Hot Shots pool tourney

The two-day Pool Tables and Billiards Supplies-sponsored Hot Shots B class pool tournament gets under way this afternoon at Hot Shots Sports Bar, 103 Constant Spring Road, starting at 4:00.

The weekend tournament offers a first prize of $35,000 and a trophy, second $20,000 and a trophy, third $10,000 and a trophy, while players finishing from fourth to eighth will receive $2,000 each.

Entry fee is $1,200, re-entry $1,000. For more information contact Leslie 'Toothpick' Puranda at 391-4666. Players classified in B class did fairly well against A class opponents in the last major tournament.

CTL Portmore domino presentation

The presentation of trophies and prizes for the recently concluded CTL-sponsored Portmore/St. Catherine domino league took place at Caymanas Park last Sunday afternoon with newly-crowned champions Caribbean Classic walking away with the top prize.

Caribbean Classic, from Portmore Lane, beat defending champions Hurricane 300-288 in the final the previous Sunday at Caymanas Park.

The championship trophy was presented to Caribbean Classic's captain, Javelin James, by Michael Sibbles, customer care/events planner at Caymanas Track Limited.

Classic also pocketed the cash prize of $130,000, Hurricane $80,000, while the third and fourth-placed teams, Eradication and Old Harbour United, picked up $50,000 and $30,000 respectively.

Meanwhile, New Look received the Colin Fagan Trophy and $10,000 donated by the South East St. Catherine MP for having won the bottom-of-the-table clash against Ken's Wildflower, while Eagle View won the Senator Arthur Williams Trophy and $10,000 (presented by the donor) and Village Link the Mayor of Portmore Trophy and $10,000 as well.

The 2008/2009 season will begin in October. The competition was run by the Jamaica Domino Federation for which Gerald Stephens is president.

Prep school table tennis

Defending champions Portmore Missionary One and former champions Sts Peter & Paul booked their places in this year's Oliver's Decorating Prep School table tennis final with semi-final victories on Wednesday.

Portmore Missionary One trounced Portmore Missionary Two 4-1 and Sts Peter & Paul clipped former champions Vaz One 3-2 in the semis. The final will be played on Tuesday at the Hy-Performance Centre at noon.

Action in the individual singles will begin at 9:30 a.m. In the first semi-final, Chadayne Walker outplayed Rushani Cameron 3-1, Chelsea Durrant crushed Larissa McLaughlin 3-0, Jordon Collington overpowered Nadre Cephas 3-0 and national cadet player Korey Moulton eased past Javaughn Hayden 3-0 for Portmore Missionary One's wins.

Sts Peter & Paul, who won five years in a row from 2002 to 2006, got their three wins from Julius Raebel, who defeated national cadet player Brian Mills 3-1, Derek Walcott who got by Royce Harley 3-1 and Vincent Zhong who turned back national cadet player Chan Soman 3-1.

JPS All-island Hotels football competition

The 2008 All-island Hotels football competition, sponsored by the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, kicked off on Thursday with Round Hill Hotel defeating newcomers Iberostar Rose Hall Beach Hotel 4-1 at the Orchard Housing Scheme football field.

In the day's other match, last year's beaten finalists Sandals Whitehouse European Village Resort and Spa, who are expected to do well again, gained a 3-0 walkover victory over Beaches Sandy Bay, the latter failed to show for the match which should have been played at Sandals Whitehouse.

Hotel domino final

The final of the 2008 Western Hotels Sports Association All-island hotels domino competition takes place this afternoon when unbeaten Tryall Hotel host Starfish Trelawny at 4.00 p.m.

In the semi-finals on Monday, Starfish, in a repeat of last year's semi-final with defending champions Grand Lido Braco Resort and Spa, came away 200-168 winners.

In the other semi-final, Tryall thrashed former champions Half Moon Hotel 200-150 to reach their second final.

Tryall will start favourites having beaten Starfish 150-113 in the preliminary round.

Lone netball match

The Grace Tropical Rhythms/Purified Water All-island hotels netball competition continues this afternoon with the winless Iberostar Rose Hall Beach Hotel playing many-time champions Sandals Negril Beach Resort and Spa at Iberostar Rose Hall Beach Hotel starting at 4.30 p.m.

KSAFA Masters League

The eighth round of the NCB 24 Hour Top-Up Masters League continues tomorrow with Park Rovers and Harbour View, the Zone A runaway leaders, at Harbour View at the Harbour View Stadium.

'The Stars of the East' have opened up a commanding seven-point lead in Zone A after an impressive undefeated start of seven wins from seven games. For defending champions Park Rovers, this is a must-win game if they are entertaining any hopes of topping the zone and reaching the mid-season final. A win for Harbour View would virtually secure them the Zone A title and the Peter Cargill Cup.

Kush and Lion King do battle in the Compound opener at 3:00 p.m. with the skilful Kush contingent favoured.

In other round eight games set for tomorrow, at the Barbican Oval, at 3:00 p.m., Constant Spring meet Washington Strikers and are tipped to prevail. At 4:30 p.m., Barbican host 2006 champions Nautica in what should prove to be an entertaining game. At Winchester Park, Professionals should prove an easy target for Zone B leaders Christian Ambassadors at 4:00 p.m.

At Buttercup Park at 3:00 p.m., Boys' Town are favoured to score a win over resilient Kingston Commissioners and in the 4:30 p.m. feature, it's a toss-up between hosts Real Mona and Brown's Town as both teams are off to poor starts this season.

At the Bell Chung Oval, Maxfield visit Santos in a pivotal game (4:30 p.m.) for the quarter-finals hope of both teams. In the 3:00 p.m. curtainraiser, JDF should get the better of M.V. Exodus. Over at the Cable and Wireless Oval, Packers encounter Thunderbolts at 3:00 p.m. while, at 4:30 p.m., Telecom Strikers welcome Shortwood and may find the uptown visitors too much to handle.

Galina, Oracabessa win

Galina Primary and Oracabessa Primary contested both the girls' football and boys' basketball games in the primary hampionships played at the EdenPark Sports Complex in St. Mary on Wednesday.

In the girls' football action, Oracabessa Primary, aided by a hat-trick from Teveisha Simmonds (first, ninth and 18th minutes) and a Monique Fisher goal in the 45th minute, defeated Galina Primary 4-0.

On the basketball court, Oracabessa Primary beat Galina 18-12. Javon Maxwell scored 10 points for Oracabessa Primary, while Romario Shermon scored eight for Galina.