As the programme for selecting their final squad for the Commonwealth Games intensifies, number four-ranked Jamaica will play three crucial friendly netball matches against Barbados (ninth) at the GC Foster College in Angels, St Catherine.

The first game will be played on Friday at 7:30 pm, with the others slated for Saturday and Sunday at 5:00 pm.

Netball Jamaica will be seeking to cut the current squad from 18 players to the final 12 and these games will help the coaching staff in making their final selection.

Sunshine Girl coach Minneth Reynolds and her team have set ambitious, yet achievable Commonwealth Games goals.

“I have been working closely with the fitness trainer, Roy Thomas, and the technical director, Jill McIntosh, and I have to ensure that the squad remains with the proper coaching along their entire journey to the final where I expect them to reach,” Reynolds noted.

Top player Jhaniele Fowler- Reid, who returned from the ANZ Championship in Australia and New Zealand last Friday, is expected to be a big boost the team with her vast experience, knowledge and skill.

The Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 23 to August 3.

Jamaica will open their account neighbours 15th-ranked St Lucia.

Training squad: Fowler-Reid, Thristina Harwood, Shantal Slator, Deneen Taylor, Sasher-Gaye Henry, Patricia McCalla, Paula Thompson, Khadijah Williams, Kacey Evering, Stacian Facey, Malysha Kelly, Kadene Marshall, Shamera Sterling, Vangelee Williams, Nicole Aiken-Pinnock, Romelda Aiken, Shanice Beckford and Nicole Dixon,