Good evening, I’m James Adderley so let’s roll with another flavor of Sports Monday. The monster in B.F.L. Football was staged at the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday where 2 contenders tried to further their playoff ambitions in a 90 minute transaction. In the role of host the Yabra Sporting Club observes the expected pre-game meeting with […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s throwing down another version of Sports Monday. The B.F.L. schedule this weekend brought about a battle for supremacy in the standings when undefeated Juventus of Orange Walk hosted the only 3 and 0 ball club in the second round: Sagitun of Mango Creek. It’s the southern guys with […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s a fresh serving of Sports Monday. We take you out immediately to the Ring Road at capitol city Belmopan where the Alphius Williams World AIDS Day Cycle Race has attracted forty-two riders for the 9:30 a.m. blast off on Sunday and well… they’re off. Coming out of Belmopan […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to another dose of Sports Monday. We start this session by taking you out to City Center for the high school basketball clash between St. John’s College and E.P. Yorke High School. As usual the St. John’s team comes out very organized as demonstrated here by perfect ball […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s another version of Sports Monday. With the capping of the remainder of the cycle racing calendar, the riders have been clamouring for action so Santino Castillo stepped in yesterday with the Honda Hill Classic – a 52 mile journey that ran from capital city Belmopan to Santa Elena, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley so pull up for this fresh version of Sports Monday. The annual secondary schools basketball tournament is upon us people, and Friday night found the opening of the Belize City season at the City Centre so let’s peep in on the main event. Meet the defending champion Wesley College in […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for a Tuesday version of Sports Monday. Hurricane Mitch sent the Belizean population scuffling to higher grounds last week. Mitch didn’t land on Belizean shores but it dumped enough water and confusion to halt all sporting activities scheduled this weekend. However, we’ve been trying to […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and as we stare Hurricane Mitch in the eye, here’s another version of Sports Monday. Yesterday’s B.F.L. showdown at the M.C.C. Grounds brought the struggling Juventus Benqueña to a face off with Acros of Belize City. It’s the visitors who’re off to the quick start looking for goal from this […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is another version of Sports Monday. For the first time ever a full-length marathon of 26 miles was staged in a package yesterday presented by NTV of Japan as they launched their search for a Belizean talent to take to the Sydney Olympics 2000. Now folks this is […]
Belizean athletes who have always dreamed of one day representing their country in the Olympics will come one step closer to achieving that goal this weekend. On Sunday, the National Sports Council in collaboration with the Belize Defence Force and N.T.V. of Japan will present the first ever Henry Usher Marathon. It is the first […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and welcome to this Tuesday edition of Sports Monday. With its first win in the B.F.L. football season coming last weekend at the M.C.C. Grounds, the city based team Acros looked to make it two in a row at that same venue Sunday when they played host to the defending […]
It is a building that seemed cursed from the day the first pile was driven for its misplaced foundation. Almost two decades later the Belize City Centre still has its share of woes. Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones “From the outside, it looks like a pretty good facility. But appearances don’t always tell the […]
Members of the National Sports Council have been appointed and that body is making plans for action. The council is chaired by Marshall Nunez and includes Allan Sharp as first vice chairman, Andrew Smiling as second vice chariman, Yvonne Robinson as secretary and Russel Vellos as treasurer. Committee members are Rushiel Bevans, Nelson Hyde, Peter […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this edition of Sports Monday. The BTL football season so far has been unkind to the city team named Acros who made its homestand at the MCC grounds yesterday, still looking for win number one. The opponent first happened to be the unpredictable Dangriga Jaguars looking for […]
Plans are well underway for another swimming expedition across the Corozal Bay. The four mile swim, which is scheduled for October eleventh, is being organized by Swim Across Belize Outstanding Relief, SABOR. The group was formed shortly after the first swim across the bay last March which raised five thousand dollars to assist the Belize […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re just in time for another deal of Sports Monday. B.F.L. Football continues to reign supreme on Sunday afternoon here in the Jewel people and here in the city, the fans got another look at the undefeated Yabra Sporting Club who played host to Southern United at the M.C.C. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this fresh portion of Sports Monday. Sunday, the day before Independence Day brought B.F.L. soccer to the M.C.C. Grounds as city based Acros played host to Sagitun Football Club of Mango Creek. In the opening minutes it’s Acros on the attack but what looks like a breakaway […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s another serving of Sports Monday. The mighty Mr. Belize Body Building Contest produced a massive display of wall to wall muscle which brought the very best athletes to Parish Hall Saturday night. But first here’s a look at the finalists in the junior division class of this body […]
It’s a long way to go but six Belizean athletes and three officials departed the country this afternoon en route to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The occasion is the sixteenth hosting of the Commonwealth Games. The athletes, all female, are sprinters Tricia Flores, Jackieva Castillo and heptathalon specialist Candace Blades, while Quinton Hamilton, Ernest Meighan and […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and this is another version of Sports Monday. The Santino’s Cycle Classic has become a mainstay on the September Celebrations calendar and yesterday’s big time card brought out the fans in joves. We join the action in the final opener with 4 laps to go as Camille Solis and Norma […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is the post-election serving of Sports Monday. The cycling community continues to prepare itself for the Santino’s Cycling Classic set for 6th September with weekly outings on the Princess Margaret Drive in Belize City. Yesterday’s card was a monster. We pick up the action in the ladies 8 […]
Our athletes are back from Maracaibo, Venezuela and although they didn’t bring home any medals, there were a few bright moments. The twelve-member basketball team won two games: sixty-six to sixty-one against Mexico and an eighty-three to eighty victory against Puerto Rico. They narrowly lost to Panama, the Dominican Republic and the most painful of […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The National Softball tournament brought 9 champions and sub-champions to the Roger’s Stadium over the weekend in an effort to produce the best from among many. Independence United, the southern champion, reached the playoffs in undefeated fashion and we find the defending champion C.T.C., a […]
In one bit of regional news word has been received from Maracaibo that the Belize national basketball team has failed in its bid to salvage a bronze medal in the Central American and Caribbean Games. The score was 72-71 in a heartbreaking loss to host Venezuela.
In regional news — and we deliberately saved it for last — the dream finally ended for the Belize men’s basketball team in Venezuela. This evening they lost to Panama by a score of 98 to 76. They’ll still have a chance for bronze medal, however, as they play their final game tomorrow night against […]
