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2014 SSFL Premier Division Fixtures.
Premier Division - Boys
SEPTEMBER
WED 3rd
3:30pm, East Mucurapo 0 v St. Benedict’s 2 (Moriba Des Cartes 31, Shaquille Williams 60), Hasley Crawford Stadium
5:30pm, St. Mary’s College 3 (Chinua Bernard 4, Aaron Noel 15, Ethan Shim 58) v St. Augustine 0, Hasley Crawford Stadium
THUR 4th
3:45pm, Trinity College 2 (Dareem David 14, 26) v St. Anthony’s 4 (Jules Lee 1, Darius Ollivierra 35, Kwesi Allen 46, 78), Trincity
3:45pm, Carapichima East 0 v Chaguanas North 0, Carapichima
3:00pm, Presentation San F’do 1 (Levon Bass 62) v Arima North 3 (Mitchelle Mulick 1, Josiah George 25, Aston Molino 32), Guaracara Park
5:00pm, Shiva Boys H.C. 1 (Kadeem Ashford 18 Own-Goal) v Fatima College 2 (Quinn Rodney 30, Marquise Hoyte 81), Guaracara Park
3:45pm, San Juan North 1 (Jacey David 14) v Naparima College 2 (Steve Sandy 37, Akinola Gregory 77), San Juan
Championship Division (Tobago) - Boys
FRI 5th
3:00pm, Bishop’s High School 0 v Speyside Secondary 3 (Marcus Caesar 29, Brandon Benjamin 36, Ian Paul 82), Shaw Park
5:00pm, Scarborough Secondary 1 (La Shawn Roberts 32) v Signal Hill 3 (Ackel Carrington 34, Antonio Pantin 69, 86), Shaw Park
Premier Division - Boys Continues
SAT 6th
3:45pm, St. Benedict’s 0 v St. Anthony’s 3, La Romain - Default Win - Unmarked Ground
3:45pm, Carapichima East 1 (Larry Brown 34-Pen) v Trinity College 1 (Easie Stephen 57), Carapichima
3:45pm, Arima North 3 (Ashton Mollineau 14, Johnson Anthony 48, Jeffrey Chuniesingh 90-Pen) v East Mucurapo 1 (Kathon St Hillaire 70), Arima
3:45pm, Shiva Boys H.C. 1 (Navin Suraj 85) v Chaguanas North 0, Guaracara Park
3:45pm, St. Augustine 5 (Anthony Samuel 24, Keishawn Marcellin 28, Jesse Joseph 45, 66, 89) v Presentation San F’do 2 (Levon Bass 13, 78), St. Augustine
3:45pm, San Juan North 5 (Kyle Max [2], Brian Alexander, Shayan Eustace, O’Neal Jarvis) v Fatima College 1, San Juan
3:45pm, Naparima College 0 v St. Mary’s College 1 (Ethan Shim 42), Lewis St. San F’do
Championship Division (Tobago) - Boys
SUN 7th
3:45pm, Pentecostal L&L 0 v Goodwood 0, Signal Hill
WED 10th
3:45pm, Speyside 5 (Brandon Benjamin 2, Samson Caesar 2, Shaffie McKenzie) v Roxborough, Speyside 0
3:45pm, Goodwood 0 v Bishop’s High 0, Goodwood
3:45pm, Signal Hill 0 v Pentecostal L&L 0, Signal
Premier Division - Boys Continues
3:45pm, St. Anthony’s (Kwesi Allen 8, 60, 70, Shakeen Patrick 19, Simon Bishop 22) v Carapichima East 0, St. Anthony’s
3:45pm, St. Benedict’s 2 (Tyrell Couteau 33-Pen) v Arima North 0, La Romain
3:45pm, Trinity College 2 (Sean Bonval 53, Dorian Daniel 62) v Shiva Boys H.C. 1 (Marvin Seuradge), Trincity
3:45pm, East Mucurapo 0 v St. Augustine 1 (Jesse Joseph), QRC Ground
3:45pm, Chaguanas North 1 v San Juan North 4, Chaguanas
3:45pm, Presentation San F’do 1 (Levon Bass 51) v Naparima College 2 (Shane Sandy 65, 83), Guaracara Park
3:45pm, Fatima College 1 (Kyell Lancaster 90) v St. Mary’s College 1 (Chinua Bernard 18), Fatima
Championship Division - Boys
THUR 11th
North Zone
Tranquillity 4 v Diego Martin North 1
QRC 7 v Diego Martin Central 1
South Zone
Pleasantville 1 (Jabari Hodge 90+1) v Mayaro 0
Princes Town West 0 v Fyzabad 1 (Simeon Pierre 5)
Central Zone
Vishnu Boys 1 (Narendra Joseph 38) v Presentation 1 (Raheem Collins 23)
Miracle Ministry 3 v ASJA Boys 1
East Zone
Valencia Secondary 1 v Barataria South 3
El Dorado East 1 v Five Rivers 0
FRI 12th
Central Zone
Tabaquite 1 v Point Fortin East 0
East Zone
3:00pm, Valencia Secondary v Barataria South, Larry Gomes ?
5:00pm, El Dorado East v Five Rivers, Larry Gomes ?
Sangre Grande 9 (Elijah Parson [5,] Mickael Nicholas, Glenford Bruce) v Arima Central 0
SAT 13th
Tobago Zone
3:45pm, Pentecostal Light and Life 1 v Scarborough Secondary 1
3:45pm, Signal Hill 2 (Keiron Murray 37, 64) v Speyside 2 (L’Che Edwards 12, Brandon Benjamin 35)
3:45pm, Bishop’s High 0 v Roxborough 2
Premier Division - Boys Continues
SAT 13th
3:45pm, Arima North 1 (Micah Marshal 25) v St. Anthony’s 2 (Simon Joseph 56, Kwesi Allen 66), Arima
3:45pm, Shiva Boys H.C. 4 (Marvin Seuradge 9, 31, 76, Quinn Rodney 53) v Carapichima East 0, Guaracara Park
3:45pm, St. Augustine 1 (Kishawn Marcellin 69) v St. Benedict’s 1 (Moriba Des Cartes 64), St. Augustine
3:45pm, San Juan North 1 (Brent Sam 22) v Trinity College 2 (Tyrik John 10, 50), San Juan
3:45pm, Naparima College 2 (Trent Paul 27, Amrit Jildharry 31) v East Mucurapo 1 (Kazim Donald 50), Lewis St. San F’do
3:45pm, St Mary’s College 2 (Chinua Bernard 4, Sebastien Cabral 85) v Chaguanas North 0, St Mary’s
3:45pm, Fatima College 0 v Presentation San F’do 2 (Nate Brooks, Levon Bass), Fatima
WED 17th
3:45pm, St. Anthony’s 3 (Kwesi Allen [3]) v Shiva Boys H.C. 2 (Tequan Rodriguez, Kadeem Ashford), St. Anthony’s
3:45pm, Arima North 2 v St Augustine 2 (Romario Villafana, Keshorn Marcellin), Arima
3:45pm, Carapichima East 2 (Jeremy Trim, Josiah Richards) v San Juan North 1 (Benjamin McGyver), Carapichima
3:45pm, St. Benedict’s 3 (Levi Crawford, Maxie Joseph, Anthony Herbert) v Naparima College 0, La Romain
3:45pm, Trinity College 1 (Kristian Meloney 38) v St. Mary’s College 1 (Chinua Bernard 9), Trincity
3:45pm, East Mucurapo 1 (Jair Edwards) v Fatima College 1 (Kyell Lancaster), Fatima
3:45pm, Chaguanas North 0 v Presentation San F’do 3 (Quintel John 2, 85, Levon Bass 18-Pen), Chaguanas
Championship Division (Tobago) - Boys
Pentecostal L&L 3 (Jabari Francis, Bonnett Quinel, Shakeem Irvine) v Roxborough Secondary 1 (Devon Waldron)
Goodwood 0 v Signal Hill 5 (Akil Frank 2, Keiroy Murray, Nkosi Chance, Archer)
Speyside 5 (Brandon Benjamin 3, Kaleb Douglas, Malique Lewis) v Scarborough 2
SAT 20th
Scarborough 1 v Goodwood 0, Shaw Park
Pentecostal L&L 4 v Bishop’s High 2, Signal Hill
Signal Hill 5 v Roxborough 2, Signal Hill
Premier Division - Boys Continues
3:45pm, St. Augustine 0 v St. Anthony’s 3 (Adriel Kerr 53, Kwesi Allen 77, 80), St. Augustine
3:45pm, San Juan North 3 (Jermell Britto 32-Pen, Brent Sam 72, 85) v Shiva Boys H.C. 2 (Marvin Seuradge 45, Quinn Rodney 65), San Juan
3:45pm, Naparima College 6 (Stephon Smith 12, Nicholas Dillon 13, 45, Nicholas Thomas 51, Shane Sandy 84, Jeremiah Kezar 87) v Arima North 1 (Joshua Alexander 2), Lewis St., San F’do
3:45pm, St. Mary’s College 1 (Aaron Noel 23) v Carapichima East 1, St. Mary’s
3:45pm, Fatima College 1 v St. Benedict’s 3 (Levi Crawford, Shaquille Williams, Shemar Ravello), Fatima
3:45pm, Presentation San F’do 0 v Trinity College 3 (Deyshawn Edwards 23, Tyrik John 31, Atiba Lucas 82), Guaracara Park
3:45pm, Chaguanas North 2 (Louie Johnson 67, 69) v East Mucurapo 1 (Ishaq Abdullah 91), Chaguanas
TUES 23rd
3:45pm, St. Anthony’s v San Juan North, St. Anthony - Postponed
3:45pm, St. Augustine 2 (Keishawn Marcellin 37, Brandon Reyes 53) v Naparima College 2 (Michael Basdeo 44, Jabari Mitchell 89), St. Augustine
3:45pm, Shiva Boys H.C. 3 (Marvin Seuradge 4, Quinn Rodney 53, Levi Garcia 79) v St. Mary’s College 2 (Chinua Bernard 1, Rickel Dixon 57), Guaracara Park
3:45pm, Arima North 0 v Fatima College 1 (Shane Scott 33), Arima
3:45pm, Carapichima East 1 (Dominique Rivas 54) v Presentation San F’do 0, Carapichima
3:45pm, St. Benedict’s v Chaguanas North, La Romain - Postponed
3:45pm, Trinity College 4 (Adola Perpignac 50 Own-Goal, Micah Lansiquot 60 Own-Goal, Sean Bonval 64, 77) v East Mucurapo 1 (Travell Edwards 73), Trincity
Championship Division (Tobago) - Boys
Goodwood 0 v Speyside 5
Roxborough 1 v Scarbrough 1
Bishop’s High 1 v Signal Hill 4
SAT 27th
Roxborough 1 v Goodwood 0, Roxborough
Speyside 1 v Pentecostal L&L 0, Speyside
Scarborough v Bishop’s High, Shaw Park - (game aborted due to fracas)
Premier Division - Boys Continues
3:45pm, St. Anthony’s 1 (Matthew Woo Ling 80) v Naparima College 5 (Stephon Smith 40, Martieon Watson 69, Nicholas Dillon 72, Jabari Mitchell 41, 84), St. Anthony’s
3:45pm, St. Mary’s College 0 v San Juan North 2 (Jermell Britto, Brent Sam), St. Mary’s
3:45pm, Fatima College 1 v St. Augustine 1, Fatima
3:45pm, Presentation San F’do 0 v Shiva Boys H.C. 1 (Marvin Seuradge 30), Guaracara Park
3:45pm, Chaguanas North 1 (Malik Campbell 9) v Arima North 0, Chaguanas
3:45pm, East Mucurapo 1 v Carapichima East 0, Trinity College
5:45pm, Trinity College 0 v St. Benedict’s 0, Trincity
MON 29th
3:45pm, San Juan North 3 (Brent Sam 33, Levi O’Brien 62, Josiah Trimmingham 76) v St Anthony’s College 2 (Kwesi Allen 42, Andrew Rullow 80), Westmoorings
3:45pm, St Benedict’s College 0 v Chaguanas North 0, La Romain
OCTOBER
WED 1st
3:45pm, St. Mary’s College 1 (Ethan Shim 40) v St. Anthony’s 0, St. Mary’s
3:45pm, Naparima College 2 (Jabari Mitchell 27, Nicholas Dillon 72) v Fatima College 0, Lewis St., San F’do
3:45pm, San Juan North 4 (Josiah Trimmingham 5, Brent Sam 10, 39, 43) v Presentation San F’do 1 (Quintel John 86), San Juan
3:45pm, St. Augustine 1 (Anthony Samuel 56) v Chaguanas North (Mallik Campbell 14), St. Augustine
3:45pm Shiva Boys H.C. 3 (Quinn Rodney 15, 61, Levi Garcia 70) v East Mucurapo 1 (Tekay Hoyce 3), Guaracara Park
3:45pm, Arima North 1 (Joshua Alexander 24) v Trinity College 2 (Taje Commissiong 57, Sean Bonval 78), Arima
3:45pm, Carapichima East 0 v St. Benedict’s 2 (Judah St Louis 79, Anthony Herbert 85), Carapichima
SAT 4th
3:45pm, St Anthony’s College 6 (Kwesi Allen 32, Matthew Woo Ling 60, 71, 91, Andrew Rullow 63, Raheem Borde 75) v Fatima College 1 (Marquise Hoyte 44), St. Anthony’s
3:45pm, Presentation San F’do 1 (Kyle Moodie) v St Mary’s College 0 College, Guaracara Park
3:45pm, Chaguanas North 0 v Naparima College 8 (Nicholas Dillon 20, 46, 64, Jabari Mitchell 30, Martieon Watson 80, Jeremiah Kezar 84, Aalon Minors 86, Isaiah Hudson 89), Chaguanas
3:45pm, East Mucurapo 0 v San Juan North 2 (Brent Sam [2]), Fatima
3:45pm, Trinity East 1 (Sean Bonval) v St Augustine 1 (Kwinsi Williams), Trincity
3:45pm, Shiva Boys 2 (69 Own Goal, Levi Garcia 90-Pen) v St Benedict’s 1 (Mariba Des Cartes 74), La Romain
3:45pm, Carapichaima East 2 (Larry Brown 5, Darion Thomas 40) vs Arima North 1 (M. Mitchell 30), Carapichima
TUES 7th
3:00pm, Shiva Boys H.C. 3 (Tyrell Emmanuel, Quinn Rodney, Marvin Seuradge) v Arima North 1, Guaracara Park
5:00pm, Presentation San F’do 0 v St. Anthony’s 1 (Andrew Rullow 18), Guaracara Park
3:45pm, Fatima College 3 (Adam Pantin-Taylor 47, Kyell Lancaster 48, Marquise Hoyte 90) v Chaguanas North 0, Fatima
3:45pm, St. Mary’s College 0 v East Mucurapo 2 (Glenroy Pierre 25, Michael Lansiquod 80), St. Mary’s
3:45pm, Naparima College 3 (Martieon Watson 69, 73-Pen, Jabari Mitchell 85) v Trinity College 1 (Akeel Modeste 63), Lewis St., San F'do
3:45pm, San Juan North 0 v St. Benedict’s 0, San Juan
3:45pm St. Augustine 2 (Keishawn Marcellin [2]) v Carapichima East 1 (Kerwin Mitchell), St. Augustine
SAT 11th
3:45pm, St. Anthony’s v Chaguanas North, St. Anthony’s - Postponed
3:45pm, Presentation San F’do 5 (Kyle Moody 7, Nate Brooks 13, 87, Kareem Riley 31, 54-Pen) v East Mucurapo 0, Fatima
3:45pm, Trinity East 4 (Darnell Sookhoo 9, O’Neil Thomas 29, Sean Bonval 44, Quincy Ballah 71) v Fatima 3 (Kyle Lancaster 3, 25-Pen, 52), Trincity
3:45pm, St Benedict’s 3 (Tyrell Couteau 7, Shaquille Williams 19, Anthony Herbert 43) v St Mary’s College 1 (Ethan Shim 61), La Romain
3:45pm, Naparima 2 (Nicholas Dillon 49, Jabari Mitchell 73) v Carapichaima East 0, Carapichima
3:45pm, San Juan North 2 (Gerald Britto 4, Brent Sam 32) v Arima North 1 (Joshua Alexander 37), Arima
3:45pm, St Augustine 3 (Moses Jaikaran 85, Jelani John 88, 94) v Shiva Boys 1 (Kyle Sylvester 27), Guaracara Park
MON 13th
3:45pm, St Anthony’s College 6 (Andrew Rullow 3, Kwesi Allen 1, Matthew Woo Ling 1, Jules Lee 1) v Chaguanas North 1 (Cassim Kellar), St. Anthony’s
WED 15th
3:45pm, St Anthony’s 1 (Kwesi Allen 68) v East Mucurapo 1 (Jair Edwards 79), St. Anthony’s
3:45pm, Trinity East 2 (Lloyd Pierre, Taje Commissiong) vs Chaguanas North 2, Chaguanas
3:45pm, Presentation College S/do 1 (Levon Bass 21) v St Benedict’s 1 (Kadeem Gittens 46), Guaracara Park
3:45pm, Fatima 5 (Kyell Lancaster [2], Omari George, Marquise Hoyte, Jahreed Murray) v Carapichaima East 2 (Jeremy Trim, Justin Joseph), Fatima
3:45pm, St Mary’s 3 (Aaron Skeene 2, 28, Marcus Mottley 63) v Arima North 1 (Darren Charles 75-Pen), St. Mary’s
3:45pm, Naparima College 6 (Jabari Mitchell 31, Nicholas Dillon 46, Martieon Watson 62, 77, Jarred Dass 71, 80) v Shiva Boys 0 H.C., Lewis St., San F'do
3:45pm, San Juan North 2 (Romario Villafana 38 Own-Goal, Josiah Trimmingham 80) v St Augustine 1 (Moses Jaikaran 85), San Juan
Premier Division Big Four
SAT 25th
3:45pm, St Anthonys College 3 (Kwesi Allen 44, Shem Clauzel 73, Andrew Rullow 79) v Speyside Secondary 0, St Mary’s College Ground
3:45pm, San Juan North 0 v Naparima 2 (Shane Sandy 49, Akinola Gregory 85), San Juan
WED 29th
3:45pm, St Anthony’s 4 (Matthew Woo Ling 20 pen, Kwesi Allen 30, 37, 84) v San Juan North 3 (Brent Sam 18, 50, Josiah Trimmingham 21), St Anthony’s
4:30pm, Naparima 5 (Jabari Mitchell 19, 90, Nicholas Dillon 20, Martieon Watson 53, Akinola Gregory 75) v Speyside 2 (Brandon Benjamin 29, Marcus Caesar 51), Roxborough
NOVEMBER
SAT 1st
3:30pm, San Juan North 2 v Speyside Secondary 1, San Juan
3:30pm, Naparima College 2 (Akinola Gregory 5, Nicholas Dillon 6) v St Anthony’s College 2 (Denzel Woods 8, Kwesi Allen 90), Lewis Street, San Fernando
DECEMBER
National Intercol Final (Boys)
Mucurapo East Secondary 1 (Tekay Hoyce 86) v St Benedict’s College 0
National Intercol Final (Girls)
St Augustine Secondary 4 (Ke’die Johnson 13, 49, 75, Laurelle Theodore 64) v Point Fortin East Secondary 2 (Kayla Prince 15-Pen, 34)
Premier Division Final Standings
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Naparima 13 10 1 2 40 12 31
St Anthony’s 13 9 1 3 37 18 28
San Juan North 13 9 1 3 30 14 28
St Benedict’s 13 6 5 2 17 9 23
Trinity East 13 6 5 2 25 19 23
Shiva Boys 13 7 0 6 24 24 21
St Mary’s 13 5 4 4 16 14 18
St Augustine 13 4 6 3 19 19 18
Fatima 13 4 3 6 20 28 15
Presentation 13 4 1 8 16 16 13
Carapichaima East 13 3 3 7 10 25 12
Chaguanas North 13 2 4 7 8 31 10
Arima North 13 2 1 10 14 26 10
East Mucurapo 13 2 9 2 9 26 8
Championship Division Final Standings - North Zone
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
QRC 8 7 1 0 34 6 22
Trinity College 8 5 2 1 19 9 17
Tranquility Sec 7 2 2 3 14 19 8
Malick 8 2 1 5 9 17 7
D/Martin Cen 7 0 0 7 3 28 0
South Zone
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
P/Town West 10 7 2 1 26 3 23
P/ville Sec 10 6 2 2 16 4 20
Fyzabad Sec 10 6 1 3 26 6 19
Pt Fortin East 10 4 1 5 10 9 13
Vessigny Sec 10 2 1 7 7 20 7
Mayaro Sec 10 1 1 8 6 39 4
Central Zone
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Pres Chag 8 7 2 0 38 8 23
Miracle Min 10 7 1 2 20 11 22
ASJA Charlie 8 3 2 3 9 9 11
Couva East 10 3 2 5 10 18 11
Tabaquite Sec 8 3 1 4 13 17 10
Vishnu Boys 10 0 2 8 3 18 2
East Zone
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Valencia Sec 8 5 2 1 10 7 17
Bar South 8 3 3 2 13 11 12
Five Rivers 8 3 2 3 11 10 11
El Do East 6 1 2 3 5 8 5
S/Grande 6 1 1 4 7 11 4
Tobago
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Speyside Sec 11 9 2 0 50 6 29
Signal Hill 12 8 3 1 32 13 27
Pent L&L 11 4 5 2 19 8 17
Roxbor Sec 10 4 1 5 12 39 13
Goodwood Sec 11 2 3 6 4 23 9
Scarbor Sec 10 1 3 6 10 20 6
Bishop’s High 9 0 1 8 7 25 1
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SSFL Premier Division kicks off today.
T&T Express Reports.
Big League returns
It promises to deliver good football and bring back the big crowds to secondary schools football. Today, the 14-team BGTT First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) kicks off. It’s exciting time for schools football, a return to the days when the best teams all played each other.
St Anthony’s College, for instance, head to La Romain on Saturday to play St Benedict’s, the same time East Mucurapo take on Arima in the East. It is a nostalgia moment remembered by those who played then, including San Juan North Secondary coach Jerry Moe.
‘’When I was young growing up it had that kind of atmosphere in school football. We had to travel all over Trinidad,’’ stated Jerry Moe, now coach at his former alma mater. ‘’It good that the school chose to go back in that direction.’’
The first day of Premier Division action takes place in the north with a double-header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, featuring East Mucurapo and St Benedict’s College at 3.30 p.m., followed two hours later by a repeat of last season’s Big-5 semi-final clash between defending InterCol champions St Augustine Secondary and finalist St Mary’s College.
Below are a look at the four teams playing today. The Express will also feature some of the other teams tomorrow.
St Augustine the team to beat
Last season’s InterCol champions St Augustine Secondary are aware that everyone will be coming to beat them. The champions kick off the new Premier Division against St Mary’s College, the team which knocked them out of the Big 5 semis 6-5 on penalty kicks last season, following a goalless draw.
Coach Michael Grayson says defence will be his team’s strong point. He no longer has some of his big name players, but is confidence is not lessened. ‘’We have essentially a new team, but we expect to do just a good as last year,” Grayson said. “We not underrating ourselves, we not overrating ourselves either, but we aiming for the highest. If we fall short, we hit the stars.’’
The old team is gone, including former top players Ricardo John, the top-scorer in the SSFL last season, Shanon Gomez and Aiken Andrews. But Grayson thinks he has talented replacements. ‘’We had a pretty vibrant Under-16 and we had a number of incoming transfers into sixth form,’’ Grayson said. ‘’But we are not underestimating anyone. The difference with the league is that it have no weak side. Every game will be like a final. ‘’
Special brand from East Mucurapo
Selris Figaro, head coach of East Mucurapo, said he would love to see his team win the league and go further, but this season his charges are pretty young and are still developing. ‘Mucurapo has always been about development over the years and the reality is that most of the time players leave, some of them walk out of the system so my team is really a young team as most of them are 16-year-old.
They have been together for 2 1/2 months but like all the team have had difficulty gathering players.
‘’Everybody wants to win and win at all cost but at Mucurapo we try to play a special brand of football because that’s the direction football is going on the international stage.
St Mary’s lose players
St Mary’s College is another team hit by the loss of several key players and coach Jason Edwards said he would be happy with a top half finish for the ‘Saints.’ ‘’Last season was a real watershed for us and this season we are without the services of players like captain Miles Yorke, Rashad Hyacinth and goalkeeper Christian Attong who were all key players but have completed their final year of schooling.’’
Edwards said their departure is a big loss to the ‘Saints’ but there are some youngsters stepping in to fill the void so hopefully the team will not be as adversely affected. He identified last season’s promising striker Chinua Bernard as an improved player and one to note. He also mentioned midfielder Aaron Noel as well as senior defenders Rikhail Dickson and Marcus Wattley as being key to the ‘Saints’ line-up.
Benedict’s optimistic
St Benedict’s College coach Dexter Cyrus, while not overly confident was enthusiastic and optimistic about his team chances in the inaugural Premiership Division of the SSFL despite the ‘’La Romain Lions’’ having lost his entire attacking line-up, including promising striker Yaseu Rougier, who got a full scholarship.
Cyrus said the youngster held their own well to emerge victorious when placed against bigger boys in a series of pre-season friendlies against south zone teams. Cyrus said that because they will now face teams they may normally have met only at Intercol or Big-5 his main aim is to get the team to stay organised and keep its formation whether going forward or coming back.
SSFL GROUPINGS PREMIER DIVISION:
St Anthony’s College, East Mucurapo Secondary, St Mary’s College, Fatima College, Presentation College, Shiva Boys Hindu School, St Benedict’s College, Naparima College, Chaguanas North Secondary, Carapichaima East Secondary, Trinity College East, St Augustine Secondary, Arima North Secondary and San Juan North Secondary.
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION:
Bishop’s High, Speyside, Scarborough, Signal Hill, Pentecostal Light and Life, Goodwood and Roxborough (Tobago); Diego Martin Central, Diego Martin North, QRC, Tranquility, Trinity (North); Pleasantville, Mayaro, Princes Town West, Fyzabad, Vessigny, Point Fortin East (South); Vishnu Boys, Presentation Chaguanas, Miracle Ministries, ASJA Boys, Tabaquite, Couva East (Central); Valencia Secondary, Barataria South, El Dorado East, Five Rivers, Sangre Grande and Arima Central (East)
SSFL FIXTURES: (Premier Division)
WED 3rd
3:30pm, East Mucurapo v St. Benedict’s, Hasley Crawford Stadium
5:30pm, St. Mary’s College v St. Augustine, Hasley Crawford Stadium
THUR 4th
3:45pm, Trinity College v St. Anthony’s, Trincity
3:45pm, Carapichima East v Chaguanas North, Carapichima
3:00pm, Presentation San F’do v Arima North, Guaracara Park
5:00pm, Shiva Boys H.C. v Fatima College, Guaracara Park
3:45pm, San Juan North v Naparima College, San Juan
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Unfortunate that the SSFL website fold upa couple years ago.
provided great coverage and vid clips n lineups
hope they continue to push this idea n have a proper plan in place for funding and sponsorship and dont expect all the $ to come from the Govt
that is recipe for failure if that's the case
Speaking to a couple coaches involved
Their concern, as well as mine, is the travelling during the week
Hopefully the coaches and school admins. have taken this into consideration and HOPEFULLY hv some plan in place to assist the student-athletes with the task of balancing school work with their activities
Because now, even more than before, they may be missing classes since for some games they may have to leave school early , maybe lunchtime, just to make it in time for some of the 3pm games.
Good idea, once continued to execute properly n the SSFL board keeps working at it. There will be teething problems but it has potential
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plan in place to assist the student-athletes with the task of balancing school work with their activities
Because now, even more than before, they may be missing classes since for some games they may have to leave school early , maybe lunchtime, just to make it in time for some of the 3pm games.
You are correct about this. It was not such a big deal in my time. Early 70s. The travelling and traffic issues have increased tremendously. The inter zonal games should not be that bad. But the North-South, East South would have some problems iin the mid-week.
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Is the championship div. in the CFL played like the premier division or still on the zones.
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Unfortunate that the SSFL website fold upa couple years ago.
provided great coverage and vid clips n lineups
hope they continue to push this idea n have a proper plan in place for funding and sponsorship and dont expect all the $ to come from the Govt
that is recipe for failure if that's the case
Speaking to a couple coaches involved
Their concern, as well as mine, is the travelling during the week
Hopefully the coaches and school admins. have taken this into consideration and HOPEFULLY hv some plan in place to assist the student-athletes with the task of balancing school work with their activities
Because now, even more than before, they may be missing classes since for some games they may have to leave school early , maybe lunchtime, just to make it in time for some of the 3pm games.
Good idea, once continued to execute properly n the SSFL board keeps working at it. There will be teething problems but it has potential
Shouldn't be a big problem. They did it back in my day for both cricket and football.
You just miss some classes that's all.
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Let's see how this goes. San Juan see if all yuh could do it 4 Coops and have a winning season.
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St Benedict’s wins SSFL opening match.
T&T Guardian Reports.
A goal on either side of the half by Mariba Des Cartes and Shaquille Williams sealed a comfortable 2-0 win for St Benedict’s over East Mucurapo in the opening match of the new look Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, yesterday.
Des Cartes gave St Benedict’s a deserved lead in the 31st minute after a period in which the southerners dominated the premier division clash. After receiving a pass inside the box Des Cartes made no mistake with a wide open goal in front him.
Diminutive number seven Williams gave his team a 2-0 lead in the 60th minute with a brilliant effort. Williams collected a pass just outside the box and cracked a left footed shot in the top corner beating the diving Mucurapo goalkeeper Terral Cambridge.
Before taking the lead the final pass let down St Benedict’s on a couple occasions. Shortly before the first half ended Travell Edwards had a decent attempt at goal, but his shot from about 25 yards failed to test the St Benedicts keeper as the ball sailed over the crossbar.
Mucurapo’s Kazim Donald unfortunately picked up a leg injury in the closing stages of the first half. With the man advantage, St Benedict's almost doubled its lead in first half injury time. After a corner kick was initially cleared by Mucurapo, the ball was struck back into the box, but the Benedict’s player could only hit the crossbar from eight yards out. Mucurapo looked to regroup as they trailed 1-0 at the half.
