Girl With a Purpose (GWAP)

Congrats to S.T.E.T.H.S for Winning the Ben Francis Cup!

Congratulations go out to St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) for winning the Ben Francis Cup for three (3) times in a row!

 

...Aka a 3-peat!

 

[The Ben Francis Cup is one of five (5)  competitions in the ISSA School Boy Football Championships (at the High School level in Jamaica), each year].

 

At the end of regulation time, STETHS tied with Grange Hill, 2-2.

 

They went in overtime, but no improvement in score sent both teams into a  penalty shoot-out...

 

...which St. Elizabeth Technical High School won, 4-2.

 

So,  are we highlighting this win by  STETHS?

 

Well, they went into today's final, knowing that they had to make history...being the first school in the Championship, to win three (3) Championships in a row.

 

When interviewed on Television Jamaica, yesterday, both the coach and the young men interviewed, showed a dogged determination to win.

 

But during the first half of today's final, STETS was a bit flat, and Grange Hill was up by 2-0 (two goals to nil).

 

The two (2) goals scored by STETHS, were scored in the second half of the match.

 

They held Grange Hill in a 2-2 lock until the very end...and this is what we call, "reminding yourself of your purpose, even though your start may be a bit rusty".

 

...and they followed through...putting into action, what they had been practicing  and doing for months...being winners.

 

Congrats again, to STETHS, for showing that winning is truly a habit!

 

(I'd like to thank Ashley Campbell Photography for the use of their Flickr inset photo entitled, "Soccer").

 

Gillian

 

Sources Include

Television Jamaica, November 10,2012

London 2012 Olympics Schedule, Rocking!

Friends, the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics is tomorrow.

 

Yippee!

 

Here's the daily schedule of events from Yahoo Sports...starting from yesterday, when the football events began.

 

The schedule's been nicely organized by day and sporting event, so that you can quickly know what's happening in your favorite sporting events, at your local time on each day.

 

Additionally, to the right-hand-side of our posts (in the 6th section from the top, entitled,"London 2012 Olympics Updates"), there is a small widget there from NBC Olympics, that you can use to get up-to-the-minutes news updates, slide shows and videos from each day of the Olympics.

 

Please use the:

 

1) Tabs in the widget to select the category of news items that you need

 

2) Scroll bars on the right, within the widget, to scroll down to your favorite events or to scroll through the news items presented.

 

Enjoy!!

 

All the best to all teams!

 

Gillian

Jamaican Athletes Who Will Represent Jamaica at the 2012 Olympics

Yesterday, the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association  (JAAAs) released that 49 athletes have been named to represent Jamaica at the  London 2012 Olympics.

 

(The JAAAs is the governing body for athletics on island).

 

They have not released the names of these athletes, however, as a few more athletes have until July 8, to make the qualifying 'A' standard in their respective sporting disciplines, in order to represent their country.

 

Wikipedia has a preliminary list  of those  known to be representing Jamaica, based on these athletes' making the 'A' standard in their respective sporting disciplines.

 

This list is given, here.

 

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The final list of athletes  and officials (aka "the Delegation to the Games of the XXX Olympiad"), was released by the Jamaica Olympic Association on July 9 and is available from their website, here.

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[Many thanks to Lim CK  for the use of her Flickr inset above entitled, "Agony", showing three(3) of the women who'll represent Jamaica in the 4 x 100m at the London 2012 Olympics.

 

From L-R: Sherone Simpson, Veronica Campbell-Brown (middle) and Kerron Stewart (facing).

 

I can tell you, that if these young women have their way, the "agony" of Beijing, will not be repeated at the London 2012 Olympics :)].

 

Gillian

 

Sources Include

 

1) Delegation to the Games of the XXX Olympiad, via the Jamaica Olympic Association's website, accessed July 11,2012

 

2) Article, "Jamaica at the 2012 Summer Olympics", via Wikipedia.org, accessed July 4,2012 

 

3) Article,"49 Book Tickets To Olympics So Far",  by André Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter - Jamaica Gleaner, July 3,2012 

 

4) Article,"BITTERSWEET Botched baton passing costs Jamaica's women 4x100m gold", by Elton Tucker, Assistant Editor - Sport, Jamaica Gleaner, August 23,2008.