical runner Janika Martell replaced Woolery on the 4x200m team and they returned a smart 1:33.71 seconds to qualify for today's finals with the second fastest time behind the University of Florida with former Holmwood runner Nadine Palmer Posted by: Patricia Hunter on: Fri, June, 24 2005 at 9:23:34 Top awards go to Levy and Fowler published: Friday | June 24, 2005 Anthony Foster, Freelance Writer     Holmwood's Ziggy Levy (right) receives his top all-rounder award from president of ISSA, Clement Radcliffe, at WILCO Sports/Headley Cup presentation function held at Hotel Versalles in May Pen, Clarendon on Wednesday. - JUNIOR DOWIE/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER NATIONAL YOUTH players Ziggy Levy of Holmwood and Zenniffe Fowler of St. Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) were the toast of this week's WILCO Sports/Headley Cup awards function held at Hotel Versalles in May Pen, Clarendon. Winners of the WILCO Sports/Headley Cup and the Spaulding Cup, Holmwood were given their silverware as were members of beaten finalists STETHS. Levy was voted the best all-rounder after scoring 312 runs at an average of 52 and taking 40 wickets at 7.5 apiece. He also collected trophies for scoring a 109 not out against Knox and for claiming 7-20 against B.B. Coke. Fowler topped the batting aggregate with 924, scoring four centuries including 180 against Lacovia, 136 not out versus Knox, 101 not out against William Knibb and 134 versus Glenmuir. He also walked away with the award for the best batting average - 77.00. SURPRISE WINNER However, the presentation which caught everyone's attention was that of Kemps Hill's Marcel Parchment, who took all 10 wickets in an innings against Central. He also took 8-33 against Yallahs. STETHS' Alton Beckford, another youth player also collected three awards. He was the leading wicket-taker with 49 victims, which included 8-11 against Maggotty and a hat-trick against Munro. Marcus Garvey's Robert Bailey got two awards including top bowling average with 19 wickets at 6.2. Holmwood's Andre McCarthy with a century, 110 and 7-22 was also a double winner. Other bowlers taking seven wickets or more in a match were Vere's Ian Morgan (8-119) and Andre Clarke (8-59) and STETHS' Jason Dawes (8-31). Christopher Dyer of Munro and Anthony Valentine of Vere also picked up hat-tricks against B.B. Coke and Central, respectively. OTHER CENTURY MAKERS The other century makers were, Sherwayne Williams of Kemps Hill (108), Clarendon's Sean Daley (101 not out), Everton Cammock of Oracabessa (125), Jamie Goodheart of Munro (134 not out & 130), Nickoy Samuels (103) and Damion Ebanks (112) of STETHS and the Holmwood duo of Domain Sangster (110) and Omar Watson (100 not out). Holmwood's Jeffery Scott was the best wicketkeeper. In the Dickie Fuller Under-16 section, which STETHS won, Kemps Hill's Jason Wedderburn (458) scored most runs while his teammate Davin McKay took the most wickets (23). Old Harbour's Dempsey Salmon was voted the best wicketkeeper. Okeno Lodge of Guy's Hill, Kevon Thomas of Old Harbour, Maurice Rose of Vere and STETHS' Jason Dawes were bowlers who took hat-tricks. Charles Simpson, president of WILCO Sports Enterprise Ltd, said his company was committed to the youth of Jamaica. "All of us adults have a right to guide and protect our youths," he told the gathering. Posted by: Lawrence Willis on: Mon, August, 01 2005 at 9:21:20 McLaughlin, Wilson clinch gold   Jamaica win five more medals   Observer Reporter   Jamaica ended their campaign at the 13th Pan American Junior Championships in Windsor, Canada winning an additional two gold, two silver and a bronze last night. McLaughlin. won gold in the 200 metres in 23.00 seconds In all, Jamaica will fly home with 11 medals - three gold, five silver and three bronze medals - to finish fourth in the medal standing. The USA won the championships amassing 57 medals (22 gold, 24 silver, and 11 bronze), ahead of Canada 18 medals (2 gold, 5 silver and 11 bronze) and Cuba 13 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze). Anneisha McLaughlin and Nickiesha Wilson clinched gold, the 4x400m relay teams the silver medals, and the men's 4x100m relay quartet bronze. McLaughlin won the 200 metres in 23.00 seconds, beating Americans Alexandria Anderson (23.06) and Brittany Jones (23.23). The Holmwood schoolgirl has joined Merlene Frazer and Aleen Bailey as Jamaican girls winning the half-lap event at the Pan American Junior Championships. McLaughlin's compatriot Latoya King (24.11) was sixth. In the men's equivalent, Mekel Downer (21.33) placed seventh as American Otis McDaniel, III, topped