True Blue Weekend & Ziadie Cup

2013 True Blue All Girls Alumni Penalty Kick-off Winner, Karen Chung from Immaculate Conception High School Alumnae Association  – Photo by Brittany Murphy

Western Union/Grace Kennedy Remittance Services representative Roy Brown congratulates Karen Chung from Immaculate Conception High School Alumnae Association  – Photo by Brittany Murphy

Western Union/Grace Kennedy Remittance Services were named the exclusive sponsors of the 2014 True Blue All Girls Alumni Penalty Kick-off.  The event is a part of the 10th Annual Dennis Ziadie Cup and True Blue Weekend on March 21st – 23rd, 2014.  This is the 6th year Western Union/Grace Kennedy Remittance Services has sponsored this popular event.  Participating schools will have the opportunity to win two cash prizes: A $100 cash donation to the winning school and $50 cash donation to the second place school.

“Western Union and Grace Kennedy Remittance Services is once again proud to sponsor the True Blue event. It is part of our mission to form strategic relationships with organizations that has a emotional connection to their alumni’s and by extension our country Jamaica.” says Hazel Maragh Grace Kennedy Remittance Services/ Western Union South and Central Florida Marketing/Community Consultant.”We congratulate the True Blue team on thier excellent work, and only request that your Organization members support our services. ‘Western Union moving money for better’.”

Schools that have participated in the True Blue All Girls Alumni Penalty Kick-off in previous years are: Camperdown High School Past Students’ Association Florida Chapter, Convent of Mercy Academy “ALPHA”, Immaculate Conception High School Alumnae Association, Queen’s High School Alumni Association, St. Andrew High Old Girls Association, St. Hugh’s Alumnae Association of South Florida, and Montego Bay High School Alumnae Assoc South Florida.

The True Blue weekend is an expansion from the annual Ziadie Cup soccer match between The St. George’s College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc. and The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc.   The annual match is in memory of Dennis Ziadie, who coached both schools to Manning Cup victories. This year will mark the 26th year of the death of Dennis Ziadie in a car crash in Mexico at the 1986 World Cup.  Last year’s match drew over 1500 spectators and supporters.

The True Blue 2014 weekend dates, events & locations:

What: True Blue Party with DJ Squeeze
When: March 21st, 2014
Time: 7:00 pm – 3:00 am
Where: Miramar Cultural Center-Artspark, 2400 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL 33025
Admission: $20.00 (Tickets are $25 at the door) – Purchase tickets NOW!!!

What: True Blue Soccer Fest
–The 10th Annual Ziadie Cup Soccer Match (JC vs. STGC)
– Alumni Over-40 True Blue Alumni 6v6 Soccer Tournament
– All Girls/Co-Ed Schools Alumni Penalty Kick-off
When: March 22nd, 2014
Where: Vizcaya Park
14200 SW 55th St. Miramar, FL 33027
Time: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm

What: Dennis Ziadie Awards Brunch
When:Sunday – March 23th, 2014
Where: Riviera Isles Club House
5055 Southwest 171st Avenue
Miramar, FL 33027
Time: 11:00 am
Cost: $10:00
For more information, visit the website at https://www.trueblueweekend.com or our Facebook Fan Page – http://www.facebook.com/trueblueweekend

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ABOUT THE JAMAICA COLLEGE OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA
The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida established in 2004 as a 501(c) (3). The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida is committed to uphold the traditions of excellence of Jamaica College as one of the foremost educational institution in the country of Jamaica and to support the school in the development of its students.

ABOUT THE ST. GEORGE’S COLLEGE OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA
St. George’s College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 as a charitable non-profit corporation under the General Non-Profit Association Law of the State of Florida. Our objectives are: To foster the development of educational and extracurricular resources at St. George’s College; To advance education by providing scholarships to graduating students of St. George’s College for matriculation in a college or university; To provide a vehicle through which individuals and corporations may make charitable contributions to the St. George’s College alumni fund.

St. George’s College Old Boys Association of Florida soccer team poses with the 2013 Ziadie Cup.