Mucurapo got two free kicks in the early stages of the second half but failed to test the Benedict’s keeper. In the 58th minute, Shemar Ravello who was a thorn in the side of Mucurapo for the entire evening got a good chance to score.
After a poor clearance by the Mucurapo keeper, Ravello took a shot from close to the penalty spot but could not finish.
After Williams gave the southerners a 2-0 lead, Mucurapo picked up the momentum and started to create some chances but failed to capitalise. As the match came to a close, many players started struggling with their fitness. In the 75 minute another Mucurapo player was forced to leave the field. Two minutes later, Des Cartes started suffering with cramps and he was also forced to leave the field. Both players were substituted.
In the 82nd minute Mucurapo failed again to find the target after a scramble in the box.
Ravello almost made it 3-0 in the 89th minute. Ravello found himself in the box after a brilliant run on the right side but misfired and failed to test the keeper. The final whistle came handing St Benedict’s a 2-0 victory.
In the second match at the same venue, St Mary’s College dominated the defending national Intercol champion St Augustine Secondary, defeating the “Green Machine” 3-0.
Scoring for the Saints were from Chinua Bernard in the fourth, Aaron Noel in the 15th and Ethan Shim in the 58th.
RESULTS
St Benedict’s 2 (Mariba Des Cartes 31st, Shaquille Williams 60th) vs East Mucurapo 0
St Mary’s 3 (Chinua Bernard 4th, Aaron Noel 15th, Ethan Shim 58th) vs St Augustine 0
MATCHES (Premier Division)
Today
Presentation San F’do vs Arima North, Guaracara Park, 3 pm
Shiva Boys HC vs Fatima College, Guaracara Park, 5 pm
Trinity College vs St Anthony’s College, Trincity, 3.45 pm
Carapichaima East vs Chaguanas North, Carapichaima Ground, 3.45 pm
San Juan North vs Naparima College, San Juan Secondary Ground, 3.45 pm
Tomorow (Championship Zone - Tobago)
Bishop’s High vs Speyside, Shaw Park, 3 pm
Scarborough vs Signal Hill, Shaw Park, 5 pm
Saturday (Championship Zone—Tobago)
Pentecostal L&L vs Goodwood, Signal Hill, 3.45 pm
‘Saints’ in winners’ row
...CIC, Benedict’s off to perfect start as SSFL opens
By Kern DeFreitas (Express).
THE new season and new format of the BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division certainly promised much on Day One, with a pair of ‘upsets’ in the opening double header at Hasely Crawford Stadium.
St Mary’s College got off to a winning start by running over St Augustine Secondary’s normally powerful “Green Machine” 3-0, while St Benedict’s College’s “La Romaine Lions” had a light snack in their 2-0 defeat of Mucurapo East Secondary, which could have easily been a full meal but for errant finishing by the South team.
The “Saints” of St Mary’s looked the best team on the day, though. Their organisation, ball possession and well-oiled passing mechanism ensured they were too much for a new-look St Augustine, even though St Mary’s themselves have quite a number of new faces in their lineup.
The scores read 2-0 in St Mary’s favour at halftime and could have been double that but for some glaring misses. Goals in the fourth, 15th and 58th minutes by Chinua Bernard, Aaron Noel and Ethan Shim settled the affair without fuss.
The Saints bulldozed their way to an early lead through Bernard, who finished a swift attacking play started by Shim. Shim slipped he ball to Noel, who laid on for Bernard to slot home from six metres out on the right.
It took 11 more minutes for St Mary’s to double the lead and Michael Grayson’s Green Machine was completely stalled on the ‘Hasely Crawford’ grass. Noel was only required for the simple tap in after Jamiel Williams lost his marker on the right and crossed for Bernard, who found Noel in front of goal.
The first half was all St Mary’s after that, and they were embarrassed for riches in missing in the 41st and 42nd minutes, first Noel failing to get over a nice Shim free kick which his header over bar, and then when Shim hesitated and allowed the St Augustine defence to recover from good shooting position on the left of the penalty area.
Shim did not regret an early second half miss for long, as he got another opportunity when St Augustine gave away the ball in their area in the 58th, and Bernard latched onto the error and held off two challengers before crossing for a neat, point blank range finish by Shim.
It was no doubt the better half of the match from a St Augustine point of view, but still not good enough to impact the result. They saw more of the ball and even launched a few threatening attacks of their own, the best falling to Keishawn Marcellin in the 68th, but St Mary’s defence held firm to keep out his shot from six metres.
Still, all is not lost for St Augustine. They still have a long season ahead of them; they may already know, though, that there is little tolerance for mistakes in the new 14-team Premier Division.
Yesterday's SSFL Premier League Results
St Benedict's College 2 (Moriba Des Cartes 31st, Shaquille Williams 60th) v Mucurapo East 0
St Mary's College 3 (Chinua Bernard 4th, Aaron Noel 15th, Ethan Shim 58th) v St Augustine Secondary 0
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‘TIGERs’, ‘Naps’ coming hard.
T&T Express Reports.
St Anthony’s College coach Nigel Grosvenor said his team’s aim is to be crowned the first premiership champion despite a lot of new faces in his line-up. ‘’We are coming to play hard and to win, we’re not going to roll over and say our players are young so we don’t have that expectation,’’ said Grosvenor, adding that it is the ‘Tigers’ intent to reign supreme.
‘’We have had a lot of changes due to losing nine or ten players from last season’s starting line-up, so the team is a very young one and this is going to be a rebuilding year for us. Hopefully, we are going to be competitive.’’
Grosvenor said his young charges have been hard at training during the pre-season and they benefitted from two one-week camps, with the last one in Tobago used for bonding and camaraderie. He said the ‘Tigers’ are a disciplined team with some measure of experience but it’s difficult to predict how they will perform at this point, adding that captain Mwasi Charles is earmarked to make an impact.
Also possessing lofty aspirations is Naparima College coach Angus Eve, who is confident that whoever wins the Premiership Division of the Secondary Schools Football League, have his team to beat.
‘’We lost influential national youth player Barry Humphreys from what was primarily an Under-16 team last season and we currently have a little issue where five of our players including captain Martieon Watson, Nicholas Dillon and Gerard Dass are with the national Under-20 team and another four are on tour with W Connection.
‘’So we have to count them as losses because the season is only one round so by the time they return we would have played about five or six matches already and could either be winning or losing.’’ Eve said the team did its pre-season warm-ups in Tobago where they had creditable performances against bigger and stiffer opposition.
“We suffered losses to Stokely Vale and Phoenix FC by 2-1 and 4-2 margins, respectively, while we drew with Bethel and defeated St Clair Coaching School 4-2.
“I believe in the work we’ve done with the group that we have, I believe in the boys and I think that anybody who comes up against us will have a very tough game.’’
At Fatima College, coach Richard Hood said that while survival in the Premiership is the main aim of Fatima College, he hasn’t ruled out winning a few titles. “The loss of two of last season’s full backs, including stopper Leland Archer was covered by the drafting of defenders Adrian Constantine and Mosiah Griffith from Queen’s Royal College (QRC).
“They have fitted into the team and our system really nicely so I think we’ll be fine.’’ Hood said it’s difficult to make any predictions due to a lack of pre-season matches and a certain degree of unfamiliarity with some of the teams.
“First and foremost, we would want to ensure that we survive in the Premiership, however, I think we have enough quality in the squad to do well,’’ Hood said. “We have Shiva Boy’s and I know absolutely nothing about them at all so we’ll have to play it ear by ear.’’
Meanwhile, the Central Zonie is represented by familiar rivals Carapichaima East Secondary and Chaguanas North Secondary who meet today.
Carapichaima East Secondary has a new coach in Kevin Jeffrey, who makes his debut as a schoolboy football coach. Jeffrey has played for the T&T national U-23 team, four semi-professional teams in the US, and also for North East Stars in the local professional league. Jeffrey admits that Carapichaima’s preparation has not been the greatest, yet he still looks for a top six finish. He has lost top-scorer Simon Joseph to St Anthony’s College and several potential top players, some of whom did not get favourable enough exams results to keep them in the school.
‘’The squad is not as strong as we would have originally hoped for but, nevertheless, we plan to give a good account of ourselves,’’ Jeffrey said. “We have a young squad and in terms of preparing for the future, that is what we plan to do. We plan to be a solid team.’’
Their rivals Chaguanas North Secondary have lost key player Deon O’garro to a full scholarship at Wiley College in Texas, USA. Coach Nicholas Griffith is confident his players can step up. Led by captain Jesse Frank, Chaguanas won the Central Zone league and InterCol and will lead again this year.
Also returning to the line-up are utility player Malik Campbell, attacking midfielder Cassim Kellar and stopper Chad Paul. With a few ‘development games’ under their belts, the coach sees a lot of promise in the youngsters who will make up the rest of the squad.
In the East, San Juan North Secondary has an old boy as its head-coach in Jerry Moe, who is also coached professional club Caledonia AIA. Moe has a young squad with a lot of guys now going from form four to form five. A lot of key guys from last season did not get back in the school because of bad exam results.
‘’Its a work in progress right now. The biggest challenge is coming up against guys older that us because their are some teams with guys in upper six,’’ Moe declared. “The biggest challenge is getting them to play as a team. They have the talent, but they don’t work as a team.’’
Moe expects to take a couple of games before his team gel as a unit, as oppose to being ready from the first match.
Moe, a former national youth player, has also decided to give back to the game by assisting his former school. “When I was growing up it had good coaches in the schools. Alvin Corneal was coaching Fatima, Jimmy Blanc was in St Mary’s, you had Bertille St Clair in Tobago and Edgar Vidale in South. So, you get a good education in your football.“Even though these guys were coaching the national team they were still giving back to the schools. That was one of the main motivation for me going back in the school system.’’
Trinity College East have set their sights high this season and have brought in a few players who could possible take them to their goal. Their coach Adrian Romain, one of the youngest coaches in the Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division, believes he has brought together a talented and experienced group of players and wants to finish in the top six at the end of the campaign.
Arima North Secondary placed third in the SSFL East Zone last year and were InterCol quarter finalists. They will have some of last season’s players back for 2014, but will also have a number of new players. They started their preparations in July and all the players are excited about the new format which will see the best teams in the country do battle in one league.
“It is the top teams and it is a national tournament. We are expecting a tough season,’’ said a spokesperson for the team.
PREMIER DIVISION
(Today)
3.45 p.m.- Trinity College East v St. Anthony’s, Trincity
3.45 p.m. - Carapichaima East v Chaguanas North, Carapichaima
3 p.m. - Presentation San F’do v Arima North, Guaracara Park
5 p.m. - Shiva Boys H.C. v Fatima College, Guaracara Park
3.45 p.m. - San Juan North v Naparima College, San Juan
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION: (Tobago Zone)
(Tomorrow)
3 p.m. - Bishop’s High v Speyside, Shaw Park
5 p.m. - Scarborough v Signal Hill, Shaw Park
(Saturday)
3.45 p.m. - Pentecostal L&L v Goodwood, Signal Hill
(Wednesday, Sept. 10)
3.45 p.m. - Speyside v Roxborough, Speyside
3.45 p.m. - Goodwood v Bishop’s High, Goodwood
3.45 p.m. - Signal Hill v Pentecostal L&L, Signal
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So for a 3pm game, fan support is ...?
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it don't matter..Here HS games sometimes play at 1 and 2, to allow travel, and the boys finish school on time. At some schools they are then require to arrive early next day for ped support on what was missed/assigned. My observation in studies & Canada, is that fan support at that age is more an event for the fan, than it is about level of football development & performance. There is actualy less negative pressure if no one is there to see you at a time(age and maturity), when you will most likely make your most mistakes in a game in your life, besides having more freedom to develop. Don't get me wrong doh, i think tt boys do develop faster, but it's not because of the fan part..but the high football knowledge, they get from an early age.. I actually wonder if the fans sometimes negatively affect many players. Unfortunately, something we cannot scientifically measure. What u think ?
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... al I mean is that, historically a schoolboy presence at these games has been there. If school finishes at 3, and kick-off is at 3, who really making a move to see half a game?
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i think tt boys do develop faster, but it's not because of the fan part..but the high football knowledge, they get from an early age.. I actually
Maxg, not saying you wrong, but I don't think we develop faster. Some may, but overall I beg to differ. In 72 when TT hosted the Concacaf, I was wondering why when the Latin teams play they always appear to have more people around the ball all the time. When we went Toronto in 74 for the youth tournament, was the same thing. Mexico and Costa Rica give us a lesson in ball possession. What save us was the preparation for that tournament. We were extremely fit and played within our limitations. And we had a couple of exception players who carried the team. I think we are always a year or two behind especially at youth levels. At times when the teams are prepared well without the TTFA bachannal, the teams play above expectation.
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... al I mean is that, historically a schoolboy presence at these games has been there. If school finishes at 3, and kick-off is at 3, who really making a move to see half a game?
I remember games starting at 4pm. Light was always an issue.
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... al I mean is that, historically a schoolboy presence at these games has been there. If school finishes at 3, and kick-off is at 3, who really making a move to see half a game?
I remember games starting at 4pm. Light was always an issue.
Valid observation. Also, gehhin home earlier should help the players in a number of ways.
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Any of these schools have/don't have athletic trainers?
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i think tt boys do develop faster, but it's not because of the fan part..but the high football knowledge, they get from an early age.. I actually
Maxg, not saying you wrong, but I don't think we develop faster. Some may, but overall I beg to differ. In 72 when TT hosted the Concacaf, I was wondering why when the Latin teams play they always appear to have more people around the ball all the time. When we went Toronto in 74 for the youth tournament, was the same thing. Mexico and Costa Rica give us a lesson in ball possession. What save us was the preparation for that tournament. We were extremely fit and played within our limitations. And we had a couple of exception players who carried the team. I think we are always a year or two behind especially at youth levels. At times when the teams are prepared well without the TTFA bachannal, the teams play above expectation.
I actually meant on average, our boys are relatively as individually skilled as their counterparts in NA. You correctly pointed out countries where football is their #1 sport, referencing National teams. Consequently, at that level where our boys seemed to have been lacking most was in psychology, team skills, and strategies..and again it might be due to, at the higher levels where our coaches were less experienced (this also involves the factor of experience from dealing with larger pools). The gap is closing doh..Our coaches are getting better..even if their selection pools haven't change, many arre now able to travel and learn from the larger pools.. not talking about , going somewhere for a course, but actually interacting with other ppl who have philosophies developed by dealing and living in such situations. If we can get more trained ppl to return home, this will improve even more..but alas, there is the prejudice that many returnees face "because u come from foreign, yuh feel yuh know more than me"... Maybe, maybe not..yet, the foreign ppl telling us stay..we would love you to coach us...I have seen so much of that... any further thoughts , Pete ? Seeker?
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Maxg ....... you've made some interesting points . deeks have you , what i'd like to mention as well is i have no doubt in TnT many youngsters very early possess an abundance of natural football/soccer talent.. throughout all of TnT Talent abounds ........ hopefully the proper environment will be created or set in place to nuture and further develope the many talents trini is blessed to have.!!! as for fans support intercol will always have its fan base..
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I see my San Fernando teams Naps and Benedicts ready to win another SSFL title. Skinner Park posse come out and represent!
Question for the football experts. Which schools have the most SSFL and Intercol championships? I know Naps high up the ladder.
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Arima North dismantle ‘Pres’ Sando
By JONATHAN RAMNANANSINGH (Newsday).
Schools from North Trinidad dominated proceedings on day-two of the 2014 BG TT Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier edition yesterday as Arima North whipped Presentation College, San Fernando, 3-1, followed by a nail-biting 2-1 victory for Fatima College over Shiva Boys when action continued at Guaracara Park, Point-a-Pierre yesterday.
In the opening match-up, Arima North showed more intent and were able to string together some nice passing in and around the Southern-based team. Presentation never seemed to settle and were caught napping in defence as the Arima outfit pressed for the opener. And it came 25 minutes in, as a defensive blunder from the Presentation Lions saw striker Afton Molino pounce on a stray ball to slot home the first of his three.
Eight minutes later, another misunderstanding in the Presentation penalty area sent Molino squeezing through once more to send the Arima team 2-0 ahead and again past the shaky hands of “Pres” custodian, Tyrek James. As the opening period progressed, Presentation tried to play on the break but were kept in check. Molino would then complete his hat-trick by bagging his third minutes before half-time to send his squad 3-0 up.
Upon the resumption, ‘Pres’ showed a bit more desire and used the flanks as their delivery into the box. Bradley Lee Foon displayed some neat footwork combined with striker Kyle Moodie but the attacking pair still failed to find the finishing touch. In the 65th minute however, Presentation would get a consolation as Kristoff Burkett played one nicely in for Moodie, who sank his shot past Arima goalkeeper (3-1), Shundell Mayers.
In the feature match, a 10-man Fatima unit held their own to grasp a close 2-1 win over Shiva Boys. The opening period saw end-to-end action as both teams started in attacking mode. The Debe-based team had a golden opportunity in the eighth minute but Kadeem Ashford’s free-kick ricocheted off the upright for the first promising chance. Shiva Boys defender, Marvin Seuradge proved a hard one to pass as he kept the Fatima attackers in his pocket with precise clearances and clean tackles.
In the 18th minute it would change however, as Ashford’s clearance off a corner went the opposite direction and into his own net, giving Fatima the 1-0 advantage. Twelve minutes and one substitution later, Shiva would level the playing field as a the ball bounced out of custodian Nicholson Gordon’s hands and onto the feet of striker Quinn Rodney who made no mistake to capitalise (1-1).
Into the second period of play, Fatima settled and knocked the ball around optimistically. Shiva Boys had an opportunity wasted as forward Yohannes Richardson went one-on-one with the keeper, only to place it calmly into the last man’s hands. In the 81st minute with feet tiring on both ends, Fatima striker Marquise Hoyte latched on to a loose ball in the Shiva Boys area and comfortably slotted it into the net to send the visiting team 2-1 up.
Today’s Results
Naparima College v San Juan North 2-1
Arima North v Presentation San Fernando 3-1
Fatima College v Shiva Boys 2-1
St Anthony’s College v Trinity College East 4-2
Carapichaima East v Chaguanas North 0-0
Naps open with comeback win
By Kern De Freitas (Express).
Naparima College showed backbone to secure an opening victory in the BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League yesterday, coming from behind to edge their hosts San Juan North Secondary 2-1.
At Bourg Mulatresse, "Naps" overcame a slow start and early goal to take full points back to South, as Akindla Gregory supplied the winner 13 minutes before the end of regulation time.
Before that, Shane Sandy leveled to bring Naparima into the locker room on even terms at halftime, canceling out the 14th minute item from Jaycee David. San Juan pushed hard for the late equaliser, but the clinical finish was lacking, and therefore the points are as well.
Still, on a slick outfield that was blessed with showers prior to the encounter, there was enough to suggest that the new Premier Division might be pretty competitive this year.
Naparima's confidence will only grow under Angus Eve if they get a good early run in the League, while for San Juan, better finishing could see them improve as the season wears on.
The first goal was arguably the best. David got the perfect service, a floater coming in from the left, and his timing was even better as he slammed the half volley beyond helpless Naps goalkeeper Darriel Kurjah.
The exchanges were fairly even, but it took Naparima until the 37th to bring their threats to fruition, Sandy making full use of an attempted clearance. It sat up for him nicely as he sized up and launched the return ball from 30 metres through a crowd and past Jabari Brice in San Juan goal.
The home side pushed for the advantage after the break, but never quite found that touch needed in the final third.
Naparima, though, showed better ball handling and composure in attack, and they were rewarded late in the second half. A long ball into the San Juan defence, and a deflection off a defender invited Gregory to have a go at goal in the 77th.
He obliged by pushing the ball into the box and firing low, and firmly, past the onrushing Brice.
The final minutes of the match belonged to the home team, but late misses did not help their cause, leaving their opponents to go home the happier bunch.
Yesterday's SSFL scores:
Naparima 2 (Shane Sandy 37th, Akindla Gregory 77th) San Juan North 1 (Jaycee David 14th)
Trinity 2 v St Anthony's College 4
Carapichaima East 0 v Chaguanas North 0
Presentation San Fernando 1 v Arima North 3
Shiva Boys 1 v Fatima 2
San Juan North 1 v Naparima College 2
Arima North halts Pres Sando
T&T Guardian Reports.
Arima North Secondary made the perfect start to the inaugural Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, yesterday, when the East Zone champions handed Presentation College of San Fernando, the reigning Big Five champion, a resounding 3-1 defeat.
The first match of a double-header at Guaracara Park, Point-a-Pierre, saw three different players on target for Arima, all of which were scored in the first half.
Arima North, a team which scraped into this year’s Premier Division after a tough campaign last season, wasted no time in its opening fixture.
The school found a lead within the first minute of play through Mitchell Mulick, before Josiah George added a second in the 25th minute. Aston Molino then scored an insurance item soon after the 30-minute mark.
Presentation College, the most successful school from the South Zone in recent years only found a reply in the 62nd minute through Levon Bass, but could not mount a come back.
The second match of the double-header saw Fatima College edge Shiva Boys Hindu College, 2-1.
Arima North joined Naparima College and St Anthony’s College, both of which recorded opening round victories, at the top of the standings after one round. Naparima got the better of San Juan North Secondary, 2-1, while St Anthony’s defeated Trinity College East, 4-2 in Trincity.
After a 2-2 half time score in the Tigers’ meeting with Trinity, the second half saw a heated battle with three players being ejected moments before the end.
Dareem David, who scored both goals for Trinity in the first half was sent off for violent conduct while Jarod Flament and Shakeem Patrick were also red carded for their retaliation on the same Trinity player. Kwesi Allen scored a brace for St Anthony’s, while Simon Joseph and Darius Ollivierra scored one each.
Then, in a keen cross town rivalry, Carapichaima East Secondary and Chaguanas North Secondary played to a goalless draw, at the former’s home ground.
After all 14 Premier Division teams played their matches, St Mary’s College took a lead in the standings on goal difference after recording the highest margin of victory. The Saints eased past reigning InterCol winner St Augustine Secondary 3-0 on Thursday in a surprisingly one-sided encounter. St Benedict’s College also opened in victory with a 2-0 win over East Mucurapo.
Tobago Championship kicks off today
Having opted to sit out of this year’s inaugural Premier Division, the top schools in the Tobago Zone will kick off the Championship season today with a double-header, carded to kick off at Shaw Park from 3 pm.
Bishop’s High and defending Tobago league and InterCol champion Speyside Secondary will play in the earlier fixture, before Scarborough Secondary and Signal Hill close the day’s proceedings with a 5 pm kickoff in the second match.
Tomorrow, Pentecostal L&L and Goodwood Secondary will close the opening round of matches in the lone fixture of the day. The two teams will meet at Signal Hill Ground, from 3.45 pm. Roxborough is on a bye.
Results Yesterday
Arima North Secondary 3 (Mitchelle Mulick 1st, Josiah George 25th, Aston Molino 32nd) v Pres Sando 1 (Levon Bass 62nd)
Fatima 2 v Shiva Boys 1
St Anthony’s College 4 (Kwesi Allen 2, Simon Joseph, Darius Ollivierra) v Trinity College 2 (Dareem David)
Carapichaima East 0 v Chaguanas North 0
Naparima College 2 (Steve Sandy 37th, Akinola Gregory 77th) v San Juan North 1 (Jacey David 14th)
Wednesday
St Mary’s 3 (Chinua Bernard 4th, Aaron Noel 15th, Ethan Shim 58th) vs St Augustine Secondary 0
St Benedict’s 2 (Mariba Des Cartes 31st, Shaquille Williams 60th) v St Augustine 0
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Ah wonder what really happen in that Pres vs Arima match. Other than de result being Pres 1-3 Arima, Newsday and Guardian have two totally different reports. :frustrated:
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Ah wonder what really happen in that Pres vs Arima match. Other than de result being Pres 1-3 Arima, Newsday and Guardian have two totally different reports. :frustrated:
Give thanks 4 small mercies they both had the same score.
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Friday 5th September 2014
Tobago Zone SSFL opening matches
0 BHS vs Speyside 3
1 Scar. Sec vs Signal Hill 3
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I dont know if things change, but why all of the T&T media they keep spelling La Romain with an "e"
La Romaine
I born and grew there and I swear its La Romain.
Tallman, help me out here.
;D
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I dont know if things change, but why all of the T&T media they keep spelling La Romain with an "e"
La Romaine
I born and grew there and I swear its La Romain.
Tallman, help me out here.
;D
News for La romaine
La Romaine show no hospitality
Trinidad & Tobago Express - 14 hours ago
La Romaine once again demonstrated why they are champions with the 63-point margin of victory Top-scorer for La Romaine was number Derrick Boxhill who ...
St Benedict's College, La Romaine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Paria Suites Ltd.
La Romaine, Trinidad/Tobago
KFC
Fried Chicken Joint
Gulf City Mall (Gulf View Link Rd.), La Romaine, Trinidad and Tobago
hehehehe
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So st Mary's now beat naps 1-0. Goal scored by Shem ( coachman son). But the story of the day is st Anthony's refuse to play because of the changing room conditions. They was provided a tent by st Benedict's and like that wasn't good enough for the Diego boys. Lol. The crowd for the st Mary's game was shocking. More than pro league. Love this format.
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can we see an updated table?
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Premier Division Standings
P W D L F A Pts
Arima North Secondary 2 2 0 0 6 2 6
St. Mary's College 2 2 0 0 4 0 6
San Juan North Secondary 2 1 0 1 6 3 3
St. Anthony's College 1 1 0 0 4 2 3
St. Augustine Secondary 2 1 0 1 5 5 3
Shiva Boys Hindu College 2 1 0 1 2 2 3
Naparima College 2 1 0 1 2 2 3
St. Benedict's College 1 1 0 0 2 0 3
Fatima College 2 1 0 1 3 6 3
Carapichaima East Secondary 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
Chaguanas North Secondary 2 0 1 1 0 1 1
Trinity College East 2 0 1 1 3 5 1
East Mucurapo Secondary 2 0 0 2 1 5 0
Presentation College, San Fernando 2 0 0 2 3 8 0
Championship Division (Tobago)
P W D L F A Pts
Speyside Secondary 1 1 0 0 3 0 3
Signal Hill 1 1 0 0 3 1 3
Goodwood 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Pentecostal L&L 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Scarborough Secondary 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
Bishop’s High 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Roxborough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Friday 5th September 2014
Tobago Zone SSFL opening matches
0 BHS vs Speyside 3
1 Scar. Sec vs Signal Hill 3
Can you find out the results for this game Saturday gone
3:45pm, Pentecostal L&L v Goodwood, Signal Hill
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Oh gosh, Pres.
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Friday 5th September 2014
Tobago Zone SSFL opening matches
0 BHS vs Speyside 3
1 Scar. Sec vs Signal Hill 3
Can you find out the results for this game Saturday gone
3:45pm, Pentecostal L&L v Goodwood, Signal Hill
That game will be played today
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Friday 5th September 2014
Tobago Zone SSFL opening matches
0 BHS vs Speyside 3
1 Scar. Sec vs Signal Hill 3
Friday 5th September 2014
Tobago Zone SSFL opening matches
0 BHS vs Speyside 3
1 Scar. Sec vs Signal Hill 3
Can you find out the results for this game Saturday gone
3:45pm, Pentecostal L&L v Goodwood, Signal Hill
Can you find out the results for this game Saturday gone
3:45pm, Pentecostal L&L v Goodwood, Signal Hill
I believe the match is being played today, Sunday 7th September 2014. I believe it's scheduled for Mt. Pleasant but not sure (Mt. Gomery is about a 3 min drive away as a 2nd ground).
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Thanks guys...
Only in T&T...
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0 Pentecostal L&L v Goodwood 0
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0 Pentecostal L&L v Goodwood 0
Thank you
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Tobago Zone SSFL U-19 10th September 2014
Speyside 5 vs Roxborough 0
Light and Life 0 vs Signal Hill 0
Goodwood 0 vs Bishop's High 0
Championship Division (Tobago)
P W D L F A Pts
Speyside Secondary 2 2 0 0 8 0 6
Signal Hill 2 1 1 0 3 1 4
Goodwood 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
Pentecostal L&L 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
Bishop’s High 2 0 1 1 0 3 1
Scarborough Secondary 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
Roxborough 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
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Is there a SSFL website?
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So what about the other Zonal Chapionships ?
What going on with teams like Princes Town, Malick, QRC , El Dorado etc?
How they deciding which teams from these zones getting promoted etc?
Or will these traditional "big" teams now be lost to SSFL?
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Fatima pinch point against ‘Saints’
T&T Express Reports.
There are times when a draw can feel like a victory. Fatima College fans certainly felt so when their team grabbed a last minute goal to earn a 1-1 draw at home to St Mary’s College in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) yesterday.
Fatima captain Kyell Lancaster’s leveller deep into stoppage time sealed a draw and brought the home fans screaming as they poured onto the field to celebrate. Two kicks later and it was all over, leaving St Mary’s floored, literally, as some players sank to the ground in disbelief.
The way they controlled the match in large periods, and with Fatima looking much less likely to score over the first 70 minutes, the “Saints” would have expected to cruise to the final whistle with their 1-0 lead intact.
But their decision to close the game out added pressure on them in the last 15 minutes, and the momentum towards Fatima. The law of averages went their way, as they missed, missed and missed again before finally sealing it four minutes after regulation time had ended.
It meant St Mary’s suffered their first blemish, having beaten St Augustine 3-0, and Naparima 1-0 in their first two matches. It was also the first goal the Saints have conceded in the 2014 League.
St Mary’s surprised few with their opening goal after building early pressure. Chinua Bernard powered home a header from a corner kick in the 18th minute, and rode that advantage to halftime with a stronger performance against their more physical opponents.
Most of the drama was saved for the second half though, and a few players could have seen red from the referee as the play deteriorated in the second half.
St Mary’s passing game didn’t not work as well against Fatima’s direct, rough approach, but they pushed on and should have doubled their advantage in the 72nd minute. But Jean-Marc De Souza, having two bites of the cherry off an Aaron Noel free kick, was twice denied by Fatima custodian Jonathan Uddenberg at point blank range. They never again got close to doubling up.
Fatima’s Marquise Hoyte was guilty of several misses, most notably during a goalmouth scramble midway through the second half, and then in the 85th when he failed to direct a cross by Dillon Abraham goalward.
