by kbrown | Jan 17, 2017 | Awards
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...
by jpadmin | Oct 21, 2014 | Awards, Press Releases
Alphanso Cunningham, Tanto Campbell and Sylvia Grant received the Order of Distinction in the Commander Class yesterday October 20 at Kings House. Also a member of the board of the JPA Director Randolph Jones received the Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service for...
by jpadmin | Oct 28, 2013 | Awards
Paralympian Alphanso “The Ambassador” Cunningham was recently in distinguished company as a nominee for the Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence. Renowned Olympian Michael Frater, internationally acclaimed and retired West Indian cricketer and local heroine...
by jpadmin | Jan 14, 2013 | Awards
The RJR Foundation recognised Paralympian Sylvia Grant’s achievements with a special award at its recently held National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Award Ceremony. Sylvia has had the distinction of representing Jamaica on several occasions at...
by jpadmin | Jan 14, 2013 | Awards
Paralympian Alphanso Cunningham, more known to his friends as “the Ambassador”, copped the prestigious Chairman’s Award at the recent RJR”s Foundation National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards Ceremony. The Ambassador now has the...
by jpadmin | Jan 10, 2013 | Awards
Celebrated Paralympian, Alphanso Cunningham will again be recognised for his stellar achievements when he receives this Friday January 11 an award from the RJR Foundation at its prestigious National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Ceremony. Well deserving of the...
The Paralympic sport of boccia is on the move after a series of webinars, face to face technical and coaching seminars and athlete training sessions which were conducted by the experienced international senior boccia coach and World Boccia contributor, Peter Hornig, of Jamaican paternal parentage and President of Boccia Jamaica. The Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA), … Read more
Paralympic“Slam Dunk”with Majesty Gardens Youth Basketballers It was all about the majesty of the mind, heart and soul when the Majesty Gardens youth basketball team was hosted recently by the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, the venerable birth place of the Paralympic movement in Jamaica. It was the second … Read more
Massage therapist Rushane Sterling says he has been entrusted with one of the most crucial and delicate jobs for Jamaica’s senior netball team, which is to provide therapeutic massages to the Sunshine Girls in preparation for the 2023 Vitality Netball World Cup. The Vitality Netball World Cup will be the 16th staging of the premier competition … Read more
Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) president Christopher Samuda is hoping that certified classifiers from the region will be the first step into widening the pool of para-athletes for future major global games. Samuda was speaking at yesterday’s opening day of the Caribbean Para Athletics Classifiers Seminar. The seminar, which is the first time that Jamaica is … Read more
In 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. … Read more