Bermuda's Dennis Archer is caught by Jamaica's wicketkeeper Matthew Sinclair off the bowling of Courtney Walsh during yesterday's Red Stripe Bowl match at Alpart Sports Club. Jamaica won by 11 runs. ­Junior Dowie

FAVOURITES JAMAICA fought hard to stave off a gallant effort from minnows Bermuda, as they struggled in recording an 11-run victory in their rain-hit Red Stripe Bowl Zone A opener at Alpart Sports Club yesterday.

Scores: Jamaica 118 for six off 41 overs (Robert Samuels 28, Ricardo Powell 16, Christopher Gayle 15; Peter Philpott three for 33, Richard Basden two for 20). Bermuda, set a revised target of 106 off 25 overs, made 95 for eight wickets (Dexter Smith 28 and Charlie Marshall 25; Christopher Gayle four for 24).

WESTERN BUREAU - RENO CARVED out a 1-0 win over Wadadah in their rescheduled Craven A National Premier League contest, on a water-logged pitch at Jarrett Park last night.

Hector Linton scored a well-taken left footer in the 74th minute as the Westmoreland team clawed their way back from ninth place to seventh, level on 11 points with Wadadah but with a better goal difference.

WESTERN BUREAU - THE ST. JAMES Football Association's 1999-2000 season kicks off tomorrow with the start of the President's Cup Knock Out featuring the top six teams from last season's Hart/Daswani and the two promoted Division two teams.

The opening double header will see Violet Kickers facing Altowbar in the feature match at 6 p.m. following a curtain-raiser between the national Under 17 team and a Seba United Under 20 team. The Under 17 players are preparing for next month's World Youth Championships in New Zealand.

PREMIER LEAGUE contenders Arnett Gardens and Olympic Gardens will be hunting their second wins when the Jackie Bell KO football competition continues this afternoon.

Arnett Gardens will host Shortwood at the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex while Olympic Gardens play Maverley/Hughenden at Cling Cling Oval. Both matches kick off at 3 o'clock.

LEADING JOCKEY Andrew Ramgeet rode four winners at Caymanas Park yesterday, including 9-5 chance LADY BANGALORE who romped the 1800 metres feature race for the Winston Griffiths O.D. Trophy, in honour of the five-time champion jockey who was recently awarded the Order of Distinction for his contribution to horseracing.

Ramgeet, who is taking dead aim at George HoSang's all-time record of 167 winners in a season, also won aboard 4-5 favourite MAC THE KNIGHT in the first race, 3-5 favourite DOCTOR FEEL GOOD in race four and the American filly CIELO MYSTIQUE, a 1-5 favourite in the sixth. He thus ended the day on 129 winners, still needing 39 more to break HoSang's 1974 record with 17 racedays remaining.