But once Hoyte was denied by Saints’ goalkeeper Kristopher Donaldson, Lancaster rushed into the box and found the far post from the right, shooting from just inside the 18-metre box. The ball seemed to take forever to go in, but certainly knew its destination.
It was perhaps a fitting result, a point each for St Mary’s dominance and Fatima’s grit to stay in the contest to the very end.
St Anthony’s win Benedict’s points.
St Anthony’s College have been awarded a 3-0 win and three goals for their match last week against St Benedict’s College. The match was not played because the referee ruled that the ground was not properly marked.
Yesterday, St Anthony’s College coach Nigel Grosvenor confirmed that the Secondary School Football League had awarded the match to visitors St Anthony’s.
Yesterday’s SSL Results
Premier Division
St Anthony’s 5 (Kwesi Allen, Shakeen Patrick, Simon Bishop) vs Carapichaima East 0
Trinity East 2 (Sean Bonval 53rd, Dorian Daniel 62nd) vs Shiva Boys 1 (Marvin Seuradge)
St Augustine 1 vs East Mucurapo 0
Fatima 1 (Kyell Lancaster 90) vs St Mary’s 1 (Chinua Bernard 18)
San Juan North 4 vs Chaguanas North 1
St Benedict’s 1 vs Arima North 0
Presentation S’Fdo 1 vs Naparima 2
Tobago Zone
Speyside 5 (Brandon Benjamin 2, Samson Caesar 2, Shaffie McKenzie) vs Roxborough 0
Goodwood 0 vs Bishop’s High 0
Signal Hill 0 vs Pentecostal L&L 0
Premier Division Standings
P W D L F A Pts
St. Anthony's College 3 3 0 0 12 2 9
St. Mary's College 3 2 1 0 5 1 7
San Juan North Secondary 3 2 0 1 10 4 6
Arima North Secondary 3 2 0 1 6 3 6
St. Augustine Secondary 3 2 0 1 6 5 6
Naparima College 3 2 0 1 4 3 6
St. Benedict's College 3 2 0 1 3 3 6
Trinity College East 3 1 1 1 5 6 4
Fatima College 3 1 1 1 4 7 4
Shiva Boys Hindu College 3 1 0 2 3 4 3
Carapichaima East Secondary 3 0 2 1 1 6 2
Chaguanas North Secondary 3 0 1 2 1 5 1
East Mucurapo Secondary 3 0 0 3 1 6 0
Presentation College, San Fernando 3 0 0 3 4 10 0
Championship Division (Tobago)
P W D L F A Pts
Speyside Secondary 1 1 0 0 3 0 3
Signal Hill 1 1 0 0 3 1 3
Goodwood 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Pentecostal L&L 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Scarborough Secondary 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
Bishop’s High 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Roxborough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Unproperly marked field?!!! That is unbecoming of the Benedicts. Strange and surprised at the same time.
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QRC whip Diego Central 7-1.
T&T Express Reports.
Queen’s Royal College began life in the Championship Division of the Secondary School Football League with a 7-0 victory yesterday over Diego Martin Central in a North Zone fixture.
Before this season, QRC had never before been relegated from the top division of schools football. Also yesterday in ther zone, Tranquillity secondary beat Diego Martin North 4-1.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS (Championship Division)
North Zone
Tranquillity 4 v Diego Martin North 1
QRC 7 v Diego Martin Central 1
South Zone
Pleasantville 1 v Mayaro 0
Princes Town West 0 v Fyzabad 1
Central Zone
Vishnu Boys 1 v Presentation 1
Miracle Ministry 3 v ASJA Boys 1
East Zone
Valencia Secondary 1 v Barataria South 3
El Dorado East 1 v Five Rivers 0
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Pleasantville, Fyzabad make winning start in SSFL Championship.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Jabari Hodge scored in added time to hand Pleasantville a narrow 1-0 win over Mayaro in the opening South Zone fixture of the BGTT Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division, yesterday.
Pleasantville, which failed to make the cut into this year’s inaugural Premier Division made an early step to the top of the Championship standings, joint with last year’s Senior Division champion and newly-promoted Fyzabad Secondary, which in contrast, scored early on and hung on to defeat Princes Town West, another newly-promoted team, 1-0. Simeon Pierre scored the only goal in the fifth minute.
Meanwhile, the North and Central Zones also got underway in the Championship division.
In Central, Miracle Ministry made it debut with a comfortable 3-1 win over ASJA Boys. Gianni Dickerson bagged a brace, while Nathan Young scored the other goal for the winning team, which was up 2-0 at the half. ASJA’s lone goal was an own goal.
Meanwhile, goals were in abundance in the North Zone, with Queen’s Royal College seeking a strong start after last year’s disappointing campaign with a 7-1 thrashing of Diego Martin Central, while Diego Martin North and Tranquility Secondary shared a point after playing to a 4-4 draw.
Today, the East Zone will kick off with a double-header at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima.
Action will continue tomorrow in the Central, East and North Zones with one match carded for each. Three matches are also carded for the Tobago Zone tomorrow, while the Premier Division continues with a full round of fixtures.
After each zone completes their league fixtures, the top two teams from the North, South, East and Central Zone, will play in a “Big Eight” competition, with the two finalists and third place finisher securing promotion to the Premier Division. The bottom three teams from the Premier Division will face relegation to their respective zones.
Results - Championship
South Zone
Pleasantville 1 (Jabari Hodge 90th+1) v Mayaro 0
Fyzabad 1 (Simeon Pierre 5th) v Princes Town West 0
Central Zone
Vishnu Boys 1 (Narendra Joseph 38th) v Presentation Chaguanas 1 (Raheem Collins 23rd)
Miracle Ministry 3 v ASJA Boys 1
North Zone
Queen’s Royal Central 7 v Diego Martin Central 1
Diego Martin North 4 v Tranquility Secondary 4
Trinity College - Bye
Fixtures
Today - Championship
East Zone
Valencia Secondary v Barataria South, Larry Gomes, 3 pm
El Dorado East v Five Rivers, Larry Gomes, 5 pm
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I'm sorry but I can't follow this reporting...
Tranquil 4 - DM North 1 or 4-All??
QRC over DM Central 7-0 or 7-1??
And who the hell is Queen's Royal Central??
I'm sure there is more...
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QRCentral might be the new QRC from central. like Trinity East. ;D
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Sorry to see meh old school QRC as the ONLY school in secondary school history never to be relegated playing in a lower division although not relegated on the field...... real sad
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Sorry to see meh old school QRC as the ONLY school in secondary school history never to be relegated playing in a lower division although not relegated on the field...... real sad
Might be the best thing to happen to We! The admin have to think seriously about wanting to compete in the SSFL. They can't live on their name. They have to compete to get good players. I think two players transferred to Fatima.
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Ah hope Naps and Benedicts will improve soon. These two teams carrying the flag for Sando right now
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Ah hope Naps and Benedicts will improve soon. These two teams carrying the flag for Sando right now
Naps won 2-1 today, Pres beat Fatima 2-0 as well...Pres'players have returned so hopefully normal service resumes
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Tigers remain perfect in Premier Division.
T&T Guardian Reports.
St Anthony’s College scored two second-half goals in a come-from-behind effort to remain with a 100 per cent winning record to maintain its position at the top of the BGTT Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, yesterday, with a 2-1 victory over Arima North Secondary.
The “Tigers” recorded the win away from home at Arima’s school ground, thanks to second half goals from Simon Joseph, who netted in the 57th minute and Kwesi Allen who bagged the all-important winner ten minutes later.
With that win, along with St Marys’ comfortable 2-0 win over Chaguanas North, the two North Zone teams remained above the 14-standings, with 12 and ten points, respectively. However, the other two North Zone teams recorded losses, while the South Zone teams were the big performers of the day winning three out of the four matches. Naparima College secured its third win in four matches with a 2-1 result over East Mucurapo, which remained rooted to the bottom of the table with its fourth consecutive loss.
Mucurapo could only respond with one goal in the second half through Kazim Donald, after Trent Paul and Amrit Gildharry scored Naps’ two goals in the first half. Perhaps, the most outstanding win on the day went to another south team, Shiva Boys Hindu College, which breezed past winless Carapichaima East, 4-0.
Marvin Sueraj scored a hat-trick for Shiva. Meanwhile, potent forward Tyrik Joseph, son of T&T’s record goal scorer Stern John, netted one goal in either half, to see Trinity College East defeat St Benedict’s 2-1. National U-17 player Brent Sam scored between John’s two goals in the 22nd minute.
Premier Division
St Anthony’s 2 (Simon Joseph 57th, Kwesi Allen 67th) v Arima North 1 (Micah Marshall 25th)
Shiva Boys HC 4 (Marvin Seuraj 9th, 31st, 76th, Quinn Rodney 53rd) v Carapichaima East 0
St Augustine 1 (Tieshawn Marcellin 69th) v St Benedict’s 1 (Moribah Descante 64th)
Trinity College 2 (Tyrik John 10th, 50th) v San Juan North 1 (Brent Sam 22nd)
Naparima College 2 (Trent Paul 27th, Amrit Gildharry 31st) v East Mucurapo 1 (Kazim Donald 50th)
St Mary’s College 2 (Chinua Bernard 4th, Sebastien Cabral 85th) v Chaguanas North 0
Presentation San Fernando 2 v Fatima 0
Championship Division
Tobago
Speyside 2 (L’Che Edwards 12th, Brandon Benjamin 35th) v Signal Hill 2 (Keiron Murray 37th, 64th)
Pentecostal L&L 1 v Scarborough 1
Roxborough 2 v Bishop’s 0
Central
Tabaquite 1 v Pt Fortin East 0
East
Sangre Grande 9 (Elijah Parson 5, Mickael Nicholas, Glenford Bruce) v Arima Central 0
Standings (Premier Division)
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
St Anthony’s 4 4 0 0 14 2 12
St Mary’s 4 3 1 0 7 1 10
Naparima 4 3 0 1 6 4 9
St Augustine 4 2 1 1 7 6 7
St Benedict’s 4 2 1 1 4 4 7
Trinity East 4 2 1 1 7 7 7
San Juan North 4 2 0 2 11 6 6
Arima North 4 2 1 1 7 5 6
Shiva Boys 4 2 0 2 7 5 6
Fatima 4 1 1 2 4 10 4
Presentation S/do 4 1 0 3 6 9 3
Carapichaima East 3 0 2 2 1 10 2
Chaguanas North 4 0 1 3 1 7 1
East Mucurapo 4 0 0 4 2 8 0
Championship Division (Tobago)
P W D L F A Pts
Speyside Secondary 3 2 1 0 10 2 7
Signal Hill 3 1 2 0 5 3 5
Pentecostal L&L 3 0 3 0 1 1 3
Roxborough 2 1 0 1 2 5 3
Goodwood 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
Scarborough Secondary 2 0 1 1 2 4 1
Bishop’s High 3 0 1 2 0 5 1
St Anthony’s win fourth in a row.
T&T Express Reports.
St Anthony’s College maintained their unbeaten record when they travelled East and defeated Arima North Secondary 2-1 for their fourth consecutive win in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division yesterday.
Simon Joseph and Kwesi Allen were on target for the Tigers while Micah Marshall scored a consolation for Arima.
St Anthony’s lead on 12 points ahead of St Mary’s College who won their encounter yesterday over Chaguanas North 2-0 to keep pace in second on 10 points.
Naparima College eked out a 2-1 result over the now bottom-of-the-table East Mucurapo to take sole possession of third place.
Trent Paul and captain Amritt Gildharry netted for “Naps” while Kazim Donald secured a second half goal for the visitors to save face.
St Benedict’s College and St Augustine played to a 1-1 draw at Warren Street to be two of three teams on seven points, with “Gustine” in fourth on goal difference (+1 to 0) while Benedict’s are sixth.
Meanwhile. Trinity College East catapulted into fifth when they edged San Juan North 2-1 at Bourg Mulatresse.
A Tariq John double powered Trinity to the victory and an improved position in the standings.
And Presentation College San Fernando earned their first points of the 2014 campaign when they shut out Fatima College 2-0.
Yesterday’s SSFL Results
Premier Division
Arima North 1 (Micah Marshall) v St Anthony’s 2 (Simon Joseph, Kwesi Allen)
Shiva Boys HC 4 (Marvin Sauradge 9th, 30, 76th, Quinn Rodney 52nd) v Carapichima East 0
St Augustine 1 v St Benedict’s 1 (Mario Des Cartes)
San Juan North 1 v Trinity College 2 (Tyrik John 2)
Naparima College 2 (Trent Paul 26th, Amritt Gildharry 31st) v East Mucurapo 1 (Kazim Donald 50th)
St Mary’s College 2 v Chaguanas North 0
Fatima College 0 v Presentation 2
Tobago Zone
Signal Hill 2 Speyside 2
Scarborough 1 Pentecostal L&L 1
Roxborough 2 Bishop’s High 0
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Wins for QRC, ‘Pres’ in Championship Division
T&T Express Reports.
Queen’s Royal College and Presentation College Chaguanas scored huge victories yesterday when action in the Championship Division of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) continued.
The Royalians thumped Tranquillity Secondary 8-0 while ‘Pres’ dominated Miracle Ministry 9-3 in encounters in the North and Central Zones respectively.
In the other North zone match, Trinity College shut out Diego Martin Central 2-0 while ASJA Boys edged Tabaquite 2-1.
In the South zone, all games were shut-outs. Fyzabad defeated Mayaro 2-0, the same result and scoreline in Point Fortin East’s favour when they beat Pleasantville. And in the final South game, Princes Town routed Vessigny 4-0.
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The 'e' is at the end of La Romaine, because it stands for excellence.
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Princes Town stroll past Vessigny in SSFL
T&T Newsday Reports.
QUACY COOPER scored twice as Princes Town West strolled past Vessigny 4-0 on Monday as the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division Boys category continued.
In a South Zone contest, hosts Princes Town got a pair from Cooper (43rd and 55th minutes) and one each from Del Andre John (52nd) and Kabeem Joshua (67th).
Altogether, all three home teams in the South Zone prevailed on Monday.
Kerron Etienne got both goals as Point Fortin East whipped Pleasantville 2-0 while Fyzabad blanked Mayaro 2-0 with items from Nahshon Simon and Aaron Jordan. There were also a pair of matches played in the North Zone on Monday.
QRC annihilated Tranquility 8-1 at the QRC Ground while Trinity College got the better of hosts Diego Martin Central 2-0.
Other Results (September 11-14) -
Championship Division Boys -
North Zone - QRC (7) vs DIEGO MARTIN CENTRAL (1); TRANQUILLITY (4) vs DIEGO MARTIN CENTRAL (4).
East Zone - SANGRE GRANDE (8.) vs ARIMA CENTRAL (0); BARATARIA SOUTH (3) vs VALENCIA (1); EL DORADO EAST (1) vs FIVE RIVERS (0).
South Zone - PLEASANTVILLE (1) vs MAYARO SECONDARY (0); FYZABAD SECONDARY (1) vs PRINCES TOWN WEST (0); POINT FORTIN EAST (4) vs VESSIGNY SECONDARY (0).
Championship Division Girls -
North Zone - ST FRANCOIS (1) vs TRANQUILLITY (0); ST JOSEPH CONVENT (1) vs SUCCESS/LAVENTILLE (0); BISHOP’S ANSTEY (4) vs PROVIDENCE (2).
East Zone - SAN JUAN NORTH (0) vs ST GEORGE’S (0).
South Zone - DEBE SECONDARY (4) vs SIPARIA EAST (0); POINT FORTIN EAST (4) vs FYZABAD (0).
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No appeal against St Anthony’s
….Tigers go for fifth straight win
T&T Guardian Reports.
Despite speculation of a breach of rules by St Anthony’s College in its recent clash against Carapichaima East, no such protest has been filed and the “Tigers” will remain on top of the SSFL Premier Division standings today when the school meets Shiva Boys Hindu College in match day five.
St Anthony’s College leads the 14-team standings with 12 points from a perfect four-match win streak and will be seeking to add another three when coach Nigel Grosvenor’s charges host a mid-table Shiva Boys (two wins, two losses).
There was talk recently that St Anthony’s unbeaten run and leading position in the standings may be in the balance as Carapichaima considered appealing St Anthony’s fielding of Shakeem Patrick, who was suspended for one match after receiving a red card in the league opener, two matches prior, against Trinity College.
St Anthony’s was scheduled to meet St Benedict’s College in the subsequent fixture but the match never kicked off due to an unprepared pitch.
St Anthony’s, the away team, was awarded a three-nil win by default.
The player then appeared in the following match against Carapichaima East, last Wednesday, which ended in a 5–0 win for St Anthony’s.
Contacted yesterday to question if any appeal was filed by Carapichaima East, SSFL general secretary Azaad Khan confirmed that none was. He added that the player would have served his ban for the match against St Benedict’s even if it never played. Khan said: “In any case, he was not on the team sheet prepared before the match. He was not going to take part in the match."
Simultaneous with St Anthony’s clash with Shiva Boys, all six other matches will play at 3.45 pm.
Only one change has been made to today’s Premier Division programme with Chaguanas North’s meeting against Presentation College San Fernando being played at New Settlement Ground, Caroni instead of Chaguanas North’s school ground.
Three other matches will be played in the Tobago Zone Championship Division, also from 3.45 pm.
Fixtures
Premier Division
at NB: All matches kick off 3.45 pm
St Anthony’s vs Shiva Boys HC, St Anthony’s
Arima North vs St Augustine, Arima
Carapichaima East vs San Juan North, Carapichaima
St Benedict’s vs Naparima College, La Romaine
Trinity College vs St Mary’s College, Trincity
East Mucurapo vs Fatima College, Fatima
Chaguanas North vs Presentation San F’do, New Settlement, Caroni
Championship
Tobago: 3.45 pm
Goodwood vs Signal Hill, Goodwood
Speyside vs Scarborough, Speyside
Roxborough vs Pentecostal L&L, Roxborough
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St Mary’s snatches point against resurgent Trinity Hawks
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com)
St Mary’s College somehow left Trincity with its unbeaten SSFL Premier Division record intact this evening after an exciting 1-1 draw with Trinity College East in challenging conditions.
On a wet, soggy surface, Trinity’s “Blue Hawks” pinned the “Saints” down for long periods but could deliver the knockout blow in an entertaining fixture.
The result saw St Anthony’s stretch its lead over second placed St Mary’s to four points today as striker Kwesi Allen notched a hattrick in a 3-2 win over Shiva Boys HC at Westmoorings.
Allen leads all Premier Division scorers with nine goals from his four outings.
Goals were at a premium in Trincity although both items came in the first half.
St Mary’s opened the scoring through striker Chinua Bernard who beat Trinity goalkeeper Myron Mark with what appeared to be a misplaced cross in the ninth minute. But the Hawks clawed themselves back level, seven minutes from the interval, when an effort from the lively Kristian Meloney deflected off St Mary’s midfielder Jean-Marc De Souza and into the top left hand corner.
Although there were no further goals in the contest, it was not for a lack of effort.
Bernard, who is St Mary’s top scorer with four goals, came closest for the Saints with a strike from the edge of the area that Mark punched to safety in the 54th minute. But Trinity always looked more likely to score as the Hawks forced the Port of Spain school back on its heels in the wet conditions.
Deep-lying playmaker Adrian Charles bossed the midfield with quick, precise passes to either flank while national under-17 forward Dereem Daniel and Tyrik John, the son of 2006 World Cup striker and Trinidad and Tobago’s record scorer Stern John, threatened on top.
Read more (http://wired868.com/2014/09/17/st-marys-snatches-point-against-resurgent-trinity-hawks/)
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Tigers squeeze out plucky Shiva.
By Kern De Freitas (Express).
St Anthony’s College got their fifth win in as many matches in the Premier Division of the BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League yesterday, with a 3-2 win over Shiva Boys Hindu College. But they were made them battle to remain the only team with a perfect record.
But the result at their Westmoorings base came at a cost for the “Tigers,” with Andrew Rullow being red carded in the 77th minute.
It was also a match that should have the St Anthony’s think tank reviewing a performance that could well have seen them concede their first defeat. However, Kwesi Allen ensured the match would end in the home team’s favour with a hat-trick, including the winner in stoppage time.
Shiva Boys got their goals from Tequan Rodriguez and Kadeem Ashford on either side of half time.
Shiva might feel a bit aggrieved not to share the points, or maybe even win, but made a few too many defensive errors after playing well to twice edge ahead. They also failed to capitalise on their man advantage in the last 13 minutes.
The visitors also had a shout for penalty late in the match turned down by the referee, who drew criticism from fans at both ends of the field for his officiating, and an earful from an angry St Anthony’s coach Nigel Grosvenor in protest at Rullow’s sending off.
The seesaw match saw the Tigers chasing the game from four minutes in, thanks to Shiva Boys’ determination and an error from goalkeeper Carlton Alfonso. The St Anthony’s custodian would have been better off trying to punch away the incoming ball, as he failed to gather it in and Rodriguez did not need a second invitation to knock home his team’s first.
The lead lasted 13 minutes before the Tigers were level, Allen bundling home a loose ball after Shivas’ defence seemed to forget their lines.
The Penal-based school were celebrating again on the hour when Ashford found the net, this time through a scrappy play that typified the conditions.
There was more drama when St Anthony’s won a penalty in the 75th after Shiva failed to blot out a series of corners and gave away a handball.
Rullow was sent off two minutes later to the dismay of fans and the team bench, but Shiva Boys could not take advantage and faced some late pressure of their own.
At the very least, Shiva Boys must have been level on chances with their opponents, and were upset not to be awarded a penalty of their own in the 85th that might have proved the winner.
The Tigers kept pushing and after scrambling to keep a robust Shiva outfit out of their penalty area, finally found the answer, a floating right side corner from Adriel Kerr that Allen timed perfectly, his downward header towards the far post eluding everyone and everything, except the net.
It was a hard way for Shiva Boys to lose, but they certainly provided entertainment on a gloomy afternoon.
Yesterday’s SSFL scores
Premier Division
St Anthony’s (Kwesi Allen 3), Shiva Boys 2 (Tequan Rodriguez, Kadeem Ashford)
Arima North 2, St Augustine 2 (Romario Villafana, Keshorn Marcellin)
Carapichaima East 2, San Juan North 1 (Jamille Britto)
St Benedict’s 3 (Levi Crawford, Matthew Joseph, Anthony Herbert), Naparima 0
Trinity East 1, St Mary’s 1 (Chinnua Bernard)
East Mucurapo 1 (Jair Edwards), Fatima 1 (Kyell Lancaster)
Chaguanas North 0, Presentation San F’do 3
Tobago Zone
Pentecostal L&L 3 (Jabari Francis, Bonnett Quinel, Shakeem Irvine), Roxborough Secondary 1 (Devon Waldron)
Goodwood 0, Signal Hill 5 (Akil Frank 2, Keiroy Murray, Nkosi Chance, Archer)
Speyside 5 (Brandon Benjamin 3, Kaleb Douglas, Malique Lewis), Scarborough 2
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Tigers scrape by 3-2
T&T Guardian Reports.
Another player sees red for St Anthony’s
Kwesi Allen scored hat-trick and incredibly, a headed goal in virtually the last touch of the match, to keep St Anthony’s on top of the BGTT Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division standing, yesterday, when the “Tigers” clawed back to trump Shiva Boys Hindu College, 3-2, in Westmoorings.
St Anthony’s equalised twice, once in the first and second half to seal the win, thanks to the school’s leading goal scorer.
While the objective of a fifth straight win was achieved, head coach Nigel Grosvenor will have to endure a headache in selecting the squads for upcoming matches as he will be without the services of yet another player who received a red card and a number of others who have been summoned for national Under-17 duties.
Forward Andrew Rullow, who was brought in as a substitute to attack the final play of the match with the match locked at two-all, was immediately sent off when attacking a set-piece, according to Grosvenor for “pulling away his hand as he was held back by a Shiva Boys player.”
Grosvenor said the play never warranted a dismissal and it was a shame that his team was now on the receiving end of four red cards in three matches. St Anthony’s has, in fact, received at least one red card, in each of the matches it competed in this season. The only match which did not result in a dismissal was the fixture against St Benedict’s, which the “Tigers” won because of an unfit pitch.
“He got not once touch of the ball (as) he now came on. He (Rullow) was in tears,” said Grosvenor. ”The linesman, who was closer to the action told the referee that he should be cautioned at most.”
Along with Rullow, Grosvenor will also be without the services of Shakeem Patrick, Raheem Borde, Mattheus Granger and Shem Clauzel, who were called up for the Under-17 team scheduled to play in the CFU Championship finals in Haiti from September 26 to October 3.
In simultaneous matches, St Mary’s College remained in second spot despite behind held to a one-all draw by Trinity College, while St Benedict’s moved up the ranks with a comfortable 3-0 win over Naparima College. Rock bottom East Mucurapo finally gained a point following a 1-1 draw with North Zone rival Fatima College.
Results
Premier Division
St Anthony’s 3 (Kwesi Allen 3) v Shiva Boys HC 2 (Tequan Rodriguez, Kadeem Ashford)
Arima North 2 v St Augustine 2
Carapichaima East 2 (Jeremy Trim, Josiah Richards) v San Juan North 1 (Benjamin McIvor)
St Benedict’s 3 v Naparima College 0
Trinity College 1 v St Mary’s College 1
East Mucurapo 1 (Jair Edwards) v Fatima College 1 (Kyell Lancaster)
Presentation San F’do 3 (Quintel John 2nd, 87th, Levon Bass 18th pen) v Chaguanas North 0
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Benedict’s crush Naps in Premier Division
By JONATHAN RAMNANANSINGH (NEWSDAY).
ST BENEDICTS College continued their strong run of form in the 2014 BGTT Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division yesterday by crushing fellow southerners Naparima College 3-0 at home in the Commons, La Romain.
The “Golden Lions” capitalised on their home advantage early on and went ahead with a good strike from Levi Crawford in the 29th minute. Naparima did not make most of their rare chances are were duly punished for their discrepancies by a determined St Benedict’s outfit in the second period of play.
At the resumption, the leaders stretched their goal margin even further when Matthew Joseph wittily lobbed “Naps” custodian Darriel Kurjah from approximately 25 yards out. St Benedict’s would affirm the victory over their southern rivals as Anthony Herbert capped things off with a good finish in the 69th minute. The victors now stand in the top five on 10 points while Naparima remain on nine.
In the post match review by Naparima coach, Angus Eve, he revealed that their opponents played with more passion.
“St Benedict’s wanted the game more than us,” said Eve, who further referenced yesterday’s loss with last week’s failure to get past St Mary’s. “We have a lot of ability but the fight was lacking today. We didn’t attack, defend and shoot the ball as we should and that made the difference on the day.”
In other matches yesterday, defending champions St Anthony’s College held off a late charge from Shiva Boys’ to grasp a nail-biting 3-2 win at home. This victory for the “Tigers” sees them remain at the top of the league standings on 15 points while Shiva Boys’ sit six points behind.
Meanwhile, Fatima College also weaned out a fighting 1-1 result against bottom-of-the-table East Mucurapo. Yesterday’s draw saw the latter team gain their first point of the 2014 season.
St Mary’s College was also forced to settle for a drawn result (1-1) as they were held at bay by a persistent Trinity East unit.
Presentation San Fernando eased past Chaguanas North 3-0, Carapichaima East pipped San Juan North 2-1 and Arima North blanked St Augustine 2-0.
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This format seems ultra-competitve.
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QRC put 12 on Diego North.
T&T Express Reports.
Queen’s Royal College won a third match in a row by a huge score in the Championship Division of the BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League when they defeated Diego Martin North 12-0 yesterday at QRC grounds in a North Zone encounter.
Demoted for the first time in their history, QRC have beaten Diego Central 7-1 and Tranquility 8-0 in earlier matches and lead the zone. And Malick Secondary made a belated entry into Championship Division play with a 3-1 win over Diego Martin Central.
Meanwhile, in the Central Zone, the big winners were Presentation College Chaguanas who got a beaver-trick from Raheem Collin in beating Tabaquite 7-0.
YESTERDAY’S CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION RESULTS
North Zone
QRC 12 v Diego Martin North 0
Trinity College 5 v Tranquility Secondary 2
Malick 3 v Diego Martin Central 1
South Zone
Mayaro 1 v Princes Town West 1
Vessigny 0 v Pleasantville 0
Fyzabad 1 v Point Fortin East 1
Central Zone
A.S.J.A. Boys 0 v Couva East 1
Presentation Chaguanas 7 v Tabaquite 0
Vishnu Boys 1 v Miracle Ministry 1
East Zone
Valencia 1 v El Dorado East 0
Arima Central 0 v Five Rivers 4
Sangre Grande v Barataria (postponed)
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Frustrated Grosvenor calls foul on SSFL refs.
By Andrew Gioannetti (Guardian).
Long-stanging St Anthony’s head coach Nigel Grosvenor feels that his school’s name is being tarnished with the high number of red cards conceded this season and is calling for the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) to intervene.
Grosvenor yesterday complained in writing to SSFL general secretary Azaad Khan after one of his players, Andrew Rullow, was red carded during the team’s SSFL Premier Division clash against Shiva Boys Hindu College, in Westmoorings, on Wednesday.
It was the fourth red card received by St Anthony’s after only five matches and Grosvenor said this paints a picture of an indisciplined team.
“I’m not writing this letter because of sour grapes or being a cry baby I’m writing it because probably something that I write might make sense and someone might listen and make a change,” he wrote.
Rullow was ejected almost immediately after his second half introduction and Grosvenor said this brought the player to tears as both were of the view that the referee’s call was unjustified.
Rullow was brought to attack a St Anthony’s corner close to the end of the match, with the scores locked at 2-2, when in a scramble for position. According to Grosvenor, Rullow merely pulled his arm away when being restrained by the Shiva player, who then dropped to the ground.
The coach said the assistant referee waved his flag and advised the head official to caution the player, but the referee disagreed and opted to eject Rullow instead.
A red card in the SSFL comes with a one-match suspension and this will undoubtedly create a tactical headache for Grosvenor, who had four players temporarily depart the team for national Under-17 duties.
