Miss Sandra Forbes,(R) Marketing Manager, Western Union Presenting the sponsorship cheque to KSAFA President Ambassador Stewart Stephenson (L ), and L

Western Union has renewed its Title Sponsorship of the Kingston & St. Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) 2008 Jackie Bell Knockout competition. The announcement was made at the company’s headquarters in Kingston during a press briefing today.

Sandra Forbes, Marketing Manager, Western Union announced that her company is proud to continue its partnership with KSAFA for the fifth year in a row and will inject $2M dollars in this year’s competition. Forbes also said that ‘the past four years have been a tremendous success; giving our players the opportunity to continue showcasing their talent”.

Rudolph Speid, President of KSAFA thanked Western Union for their continued partnership of the KSAFA Jackie Bell Knockout competition. The prize monies he said will be distributed as follows; 1st Place - $350,000; 2nd Place - $200,000; 3rd Place - $100,000 and 4th Place - $50,000, while all participating teams will receive $5,000.

He also announced that “for the first time in KSAFA’s history, a partnership has been formed with TVJSN where they will have exclusive coverage of the Jackie Bell Knockout, Super League, Under 13, U15, U17 and U20 matches. Each week a feature match will be selected and broadcast delayed on TVJSN. The first of which will be August Town vs Santos this Saturday, October 18, 2008 at the UWI Bowl commencing at 3:00 p.m. when the competition will kick start”. Speid urges all Jamaicans to “come out and support their favourite clubs.

Other matches that will be played on the day are Whitfield Town vs Allman/Woodford; Stony Hill vs Shortwood, UTECH vs New Kingston.

The KSAFA Jackie Bell Knockout competition is in its 21st year and is named in honour of the memory of a great Jamaican sportsman Winthorpe ’Jackie’ Bell who died in a bus crash along with fellow St. Georges College alma-mater Dennis Ziadie at the World Cup finals of 1986 in Mexico. He was a former National Coach STGC Manning Cup player, national player, coach of Santos Football Club and president of the Club.

The Jackie Bell competition is contested by Corporate Area teams from the Syd Bartlett, Major, Super and Premier Leagues. Harbour View Football Club is the defending champion.