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Samuda shoots for a commercial model for sport

By admin | JOA News, Lacrosse, Local News | Comments are Closed | 16 May, 2023 | 0
Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda has made a case to further push for sport to embrace and institutionalise a commercial model, which should position it has a stronger driver of economic activity. “History tells us that sport long ago evolved into a business and the current times signal that it is continually revolutionising into a commercial enterprise of which tourism, entertainment, health and wellness, technology, fan engagement and media broadcast are principal drivers,” he said as he spoke at the press briefing of the Jamaica Lacrosse Association at Olympic Manor recently.

JOA to offer scholarship to Olympians

By admin | JOA News, Local News, Paris 2024 | Comments are Closed | 28 March, 2023 | 0
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) will be choosing two Olympians for an upcoming scholarship programme. The scholarship will see a total of $3 million being given to two athletes, a male and a female, who have represented Jamaica at the Olympic Games in any sporting discipline. Its duration is for one year, but it isRead more

Bach pleased with diversity in Jamaican sport

By admin | Featured, JOA News | Comments are Closed | 28 March, 2023 | 0
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach, admitted he is impressed with the broadening scope of Jamaica’s sports beyond just athletics, which he says can only elevate its standing in the Olympic movement. Bach, who was speaking at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rosehall yesterday, is visiting Jamaica for the weekend along with an eight-member delegation.

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

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.

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 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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