“Over the years I have taught my players to be aggressive but legally so and as many other coaches have done,” he said. “However, somehow to my belief I don’t think we are together in this thinking with some of the referees in Trinidad. In my experience as a coach including that of a national coach, the referees do not let the game flow. There are too much stoppages for calls that we call ‘soft’. To me they tend to quickly pull out cards that will obviously lower the tempo of the game killing it’s intensity and it’s beauty.”
He added: “Professional referees try and let the game flow. They try their best to refrain from showing too many yellow cards and especially red cards. They know their role. On the field they know it is about the players and not about them, they know that the players are the entertainers and should let them play.
“Referees down here are like DJs. When the crowd is enjoying the music, they cut it and call it a mix.”
“Teams abroad play aggressive, hard football and they are taught that from young (that) they are encouraged to do so and they are assisted to do so from the referees in there various leagues. Our youths down here are hampered in doing so in fear of receiving a card. Our referees must change their thinking and try and let the players play as much as possible. Thank you for your time and I hope something I said made sense,” he concluded.
St Anthony’s currently leads the SSFL Premier Division standings with 15 points from five straight wins, while St Mary’s College sits second on 11 points also after five matches.
Premier Division standings
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
St Anthony’s 5 2 0 0 17 5 15
St Mary’s 5 3 2 0 8 2 11
St Benedict’s 5 3 1 1 7 4 10
Naparima 5 3 0 2 6 7 9
St Augustine 5 2 2 1 9 8 8
Trinity East 5 2 2 1 8 8 8
Arima North 5 2 2 1 9 7 7
San Juan North 5 2 0 3 12 8 6
Shiva Boys 5 2 0 3 9 7 6
Presentation S/do 5 2 0 3 9 9 6
Carapichaima East 5 1 2 2 6 8 5
Fatima 5 1 2 2 5 11 5
Chaguanas North 5 0 1 4 1 10 1
East Mucurapo 5 0 1 4 2 9 1
Fixtures
Saturday - Premier Division
All matches kick off at 3.45 pm
St Augustine v St Anthony’s, St Augustine
San Juan North v Shiva Boys HC, San Juan
Naparima College v Arima North, Lewis St, San Fernando
St Mary’s College v Carapichaima East, St Mary’s
Fatima College v St Benedict’s, Fatima
Presentation San F’do v Trinity College, Guaracara Park
Chaguanas North v East Mucurapo, Chaguanas
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Woo Ling shines on debut as St Anthony’s whips St Augustine
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868)
Who can tame the “Westmoorings Tigers?”
St Augustine Secondary joined the list of overwhelmed school teams this season as the “Green Machine” fell 3-0 to St Anthony’s College despite playing at home.
The Tigers have won all six SSFL Premier League Division matches thus far this season and, at this point, it seems that they have a tougher time negotiating match officials than school boys.
In five games, St Anthony’s collected five red cards despite not being an overtly nasty team. There were no expulsions today although coach Nigel Grosvenor might have been concerned when captain Mawasi Charles was needlessly booked for a word out of turn to the referee’s assistant.
However, today’s script centred on Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 midfielder Matthew Woo Ling who debuted for St Anthony’s College with two assists; although his triumphs at this level might be met with mixed emotions from local football fans.
Woo Ling made his Pro League debut with W Connection at 15 while he had two trials with England Premier League team Tottenham Spurs’ academy. On Friday night, he was a late substitute as the young “Soca Warriors” whipped Haiti 3-0 to lift the Under-20 Caribbean Cup trophy.
Yet, while his national teammates like Levi Garcia, Kadeem Corbin, Aikim Andrews, Jesus Perez and Neveal Hackshaw are entering their second or third seasons as adult players, the 18-year-old Woo Ling transferred from Fatima College to St Anthony’s for another taste of schoolboy glory.
If it is any consolation, he is fairly certain to get it at St Anthony’s.
Woo Ling can look frustratingly casual at times and St Augustine did have some success, albeit limited, in hustling him off the ball. But St Anthony’s undoubtedly possessed the ball better with the silky midfielder in its ranks and the fresh faced Green Machine must have sensed it was in trouble.
Read more: http://wired868.com/2014/09/20/woo-ling-shines-on-debut-as-st-anthonys-whips-st-augustine/
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I've said it before.....its a reason why our young talents are stunted in their football growth and of course it affects our senior national teams......the lure of the SSFL is greater and stronger than turning pro, playing for your club or even playing for your country.
The Woo Ling boy is on the national u20 team, was once touted as one of the best youth players around, and he's 18 years old....why is he running down SSFL???? How will playing against 15,16,17 yr olds benefit him??
Carry on.....
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Wasn't he playing for a club in Texas?
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If anyone of allyuh did not play Intercol, then I can understand why you all are perplexed by Woo Ling's decision. The boy is ah ball-jumbie. Let the boy enjoy the football, nah.
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No stopping Tigers - St Anthony’s claim sixth straight win.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Runaway league leader St Anthony’s recorded a 3–0 away win over St Augustine Secondary, yesterday, thanks to a brace from top scorer Kwesi Allen, who helped seal a sixth straight win in the BGTT Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) at St Augustine Ground.
Following a goalless first half, St Anthony’s, missing a few key players, stuck to the task to eventually win by a comfortable margin. Soon after the break, Adriel Kerr gave St Anthony’s the lead, before Allen smashed the double with goals midway through the second half and close to the final whistle.
With the win, St Anthony’s holds a five point advantage over second-placed St Benedict’s which leaped over St Mary’s. St Benedict’s dropped Fatima College 3–1, while St Mary’s played to a 1–1 draw against Carapichaima. The Saints remain unbeaten after six matches, but recorded as many draws as wins this season.
Results
St Anthony’s 3 (Adriel Kerr, Kwesi Allen 2) vs St Augustine 0
St Benedict’s 3 vs Fatima 1
San Jaun North 3 (Jamille Britto 32nd, Brent Sam 72nd, 85th) vs Shiva Boys 2 (Marvin Seuradge 45th, Quinn Rodney 65th)
Naparima 6 (Stephon Smith 12th, Nicholas Dillon 13th, 45th, Nicholas Thomas 31st, Shane Sandy 84th) vs Arima North 1 (Jeremiah Kezar 87th)
Trinity East 3 (Deshawn Edwards 23rd, Tyrik John 31st, Atiba Lucas 82nd) vs Presentation 0
St Mary’s 1 vs Carapichaima 1
Chaguanas North 2 (Louis Johnson 67th, 75th) vs East Mucurapo 1 (Eshaq Abdulllah 88th)
Standings
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
St Anthony’s 6 6 0 0 20 5 18
St Benedict’s 6 4 1 1 10 5 13
St Mary’s 6 3 3 0 9 3 12
Naparima 6 4 0 2 12 8 12
Trinity East 6 3 2 1 11 8 11
San Juan North 6 3 0 3 15 10 9
St Augustine 6 2 2 2 9 11 8
Arima North 6 2 2 2 10 13 7
Shiva Boys 6 2 0 4 11 9 6
Presentation S/do 6 2 0 4 9 12 6
Carapichaima East 6 1 3 2 7 9 6
Fatima 6 1 2 3 6 14 5
Chaguanas North 6 1 1 4 3 11 4
East Mucurapo 6 0 1 5 3 11 1
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San Juan rally past Shiva Boys
St Anthony’s stretch Premier Div lead
By Kern De Freitas (Express).
The 2014 BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division has proved that home advantage isn’t always a guarantee of victory.
But San Juan North Secondary used it well yesterday to rally through to a 3-2 win over Shiva Boys Hindu College in muddy conditions at Bourg Mulatresse yesterday.
In the second half, the home team had to come from behind against the school from Penal after taking the lead on either side of halftime, before lanky striker Brent Sam slotted home from the penalty spot to seal a morale-boosting victory.
Before that, Jermell Britto gave San Juan a lead they held for 14 minutes, before Sam provided the all-important equaliser in the second period with a rocket of a free kick. Shiva scored through an equaliser from Rodney Quinn on the stroke of halftime, and a go-ahead goal from their skipper, Marvin Seuradge.
Both sides made errors in the back and did not always put away their chances, which made for an entertaining encounter. But San Juan were rallied by a fair-sized home crowd that came out in vocal support of their spunky team.
Shiva Boys ended a tough week with a feeling of déjà vu after they let slip another away match in similar fashion to their defeat to St Anthony’s College at Westmoorings on Wednesday. They twice went ahead against the Tigers, and also conceded a second-half penalty.
San Juan are not known for their fast starts, but they had a better first half against Shiva Boys. Both teams play a physical game, and it meant a see-saw contest.
The hosts went ahead in the 32nd minute through a powerful strike by Britto that nestled sweetly in the back of Shiva goalkeeper Denzil Smith’s net. But just when they thought they would head to the locker room in the lead, Quinn stepped up to level, nodding home to the excitement of his teammates.
Seuradge sent his team further ahead on the hour, taking advantage of the rebound from Yohannes Richardson’s initial blast that he chipped in cheekily, with a bit of help from San Juan goalkeeper Sterling Sween.
The match turned in the 72nd when Sam got on the scoresheet, driving a wicked free kick from beyond 30 metres past Smith, albeit after a bit of a deflection.
Sam sealed the contest after Shiva Boys conceded a penalty and Simeon De Bourgh earned himself and instant trip to the showers in the 87th. Sam stepped up, and that was all she wrote.
At the top of the table, St Anthony’s College stretched their lead atop the Premier League standings by one point with a 3-0 win away to St Augustine Secondary after St Mary’s College, previously second, were held 1-1 for the third time in four matches.
St Benedict’s College slipped in behind the “Tigers” of St Anthony’s after easing past Fatima College 3-1 at Fatima’s Mucurapo Road ground.
Yesterday’s SSFL Results
Premier Division
St Augustine 0 v St Anthony’s 3 (Adriel Kerr, Kwesi Allen 2)
San Juan North 3 (Brent Sam 2-72nd, 85th (penalty Jermell Britto 32nd) v Shiva Boys 2 (Marvin Seuradge 60th, Rodney Quinn 45th)
Naparima 6 (Nicholas Dillon 2, Stephon Smith, Shane Sandy, Nicholas Thomas, Jeremiah Kezar) v Arima North 1
St Mary’s 1 (Aaron Noel) v Carapichaima East 1
Fatima 1 v St Benedict’s 3 (Levi Crawford, Shaquille Williams, Shemar Ravello)
Presentation 0 v Trinity East 3
Chaguanas North 2 v East Mucurapo 1 (Ishaq Abdullah 90th )
Tobago Zone
Scarborough 1 v Goodwood 0
Pentecostal L&L 4 v Bishop’s High 2
Signal Hill 5 v Roxborough 2
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If anyone of allyuh did not play Intercol, then I can understand why you all are perplexed by Woo Ling's decision. The boy is ah ball-jumbie. Let the boy enjoy the football, nah.
Come on Deeks....being a ball jumbie is not an excuse.....If the boy has no serious thoughts about furthering his football career then by all means its fine to run down schools league...
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While many may question / query matthew woo ling's decision to play college league football , viewing his decision as negatively impacting his game , there are positives i believe in him choosing to do so .... namely continuing his education , while doing what he enjoys , which is playing his favorite sport and remaining active before rejoining his fellow team mates to continue preparations for the final rounds of world cup qualifying in jamaica........ i say lend support to the young man let him play his football .... N.B matthew woo ling will decide his career path whether its football or otherwise .. wishing him the very best , hopefully he stays injury free ......
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Steupsss. I thought this was an old thread that was re-opened. This is Woo Ling's 2nd year playing for the Tigers...... It is his first game of the season because he was with the National Team...... There is no story here let us please move on..
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Trinity East leap into second.
T&T Express Reports.
The top two teams did not play yesterday in the BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) because of a waterlogged outfield, and Trinity College East took full advantage of the situation to leap into second.
Leaders St Anthony’s College could not host San Juan North Secondary at Westmoorings, while Chaguanas North and previously second placed St Benedict’s College had a similar problem.
Trinity made full use of their home advantage when they whipped cellar-placed East Mucurapo 4-1 at Trincity. By the time Travell Edwards got on the score sheets for Mucurapo in the 73rd minute, Trinity were already three goals to the good and cantering home.
But St Mary’s College slipped to fifth after being beaten by Shiva Boys Hindu College, while Naparima College were held 2-2 by St Augustine Secondary at St Augustine and stayed third.
Shiva Boys Hindu College finally broke their string of bad luck, reversing 3-2 losses in their last two matches against St Anthony’s and San Juan to win by the same scoreline against St Mary’s College at Guaracara Park in Pointe a Pierre.
National under 20 player Levi Garcia, just back from helping T&T lift the regional title, sealed the match in the 79th after the teams were locked at 2-2.
St Mary’s looked to be giving their ‘hosts’ a nightmare after Chinua Bernard scored with virtually the first kick of the game, but Shiva Boys came storming back through captain Marvin Seuradge to draw level.
After halftime Quinn Rodney put Shiva ahead for the first time before Rickel Dixon equalised for Shiva Boys, but then Garcia ended that discussion.
Fatima College got a much-needed boost, a lone item from Shane Scott leading them to a 1-0 win away to Arima North Secondary and Carapichaima East Secondary edged Presentation College San Fernando by the same scoreline.
Yesterday’s SSFL Premier Division scores:
Trinity East 4 vs East Mucurapo 1
St Augustine 2 (Keishawn Marcellin 38th, Brandon Reyes 54th) vs Naparima 2 (Marteion Watson 44th, Jabari Mitchell 89th)
St Anthony’s vs San Juan North (did not play)
St Benedict’s vs Chaguanas North (did not play)
Shiva Boys 3 (Marvin Seuradge 4th, Quinn Rodney 53rd, Levi Garcia 79th) vs St Mary’s 2 (Chinua Bernard 1st, Rickel Dixon 57th)
Carapichaima East Secondary 1 (Dominic Rivas 57th) vs Presentation San Fernando 0
Arima 0 vs Fatima 1 (Shane Scott 33rd)
Yesterday’s SSFL Championship Division scores:
North Zone
Trinity 13 vs Diego Martin 0
QRC 4 vs Malick 1
Tranquillity 6 vs Diego Martin Central 1
East Zone
Barataria 2 vs Five Rivers 2
Arima Central vs El Dorado East (cancelled; Arima Central has withdrawn from competition)
Central
ASJA 1 vs Vishnu Boys 0
Presentation Chaguanas vs Couva East (cancelled; officials arrived too late)
Tabaquite/Miracle Ministries-cancelled (unfit ground)
Tobago
Goodwood 0 vs Speyside 5
Roxborough 1 vs Scarbrough 1
Bishop’s High 1 vs Signal Hill 4
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Naps have like 4 national under 20 players and getting wood.
How come we under 20 players playing in de SSFL and they also play Pro football?
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all ah them gone back to playing school boy football lol ...............
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Fact is...the best supported league in the country is SSFL. Plus the status (locally) for dominating would have its appeal. SSFL is for pips...and in years to come....people eh go talk about PFL the way they would talk about SSFL. Sad fact.
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Ah can tell it not pleasant to look at ... buh lehme see wha de standings look like ...
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Naps have like 4 national under 20 players and getting wood.
How come we under 20 players playing in de SSFL and they also play Pro football?
Some clubs use SSFL so their youngsters can get match practice.
However, there has always been a tendency for young players to breach their contracts and leave Pro League clubs to go back to school.
This is why I dislike school football in T&T.
While other nations nurture their 16-19 year olds to play at the highest level, ours go back to sub standard football and coaching.
We have had inquiries from one of Belgium's top 3 clubs about Garcia. Now he's playing school football again!
I don't understand the fascination for playing school football over a professional career.
Last year we gave a player a choice: Go to the Bolton Wanderers academy or play school football. He chose school football. Now he's too old to go to the academy and missed an opportunity never to be repeated.
Imagine Dwight Yorke saying no to Aston Villa because he wanted to play intercol!
This crop of U20's is essential to the Pro League to bring supporters to games. We criticise the govt and corporate T&T for not taking professional football seriously, yet the coaches, players and supporters won't support the Pro League!
Does anybody here really think that it's better preparation for playing against Mexico and USA to be playing against 15 year olds and training twice a week or playing against senior national team players and seasoned professional men and training 5 times per week?
And then if we perform poorly in the U20's, we will be saying that our talent is not good enough. It is good enough, but it's their attitude and preparation that's poor.
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Fact is...the best supported league in the country is SSFL. Plus the status (locally) for dominating would have its appeal. SSFL is for pips...and in years to come....people eh go talk about PFL the way they would talk about SSFL. Sad fact.
Would all those children go to games if they had to pay? Freeness is always well supported. Plus, they just walk out of the classroom and the game is there. I'm sure that if ProLeague played on the school field at 4pm, it too would be well supported. And why don't these "football supporters" follow their heroes careers in the Pro League and the National teams?
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Fact is...the best supported league in the country is SSFL. Plus the status (locally) for dominating would have its appeal. SSFL is for pips...and in years to come....people eh go talk about PFL the way they would talk about SSFL. Sad fact.
Would all those children go to games if they had to pay? Freeness is always well supported. Plus, they just walk out of the classroom and the game is there. I'm sure that if ProLeague played on the school field at 4pm, it too would be well supported. And why don't these "football supporters" follow their heroes careers in the Pro League and the National teams?
The paying isnt the issue. The support and atmosphere is. That comes as a result of the pride and attachment to your school. Years after...rivalry and passion exists. Why? Because in truth and in fact the crowd are stakeholders and feel like that. That isnt the fault of the PFL. What the PFL needs to find is a way to engender those same degrees of attachment and sentiment to garner the support.
Look a man say it here:
The crowd for the st Mary's game was shocking. More than pro league. Love this format.
You know what it is all the past students and friends coming back to support a team? Obviously the crowd support would be more. Why is football in England supported so passionately? Is the same concept.
Intercol is a strange thing. Just as you said people will chose it over going to a professional opportunity. Why? The emotions. It not logical..it not practical...it not good for development..but it happens. Worse yet with this format.
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Fact is...the best supported league in the country is SSFL. Plus the status (locally) for dominating would have its appeal. SSFL is for pips...and in years to come....people eh go talk about PFL the way they would talk about SSFL. Sad fact.
Would all those children go to games if they had to pay? Freeness is always well supported. Plus, they just walk out of the classroom and the game is there. I'm sure that if ProLeague played on the school field at 4pm, it too would be well supported. And why don't these "football supporters" follow their heroes careers in the Pro League and the National teams?
The paying isnt the issue. The support and atmosphere is. That comes as a result of the pride and attachment to your school. Years after...rivalry and passion exists. Why? Because in truth and in fact the crowd are stakeholders and feel like that. That isnt the fault of the PFL. What the PFL needs to find is a way to engender those same degrees of attachment and sentiment to garner the support.
Look a man say it here:
The crowd for the st Mary's game was shocking. More than pro league. Love this format.
You know what it is all the past students and friends coming back to support a team? Obviously the crowd support would be more. Why is football in England supported so passionately? Is the same concept.
Intercol is a strange thing. Just as you said people will chose it over going to a professional opportunity. Why? The emotions. It not logical..it not practical...it not good for development..but it happens. Worse yet with this format.
I hear you, but I went to see St Anthonys vs Caripichaima. I doubt if there was more than 50 people watching.
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Them men want to go back and play in de SSFL for they could shine and bull gal.
They throwing away they life and then they does bawl Yorke lucky.
Once you go Pro you should not be allowed to go back to School.
All of our under 20 players should be playing Pro Football.
Look at Woo Ling, wasting he time playing in de SSFL for the past year now de player he was suppose to be does exsist.
Yorke have to get big respect, at 16, de man went and never look back and look how successful we became.
Latas too.
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Doh worry nah man, in a couple years when we cyah beat St. Barts men go want to know what went wrong. let we U20 players play HS while the US players are in Pro(MLS) academies. Say what Kings of CFU.
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Naps have like 4 national under 20 players and getting wood.
How come we under 20 players playing in de SSFL and they also play Pro football?
Some clubs use SSFL so their youngsters can get match practice.
However, there has always been a tendency for young players to breach their contracts and leave Pro League clubs to go back to school.
This is why I dislike school football in T&T.
While other nations nurture their 16-19 year olds to play at the highest level, ours go back to sub standard football and coaching.
We have had inquiries from one of Belgium's top 3 clubs about Garcia. Now he's playing school football again!
I don't understand the fascination for playing school football over a professional career.
Last year we gave a player a choice: Go to the Bolton Wanderers academy or play school football. He chose school football. Now he's too old to go to the academy and missed an opportunity never to be repeated.
Imagine Dwight Yorke saying no to Aston Villa because he wanted to play intercol!
This crop of U20's is essential to the Pro League to bring supporters to games. We criticise the govt and corporate T&T for not taking professional football seriously, yet the coaches, players and supporters won't support the Pro League!
Does anybody here really think that it's better preparation for playing against Mexico and USA to be playing against 15 year olds and training twice a week or playing against senior national team players and seasoned professional men and training 5 times per week?
And then if we perform poorly in the U20's, we will be saying that our talent is not good enough. It is good enough, but it's their attitude and preparation that's poor.
the federation can put something in place that will force national team players to only train with the proleague clubs once selected for national duty ....
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FS, Sam, Elan, Trini, I understand the "pain" we going thru. But unless TTFA and/or the clubs coordinate and put their foot down, nothing will change. And I can see lawsuits flying left, right and center against these two entities trying to prevent them from playing school football.
And TTFA is not in any position to declare any mandate on who could play with whom, where and when. When I said that the clubs need to form their own schools or partner with some private school, no one seem to take that seriously. Most of these players are sitting the fence on this issue. They want to play pro. But the college atmosphere is hard to resist. I am telling you guys, playing in front of 5 to 10 thousand fans(free or paid) for school football gives the player that passion for the game. Is like FA, CL, league cup. You may never experience that again in life. When you play intercol(especially on a winning team), sometimes is a big letdown going to play club football. mostly invisible people for the entire season. That is a dissapointment, though.
FS, the kid who turn down the offer to go to the acadamy, well, what can we say? He was/is not ready or will not be ready for prime time football. Unfortunate. It may be a blessing in disguise that the offer was not accepted.
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Just to be clear, I have no problem with school football per se. It is very useful in a players development if part of a coordinated programme. For many 16 and 17 year olds it is a useful tool for professional clubs to give their youngsters competitive matches to play in.
However, for special talents like the U20 players, I believe it is not helpful.
And we must be honest here, a lot of the concern is financial. Clubs want the best talent so that they can sell them. This income will allow professional clubs to continue and therefore develop a national player pool.
But I truly believe that a club has a better chance of finding a decent move for a young player. But if the player is not attending training or missing pro league games to play school football, his chances of securing a decent move will diminish.
I believe TTFA have a role to play. They could bring in a rule that once a player signs a professional contract, he can no longer play school football. He can, of course, attend school for educational purposes.
Also, the maximum age to play football should be 17 (preferably 16 with each school allowed to sign 2 17 year olds). The national U20's will be playing against players who play against grown men week in, week out, while our lads are playing against youths.
For too long this issue has never been aggressively tackled and perhaps now is the time.
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Most kids play football in form 6 to increase their chances of Scholarships. An upper 6 student will probably be 19..sometimes 20.
The rule should be, If you are attached to a pro league club you are not allowed to play SSFL. You can still go to school as FS said for educational purposes.
I cannot believe Levi Garcia is playing SSFL after a promising U20 tournament. He should be training with the first team squad at Central FC in a pro environment trying to break into the squad for the upcoming season.
I think he just turned 17..he is running out of time to get to an academy before it's too late. We will suffer with work permit issues in UK for the foreseeable future.
I am sure the gameplan for Central is to get him into a decent academy, hope he breaks through and include a sell on clause for the future.
I am surprised we have not gone one local talent to Dennis Lawrence yet. Everton would be brilliant for a player like Levi Garcia but so would Swansea or Wigan where Dennis has huge respect. Dennis also spent a season at Crewe Alexandra and they have a brilliant academy.
F.S did you guys speak to Levi about participating in SSFL? Did Vranes not want him to be part of the first team squad and use his hype to get supporters to be intrigued for the new season?
I could understand the likes of Nick Dillon going to play with Naps as he was not a regular for the u20 and not on the first team of Central yet.
It's really time to make a u23 league for the Pro League and invite Super League teams that have the roster to field both a senior and U23 team and create a Professional Development League with the aim of 18-23 year olds(special talented 15-17 year olds too, example Levi) playing week in week out attached to clubs and developing at a higher level than playing 3 months a year in SSFL football where the standard is beyond terrible and the coaching laughable.
Pro League clubs should have U14, U16, U18 and PDL U23 teams competing in a league format every season. They should also have young players u12-u8's in training but in development training with games now and then to introduce them to the game etc. but those years should be spent on developing technique and intensity of training etc.
ADAPT OR DIE.
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Levi Garcia and Nicholas Dillon were expected to attend training this week after being released by the U20's. Neither player appeared this week, missing four sessions. Neither player has contacted the club to explain their absence or request permission to play school football. Both players would have been selected in the 18 for Fridays game.
Both players were intended to play an integral role in the first team. We have three strikers: Quintero, Qian and Dillon. We cannot replace Garcia or Dillon until January so our squad is now depleted and currently stands at 20 available players including 3 keepers. If we lose two players to the National team we will be reduced to 15 outfield players.
The plan for Garcia was to give him a season of professional football, including Caribbean Cup experience and hopefully see him jump to the Senior national team. Meanwhile, we would be marketing the player with the hope of sending him to a decent club for a couple of weeks with a transfer to follow in the Summer transfer window.
There is a Reserve league primarily for ages up to 21 which will start in October. The youth leagues will begin around February.
The reason we don't have year round youth leagues is that the players are involved in school football, so we would have no teams! There is no point in investing money in U8's -U12's if they wander off to play school football. Until a club can somehow retain the service of young players there is no point in spending limited resources in that area. The problem is that the period from 8 to 16 is where most resources should be spent.
As I mentioned last week in a lecture I gave at UWI, we spend $50,000pm on a senior coach and $0 on the U8 -U16 which is completely wrong. If we put more investment into the developing years, our players would be far better at age 16. Until the TTFA and Pro League clubs can find a way to control the development of young players, the national teams will continue to under achieve, no matter how good the coaches are at those levels.
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Ah love it ... "wander off to play school football" ... :) Good stuff.
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Levi Garcia and Nicholas Dillon were expected to attend training this week after being released by the U20's. Neither player appeared this week, missing four sessions. Neither player has contacted the club to explain their absence or request permission to play school football. Both players would have been selected in the 18 for Fridays game.
Both players were intended to play an integral role in the first team. We have three strikers: Quintero, Qian and Dillon. We cannot replace Garcia or Dillon until January so our squad is now depleted and currently stands at 20 available players including 3 keepers. If we lose two players to the National team we will be reduced to 15 outfield players.
The plan for Garcia was to give him a season of professional football, including Caribbean Cup experience and hopefully see him jump to the Senior national team. Meanwhile, we would be marketing the player with the hope of sending him to a decent club for a couple of weeks with a transfer to follow in the Summer transfer window.
There is a Reserve league primarily for ages up to 21 which will start in October. The youth leagues will begin around February.
The reason we don't have year round youth leagues is that the players are involved in school football, so we would have no teams! There is no point in investing money in U8's -U12's if they wander off to play school football. Until a club can somehow retain the service of young players there is no point in spending limited resources in that area. The problem is that the period from 8 to 16 is where most resources should be spent.
As I mentioned last week in a lecture I gave at UWI, we spend $50,000pm on a senior coach and $0 on the U8 -U16 which is completely wrong. If we put more investment into the developing years, our players would be far better at age 16. Until the TTFA and Pro League clubs can find a way to control the development of young players, the national teams will continue to under achieve, no matter how good the coaches are at those levels.
was there a meeting with parents FS .. .garcia and dillon suppose they not 100% sure about going pro and harbor thoughts about pursuing a higher education through football?
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Levi Garcia and Nicholas Dillon were expected to attend training this week after being released by the U20's. Neither player appeared this week, missing four sessions. Neither player has contacted the club to explain their absence or request permission to play school football. Both players would have been selected in the 18 for Fridays game.
Both players were intended to play an integral role in the first team. We have three strikers: Quintero, Qian and Dillon. We cannot replace Garcia or Dillon until January so our squad is now depleted and currently stands at 20 available players including 3 keepers. If we lose two players to the National team we will be reduced to 15 outfield players.
The plan for Garcia was to give him a season of professional football, including Caribbean Cup experience and hopefully see him jump to the Senior national team. Meanwhile, we would be marketing the player with the hope of sending him to a decent club for a couple of weeks with a transfer to follow in the Summer transfer window.
There is a Reserve league primarily for ages up to 21 which will start in October. The youth leagues will begin around February.
The reason we don't have year round youth leagues is that the players are involved in school football, so we would have no teams! There is no point in investing money in U8's -U12's if they wander off to play school football. Until a club can somehow retain the service of young players there is no point in spending limited resources in that area. The problem is that the period from 8 to 16 is where most resources should be spent.
As I mentioned last week in a lecture I gave at UWI, we spend $50,000pm on a senior coach and $0 on the U8 -U16 which is completely wrong. If we put more investment into the developing years, our players would be far better at age 16. Until the TTFA and Pro League clubs can find a way to control the development of young players, the national teams will continue to under achieve, no matter how good the coaches are at those levels.
was there a meeting with parents FS .. .garcia and dillon suppose they not 100% sure about going pro and harbor thoughts about pursuing a higher education through football?
We met with both of Levi's parents before the U20's. They are very supportive of both Nathaniel & Levi. We have had several conversations since and we will meet again next week.
Dillon did exactly this last year. He came back in December and said he was through with school football. He is not there for educational reasons and I believe he doesn't attend classes regularly, if at all. How can he drop out of school last December and then be readmitted again in August? Surely there are more deserving kids out there who would like to attend Naps. It is a school, after all.
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FS, this is why they should not be able to play SSFL once they go pro.
And you guys need to fine them.
These f00ckers in T&T real dotish sah.
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These players want the easiest path to shine.
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FS, this is why they should not be able to play SSFL once they go pro.
And you guys need to fine them.
These f00ckers in T&T real dotish sah.
Doh worry Sam, at this point, they owe us money!! And our fine system is more lenient than some clubs!!
