Jason Cops Another Bronze In Sao Paulo
Jamaica celebrated its third medal at the 2017 Youth Para Pan American Games, now taking place in Sao Paulo, when Jason Brown won the Bronze in the Men’s Under 19 T12 400m. It was a remarkable achievement as this is not an event that Brown runs. However, prior...Tevaughan and Jason Strike Silver and Bronze
Para Athletes Tevaughan Thomas and Jason Brown earned Jamaica its first medals at an international youth games when they struck silver and bronze medals in the under 19 T47 and T12 100m events respectively. It was a photo finish second place for Thomas who ran on...Alphanso and Dana-Gaye Score!
Paralympians Alphanso ‘The Ambassador’ Cunningham and Dana-Gaye Weller copped the 2016 Paralympic Awards at the recently held RJR Foundation Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year 2016 Award Ceremony held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. It was...JPA Marshaling the Troops for London
“Operation Big Ben” is now underway as the JPA prepares for the 2017 London World Para Athletics Championships where, it is being planned, our para athletes will have their best showing ever in international competition. London has treasured memories of the 2012...- JOA, JPA Renew Historic Tottori DealIn a demonstration of international comity and solidarity in sport, the Jamaica Olympic Association, JOA, and the Jamaica Paralympic Association, JPA, recently inked a renewal of their historic partnership with the Tottori Prefecture in a virtual signing ceremony. The first of its kind in global sport, the parties expressed continued confidence in their bi-lateral relationship. […]
- Samuda shoots for a commercial model for sportChristopher Samuda, President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA). Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda has made a case to further push for sport to embrace and institutionalise a commercial model, which should position it has a stronger driver of economic activity. “History tells us that sport long ago evolved into a business and the […]
- Samuda Advocates For Jamaica To Adopt A New Commercial Model In SportsThe JOA believes that stakeholders will benefit from infrastructure development, tangible economic benefits and brand competitiveness Christopher Samuda; the President of the Jamaica Olympic Association, has urged sports stakeholders to institutionalize a commercial model. Embracing this model will help in growing economic activity.Samuda said that the principle drivers in this industry should be tourism, fan […]
- Samuda hoping to increase regional Para athletics classifiersFrom left: Jamaica Paralympic Association President Christopher Samuda; Sivakumar Gulasingam, assistant professor University of Toronto; Americas Paralympic Committee Executive Director Michele Formonte; and Dr Carol Lang, Seminar Convenor during the launch of the Caribbean Para Athletics Classifiers Seminar at the Altamont Court hotel in New Kingston yesterday. Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) president Christopher Samuda is […]
- Samuda calls for commercial model for games
President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Christopher Samuda, has once again called on sporting bodies to adopt a commercial model in delivering regional and international games. Samuda was speaking at a recent press conference to launch the hosting of the Pan American LacrosseAssociations’ Sixes Regional tournament by the Jamaica Lacrosse Association (JLA). The JOA […]