CNIS Sports is the Sports Management and Marketing Division of CNIS Ltd. We provide planning and management support structures for various sports including Athletics, Hard Court Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, and Football. CNIS Sports can and will organise your sporting event, taking care of every detail from sourcing and providing equipment and officials, identifying a suitable location, signing up/providing competitors, to negotiating appropriate sponsorships and arranging for marketing and advertising of the event. CNIS Sports also scouts athletic talent for secondary institutions in the United States, and on the flip side, assists local athletes to source scholarships.
The Mission
CNIS Sports is working to promote and develop healthy minds and bodies through the sport. The CNIS BHVL seeks to do this and also to promote the development of the sport of volleyball in Jamaica. As a complementary spin-off, the efforts also help companies to stimulate and cultivate levels of cohesiveness which will prove vital to the functionality of their corporate cultures. The CNIS BHVL engenders a spirit of camaraderie and healthy competition among in house colleagues and with employees from other organizations.
The League is sanctioned by the Jamaica Volleyball Association and the games are conducted to international standards with certified referees presiding over the matches. Participating companies are also connected with certified coaches to ensure the proper development of the players and the game.
The Principals
The Directors of CNIS Sports are Dr. T. Jon Jones DDS, Certificate Clinical Dentistry, MBA, Dip Ed., and Mrs. Paula-Anne Porter-Jones B.A. Together they have over 40 years of experience in the business and practice of sports.
For a number of years during the 1970s, Dr. Jones was primary athlete for Knox College. Due to his excellence in the athletic arena, he was awarded a track and field scholarship to The University of Nebraska – Lincoln, where he began his tertiary education. He followed this at Howard University College of Dentistry and more recently at the Kyushu University College of Dentistry, UWI Mona Campus MIOB and Mico Teachers College.
He has been a practicing volleyball coach for over 30 years, and was the coach of the Knox College volleyball team from 1987 – 1996. Dr. Jones has served in several positions (General Secretary, Technical Director and Vice President), for the Jamaica Volleyball Association from 1991 to 2006, Assistant Head Coach of the male national team in 1995, and Head Coach of both the national male and female volleyball teams in 1996. Dr. Jones has also served as an executive member of the Jamaica Little League Association, played Premier League football with the Los Perfectos Team, and is currently a member of the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association. He currently provides consultation services for the planning and execution of the annual Venus Invitational Volleyball Tournament, The UWI Invitational Volleyball Tournament, The FAME FM Beach Fiesta Beach Volleyball Tournaments, and also for the annual National Hurdles and Field Events meets.
Dr. Jones, is currently a practicing dentist in both the public and private sector, and has been for the past 20 years, with the last 10 years being appointed as Director of the Government of Jamaica’s Dental Auxiliary School and has been a practicing dentist for over 20 years.
Mrs. Paula-Anne Porter-Jones is a well known Jamaican broadcaster. She has been playing competitive volleyball for over a decade, first as a member of the many time National Champions, Rockettes Volleyball Club and now as a member of the UWI Volleyball Club, many-time and current National Champions. Mrs. Porter-Jones has been a national volleyball player and a national vice captain and captain. She also brings to the table over twelve years of experience in Media/Public Relations and Promotions, having worked with the JBC, CPTC, and RJR Communications Group, among others, and having provided consultative and execution services to a large number of sporting and entertainment bodies and events.