In Your Neighbourhood

• Bridge round-up

The juniors are really coming into their own and they proved it by dominating Monday night's leg of the Horace Payne Memorial. One of their leading lights, Walter Brown, teamed with his declarer play coach Richard Phillips for a winning 61.11 per cent round, while fellow juniors Michael Marshall and Douglas Robinson (53.97 per cent) tied for second with veterans Balmain Brown (Walter's father) and Ripton Savin.

Walter did not play in Wednesday night's leg of the David Levy Trophy, paving the way for Rex James and Trevor Jones to win with 61.31 per cent in a tight finish from Calvin Wong and Winston Smith (60.71 per cent). Rosie Mahfood and Ulla Dahl (55.95 per cent) were third.

This month's special team of four event for the Don DaCosta Trophy was won by the team of Judy Ziadie, Rex James, Calvin Wong and Charles Williams, who swamped second-place Richard Phillips, Peter Mais, Marlene Fulford and Monica Cools-Lartigue in the final by a massive 50 IMPs.

• Carib Cement crush Gleaner 5-0 in BH semis

The 2008 champions Carib Cement crushed former champions, The Gleaner, 5-0 in their KSAFA/Western Sports-sponsored Division I football semi-final match on Thursday afternoon at Red Stripe Oval, to advance to next Saturday's final.

In the other semi-final match, also on Thursday, unbeaten Petrojam earned the right to meet Cement following their 6-2 win over UWI at the NWC playing field, Mona.

Led by a brace from ace striker Fabian Nethersole in the second and 32nd minutes, Carib Cement overwhelmed their opponents after Nethersole had given them a 2-0 lead at half-time, both goals coming via headers.

Despite the presence of Cavalier Super League players Locksley Thompson, Donovan Alvaranga, Fabian Swaby and Bernard Blackwood from last season's champion team, Gleaner played way below their best. To make matters worse, they were down to 10 men from early in the second half when Alvaranga was shown the red card for dangerous play.

Alexi Dobson made it 3-0 for Cement in the 54th minute, while Jermaine 'Fast Car' Rowe and Desmond Taylor completed the rout with goals in the 58th and 88th minutes, respectively.

In the other semi-final, double strikes by Ricardo Munroe in the 13th and 77th minutes, and Richard Stultz in the 60th and 70th minutes, paved the way for last year's Division II champions Petrojam to whip UWI 6-2.

Aphas Bernard (45th minute) and David Stultz (59th minute) rounded off the scoring for Petrojam, while Kenrick Brown scored for UWI in the 10th and 74th minutes.

The Division II final between unbeaten Wisynco and Wray & Nephew will also be played next Saturday at the venue, starting at 2 p.m.

• Wray & Nephew, Wisynco in KO final

Wisynco will oppose Wray & Nephew in today's Scotiabank-sponsored Business House KO football final at the UWI Bowl, Mona, starting at 3:30 p.m.

Wisynco have the distinction of being the only unbeaten team in Business House football this season and should start favourites to win the first of two trophies, as they have also made it to the Division II final next Saturday, against Wray & Nephew again.

In reaching the KO final, Wisynco have taken out a number of top Division I teams, including Carib Cement, Petrojam, NWC and outgoing Division I champions, Scotiabank.

• LIME beat Sagicor in BH cricket

High-riding LIME defeated Sagicor by eight wickets in a second-round Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners 35-over Business House KO cricket match last Sunday at Chalmers Avenue.

Batting first, Sagicor were bowled out for 99 in 35 overs - Hugh Meredith 24, Anthony Wadsworth 23; Omar Allison 3-27 and Ryan Francis and Carlos Green two wickets each. LIME replied with 105 for two - Allison 43, Francis 34, Horace Miller 18 not out and Akeem Dewar 2-28.

LIME will meet Digicel in the semi-final in the coming weeks to determine who gets to meet NHT in the final. NHT got a walkover from OCS Electrical, who failed to show for their match at Mico College last Sunday. NHT have drawn a bye to the final.

Two matches are scheduled for tomorrow in the second round of the Digicel 20/20. Defending champions Jamaica Broilers oppose Jamalco at Spring Village and LIME take on NHT at Chalmers Avenue, both matches starting at 11 a.m.

• Mico defeat Jamalco in Clarendon Senior League

The semi-finals of both the senior and junior divisions in the Juici Patties-sponsored Clarendon Netball League will be on tomorrow at the Mineral Heights Sports Centre.

The Mico University team, which topped the preliminary round - the first by an outsider - will play Holmwood A in the first semis at 3 p.m. The crowd-puller an hour later features the two Clarendon-based home teams - Jamalco and Windalco.

