Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly want to thank you for joining us for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. We take you immediately to La Democracia at mile thirty-one on the Western Highway for the start of the 2001 Placencia Mountain Bike Classic on Saturday. Unfortunately folks, this is not a meeting […]
The football action may have returned to the field of play, but we have certainly not heard the last from disgruntled players who staged public protests over the treatment of former national coach Leroy Sherrier Lewis. One man absent from the media spotlight in recent weeks is B.N.F.A. President Dr. Bertie Chimilio. Today News 5’s […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve stopped in for another ride on Sports Monday. Yesterday Kulture Yabra took to the M.C.C. Grounds against Builders Hardware Bandits in an effort to rebound after its first playoff loss last week, while the visitors were in town to keep this championship hopes alive. With the stakes this […]
The last time Belizean sporting representatives went to Honduras they returned with heads high, despite a heartbreaking 3-3 draw with Guatemala’s national football team. This time the venue proved even friendlier as our young athletes made their mark in regional competition. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Over the weekend twenty-seven primary school athletes went to Honduras to […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re just in time for another dish of Sports Monday. After a week of protest at the B.N.F.A. headquarters on Simon Lamb Street, the disenchanted with Dr. Chimilio took to their message to downtown Albert and Regent Streets on Saturday in an effort to further reinforce their message. Today […]
If you have access to a television, radio or newspaper, then you should know of the current football controversy. Since Monday, footballers, coaches, managers and owners of football clubs have been protesting the departure of National Team Coach LeRoy Sherrier Lewis and asking for the resignation of B.N.F.A. President Dr. Bertie Chimilio. Last night, footballers […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly want to welcome you to this exciting version of Sports Monday. Instead of taking you out to the football field, we’ll take you instead to Belize National Football Association’s executive office on Simon Lamb Street. As you can see, there is a whole lot of unusual activity […]
The first Belize City Games will be played in the old capital from August tenth to nineteenth. The nine-day event, launched this morning at a press conference by the Belize City Council, promises to promote discipline, competition and goodwill through sports. City Councillor Austin Waight, who has sports as part of his portfolio, says the […]
Yesterday on our newscast B.N.F.A. President Bertie Chimilio denied allegations that national football coach Leroy Sherrier Lewis was fired. Chimilio said Lewis resigned, knowing that sanctions would soon be imposed for outbursts he made after Belize’s three-three tie with Guatemala. Today Lewis visited our studios to give his account of the football drama. Leroy Sherrier […]
Thirty-three Belizean athletes; sixteen boys and seventeen girls, promise to show their mettle as they go for the gold at the Central American Infant Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras next month. Ann-Marie met with some of them this morning. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting This is the fifth time Belize is participating and according to National Sports Council’s […]
After Belize put out its best at the UNCAF Nation’s Cup in Honduras and almost defeated the Guatemalan football team, Coach Leroy Sherrier Lewis finds himself without a job. Lewis says he was told by a member of the executive that he was fired and should keep it quiet until this morning when that body […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley inviting you to climb aboard for another fresh serving of Sports Monday. The Belize District Amateur Basketball competition at Big Bird’s Isle is in the thick of the playoffs and yesterday the female champion emerged after a heated display of hoops. It’s Anamarie Thurton jumping against three time MVP Enid […]
Most of the recent action between Belize and Guatemala has taken place either in an air conditioned conference room or amidst the heavy humidity of the jungle shrouded border. Today’s encounter, however, occurred in a football stadium in Puerto Cortez, Honduras, as the two national football teams battled to advance in the UNCAF Nation’s Cup […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and it’s time for another ride on Sports Monday. Semi-pro basketball took centre stage at the City centre Friday night where the BTL Net clashed with the University of Belize. At the tip off its Ernest Broaster jumping against 6’8″ Eric Maye of the U.S. and we’re underway. We always […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and welcome aboard this pleasant flight on Sports Monday that’s bound to get you off. We start with the 2001 edition of the female Cross-Country Classic. Here we join the start of the seventy mile ride featuring five of the top seven female cyclists of this country we call Belize, […]
Even though it’s still early in the season semi-pro basketball has already proved popular in both Belize City and district towns. But in addition to courtside, the basketball association is taking the game into to a whole new arena; the World Wide Web. Troy Gabb, Commissioner of the Belize Basketball Association, explained what infotech fans […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we thank you for joining this rush on Sports Monday. Talk about forty-two cyclists gearing up for the ride from Belize City to More Tomorrow Village, a distance of some fifty miles on mountain bikes. If you’re looking at your screen and see the big name riders, you’ve been […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome aboard this charter of Sports Monday. Playoff fever has gripped the football community as six teams battle for the championship in the BFL. Week III found Kulture Yabra hosting the defending champions Sagitun at the MCC grounds yesterday. Six minutes in Derys Benavides fires with bad intention at […]
The court is ready, the fans are ready and it seems that the players are all set to get back in action. Jose Sanchez has a preview of tonight’s basketball opener. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Since the end of the 1999 season, the sounds of bouncing basketballs and cheering semi-pro fans have been absent from the […]
It has been a good while since we last saw the excitement of semi-pro basketball at the City Centre. Actually it’s been one year, ten months and six days since Evan “Duck” Garnett inbounded the perfect pass and Keith Acosta slammed home the winning bucket to win the 1999 championship for the Phoenix Footlocker Raiders. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we want to welcome you aboard this fanciful flight on Sports Monday. Week II of the BFL football playoffs brought no real changes in the standings. The haves got more, the have-nots got nothing. We take you to the People’s Stadium O.W. where the home team Juventus looks to […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly want to welcome you to this serving of Sports Monday. The 73rd Annual Cross-Country Classic fell victim to its most controversial start ever, as a protest almost shut down the Holy Saturday race. At the heart of the standoff is this pair of riders wearing the Quintana […]
It happens every Easter… and while the annual race is never far from controversy, the granddaddy of Belizean sporting events will once again thrill Belizeans from Barranco to Consejo. Ann-Marie was on the road early this morning and returned to the studio with a preview. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting When the bugle is sounded at 6:00 […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned to this version of Sports Monday. Things certainly are heating up at big Bird’s Isle as Belize District Basketball continues to pick up steam heading into the playoffs. We now take you to the Friday night opener between Medina’s House of Jewelry and M&M’s Christian Ambassadors. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re hooked in to another display of Sports Monday. The BFL regular season is fast approaching. It’s natural conclusion and in fact there remains only one fixture of matches, and that comes up this weekend. Nevertheless, the jocking for play off position continued unabated over the weekend and here […]