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Disgraceful behaviour - the parents should really be stepping in here. They stay in school they'll stay children for the rest of life (I say that as a trainee maths teacher). There's a failure here, whether it's in character, in parenting, in support or in communication. We can't go on like this - the kids are shooting themselves in the foot with a smile on their face.
This is part of the reason why T&T ain't performing like it should on the NT level - how many players were just as good as Jones, Hyland, Peltier at SSFL level? How many realised that the SSFL is a drug that kills their skills while inflating their ego?
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Tabaquite crush Vishnu Boys 6-1
T&T Newsday Reports.
Tabaquite Secondary crushed Vishnu Boys 6-1 yesterday in the Central Zone of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division at Tabaquite.
Tabaquite showing no mercy against their rivals as they embarrassed them at their school grounds.
In other Central Zone match-ups, ASJA Boys drew 2-2 with Presentation Chaguanas. At the same time Miracle Ministry got the better of Couva East 1-0 in a battling effort at the end of regulation time.
In the East Zone, only one game was played with Five Rivers Secondary and Valencia High School playing to a 1-1 draw.
The match between Sangre Grande Secondary and El Dorado East did not kick off due to the condition of the playing field while the clash between Arima Central and Barataria South did not occur as the status of Arima remains unclear.
In the North, Diego Martin Central beat their neighbours Diego Martin North 3-2 while Trinity College and Queen’s Royal College had to settle for a share of the points in a 2-2 draw.
Tranquillity Secondary and Malick Secondary also played toa 1-1 tie.
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Oh oh St Anthony nuh undefeated anymore. Naps beat dem bad bad today. Final score 5-1.
Still believe Naps winning this year
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Oh oh St Anthony nuh undefeated anymore. Naps beat dem bad bad today. Final score 5-1.
Still believe Naps winning this year
And apparently there was less than 50 people (mostly parents) watching this top of the table clash. So much for the huge crowds of supporters.
Without doubt, the Intercol stage attracts a good number of supporters, but I still feel that the Pro League attracts a larger crowd, cumulatively.
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“Pappy” catches the eye as Shiva Boys edge Presentation
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com)
The extracurricular activities of 16-year-old Shiva Boys Hindu College Form Five student Levi Garcia has become a national talking point in recent days.
Trinidad and Tobago national head team coach Stephen Hart, national under-20 coach Derek King, Central FC managing director and World Cup 2006 defender Brent Sancho and Shiva Boys head coach, former “Strike Squad” stand-out Dexter Francis and a few local and foreign agents each have an opinion with regards to the talented winger’s next move.
Once more, it was Shiva Boys and not Central that secured his services this weekend; and the result was another three points for the Penal-based school as Francis’ troops edged Presentation College (San Fernando) 1-0 to climb one spot to sixth place in the SSFL Premier Division competition.
Of course, the big news yesterday was at the St Anthony’s College ground where Naparima College tamed the “Westmoorings Tigers” with a stunning 5-1 rout. It was St Anthony’s first loss of the season although captain Mawasi Charles’ team remains two points clear of second placed Naparima.
St Anthony’s has a game in hand against San Juan North too although the Tigers shouldn’t start counting their chickens yet. The San Juan schoolboys again displayed their ability to surprise yesterday with a 2-0 win over St Mary’s College at Serpentine Road in St Clair.
Elsewhere, East Mucurapo Secondary finally registered its first win of the season with a 1-0 triumph over Carapichaima East Secondary while Chaguanas North similarly edged Arima North 1-0. And there were a pair of draws too as Fatima College and St Augustine played to a 1-1 tie while Trinity College East and St Benedict’s finished goalless in Trincity.
Whereas southern travellers Naparima and St Benedict’s might have felt varying degrees of satisfaction from their journeys up the Uriah Butler Highway, it was obvious that either Presentation or Shiva Boys would end the day in a sour mood.
And Shiva Boys had Garcia.
Not for the first time, the speedy attacker seemed to settle the match despite barely showing up. Like an employee who spends most of the day on Facebook and then solves all the office’s problems at 3.45 pm, Garcia seemed to operate on the periphery of the game for much of the afternoon but still set up Shiva captain Marvin Seuradge for the winner in the 30th minute.
Seuradge finished clinically with a low strike that went in off Presentation goalkeeper Ishmael Salaam’s right hand post.
Just as decisively, perhaps, was the dismissal of Presentation defender Ayandike Francis who received a red card from referee Dave Daniel in the 24th minute after he hauled back a goalward-bound Garcia.
Presentation, despite decent build-up play on a treacherous, uneven surface, never looked likely to score thereafter and striker Levon Bass was an isolated figure upfront.
This was the sort of game where supporters are forced to applaud perseverance and pace. What else is possible on a surface as dodgy as Life Sport’s un-tendered contracts?
But then why did 15-year-old Shiva midfielder Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel look so comfortable on the most uneven section of the field of all?
Read More (http://wired868.com/2014/09/28/pappy-catches-the-eye-as-shiva-boys-edge-presentation/)
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Naparima tame Tigers 5-1.
T&T Express Reports.
Naparima College caused a huge upset yesterday when they hammered St Anthony’s College 5-1 for the Tigers’ first defeat in the 2014 campaign at their home ground in Westmoorings.
Jabari Mitchell got a double, while Nicholas Dillon, Matieon Watson and Stephon Smith were the other heroes for the southern side as the more committed Naps completely outplayed the previously unbeaten St Anthony’s. National Under-20 player Matthew Woo Ling got the lone item for the Tigers.
Despite the heavy defeat however, St Anthony’s remain at the top of the 14-team Premier Division of the BG T&T/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division standings on 18 points despite the whipping by their southern counterparts.
Naparima leapfrogged from fourth into second spot and are now on 16 points while Trinity East, who battled St Benedict’s to a 0-0 result, dropped to third on 15. Benedict’s slipped from third to fourth on 14 points.
In other Premier Division games, East Mucurapo earned their first victory of the season when they registered a 1-0 win over Carpichaima East at QRC Ground, while Chaguanas North edged Arima North 1-0 in the two games featuring the bottom four teams.
Fatima and St Augustine also grinded out a 1-1 draw at Mucurapo Road, while San Juan North bettered St Mary’s College 2-0.
Meanwhile, Shiva Boys eked out a 1-0 victory over their Southern rivals Presentation College at Lewis Street.
Yesterday’ SSFL scores Premier Division
St Anthony’s 1 (Matthew Woo Ling) vs Naparima 5 (Japabri Mitchell (2), Nicholas Dillon, Matieon Watson, Stephon Smith)
St Mary’s 0 vs San Juan North 2
Fatima 1 vs St Augustine 1
Presentation San F’do 0 vs Shiva Boys 1
Chaguanas North 1 vs Arima North 0
East Mucurapo 1 vs Carapichaima East 0
Trinity 0 vs St Benedict’s 0
Yesterday’ SSFL scores Championship Division
Tobago Zone
Roxborough 1 vs Goodwood 0
Speyside 1 vs Pentecostal L&L 0
Scarborough vs Bishop’s High (game aborted due to fracas)
Central Zone
Tabaquite 6 vs Vishnu Boys 1
ASJA Boys 2 vs Presentation Chag 2
Couva East 0 vs Miracle Ministry 1
North Zone
Diego Martin North 2 vs Diego Martin Central 3
Trinity 2 vs QRC 2
Tranquillity 1 vs Malick 1
East Zone
Sangre Grande vs El Dorado East - (did not play, unfit field)
Five Rivers 2 vs Valencia 2
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Tigers tamed again; San Juan giants subdue St Anthony’s
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com)
Anyone who believes you shouldn’t kick someone when they are down should look away now.
A 5-1 hammering from Naparima College on Saturday became two defeats in a row today as St Anthony’s College again surrendered home advantage with a 3-2 loss against San Juan North in Westmoorings.
On Wednesday, the “Westmoorings Tigers” will play their third match in five days—due to today’s rescheduled fixture—and there is no time for self-pity. A loss to St Mary’s College on Serpentine Road would almost certainly see a change in leadership at the top of the SSFL Premier League with second place Naparima College primed to pounce.
San Juan North, Trinity College East and St Benedict’s College, who all trail St Anthony’s by three points, might be smelling blood too. Although St Benedict’s might regret dropping two points this afternoon in another rescheduled fixture after being held goalless by Chaguanas North in La Romaine.
The aura of invincibility has left Westmoorings for now. But it would be a mistake to think the Tigers have imploded.
It is not that St Anthony’s played badly this afternoon. Rather, San Juan was just too disciplined and stubborn and made maximum effect of its main assets in ex-Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 striker Brent Sam and national under-20 defender Josiah Trimmingham.
Sam, a beanpole striker who stands well over six feet, came to international prominence two years ago when he scored seven goals on his competitive debut for the national under-17s in a CONCACAF record 23-0 thrashing of the British Virgin Islands. But he failed to advance to the national under-20 team which used St Ann’s Rangers attacker Kadeem Corbin upfront instead.
It might not impress under-20 coach Derek King that Sam’s performances are at schoolboy level, particularly as the lanky striker made his Pro League debut earlier this year for San Juan Jabloteh. Like Levi Garcia (Shiva Boys HC), Nicholas Dillon (Naparima) and his club and school teammate Trimmingham, Sam is not ready to leave the SSFL behind just yet.
Say what you like about the arena Sam chooses to compete in; but, for more reasons than one, it is impossible to miss his gifts.
Sam towered over everyone else on the field. When he leapt for the ball, St Anthony’s captain Mawasi Charles would have needed a ladder to compete and CAL aircrafts probably had to adjust their flight patterns.
But there was more to the San Juan captain than aerial presence. The ball stuck to his chest like a magnet to a fridge and, on the ground, his balance and nimbleness were at odds with his improbably height.
One sensed St Anthony’s was always going to have its hands full with this green-shirted giant.
But the Tigers had a trump card as well with playmaker Matthew Woo Ling, yet another national under-20 player, in an artistic mood.
And so the game took shape with San Juan forced back on its heels as Woo Ling led his gang of Tigers forward; only for the boys from Bourg Mulattrasse to respond with long punts out from the back that Sam plucked from the sky and turned into counter attacks.
St Anthony’s might have opened the scoring through a Woo Ling free kick that missed the top corner in the 12th minute. Then, 13 minutes later, Trimmingham was inches away with a header off a Kyle Mack corner kick as the game see-sawed between St Anthony’s probing attacks from open play and San Juan’s set piece threats.
In a match that featured two of school football’s most lethal finishers, San Juan’s Sam and St Anthony’s Kwesi “Jep” Allen, defensive concentration was key.
St Anthony’s defender Nicholas Moyou failed to spot Sam’s run in the 33rd minute, though, and the latter player clinically dispatched the ball low and hard into the far corner to open the scoring.
But San Juan could not hold on.
“You do that one more time and you will be on the bench doing it!” San Juan coach Jerry Moe shouted at defender Hakeem Wilson, who was taking too many liberties at the back.
A minute later, though, St Anthony’s conjured its equaliser from that same flank as Adriel Kerr whipped in a cross which Allen deftly deflected past San Juan custodian Sterling Sween from close range.
Moe looked as if he was watching a hoodlum key his car.
The San Juan schoolboys bent; but they did not break.
Woo Ling released Allen, in the 55th minute, and Jep’s stinging, angled left footed effort knocked Sween flat on his back. Somehow, the custodian still managed to turn the shot around his near post for a corner.
And, in the 62nd minute, Allen could not reproduce such alertness in his defensive duties as San Juan went ahead off a set piece that defender Levi O’Brien headed in off the underside of the bar.
Now it was St Anthony’s coach Nigel Grosvenor’s time to moan.
“That was your man, Jep!” shouted Grosvenor, with a pained expression.
By then, San Juan midfielders were following Woo Ling around in the same diligent manner that security guards shadow a Head of State. And, without fever-stricken attacker Darius Olliviera, St Anthony’s lacked the extra quality upfront to dismantle its stubborn visitors.
Trimmingham rubbed salt in the Tigers’ wounds in the 76th minute as he met a weak, headed clearance from an opposing defender with a dipping 40-yard volley that doubled San Juan’s advantage.
Grosvenor gave 14-year-old goalkeeper Oba Augustin a rare start between the uprights today and there were glimpses of potential. But Augustin might need counselling after conceding from that distance.
Trimmingham probably could not repeat that strike if he tried a dozen times.
St Anthony’s pulled a goal back in the 80th minute as substitute Andrew Rullow headed home from a Woo Ling corner. But San Juan killed the game off effectively with time wasting near either corner flag.
It wrapped up a miserable three day spell for the Tigers. And it could get even worse on Wednesday afternoon if St Mary’s has its way.
(Teams)
San Juan North (4-1-3-2): 26.Sterling Sween (GK); 2.Dexter McDowell (12.Warren Chase), 3.Hakeem Wilson, 24.Levi O’Brien, 6.Jamal Roach; 20.Josiah Trimmingham; 21.Kyle Mack (26.Romario Rochard 38), 25.Kyle Williams, 18.Marcus Rosales; 22.Jermell Britto (5.Shayon Eustace 80), 9.Brent Sam (captain).
Unused substitutes: 1.D’Eandre Villaroel (GK), 4.Kenyan Huggins, 11.Jeankeon Alexander, 17.Oneel Jarvis.
Coach: Jerry Moe
St Anthony’s College (4-2-3-1): 22.Oba Augustin (GK); 2.Jared Flament, 15.Nicholas Moyou, 23.Mawasi Charles, 18.Simon Joseph; 6.Leon Whyle, 14.Matthew Woo Ling; 11.Adriel Kerr (19.Andrew Rullow 57), 25.Shakeen Patrick, 17.Raheem Borde; 10.Kwesi Allen.
Unused substitutes: 1.Carlton Alfonso (GK), 3.Shaquille Sandy, 5.Keston Herrera, 8.Jules Lee, 12.Matthaeus Granger, 21.Brent Joel.
Coach: Nigel Grosvenor
Referee: Eustace Benjamin.
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Now San Juan stop St Anthony’s
T&T Express Reports.
St Anthony’s College suffered another setback on home turf yesterday when San Juan North Secondary inflicted a 3-2 defeat on the leaders in one of two rescheduled matches in the Premier Division of the BG T&T/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League.
Leaders St Anthony’s who suffered a 5-1 hammering on Saturday at their Westmoorings base against Naparima College, came off second best once more yesterday, as San Juan were never headed once Brent Sam gave them the lead.
The “Tigers” got an equaliser from Kwesi Allen, but further goals by Levi O’Brien and Josiah Trimmingham put the game out of St Anthony’s reach before Andrew Rollo got a consolation item for the home side.
The defeat, St Anthony’s second in a row, means that their lead that was once five points, is now down to two.
The win for San Juan moved them into third place, three points off the leaders, while Naparima College remain second. Naps’ southern rivals St Benedict’s however, could not take full advantage of St Anthony’s slip-up as they were held to a goalless draw by Chaguanas North Secondary in La Romain.
San Juan, Trinity East and Benedict’s are all locked on 15 points with only goal difference separating the trio.
Yesterday’s Results:
St Anthony’s 2 (Kwesi Allen, Andrew Rollo) v San Juan North 3 (Brent Sam, Levi O’Brien. Josiah Trimmingham)
St Benedict’s 0 v Chaguanas North 0
Standings [Premier Division]
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
St Anthony’s 8 6 0 2 27 9 18
Naparima 8 5 1 2 19 11 16
San Juan North 8 5 0 3 20 12 15
Trinity East 8 4 3 1 15 9 15
St Benedict’s 8 4 3 1 10 5 15
St Mary’s 8 3 3 2 11 8 12
Shiva Boys 8 4 0 4 15 12 12
St Augustine 8 2 4 2 12 13 10
Fatima College 8 2 3 3 8 14 9
Carapichaima East 8 2 3 3 5 13 9
Chaguanas North 8 2 2 4 4 11 8
Arima North 8 2 1 5 10 15 7
Presentation S/do 8 2 0 6 9 14 6
East Mucurapo 8 1 1 6 6 15 4
Premier Division Fixtures
Tomorrow: (All matches kick off at 3.45 pm)
St Mary’s College vs St Anthony’s, St Mary’s Ground
Naparima College vs Fatima College, Lewis St, San Fernando
San Juan North vs Presentation San Fernando, San Juan
St Augustine vs Chaguanas North, St Augustine
Shiva Boys HC vs East Mucurapo, Guaracara Park
Arima North vs Trinity College, Arima
Carapichaima East vs St Benedict’s, Carapichaima
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Speyside beat Pentecostal in SSFL Championship
T&T Newsday Reports.
SPEYSIDE DEFEATED Pentecostal Light and Life 1-0 in the Tobago Zone of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division on Saturday.
Speyside were awarded a penalty which they were able to capitalise on, courtesy of captain Samson Caesar.
There were another 1-0 result in the sister isle, with Roxborough getting the better of Goodwood.
But, in the fixture between Scarborough and Bishop’s High, Scarborough were in a 2-0 lead before the game was abandoned due to a fracas on the field.
STANDINGS
P W D L F A Pts
Speyside 6 5 1 0 21 4 16
Signal Hill 6 4 2 0 19 4 14
Pentecostal 6 2 3 1 8 5 9
Roxborough 6 2 1 3 5 14 7
Scarborough 5 1 2 2 6 10 5
Goodwood 6 0 2 4 0 12 2
Bishop’s 5 0 1 4 3 13 1
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Fyzabad embarrass Mayaro
T&T Newsday Reports.
FYZABAD embarrassed Mayaro 12-0 on Sunday in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division Girls South Zone.
Fyzabad showed no sympathy towards their hosts, as they produced one of the more one-sided victories of the season.
Point Fortin and Debe Secondary drew 1-1 in the other South Zone meeting, with Kayla Prince scoring for Point Fortin while Shanelle Arjoon found the back of the net for Debe.
In the North Zone, Bishop’s Anstey prevailed 2-0 over St Joseph Convent while Success Laventille beat Tranquility 2-1.
Another North Zone game saw Providence do battle with St Francois but, unfortunately, no goals were scored.
Chevonne John of Bishop Anstey East scored two goals while her teammate Jalene Sobers scored one to give the hosts a 3-0 win over St George’s.
And, in the sister isle, Bishop’s High edged Speyside 1-0 with a goal from Denicia Manning.
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Tight at the top in Prem Division
By Garth Wattley (Express).
The chasing pack are now right on the heels of the wounded Tigers from St Anthony’s College, and the current leaders of the Premier Division will be in desperate need of a win this afternoon when action in the BG T&T/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League continues.
After consecutive defeats—5-1 and 3-2—against Naparima College and San Juan North Secondary respectively, previously unbeaten Sy Anthony’s find themselves with just a two-point lead over second-placed Naps, with San Juan leading a group of three teams who are just a further point behind. Things have got tight with five games to go in the title race, so despite playing their third game in five days, St Anthony’s will have to find a way to lift themselves against St Mary’s College who they visit this afternoon.
A match against their keen North Zone rivals would not have been the type of fixture coach Nigel Grosvenor might have preferred to get his team out of their current rough patch. But St Mary’s themselves have been struggling, having taken just two points from their last four games, which have also included consecutive losses against Shiva Boys Hindu College and San Juan. The need by both sides for full points, if nothing else, should make for a gripping game.
Naparima meanwhile, bolstered by their big win on the weekend, will be looking to take down another North Zone team when Fatima College visit them at Lewis Street. Naps have steadily worked their way up the table on the back of some heavy scoring in their last three games since a 3-0 defeat to old rivals St Benedict’s. Naparima have found the net 13 times since then, so Fatima, down in the bottom half of the table and just one point outside of the relegation zone, should brace themselves.
This afternoon could also prove important to San Juan who host relegation-threatened Presentation College San Fernando. A victory for the Bourg Mulatresse side would keep them within striking distance of the top spot.
For Presentation, however, any point will do, but for that to happen, they will likely have to score, which they haven’t done in their last three fixtures.
These are also crucial times for fourth-from-bottom Chaguanas North, Arima North and cellar-placed East Mucurapo Secondary. Chaguanas did themselves some good by earning a 0-0 draw at St Benedict’s in a rescheduled game on Monday that moved them out of the bottom three. That showing should encourage them on their visit to mid-table St Augustine Secondary.
Third-from-last Arima, beaten by Chaguanas on the weekend, travel to Trinity East, while Mucurapo, who earned their first win of the season on Saturday after beating Carapichaima East Secondary, take on Shiva Boys at Guaracara Park.
In the other match in the division, Carapichaima host St Benedict’s.
In Tobago, leaders Speyside Secondary will seek to press for a spot in the national Big Four playoffs when they host Bishop’s High School whose last match against Scarborough Secondary was aborted following a brawl between the teams.
Meanwhile, Signal Hill Secondary, two points behind, take on Scarborough at Signal Hill. In the other match, Goodwood play Pentecostal Light and Light. All matches begin at 3.45 p.m.
Today’s SSFL Fixtures
Premier Division
St Mary’s vs St Anthony’s, St Mary’s
Naparima vs Fatima, Lewis Street
San Juan North vs Presentation San F’do
St Augustine vs Chaguanas North, St Augustine
Shiva Boys vs East Mucurapo, Guaracara Park
Arima North vs Trinity East, Arima
Carapichaima East vs St Benedict’s, Carapichaima
Tobago Zone
Signal Hill vs Scarborough, Signal Hill
Speyside vs Bishop’s High, Speyside
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Three teams get Adidas kit.
T&T Express Reports.
Players on the Queen’s Royal College, Trinity College and St Anthony’s College football teams will be stepping out on the field in style this season, thanks to sponsorship of brand new Adidas uniforms by CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.
The sponsorship represents CIBC FirstCaribbean’s partnership with Matchkit, a new company focused on providing top-quality equipment and development programmes.
As the authorised wholesale dealer of the international sports apparel brand Adidas, Matchkit will supply the uniforms for the three teams through sponsorship from CIBC FirstCaribbean.
Speaking at the media launch to announce the collaboration at the VIP Room of the Hasely Crawford Stadium earlier this week, CIBC FirstCaribbean managing director, Duane Hinkson said the bank was pleased to partner with Matchkit and the three schools.
“Sport is a key area to drive youth forward. It teaches them the value of being on a team working toward common goals and genuinely supporting your team members to collectively achieve. At CIBC FirstCaribbean, we are committed to programmes that centre on youth development such as this one so that they continue to learn, excel and lead by example,” Hinkson said.
Brent Sancho, Matchkit’s managing director, said the company was launched in an effort to provide players with the best and commended CIBC FirstCaribbean for its contribution towards this vision. “CIBC FirstCaribbean shares our philosophy to support our young teams, especially secondary schools, and they must be commended for sponsoring these top schools,” Sancho said. “Matchkit is fully committed to local sports and we, with Adidas, are ready for the challenge to effect positive change.”
Also present at the launch was Trinity College manager Tevon Lerose, who spoke on behalf of the three schools. He said: “It is good to see the corporate world reaching out to schools and we thank CIBC FirstCaribbean for their sponsorship.”
The Matchkit company intends to work with more schools in the future and Hinkson added that the bank looks forward to a long-term relationship and expanding its reach within the local youth sport circuit alongside the sports company.
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New gear: Players, from left, from St Anthony’s College, Queen’s Royal College and Trinity College, proudly display their new, branded Adidas uniforms provided by Matchkit through sponsorship by CIBC FirstCaribbean.
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Correct me if I am wrong but in Jamaica doesn't Flow sponsor the uniforms for all teams. Not sure if it is the senior league or school boy football. That is where we should be heading. I hope that it does not stop at just some "high profile" teams.
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Three teams get Adidas kit.
T&T Express Reports.
Players on the Queen’s Royal College, Trinity College and St Anthony’s College football teams will be stepping out on the field in style this season, thanks to sponsorship of brand new Adidas uniforms by CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.
The sponsorship represents CIBC FirstCaribbean’s partnership with Matchkit, a new company focused on providing top-quality equipment and development programmes.
As the authorised wholesale dealer of the international sports apparel brand Adidas, Matchkit will supply the uniforms for the three teams through sponsorship from CIBC FirstCaribbean.
Speaking at the media launch to announce the collaboration at the VIP Room of the Hasely Crawford Stadium earlier this week, CIBC FirstCaribbean managing director, Duane Hinkson said the bank was pleased to partner with Matchkit and the three schools.
“Sport is a key area to drive youth forward. It teaches them the value of being on a team working toward common goals and genuinely supporting your team members to collectively achieve. At CIBC FirstCaribbean, we are committed to programmes that centre on youth development such as this one so that they continue to learn, excel and lead by example,” Hinkson said.
Brent Sancho, Matchkit’s managing director, said the company was launched in an effort to provide players with the best and commended CIBC FirstCaribbean for its contribution towards this vision. “CIBC FirstCaribbean shares our philosophy to support our young teams, especially secondary schools, and they must be commended for sponsoring these top schools,” Sancho said. “Matchkit is fully committed to local sports and we, with Adidas, are ready for the challenge to effect positive change.”
Also present at the launch was Trinity College manager Tevon Lerose, who spoke on behalf of the three schools. He said: “It is good to see the corporate world reaching out to schools and we thank CIBC FirstCaribbean for their sponsorship.”
The Matchkit company intends to work with more schools in the future and Hinkson added that the bank looks forward to a long-term relationship and expanding its reach within the local youth sport circuit alongside the sports company.
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New gear: Players, from left, from St Anthony’s College, Queen’s Royal College and Trinity College, proudly display their new, branded Adidas uniforms provided by Matchkit through sponsorship by CIBC FirstCaribbean.
So Sancho help get this Adidas kit deal for 3 teams in North but yet he club based in Central. Shouldn't he at least help teams in his community?
Ent Central does use Chaguanas Seconday School field, why de f00ck he didn't add them in de deal too?
At least he coulda split up de support.
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Three teams get Adidas kit.
T&T Express Reports.
Players on the Queen’s Royal College, Trinity College and St Anthony’s College football teams will be stepping out on the field in style this season, thanks to sponsorship of brand new Adidas uniforms by CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.
The sponsorship represents CIBC FirstCaribbean’s partnership with Matchkit, a new company focused on providing top-quality equipment and development programmes.
As the authorised wholesale dealer of the international sports apparel brand Adidas, Matchkit will supply the uniforms for the three teams through sponsorship from CIBC FirstCaribbean.
Speaking at the media launch to announce the collaboration at the VIP Room of the Hasely Crawford Stadium earlier this week, CIBC FirstCaribbean managing director, Duane Hinkson said the bank was pleased to partner with Matchkit and the three schools.
“Sport is a key area to drive youth forward. It teaches them the value of being on a team working toward common goals and genuinely supporting your team members to collectively achieve. At CIBC FirstCaribbean, we are committed to programmes that centre on youth development such as this one so that they continue to learn, excel and lead by example,” Hinkson said.
Brent Sancho, Matchkit’s managing director, said the company was launched in an effort to provide players with the best and commended CIBC FirstCaribbean for its contribution towards this vision. “CIBC FirstCaribbean shares our philosophy to support our young teams, especially secondary schools, and they must be commended for sponsoring these top schools,” Sancho said. “Matchkit is fully committed to local sports and we, with Adidas, are ready for the challenge to effect positive change.”
Also present at the launch was Trinity College manager Tevon Lerose, who spoke on behalf of the three schools. He said: “It is good to see the corporate world reaching out to schools and we thank CIBC FirstCaribbean for their sponsorship.”
The Matchkit company intends to work with more schools in the future and Hinkson added that the bank looks forward to a long-term relationship and expanding its reach within the local youth sport circuit alongside the sports company.
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New gear: Players, from left, from St Anthony’s College, Queen’s Royal College and Trinity College, proudly display their new, branded Adidas uniforms provided by Matchkit through sponsorship by CIBC FirstCaribbean.
So Sancho help get this Adidas kit deal for 3 teams in North but yet he club based in Central. Shouldn't he at least help teams in his community?
Ent Central does use Chaguanas Seconday School field, why de f00ck he didn't add them in de deal too?
At least he coulda split up de support.
Numerous companies across the country were approached by MatchKit to sponsor Secondary Schools' uniforms for the season. CIBC First Caribbean International Bank were the only sponsor to accept the deal and they selected the schools that they would have preferred to sponsor.
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Three teams get Adidas kit.
T&T Express Reports.
Players on the Queen’s Royal College, Trinity College and St Anthony’s College football teams will be stepping out on the field in style this season, thanks to sponsorship of brand new Adidas uniforms by CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.
F.U.B.U
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Naps on top as Tigers falter in SSFL Premier Division
T&T Express Reports.
Naparima College leapfrogged St Anthony’s College yesterday to replace the Westmoorings side atop the BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division after nine rounds of football.
“Naps”, who beat Fatima College 2-0 at Lewis Street, owe St Mary’s College a thank you note, though, as the “Saints” took full advantage of home advantage and a sloppy “Tigers” team to earn full points at Serpentine Road, St Clair.
The Tigers now sit third on goal difference after San Juan North, another team prowling behind the previous leaders, trounced Presentation College San Fernando 4-1 to slip into second on goal difference.
Trinity College also joined the Tigers on 18 points with a 2-1 win away to Arima North Secondary, while St Augustine’s 1-1 home draw against Chaguanas Secondary saw them edge close to a tight bunch atop the standings, but not close enough to enter the top three.
The Tigers would have needed the win as much as mid-table side St Mary’s particularly as they aimed to arrest the slide that saw them follow a perfect six wins with three straight defeats after yesterday.
But it was their own ineffectiveness in front of goal that would haunt them more than their disjointed midfield, or sometimes shaky defence. The Tigers heaped the pressure on the Saints in the second half after conceding just before the break, but chance after change went a-begging, and the former returned to Diego Martin with no straight points and their confidence battered.
An even first half finished a good one for the home team after forward Ethan Shim took advantage of some lacklustre marking in the 43rd. Hardly bothered as he skirted the touchline, Shim cut in towards the penalty area and, uncontested as he continued along the angle, found enough space to beat St Anthony’s goalkeeper Oba Augustine.
St Mary’s were more organised and kept to their game plan in the second half, looking to possess the ball and build going forward. Fortunately for them, although they were without the ball for long period, the frustrated Tigers broke down into individual runs and ineffectual flank play that posed little threat.
The final 15 minutes was full of drama, with a couple of yellow cards issued, but more importantly, with St Anthony’s surging forward looking for the vital equaliser. One little fan, perhaps too young to wear the school’s uniform, pleaded with their attacking players: “please, please score”.