Raymond Brown congratulates Karen Chung from the Immaculate Conception High School Alumnae Association, the winner of the the Grace Kennedy Remittance Services/ Western Union All Girls Schools Alumni Penalty Kick-off.

The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida, winner of the True Blue 6v6 Tournament.

(L-R) Rudy Kameka, presidentSt. George’s College Old Boys Association of Florida, Dale Jones, Jamaica Deputy  Consul General , Wayne Messam, Miramar Commissioner, Yvette Colbourne Miramar Commissioner ,  Omar Colbourne, Cheryl Wynter, Jamaica Information Service and  Xavier Murphy, presidentJamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida 

Former Jamaica Public Defender Howard Hamilton, QC, andMiramar Commissioner Wayne Messam.

Miramar Commissioner Wayne Messam and Christopher Ziadie.

On Saturday, March 16th, 2013, the St. George’s College Old Boys defeated the Jamaica College Old Boys to claim the 2013 Ziadie Cup. It was their 7th Ziadie Cup win since the tournament began 9 years ago. The Jamaica College over-40 team beat the St. George’s College over-40 team 5-1 in the Grand Masters match. In the Under-40 Masters match, St. George’s College defeated Jamaica College 6-0. The Ziadie Cup trophy was awarded based on an aggregate score of both matches with St. George’s College winning 7-5.

In the opening 6-a-side soccer tournament, the Jamaica College Old BoysAssociation of Florida defeated the Kingston Technical Alumni Association 4-1 to claim the inaugural LIME True Blue 6V6 trophy. LIME will make a $400 cash donation to the winning school.

The Jamaican alumnae ladies displayed their skills in the Grace Kennedy Remittance Services/Western Union All Girls Schools Alumni Penalty Kick-off. The Immaculate Conception High School Alumnae Association emerged as the winner in the final round defeating the Convent Of Mercy Academy “Alpha” Florida Chapter in a very competitive kick-off tournament. Grace Kennedy Remittance Services/Western Union will make a $100 cash donation to the winning school and a $50 cash donation to the  school in second place.

Legendary Jamaican coach, Winston Chung-Fah, who recently received the FIFA Order of Merit, was in attendance at the True Blue Soccerfest . Also present were Miramar Commissioner Wayne Messam, Miramar Commissioner Elect Yvette Colbourne, Jamaica Deputy Consul General Dale Jones and former Jamaica Public Defender Howard Hamilton, QC.

Mr. Hamilton launched his U.S. book tour at Saturday’s event. His book, “Born to Defend”, chronicles the highs and lows of his 50-year legal career. He signed and presented books to Commissioner Wayne Messam, Commissioner Elect Yvette Colbourne, and Jamaica Deputy Consul General Dale Jones.

It was a great True Blue weekend as Jamaican nationals from around the world were able to reunite with old classmates from their high schools in Jamaica. Over 1,400 people attended the 3-day True Blue Weekend event, including the annual Ziadie Cup at the state-of-the-art soccer facility at Vizcaya Park. True Blue fans were treated to a weekend of fun, friends, food and exciting soccer matches.

This year’s True Blue weekend festivities were the joint effort of these 2 alumni associations:

–    The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc.
–    The St. George’s College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc.

The True Blue weekend was sponsored by:
Jamaica National Building Society, LIME,Western Union/GraceKennedy Remittance Services, Dr. Donald F. Dixon (Pediatrics), Caribbean Ocean Logistics, First World Imports, Accelerated Realty Inc., City of Miramar Cultural Center, The Victoria Mutual Building Society, Accurate Air Conditioning, Dr. Michael Douglas (Chiropractor), Dedge Media, Jamaicans.com, Elite Sports, Irietimes.com, Galaxy Leisure Tours, Links, Data Stream Mobile Technologies, Oily’s Lube in Ten, Emerson Paradise Villas, Wright Ventures, Hotpie Inc., Ocho Rios and City of Miramar Cultural Center.

Coverage of the matches was provided by Irietimes.com with a live online broadcast.

