IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

• LIME, Jamalco in BH cricket finals

LIME and Jamalco have advanced to to the finals of separate Digicel-sponsored Business House KO competitions, following easy semi-final wins recently.

At Kensington Park last Sunday, LIME defeated Digicel by 102 runs in the semi-final of the Noranda Bauxite Partners 35-over KO competition and will meet National Housing Trust in the final tomorrow at Chalmers Avenue.

Batting first, LIME made 199 for seven off their allotted 35 overs - opener Omar Allison 70, Andre McCarthy 52, Damion Jacobs 37; Randy Carter 5-48, Garfield Moore 2-38.

Digicel could only muster 97 off 33.1 overs in their reply - Carter 30, Alex Robinson 16; Ryan Francis 3-22, Yanique Elliott 2-1 and Jacobs 2-23.

Jamalco, on the other hand, beat defending champions Jamaica Broilers by 31 runs in a Digicel 20/20 semi-final match to advance to the final.

Jamalco 138 for six off 20 overs - Calvert Whittick 53, Winston 'Sala' Osbourne 23; Andrew Henry and Nicoy Lindo taking two wickets each. Jamaica Broilers 107 for nine off 20 overs - Henry 31, Lindo 15; Errol Thomas 2-10, Miguel Gordon 2-14, Collis Johnson 2-33.

Jamalco will meet the winner of the other semi-final between LIME and Sagicor in the final.

• New champion to be crowned in BH domino

A new Division One champion will be crowned in the 2010 Wray & Nephew-sponsored Business House Domino League, after defending champions Seprod were knocked out in the quarter-finals at Jacisera Park on Friday, September 17.

They were beaten 132-124 by the Social Development Commission (SDC), while the recent KO champions, Berger, stopped Jamaica Fire Brigade 150-146, Wray & Nephew Brandy beat JUTC 150-121, and National Baking Company defeated Wray & Nephew White Overproof 119-110 in the other quarter-final matches on the night.

The draw for the semis are Berger vs Wray & Nephew Brandy and SDC vs National Baking Company.

In Division Two quarter-final action at Jacisera Park, STATIN (Statistical Institute) kept their unbeaten record intact by slamming Tastee 150-106, Courts clipped Chas Ramson 150-149, Norman Manley International Airport beat NCB 150-147 and National Housing Trust (NHT) stopped Pepsi 142-137.

The draw for the semis will see STATIN up against NHT and Courts vs Norman Manley International Airport.

• Inter-bank football

Defending champions Scotiabank and Jamaica National Business Society (JNBS) played to a 1-1 draw in their feature second round JNBS/Western Sports-sponsored Norman Goodison inter-bank football match at the National Water Commission (NWC) playing field, Mona, last Sunday.

In a virtual replay of last year's final, play was even for the most part and after a goalless first half, Scotiabank went ahead in the 58th minute by virtue of a solo run from Nicholas McCreath. JNBS gained the equaliser in time added (92nd minute) through Jair Minott, who latched on to as cross in the nick of time.

• Mack Chem, Juici in Business House final

Mack Chem and Juici Patties will contest the final of Tait's Pharmacy Clarendon Business House six-a-side football final at the Mineral Heights football field tomorrow.

The day's action begins at 7 a.m. with the third-place play-off between Sinclair's and Government Agencies. The big final is slated for 8 a.m.

The finalists will attempt to go at each other again after heavy rains forced the postponement of their scheduled decider in midweek. There is much anticipation, given their outstanding goalscoring display in last Sunday's semi-finals.

Interestingly, both recorded identical 5-1 victories.

For Mack Chem's, Raul Rampasard's early strike and then a double from Christopher Smith and Dylan Collins, proved inspirational. Juici Patties' win was their eighth in as many matches since the start of the competition, which makes them overwhelming favourites against Mack Chem, who lost in the preliminary round.

• Sweden Street, Hope Village to clash

Sweden Street and Hope Village will contest the first semi-final of the Peter Bunting-sponsored Georges Valley Corner League football competition tomorrow at deCarteret College sports ground. Match time is 3:30 p.m.

The day's proceedings will actually kick off at 1 p.m. with a replay of the contentious matchup between Belair Boys and Red Square.

• Manchester, Clarendon FAs host football awards

Manchester and Clarendon football associations will hold their respective awards ceremony for the 2009-10 season a day apart next week.

Manchester will host theirs at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville on Wednesday, September 29. Clarendon will stage their game at the Bridge Palm Hotel in Toll Gate, the following day.

Manchester's president of one year, Dalton Wint, will deliver the main address. He told The Gleaner he has major announcements to make as it relates to the parish's goals.

The list of invited guests at the Clarendon awards is led by Sports Development Foundation chairman, David Mais, Jamaica Football Federation president, Captain Burrell, and Member of Parliament Mike Henry. Both functions are slated to begin at 6:30 p.m.

• Cal's pool tourmoves to Mandeville

The second leg of the Cal's Spring Water and Real Vibes Party Wine eight-ball pool tour moves to Upper Level Sports Bar in Mandeville today and tomorrow, starting at noon each day.

Among the many players expected to be on show is MoBay's Noel 'Schoolboy' Blagrove, who won the opening leg of the tour on August 28 and 29 at Hot Shots Pool Hall, 103 Constant Spring Road.

Blagrove defeated the season's top-ranked player, Ewart Hall, from Hot Shots to secure the $80,000 first prize and a trophy. Hall received $35,000 and a trophy.

Organised by the newly formed Jamaica Billiards Association, the tour comprises seven tournaments (one each month) at different venues across the island.

Nugent Ximinies, managing director of Cal's Spring Water, said he was looking forward to another exciting stop on the tour.

The third leg, scheduled for MoBay, has been brought forward to October 16 and 17, and not October 30 and 31, as originally scheduled.

When entries closed on Thursday, as many as 46 had been received. With provision made for one re-entry per player, the rotation of players could reach 70.

At the end of the tour in March, the top 32 players in the rankings will contest a lucrative eight-ball tournament at a venue to be decided.

Leslie 'Toothpick' Puranda, a representative of the Jamaica Billiards Association, said the top eight players in that tournament will receive attractive prize money.

• Portmore Pines awards ceremony today

Portmore Pines Cricket Club, this year's Portmore parish champions in the national Social Development Commission's Twenty20 tournament, will have their inaugural cricket awards this afternoon at 4 p.m. The event will take place at Cashew Park in the community. The main aim of the awards function is to reward the outstanding players who have made the club successful this year in the Twenty20 tournament.

• Mega Twenty20 clash

Big guns Ken's Wildflower and Colours International will clash in the inaugural Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum Portmore Twenty20 knockout cricket final at the Bridgeport sports ground tomorrow. Match time is 1 p.m.

This final, which features Jamaica's captain Tamar Lambert, who plays for Ken's Wildflower, will precede a play-off for third place between newcomers Bridgeview and Washington CC.

In last Sunday's semi-final, Ken's destroyed Washington CC with a 101-run win. Scores: Ken's Wildflower 198-6 off 20 overs; Glen Wellington 45, Tamar Lambert 44, Junior Stewart 37, Omar Williams 30. Kemar Hanson, 2-39, was Washington's best bowler.