Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Thursday | April 2, 2009
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St Hugh's, Wolmer's lead
St Hugh's High were the surprise leaders among the girls while Wolmer's Boys were in front of Kingston College in the boys' race at the end of competition on the first day of the 2009 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships at the National Stadium...

Farquharson gets STETHS off the mark
St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), the Western Champs title holders, won their first gold medal of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/ GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships...

Hard work yields gold
Sheena Powell of Manchester High School was beyond words following her gold medal-winning performance in the girls discus Class Three event, with a throw of 36.96 metres at the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships....

Flags among banned items
The organisers of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships have put in place stringent security measures to ensure a violence-free event.Patrons attending the Championships will be subjected to...

Lime pumps over $6m into Champs
LIME is pumping more than $6 million into the four-day Inter-Secondary Schools Association (ISSA) Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships, which began yesterday at the National Stadium. The telecoms company, which is the Caribbean's only full-service...

GK blunder costs Tivoli
GOALKEEPER Edsel Scott's moment of madness yesterday handed Arnett Gardens' Leon Strickland a 54th-minute equaliser, resulting in a 1-1 draw that cost Tivoli Gardens a chance to regain third spot in the Digicel Premier League...

Argentina hammered 6-1, Italy draw
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP):Argentina suffered their worst defeat in World Cup qualifying when they wilted 6-1 against Bolivia at high altitude yesterday.The result eclipsed the 5-0 defeat against Colombia in 1993 and ruined the early promise shown under coach...

Miss Rutheads field
The draw for Saturday's 1000 and 2000 Guineas was conducted at Caymanas Park yesterday and this revealed that the 1000 Guineas favourite MISS RUTH will be ridden by the acclaimed American jockey Fernando Jara for the Husseys....

Lynch shooting towards senior team
National Under-21 netballer, Sasha-Gaye Lynch, said she is now determined to win a place on Jamaica's senior team.Lynch was one of the stand-out players for Jamaica, during their 3-0 series loss to the Australia Under-21 team last month...

McLeod backs U-15s to defend WI crown
Ephraim McLeod, manager of Jamaica Under-15 team, believes that despite the team's relative inexperience, they should be able to retain the WICB Clico Under-15 title, which they won last year in Dominica.The 14-member squad announced on Monday includes...

Dibbs, Foster capture titles
Former national men's singles champion, Joseph Dibbs and national women's champion, Yvonne Foster, captured the male and female singles titles, respectively, at the Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA)/Northwest Development Club League...


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