York and Yallahs will contest the final of the James Robertson knockout competition to be held at York Oval on November 29.

In last weekend's semi-finals, York lived up to expectations by outscoring defending champions Prospect 4-2 on penalties, but Yallahs spoiled the party, surprising Bath United 4-3 in another penalty shoot-out.

In the first encounter at Lyssons, both Prospect and York treated the crowd with some attractive football, on an ideal surface. Both teams squandered numerous opportunities and at the end of regulation and extra times the teams were locked at 0-0.

In the second game, Yallahs came out blazing and were rewarded in the 11th minute when Dushane (Peter) Robinson netted in the first half.

Bath had territorial control in the second half but they were lucky not to have conceded at least two more goals.

In the 78th minute, a tiring Dushane Robinson committed an infringement in his penalty area and Kenrick Sinclair made no mistake, beating goalkeeper Ricardo Beckford to his right to equalise for Bath. With the score remaining level after regulation and extra time the dreaded penalty kicks decided the outcome.

Prep school football

Ardenne and Holy Childhood secured important victories on Monday to seal their places in the quarter-final round of the Bigga/JISA Prep School Football competition. Ardenne's 2-0 win over Meadowbrook carried them to 20 points in Zone 3, which gave them the second best third-place team spot - behind St Andrew who ended with 23 points and Trafalgar 22.

In Zone 2, Holy Childhood stopped Kingsgate 3-0 to finish on 16 points, the same as St Theresa, but got through with a better goal difference.

In other games of academic interest only, Suthermere and Mavisville ended 1-1 while Our Lady of the Angels got a 2-0 walkover against Creative Kids, who failed to show.

The quarter-finals kick off on Monday.

Ascot victorious

A triumphant Ascot Primary School topped the MultiCare 10-12 age group Inter-Schools Netball competition, defeating Holy Family Primary 6-1 on the MultiCare's Breezy Castle Centre court in downtown Kingston on Monday.

Greater Portmore Primary defeated Windward Road Primary and Junior High School 1-0 to take third place.

Seventeen of the 31 MultiCare-assisted schools took part in the (10-12) age group matches on the first day of the MultiCare Inter-Schools Netball Competition.

Other schools competing were Belmont Park Primary, Denham Town Primary, Duhaney Park Primary, DuPont Primary, Franklin Town Primary, Harbour View Primary, Tarrant Primary, Holy Rosary Primary, Kensington Primary, St. Aloysius Primary, St. George's Girls Primary, St Jude's Primary, and St Michael's Primary.

The MultiCare Inter-Schools netball competition is the third in the annual series of six MultiCare sports competitions open to students of the 31 MultiCare-assisted schools for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Ocho Rios whip Famous 5-1

In recent action from the INSPORTS All-Island Community football championship, Ocho Rios FC of St Ann whipped Famous FC 5-1 at Bucksfield.

Three first-half goals saw the home team enter the interval leading 3-1, before Davane Patterson (47th) and Tyrone Melhado (76th) sealed an emphatic win.

Following a brief opening ceremony and dress parade of 16 teams from the parish, Ocho Rios showed that they will be one of the teams to beat.

On five minutes, captain Barry Wilson put Ocho Rios in front, but Delgado Sharpe (10th) equalised shortly afterwards against the run of play.

Ocho Rios dominated the exchanges but had to wait until the 38th minute before being rewarded when Dwayne Walsh tap in from close range after Famous goalkeeper Jiovanni Wilson gave up a rebound.

Porter captures chess Open

Clarendon Chess OpenNational Master Russel Porter scored five points from six games to win the seventh staging of the Clarendon Chess Open, held at Glenmuir High School in May Pen, Clarendon, last weekend.

Porter topped the Open section ahead of National Master Brandon Wilson, who also ended on five points but was relegated to second on tiebreak, and FIDE Master Jomo Pitterson, who ended on 4.5 points to take third place.

The award for best female entrant in the Open section went to Annesha Smith, who also took the prize for being the top player in Class A (rated 1600-1799).

