Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into the show we call Sports Monday. Yesterday the Belize Cycling Association staged the Junior Cross Country Cycle Classic, an eighty-eight mile ride that left capital city Belmopan and headed west to San Ignacio then swung back to finish here inside Belize City at the Marion Jones […]
With just over a week until one of the biggest national events on the sporting calendar, officials of the Belize Cycling Association say all the pieces are in place for the seventy-fifth ride for the roses. At a meeting last night in Belize City, association executives and members of the technical committee, held a closed […]
We’re not sure what vitamins they’re taking, but come this weekend a bunch of young men will be in need of all the strength they can muster. This morning I met them out on the Western Highway. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Before dawn these disciples of cycling pay homage to the highway…pacing…sprinting…sometimes struggling to keep up. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Belize City softball Association kicked off its annual season with the usual marathon package staged yesterday at Rogers Stadium. We go to the female finals as defending champion Brothers Habet Body 2000 Lady Rebels clash with B.T.L. for the 2003 title. And for Mary […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. The Harrison Parks National Cricket Competition staged it All Star match Saturday at Bermudian Landing featuring the best from both zones of play. For sure, cricket at its highest level in this country attracts fans from all over […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re inside Sports Monday. The National Senior Road Championship was staged by the Belize Cycle Association yesterday with some forty riders making a bid in this hundred and ten mile ride. It’s the only major event on the cycling calendar limited to nationals only as we go to the […]
You think Spring Break and images of MTV on the beach in Panama City, Florida or Negril, Jamaica might spring to mind. But for more than sixty students from the University of Louisville in Kentucky, their idea of a hot spring break was coming to Belize to conduct physical conditioning and training workshops for coaches. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this latest issue of Sports Monday. The Harrison Parks National Cricket Competition continues to roll and we caught up with Saturday’s showdown at Burrell Boom between the home team Brave Union in action against the defending champion Sunrise of Lord’s Bank. For Brave Union things certainly aren’t […]
When we last left the flotilla of canoes, they were pulling up to Banana Bank to spend the first of three nights en route to the finish line in Belize City. And it is at the Belcan Bridge where cameraman George Tillett found them on Monday morning. Janelle Chanona, Reporting After four days of aching […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this latest version of Sports Monday. Baron Bliss became our benefactor by bequeathing us his wealth, and ever since the country of Belize has dedicated the ninth of March to his memory. As usual, this annual holiday brings with it a flurry of activity on […]
Most of its publicity was drowned out by the noise of the election campaign, but this morning as dawn broke over the Hawkesworth Bridge, you’d never know there was any event this week more important than the big canoe race. News 5’s Stewart Krohn reports from the banks of the Macal River in Cayo. Stewart […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re glad you could join us for this fresh package of Sports Monday. Sagitun of Independence has claimed the semi-pro football title, so we now turn out attention to the Harrison Parks Cricket Competition, which has been heating up inside the Belize Rural. We’re four weeks into the season […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’ve just logged on to this fresh delivery of Sports Monday. After some eight months and a starting total of eight teams, the B.P.F.L. football season reached an abrupt ending Saturday night inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium when the host Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan were hoping to force […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re rolling into another fresh version of Sports Monday. Football fever raged at full pitch inside the Michael Ashcroft Stadium Saturday night where Sagitun played host to the Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan to kick off the three-game B.P.F.L. football championship series. For whatever reason, Belmopan gave up its […]
For decades, cycling in Belize has been a male-dominated sport. But this year, the women are determined to take their rightful share of the road. The female assault begins with Sunday’s B.T.L. Valentine’s Classic, which has attracted more women than ever in search of a thousand dollar first prize. Early this morning News 5’s Marion […]
It’s a familiar story that cuts through a cross section of all our major sports. That is, an abundance of raw young talent that somehow fails to mature to the point where Belizean athletes play any kind of role on the world sporting stage. Today, that analysis was confirmed by an international athletic official who […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re strapped in for another ride on what we call Sports Monday. With the Builder’s Hardware Bandits already waiting in the wing, the battle to become the other finalist in B.P.F.L. football championship was fought at the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday as Kulture Yabra hosted Sagitun of Independence in a […]
One of Belize’s most promising athletes will have a chance to show his stuff this summer on a major international stage. Word has been received by the Belize Amateur Athletic Association from its international parent body that sprinter Jaheed Smith has qualified to participate in the World Youth Championships to be held in Sherbrooke, Quebec, […]
While all eyes may be focussed on next month’s elections, the long weekend following March fifth will feature one of the year’s premier sporting events. Marion Ali has a preview. Marion Ali, Reporting Mile after mile, it’s the longest and most challenging water sport in Central America. Each year, its organisers find new ways to […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this latest issue of Sports Monday. The Belize Premier Football League playoffs found the two top teams with identical records of three wins, one loss apiece, in bitter combat for the lead in the standings with two matches per team remaining. Both teams go into […]
For the last four year the Berger 404 alumni council has been holding football matches for those youths who are considered to be at risk. The club is now looking to expand the programme beyond Belize City and today got a much needed donation to help meet its goal. This afternoon, the club received twenty-five […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re just in time for this fresh delivery of Sports Monday. Week four of the B.P.F.L. playoffs found three teams with identical two and one records going in. Here in Belize City two of these ball-clubs battled at the M.C.C. Grounds as the defending champion Kulture Yabra plays host […]
His team, the Cleveland Cavaliers may be languishing in the division cellar with the worst record in the N.B.A. but just as Milton Palacio never forgets his roots in Belize, we in the jewel cannot fail to keep up with his career. While Milt has hardly reached anything approaching stardom, the point guard is averaging […]
It may have been for charity, but the players gave it all they had–and so did the fans. The numbers are in and Friday’s celebrity basketball games raised a total of one thousand, three hundred and fifty-four dollars. Those funds will be used to purchase fifty-one basketballs, enough to equip all of the Belize District […]
One sporting organization that does not operate on the principles of charity is the semi-pro Belize Premier Football League. But that hasn’t stopped one of its teams in Belize City from giving something back. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Edward P. Yorke High School Football Club has been around for a […]
