Netball

Berger Elite League off the ground

Models parading team gear at the launch on Friday, (from left) for St Ann Orchids, St Catherine Racers, Clarendon Gaters, Kingston
Humming Birds and St James Sharpes. Manchester Spurs were missing.

Netball Jamaica (NJ) launched and conducted the lottery to select the six teams that will form the Berger Elite League, which will start on March 21. It will run through to the middle of May. The bulk of the matches will be played at the Leila Robinson Courts in Kingston with two sets of matches i ... Read More

Netball Jamaica, Pitterson-Nattie part company
HEAD coach Oberon Pitterson-Nattie and Netball Jamaica have parted company after both parties failed ... Read More

Westlanders beat Bounty Hall Blazers 'A'
Westlanders Netball Club took the first leg of their home-and-away encounter against Trelawny's Bou ... Read More

Pelican defeat Mico ‘B’ to capture Open League title
UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) Pelicans defeated Mico ‘B’ 37-24 to capture the 2013 ... Read More

Queen's girls dominate netball awards

BY SHERDON COWAN | Friday, February 14, 2014

(From left)
President of
Netball Jamaica
Marva Bernard, allisland
MVP winner
Shanice Beckford,
IFNA president
Molly Rhone,
another all-island
MVP winner Susan
Douglas and
Digicel’s sports
sponsorship
manager Mark
Martin pose for
pictures at the
ISSA/Digicel
netball awards
ceremony at Terra
Nova Hotel
yesterday.
(PHOTO: COLLIN
REID)

SUSAN Douglas and Shanice Beckford of the Queen's School were named Most Valuable Players (MVPs) of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), Digicel All-Island Netball Championships at an awards ceremony held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel yesterday. Beckford, who plays goal-attack for the young Sunshine Girls, walked away with the award for the Senior Division along with the Most Accurate Shooter for the senior urban area division with a 90 per cent accuracy. The persistent ... Read More

Netball Jamaica lends support to Romelda Aiken

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

NETBALL Jamaica yesterday issued a statement supporting Sunshine Girl Romelda Aiken regarding a recent struggle she has been having with cyber bullying. The release did not give details of the invasion, but said the star netball player has gone public as a means of setting an example for young, upcoming aspirants. "Romelda is very brave," Netball Jamaica's Public Relations Officer Karen Rosen said in the statement. "She recognises her position as a role model...and has decided to make the iss ... Read More

Jamaica shore up netball base

Monday, February 03, 2014

Jamaica Defence Force
won the Dress Parade,
followed by Dela Vega
City and Liguanea United.

MARVA Bernard, president of Netball Jamaica, has outlined her vision for shaping the Sunshine Girls to become the top netball squad in the world. To emerge from their current third-to-fourth-place ranking, she needs a more vibrant infrastructure for developing talented young players. The implications of that thinking were evident at the Leila Robinson Courts in Kingston, for the Dress Parade and initial matches of the Netball Jamaica/JNBS Sunshine Open League club competition early in January. ... Read More

JNBS/NJ Open League continues today

BY GERALD REID Observer writer | Saturday, February 01, 2014

TEAMS still in contention are expected to be on the hunt for more wins as the 2013/2014 Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Netball Jamaica (NJ) Open League competition continues today at the Leila Robinson Courts, beginning at 1:00 pm. The teams in contention for the top two places in their respective groups who will be in action this afternoon with two rounds remaining are Group One — Boulevard Baptist 'A' 19 points from seven games; Ken's Wildflower 19 from eight; Molynes United ' ... Read More

MAJOR UPSET

BY GERALD REID OBSERVER WRITER | Tuesday, January 28, 2014

JOBS Lane "A" inflicted a major upset win when they defeated defending champions JAMALCO 27-24 in the 2013/2014 Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS)/Netball Jamaica Open League competition at the Leila Robinson Courts on Saturday last. It was the first defeat for the Winston Nevers-coached Clarendon-based JAMALCO, while the Spanish Town-based aggregation maintained their unbeaten run to put themselves at the top of the point standings in Group 2 ahead of the defending champions. Both teams ... Read More

Jamalco, Waulgrovians 'A' in netball clash

BY GERALD REID Observer writer | Saturday, January 25, 2014

DEFENDING champions Jamalco and former many-time champions Waulgrovians 'A' clash in the feature Group Two encounter in the 2013/2014 Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS)/Netball Jamaica Open League competition which continues today at the Leila Robinson Courts, beginning at 3:40 pm. Both teams are currently unbeaten in their group and today should decide who will remain unbeaten and become sole leaders. The other unbeaten teams that will be in action and looking for another win are UWI Pe ... Read More

Too risky to play final match

BY SANJAY MYERS Observer staff reporter myerss@jamaicaobserver.com | Friday, January 24, 2014

Members of the Sunshine Girls team just before they left Jamaica for England.

NETBALL Jamaica president Marva Bernard has a positive outlook on the Sunshine Girls tri-nation series in England despite a spate of injuries which crippled the performance of the squad. The Jamaicans, who returned home on Wednesday last, were forced to cancel their final match of the series against England after a total of six players suffered injuries or illness. According to Bernard, it was decided that "it was too risky" to play that last game "that was going to be physical". The local ne ... Read More

Sunshine Girls tri-nation series tour cancelled

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Netball Jamaica announced yesterday that the Zeo Tri-Nation Series tour of England by the Sunshine Girls has been cancelled due to injuries to six members of the squad. The six injured players are Jhanielle Fowler, Khadijah Williams, Paula Thompson, Sabrina Spence, Sasha-Gay Lynch and Shanice Beckford. Netball Jamaica regrets the shortened tour which was being used to sharpen the team ahead of this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The team is scheduled to return to the island t ... Read More

No sunshine!

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Jamaica's senior netball team continued its sub-par tri-nation tour of England after skidding to a 40-45 defeat to England 'A' in Crystal Palace yesterday. The Sunshine Girls, who lost to the England and New Zealand senior sides in their opening two matches of the tri-nation series, were tipped to triumph in yesterday's practice encounter against the hosts' 'A' team. However, the Oberon Pitterson-Nattie-coached side, that is said to have shooters Jhanielle Fowler and Sabrina Spence nursing inj ... Read More

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