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The strong batting prowess of teachers from the parish of St. Catherine who competed in the JTA/Errol Miller 20/20 cricket competition played at the Port Esquivel Sports Club on Friday, March 9, have resulted in the parish retaining the trophy for a second year running.

The parish having won the trophy last year, once again walked away with the coveted trophy and other incentives after defeating Manchester in what was a keenly contested match.

            (L) Sandra Hunter, St. Catherine Parish President and (far right),

Regional officer for South East Basil Benjie pose with the winning team.

JTA President Paul Adams (L) presenting the winning trophy to Team captain Herbert Garriques

St. Catherine has now won the competition on three occasions, namely, 2009, 2011 and now 2012.

Scores in the game Manchester 111 all out and St. Catherine 112 for 1 .

Top batsmen were Wayne Morgan, 54 not out and 3 wickets for 17 runs and Keith Hibbert 23 not out.

The Cricket trophy was jointly donated by the JTA and patron, Professor Errol Miller, for the winning team in the 20/20 cricket competition.

All players in the finals received medals of appreciation.

BACKGROUND TO THE COMPETITION

The Cricket Competition is an annual event that was first named the Jamaica Teachers’ Association Cricket Competition.  The name was changed to JTA/Errol Miller Cricket Competition in 2004.

The Competition is normally staged during the second term of the school year.

The Competition is governed under the Jamaica Cricket Association with the rules formulated by the JTA’s National Sport Committee.

The Competition is opened to all Jamaica Teachers Association members, and this includes past and present national players (who are also teachers.

It is envisaged that biennially, the winning team, along with a selected group will participate in the Caribbean Union of Teachers Les Harris Cricket Competition.  The next event will be in 2013.

 The JTA has found it very challenging to secure adequate funds to allow our local team to participate and the majority of the team members are unable to finance the costs that will be incurred to participate in this regional event; therefore,  sponsorship will be sought.

ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPETITION

The Competition is organized as follows:

Stage 1:

All fourteen parishes play in the first round.

Stage 2:

Six winners from the first round are selected to play in the second round along with the defending champion from the previous year getting a bye.

Stage 3:

This is the Semi-Final stage.  Two matches are played on the same day.

Stage 4:

This is the final of the Competition where the winner takes the trophy.   A Presentation Ceremony is held and prizes awarded as follows:-

►Medals for both finalists

►Medals for Umpires

►Man-of-the Match (2 semi-finalists)

►Man-of-the Match – finalists

►Championship Trophy

CO-ORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPETITION

The Competition is managed by the JTA’s National Sports Committee which comprises one representative named by each Parish and five members from the General Council along with members of the JTA’s Administrative Staff.

The National Championship is managed by a National Co-ordinator while Parish Co-ordinator oversees the Competition at the parish level.

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