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Bandits top Sagitun in Regent Cup Playoffs

Good evening I’m James Adderley and up jumps another serving of Sports Monday. With maximum co-operation from Raymond Waters, the Regent Insurance Cup Playoffs finally took off over the weekend. Saturday night at the Michael Ashcroft Stadium the number two seed faced the number three seed as defending champion Sagitun hosted the Builder’s Hardware Bandits […]

Estranged footballers may reconcile

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Regent Insurance Cup topped the billing going into the weekend as football fans countrywide anticipated a veritable feast from the four teams schedule. However, by the time the weekend concluded, it proved to be a case of Raymond Waters 2, B.P.F.L. nil. We take […]

Belize boxers score K.O. against Mexico

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is yet another fresh edition of Sports Monday. In its final regular season appearance in Regent’s Cup play in the B.P.F.L., Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan found itself the number four seed going into the post season. So they decide to do something about it Saturday night at […]

Yabra and Verdes play to draw

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Regents Insurance Cup tournament moved into round thirteen of a fourteen round regular season over the weekend, with three teams already qualified for the playoffs. One of the big three, Kulture Yabra, travelled west to the Norman Broaster Stadium to face Real Verdes–a team […]

James Adderley highlights weekend sports

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re hooked into this latest delivery of Sports Monday. The Belize City football fans finally got a close up look at the newcomer upstart Jacintoville United of P.G. as Regent’s Cup play brought them to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday against Kulture Yabra. With only two rounds remaining on the […]

Long weekend includes plenty of sports

Good evening, I’m James Adderley presenting you with yet another fresh edition of Sports Monday. Week eleven of the Regent’s Cup Tournament took Juventus of Orange Walk into the Norman Broaster Stadium Saturday night for its scheduled match with Real Verdes of San Ignacio. For certain the home field advantage propels Verdes to fast start, […]

Brothers Cruz to extreme victory

It’s called the Belize Extreme Canoe Race. And unlike its better known cousin that travels the same route down the Macal and Belize Rivers, this trip is not done for fun. Eleven teams took part in the second annual event, and in case paddling virtually non-stop from San Ignacio to Belize City is not challenging […]

Raiders repeat as basketball champs

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we want to welcome you to this hefty September portion of Sports Monday. There were vents galore for the Belizean sports fan over the weekend. And while we couldn’t capture everything, we certainly are proud to show you what we’ve got. We go straight to the podium inside the […]

Bodybuilders compete for Mr. Belize title

It is a sport that produced no less a celebrity than Arnold Schwarzenegger. And while it’s not certain whether any of the contestants in tonight’s Mr. Belize bodybuilding contest will ever become a movie star or politician, it’s a sure bet that they’ll generate some heat on the stage. Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick […]

Down 2-zip, Nets avoid sweep

It’s money time in semi-pro basketball, but after losing the first two games of the finals, it looked like the B.T.L. Nets had come up a day late and a dollar short. But on Tuesday night a Raider sweep was avoided as the Nets looked like poster boys for Viagra. James Adderley has the highlights. […]

Cycling, billiards top weekend sports

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re pushing another fresh portion of Sports Monday. In 2003 the Santino Cycle Classic has evolved into a 4-day, four-stage race that got off on Friday September the fifth to culminated on September tenth with the criterium ride around the Regent and Albert Streets here in Belize City. We […]

Champion canoeist recounts experience in U.S.

You may remember his face from all the Ruta Maya canoe races he’s won over the years; but make no mistake, Alex Lisbey is just reaching his peak. During the summer Lisbey took flight to conquer canoeists in the United States, and guess what? He did it. Lisbey is a three-time champion in the Texas […]

Raiders take game one of finals

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’ve just logged on to Sports Monday. In the Regent Insurance Cup opener at the M.C.C. Grounds, Kulture Yabra was held to a scoreless draw by visiting Juventus team of Orange Walk. It’s the beginning of the second round and the regular season play and yes, these two teams […]

B.T.L. wins softball nationals

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re rolling out yet another fresh issue of Sports Monday. Over the weekend Rogers Stadium hosted the best of the best in Belizean softball as the top eight ball clubs of the national gathered in a tournament package to choose the best from amongst many. We pick up the […]

National softball competition opens this weekend

When played well it’s a beautiful game to watch…and chances are that fans will get their fill of good looks when Belize’s best female softballers compete over the next two days in Belize City. Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick Jones, Reporting The diamond at Rogers Stadium will be the venue for high stakes softball […]

National softball competition opens this weekend

When played well it’s a beautiful game to watch…and chances are that fans will get their fill of good looks when Belize’s best female softballers compete over the next two days in Belize City. Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick Jones, Reporting The diamond at Rogers Stadium will be the venue for high stakes softball […]

Playoffs begin in semi-pro hoops

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this latest edition of Sports Monday. Week six of the Regent Insurance Cup Tournament brought back semi-pro soccer to the M.C.C. Grounds as Kulture Yabra hosted Real Verdes of San Ignacio. We open with the Belize City team on the attack as Daniel Thomas presses, […]

Coaches look far and wide for softball talent

It’s been a very long time since the Golden Girls put Belize on the map of international softball and those tales of past glory are no substitute for today’s hits, runs and victory on the region’s diamonds. But hope springs eternal…as Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting She’s doesn’t have the name recognition of an […]

Juventus and Bandits fight to scoreless tie

Good evening, I’m James Adderley welcoming you to this fresh deal of Sports Monday. Week five of the Regent Insurance Cup brought undefeated Juventus of Orange Walk face to face with the league leading Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday night. We go to live action as David Trapp centres […]

Belize canoeists do well in U.S.

Our female softball champions placed a disappointing fourth last week in San Salvador and reports from Santo Domingo indicate that our athletes in the Pan American Games are finishing well to the back of the pack. But that does not mean all the news on the international sporting front is bad. News 5 has received […]

Yabra, Raiders victorious in weekend sports

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’ve just stepped up to a fresh dish of Sports Monday. Week four of the Regent Insurance Cup Tournament found the pride and joy of Belize City, Kulture Yabra, still looking for its first season win. Yesterday’s match at the M.C.C. Grounds brought them face to face with the […]

Summer camp teaches football skills

It may not be the biggest of Belize’s many summer programmes for kids, but the children who assembled this week at the M.C.C. Grounds were not short-changed on fun. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting They may aspire to become star players like Vallan Symms, Charlie Slusher or Norman “Tilliman” Nunez, but for the moment these children between […]

Belize contingent heads to Pan Am Games

They are not expected to bring back the gold…or any silver and bronze for that matter, but seven athletes left Belize today to represent the nation in the Pan American Games being held in the Dominican Republic. The team consists of Michael Aguilar, Leonard Arnold, Orson Elrington, Patrick Fuller, Jayson Jones, David Sanchez and Tricia […]

B.T.L., Bandits victorious in weekend sports

Good evening I’m James Adderley and welcome to this latest issue of Sports Monday. Week three of the B.P.F.L. football season took Kulture Yabra of Belize City into the unfriendly confines of the Isidoro Beaton Stadium for a showdown with the sub-champion, Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan. We open with Norman “Tilliman” Nunez launching a […]

Jr. Cyclists head to Guatemala

It may seem odd that almost twenty-two years after independence we still find it newsworthy when Belize is treated by its western neighbour as a sovereign nation. But, hey, progress comes one step at a time…or in this case, with each revolution of a bicycle wheel. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The team of […]