NCB KO cricket

Action in the NCB-sponsored Southeast St Elizabeth knockout competition continues tomorrow with three matches.

Ballards Valley face Cheapside at Ballards Valley, Todd Town take on Southside at Todd Town and Rising Star tackle Morningside at Fairfield.

Meanwhile, Comma Pen were knocked out of the competition by All Century.

Sent to bat in the match reduced to 30 overs, Comma Pen's opening pair of Shane Powell, 88, and Ewan Holness, 34, gave their team a 122-run opening stand.

However, things went bad after that and Comma Pen were restricted to 209 for nine in 30 overs.

Jason Robinson took 4-36 and Damian Henry 2-42.

In reply, All Century replied with 210 for nine in 28.5 overs. Garfield Moore, 60, and Romaine Royce, 30, led the way for All Century.

Allgrove Johnson took 4-17.

St Catherine cricket awards

The St Catherine Cricket Association will host its annual presentation of awards this evening at the Nestlé Oval in Bog Walk, commencing at 4 p.m.

The day will start with two Twenty20 matches. St Catherine CC face a North St Catherine Invitational team and St Catherine Parish take on a Jamaica Invitational team.

There will also be a netball match to be played during the break between the two 20/20 games.

The association will also honour its junior team, which won the Rural Area Junior Cup and was joint winners of the All-island title.

Mister C victorious

St Catherine-based Mister C returned to winning ways with a 8-3 demolition of Dragon in last Sunday's Pattex Fed Cup skittles match at their home table.

Playing in just their second competition, Mister C have been causing blushes by beating some of their more experienced rivals.

On Sunday, Mister C gave signal of their intentions to be a main contender in this season's competition.

Eagles Strikers, however, registered the round's biggest win with a 10-1 beating of Olympic Strikers at the Chelsea Avenue home of Rowe's Strikers.

Rowe's Strikers also boosted their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals with an 8-3 victory over The Dip.

Eastern All Stars were also in the winner's enclosure after an easy 7-3 win over Waltham Strikers at the latter's home table.

Sour Sop score upset win

Sour Sop Strikers, who were third from bottom, registered a stunning upset victory over Ackee Tree during Sunday's penultimate round of the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) Community Domino competition.

It was jubilation all around at 10 Bronstroph Square as the hosts turned back the challenge of Ackee Tree 300-280 to record their third win from nine matches this season.

Ackee Tree, who started round 10 in fifth position, are now out of contention for a semi-final spot as they can only move up to fifth after the playing of next week's final set of preliminary matches.

Meantime, at 4 Amin Drive, Gold Club moved back to the summit of the standings after a close 300-295 triumph over Betta Price, who slipped a spot down to fourth.

At 133 Maxfield Avenue, High Light defeated Almond Tree 300-255 while Lyn's United and Small World collected maximum points over Starlight and Camouflage, respectively, as both teams failed to show.

The highlight next week will be the top-of-the-table clash between leaders Gold Club and Bejon's scheduled for 111B Molynes Road.

Wilmot tops surf championship

Icah Wilmot topped the JSA's 2008 National Open Series, which ended last Sunday at Boston Bay in Portland.

Wilmot, who entered the final day with an unbeatable four-event points total, easily secured the title.

The world famous surfing beach delivered 4'-6' surf for the event which was contested by 30 surfers under bright skies with a light breeze. The first round saw six heats of five surfers being run. The top 18 advanced to round two where three heats of six selected the top nine for the semi-final round.

Vere in semis

Vere Technical High School became the first team to qualify for the Clarendon Cricket Association's parish high schools 30-over-a-side cricket competition.

On Tuesday, they defeated Edwin Allen by five wickets to finish their preliminary schedule with 14 points.

Renarco Smith took 3-18, O'dayne Vassell 2-15 and Peter Clarke 2-31 to help restrict Edwin Allen to 155-8 of which Nevardo Lewis scored 38.

Quacian Ingram (2-32) then scared the victors, taking two early wickets; but Vere reached 156-5 as Smith hit 48, Oraine Francis 35, Oraine Nembhard 28 and Owayne Holness 26.

Champs St Jago

St Jago High School retained the Paul Goldson and Company/Western Sports Six-A-Side KO cricket title last Saturday.

In the final, the Monk Street-based school defeated Vere Technical by five wickets at its home ground in Spanish Town.

Scores: Vere 41 all out; St Jago 43 without loss.

In the presentation that followed, St Jago's Garth Garvey was named the Player of the Tournament and won prizes for most runs, best batting average, best fielder and most sixes.

Kemar Brown of Jonathan Grant won prizes for most wickets in an innings and best bowling average.

Williams, Colours reign at P'more cricket awards

Twelve-year-old Omari Williams and Colours International's junior and senior teams were the toast of the Portmore Metropolitan Cricket League (PMCL) awards on Wednesday night atop the Ken's Wildflower Sports Bar, Port Henderson Road.

Williams who plays in the Milo-sponsored Under-15 Cricket League for Ken's Wildflower took home four individual trophies.

They included best bowling average (1.78), most wickets (14), best all-rounder and Under-15 player of the year.

In the Senior League, Ken's Wildflower's Junior Stewart claimed the most runs (143) and best wicketkeeper awards, while Portsmouth's David Bernard Jr walked away with the best bowling average and the best all-rounder awards.

Another Portsmouth player, Delbert Gayle, won the most valuable player of the Senior League final. This is significant as Gayle was also qualified to play in the Under-15 League.

Colours International took the two major trophies of the year, the Christine Cummings Cup for champions of the Under-15 League and the Tony Becca Cup for capturing the Petcom/MegaMart Senior League title with a four-wicket over Portsmouth in the final on Sunday.