the field in a time of 20.67 seconds. In the 400m hurdles, Wilson, from the Convent of Mercy (or Alpha) ran the race of her of life to triumph in 57.40 seconds. American Krystal Cantey took the silver in 59.26 seconds ahead of Canadian Corri-Ann Campbell-Fell who timed 1:00.64 for the bronze. Another Jamaican, Sherene Pinnock, finished a disappointing fourth in 1:00.82. Anastasia Le-Roy, Sonita Sutherland, Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, and Sherene Pinnock clocked 3 minutes 36.99 seconds for the silver in the 4x400m relay. USA nailed the gold in 3:32.82 and Canada the bronze in 3:41.29. In the men's equivalent, Michael Gardener, Leford Green, Kerone Robinson and Jason Edwards also gave Jamaica the silver by recording 3:08.64. USA won in 3:05.34 and Canada the bronze in 3:09.50. Cawayne Jervis, Dwight Mullings, Rascive Grant, and Omar Brown ensured Jamaica's bronze in the 4x100m relay after registering 40.27 seconds. The United States won in 39.36, with Canada getting silver in 40.25 seconds. In the women's 4x100m relay, Jamaica placed fourth. USA took gold in 43.97 and Trinidad and Tobago silver in 45.45. Latoya Heath just missed out on a medal in the triple jump after leaping 12.69 metres. Cuba's Yanelis Veranes Heredia won in 13.54 metres. Jamaica's Venisa Clarke (1.70m) was eighth in the women's high jump, which was won by Trinidad and Tobago's Rhonda Watkins (1.79m). In the women's 1500m final Natoya Goule finished seventh in 4:48.89. American Sarah Bowman won in 4:17.61. For the men's four-lap event, Andre Drummond placed 10th in 4:04.77. The Canadian Mike Woods won in a meet record 3:45.72. Posted by: R. Green on: Mon, August, 01 2005 at 12:25:11 Bronze for Sutherland, Edwards     Observer Reporter       Quarter-milers Sonita Sutherland and Jason Edwards added two more medals to Jamaica's tally on the second and penultimate day of the 13th Pan American Junior Championships in Windsor, Canada, last night. SUTHERLAND... clocked 52.68 secs for third in 400-metre final Sutherland clocked 52.68 seconds in the 400-metre final, won by USA's Natasha Hastings in 52.15. Canada's Carlene Muir (52.38) was second. It was Sutherland's second Pan Am bronze medal in the event. The Holmwood schoolgirl secured her first back in 2003 in Barbados. Edwards, meanwhile, broke Jamaica's six-year drought in the men's 400m, clocking 47.31 to finish behind Americans Justin Oliver (46.73) and Nathaniel Anderson (46.91). Another Jamaican, Leford Green, was fourth in 47.38.   Posted by: R. Green on: Mon, August, 01 2005 at 12:42:13 Schillonie Calvert picked up a silver in the 100 metres in 11.80 against a -1.8 m/s wind. American Cleo Tyson won in 11.52, while Colombia's Darlenys Obregon was third in 11.82. Rose-Marie Whyte was seventh in 12.06 Posted by: Lawrence Willis on: Tues, August, 02 2005 at 10:57:25 Bad lane toughened me, says Golden Girl   WINDSOR, Canada (CMC)     Jamaicans Anneisha McLaughlin and Nikeisha Wilson expressed delight Sunday night over their gold medal efforts at the 2005 Pan American Junior Track & Field Championship. McLaughlin ran a personal season's best 23.00 secs to capture the women's 200-metre title, and Wilson won the women's 400-hurdles in a smart 57.40 secs. A double silver medallist at the World Junior Championship in the half-lap event, McLaughlin was bothered by her outside lane draw but toughened her resolve at race time and registered a fine win over Americans Alexandria Anderson (23.06) and Britanny Jones third (23.23). "I'm feeling happy. I was disappointed with the lane, I was crying and everything. I had to pull myself together and run the race of my life," McLaughlin said. "When I came around the corner there was nobody in front of me. I was thinking, 'don't let them catch me'," she added. Wilson's 400-hurdles clocking was the third fastest time ever at the championship, only American meet record holder Lashinda Demus (57.04) in 1999 and Brazilian Perla Dos Santos (56.52) in 2001 have gone faster. Jamaica's reigning two-time CARIFTA champion Sherene Pinnock fell but still recovered to get fourth in 1:00.82 and Wilson empathised with her team-mate even as she celebrated the biggest win of her life. "I feel good... but was a bit disappointed that my team-mate fell. Pan Am was a good experience," Wilson said. Also on the final day Sunday, Rhonda Watkins became the first Trinidad and Tobago athlete to win more than one individual medal at a Pan Am Juniors meet, when she copped the women's high jump gold at 1.79 metres, to add to her long jump bronze. The victories by Watkins, McLaughlin, and Wilson lifted the CARIFTA family's championship titles at the meet to five, adding to victories recorded earlier over the weekend by Bermuda's World Youth champion Arantxa King (long jump) and Jamaican Latoya Greaves (100 hurdles). Jamaica finished fourth in the medal table with 11 medals, three gold, five silver and three bronze, while T&T got seventh with three medals, one gold, one silver, and one bronze. