Jamaica’s local-based senior athletes will get more opportunities to prepare for the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) trial in June and for international competitions later this year, after the track and field federation pledged $3 million for the remainder of the four-meet Jubilee series.
Denzil Wilks, general manager of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), says his organisation is bracing itself for a dramatic increase in the requests for support from national sporting bodies after the relaxing of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) recently.
MINISTER OF Sport, Olivia ‘babsy’ Grange, said the surface of the newly renovated basketball courts at Independence Park, which was officially opened at the National Arena on Tuesday, is specially designed to accommodate Jamaica’s outdoor basketball culture.
THE Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has announced a partnership with the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) for the staging of four track and field meets from February to June.
The Sports Development Foundation which commenced operations in 1995 was established as an independent body to contribute to the development of our nation through sports.
