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STANDARD-BEARERS

By admin | JOA News, Local News, Paris 2024 | Comments are Closed | 13 March, 2023 | 0
JOA boss Samuda urges culture of legacy creation in Olympic movement ROSE HALL, St James — Christopher Samuda, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), says Jamaica’s sports mandate is not only about creating champions, but “standard-bearers” who are expected to fashion legacies for others coming behind to benefit from. The JOA boss said leadersRead more

Athletes thrilled by JOA’s no boycott stance

By admin | Olympics, Paris 2024 | 0 comment | 13 March, 2023 | 0
Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda says feedback to their stance on not boycotting the Paris Olympic Games next year has been positive. Jamaica, in refusing to boycott, will be in opposition to the position of 34 nations who are threatening a boycott regarding allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in Paris asRead more

Redevelopment of Olympic Manor to start soon, says JOA boss

By admin | JOA News, Local News | Comments are Closed | 13 January, 2023 | 2
President Christopher Samuda says the Jamaica Olympic Association’s (JOA) expansion of its headquarters will begin shortly. The JOA said last August that $120 million will be spent to redevelop the property, with half of that funding coming from its own finances, and the other from the Pan American Sports Organisation.

‘I make no apologies’

By admin | Uncategorized | 0 comment | 19 December, 2022 | 0
Samuda slams critics of investment in small sportsRead more

JOA’s “Kingston-Liberec Connection” deemed a pioneering move in the sport-film industry

By admin | Featured, JOA News | Comments are Closed | 12 December, 2022 | 0
It will be a signal milestone when the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) initiates the “Kingston Liberec Connection” as a model partnership in the global sport film industry.On a recent visit to the Czech Republic, JOA President, Christopher Samuda, who was a guest of the Liberec Film Festival Organization, proposed an Olympic partnership dubbed the “Kingston-Liberec Connection”Read more

JOA to award $6m scholarships to coaches

By admin | JOA News | 0 comment | 25 October, 2022 | 0
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) will be granting three-year scholarships totalling $6 million to local coaches starting November 1, which will allow successful candidates to finance educational pursuits as well as living expenses, which the governing entity believes is a challenge the coaches encounter.According to the release by the JOA, the scholarships will be awardedRead more

Jamaica Observer partners with JOA to deliver support for Olympic movement

By admin | JOA News, Local News, Olympics | 0 comment | 6 September, 2022 | 1
The Jamaica Observer Limited and the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) on Tuesday signed a landmark multi-year partnership agreement that will see both entities joining forces to deliver promotional and development support for stakeholders at all levels.The agreement will see the Jamaica Observer being identified as the official media partner of Jamaica’s Olympic movement with theRead more

JOA investment allows ASAJ to send 25-member team to Goodwill Swim Meet in Trinidad & Tobago

By admin | Featured, JOA News, Swimming | Comments are Closed | 29 August, 2022 | 0
Through an injection of funds from the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), the Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) will be able to send a national team of twenty-five swimmers to the upcoming XXVI Goodwill Swim Meet in Trinidad & Tobago. The members, aged 9-17, will compete at the regional meet from August 19-21 against otherRead more

JOA president calls for Squash regional integration

By admin | Commonwealth Games | 0 comment | 29 August, 2022 | 0
Chris Samuda, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), has come out in full support of the Jamaica Squash Association as they host the Senior Caribbean Squash Championships at the Liguanea Club in Kingston. The event serves as an avenue for the top squash players in the region to demonstrate their talent and vie forRead more

JOA President Samuda condemns assassination of former Japanese PM

By admin | Featured, JOA News | Comments are Closed | 11 July, 2022 | 0
President of the Jamaica Olympic Association, Christopher Samuda has come out in full condemnation of the assassination for former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe.The world was rocked Friday with the news of the assassination of Japan’s longest serving prime minister in a country known for its very low crime rate.Samuda spoke of how tragic theRead more

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