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) copped two medals - through St Lucian Edward Davin, silver in the menís high jump at 2.15 metres, and Antiguan Daniel Bailey, third in the menís 200 metres in 20.80 seconds. Posted by: L. Willis on: Tues, August, 02 2005 at 11:29:31 McLaughlin mines gold     published: Anthony Foster, Freelance Writer       McLaughin ... closes junior career with 23.00 200m gold medal run. - FILE DOUBLE WORLD Junior silver medallist Anneisha McLaughlin and Nickeisha Wilson struck gold as Jamaica finished fourth in the standings at the XIII Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Windsor, Canada. Also adding to Jamaica's 11-medal haul were the mile relay and boys' 4x100m teams, rounding off a good championships. The young Jamaicans ended the 2005 championships with two gold, five silver and three bronze medals behind leaders the United States' 57 medals. Hosts Canada ended with 18 medals and Cuba 13. At the 2003 championships in Barbados, Jamaica, led by Usain Bolt's record breaking 20.13 run, pocketed one gold, nine silver, and five bronze for 15 medals. McLaughlin's 23.00 seconds gold medal run, her first in two attempts at this Championships, was her second best clocking ever, falling six hundredths of a second short of her personal best (22.94), when she won silver at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston. Running in her final junior meet, McLaughlin defeated the American star pair of Alexandra Anderson (23.06) and Brittany Jones (23.23). Latoya King was sixth in 24.11. HOT FAVOURITE Anderson entered the championships as the hot favourite with a time of 22.96 while Jones went in with a season best of 23.13. McLaughlin's coach at Holmwood Technical, Maurice Wilson, yesterday said he was not surprised. "It just convinced me that this girl is a superb athlete," Wilson said. "She is the type of athlete that can get herself ready for any big meet, once she is not occupied with extra school work and and gets enough rest. "I knew she was in the shape to run sub 23 seconds," which she just missed. "I believe if there were three rounds she would have done it." Coach Wilson, a member of Jamaica's coaching staff, is set to leave tomorrow for the Helsinki World Championships,believes his sprinter was short of races. In the girls' 400m hurdles, Nickeisha Wilson capitalised on the mishaps of the top athletes and raced to her first major title. The Alpha student posted a impressive 57.40 seconds, less than half a second short of the meet record. "I felt good but was a bit disappointed that my teammate fell," Wilson stated after her victory. "Overall, Pan Am Juniors was a good experience. This is my first time in the Pan Ams." Race favourites Krystal Caney of United States (59.26) and Jamaica's Sherene Pinnock (1:00.82), fell and had to settle for second and fourth respectively. The boys' sprint relay quartet of Cawayne Jervis, Dwight Mullings, Rascive Grant and Omar Brown, was timed in 40.27, behind US (39.36) and Canada (40.25). In the girls' 4x100m, the quartet Shelly-Ann Fraser, Rose-Marie White, Anneisha McLaughlin, and Schillonie Calvert, finished fourth in 46.26, behind US (43.97), Trinidad & Tobago (45.45) and Brazil (45.47). In the mile relay, Anastasia Le-Roy, Sonita Sutherland, Bobby-Gaye Wilkins and Sherene Pinnock, clocked 3:36.99 for silver behind United States (3:32.82). On the boys' side, the quartet of Michael Gardener, Leford Green, Kerone Robinson, and Jason Edwards, crossed the line in 3:08.64, behind US (3:05.34). Mickel Downer's 21.41 seconds effort was only good enough for seventh in the boys' 200m final won by American Otis McDaniel (20.82). Venice Clarke (1.70m) was eighth in the girls' high jump, won by Trinidadian Rhonda Watkins (1.79m). Latoya Heath (12.69m) and Kimberly Williams (12.64) finished fourth and sixth in the girls' triple jump respectively. Natoya Goule (4:48.89) lost her first race in a year, beaten into seventh place in the girls' 1500m. United States' pair of Sarah Bowman (4:17.61) and Erin Bedell (4:22.87) finished one-two. Andre Drummond (4:04.77) was 10th in the boys' event. Canadian Mike Woods won in a championship record 3:45.72 ahead of his teammate Braden Novakowski (3:48.92). In late