Gleaner, The (Newspaper) - January 9, 1990, Kingston, Kingston MORE RED STRIPE CUP ACTION IN SPORTS SPECIAL J MANDELA EXPECTS TO BE INDEX 4 5 Foreign Entertainment Across Nation Want Ads Milestones 10.11 PASSAGE FORT ROADS ARE DANGEROUS A reader TODAY'S SHIPPING Vol No 8 ESTABLISHED 1834 KINGSTON JAMAICA TUESDAY JANUARY 9 1990 PRICE TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Regional champs take sweet By Tony Becca JAMAICA opened their bid to win the 1990 Red Stripe Cup competition in ular fashion with a thrilling victory over Trinidad and Tobago at Sabina Park in Kingston yesterday After failing to gain first innings points on the ond day and then looking down the barrell on the third morning the ing champions produced a memorable come-back to win the game by 58 runs when ace rick Patterson ripped out Ian Bishop's shortly before The victory which Mas greeted by fans onto the field to congratulate heroes was sweet revenge for Jamaica who were beaten by 10 wickets last year in Trinidad after gaining lead was what inspired said captain Marlon Tucker utes after the triumph We were a bit disappointed after losing innings lead and then we bered last year and figured we could do unto them what they did to us That plus our ability to fight to the end and the knowledge that we could do it kept us going No regrets The victory however was more than picking up the maximum 16 points in the hunt for the third consecutive lien on the Cup It was almost a effort for although Jamaica have defeated their in their own yard as recently as 1984 day's victory xs the first time maica has defeated Trinidad and Tobago here since they won at Melbourne Park in 1955 We have no said and Tobago captain Brian Lara Jamaica played better That summed up the four days of action for despite a ing batting performance on the first day the players picked themselves up with Cleveland Davidson and his magnificent catch and son with seven wickets for 53 runs leading the way on the second day James Adams and Robert Haynes picking up the baton on the third with Adams scoring 108 and Haynes 55 all 11 players m- voh ed yesterday Courtney Walsh boiled well be- fore a back injury took him off the field and so did Patterson and Haynes who finished with three for 68 off 24 overs The toast of the final day er was Tucker who finished with four wickets for 51 runs who not only picked up the valuable wicket of Renwick Bishop in the morning but returned after tea with and Tobago on 175 for five and the match nicely balanced to make the final twist In a match of fluctuating fortunes In the first over he bowled David Williams and then he had Nanan beautifully caught by Haynes at long-on before he bowled Augustine Logic to seal the issue at 200 for 9 with the start of the final 20 overs still 20 minutes away Jamaica 203 and 281 Trinidad and Tobago 205 and 221 SOUVENIR Jamaica's victory over Trinidad and Tobago al Sabina Park yesterday was greeted with the fans racing onto the field some to congratulate the players some to collect the stumps as souvenirs This Junior Doivie photo shows a member of me taff in his Red Stripe Cup shirt trying to keep the fans off the pitch JDF gives up on missing four Defence Force says it given up hope of finding its Coast Guard auxiliary vessel and it crew missing off Morant Point since Januan 4 But the search says a news re- lease from the JDF At this stage rescue is unlikely as all possible areas have received 100 per cent search coverage In me absence of the sighting of any or wreckage it is possible the vessel sank very rapidly v uh the crew still a JDF utv officer said to the Gleaner last night About 11 30 p m on January 4 the crippled with its crew reportedly being towed by Manatee Bay a JDF Coast Guard patrol boat off Morant Point when it was discovered that the tow line had broken and the boat missing An immediate search the Manatee Bay's crew prove utile The missing crewmen were said oe Able Seaman Maurice Lue Seamen Chester Simms 1 chard James and Paul Rodney latest report by the duty search continues for the Sing Coast Guard auxiliary without any success It jeen in progress for the past o days and the c 1 was expanded while activities by air sea and land along both the east and south coasts from to lahs Court reporters stage sick-out COURT reporters began a day sick-out yesterday forcing the adjournment of several cases set for trial in the four Circuit Courts which were officially opened for the Hilary session They are protesting against what they say Is the ment's delay m dealing with their complaints of more than 10 years that because of the nature of their work they should be placed in a special grade Yesterday was the second time in two months that cases had to be put off because of industrial action at the courts In ber members of the Legal Staff Association went on a sick-out to force the Government to give them realistic salary increases and fringe fits They returned to work after the Minister of the Public Service assured them that an improved salary offer would be made to them Jurors who turned out in large numbers yesterday were advised by the judges to return to court today Court reporters are respon- sible for recording verbatim notes of the proceedings in court Their notes are official and are used in appeal cases There are only 15 court reporters out of a ment of 33 Low salary and de- working conditions are responsible for the mass tions of court reporters over the last three years Courts affected The courts affected are the Home Circuit Court for Kingston and St Andrew which has 88 cases listed for trial and the St Catherine Clarendon and St James Circuits Mr Justice Wolfe who presided in the Home Circuit Court asked what had happened to the court reporters Mr Lancelot Clarke Jnr Crown Counsel told him that Mrs Minette Shields Chief Court Reporter was the only one on the building Mr Karl Harrison ing of the Supreme Court told the that the others had not reported to work Mr Clarke told he judge that The Chief Justice had had words with Mrs Shields and he was trying to arrange an emergency meeting and Mrs Shields was trying to make contact with the other court reporters If they haVe taken industrial action the court should know If people have a grouse the public should know what the grouse Mr Justice Wolfe commented In the St James Circuit Court Mr Justice Gordon said that for too long court reporters were being classified as ries in the Civil Service No one appreciates the work they are doing It is only hoped that the issue will be resolved so that they can do their job in the arena of the Judge said Apologised In the Clarendon Circuit when Mr Justice Orr took his seat on the Bench he apologised to all concerned for the absence of the court reporters who he said play a key role in the courts he said we cannot proceed with the cases without the court reporters Mr Justice Orr said he was unaware of the problem but to lose three days on the heavy list of cases and that stoppage com- 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