Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked in to this delicate dish of Sports Monday. So we take you immediately to the Western Highway for the 2007 edition of the Female Cross Country Classic staged yesterday. This seventy mile race started at San Ignacio, people, and here we are with the chase group as […]
While many Belizean mothers will be relaxing on Sunday, others will be busting a sweat in the eighteenth edition of the Female Cross Country. News Five’s James Adderley reports. James Adderley, Reporting Mother’s Day comes this Sunday, May thirteenth and with it comes the eighteenth running of the annual female cross country cycle classic, a […]
Good Evening I’m James Adderly and here’s your weekly issue of Sports Monday. The 2007 RFG Insurance Cup Playoffs blasted off this weekend with all eight teams seeing action. Here in Belize City the M.C.C. Grounds hosted the clash between F.C. Belize and San Pedro’s Costa Del Sol Nairi’s in a ballgame that brought with […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this issue of Sports Monday. Week ten of the Regent Insurance Cup Tournament found SP Costa Del Sol Nairi’s visiting with Sugar Boys Juventus inside the People’s Stadium yesterday looking for that big win in their final regular season outing that would lead them into the […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into Sports Monday. Week nine of the R.F.G. Insurance Cup Tournament brought the Belmopan Bandits to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday to face undefeated FC Belize as the capital city gang tries to fight their way into the playoff picture. Folks we’re just five minutes in when this […]
From its origins as a lawn sport for European royalty, tennis has had to live with a reputation as a game for the classes, not the masses. And despite the breaking of social barriers in the U.S.A. and elsewhere, in Belize the sport could hardly be considered rootsy. Things may be changing, however, as an […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week eight of the RFG Insurance Cup saw the Belmopan Bandits play host to Toledo United Saturday night inside the Isidro Beaton Stadium. And we’re early into the ballgame when #14 Kenneth Budna apparently commits the dreaded auto goal but gets bailed out by an […]
Semi-pro basketball action is set to tip off this weekend in San Pedro between the home team Tigersharks and the Belize Bank Bulldogs. Publicity about the new season has been minimal and even though coaches and players admit that basketball in Belize has had a rocky past, insiders say fans can expect an exciting future. […]
The sight of young men playing basketball is a familiar scene on courts across the country. But then again, the sight of many more young men loitering on street corners is just as common. And while many of us have accepted that reality, today Janelle Chanona met a group of concerned Belizeans who are determined […]
James Adderley Good evening, I’m James Adderley and it is with great pleasure to welcome you to this splash of Sports Monday. The magic of the annual Cross Country Cycling Classic permeates this Holy Saturday morning. A large multitude has assembled to experience the rush at the start of the seventy-ninth edition. Some one hundred […]
A little after dawn on Saturday Belize’s most important annual sporting event will kick off for the seventy-ninth time. James Adderley, who has covered this race for what seems like most of those years, has a preview. Today is Wednesday the fourth of April 2007, the time is 5:15 a.m. and the early birds are […]
On Saturday morning all Belizean ears will be tuned to a radio for the seventy-ninth Cross Country Cycling Classic. And while the publication has come out just under the wire, the magazine known as “The Tradition” has made its third annual appearance. With a photo of defending champ Shane Vasquez on the cover and some […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The WIN Belize Basketball Competition reached money time Friday night inside the Civic Center as Acros Whirlpool found itself in a must win situation against the red hot Lake I Boyz in the three game senior male championship series. It’s a pretty good start for […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and here’s this week’s issue of Sports Monday. This was the scene that greeted us on Saturday morning when we pulled up in front of the Football Federation of Belize compound at Belmopan to witness the vote for the executive positions in the FIFA affiliated body which comes up every […]
Mudslinging, accusations of victimisation, alleged bribery, and calls for transparency … you probably think I’m talking about national politics right? Well politics might be involved but what I’m actually referring to is the run up to the election of a new President of the Football Federation of Belize. The new body will be in charge […]
The story didn’t make it into Sports Monday but over the weekend students of the University of Belize participated in the twenty-ninth edition of that institution’s annual relathon. For the women, the event started out at Market Square in Belmopan while their male counterparts began their run from in front of the San Ignacio Police […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this issue of Sports Monday. We take you immediately to in front of Garbutt’s Texaco Gas Station inside Roaring Creek where the ninety-mile Masters Cross Country Classic is about to take off featuring thirty riders whose classification demands they must be thirty years and over. […]
Cycling in Belize is serious business and as the clock ticks down to Holy Saturday, the prospects for controversy will only get stronger. On last night’s sports report, James Adderley noted the disqualification of a team in Sunday’s Belmopan Classic. Tonight James has a sequel. James Adderley, Reporting Yesterday’s news of the punitive measures issued […]
The sun was hot, the breeze was strong, and the crowd was large. That’s the environment entered by dozens of tired paddlers on the last day of Belize’s great canoe race. News Five’s Janelle Chanona and Stewart Krohn–with a little help from Love FM’s Patrick Jones–combined for the coverage. Stewart Krohn, Reporting The tenth annual […]
James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and here’s your weekly dish of Sports Monday. We kick off with week three of the RFG Cup Tournament as F.C. Belize of the metropolis hosts Wagiya of Dangriga inside the M.C.C. Grounds Sunday evening. We’re some ten minutes into the action when Wagiya tries to grab the […]
The publicity says that it’s more than just a race … and that may be true. But as News 5’s Kendra Griffith reports from the banks of the Macal and Belize Rivers, this morning in Cayo, competition was king. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Race enthusiasts gathered on the Hawkesworth Bridge and banks of the Macal River […]
I don’t know where the time has gone, but when the starting gun goes off Friday morning in San Ignacio, it will mark the tenth anniversary of La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge. The one hundred and seventy-five mile long event spread over four days will feature nearly a hundred teams participating in categories ranging […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this issue of Sports Monday. Week 2 of the R.F.G. Cup Tournament brought Santels of Cayo to the People’s Stadium for its date with Alpha Glitters of Orange Walk. And the home team tries to strike first off this long range left foot from Augustine […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and here’s your weekly portion of Sports Monday. The R.F.G. Insurance Cup Tournament which features 12 teams in 2 divisions of 6 kicked off yesterday with all teams seeing action. Here in Belize City the annual B.P.F.L. Football Competition saw F.C. Belize play host to Tex Mar Boys from Mango […]
This weekend Belize will be overrun with athletes as competitors from all over Central America are expected to participate in the first ever CADICA Regional Cross Country Competition. The track and field event is being hosted by the Belize Amateur Athletic Association and this afternoon President Josephine Flowers, told us what to expect. Josephine Flowers, […]
