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Netball
Sunshine Girls take aim at New Zealand
GLASGOW, Scotland — Jamaica's netballers, already assured of a semi-final spot at the Commonwealth Games, will today take on world number two New Zealand in a group fixture at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC). Match time is 11:30 am (5:30 am Jamaica time). Jamaica soared ... Read More
Manchester teams hunt place in netball final
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The finalists in the Manchester Netball League will be decided today ... Read More
Netball needs your help — Bernard
GLASGOW, Scotland — Jamaica's tireless campaigner for netball Marva Bernard has something to s ... Read More
Scotiabank 'A' secure Business House Open League netball crown
SCOTIABANK 'A' made easy work of Jamaica Broilers registering a 51-29 win to capture the 2014 Busine ... Read More
Legendary lead four qualifiers into netball semis
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Legendary are on course to defend their Manchester Netball League title following a 33-point victory over Bishop Gibson in Wednesday's quarter-final at Manchester High. The central Manchester-based side got by Bishop 38-5 to set up a semi-final date with Holmwood Technical, who qualified without breaking a sweat after their opponents, G-Strikers, withdrew from the competition. Rose Strikers and Mile Gully will meet in the other semi-final after the pair scored ea ... Read More
PHOTO: Sunshine Girl not quite there, as yet
Members of the Sunshine Girls during a training session in Glasgow. (PHOTO: JOSEPH WELLINGTON) Read More
Girls whip Northern Ireland for second straight win
GLASGOW, Scotland — The Sunshine Girls haven't quite got it right yet at the XX Commonwealth Games. That's the suggestion of the team's captain. And while they are still in the process of doing so, they keep winning. Two matches, two wins. But still, they consider themselves a work in progress. Yesterday at the SECC arena in Group A play, the Jamaicans outclassed Northern Ireland 65-34. But the day before, they were more ruthless with cyclonic effect in defeating St Lucia 88-24. "Going ... Read More
The quest begins
GLASGOW, Scotland — Jamaica will launch its bid for more sporting glory when its talented athletes announce themselves at the XX Commonwealth Games here today. They will see action, not at Hampden Park where thousands wait with bated breath for the defining track and field party of the multi-sport festival, but in swimming, netball, table tennis, squash, triathlon, cycling and badminton. They may not be as glamorous as track and field, but indeed the dream is the same of winning medals ... Read More
Young Sunshine Girls visit Children's Hospital for Mandela Day
THE young Sunshine Girls completed their Nelson Mandela Day activity at the Learning and Activity Centre, Bustamante Children's Hospital on a high note for both the Netball Jamaica team and the children. The day took the form of a talent show for everyone present. Unfortunately, no photographs could be taken of the activities inside the hospital, so the applause and smiles on the faces of the children and staff were confined to memory only. Lots of the parents and medical staff stopped by when ... Read More
PHOTO: Goodbye!
Jamaica's Sunshine Girls wave before they board the team bus yesterday for the airport where they were due to depart the island for England for a training camp ahead of their participation in the Commonwealth Games to be staged in Glasgow, Scotland, July 23-August 3. Goodbye! --> Read More
Sunshine Girls ready for Commonwealth Games
THE Sunshine Girls, Jamaica's national senior netballers, are upbeat ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG), scheduled July 23 - August 3 in Glasgow, Scotland. The team, which recently defeated Barbados 3-0 in a friendly three-test series at the GC Foster College, departs the island today for a five-day camp at Northumbria University in New Castle, England, before facing St Lucia on July 24 in their first game of the tournament. The Sunshine Girls, currently ranked fourth in the world, are ... Read More
We want nothing less than a podium finish, say Girls
SUNSHINE Girls Vangelee Williams and Jhaniele Fowler-Reid have declared that the team is going to the Commonwealth Games with one thing in their minds, and that is to be on the podium when the championship is over. Williams, who hails from Manchester, believes that her team has a good chance of finishing among the top three at the Commonwealth Games. "The feeling in the camp right now is very good; we are working closely together as a unit and so we are upbeat going into the Championship as ou ... Read More
Netball's Bernard wants improvement ahead of 'CommGames'
NETBALL Jamaica boss Marva Bernard is confident of an improved showing from the Sunshine Girls at the XX Commonwealth Games which begins in a few weeks' time in Scotland. The Jamaicans were fourth at the 2006 Games in Melbourne, Australia and followed up with a similar finish four years later in Delhi, India. Though the Sunshine Girls are currently ranked fourth in the world, Bernard is pushing for Jamaica to upset the applecart and barge into a medal position. "If they execute we should get ... Read More
Netball boss happy with 'CommGames' squad
Netball Jamaica has announced the squad that will represent the nation at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland July 23-August 3. The selection committee -- comprising of technical director Jill McIntosh, coach Minneth Reynolds and long-time selector Patrick Brissett -- has finally settled on 12 individuals after observing and analysing the broader pool of 21 players over a period of time covering the Berger Elite League, regular training sessions, squad matches, specially arranged m ... Read More
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