Those please went unheard. National Under-20 midfield Matthew Woo Ling was not effective in midfield or set plays, although he put in a beauty of a corner that Jules Lee could only bundle wide. It typified their match that Woo Ling put wide the final attack of the match, a corner kick.
There were six Tigers chances in the last ten minutes plus stoppage time, at least three within 12 metres. The strikers either failed to shoot or never bothered the target. St Mary’s had a run late on from captain Marcus Mottley, whose rising shot was only just over.
In the end it may be a confidence problem after back-to-back losses, but it is something veteran coach Nigel Grosvenor needs to fix quite quickly if St Anthony’s are to put their season back on track and challenge for the League title.
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Naps storm to SSFL lead as ‘Tigers’ lose third straight.
By Andrew Gioannetti (Guardian).
Naparima College made a remarkable leap to the top of the BGTT First Citizens Secondary Schools’ Football League (SSFL) Standings, yesterday, after securing a 2-0 win over Fatima College, while previous leader St Anthony’s College lost for the third consecutive time.
At Lewis St, San Fernando, “Naps” stand-outs Jabari Mitchell and Nicholas Dillon scored on either side of the half, to see their school to the top of the 14-team standings for the first time this season, while up North, St Mary’s College added to the “Tigers’” demise, as the “Saints” secured a 1-0 win at Serpentine Road. Incredibly, St Anthonys’ loss was its third in six days. That, following a run of six wins. Ethan Shim scored the lone goal for St Mary’s roughly five minutes from the end of the first half.
For the new league leaders, Mitchell, one of the most influential players for the team scored his fourth goal in three matches to give Naparima the lead in the 27th minute. The same period of time then elapsed in the second half, before Naps found breathing room with a second goal. Dillon, who came on as a substitute in the 58th minute, scored the second goal of the match and his fourth of the season in the 72nd minute. His goal was assisted by none other than Mitchell.
The change in fortunes, particularly between St Anthony’s and Naparima, has ensured a keen battle to the finish with only four matches remaining in the regular league season.
In other results, Shiva Boys Hindu College continued its incline of form with a 3-1 win over East Mucurapo with Quinn Rodney again on target with a double. Another national player, winger Levi Garcia also scored for the South Zone team.
Presentation College, the reigning Big-Five champion continued its struggles with a 4-1 loss to San juan North. The “Pres Lions” remained second from bottom, while San Juan North kept up the pressure on the league leaders. “Bourg” currently occupies second place, joint with St Anthony’s, Trinity East (2-1 winner over Arima North) and St Benedict’s (2-0 winner over Carapichaima East).
Yesterday’s Results:
Premier Division
St Mary’s College 1 (Ethan Shim 40th) v St Anthony’s 0
Naparima College 2 (Jabari Mitchell 27th, Nicholas Dillon 72nd) v Fatima College 0
St Benedict’s 2 (Anthony Herbert, Judah St Louis) v Carapichaima East 0
San Juan North 4 (Josiah Trimmingham, Brent Sam 3) v Presentation San F’do 1
St Augustine 1 (Brandon Samuel) v Chaguanas North 1 (Mallik Campbell)
Shiva Boys 3 (Quinn Rodney 15th, 61st, Levi Garcia 70th) v East Mucurapo 1 (Tekay Hoyce 3rd)
Trinity College 2 v Arima North 1
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Ethan Shim, right, tries to muscle his way past Jared Flament of St Anthony’s College during a Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division clash yesterday. Shim scored in the first half as St Mary’s won the contest 1-0, on home turf, to help Naparima College move to the top of the standings, while moving St Anthony’s into second. Photo: Anthony Harris
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Come on Tigers arrest this slide! Like Grovey eh crackin de whip aought?!
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Signal Hill dim ‘Light and Life’
Top teams win in Premier Div, but in Tobago...
By Kern De Freitas (Express).
Signal Hill Secondary got their expected victory over Pentecostal Light and Life yesterday at Signal Hill’s school compound but were made to labour more than they would hope for three points in the Tobago Zone of the BG T&T/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League.
In the Premier Division in Trinidad, leaders Naparima College banged in eight goals without reply-Jabari Mitchell getting a hat-trick—as they beat Chaguanas North Secondary, while San Juan North Secondary and former leaders St Anthony’s College enjoyed 2-0 and 6-1 wins respectively.
At Signal Hill, a 1-0 result would have been good for the ten-time national champs but not for former national senior coach Bertille St Clair, who assumed his overseeing role at Signal Hill from a distance, as is his custom.
It was the same type of football regular onlookers would expect from Tobago teams in sloppy conditions brought on by the weekend’s tropical wave: direct, rugged, played in condensed space by speedy players.
But the play was not always cohesive, and sometimes the beauty in it was lost by a bunched midfield or ugly, desperate defending.
Luckily, it wasn’t dull despite the persistent drizzle, as Light and Life kept trying to press forward and should have had the late equaliser through substitute Rodell Douglas, while Signal Hill should have trotted home by a greater margin but for lukewarm finishing.
Light and Life chased the game for the entire first half. The first decent touch they had was a clearance that went for a corner before the referee’s watch had struck a minute. The second was goalkeeper Jo-Randi Reid picking the ball out of his own net, due largely to his own lack of awareness and late reaction, as winger Axcel George fired his corner, perhaps fortuitously, along the crossbar, and it dipped late.
Reid seemed to spot the danger late and his flailing attempt at a punch hit air. He turned to see the ball nestling into his net as Signal Hill celebrated.
To their credit, Light and Life were not intimidated but knew they were outmatched. Still, within the first 15 minutes the visitors had two chances, Shakeem Irine with a fierce drive from 30 metres that was narrowly wide, and a one on one where Brian Williams was second best to Ajerie Vermin in Signal Hill goal.
On the half hour Jabari Francis also tried his luck from 25 metres, while Kareem Phillips also forced Fermin to tip over with a beauty of a free kick from similar range.
Truth be told, though, Signal Hill should have had a bigger lead by the break. Antonio Pantin was a constant thorn with his speed and crosses from the right, and also had his shot cleared off the line from Jokiah Leacock after a horrible error from Reid.
The hosts kept most of the possession and pressure, and also had two close range chances from go a-begging.
Keiroy Murray, Ackel Carrington and Nkosi Chance all made a meal of close range shots on the break, two of which were saved by Reid. At the other end, Douglas hit the post off a corner and Francis punted wide in the final minutes, only to scare a Signal Hill, but not enough.
Yesterday’s SSFL Results:
Premier Division:
St Anthony’s 6 (Andrew Rullow, Matthew Woo Ling 2, Kwesi Allen 2, Raheem Borde) v Fatima 1
San Juan 2 v East Mucurapo 0
Naparima 8 (Nicholas Dillon 3, Jabari Mitchell, Martieon Watson, Iasaih Hudson, Jeremiah Kezar, Aalon Minors) v Chaguanas North 0
Shiva Boys 2 (Jerry Ramdeo, Levi Garcia [P]) v St Benedict’s 1 (Meriba Des Cartes)
Presentation San Fernando 1 (Kyle Moodie) v St Mary’s 0
St Augustine 1 v Trinity East 1
Carapichaima East 2 v Arima North 1
Tobago Zone:
Signal Hill 1 v Penecostal L&L 0
Roxborough 0 v Speyside 15
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Naparima maintains lead in SSFL with huge win.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Nicholas Dillon scored a hat-trick as Naparima College crushed Chaguanas North 8-0 to maintain its top position in the premier division of the BGTT/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL), at Chaguanas, yesterday.
Dillon was on target in the 20th, 48th and 64th minute as “Naps” kept its one point advantage at the top of the standings after ten rounds of action. Chaguanas was still in with a chance at halftime, as Naparima led 2-0 behind Dillon’s first goal and Jabari Mitchell’s item in the 30th minute.
However, Chaguanas fell apart in the second half conceding six goals. Jeremiah Kazar and Isaiah Hudson were also among the scorers. It was raining goals in Westmoorings, as home team St Anthony’s thumped north rivals Fatima 6-1.
National youth player Matthew Woo Ling struck a second half hat-trick (60th, 71st, 90th +2) as the “Tigers” held on to second place in the standings. Also finding the back of the net for St Anthony’s were Kwesi Allen (32nd), Andrew Rullow (63rd) and Raheem Borde (75th).
Also recording victories yesterday were Presentation College (San Fernando), San Juan North, Shiva Boys and Carapichaima East. The only draw on the day was a 1-1 finish between Trinity East and St Augustine.
Teams
Naparima College: 25.Akeem Awong (GK); 2.Nicholas Thomas (29.Jeremiah Kezar 69th), 19.Stephon Smith, 4.Amritt Gildharry (capt), 3.Khris Stroud; 6.Martieon Watson, 11.Shane Sandy (15.Jordan Sandy 55th); 33.Isaiah Hudson, 34.Jabari Mitchell, 8.Michael Basdeo; 20.Nicholas Dillon (14.Aalon Minors 80th).
Unused substitutes: 30.Enrique Changiah (GK), 12.Jarred Dass, 18.Ocean Gayah, 28.Shobal Celestine.
Coach: Travis Mulraine.
Chaguanas North: 22.Aaron Best (GK); 14.Isaiah Cadogan (13.Keston Boyke 46th), 5.Chad Paul, 45.Horatio Charles, 18.Carim Kellar (80.Quisnel Gittens 88th); 12.Marcellus Pacific (99.Jesse Frank 13th); 19.Nicholas Patrick, 11.Phillip John, 77.Malik Campbell, 9.Mattias Williams [Red card 78]; 7.Lewis Johnson.
Coach: Nicholas Griffith.
Referee: Jeeva Hosein.
Results & Standings
Premier Division
St Anthony’s 6 (Kwesi Allen 32, Matthew Woo Ling 60, 71, 91, Andrew Rullow 63, Raheem Borde 75) vs Fatima 1 (Marquise Hoyte 44)
Presentation San F’do 1 (Kyle Moodie) vs St Mary’s College 0
Chaguanas North 0 vs Naparima 8 (Nicholas Dillon 20, 46, 64, Jabari Mitchell 30, Martieon Watson 80, Jeremiah Kezar 84, Aalon Minors 86, Isaiah Hudson 89)
East Mucurapo 0 vs San Juan North 2 (Brent Sam 2)
Trinity East 1 (Sean Bonval) vs St Augustine 1 (Kwinsi Williams)
Shiva Boys 2 (69 Own Goal, Levi Garcia 90-Pen) vs St Benedict’s 1 (Mariba Des Cartes 74)
Carapichaima East 2 (Larry Brown 5, Darion Thomas 40) vs Arima North 1 (M. Mitchell 30th)
Standings
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Naparima 10 7 1 2 29 11 22
St Anthony’s 10 7 0 3 33 11 21
San Juan North 10 7 0 3 26 13 21
Trinity East 10 5 4 1 18 11 19
St Benedict’s 10 5 3 1 13 7 18
Shiva Boys 10 6 0 4 20 14 18
St Mary’s 10 4 3 3 12 9 15
St Augustine 10 2 6 2 14 15 12
Carapichaima East 10 3 3 4 7 16 12
Pre S’do 10 3 0 7 11 18 9
Fatima 10 2 3 5 8 16 9
Chaguanas North 10 2 3 5 5 20 9
Arima North 10 2 1 7 12 19 7
East Mucurapo 10 1 1 8 7 20 4
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Come on Fatima climb outta dat hole!
Weaknesses are being punished and the good teams can show just how good they are.
Good stuff
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Tabaquite crush Vishnu Boys 6-1
T&T Newsday Reports.
Tabaquite Secondary crushed Vishnu Boys 6-1 yesterday in the Central Zone of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division at Tabaquite.
Tabaquite showing no mercy against their rivals as they embarrassed them at their school grounds.
In other Central Zone match-ups, ASJA Boys drew 2-2 with Presentation Chaguanas. At the same time Miracle Ministry got the better of Couva East 1-0 in a battling effort at the end of regulation time.
In the East Zone, only one game was played with Five Rivers Secondary and Valencia High School playing to a 1-1 draw.
The match between Sangre Grande Secondary and El Dorado East did not kick off due to the condition of the playing field while the clash between Arima Central and Barataria South did not occur as the status of Arima remains unclear.
In the North, Diego Martin Central beat their neighbours Diego Martin North 3-2 while Trinity College and Queen’s Royal College had to settle for a share of the points in a 2-2 draw.
Tranquillity Secondary and Malick Secondary also played toa 1-1 tie.
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Disgraceful behaviour - the parents should really be stepping in here. They stay in school they'll stay children for the rest of life (I say that as a trainee maths teacher). There's a failure here, whether it's in character, in parenting, in support or in communication. We can't go on like this - the kids are shooting themselves in the foot with a smile on their face.
This is part of the reason why T&T ain't performing like it should on the NT level - how many players were just as good as Jones, Hyland, Peltier at SSFL level? How many realised that the SSFL is a drug that kills their skills while inflating their ego?
Sometimes parents may not be to blame. I spoke with a parent of 1 of the U20 footballers asking why he allowed his son to go back to the SSFL level.....citing all the arguments on this forum including a few not addressed here. He told me he was well aware of all these arguments but was in an almost helpless position.
He transferred his son to the school for academic reasons but the school insisted that should he attend he must play for the school. This was all before making the U20 NT. He then asked me how is he supposed to tell the school his son is not playing for them because he is crurently on the U20 NT when 1 of the reasons the school accepted him a few years ago was to play for them.
Rock and a hard place
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Let me ask a question that I've not seen posed on the forum:
Why are NT coaches (or former NT coaches) coaching SSFL, when we have an issue with young talent playing SSFL?
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If there isn't (paying) work for them elsewhere, what are they supposed to do, turn down a steady paycheck doing what they qualified to and love doing? The comparison to "young talent playing SSFL" is a non-starter.
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asylum, I really eh understand, your question. why can't theycoach high school? Is there a particular reason?
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It's not lost on me why they do, or that they do. My focus is that they coach in the environment critiqued.
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It's not lost on me why they do, or that they do. My focus is that they coach in the environment critiqued.
Then that should be a separate question, not a comparative one invoking the situation of the talented young players, who almost uniformly have better options. The inevitable answer to that separate question would be that they lack better alternatives, and so criticism of the choice would be unreasonable.
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It's not lost on me why they do, or that they do. My focus is that they coach in the environment critiqued.
Then that should be a separate question, not a comparative one invoking the situation of the talented young players, who almost uniformly have better options. The inevitable answer to that separate question would be that they lack better alternatives, and so criticism of the choice would be unreasonable.
I would caution against pre-supposing answers.
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Princes Town leads in South Zone.
By Akini Maule (Guardian).
Princes Town West Secondary solidified their lead in the south zone championship division of the Secondary Schools Football League with a 2-0 victory over Fyzabad Secondary on Friday.
Captain Anderson Toussaint scored for Princes Town early in the 14th minute while leading team goal scorer, Quacy Cooper netted in the 44th minute bringing his tally to four goals thus far.
This result separated Princes Town West from the rest of the pack. They lead the division with 13 points which include four wins, one loss and a draw. In pursuit are three schools on 10 points each. The contenders are Pleasantville Secondary, Point Fortin East Secondary and Fyzabad Secondary in that order, with goal difference being the deciding factor.
Pleasantville crushed Mayaro Secondary 7-0 on Friday, while Vessigny Secondary visited Point Fortin East and gave their host a 2-0 beating.
Pleasantville moved to second seed with three wins, one loss and a draw, but enjoy a superior goal difference over both Point Fortin and Fyzabad. Fyzabad fell from second to fourth place while Point Fortin East remain third with three wins, one loss and a draw.
Vessigny visits Princes Town tomorrow for another thriller with first seeding implications. The School Buzz will continue to capture the tight race in the south zone.
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So how does this promotion / demotion thing now work, with the restructured premier league?
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So how does this promotion / demotion thing now work, with the restructured premier league?
The bottom three schools in the Premier Division get relegated to the Championship Division.
The top two schools in the four zones in the Championship Division play a round-robin tournament (Big 8 National Playoffs). This will be two groups containing four schools. After the group stage, the top two schools in each group meet in the knockout sage (semi-finals and finals). The schools that finish in the top three spots get promoted to the Premier Division.
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Naps stay top in SSFL Premier Division.
T&T Express Reports.
Naparima College stayed atop the BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier League standings yesterday after coming from behind to defeat Trinity College East 3-1 at Lewis Street, San Fernando.
After a goalless first half, Trinity East drew first blood in the 63rd minute, but the home side reversed the equation to lead in just ten minutes, Martieon Watson supplying the goals, including a penalty, in the 69th and 73rd minutes.
Jabari Mitchell capped off a decent evening for the league leaders with an 85th minute effort.
That leaves Naparima one point ahead atop the standings with two matches left. Previous leaders St Anthony’s College, though, kept up the pressure with a 1-0 victory away to Presentation College San Fernando at Guaracara Park, Andrew Rullow providing the match’s only goal.
But San Juan North Secondary, who were previously level on points with the Westmoorings “Tigers” at the heels of the leaders, slipped back abit but remained third as they were held to a 0-0 stalemate by St Benedict’s College at their Bourg Mulatresse base.
East Mucurapo Secondary seem to be gaining confidence against North teams as they upset hosts St Mary’s College at Serpentine Road yesterday 2-0 to pick up their second victory of the season. They got goals from Glenroy Pierre and Michael Lansiquod on either side of halftime.
This season Mucurapo suffered a very poor run of form by their own standards, but they have in the latter end of their campaign secured four points with a 1-1 draw against neighbours Fatima College and a 1-0 win over Carapichaima East Secondary.
Mucurapo are still in cellar-placed owing to goal difference, but Arima North Secondary’s 3-1 whipping at the hands of home side Shiva Boys Hindu College in Penal means they are now just separated from the bottom by two goals.
Shiva Boys got their goals from Tyrell Emmanuel, Quinn Rodney and Marvin Seuradge.
Other results saw Fatima College trounce Chaguanas North Secondary 3-0 at Fatima’s Mucurapo Road Ground, while St Augustine Secondary edged Carapichaima Secondary 2-1 at St Augustine.
Yesterday’s SSFL Premier League Results:
Naparima 3 (Martieon Watson 69, 73-Pen; Jabari Mitchell 85) vs Trinity East 1 (63)
Mucurapo 2 (Glenroy Pierre 25, Michael Lansiquod 80) vs St. Mary’s College 0
St Augustine 2 (Keishawn Marcellin [2]) vs Carapichaima East 1 (Kerwin Mitchell)
Fatima 3 (Adam Pantin-Taylor 47, Kyell Lancaster 48, Marquise Hoyte 90) vs Chaguanas North 0
Shiva Boys 3 (Tyrell Emmanuel, Quinn Rodney, Marvin Seuradge) vs Arima North 1
San Juan North 0 vs St Benedict’s 0
St Anthony’s 1 (Andrew Rullow 18) vs Presentation Sando 0
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Just a question for those school football fanatics: How do schools feel about playing schools who are fielding professional players? It seems to me that certain schools are actively recruiting professional players. (I don't know if these guys get any financial benefits?)
But it seems to go against the concept of fair play or, as we used to say, an even playing field.
It also seems to breed an attitude in young professionals that will later evolve into playing minor league football without permission.
Just wondered how the other schools and players feel about it.
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For the life of me I don't understand how a player under a professional contract with a club, could be playing un-sanctioned football anywhere. That is to say, kicking even so much as a lime without the permission of his employers.
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For the life of me I don't understand how a player under a professional contract with a club, could be playing un-sanctioned football anywhere. That is to say, kicking even so much as a lime without the permission of his employers.
Bakes, I'm sure that was a rhetorical question, but anyway...
All clubs have a fine system in place. Central's is fairly lenient compared to some. A player's contract states that he can be fined or terminated for representing another team without permission. At Central F.C. we allow 3 late or absent incidents with just warnings. After that we move to fines of 15%, 30% then 50% of monthly salary. Player's such as Leston Paul, Marvin Oliver and Sean de Silva have yet to receive even a warning after three and a half months.
If a player chooses to play school football (or minor league), he will be fined 50% of monthly salary. If he fails to attend training, matches and club events, after 5 missed days he will be fined 50% per incident. Therefore, after two weeks in school football, the player will actually owe the club money!
So, clearly, financial penalties do not keep players away from school football.
Next option would be to fire the player. Problem is, the transfer window has closed and we cannot sign replacements. With a squad of 25, we had to use 3 goalkeepers against Rangers. We lost two players to school football, one with a broken leg, one with a damaged ankle, 3 with a virus. So, if we fired the school players, we may have an issue when cup and league matches start to pile up.
Also, of course, there is the potential transfer value. If we fire Garcia now, we lose any potential transfer fee. Alternatively, if we fire these talented players, come January they could sign for rival clubs and play against us. This is why I am concerned about Pro League coaches in SSFL. How can a Central F.C. player be coached by a North East Stars coach? By encouraging him to play school football, we could fire him. Guess which club he would end up with in January? Also, Central F.C. is being weakened so that North East Stars would have an advantage when we play them. Finally, it is forbidden for Pro League coaches to approach other clubs players to join their club. So how can a Pro League coach approach other clubs players to play for them in school?
There are too many loopholes and SSFL don't want to address them. In my view, TTFA needs to mediate and redefine the rules to protect everyone - schools, players and professional football.
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For the life of me I don't understand how a player under a professional contract with a club, could be playing un-sanctioned football anywhere. That is to say, kicking even so much as a lime without the permission of his employers.
Bakes, I'm sure that was a rhetorical question, but anyway...
Actually it wasn't.
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This is why I am concerned about Pro League coaches in SSFL. How can a Central F.C. player be coached by a North East Stars coach? By encouraging him to play school football, we could fire him. Guess which club he would end up with in January? Also, Central F.C. is being weakened so that North East Stars would have an advantage when we play them. Finally, it is forbidden for Pro League coaches to approach other clubs players to join their club. So how can a Pro League coach approach other clubs players to play for them in school?
There are too many loopholes and SSFL don't want to address them. In my view, TTFA needs to mediate and redefine the rules to protect everyone - schools, players and professional football.
Talk yuh talk!!! :applause:
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Next option would be to fire the player. Problem is, the transfer window has closed and we cannot sign replacements. With a squad of 25, we had to use 3 goalkeepers against Rangers. We lost two players to school football, one with a broken leg, one with a damaged ankle, 3 with a virus. So, if we fired the school players, we may have an issue when cup and league matches start to pile up.
Also, of course, there is the potential transfer value. If we fire Garcia now, we lose any potential transfer fee. Alternatively, if we fire these talented players, come January they could sign for rival clubs and play against us.
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Once yuh start to peel away layers, or get down in the trenches, light is shone on more than the surface. So much is at play even before a ball is played.
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SSFL has never been keen to negotiate with the other footballing bodies in TnT. There needs to be some definition of boundaries and the SSFL needs to enforce any agreements that have been put forth.
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Schooled: National, club and school coaches weigh up the SSFL agenda.
By Lasana Liburd (wired868).
When Trinidad and Tobago lifted the 2014 Under-20 Caribbean Cup trophy on October 19, head coach Derek King requested just one thing from his players. It was a message he delivered during the competition as well.
“As I told the players, if they can play at Pro League level it will be much better,” said King. “I am hoping to get Levi (Garcia) to play with (his present club) Central FC.”
Trinidad and Tobago’s toughest opponents at CONCACAF level would consist solely of players attached to professional teams and, without the funding for international tours, King stressed the importance of his players seeking out the most competitive arena possible.
But, within 24 hours of his warning, seven of the eight Warriors eligible to represent their schools were back on the field in the SSFL Premier Division. Team captain Shannon Gomez quit St Augustine Secondary for DIRECTV W Connection but Levi Garcia (Shiva Boys HC), Matthew Woo Ling (St Anthony’s College), Josiah Trimmingham (San Juan North), Jabari Mitchell, Martieon Watson and Nicholas Dillon (all Naparima College) all lined up in the SSFL.
“I spoke to Levi right after the tournament finished but I don’t know if they are being pressured by their coaches or school teams or what,” King told Wired868. “When you watch the likes of Mexico or the USA and so on, their players are not playing for school teams…
“We said we don’t have a concern with them going back to school but the clubs would be lenient in allowing them time off to do that; and all of them agreed. But the next day we saw all of them playing school football.
“It is a major concern.”
But why would the players turn their backs on financial incentives and the advice of their national coach to play in an inferior league?
North East Stars coach Angus Eve, who also coaches Naparima College, put some of the blame on the Pro League for scrapping its under-20 competition, which means that players who did not make their first teams would have no competitive football.
And he suggested that, Garcia apart, most of the others would struggle to win a spot on the bench for their clubs let alone make it into the first team.
“Out of all the Pro League teams, North East Stars was the only one to actually play its national under-20 players last season,” said Eve, in reference to defender Jesus Perez and midfielder Neveal Hackshaw. “So I don’t see what all the fuss is about. Most of them would not have played anyway.”
Central FC managing director Brent Sancho, a former World Cup 2006 player, disagreed. He lost 16-year-old Garcia and 17-year-old Dillon to the SSFL and was adamant that the two had taken backward steps.
“The training that we do at the club level alongside players like (Ataullah) Guerra and (Marvin) Oliver, they can never find that in the Colleges’ league,” said Sancho. “We have seven players who can potentially be on the national team right now. It is training and testing yourself with these guys that will push them to the next level.”
Garcia is due to leave for Europe this week for a trial although, thus far, Central and the player’s new Dutch agent, Humphry Nijman, are on a collision course for the schoolboy’s services.
Sancho was unhappy with Eve too for supposedly failing to support his fellow Pro League counterpart on the club versus school issue.
“I must express my disappointment with Angus Eve as a head coach,” said Sancho. “As a Pro League coach, he should know better and should not be advising contracted players to play in school.”
Eve, whose “Naps” team is on top of the SSFL Premier Division at the moment, countered that he is not involved in his school’s recruitment drive and chided Central for signing minors.
“When I coach North East that is separate from Naparima and I have never tried to entice anyone to go to North East because that is unethical as they are all attached to schools,” said Eve. “Central should say why they signed a boy at 16 who is still in school and wants to finish school. I don’t think your mother would have let you sign a professional contract at 16…
“I do not approve of players who are 18 and over playing in the colleges’ league; that is my personal view on that. But Dillon is 17 years. Only (Martieon) Watson and (Amritt) Gildharry are 18 but they are in form six and academically inclined, whereas you have (St Anthony’s College player Matthew) Woo Ling jumping in and out of school…”
But are the players genuinely returning to school for their education?
Sancho was sceptical and claimed that Dillon was on Central’s training ground for much of the year but is suddenly being considered a student again.
“It is sickening that eight months out of the year these players are nowhere near school and suddenly, when the schoolboy season comes around, they just walk back into school,” said Sancho. “The school clearly has no care for the player except for when school football starts. School football is failing these kids.
“There should be some sort of scholastic average of attendance minimum or something.”
Sancho said Central was prepared to compromise to allow its players to continue school while representing the club. But, as Pro League clubs generally train at morning when it is cooler, missing classes seems inevitable.
San Juan Jabloteh’s 17-year-old pair of striker Brent Sam and defender Josiah Trimmingham are representing San Juan North this season. And Jabloteh coach Keith Jeffrey must reluctantly wait until November to get them back.
Jeffrey explained how Jabloteh tries to minimise the disruptions for its schoolboys.
“Last season, I made to arrangement so that Sam could train with us on some mornings and I would drop him to school straight after,” said the Jabloteh coach. “Instead of 8 to 10 am, we would train from 7 to 9 am once Sam was going to be involved. He would come with his uniform and I would drop him to school straight after as we train 15 minutes away in Barataria.
“Sometimes we have evening sessions too and the club board has discussed having more evening sessions this season once the school league’s finished.”
But does that alternative give Sam enough of an opportunity to succeed at school?
St Augustine coach and teacher Michael Grayson was unimpressed when national under-20 captain Gomez, a lower six student, quit school altogether to join W Connection. In the process, he apparently turned his back on potential scholarships from Temple University and Virginia Tech.
“I told him he should do his SAT exams and go to university,” said Grayson, “because there is always the MLS and the other stepping stone leagues who scout college players… But he listened to other people instead.
“For me, it makes no sense for a player to go and work for $2,000 or $3,000 a month and hope to get a trial when you have the academic ability to get three, four or five passes. You can’t deny the kids their education because, in professional sport, anything can happen and it might not work out for you.”
Grayson, a former national player and coach, helped develop the likes of Dwayne Demmin, Brent Bennett, Sherwin Siefert and the late Mickey Trotman, who all graduated from the SSFL to study in the United States. And he challenged the Pro League to either adjust their sessions to allow teenagers to continue at school or fall in line with FIFA’s guidelines for the coaching of minors, which means tutors or private schooling.
However, he admitted exceptions may be permissible when a gifted player seems unlikely succeed at his CXC exams.
“When you look at a guy’s SEA score and his school records over the years and so on, “ said Grayson, “you can tell if he is going to pass or not at 15 or 16. And then you might say ‘alright go ahead and do it and see if you can make it out there.’
“But, even then, you should have a Plan B, which, here in Trinidad, might mean a job opportunity in the army or with prisons, police and so on…
“Realistically, the pool isn’t deep with players who can make it outside. Yes, there are leagues like Vietnam and Thailand and so on; but, when you do your research, there are so many Africans on the streets in those countries who thought they could make it but didn’t.”
Naparima College assistant coach Travis Mulraine, who made his international senior debut at 18 and played professionally with MLS clubs San Jose Earthquakes and DC United, said he would do it differently if he had a second chance.
“As an ex-player who, at 37, has to go back to school to get a degree,” said Mulraine, “it is only right for me to advise these youngsters about a Plan B in case football doesn’t work like it did in my case.”
However, Mulraine agreed with Sancho that the SSFL should take more responsibility for educating its players.
“It’s time schools make it compulsory that student athletes have either a minimum level of academic competence or a skill/trade in order to play football after form five,” said Mulraine, “so as to ensure that, perchance they don’t make it to the professional level, they can make a living for themselves and their families and not have to depend on LifeSport and the likes.
“Of the hundreds of players that play school football, it’s only about 10 to 25 percent that go on to make a living off football.”
For several reasons, it appears that it will be some time yet before there can be harmony between the SSFL and Pro League entities.
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Schooled: National, club and school coaches weigh up the SSFL agenda.
