ATHLETICS and NETBALL

Oblique Seville staked his claim as successor to Usain Bolt by winning the 100 metres, in doing so edging his more favoured compatriot Kishane Thompson into silver medal position, in the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo. Jamaica, with six gold medals, came third behind only the all-conquering USA and Kenya. With prodigy Bryan Levell taking […]

Lorna Boothe Lorna Boothe was honoured also by her local borough along with Dorothy Tyler, Muriel Cornell and Brian Hewson at the Canons Sport Centre, and old cinder track recently resurfaced.

First time – and its gold …. Sprinter Julien Alfred (St Lucia) and triple-jumper Thea Lafond (Dominica) showed that the little islands are no longer so little as respectively they won their country’s first ever Olympic Games medal – and they made it gold! Alfred, 23 years-old, winner of the 100 metres in 10.72 seconds,

It was been an exceptional year for athletics, and there is nobody better to tell us about it than Lorna Boothe. Commonwealth Games 100 metres hurdles champion, Olympian, manager, and currently training athletes of different disciplines – plus having been awarded the MBE at Buckingham Palace. Lorna has knowledge, experience, enthusiasm and insight, and is

in conversation with Clayton Goodwin Ama Agbeze has unprecedented qualifications for what lies before this summer. Birmingham. Netball. Commonwealth Games. For all of these her experience is uniquely relevant. Ama was born and raised in Birmingham, and still lives there when her many professional duties aren’t taking her to the Southern Hemisphere, for several years

Lorna Boothe in conversation … with Clayton Goodwin Jamaica – Athletics – Success – Gold. Now, to add to that, there is the upcoming 60th anniversary of the country’s independence to co-incide with the Commonwealth Games. What better way to bring them together than to present a Triangular Tournament of Jamaican athletes from the home-island