Saturday night action, Heath (5.78m) and Williams (5.60m) finished eighth and 11th respectively in the long jump. Bermuda's Arantxa King (6.21m) won the event ahead of the United States' Gayle Hunter (6.15m). Tarik Edwards (2.10m) and David Edwards (1.90m) finished fourth and 13th respectively. Dustin Jonas of United States (2.21m), defeated Darvin Edward of St. Lucia (2.15m) and Guilherme Henriqu Gobbo of Brazil (2.15m). R Shannika Johnson (11.43m) and Phelelcia Reynolds (11.18m) 10th and 11th respectively. United States' pair of Sarah Stevens (16.10m) and Melissa Faubus (15.35m). Jodian Richards (2:08.52) and Arusha McKenzie (2:11.05) finished fourth and eighth in the 800m event, dominated by the United States' Rebekah Noble (2:04.07) and Heidi Magill (2:04.12).   Posted by: gb on: Sat, September, 03 2005 at 21:06:51 Sangster rips Spanish Town apart     As Holmwood emerge all-island champions       Observer Reporter         Holmwood Technical confirmed their status as the best schoolboy team in the island when they defeated Spanish Town High by 300 runs in the final of the Spalding Cup at Chedwin Park yesterday. The boys from Clarendon, who were winning the title for the fifth time overall, and second year in a row, posted 223 and 291, and in reply Spanish Town could only muster 85 and 147. Resuming yesterday's third and final day on 25-0, Spanish Town, the urban area Grace Shield and JIIC KO champions, needed 429 to pull off an improbable victory. But thanks a career-best 8-29 from leg-spinner, Damain Sangster, the boys from the old capital folded minutes after lunch. Ricardo Howe, a double centurion in the Grace Shield final, and Spanish Town's main hope if they were to get close to the total, topscored with 35, while Iva Johnson got 18. Robert Lewis, coach of Holmwood, said hard work was the key to his team's dominating performance. "It has been a very hard season for me as I have been studying and have to be carrying the cricket. But coming off a period of inactivity (approximately one month after winning the Headley Cup), I thought we played well," he said. "I thought Damain Sangster bowled excellent and this is a tribute to the hard work both him and the team put in. "I think Spanish Town played well, given their ability and the standard they are at, but they were overhauled by a better team," he added. According to Lewis, rural area schools have been dominating the Spalding Cup because they were more focused. "The rural area guys are much more focused at playing cricket. Also, in the rural schools you have a bunch of dedicated coaches, and I think that makes all the difference at this level," he said. Holmwood are expected to lose only two players next season. Spanish Town's coach, Karl Robinson, said his team failed to live up to batting expectations and that's why the match was lost. He said, however, that the team had nothing to be ashamed of as they had a very good season. "I don't know what happened. They made the occasion get the better of them with people telling them they can't beat Holmwood," he said. "But we never performed badly as I thought we bowled well to restrict Holmwood to their 200 totals. It was just the batting. We just have to settle with two trophies instead of three," he declared. Holmwood defeated St Elizabeth Technical for the second consecutive year in the final of the Headley Cup, while Spanish Town defeated Jonathan Grant for the Grace Shield title.   Posted by: K. D. on: Tues, September, 13 2005 at 16:52:29 Nyoka Cole joins Francis’ Utech set-up   Former Holmwood Technical athlete Nyoka Cole has joined Stephen Francis’ University of Technology (Utech) set-up for the new season. Sprinter Cole, who has helped Holmwood to three successive Girls’ Champs titles between 2003-2005 will joined big name athletes in the Francis’ camp such as world 100m record holder Asafa Powell, Olympic relay gold medallist Sherone Simpson, World Championships 100m hurdles bronze medallist Brigitte Foster-Hylton, World Championships 100m silver medallist Michael Frater, national 400m champion Shericka Williams, Ainsley Waugh, Winston Smith, among others. Cole, who anchored Holmwood’s Class One 4×100m team to victory at Champs over the past two years, has represented Jamaica at the World Junior Championships in Italy and Central American and Caribbean Championships in Mexico. Posted by: Kay D. on: Sat, December, 10 2005 at 23:50:55 ...Holmwood Technical's Senior team upset defending champs Denbigh, 46-45, in a thrilling over-time encounter in the rural area senior netball championship game... CONGRATULATION TO MS. GRAHAM AND HER GIRLS. Hard work reap success.