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Lyew wins skittles final at last

Winston 'Wimpy' Lyew of Willies Strikers, Three Miles, won the 2010 Sistas Skittles Singles Championship last Sunday, when he defeated former champion, Keith Barrett from Eastern All-Stars 3-1 in the best-of-five final at Mystix Sports Bar, Hagley Park Road.

After contesting and losing three previous finals, Lyew finally came good to win the title for the first time.

Significantly, he was beaten in his very first final by Barrett, when both were young men back in 1988. It took him 22 years to gain his revenge.

Lyew had previously lost to Eastern's Fitzroy Blair in 2007 and it was the general belief that nerves got the better of him in such situations. However, he proved his detractors wrong on Sunday, looking focused and playing confidently to beat Barrett 1440-0640 in the first game, and although losing the second, came back to win the last two in fine style.

Lyew thus collected the $60,000 prize and trophy presented by Kingsley Morris and Hortense James, both representing sponsors. Henkel 'Keithy' Barrett also received a trophy and $30,000.

En route to the final, Lyew defeated Eastern's Sidney Carrington 3-1 in one semi-final, while Barrett put away five-time champion Robert McKen from Eagles 3-1 in the next.

Eagles' captain, Clinton 'Fly Up' Thompson, was named MVP for the recently concluded Pattex Cup league won by Eastern Al-Stars. Sonia Lindo, Camille Clarke, Orville Mighty, and Ricardo Henry capped awards as best new players.

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Wray & Nephew bats for BH domino

Twenty teams playing in two divisions will contest the 2010 Business House domino competition, which is being sponsored by Wray & Nephew for the first time, to the tune of $1 million. The competition is scheduled to start on Friday, June 25.

The new season was launched on Friday, June 4 at Jamaica Electrical Technologies (JET), 36 ¹/_² Lyndhurst Road, with a dress parade for participating teams.

Jamaica Fire Brigade was adjudged Division One winners of the dress parade, while Tastee topped Division II. Each division will accommodate 10 teams.

Participating teams in Division I are defending champions Seprod, Port Authority, Jamaica Brandy, KO champions Berger, promoted Division II champions National Baking Company, SDC, Jamaica Urban Transit Corporation (JUTC), Sagicor, Wray & Nephew and Jamaica Fire Brigade.

Division II - Tastee, Pepsi, Courts, Chas E. Ramson, STATIN, Norman Manley International Airport, National Commercial Bank, National Housing Trust, University of the West Indies and RJR Sports Club. The competition is being run by the National Association of Domino Bodies (NADB).

Among those speaking at the launch were Ryan Muir of Wray & Nephew Limited, Rae Smith, president of the NADB, Karlene Myers, assistant coordinator and director of training, NADB, Christopher Blake, general secretary, and Professor Arthur Williams.

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Digicel 20/20 BH cricket

Defending champions Jamaica Broilers defeated OSC Electrical by 15 runs in the rain-affected opening round of Digicel 20/20 Business House cricket competition, in a match at Jacisera Park last Sunday.

Jamaica Broilers made 156 for six off their 20 overs - Pete Salmon 73, Peter Caballero 26; Steve Logan 3-12. OCS Electrical 151 for eight - former Jamaica player Delroy Morgan 61, Alonzo Harris 21; Aaron Daley Jr, Noel Officer and Nicoy Lindo taking two wickets each.

AT JC: LIME defeated JUTC on a faster run rate in a match curtailed by rain. LIME 167 for seven - national player Horace Miller 82, Omar Allison 23. JUTC 44 for two.

AT MONA: Sagicor also beat National Water Commission (NWC) on a faster scoring rate. NWC 120 all out - Mean Dowe 48, Christopher Senior 31; national player Akeem Dewar 4-22. Sagicor 75 for four - Ian Dewar 48, Akeem Dewar 10 not out.

AT JAMALCO: Jamalco beat Digicel by five runs. Jamalco 141 for six - Winston 'Sala' Osbourne 66; Marvin Thompson 2-27. Digicel 137 for nine - Garfield Moore 37; Devon Morgan 2-27, Collis Johnson 2-32.

The fifth match, NHT vs National Continental Baking Company at Mico, was rained out.

Tomorrow will see the rescheduled opening round matches in the Noranda Bauxite Partners 35-over competition. These are league champions LIME vs defending champions Jamaica Broilers in a big clash at Chalmers Avenue, Continental Baking vs Sagicor at Jamaica College, NHT vs JUTC at Mico, OCS Electrical vs Jamalco at Jacisera Park and Digicel vs NWC at Kensington, all starting at 11 a.m.

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Paisley Basic win in Insport/SDC football

Paisley Basic beat Una Mighty 2-0 to register their third straight win in the INSPORT/SDF Clarendon Likkle Schools football competition earlier this week.

Goals came from Chemar Nation and the early prolific striker, Kymani Williams, who has scored 11 goals so far.

Paisley move to the top of Zone 2 on maximum nine points. Sevens Road, who beat Effortville, are in second place on seven points.

Race Track and Treadlight are the early leaders in Zone One on six points each, after both recorded their second straight wins. Race Track spanked Evans Basic 3-0 - with a hat-trick coming from Gerron Bailey.

Bailey has scored eight goals so far. Last week, he opened with a six-timer in his team's 10-2 whipping of Wesleyan Basic.

