HAYES, Clarendon — Jamalco FC remain on course for a second successive hold on the Clarendon FA/Captain’s Bakery Major League title following a 3-1 semi-final victory over Kemps Hill FC at Wembley on Wednesday.

But big upset of the semi-final round came from the other game, with New Bowens FC clipping Sporting Central Academy 1-0 in extratime.

Jamalco and New Bowens, both based in south-eastern Clarendon, will now compete for championship honours on Monday at the Effortville Community Centre.

More significantly, however, they will go on to represent the parish in the JB Rum/South Central Confederation Super League play-offs, where they will battle teams from the St Catherine, Manchester and St Elizabeth football associations for a place in the National Premier League play-offs.

Jamalco placed second in the South Central Super League last season, losing out to current Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) leaders Portmore United, and ensured that they will get a chance to redeem themselves this term with a relatively comfortable victory over Kemps Hill.

Once again, Andrew Isaacs led the way with a brace. He opened the scoring after 30 minutes, but it took Kemps Hill just six minutes to restore parity through Terwayne Foster.

Jamalco went ahead again in the 49th minute when Gregton Charlton fired home. Isaacs then popped up with a 58th-minute goal to send his team into the final, where they will meet neighbours New Bowens for a third time this season.

New Bowens set up the rematch thanks to an extra time winner from Cyprian Lewis against Sporting Central. The teams had battled to a 0-0 scoreline after regulation time, before Lewis converted the winner in the 101st minute to end Sporting Central’s bid for an immediate return to the top flight.

Sporting were relegated from the RSPL last season after spending almost a decade in the premiership. And many expected that they would have at least rivalled Jamalco for Major League honours this term. That scenario appeared to be on track after they cruised through the preliminary round with an almost perfect record.

But their first real sign of weakness came in the quarter-final round, where they were roughed up 4-1 by Jamalco in their last group game. They had already booked their place in the semi-finals with two successive victories. But the hangover from that defeat appeared to have lasted longer than expected.