Herb McKenley’s body at Calabar and Related News
A statue is to be erected in honour of arguably Jamaica’s greatest athlete, Herbert Henry McKenley OM, who was laid to rest in front of a modest gathering of family, friends, officials and members of the track & field fraternity at twilight at National Heroes Park.
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Tributes were heaped on world renowned sports icon, Herbert Henry McKenley, at his official funeral service on (December 8), held at the National Arena in Kingston. Noting the challenge one would have to sum up the life of such a great legend, Former Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson in giving the remembrance, spoke of Mr. McKenley’s first years in his birth town, Pleasant Valley in Clarendon, his achievements on the sporting arena, his involvement in youth development and his contribution to national development.
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The sharp hoot of the whistle was missing. There was no clap of the starter’s gun and no roar from the stadium crowd, but Jamaican Olympian Herb McKenley’s final race across the sands of time yesterday was no less legendary than the first which brought him fame. Hundreds of Jamaicans, many of them men whom he had trained to run like the wind, yesterday paid their last respects to the track legend in a star-studded official funeral at the National Arena in Kingston.
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David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Laid to Rest
Just as he did during his lifetime, David “Wagga” Hunt did in death, as he drew a multitude of people to him as hundreds of Jamaicans came to pay their last respects to one of Jamaica’s most beloved football coaches. Hunt, 51, a former national Under-17 coach, was laid to rest at Dovecot Memorial Park after a thanksgiving service at an over-filled Meadowbrook United Church, just a stone’s throw across the road from his home on Flemmington Drive.
So huge was the crowd that two tents were erected on either side of the church with several big screen televisions to accommodate the unfortunate mourners who arrived late.
People from all walks of life poured in to say goodbye to a man who touched their lives in one way or the other.
Hunt, who died of a heart attack on October 27 after collapsing at his home, was paid the highest respect, as the accolades kept pouring in.
In painful and emotional tributes, Hunt was described as a family man, an excellent coach, a business man, a giant among men, unselfish, passionate, multi-faceted, never-say-die, honest and of the utmost integrity.
The list went on and on and would have even continued into today if the mourners had the time. Read more
Calabar SSA/Pepsi/Digicel Walker Cup 2007 Champions!
A hat trick from captain Cleyon Brown carried Calabar High to a 3-0 win over rivals Jamaica College (JC) in the final of the Walker Cup at the National Stadium yesterday, as the Red Hills Road institution realised its dream of winning the coveted crown in honour of its recently passed coach, David ‘Wagga’ Hunt. Brown netted in the 39th, 67th and 81st minutes to deny the Old Hope Road school their first hold on the trophy, while giving Calabar their second lien on the title. The players knew what they had to do and they came and did it for the great David Hunt,” said winning coach Lijyasu Simms.
“He was a great mentor, a great coach, a father, everything. It is hard to explain, but we have done it for him,” he added.
After looking the more likely to score in the first-half, JC found themselves a goal behind six minutes before the break.
However, Ramone Palmer had earlier found the net for JC 15 minutes into the match, but he was ruled offside.
The midfielder then had another gloirious opportunity on the half-hour, after he intercepted a backpass from Ricardo Lattibeaudiere, but with only goalkeeper Oneil Wilson to beat, he put his effort wide of the upright.
Calabar had good possession but rarely had a clear chance at goal.
But Brown put his team ahead after taking down a ball over the JC defence and fired an arrow-straight shot into the goal at Oliver Walker’s near-post. Read more
Calabar, JC into Walker Cup final 2007
Calabar High and Jamaica College (JC) scored identical 1-0 victories over Bridgeport and Excelsior High, respectively, at the National Stadium yesterday to set up a mouth-watering Walker Cup final at the same venue tomorrow. Red Hills Roads-based Calabar beat Bridgeport in extra-time through an Odain Sinclair strike, while JC stopped Excelsior courtesy of Anthony Grant’s 34th-minute goal. Interestingly, the final will pitch a JC side consisting of four players from last season’s Calabar team, which includes former captain of the 2005 Manning Cup and Oliver Shield winning side, Robert Palmer, who missed yesterday’s game through suspension.
The others are playmaker Ramone Palmer, Kemal Bedward and Adrian Christian. They will face-off against their former team-mates in what is expected to be a keenly-contested affair.
According to one Calabar fan, “Wagga had predicted this”, and for JC coach, Alfred Henry, the match will be an emotional one as the late Calabar coach, David Hunt, was a close and longtime friend and Calabar are also out to win the trophy for their former coach.
In the feature match, JC College looked the more threatening of the teams at the start and went ahead after half-an-hour when Grant raced onto a ball played over the Excelsior defence and shot across goalkeeper Ameal Douglas into the far corner. Read more
Calabar through to Walker Cup Semi Finals
Second-half goals from Keneil Hyde and Cleyon Brown carried Calabar High School to a hard-fought 2-1 win over St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) in the Walker Cup quarter-finals, a win they dedicated to their recently passed coach, David ‘Wagga’ Hunt, at the Prison Oval yesterday. Hyde put the green-and-black clad side ahead in the 54th minute, and Brown added the second three minutes later. hevon Charlton netted for STATHS from the penalty spot in the 77th.
Earlier, in the another quarter-final, Excelsior pumped seven unanswered goals past Camperdown. Calabar’s team manager, Homer Morgan, said after a busy and emotional week in which the team played four matches and lost their coach, they did well to win.
“We tried our best to come here and play for coach today… Never say die, that was a motto he left with the boys,” Morgan told reporters.
“The boys were cramping up because they had a busy week last week, where we played about four matches. But we told them that Mr Hunt was a person who would tell them that no matter what is happening they have to be focused.
“So we showed them that, and as you see today they came out and all of them wanted to win this one for the coach,” he stated.
He continued that the team will not need any more motivation for the rest of the season. “They are highly motivated. The Calabar fraternity would also like to take the opportunity to tell his family the we are there with you. And right now Mr Hunt is an honorary Old Boy of Calabar and today we dedicate this match to him,” he added. Read more
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