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Featured Athlete: Kevroy Venson (PHOTO: Marlon Reid)

Who is Kevroy Venson? Affectionately called Venson by the Jamaican track and field community, he is a middle and long distance track and field athlete from Kingston, Jamaica. The lean athletic body junior athlete attends the Calabar High School in Kingston/St Andrew, and is one of the stand-out in high school competition. His attitude for…

Some Sports News for 2020

Like many industries that were affected by the unforeseen pandemic in 2020, it was just as difficult for the sport industry. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, is still very much here and is still very much affecting the global environment of sports. It is no secret that fans were unable to participate by supporting their teams…

CYCLE Divas – Members profile

We are now at December 2020, ’tis’ the week before Christmas, and the Cycle Divas are large and in charge. The festive season and the chills from the approaching winter is in no way putting a dent in our spokes, because the ride must go on. Today’s blog will give you a sneak peek behind…

Critique -Design and Construction

According to Spector, Chard, Mallen, & Hyatt, (2012) in the article “socially constructed environmental issues and sport: A content analysis of ski resort environmental communications”, highlighted the main focus of this article as the environment and protecting it through policy and procedures relating to construction building, specifically sport facility. It is a great concern in…

Cycle Divas Club

This prestigious group made up of mostly women, is the initiative or brainchild of Nicholle Morris who started out riding her bike all by herself for casual exercise to maintain her fitness for a healthy and youthful lifestyle. After more than a year of riding alone, she started sharing the benefits of riding with her…

How do we study sport?

The purpose of this paper is to explore various sources and summarize to show understanding of the topic, “how do we study sport.” Readings from multiple source came from assigned articles provided and chapter-2 of the book, “Social issues in sport.” These articles based on various areas of sport impacting the industry, provided a wide…

SPORTS FACILITY -Sponsorship

“The importance of sponsorship in producing successful events and providing revenue for a facility cannot be ignored,” according to the book, Sport facility and event management, by Aicher, Paule-Koba & Newland (2016). Sponsorship is referred to as contractual negotiation between two entities, a corporation and another event, organization, or property, whereby the sponsor pays cash…

SPORT FACILITY – Bidding and Planning

SMART goals and why is goal setting important to the overall success of an event What are SMART goals?  According to Aicher, Paule -Koba, & Newland (2016), in the book “sport facility and event management, sporting events involves many important components that requires strategic planning that should adhere to, to manage and execute a successful…

SPORT FACILITIES – Design and Construction

The three main issues that can be problematic, if not considered early in the design-build phase. Like any development that requires structural procedures to complete a project successful. Constructing a sport facility is no different as it involves many technicalities with the main objectives effectively managed by monitoring the resources competently and be able to…

Major Sports Governing Bodies

Like many other industries or organizations with governing rules documented through written policies and procedures, the sport industry is no different. There are several major organizations within the industry that operates in the same manner and are responsible for documenting policies and procedures that governs sports globally. Listed below are some of the key players…

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