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THE BELIZE TIMES TIMES THE BELIZE
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Lady Jaguars outshine Moen Stars in volleyball championships Orange Walk, December 8, 2013 The Lady Jaguars won the 2013 Belize Volleyball Association’s national senior female volleyball championships held at the Orange Walk Multi-purpose Complex on Sunday, December 8. The tournament was played in a round robin format with 5 teams all playing each other once. In the finals, the defending
champs, the Lady Jaguars, upset the 16-time champs, the Moen Stars, 25-13, 2521. Zaire Garbutt, Maurissa Williams, Shantell Arnold and Tichele Solis led the Jaguars’ attacks scoring hits at the net on plays set by Sherylee Thurton, Leanne Garbutt and libero Tisha Solis. The Stars’ Shelmadine Cacho, Sherika Burton and Analisa Habet counterattacked with plays set by Jahshema
Tyrone Tun triumphs in national table tennis tournament
Lady Jagaurs are champs
Saunders, Emma Hoare and Nerissa Ramirez. Krystal Bevans, Marika Zuniga and Sherlen Johnson came off the bench and joined the party but the Jag-
uars took the second set: 25-21. 3rd place winner was Belmopan who defeated the Dangriga girls, 25-2 and 25-22.
Brown Bombers take on Hattieville United in
Sherwin Requena makes header to score 4th goal
Tyrone with trophy Belize City, December 8, 2013 Tyrone Tun won the men’s singles championship when the Belize Table Tennis Association held the 2013 Belize Natural Energy annual national table tennis championships at the Belize Elementary School Auditorium on Sunday, December 8. Petie Matus won the female championship and teamed up with Arturo Tux Vasquez to win the mixed doubles championship, while Tyrone Tun teamed up with Billy Musa Jr. to win the Men’s doubles championship. 32 players contested the men’s singles championship. In the end the results were as follows: 1st - Tyrone Tun; 2nd - Ian McField; 3rd Carlos Cui; 4th - Tux Vasquez. 6 players contested the women’s singles championship with the reigning champion, Petie Matus making it all the way to the Finals. The results were: 1st Petie Matus; 2nd Su Sen; 3rd Nikki Chen; 4th Samira Pott. 6 teams contested the Mixed Doubles championship. The final rankings were: 1st - Petie Matus/
Tux Vasquez; 2nd - Hector Lopez/Su Sen; 3rd - Bryton Codd/NIkki Chen; 4th - Samira Pott/ Samron Pott. 16 teams contested the Men’s Doubles championship. The final results were: 1st - Tyrone Tun/Billy Musa Jr.; 2nd - Carlos Cui/ Sen Sen; 3rd - Tux Vasquez/ Ian McField; and 4th - Armando Gomez/Amir Grajalez. Trophies were awarded to all the top 4 finalists in each category by the sponsors Belize Natural Energy, who have been the sponsors of this event since 2010, making it now 4 years that they have supported this event as the main sponsors. BTTA president Tux Vasquez thanked all the players, participants, organizers, supporters, spectators, and especially the sponsors in making this national championships a great success. He invited the public to the upcoming Junior national ranking tournament with 18 and under, 15 and under and 12 and under categories on Sunday, December 15 at the BES Auditorium.
SMART Mundialito Belize City, December 7, 2013 The Brown Bombers and Hattieville United Youth Sporting Club will clash in the 2013 SMART Mundialito football championship finals, as both teams won their playoff matches against City Boys Jrs. and Ladyville Rising Stars of Ladyville on Sunday, December 15. The Bombers bombed the Rising Stars 4-0 with goal scorers: Tyreek “Pippin” Muschamp, Dion Cacho, and Naheem Gentle who increased his tournament goal scoring lead to 9 with the 4th goal. Hattieville United stopped city Boys Jrs. 1-0, when Mario Rivera beat the keeper and headed in the winning goal into the empty net.
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Mario Rivera scored Hattievile’s 1st goal
ACC boys & Wesley girls eye national basketball title Belize City, November 29, 2013 The Wesley College girls edged out the Gwen Liz girls 2524 in Game 3 of the central diviContinued on page 15