http://jamaica-gleaner.com/ The oldest and leading newspaper in Jamaica editor@gleanerjm.com (Garfield Grandison) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 60 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT Newspapers She may already have two Olympic gold medals and a world title to her name, but the ever-smiling Jamaican sprinter, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is looking to raise her game, with one eye on today's IAAF Diamond League stop in Shanghai, China. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports1.html WESTERN BUREAU:After four years of setting out a swimming programme specifically geared to spur the development of Olympic calibre swimmers in the western region; and after pooling all her life savings into that realisation, founder of the Blue Marlin Swim Club, Rosemarie Logan, is calling it quits. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports2.html St Catherine Cricket Club and Kingston will meet at Chedwin Park in one of several marquee match-ups of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) One-Day Championship, which bowls off today. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports3.html Jamaica has been excelling in a number of sporting disciplines and this is set to be widened as the country will be represented in the Caribbean's first official BMX Freestyle Contest, to be hosted in Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, at the Jean Pierre Complex in Mucurapo. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports4.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports4.html OAKLAND, California (AP):Slow at the start of the series and strong at the end, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Golden State Warriors 94-82 on Thursday night to clinch a 4-2 victory and progress to the NBA Western Conference finals. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports5.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports5.html St Andrew comfortably won the 30th staging of the 2013 Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA)/Sagicor National Primary, All- Age and Junior High Schools Athletic Championships at the National Stadium yesterday. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports51.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports51.html Red Stripe, sponsor of the local Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) and the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA), are looking at ways to change the format of the league that has been used for the past five years. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports52.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports52.html Jermaine 'Tuffy' Anderson of Waterhouse Football Club walked away with the most individual awards at the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) end-of-season presentation ceremony at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston on Thursday night. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports53.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports53.html In a driving finish, MONEY MOVE (centre), running at odds of 7-2 with Peter Bryan aboard, wins the fifth race over the straight-five course by a neck from the Paul Francis-ridden PRINCE O'SHAUN (left) and the favourite FRANKENSTORM (out of pic) at... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports54.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports54.html KINGSTON:Ten sports, 10 days, one winner! Jamaica's University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is all set to host the biennial inter-campus championships, the UWI Games 2013. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports55.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports55.html Jamaica's top local shooters, including Manchester Rifle and Pistol Club (MRPC) star, Orville Henriques, are expected to head to the Jamaica Rifle Association (JRA) headquarters range on Mountain View Avenue and do battle at this morning's World Shoot qualifiers. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports6.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports6.html The 2012 triple champions Petrojam started the KSAFA/Western Sports Business House (BH) football season on a high note last Saturday, winning the one-day five-a-side rally via penalty kicks against Wisynco at the National Water Commission playing field, Mona. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports7.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports7.html WESTERN BUREAU:After witnessing the fiery destruction of his bicycle repair shop last Sunday morning, former national cycling champion, Winston 'Mawga' Virgo, has no plans to wallow in self-pity. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports8.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports8.html WESTERN BUREAU:Having completed their first-round fixture with a 100 per cent win record in Zone A of the 10-team competition, defending champions First Choice will be seeking to extend their unbeaten run when the 2013 Gas Pro Western Masters Football... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports81.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports81.html WESTERN BUREAU:Red-hot favourites Teachers continued to advertise themselves as the team to beat in the inaugural Montego Co-operative Credit Union Western Business House Netball League when they upstaged the fancied Iberostars 25-12 in the 10-team... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports82.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130518/sports/sports82.html