By Lasana Liburd (wired868).
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Excellent insights. :beermug:
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Schooled: National, club and school coaches weigh up the SSFL agenda.
By Lasana Liburd (wired868).
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Excellent insights. :beermug:
True, but you have to filter out the untruths:
Angus Eve said “Central should say why they signed a boy at 16 who is still in school and wants to finish school."
If he is talking about Dillon, then both Nicholas & his father insisted that he did not want to go to classes. If he is talking about Levi Garcia, of whom he should have no personal knowledge, both Levi and his parents insisted he wanted to play professional football. But still, we told him to stay in school until the school term ended and paid him a stipend so he could travel to train with Central once or twice per week or train with our youth teams.
Angus Eve said "he is not involved in his school’s recruitment drive"
He is the head coach of Naparima. So, what, someone else picks his team? He actually has spoken to Sancho about Dillon, so he definitely knows he is a professional footballer with Central F.C. Yet Sancho is not allowed to talk directly to North East Stars players, as this would be an illegal approach. Go figure.
“Out of all the Pro League teams, North East Stars was the only one to actually play its national under-20 players last season,” said Eve.
I guess Lasana's lie detector wasn't working! Kevon Goddard was a regular in our starting line up last year. Jevon Sample was in the first team squad for more than 25 games and started in a few cup games. Nicholas Dillon was also in the squad, and I believe, played in the Pro League.
The truth is that Angus knows exactly what he is doing. He's selected professional footballers to play against school kids. No surprise that they are winning. Worse still, he hasn't selected North East Stars youngsters, because that would handicap his Pro Team, yet its acceptable to disadvantage another Pro League team?
I can't see how a Pro League Head coach can be allowed to coach school football. How are young coaches supposed to develop when professionals are taking their opportunities?
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Grayson, a former national player and coach, helped develop the likes of Dwayne Demmin, Brent Bennett, Sherwin Siefert and the late Mickey Trotman, who all graduated from the SSFL to study in the United States. And he challenged the Pro League to either adjust their sessions to allow teenagers to continue at school or fall in line with FIFA’s guidelines for the coaching of minors, which means tutors or private schooling.[/color]
The clubs will have to get their own tutoring services and/or schools. If they don't, this situation will stay the same. I know FS, Sancho, John Williams, etc mean well, but some thing need to change for the betterment of football.
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Grayson, a former national player and coach, helped develop the likes of Dwayne Demmin, Brent Bennett, Sherwin Siefert and the late Mickey Trotman, who all graduated from the SSFL to study in the United States. And he challenged the Pro League to either adjust their sessions to allow teenagers to continue at school or fall in line with FIFA’s guidelines for the coaching of minors, which means tutors or private schooling.[/color]
The clubs will have to get their own tutoring services and/or schools. If they don't, this situation will stay the same. I know FS, Sancho, John Williams, etc mean well, but some thing need to change for the betterment of football.
I think clubs would be happy to accommodate scholars. But, if they are professional footballers, while they can study, they can't play school football. I knew many players in England who were studying for degrees (some in their late 20's). Their clubs accommodated them where possible, but they still had to train. Players should simply not sign for clubs if they are returning to school. And if they leave school in December to play professionally, they should not be able to play school football even if they return to school.
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FS, you guys may have to bite the bullet on this one. If you guys sign the players and you are paying them with the stipulation that they not play school football, then if they breach the stipulations on the contract, release them. You may have a Messi, but the final decision is on the club to be firm. It is hard to do that when the exceptional talent pool in the island is very small. But business is business.
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FS, you guys may have to bite the bullet on this one. If you guys sign the players and you are paying them with the stipulation that they not play school football, then if they breach the stipulations on the contract, release them. You may have a Messi, but the final decision is on the club to be firm. It is hard to do that when the exceptional talent pool in the island is very small. But business is business.
Deeks, that's it in a nutshell.
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Naps on title brink after Caps win; Tigers postpone fate
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868)
Naparima College was in title winning form this evening as the southern school put in a professional shift with a workmanlike 2-0 win away to Carapichaima East Secondary in the penultimate round of the maiden SSFL Premier Division competition.
Two second half items from Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 players Nicholas Dillon and Jabari Mitchell settled the affair. But this was a team triumph as, from back to front, Naparima was a compact, mobile unit that was not about to take “no” for an answer from its host.
The result pushed “Naps” three points clear of second placed San Juan North Secondary and four points ahead of third placed St Anthony’s College, whose fixture against Chaguanas North was postponed today due to a waterlogged surface.
St Anthony’s and Chaguanas North will now meet on Monday afternoon before both teams scrap for their lives, just 48 hours later. The “Westmoorings Tigers” are straining for the Premier title; third from bottom Chaguanas will be trying to stay in the top flight schoolboy competition.
On Wednesday afternoon, either of Naparima, San Juan North and St Anthony’s can win the title; while, at the wrong end of the standings, one from Presentation College (San Fernando), Fatima College, Carapichaima East and Chaguanas North will follow Arima North Secondary and East Mucurapo Secondary through the trapdoor and into the lower division.
The standard of the football still needs work; but the first year of the Premier Division was not short of intrigue.
This afternoon, Presentation College gave itself a fighting chance at the expense of East Mucurapo as “Pres” romped to a 5-0 win at Fatima ground that relegated the north zone team. Arima also found little comfort at home as the “Dial Dynamos” lost 3-1 to San Juan on the Arima Old Road.
Elsewhere at Guaracara Park, Shiva Boys Hindu College’s Big Four dreams lay in disarray as three goals in the final five minutes saw St Augustine Secondary complete a remarkable recovery to win 3-1.
Save for an astronomical collapse from San Juan North and St Anthony’s, both teams will join Naparima and the Tobago champions in the 2014 SSFL Big Four. Whether either side can catch Naps in the title race is another question.
St Augustine’s triumph might have a ripple effect as it sends Shiva into its final game of the season with little but pride at stake. And the Tigers need Shiva to take a point or three from Naps if they are to snatch the crown themselves.
Judging from this afternoon, Shiva Boys will have their work cut out for them.
Carapichaima did not lie down. They were not allowed to. Ask “Caps” midfielder Darreon Thomas, who got an unorthodox motivational message while being stretchered off the field following a heavy challenge from Naps defender Kris Stroud.
“You better get off that stretcher quick!” shouted one Caps supporter. “We have to win this game you know!”
Read more: http://wired868.com/2014/10/11/naps-on-title-brink-after-caps-win-tigers-postpone-fate/
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Remember I predicted another title for Naps before the season started. South team bringing home the title :beermug:
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Unless the Pro League clubs move towards a real academy style system, where players meet academic requirements whilst honing their skills, this will always be an issue.
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Naps move one step closer to title.
By Jalani Beckles (Guardian).
Naparima College got one goal each from Nicholas Dillon and Jabari Mitchell to defeat Carapichaima East 2-0 and move closer to the premier division league title of the BGTT/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League at Carapichaima, yesterday.
Before the days programme, Naparima was one point ahead of second placed St Anthony’s with two rounds to go.
Naparima would have had one hand on the league title yesterday if St Anthony’s lost its match. The St Anthony’s-Chaguanas North match was not contested due to a waterlogged field in Westmoorings.
San Juan North also kept its slim chance alive of winning the title with a 2-1 win over Arima North. With the victory San Juan leapfrogged St Anthony’s moving into second place with 25 points, three points behind “Naps.”
It is likely that if Naparima and San Juan North finishes on the same number of points, Naparima will win the title. “Naps” currently has a goal difference of +22, while San Juan has a goal difference of +15.
At Carapichaima, one goal apiece from national Under-20 players Nicholas Dillon and Jabari Mitchell gave Naparima a comfortable 2-0 win over Carapichaima. At Guaracara Park, St Augustine made a late surge to defeat Shiva Boys 3-1. Kyle Sylvester opened the scoring in the 27th minute to give Shiva a 1-0 which it took to halftime.
Shiva Boys seemed to be heading to the win, but in the 85th minute Moses Jaikaran equalised. It was then the Jelani John show, as he found the back of the net twice in the space of six minutes (88th, 90th+4) to hand the “Green Machine” the win.
Presentation College San Fernando defeated East Mucurapo 5-0 to move closer to safety. The bottom three schools at the end of the season will be demoted to the championship division.
Results
San Juan North 2 (Gerald Britto 4, Brent Sam 32) vs Arima North 1 (Joshua Alexander 37)
St Augustine 3 (Moses Jaikaran 85, Jelani John 88, 94) vs Shiva Boys 1 (Kyle Sylvester 27)
Naparima 2 (Nicholas Dillon 49, Jabari Mitchell 73) vs Carapichaima East 0
Presentation San F’do 5 (Kyle Moody 7, Nate Brooks 13, 87, Kareem Riley 31, 54-Pen) vs East Mucurapo 0
Trinity East 4 (Darnell Sookhoo 9, O’Neil Thomas 29, Sean Bonval 44, Quincy Ballah 71) vs Fatima 3 (Kyle Lancaster 3, 25-Pen, 52)
St Benedict’s 3 (Tyrell Couteau 7, Shaquille Williams 19, Anthony Herbert 43) vs St Mary’s 1 (Ethan Shim 61)
St Anthony’s vs Chaguanas North - Postponed (waterlogged pitch)
STANDINGS
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Naparima 12 9 1 2 34 12 28
San Juan North 12 8 1 3 28 13 25
St Anthony’s 11 8 0 3 30 15 24
St Benedict’s 12 6 4 2 16 8 22
Trinity East 12 6 4 2 23 17 22
Shiva Boys 12 7 0 5 24 18 21
St Augustine 12 4 6 2 18 17 18
St Mary’s 12 4 4 4 13 13 15
Presentation 12 4 0 8 16 15 12
Fatima 12 3 3 6 15 26 12
Carapichaima East 12 3 3 6 8 20 12
Chaguanas North 11 2 3 6 5 23 9
Arima North 12 2 1 9 13 23 7
East Mucurapo 12 2 8 2 8 25 7
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Scores from Saturday's matches in Tobago Zone SSFL
Speyside 2 vs Scar Sec. 0 (corrected from 2-2)
Signal Hill 3 vs Goodwood 0
Light and Life 7 vs Roxborough 3
Speyside and Signal Hill are tied on points but Speyside has the better GAA.
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Scores from Saturday's matches in Tobago Zone SSFL
Speyside 2 vs Scar Sec. 2
Signal Hill 3 vs Goodwood 0
Light and Life 7 vs Roxborough 3
Speyside and Signal Hill are tied on points but Speyside has the better GAA.
Corrected score is Speyside 2 vs Scar Sec 0
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Tigers stay alive
T&T Express.
The race for the BG T&T/FCB Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division league title will be decided on the final day of the competition tomorrow after St Anthony’s College defeated Chaguanas North Secondary 6-1 to move up to second place on the 14-team standings with 27 points, just one point behind current leaders Naparima College.
The Westmoorings Tigers led 3-0 at the half with Andrew Rullow scoring the first of his three goals to get the home team on their way. Rullow scored two more goals in the second half while Kwesi Allen, Matthew Woo Ling and Jules Lee also got onto the scoresheet. Chaguanas North’s lone item came from attacking midfielder Cassim Kellar.
The victory for the Westmoorings Tigers keep their title hopes alive heading into the final round of matches when they face cellar-placed East Mucurapo Secondary. For the Tigers to clinch the league crown, they will have to win their final match and hope Naparima College lose or are held to a draw against mid-table Shiva Boys Hindu College in their final round fixture tomorrow.
Yesterday’s SSFL Premier Division Result
St Anthony’s College 6 (Andrew Rullow 3, Kwesi Allen 1, Matthew Woo Ling 1, Jules Lee 1) def. Chaguanas North 1 (Cassim Kellar)
SSFL Premier Division Standings
Teams GP W L D Pts
1. Naparima College 12 9 2 1 28
2. St Anthony’s College 12 9 3 0 27
3. San Juan North 12 8 3 1 25
4. St Benedict’s College 12 6 2 4 22
5. Trinity College East 12 6 2 4 22
6. Shiva Boys 12 7 5 0 21
7. St Augustine 12 4 2 6 18
8. St Mary’s College 12 4 5 3 15
9. Presentation S’fdo 12 4 8 0 12
10. Fatima College 12 3 6 3 12
11. Carapichaima East 12 3 6 3 12
12. Chaguanas North 12 2 7 3 9
13. Arima North 12 2 9 1 7
14. East Mucurapo 12 2 9 1 7
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BREAKING NEWS: Naparima College has won the inaugural Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division title in emphatic style with a 6-0 thrashing of Shiva Boys.
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Wow ..........Impressive indeed .. congrats to coach Angus eve and his naparima squad....!!!!!
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What happened to Shiva? They rest the top players for intercol?
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Naparima wins inaugural Premier League.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Naparima College left nothing to chance yesterday when the team captured the inaugural BGTT Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title with an emphatic 6-0 demolition of Shiva Boys Hindu College in the final round of league matches at home.
Led by former national senior footballer, Angus Eve, Naparima College secured the title thanks to the efforts of its own host of national Under-20 players.
Playing simultaneously, former league leader St Anthony’s College was hoping for Shiva Boys to create a massive upset as the Westmoorings team entered its fixture against East Mucurapo trailing by a sole point on the final day of the season. The tamed “Tigers”, however, could only muster a point in a 1-1 draw against the already relegated team.
On the opposite end of the island, “Naps”, started slowly by its standard, entering the half time break with a 1-0 lead thanks to a goal on the half-hour mark from top scorer Jabari Mitchell.
But then the second half began and closed in blistering pace, starting with a goal less than a minute in from Nicholas Dillon. Mitchell and Dillon’s national U-20 teammate, Martieon Watson made it 3-0 and 5-0 after scoring in the 62nd and 77th minutes, respectively, while Jarred Dass scored his first goal of the campaign in between, 20 minutes from time. Dass then scored his second and “Naps” final goal in the 80th minute.
It was the ideal finale of the first Premier Division contest for Naparima, which trailed traditional schools’ football powerhouse St Anthony’s for more than half of the season. Ironically, the tables drastically turned for both teams when Naparima secured a massive 5-1 win over the same “Tigers” in Westmoorings late last month. Incidentally the same three national players were on target in that match.
Meanwhile, San Juan North claimed a narrow 2-1 win over St Augustine with another national U-20 player, Josiah Trimmingham scoring the insurance item ten minutes from time to secure third spot and the last available place for a Premier Division team in the Big-Four national competition. The Big Four will kick off on October 25.
The fourth team scheduled to play in the Big-Four, from Tobago, which opted out of this year’s Premier Division, may be determined on Saturday when Speyside meets Goodwood. Speyside’s closest competitor, Signal Hill, needed a win to have a realistic chance of catching the leader, but instead suffered a 3-0 loss against Roxborough.
Results
Premier Division
Naparima College 6 (Jabari Mitchell 31, Nicholas Dillon 46, Martieon Watson 62, 77, Jarred Dass 71, 80) vs Shiva Boys 0
St Anthony’s 1 (Kwesi Allen 68) vs East Mucurapo 1 (Jair Edwards 79)
Presentation College S/do 1 (Levon Bass 21) v St Benedict’s 1 (Kadeem Gittens 46)
Fatima 5 (Kyell Lancaster [2], Omari George, Marquise Hoyte, Jahreed Murray) vs Carapichaima East 2 (Jeremy Trim, Justin Joseph)
St Mary’s 3 (Aaron Skeene 2, 28, Marcus Mottley 63) vs Arima North 1 (Darren Charles 75-Pen)
San Juan North 2 (Romario Villafana 38 Own-Goal, Josiah Trimmingham 80) vs St Augustine 1 (Moses Jaikaran 85)
Trinity East 2 (Lloyd Pierre, Taje Commissiong) vs Chaguanas North 2
Championship Tobago
Speyside - Bye
Pentecostal L&L 2 vs Bishop’s High 1
Roxborough 3 vs Signal Hill 0
Goodwood 2 vs Scarborough 1
Standings
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Naparima 13 10 1 2 40 12 31
St Anthony’2 13 9 1 3 37 18 28
San Juan North 13 9 1 3 30 14 28
St Benedict’s 13 6 5 2 17 9 23
Trinity East 13 6 5 2 25 19 23
Shiva Boys 13 7 0 6 24 24 21
St Mary’s 13 5 4 4 16 14 18
St Augustine 13 4 6 3 19 19 18
Fatima 13 4 3 6 20 28 15
Presentation 13 4 1 8 16 16 13
Carapichaima East 13 3 3 7 10 25 12
Chaguanas North 13 2 4 7 8 31 10
Arima North 13 2 1 10 14 26 10
East Mucurapo 13 2 9 2 9 26 8
RELATED NEWS
‘Naps’ hit Shiva for six to clinch title
By JONATHAN RAMNANANSINGH (Newsday)
“North, south, east, west, Naparima is the best,” were the chants of the faithful hundreds who turned up at Lewis Street Grounds, San Fernando, yesterday, to see their alma mater Naparima College capture the inaugural First Citizens/ BGT&T Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title by delivering a 6-0 drubbing on Penal-based team, Shiva Boys.
Led by head coach Angus Eve and towering captain/defender, Amrit Gildharry, “Naps” made good on their home advantage and fired into local sporting history books to become champs of the inaugural Premier Division.
From the get-go, Naparima College dominated with slick passes along the slippery surface. Eight minutes in, Under-20 standout Jabari Mitchell announced his presence with a powerful free-kick which ricocheted off the Shiva Boys crossbar. Mitchell and Jarred Dass continued to weave through the Shiva defence until the former found a way through and netted the opener in the 33rd minute with a right-footed volley in the top corner.
The Penal team struggled in the opening half and were unable to capitalise on their rare chances in front goal due to a balanced back-line led by Gildharry. “Naps” would close the first period 1-0 ahead.
At the resumption, the home team doubled up after just three minutes as Martieon “Moco” Watson offered a defence-splitting pass to forward, Nicholas Dillon, who used his size and quick footwork to find the back of the net (2-0). Ten minutes later, the Shiva custodian Denzel Smith was beaten once more, this time Watson heading comfortably home from a Dillon cross.
Dillon continued to be a pain for Shiva defenders Kadeem Ashford and Jerry Ramdeo, as he dissected the back-line with precision passes.
The sight was a similar one in the 72nd as Dillon again placed one through to the feet of Dass, who bagged his second facing off with an oncoming Smith (4-0).
Five minutes later, Naparima College were celebrating again as Watson also got his second by successfully converting a penalty from an Ashford foul.
And with six minutes to go before the end of normal time, the blue and white Kenson-sponsored team hammered the nails into the Shiva Boys coffin as Nicoholas Thomas played one in for Dass, who slotted away easily to send the San Fernando fans into a frenzy (6-0).
Speaking to coach Eve after the one-sided encounter yesterday, he expressed elation with the inaugural title win and lauded all those involved in carefully building the team into a reckoning force.
“The feeling is great for myself, the team and the school as a whole,” he said, “The Under-20 guys proved to be a great asset for us but the boys played as team and won together. They are ecstatic. We worked really hard though and to win the League only in my second term motivates me toward the future.”
Eve was also pleased that he was able to help the prestigious southern school cap off a highly successful year, having been awarded a total of 30 scholarships earlier this week.
“It augurs well for the school. Being academically sound and also impressive in the sporting world is a great achievement.
Naparima fell a bit off the circuit competitively over the past few years but now they are back at the top where they supposed to be,” he concluded.
St Anthony’s meanwhile finished second after battling to a 1-1 draw against cellar-placed East Mucurapo. Kwesi Allen opened for St Anthony’s but Jair Edwards netted the equaliser.
San Juan North ended in third spot despite registering a 2-1 victory over St Augustine at Bourg Mulatresse. St Anthony’s and San Juan ended on 28 points, but St Anthony’s were second based on a superior goal difference.
In other results yesterday, Fatima showed little sympathy towards their guests Carapichaima East as they cruised to a 5-2 victory while St Mary’s whipped last-placed Arima North 3-1 at the St Mary’s Ground in St Clair.
Chaguanas North battled to a 2-2 draw with Trinity East at Chaguanas while Presentation San Fernando and St Benedict’s played to a 1-1 draw at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre.
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Naparima wins inaugural Premier League.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Championship Tobago
Speyside - Bye
Pentecostal L&L 2 vs Bishop’s High 1
Roxborough 4 vs Signal Hill 1 (correction)
Goodwood 2 vs Scarborough 1
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D Mighty Arima has fallen to relegation wow.
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CONGRATS TO NAPS! Another title! Naps over the last 15 years prove themselves to be DE TEAM FROM SOUTH every team in the country must respect :)
http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-Naparima-Win-Premier-Division--2920---279509982.html (http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-Naparima-Win-Premier-Division--2920---279509982.html)
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So who win senior division?
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Speyside set to wrap up Tobago SSFL title today.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Given its far superiour goal difference, Speyside Secondary will almost surely seal top spot in the Tobago Zone of the BGTT First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division, today, with at least a draw when it hosts Goodwood.
Current-runner up Signal Hill, which stood neck and neck with Speyside throughout the campaign, may well have lost the chance to enter the Big-Four competition, last Wednesday when it lost its first match of the season, 3-0, to Roxborough. Signal Hill will have to win today against rock-bottom Bishop’s High and hope for a massive upset between Goodwood and Speyside to remain with a fighting chance of winning the zone.
Speyside remains undefeated after 10 matches with eight wins and two draws and will play one more match after this weekend, which if needed could be used to sew up the title. The Tobago Zone winner will enter the Big-Four competition, which includes the top three teams from the recently concluded inaugural Premier Division competition. Naparima took the title, while St Anthony’s finished runner-up. San Juan North Secondary placed third.
Fixtures & Standings
Fixtures
All matches kick off at 3.45 pm
Signal Hill vs Bishop’s High, Signal Hill
Speyside vs Goodwood, Speyside
Scarborough vs Roxborough, Shaw Park
Championship Standings - Tobago
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Speyside 10 8 2 0 44 6 26
Signal Hill 11 7 3 1 28 11 24
Pent L&L 11 4 5 2 19 8 17
Roxbor Sec 9 3 1 5 9 38 10
Goodwood 10 2 3 5 4 17 9
Scarbor Sec 9 1 3 5 9 17 6
Bishop’s 8 0 1 7 5 21 1
North Zone
Trinity College 8 6 2 0 31 8 20
QRC 7 6 1 0 41 5 19
Malick 6 2 1 3 9 11 7
Tranquility Sec 7 1 2 2 15 23 6
D/Martin Cen 8 1 0 7 6 30 3
South Zone
Princes Town 9 7 1 1 25 2 22
Pleasantville 9 6 1 2 15 3 19
Fyzabad Sec 8 4 1 3 20 6 13
Pt Fortin East 8 3 1 4 7 6 10
Vessigny Sec 9 2 1 6 7 17 7
Central
Presentation 7 5 2 0 31 6 17
Miracle Min 7 5 1 1 15 11 16
ASJA Charlie 8 2 2 4 5 12 8
Tabaquite Sec 7 2 1 4 8 17 7
Vishnu Boys 8 0 2 6 3 18 2
East
Valencia 7 4 2 1 11 7 14
Five Rivers 7 3 2 2 11 6 11
El Do East 6 3 2 1 8 3 11
Barataria South 7 2 3 2 12 11 9
S/Grande Sec 7 2 1 4 15 11 7
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Speyside take Tobago title.
T&T Express Reports.
Speyside Secondary romped to a 6-0 victory over Goodwood Secondary to lift the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Tobago Zone title yesterday.
At Goodwood, even with one more round to go, Speyside were crowned champions because second-placed Signal Hill Secondary have already ended their campaign and are on a bye the next round. Speyside will now move on to the national Big Four playoffs next Saturday where they will play St Anthony’s College.
Speyside (29 pts) have an insurmountable two-point lead over Signal Hill (27).
Pentecostal L&L (17 pts), on a bye yesterday, will remain third because fourth-placed Roxborough are on 13 and can’t catch them even with a victory in Wednesday’s final round.
Meanwhile, Roxborough defeated Scarborough 3-1 at Shaw Park yesterday. And at Signal hill, the hosts won 4-2 over Bishop’s High.
Yesterday’s Scores
Speyside 6 Goodwood 0
Roxborough 3 Scarborough 1
Bishop’s 2 Signal Hil 4
SSFL Tobago Zone Standings
P W D L GF GA GD PTS
1. Speyside 11 9 2 - 49 5 +44 29
2. Signal Hill 11 8 3 - 28 11 +17 27
3. Pentecostal L&L 11 4 5 2 19 11 +8 17
4. Roxborough 10 4 1 5 13 38 -25 13
5. Goodwood 11 2 3 6 4 23 -19 9
6.Scarborough 10 1 3 6 13 25 -12 6
7. Bishop’s 9 - 1 8 7 25 -18 1
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Championship SSFL Big-Eight kicks off today.
By Andrew Gioannetti (Guardian).
All eight zonal winners and runners-up will be in action today when the BGTT First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division Big-Eight competition kicks off at three venues.
Pleasantville Secondary, South Zone runner-up, will meet East Zone champion, Valencia Secondary, in the Group B opener at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, from 2 pm, before Group A opens with a clash between South Zone winner, Princes Town West Secondary and Trinity College, Moka, in the second double-header fixture from 4 pm.
Presentation College of Chaguanas and Barataria, the meet in the later Group A fixture, at Presentation Ground, from 3.30 pm.
The other Group B match between Miracle Ministries and QRC will kick off in Carapichaima at the same time.
The Big-Eight competition features the eight teams divided into two groups of four.
After each school plays the others in the group once, the top two finishers will advance to the semifinals. The two semifinal winners will be promoted to next year’s Premier Division competition as will the winner of the third-place playoff.
The semifinals will take place on October 31, before the third-place match and the final on November 4.
Meanwhile, the Girls’ Big-Four competition will feature the four zonal winners: Bishop’s Anstey (North), Point Fortin East (South), St Augustine (East) and Scarborough Secondary (Tobago).
The Girls’ Big-Four will run from Friday with two semifinal matches to November 1 (final).
The Premier Division Big-Four, featuring the top three teams from the completed Premier Division standings and the Championship winner of Tobago, will start on Saturday.
St Anthony’s College will host Speyside Secondary, in Westmoorings, from 3.30 pm, while San Juan North and Naparima clash simultaneously in San Juan.
Championship Division (Big-Eight fixtures)
Today
(Group B) Pleasantville vs Valencia, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, 2 pm
(Group A) Princes Two West vs Trinity College (Moka), Manny Ramjohn Stadium, 4 pm
(Group B) Miracle Ministries vs QRC, Carapichaima, 3.30 pm
Presentation College Chaguanas vs Barataria, Presentation Ground, 3.30 pm
Girls’ Championship Big-Four
Friday
Semifinal 1- St Augustine vs Point Fortin East, St Augustine, 3.30 pm
Semifinal 2- Bishop’s vs Scarborough, Bishop’s, 3.30 pm
November 1
Final- Winner semifinal 1 vs winner semifinal 2, venue to be announced
Championship Division Standings - North Zone
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
QRC 8 7 1 0 34 6 22
Trinity College 8 5 2 1 19 9 17
Tranquility Sec 7 2 2 3 14 19 8
Malick 8 2 1 5 9 17 7
D/Martin Cen 7 0 0 7 3 28 0
South Zone
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
P/Town West 10 7 2 1 26 3 23
P/ville Sec 10 6 2 2 16 4 20
Fyzabad Sec 10 6 1 3 26 6 19
Pt Fortin East 10 4 1 5 10 9 13
Vessigny Sec 10 2 1 7 7 20 7
Mayaro Sec 10 1 1 8 6 39 4
Central Zone
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Pres Chag 8 7 2 0 38 8 23
Miracle Min 10 7 1 2 20 11 22
ASJA Charlie 8 3 2 3 9 9 11
Couva East 10 3 2 5 10 18 11
Tabaquite Sec 8 3 1 4 13 17 10
Vishnu Boys 10 0 2 8 3 18 2
East Zone
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Valencia Sec 8 5 2 1 10 7 17
Bar South 8 3 3 2 13 11 12
Five Rivers 8 3 2 3 11 10 11
El Do East 6 1 2 3 5 8 5
S/Grande 6 1 1 4 7 11 4
Tobago
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Speyside Sec 11 9 2 0 50 6 29
Signal Hill 12 8 3 1 32 13 27
Pent L&L 11 4 5 2 19 8 17
Roxbor Sec 10 4 1 5 12 39 13
Goodwood Sec 11 2 3 6 4 23 9
Scarbor Sec 10 1 3 6 10 20 6
Bishop’s High 9 0 1 8 7 25 1
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Will QRC be allowed to play intercol. When Saints got demoted they were allowed to play. Not saying that they should. Intercol is usually for Div 1 teams. Actually I think intercol should be open to all schools!!!!!
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Wins for QRC, Barataria, Princes Town in ‘Big 8’
T&T Express Reports.
Goals from Francois Paul, Rondel Gibson with a penalty from Adriel Alphonso helped Barataria South Secondary edge Presentation College Chaguanas 3-2 in their BGTT/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division Big Eight match in Chaguanas, yesterday.
Suraj Ramcharran scored both goals for the hosts.
In other results, Queen’s Royal College trounced Miracle Ministries 5-0 while Princes Town beat Trinity College 2-1. Meanwhile, the clash featuring Fyzabad and Valencia ended in a goalleass draw.
Yesterday’s Big Eight Results:
Group A
Presentation Chaguanas 2 (Suraj Ramcharran 2) vs Barataria South 3 (Francois Paul, Rondel Gibson, Adriel Alphonso pen.)
Princes Town 2 (Anderson Toussaint pen., Marcus John) vs Trinity College 1 (Keenan Mars pen.)
Group B
Fyzabad 0 vs Valencia 0
Miracle Ministry 0 vs QRC 5
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Will QRC be allowed to play intercol. When Saints got demoted they were allowed to play. Not saying that they should. Intercol is usually for Div 1 teams. Actually I think intercol should be open to all schools!!!!!
From what I have been told, Intercol is a separate entity to SSFL. Thus, Intercol still remains zonal, so the teams in the Premier Division will be drawn agains the teams in the championship division. It was left for each zone to work out their format as to who playing who until they get to the national portion.
Teams were required to register their interest at the start of the season and from what I heard not all the north zone championship teams registered so I really don't know what it will look like in the end.
