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Support and Services Battalion
Takes Force Volleyball Competition
 

Volley Ball Competition being held at
the JDF Air Wing hanger.


The Support and Services Battalion took a surprising but well deserved victory in this year’s Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Inter Unit volleyball competition. The Unit played against teams from the other major units of the Force. The matches were held in Up Park Camp in August 2002.

Support and Services Battalion put forward the only team that had both male and female players and made what could have been a minor difficulty, an impossibility for the other male-dominated teams to be victorious, noted Lieutenant Tamico Parkes, sportswriter for JDF Web Site.

The winning team consisted of very athletic sportsmen and women, and throughout the competition their agility showed. According to Lieutenant Parkes, the team maintained confidence and determination even when the odds were against it. They faced the ‘giants’ of sporting events in the Jamaica Defence Force, such as the Third Battalion The Jamaica Regiment (National Reserve), who took a surprising third place. She also noted that they went up against the Unit that says it is ‘Second to None’ (the Second Battalion The Jamaica Regiment), yet placed second in the competition.

The surprising victory of Support and Services Battalion was well accepted by the supporters from all units because it was felt by all that the victory was well deserved, observed Lieutenant Parkes. She said that the performance by the other competing units (JDF Air Wing, JDF Coast Guard, 1 Engineer Regiment (JDF) and HQ JDF Intelligence Unit) was well above the standard required, and the matches played all drew strong emotional responses from the supporters. There were screams, shouts, sighs and moans. There were those that grabbed their heads and those that had to look away because the tension and anxiety was too much.

Lieutenant Parkes offers congratulations to Support and Services Battalion for its outstanding performance as well as to the other competitors. She noted that the high standard of the competition would not have been what it was without the sterling performances given by all and as a result everyone now looks forward to next year’s competition.

 

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