Lacrosse association, G.C. Foster sign partnership
The Jamaica Lacrosse Association (JLA) recently signed a partnership with the Spanish Town-based G.C. Foster College to have a course for the sport included in the institution’s curriculum.
JOA looks to increase sport administration knowledge base
Seventeen presidents and secretaries general from 17 sports associations, as well as known sport personalities, are expected to be trained and receive international certification upon completion of sport-specific courses offered by the academy next year, as part of the Protocol for Partnership Agreement which was signed earlier this year by the JOA and its member, the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA), with the USSA.
Jamaica’s karate earns global affiliation
FOR THE Jamaica Karate Federation, Thursday will go down as a red letter day as the local sporting body was officially accepted by the World Karate Federation (WKF), this after a provisional membership. Jamaica recently participated in the 25th World Karate Championships earlier this month in Dubai, and that is where the historic occasion unfolded as the country was voted a permanent member of the WKF.
JOA to host first-ever OlympicJamFest next year – Jamaica Observer
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) takes another historic step, but this time it is in film, television, and cinema.
Next year, from October 20 to 22, it will host OlympicJamFest as part of the global film festival of the Fédération Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs (FICTS). President of the JOA Christopher Samuda, who is a member of the International Festival Commission of the federation, made the announcement on his return recently from Milan, Italy, where the 39th Milano International FICTS Festival 2021 was staged.
British-born grand-niece of Rex Nettleford is exciting new weightlifting find for Jamaica
Team Jamaica has made an exciting new find to boost its chances in international weightlifting competition, with the addition of Chloe Whylie, a grand niece of the late Professor Rex Nettleford, who has been getting attention in Britain where she was born of Jamaican parentage.
JOA breaks ground for Olympic Manor’s ‘next generation
CEMENTING its legacy and platform for future sportsmen and sportswomen, the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), under the theme ‘Next Generation’, broke ground on Thursday to build out its Olympic Manor at Cunningham Avenue in Kingston.