Laurence Davey took the awards for being the top player from Clarendon and the best in the Expert category (rated 1800-1999).

In the Intermediate section for players with a Jamaica Chess Federation rating below 1600, Glenmuir's Noel Brown took home the top prize, after ending on five points from six games. Second place went to Kenroy 'Flava' Smith, who also finished on five points but had to settle for second place on the tiebreak system.

Category prizes for the Intermediate section were awarded as follows: Best Female - Janique Lee, Best Rural Player - Noel Brown, Best New Player - Andre Chung, Best Class B - (rated 1400-1599) - Kevaughn Fraser, Best Class C (rated 1300-1399) - Jonathan Orgill, Best Class D (rated 1100-1299) - Tevye La Mont, Best Class E (rated 1099 and below) - Andre Chung, Best Under 14 - Jonathan Orgill, Best Under 12 - Janique Lee and Best Under 10 - Sheanel Gardner.

Lime beat Blazers

Lime 'A' upset unbeaten Blazers 'A' 27-25 in action from Monday's St James Goodwill Open netball League.

Iobe Green netted 23 from 35 attempts and Roxana Wallace four from 11. Monique Bingham bang in 16 goals from 27 attempts, Shadian Hemmings 6 from 9 and Tracy-Ann Davis three from six scored for the losers.

In another game, Starlight Juniors eased to their first victory, 21-13, over Tigers. Ayesha Paul scored 15 goals while Chrisann Watson got six. Tigers' consolation goals came from Tameka Jones with six and Shelly-Ann Barker 7.

Portmore Missionary secure big win

Portmore Missionary defeated Meadowbrook 25-1 to score Tuesday's biggest win in the Bigga/JISA Prep School Netball Competition at Holy Childhood Courts.

The day's other big winners were Ardenne, who blanked Excel 20-0, and St Cyprian's, who got the better of St John the Baptist 20-1.

In other final-round matches, Quest defeated Sts Peter & Paul 18-6, Trafalgar stopped Suthermere 18-7, Mavisville overpowered Wolmer's 17-6, Our Lady of the Angels outscored Holy Childhood 13-10, Dunrobin edged Vaz 9-8, St Andrew outplayed Alvernia 14-2, Calvary got the better of Lannaman 10-6, while Hydel had a 6-0 walkover against Liberty.

At the end of the preliminary round on Tuesday, Hydel won Zone I ahead of Bright Beginnings; St Cyprian's took Zone II ahead of Quest; Portmore Missionary came out on top in Zone III over Dunrobin, while Trafalgar were the winners of Zone IV with Our Lady of the Angels (OLA) finishing second.

The semi-final round gets under way next Tuesday, November 24.

Belmont in semis

Belmont will compete in the semi-finals of the Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum Portmore Cricket League for the first time, following their upset 33-run win over already-qualified Reid's Pen last Sunday.

Belmont, the group A runners-up, will play group B winners Portsmouth at Ken's Wildflower sports ground next Sunday, November 29, while group B runners-up Colours International face off with group A winners Reid's Pen at the Bridgeport sports ground. Both games begin at 11 a.m.

Last Sunday, Portsmouth defeated Portmore Pines by 108 runs to finish on top of the group with 26 points, the same as Colours International, but the former got the edge on the head-to-head rule.

Wanderers, Flamingo clash

Wanderers FC will face Flamingo in a second-leg first-round St Catherine Co-operative Credit Union-sponsored game at the Passagefort playing field this afternoon at 3:00.

In last week's game, Division one team Wanderers drew 1-1 with Flamingo, beaten finalists in last season's Major League. In other games, Frazer's Whip will take a 2-0 cushion into their clash with Arlington United at the De la Vega playing field, while Albion have a 3-0 lead over Treadways, at Treadways.

Last week, Treadways failed to show for their match, while at Dunbeholden playing field, the home team has a 3-0 advantage in its match against Cumberland, who did not turn up for their home fixture last week.