Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday on a Tuesday. Elston Kerr, who won the first ever Cross Country Classic began a wonderful tradition that extended into its 74th edition this Holy Saturday. Riders from as far away as North American and Colombia lined up at the starting gate, joining some eighty […]
They are a fraternity of superb athletes who compete throughout the year in a series of punishing races, leading up to the granddaddy of them all. Ann-Marie reports on the upcoming Cross Country Classic. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The 74th Annual Cross Country Cycling Classic rides out of Belize City at 6:00 on Holy Saturday morning. […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into the latest dish of Sports Monday. Week III of the Regents Cup playoffs found undefeated Kulture Yabra of Belize City at the People’s Stadium being hosted by Fabro’s Juventus Stars. Would week III find Kulture Yabra picking up its third consecutive win, or would the O.W. […]
The memory of Belizean cyclist Dwayne Arnold is being kept alive…thanks to three trophies donated to the Cycling Association in his name for the Holy Saturday Cross Country Classic. In February, Arnold was fatally shot, while working in his store on Cemetery Road. Euan Gillett, a friend of Arnold’s, is spearheading the initiative. Euan Gillett, […]
It is doubtful that cricket will ever replace football and basketball in the hearts of the Belizean sporting public, but the game that rules much of the English speaking Caribbean is experiencing something of a revival in Belize. Today, cricket is being played throughout the Belize District at fourteen primary and secondary schools. Recently the […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into another serving of Sports Monday. Week 2 of the Regent’s Cup playoffs found the defending semi-pro football champion in action against football champion as Kulture Yabra hosted Builder’s Hardware Bandits. Only one would leave the Barracks undefeated. In a stadium filled with playoff tension, Raul Celiz […]
Each year since its inception in 1998 La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge has captured an increasing share of the public’s imagination–and attendance–over the ninth of March weekend. So much so that, barring a miracle, the traditional Belize Harbour Regatta is dead in the water. But before high-tech Kevlar canoes raced down the Belize River, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re welcome to this Baron Bliss edition of Sports Monday. The busy weekend of sporting activity got off Saturday night with the kick off of the Regent’s Cup playoffs at the Capital City’s Isidero Beaton Stadium. There the number one seed, Builders Hardware Bandits, played host to the number […]
The canoe race known as La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge has always been a curious mixture of well-muscled athletes with their well heeled sponsors and high tech canoes, side by side with starry eyed rookies armed only with rugged dreams and an endless supply of Bengay. If today’s opening leg is any indication, the […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is the latest version of Sports Monday. Yesterday brought up the last playing date on the regular season schedule in the Regent’s Cup Tournament, and it found the young Acros Brown Bombers fighting to avoid relegation in a match-up against league leading Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan at […]
His misbehaviour on the football field may not have reached constitutional proportions, but that did not make the actions of Norman “Tilliman” Nunez any less disgraceful. On Sunday at the MCC Grounds, he laid a flying kick on one of his own teammates, an assault which was captured for posterity by News 5’s Sports Monday. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned with this latest version of Sports Monday. Yesterday’s amateur boxing card at the City Centre was a production of the Belize Amateur Boxing Association, and was billed as a battle between Mexico and Belize. But there were not enough Belizean warriors to handle the ten-man Mexican […]
For fans of Belizean-American Milt Palacio, it’s time to put away those Boston Celtics jerseys and go shopping in the sun, the Phoenix Sun that is. On Wednesday, the NBA point guard was part of a five-player deal between Boston and the Phoenix Suns. When the season started it looked like Palacio was finally going […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’ve landed aboard this fanciful flight of Sports Monday. The mad rush to make the Regent Cup Football playoffs found the defending champion Kulture Yabra at Dangriga in action against league leading Griga United yesterday as week sixteen rolled in. It was a ballgame you shouldn’t have missed. But […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and it is my privilege to welcome you to this fresh serving of Sports Monday. Valentine’s Day has become synonymous with great cycling in Belize and this sport certainly attracts great fans, in fact, we’ll go as far as sensational fans. Just in case you don’t know, we’re at the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’ve just entered that exciting zone known as Sports Monday. Week fourteen of the Regent’s Cup Tournament brought a monster confrontation to the People’s Stadium O.W., where Juventus Stars made a stand against the defending champion Kulture Yabra of Belize, who with a win today could grab a share […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into Sports Monday. The battle for supremacy in the Regent’s Cup tournament raged at the M.C.C. Grounds. Yesterday we headed into week thirteen as the defending champions Kulture Yabra, hosted Builder’s Hardware Bandits. A quick look at this picture featuring David “Manu” McCauley, Charlie Slusher and Derron […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re on board this fresh flight on Sports Monday. It was a weekend of international football with the visit of Associacion Deportiva Carmelita from Cost Rica in full effect. Friday night they clobbered Builders Hardware Bandits 3-nil, so we take you out to M.C.C. Grounds where the semi-pro champions […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned with this latest serving of Sports Monday. Week eleven of this Regent’s Cup Tournament found Acros Brown Bombers in defence of the barracks here in Belize City against who else, Acros Real Verdes of San Ignacio. Okay, we’ll call it the battle of stoves, but there […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re riding aboard this latest flight of Sports Monday. Two teams streaking in opposite directions met yesterday to kick off the second round of the Regent’s Cup Tournament at the M.C.C. Grounds. In the role of host, undefeated and league leading Kulture Yabra took the field against Lazio F.C. […]
In New Year’s sporting news, Barney Brown made a big sprint from the top of the Belcan Bridge to take home first place in the annual Krem/B.E.L. Cycling Classic. Following Brown across the finish line were Hugo Monterosa, Mateo Cruz, Andrew Smiling and Ariel Rosado. Top honours in the women’s division went to Anamarie Bennett, […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and tonight’s show closes out Sports Monday for the year 2001. Like you know it Belize, we’re always on time and we’re always here when you call and that’s not about to change. What’s also not going to change is the leader atop the B.F.L. standings as we head into […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome aboard this yuletide ride on Sports Monday. As Santa and his reindeers were readying their bag of surprises, the Regent’s Cup Tournament was reaching the end of the first round of play. Yesterday at the M.C.C. Grounds one of those surprises showed up prematurely in the match-up between […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcomed to Sports Monday. In a tale of teams streaking in opposite directions, week eight of the Regent’s Cup Tournament found Jacintoville of Toledo at the M.C.C. Grounds looking for its second season win against no less than the defending champion Kulture Yabra. The visitors attack Willie Bo Bernard […]
James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and welcome to this portion of Sports Monday. Coming off its first season win, Acros Bombers hosted the defending champion Kulture Yabra at the M.C.C. Grounds on the schedule for week seven in the Regent Insurance Cup Tournament. Would the Brown Bombers become giant killers and make it […]