Mineral Heights Missionary are sole leaders of Zone Three on six points after a 3-0 shut-out of Hugh Sherlock. Tajae Campbell scored all three goals. Mineral Heights Christian Basic are in second spot on four points after being held to a 1-1 result by Hazard Drive Basic.

The competition continues on Monday at the Jamalco Sports Club featuring nine games, starting at 1 p.m.

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Jamalco, Windalco clash in netball final

Top Clarendon teams Jamalco and Windalco will clash tomorrow in the final of the Jamalco-sponsored Netball Open League at the Mineral Heights Sports Complex.

A similarly entertaining clash also looms in the third-place play-off at 3 p.m., when Holmwood B take on Mico, one of four new teams in the competition this year.

In last week's semi-finals, played at the same venue, Jamalco easily got the better of Holmwood B 47-24, while the defending champions Windalco whipped the budding Mico University team 34-16, after leading 28-8 at the halfway stage.

For Jamalco, national player and goal shooter Marsha Murphy pumped in 38 goals from 43 attempts, with Nadia Brown netting nine from 12.

The best performer for Holmwood B was their national Under-21 player Denene Taylor, with 21 from 28 attempts.

Mico made a valiant attempt to unseat the champions and stop a Clarendon sweep by keeping in check with 12-16 scoreline after two quarters. Windalco's experience paid dividends in the second half of the game as they pulled away to eventually win by a margin of 10.

Leading the charge was Viola Francis with 25 from 28 tries. Shauna Carradice scored most for Mico with 15 from 21, while national player Venessa Walker got nine from 13.

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Spartan win FX Traders Division One

Spartan FC emerged champions of the 2010 FX Traders-sponsored Clarendon Division One after a 2-1 win over Freetown.

Davion Williams (21st minute) and Jerome Willis (61st) scored the winning goals for Spartan, while Dwayne Whitely (41st) got the consolation strike for Freetown.

Spartan, in winning the championship, qualified automatically for next season's Major League, the parish's highest level of football.

They stayed unbeaten while winning a total of eight games, scoring 24 goals and conceding seven. They also boast the leading striker - Jerome Willis - who finished with 11 goals. They are coached by former referee Ann-marie Powell. Thirty teams participated, including Harlem, who placed third.

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Jamalco football league under way

New Bowens opened the 2010 Jamalco-sponsored summer football league with an 11-l thrashing of South Manchester at the competition's launch last weekend at Halse Hall.

Peter Brown and Richard Allen scored twice, while seven other players scored one goal each.

The day turned out to be a great one for New Bowens, who had earlier won the dress parade. In two other matches played last weekend, Wembley and Raymond drew 1-1, while Napoli and Mineral Heights also ended 1-1.

Jamalco, through its corporate affairs manager, Leo Lambert, announced a total sponsorship of $1.5 million.

In his address, Lambert noted that the competition had become an intergral part of community life, not because of its entertainment value, but because of how it showcased talent while building cohesion. He also urged players to be ambassadors for Jamalco and their communities.

The competition continues today with Savannah vs Juventus at Wembley and Top Halse Hall vs Port at New Bowens, starting at 4 p.m.

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West Road, Mile Gully victorious

West Road and Mile Gully were the latest teams to gain wins in the Cobbla New Testament Church of God football league.

West Road, with goals from Marlon Holness, Samuno Samuels and Imran Lewis, beat Spaldings3-0 in the second game of the double-header. Mile Gully got their 2-0 win courtesy of strikes from Joel Palmer and Tedroy Mullings (penalty).

Nearly 1,000 fans came out to cheer and mingle at the Cobbla Training Centre near Spaldings on Sunday. That number is set to increase when the popular Church team takes the field against Contrivance tomorrow, in the feature game at 4 p.m.

The Church team opened with a bang two weekends ago, when they smashed Chantilly 10-0. In that rout, Damion Rowe scored four times and Orane Wignall twice.

The competition is sponsored and run by the Cobbla New Testament Church of God and is a huge crowd puller each Sunday afternoon.

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Power of Faith, Faith Temple renew rivalry

Defending champions Power of Faith Seniors and Faith Temple New Testament will renew their rivalry in the opening semi-final match of the Power of Faith Ministries' Twenty/20 Church Cricket League at the Lime Tree Oval this morning, starting at 9:35.

Last year, PFM Seniors defeated Faith Temple in the final, so Faith Temple will have a point to prove.

In the second game at 1:30 p.m., Old Harbour New Testament challenge Braeton New Testament.

Last Saturday, Faith Temple knocked out Power of Faith International with a six-wicket win, while Braeton overcame Jamaica Evangelistic Centre by five wickets. The teams are vying for the Dr Delford Davis Trophy for Excellence.

Portmore, Cumberland to continue goal spree

Portmore and Cumberland should continue their goalscoring spree when they take on Greater Portmore and Hellshire United, respectively, in the Senator Arthur Williams-sponsored Portmore Under-15 Football League tomorrow, at Ferdie Neita Park.

Portmore United have scored 20 goals in their last two matches, including eight goals against Clifton last Sunday.

Cumberland (10 points) have two big wins this season. They dismissed joint leader, Portmore United, 4-0, and whipped Greater Portmore 6-0 in an earlier game.

In other games tomorrow, home team Watson Grove welcome Westport in the opening match at the Watson Grove field, while in the 3 p.m. feature, Passagefort clash with Clifton.