Media pictures are available at:
Trueblueweekend.com and facebook.com/trueblueweekend

ABOUT THE JAMAICA COLLEGE OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA
The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida established in 2004 as a 501(c) (3). The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida is committed to uphold the traditions of excellence of Jamaica College as one of the foremost educational institution in the country of Jamaica and to support the school in the development of its students.

ABOUT THE ST. GEORGE’S COLLEGE OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA
St. George’s College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 as a charitable non-profit corporation under the General Non-Profit Association Law of the State of Florida. Our objectives are: To foster the development of educational and extracurricular resources at St. George’s College; To advance education by providing scholarships to graduating students of St. George’s College for matriculation in a college or university; To provide a vehicle through which individuals and corporations may make charitable contributions to the St. George’s College alumni fund.

Ron Burke, Irietimes.com

Leroy “Dreamy” Riley, Irietimes.com

Jamaica Alumni Soccer fans world-wide will have the ability to experience the True Blue weekend  Soccerfest live as it is broadcasted on irieitmes.com. The Soccerfest broadcast will take place at 10:00 amon Saturday, March 16th, 2016 at the new Vizcaya Park in Miramar, Florida.  Jamaican alumni who are scattered around the globe will be able to log online to see former school mates, chat online, exchange email addresses & phone numbers, and see live interviews.

“Last year’s live stream was extremely successful,” said Ron Burke, Irietimes.com programming director,”We are pleased to carry the Ziadie Cup again, live to the viewers around the world who could not attend the event.

IrieTimes.com provides news from the entertainment world with two of Jamaica’s stalwart journalists, Vinette K. Pryce and T. Boots Harris. With their radio and TV programming by The Musical Messiah and Ron Burke, IrieTimes.com provides a wide variety of music from the 50’s to today. The Irie Times provides listeners with the latest entertainment, news and best musical selections from the most talented DJs in South Florida. IrieTimes.com streams are available on the  Android and iPhone.

The True Blue weekend is an expansion from the annual Ziadie Cup soccer match between The St. George’s College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc. and The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc.   The annual match is in memory of Dennis Ziadie, who coached both schools to Manning Cup victories. This year will mark the 26th year of the death of Dennis Ziadie in a car crash in Mexico at the 1986 World Cup.  Last year’s match drew over 1500 spectators and supporters.

ABOUT IRIE TIMES
Irie Times began in 1996 as a magazine and is the brain child of photographer Dreamy Riley. IrieTimes.com went online in 2000 with writers Vinette Pryce and T Boots Harris providing  the latest in entertainment news online. Irie Times broadcasts the best in oldies, Reggae, R&B  &  the classics. Broadcasting 24 hours daily, IrieTimes.com has viewers & listeners all over the world including, USA, Jamaica, Germany, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, UK and Dubai. 

Dr. Douglas working with Usain Bolt before a race.
Dr. Michael Douglas, founder of  Douglas Chiropractic, will be providing support for all the athletes participating in the True Blue Soccerfest & Ziadie Cup memorial match on March 16th, 2013 in Miramar, Florida.

“I am really excited about providing medical support and advice for everyoneat this years event” said Dr. Douglas, “Weekend warriors are even at more risk for injuries than Olympians, I am sure we will be very busy, but I hope not. I look forward to contributing to such an important community event.”

This past weekend, Dr. Douglas and his staff treated over 200 athletes in one day at the 5th Annual City of Miramar Track and Field Invitational.  He is also the Official Team Doctor for the Jamaica Olympic Team for over 19 years.

The 9th Annual True Blue Weekend will take place March 15th-17th, 2013. The 3-day event is hosted by The St. George’s College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc. (STGCOBAFL) and The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc. (JCOBAFL).

The True Blue weekend is an expansion from the annual Ziadie Cup soccer match between The St. George’s College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc. and The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc.   The annual match is in memory of Dennis Ziadie, who coached both schools to Manning Cup victories. This year will mark the 26th year of the death of Dennis Ziadie in a car crash in Mexico at the 1986 World Cup.  Last year’s match drew over 1500 spectators and supporters.