In last weekend's final round, Mico University earned bragging rights by defeating home favourites Jamalco 49-47 to remain undefeated in the preliminary round in seven matches. Mico, who were spurred by Shauna Carradice's game high 40 from 46 attempts, led 10-9 after the first quarter, 22-20 after the second and decisively, 38-29 at the end of the third quarter. Jamalco, led by veteran Elaine Davis (48/42), actually outscored Mico 18-11 in the fourth, but too much damage had already been done.

In other matches, Windalco topped Holmwood B 45-28 to secure the third semi-final spot, while Holmwood A got the better of Denbigh in the battle of the high school rivals.

Meanwhile, Longsville finished with an impressive seven straight victories to top the preliminary section of the junior league above guest team Ricam of Mandeville. Longsville easily outgunned Denbigh A 20-10, while Ricam battered Fogo 24-4.

In tomorrow's semi-final, which begins at 1 p.m., Longsville stare down Glenmuir, while Ricam targets Toll Gate.

• Tuff Gong, Settlementmeet in Porus U-15 final

The stage is set for a grand display of youth football when former champions Tuff Gong meet Settlement in tomorrow's final of the Western Union-sponsored Porus Under-15 final at the community centre.

Kick-off time is 3 p.m. while the presentation ceremony follows at the end of the game.

Tuff Gong are two-time champions in the competition's 15-year history, the last being in 2007. Settlement are making the finals for the second straight year - beaten last year by Studds, who were dethroned after failing to make the cut to the second round.

Tuff Gong secured their place in the final after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Harmons, while Settlement ended the late spurt of wins by Rising Star 3-1.

Both games were locked at 1-1 at half-time. Kevaughn Issacs and Recardo Levy scored for Tuff Gong, while Xavier Lindsay got one for Harmons.

Settlement's win was engineered by Reggie Thomas' double strike.

• George North vs Roose Madrid

The exciting George North, who put together the best preliminary-round record, will take on Roose Madrid in tomorrow's quarter-final feature match of the New Testament Church of God-organised Cobbla Church league.

In last week's first round of quarter-final games, Spring Ground created a mild upset, defeating the fancied Church team 1-0. However, the day's honours were reserved for Mile Gully, who showed no mercy in spanking Richmond 4-0. Mile Gully's win was centred around Kenny Mullings' hat-trick and a lone strike by Joel Paler.

• Quarter-finals begin in Jamaica Football League

The quarter-finals of the Jamaica Football League takes place this weekend with double-headers to be hosted at the Wembley field, starting today at 1:30 p.m. All games are play-to-finish, with extra time and penalties to be utilised, if necessary.

Napalm, which ended second in Zone Three, face Savannah, who qualified from Zone Two despite being beaten 1-0 last weekend by zone winners, New Bowens.

Today's feature match pits the preliminary round's best team, Top Hill, against Juventus, one of two teams who booked a second-round spot by finishing third in a zone.

Tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. New Bowens kick off the day's proceedings against Railroad. Invincible, who topped Zone Three after an impressive 4-0 win over Mineral Heights last weekend, face stiff challenge from Bottom Hall, who ended second in Zone One.

• Juici, Glass & Windows lead Clarendon Business House

The Tait's Pharmacy-sponsored Clarendon Business House six-a-side football competition continues tomorrow morning with the full slate of eight matches across two zones at the Mineral Heights football field.

The Glass & Windows team, which collected three points against Carryshell last Sunday and one on Wednesday in a 2-2 draw with Mack Chem, lead Zone One on seven points, and will play JPS. The previous leaders, Fire Brigade (6 points), who were cut down 1-0 by Government Agencies, play Mack Chem, who had a good week, mining four points. Mack Chem had defeated the May Pen Police team 3-0.

The league's most impressive team to date, Juici Patties, who lead Zone Two with nine points from three games, including collecting six this week with wins against Hospital (4-1) and Epic Hardware (3-2), will be in action against Courts.

Other scheduled matches:

(Zone I) - Steward's Hardware vs May Pen Police; Agencies vs Carryshell.

(Zone 2) - Transport vs JNBS; Sinclair's vs Epic; Hospital vs Young's Pharmacy.

CAPTIONS:

(1) Mr Wellsford Sinclair (right), managing director of Pines Imaging Centre, hands over the championship trophy to the Wanderers FC team, after they upset defending champions Portmore 1-0 in the final of the Portmore Under-17 Football League last Sunday at Ferdie Neita Park in Braeton. - Anthony Minott/Freelance Photographer

(2) GOAL! Wanderers Samar Rowe (left) is congratulated by a teammate after scoring the winning goal, as they defeated defending champions Portmore United 1-0 in the final of the Pines Imaging Centre Portmore Under-17 Football League last Sunday at Ferdie Neita Park in Braeton.  - Anthony Minott/Freelance Photographer