QRC and Trinity registered for intercol for sure.
This information is from a PE teacher in a non- premier division school so I not saying my source is the best but it's all I have been able to find out from lots of enquiries since season start.
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Malta Carib gives ‘Green Machine’ a boost
T&T Newsday
The St Augustine “Green Machine “ is known for being a strong, determined, powerhouse in local Secondary Schools Football.
Both the male and female senior teams have won no less than ten titles between them in the last ten years with the boys capturing seven League titles since 2002.
With an alumni that boasts of national and international players, coaches and administrators including Jamal Shabazz, Gath Pollonais, Adeae Rique, Desiree Sergeant and Elton John, the school has demonstrated its intention to create not just good players, but balanced young men and women.
Study programmes have also been instituted, the benefits of which are seen in the number of Athletic scholarships awarded to students of the school each year. Ironically one of Trinidad and Tobago legends, Dwight Yorke, attended St Augustine just prior to joining the National team and while he did not play for the school he was able to take full advantage of the academia offered there.
It is this commitment to excellence and the youth that has captured the attention of Malta Carib, the team’s major sponsor.
“We have supported the St Augustine Girls and Boys Senior Football teams for over five years and continue to be impressed by the level of dedication displayed by the players and the management of the team,” said Cindy Lutchman, Marketing Manager, Soft Drinks Division.
“Sport is more than just winning, it is about endurance, education and overall development and we are heartened that as the teams change, they continue to achieve success on and off the field. Malta Carib is of course about high performance and vitality and we see this demonstrated by this team every year.”
Malta Carib’s sponsorship of the team also supports a holistic approach to the school’s development and includes support for uniforms for the Girls and Boys Championship teams, equipment and transportation fees. It also extends to subsistence fees for needy players, ground maintenance and a training camp in Tobago. It is a partnership that has provided some certainties in the usually frenetic season.
“With Malta Carib on board we can approach each season with some ‘definites’ says former Principal Andre Moses. “This sponsorship not only assists us with the traditional expenses associated with the team but also allows us to do more for our students. We try to manage our team like a professional football club and Malta Carib is a well appreciated helping hand in that process.”
According to St Augustine coach Michael Grayson: “Last year’s Boys Championship Team was three years in the making, a testament to how we at St Augustine nurture and develop our players. This year’s team is therefore a transitional one, since with the exception of two players; it is an entirely new team. We therefore expect them to continue to grow and succeed and in fact look forward to them putting their best foot forward in the Intercol tournament.”
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Intercol still remains zonal
It has always been zonal as far as I can remember. But I can't remember the zones(at least North) allowing "2nd XI, senior or Championship(as it is called now) play intercol. The first time to my recollection that has happened in the north zone was when Saints got demoted a couple years ago. I think all schools should play intercol. Well not forced too, if they don't want too.
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Intercol still remains zonal
It has always been zonal as far as I can remember. But I can't remember the zones(at least North) allowing "2nd XI, senior or Championship(as it is called now) play intercol. The first time to my recollection that has happened in the north zone was when Saints got demoted a couple years ago. I think all schools should play intercol. Well not forced too, if they don't want too.
both Fatima and St Mary's played when they were in de championship.... yuh cyar have intercol without QRC it even have calypso on dat and de most famous song in T&T football.. QRC we wanna goal
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Intercol still remains zonal
It has always been zonal as far as I can remember. But I can't remember the zones(at least North) allowing "2nd XI, senior or Championship(as it is called now) play intercol. The first time to my recollection that has happened in the north zone was when Saints got demoted a couple years ago. I think all schools should play intercol. Well not forced too, if they don't want too.
both Fatima and St Mary's played when they were in de championship.... yuh cyar have intercol without QRC it even have calypso on dat and de most famous song in T&T football.. QRC we wanna goal
I is Royalian to me heart, having experienced 3 intercol. And Lord Cristo calypso does send chills all over my body because he singing about the hopes of the Alma Mater. But I think it is unfair that the "prestige schools" alone should get a pass to the glamour tournament and not give the rest of schools the opportunity to particpiate. No wonder our nation is so screwed up.
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That wasn't cause of a "free pass". It was because the first division had 7 teams so the winner of the senior division qualified to make it an even number. Saints and Fatima won the senior divison, so they earned the right to participate in those years.
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Barataria, QRC take first steps toward promotion.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Barataria South Secondary took an early step toward promotion to the Premier Division, yesterday, after sealing a 3-2 win over Central’s Presentation College in the opening round of the BGTT First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Championship Big Eight competition.
Francis Paul, Rondel Gibson and Israel Alfonso scored for Barataria, while Suraj Ramcharan nearly took something away for Presentation with a double.
The result saw Barataria take to the top of Group A joint with Princes Town West also won yesterday by a narrow scoreline, 2-1, over Trinity College of Moka.
In Group B, QRC eased past Miracle Ministries 5-0 to leap to the top of the standings, while Fyzabad and Valencia each took away a point after a goalless draw.
At the end of group play, the top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinal stage.
The semifinal winners will gain promotion to the Premier Division, as will the winner of the third-place playoff.
Action will continue on Friday with the second round of Big Eight matches.
The Premier Division Big-Four competition will begin on Saturday. St Anthony’s College’s clash with Speyside Secondary has been relocated to St Mary’s College Ground, Serpentine Road. That match will kick off at 3.45 pm, simultaneously with San Juan North’s meeting Naparima College in San Juan.
Results - Championship Division Big-Eight.
Group A
Princes Town West 2 (Anderson Toussaint pen, Marcus John) v Trinity College (Moka) 1 (Keenon Mars pen)
Barataria 3 (Francis Paul, Rondel Gibson, Israel Alfonso) v Presentation College of Chaguanas 2 (Suraj Ramcharan 2)
Group B
Fyzabad 0 v Valencia 0
QRC 5 v Miracle Ministries 0
FIXTURES - TOMORROW
Group A
Barataria South v Princes Town West, Barataria, 3.45 pm
Valencia v Miracle Ministries, 3.45 pm
Group B
Trinity v Presentation, Trinity, 3.45 pm
QRC v Fyzabad, QRC Ground, 3.45 pm
Premier Division Big-four
Saturday
St Anthony’s v Speyside, St Mary’s College Ground, 3.45 pm
San juan North v Naparima, San Juan, 3.45 pm
Wednesday
St Anthony’s v San Juan North, St Anthony’s, 3.45 pm
Speyside v Naparima, Roxborough, 4.30 pm
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That wasn't cause of a "free pass". It was because the first division had 7 teams so the winner of the senior division qualified to make it an even number. Saints and Fatima won the senior divison, so they earned the right to participate in those years.
Okay, i stand to be corrected. But I still think it should be an open tournament though.
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Trinity stay alive.
T&T Express.
Trinity College defeated Presentation College Chaguanas 5-0 yesterday to keep their chances alive in the Secondary Schools Football League Championship Division Big Eight competition. Trinity bounced back from a 2-1 loss to Princes Town on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Princes Town defeated Barataria South 1-0 in the other Group A match yesterday. In Group B, QRC and Fyzabad played to a 1-1 draw while Valencia beat Miracle Ministry 3-0.
In the Girls Big Four semi-finals, St Augustine defeated Point Fortin East 4-1 while Scarborough beat Bishop’s Port of Spain 3-1.
Yesterday’s Results
Group A
Barataria 0 vs Princes Town 1
Trinity 5 vs Presentation Chaguanas 0
Group B
Valencia 3 vs Miracle Ministry 0
QRC 1 vs Fyzabad 1
Girls ‘Big 4’ Semi-finals
St Augustine 4 vs Point Fortin East 1
Bishop’s POS 1 vs Scarborough Sec 3
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‘Naps’ open ‘Big 4’ campaign
T&T Express.
BGTT/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champs Naparima College open their Big Four competition campaign against San Juan North at Bourg Mulatresse from 3.45 p.m. today. San Juan North finished third in the division and will be underdogs in the contest.
In the day’s other match, Tobago champions Speyside tackle St Anthony’s College (Tigers) at St Mary’s Ground, also from 3.45 p.m.
The Tigers stumbled after a good start, losing three games on the trot, and conceded the lead to Naparima, a lead they never regained. They finished second to ‘Naps’ in the Premier Divison.
Today’s SSFL Big 4 fixtures
St Anthony’s v Speyside, CIC Ground
San Juan North v Naparima, San Juan
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Naparima tame San Juan in Big 4
By Roger Seepersad (Express).
The BG T&T/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division Big Four competition got off to a predictable start yesterday, with the inaugural Premier Division champions Naparima College beating San Juan North Secondary 2-0 in Bourg Mulatresse and runners-up St Anthony’s College rolling past Tobago champions Speyside High 3-0 at St Mary’s Ground.
The Westmoorings Tigers got their goals from Kwesi Allen, Shem Clouzel and Andrew Rullow, while Naps had strikes from Shane Sandy and Akinola Gregory to thank for their hard-fought win.
At San Juan’s fortress, the hosts held their own for most of the encounter and created more opportunities to score in the first half before Naparima found their rhythm late in the first period.
The visitors pressured the hosts late in the first half and took that momentum into the second period eventually getting the breakthrough in the 49th minute from a counter-attacking play which caught the San Juan defence off guard.
San Juan were awarded a free kick in a dangerous position just outside the penalty area but Naps dealt with it, albeit with a bit of luck and started to string together some passes before the ball got to Shane Sandy who battled past the last two defenders before blasting his shot into the back of the net.
San Juan continued to use their stronger physique to muscle the ball up the field and could have gotten an equaliser when Josiah Tremingham was given room to shoot, but his shot from outside the penalty area bounced underneath the crossbar and was eventually cleared out of danger.
The hosts still had other opportunities to come back into the contest but lacked the clinical finishing touch.
Naps scored from another good counterattack, this time Gregory found the back of the net in the 82nd minute to help the Southerners tame their hosts.
San Juan looked the better team in the opening exchanges with one fan even taunting the south team’s supporters saying: “All yuh in the Lion’s den.”
By the end of the match though, the “lion’s” were tamed but not before thoroughly testing the champions.
The second round of matches in the Big Four takes place on Wednesday with San Juan coming up against St Anthony’s and Speyside tackling Naparima.
Yesterday’s Premier Division Big Four Results:
San Juan 0 vs Naparima College 2 (Shane Sandy 49th, Akinola Gregory 85nd), At CIC Ground:
St Anthony’s College 3 (Kwesi Allen, Shem Clouzel, Andrew Rullow) vs Speyside High 0
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Come on P. Town...get back up to where we are used to playing. Good start, so far.
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Naps take Big Four advantage.
T&T Guardian Reports.
National Under-20 standout Jabari Mitchell opened and closed the scoring, while his T&T teammates Nicholas Dillon and Martieon Watson got one each to put Naparima in prime position to seal the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) double with a 5-2 away rout of Speyside Secondary.
Naparima, which entered the match trailing St Anthony’s College on goal difference, went above the “Tigers” as the latter team only edged San Juan North Secondary 4-3. The results ruled Speyside and San Juan out of contention for the title, while it opened the prospect of an exciting finale to the competition.
Naparima College will host St Anthony’s College in the third and final Big Four round robin match, at Lewis St, San Fernando, on Saturday.
San Juan took the lead over St Anthony’s after securing a winning result, which reflected an easy outing in Tobago. However, Speyside put on a good challenge particularly late in the first half and early in the second.
Naparima went 2-0 up in the 20th minute. Mitchell and Dillon scored within 60 seconds of the other. Speyside then responded in the 29th through top forward Brandon Benjamin, and got the equaliser five minutes into the second period.
But, two minutes later, Naparima retook the advantage with a goal from Watson, before substitute Akinola Gregory scored an insurance item in the 75th minute. Mitchell then completed the rout with virtually the final play of the match.
In Westmoorings, another national U-20 midfielder, Matthew Woo Ling opened for St Anthony’s, before Kwesi Allen secured a hat-trick to see the Premier Division runner-up to a narrow win.
When the top two teams meet on Saturday, a draw would suffice for Naparima to claim the title.
Standings
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Naparima 2 2 0 0 7 2 6
St Anthony’s 2 2 0 0 7 3 6
San Juan North 2 0 0 2 3 6 0
Speyside 2 0 0 2 2 8 0
Results
Naparima 5 (Jabari Mitchell 19, 90, Nicholas Dillon 20, Martieon Watson 53, Akinola Gregory 75) v Speyside 2 (Brandon Benjamin 29, Marcus Caesar 51)
St Anthony’s 4 (Matthew Woo Ling 20 pen, Kwesi Allen 30, 37, 84) v San Juan North 3 (Brent Sam 18, 50, Josiah Trimmingham 21)
Upcoming Fixture
Sat Nov 1
San Juan North Secondary vs Speyside Secondary, 3.30 pm, San Juan;
Naparima College vs St Anthony’s College, 3.30 pm, Lewis St, San Fernando.
Naparima hammer Speyside in Big Four
T&T Newsday Reports
TRINIDAD AND Tobago Under-20 football team midfielder Jabari Mitchell scored a pair as Naparima hammered Speyside 5-2 at Roxborough yesterday in the BGTT/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division Big Four.
And St Anthony’s slipped to second place, by virtue of an inferior goal difference to the Premier Division champions, despite beating San Juan North 4-3 at the St Anthony’s Ground in Westmoorings.
Mitchell opened the scoring in the 19th minute before his national youth team compatriot Nicholas Dillon extended the lead two minutes later.
Speyside evened up the scores with strikes from Brandon Benjamin (29th) and Sampson Caesar (51st) but Naparima changed gears and regained the lead when Akinola Gregory found the back of the net in the 54th.
Martheon Watson notched Naparima’s fourth in the 75th before Mitchell put the final nail in Speyside’s coffin when he got his brace, in stoppage time.
Another high-scorer yesterday was St Anthony’s centre-forward Kwesi Allen, who registered a hat-trick as the hosts earned a come-from-behind win, in front of their home fans. Isaiah McIntyre put San Juan ahead in the 18th minute but St Anthony’s restored parity two minutes later when Matthew Woo Ling converted a penalty.
Woo Ling’s national Under-20 teammate, Josiah Trimmingham, headed San Juan back in front in the 21st before Allen titled the balance in St Anthony’s favour with strikes in the 32nd and 37th.
The topsy-turvy affair continued in the second half when San Juan’s prolific forward Brent Sam made it 3-3 in the 51st but Allen had the final, and most decisive, say when he volleyed home the winner in the 85th.
The Big Four title will be decided on Saturday, from 3.30 pm, with Naparima hosting St Anthony’s at Lewis Street in San Fernando, while San Juan will be entertaining Speyside.
On October 25, the opening day of the Big Four, St Anthony’s whipped Speyside 3-0 while Naparima got past San Juan 2-0.
Nigel Grovesnor, coach of St Anthony’s, said that Saturday’s contest will be “a decider, a virtual final.”
Grovesnor noted that Woo Ling will be suspended for the Naparima match due to the accumulation of yellow cards.
“But the boys are upbeat,” Grovesnor said. “We are going to go all out. We know Naparima have the best all-round team, the most experienced team and they have good experienced coaches with them. So we’re going there just to have fun and whatever happens, happens.”
Naparima trounced St Anthony’s 5-1 on September 27 in the Premier Division.
Grovesnor stated that the St Anthony’s players are definitely eager for revenge.
“We had three losses - Naps, San Juan and CIC, so we have (revenge) on our minds,” he said. “Definitely it would not be easy. They had (revenge) on their minds when they played San Juan (yesterday) so now we have one more to go, that’s Naparima.”
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Tigers edge San Juan to set up Big 4 ‘final’
By Kern De Freitas (Express)
THERE will be a BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Four final after all, when St Anthony’s College and Naparima College do battle at Manny Ramjohn Stadium on Saturday.
It is actually the final match day of the round robin competition amongst the top four teams, but after both teams won in contrasting fashion yesterday--St Anthony’s triumphing 4-3 in a thrilling encounter against San Juan North Secondary at home in Westmoorings and Naparima winning 5-2 away to Speyside Secondary in Roxborough--their meeting will decide who takes the trophy.
The “Tigers” will feel good about their day’s work despite being pushed hard by a feisty San Juan, as they twice pulled themselves out of a deficit to lead 3-2 by halftime.
San Juan traded goal for goal with the Tigers, whose ever-present goal threat Kwesi Allen’s 86th-minute item not only notched his hat-trick, but quelled the visitors’ fightback in the end. Try as they might, San Juan showed they had some fight left in them, but not enough to register an equaliser to keep them in the Big Four hunt.
San Juan’s lanky forward Brent Sam put them on top in the 14th minute with a blast that left Tigers goalkeeper Carlton Alfonso “strung up” after Sam dribbled past two defenders.
It was the home team’s turn to answer in the 18th, a penalty that midfielder Matthew Woo Ling calmly slotted in after a call with which the few San Juan fans certainly voiced their displeasure.
That call was forgotten threes minutes later when Josiah Trimmingham put them back on top, a fierce header off a corner kick that nestled sweetly in the net.
The Tigers weren’t done. Within a seven-minute period they turned the deficit into a 3-2 lead, Allen striking both times both times taking advantage of poor goalkeeping by San Juan’s D’Andre Villaroel poach successive close range strikes in the 30th and 37th minutes.
The goalfest did not stop there. San Juan levelled the match in the 51st with another unstoppable blast from Sam driven home from 18 metres out.
From there it was a seesaw battle for the decisive strike. The home side did a good job of marking Sam out of the penalty area, having learned their lesson about how deadly the striker can be.
They also seemed keen for the fight on a heavy outfield drenched by rain during the encounter, even though it did not suit their passing game. The dead ball situations became their best options, but San Juan held at the back, and plodded forward with heavy legs trying to force the upset.
Allen, though, added a little rain of his own. San Juan fended off a corner kick, but the clearance only brought the ball St Anthony’s way. After a quick throw-in found its way to Allen, he turned and lashed it into the net to the dismay of the San Juan goalkeeper and the delight of the home fans.
A couple of nervy moments for both sides brought no further scoring, meaning St Anthony’s will now get their chance at revenge over League winners Naparima, whose away win over St Anthony’s turned out to be the difference between the teams in the League after art Anthony’s got off to a perfect six-game start, before losing three times in a row--including to San Juan--to hand over the title. It makes Saturday’s fixture a mouth-watering prospect all on its own.
Teams
St Anthony’s College: 1.Carlton Alfonso; 2.Jared Flament, 23.Mawasi Charles (capt), 4.Isaiah McIntyre, 18.Simon Joseph; 6.Leon Whyle, 7.Denzel Woods (11.Adriel Kerr 89th); 25.Shakeem Patrick (19.Andrew Rullow 46th), 14.Matthew Woo Ling, 8.Jules Lee (9.Darius Olliveira 80th); 10.Kwesi Allen.
Unused substitutes: 22.Oba Augustin (GK), 5.Keston Herrera, 15.Shem Clauzel, 17.Raheem Borde.
Coach: Nigel Grosvenor
San Juan North: 1.D’Eandre Villaroel; 12.Warren Chase, 24.Levi O’Brien, 3.Hakeem Wilson, 6.Jamal Roach; 22.Jermell Britto, 20.Josiah Trimmingham, 5.Shayon Eustache, 16.Brandon Semper (17.Oneil Jarvis 57th); 19.Joshua Leach (18.Marcus Rosales 77th), 9.Brent Sam (capt).
Unused substitutes: 26.Sterling Sween (GK), 4.Kenyan Huggins, 21.Kyle Mack, 23.Benjamin Magloure, 25.Kyle Williams.
Coach: Jerry Moe
Referee: Larry Lalchan
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What's with the championship div.
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QRC and Fyzabad win promotion to Premier Division
T&T Express Reports.
Queen’s Royal College and Fyzabad Secondary will be promoted to the Secondary Schools Football League’s (SSFL) Premier Division next year.
That is because the two teams earned victories that have placed them in the final of the BG T&T/First Citizens SSFL Championship Division Big Eight yesterday at the training pitches at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium.
The Royalians, North Zone champions, who qualified for the semi-finals as the second-placed team in Group B of the Big Eight, eked out a hard-fought 1-0 win over Group A winners Princes Town Secondary thanks to a goal from Joash Williams.
Meanwhile, Group B winners Fyzabad of the South Zone, dominated the North Zone’s Trinity College to win 4-1 to seal the other final place next Tuesday. Trinity and Fyzabad still have a chance to claim a promotion spot via a third place playoff also next Tuesday.
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First of all, Congrats to meh alma mater, QRC. Congrats to Fyzo., also.
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Naps claim Big-Four title.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Needing only a point, Naparima College got just that with a 2-2 draw against St Anthony’s College and secured the BGTT Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division Big-Four title, with a superior goal difference.
The competition was played in a round-robin format, with the South Zone school and recently crowned Premier Division champion, claiming the Big-Four title having conceded one goal less than St Anthony’s after three matches.
The match was played at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, with Naparima starting at full pace, scoring two goals within the opening six minutes, before allowing St Anthony’s back into the match.
Akinola Gregory, who entered the match in top form, opened the scoring in the fifth minute with a solo effort, mere moments before “Naps” doubled up from national Under-20 forward Nicholas Dillon in the sixth.
Less than two minutes St Anthony’s got an immediately reply with a scrambled goal, finished by Kwesi Allen, the team’s leading goal scorer, who got the equaliser in the dying moments of the match.
St anthony’s needed a win given its inferior goal difference to Naparima, but would again finish second best to star-studded South Zone school.
At the end of the new-look Big-Four round-robin competition, Naparima and St Anthony’s finished first and second, respectively, with seven points each while San Juan North placed third with a 2-1 home win over Tobago Championship winner, Speyside Secondary.
The next course of action for the four teams is InterCol action in their respective zones, starting next week. On Tuesday, the last team to join next year’s Premier Division competition will be decided when Princes Town West and Trinity College meet in the Championship Division Big-Eight third-place playoff.
Tomorrow, QRC and Fyzabad, both of which have already been promoted, will meet in the final a day later.
Results & Fixtures
Naparima 2 (Akinola Gregory 5th, Nicholas Dillon 6th) vs St Anthony’s 2 (Kwesi Allen 8th, 88th)
San Juan North 2 vs Speyside Secondary 1
Tomorrow
Championship Big-Eight final
QRC vs Fyzabad, venue to be announced
Tuesday
Championship third-place playoff
Princes Town West vs Trinity College, Hasely Crawford Stadium, 5 pm
RELATED NEWS
Naps pip Tigers for Big 4 title despite draw.
By Kern De Freitas (Express).
Naparima College once more showed themselves to be the best team in the BG T&T/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League when they added the Big Four title to their season winnings yesterday.
They were given a stern test by St Anthony’s College at Manny Ramjohn Stadium, but held on for a 2-2 draw to secure the silverware.
San Juan Secondary also earned a consolation Big Four win with a 2-1 result over Speyside Secondary at Bourg Mulatresse in San Juan.
Akinola Gregory and Nicholas Dillon tapped in efforts early on to leave the “Tigers” trailing, but the Westmoorings boys failed to put in several chances on offer after pulling back a quick one and paid the price. They hit the net again deep in second half stoppage time, but Naparima won the Big Four on goal difference.
It looked set to be an end-to-end thriller in the opening minutes. Three goals were fired in within the first ten minutes. St Anthony’s early intent meant little as they were staring into a 2-0 hole after seven minutes.
Their weakness against the through ball was purposefully exploited by Naps. In the fifth, a defensive mix-up allowed Naparima to sneak through after Gregory was played in. His marker never tackled, and Gregory sent Tigers goalkeeper Carlton Alfonso the wrong way with a soft left-footed attempt.
Naps were celebrating two minutes later, this time for Nicholas Dillon as he romped past three defenders, and then slipped the ball between a fourth defender and Alfonso, who mixed up their lines trying to quell the threat.
The “hosts” had little time to celebrate this time. St Anthony’s limited the damage in yet another minute, Denzel Woods bundling in from close range after Naparima failed to clear a header off a Kwesi Allen corner.
The chances did not stop there, but there were no more goals before halftime, although the Tigers came closest when Shakeem Patrick fluffed a perfect chance after a three-on-two break.
Naps, though, looked superior, holding their shape well and were much more accurate with their passing and determined in defence.
Jabari Mitchell also twice gave Alfonso scares, and the ‘keeper had to punch one over to preserve the scoreline.
St Anthony’s came charging out after their halftime pep talk, and had three good chances go a-begging in the ten minutes that followed the break. Substitute Andrew Rullow and fellow striker Allen both forced mistakes from the Naps defence, and a corner kick also had the latter nervous.
But they had a hard time getting that final shot on goal. When they did in the 65th, Rullow hit a one-on-one chance directly at custodian Akeem Awong.
For all their qualities, Naparima went a long stretch in the second half without meaningful attacking moves.
Three times Allen could have levelled, but he missed two close range looks after Awong brilliantly kept out a blast from the forward on the left.
Allen eventually managed the equaliser in the fifth minute of stoppage time, which was followed by a scuffle for the ball between the teams. It was too late for a winner anyway, and left Naparima celebrating their second title of the season, having already won the Premier Division.
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After watching part of the game between Naps and Shva Boys, I had to turn that shit off. It was just that. Shit. If Naps is the best football the so called SSFL premier league has to offer. Schoolboy football in Trinidad and Tobago is in disarray. The shit Naps put down on the field is the same shit that Eve is teaching these kids. What is even more troubling and confusing to me is how can the administrators of the game allow this shit to contnue. Why can't they see that these kids and their understanding of the game is stagnant like a clogged drain with a foul stench. The game is just hollering for someone with a higher level of intelligence to guide it out of this abyss. A help wanted sign. That is what is needed here.
Match the champion of this horrifically titled league up against champions from Costa Rica, Canada, Columbia, or the USA for that matter and let us see how good the football is at the schoolboy level.
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After watching part of the game between Naps and Shva Boys, I had to turn that shit off. It was just that. Shit. If Naps is the best football the so called SSFL premier league has to offer. Schoolboy football in Trinidad and Tobago is in disarray. The shit Naps put down on the field is the same shit that Eve is teaching these kids. What is even more troubling and confusing to me is how can the administrators of the game allow this shit to contnue. Why can't they see that these kids and their understanding of the game is stagnant like a clogged drain with a foul stench. The game is just hollering for someone with a higher level of intelligence to guide it out of this abyss. A help wanted sign. That is what is needed here.
Match the champion of this horrifically titled league up against champions from Costa Rica, Canada, Columbia, or the USA for that matter and let us see how good the football is at the schoolboy level.
Many on the forum, including myself, share your sentiment or lament. But in today's football, I have serious doubts of the high schools in TT producing the top quality of yester year. there have been several exceptional players, but not enough to fill the void we need for the MNT. the pro league is supposed to do that. the primary purpose of the high schools is to educate. Sports is secondary, whether we like it or not. This the new reality of football.
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Yes. The primary ppurpose of any school, Deeks, is to educate, but when I saw Dillon on the field with these kids he looked like a 19 year old who got left back in school because he is academically challenged, and as far as his football skills are concerned he just looks wrong, technically. Matter of fact, the Rodney kid from Shiva Boys and Jabari Mitchell to an extent caught my attention, and yet, it was nothing to holler about. It was just disappointing to see the game being misrepresented on the field. And the field, just the condition of it is not condusive to healthy physical activities for kids. If you thought the jackarse had developed the game in TnT you better think again. Just disappointing. All around.
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Congrats to Naps :D
Game Highlights http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-NAPS-WIN-BIG-4-281244811.html (http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-NAPS-WIN-BIG-4-281244811.html)
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If you thought the jackarse had developed the game in TnT you better think again.
When you say jackarse, who are you referring to.
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Congrats to Naps :D
Game Highlights http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-NAPS-WIN-BIG-4-281244811.html (http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-NAPS-WIN-BIG-4-281244811.html)
This highlight show you everything you need to know about T&T football. You see this approach to the game in NTs also and it is a very sad thing. Basic understanding of the game is lacking.
Apparently defending is an after thought. Individual defending is woeful at best. Group defending non-existent . Not good at all.
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Fyzabad make QRC see red
By Kern De Freitas (Express).
Queen’s Royal College may have made it back to top flight football in the BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL), but it won’t be a triumphant homecoming.
That’s because the “Royalians” were beaten 3-1 by Fyzabad Secondary in a penalty shoot-out to finish second best in yesterday’s Championship a Division “Big Eight” final at Hasely Crawford Stadium’s training ground in Port of Spain.
Marvin Seuradge rifled the decider high into the right corner of Jadel Poon Lewis’s net to send his team and their fans screaming with delight, while a subdued QRC sank to the turf, perhaps in equal measure of weariness and disappointment, as a hard-fought, balanced contest that remained 0-0 after regulation time ended in a drubbing from the spot.
“Fyzo” coach Brian London, best known in the calypso fraternity for his consistent appearance in the Dimanche Gras Finals--with a best finish of runner-up--and his maiden extempo crown in February, was more sober in his reflection but every bit as satisfied.
London, who also has a degree in sport studies from the University of Trinidad and Tobago, pointed out that his team has been through a lot this season, and only got into the Big Eight via protest.
Once they were here, though, Fyzabad made the best of heir opportunity, getting to the semis, where they whipped fancied team Trinity College 4-1.
Fitness was a big part of his thrust in his second year at the helm, and for London, himself a national former youth player and marathoner, it paid off.
Said London: “Funny enough, we got the team nobody wanted to play...Trinity. We happened to draw them in the semi-finals, and when we beat Trinity 4-1, nobody wanted to play us after that.”
It was a keenly contested match, but the goal scoring chances were few and far between, with most of the battle in midfield. QRC looked a bit more organised, but Fyzabad were solid in defence to ensure a 0-0 halftime scoreline.
But as QRC tired late on in the match, and a few Fyzo players started swooning to cramp, the Southern, dressed predominantly in red, surged looking for the go-ahead goal. They shut it down in the final 15 minutes, but QRC’s attempts to dribble their way into the box forced their opponents into no more than a a couple of nervous glances.
Kicks from the penalty mark were a fitting way to decide the contest, and Fyzabad, kicking second, went 2-0 up after QRC missed from Joash Williams and Dimitry Dunkley.
The Royalians seemed to have given up by their body language, until Fyzabad missed one after T’Shad Selvon had hit the net.
Another QRC error allowed Seuradge to seal it, and Fyzabad a big celebration for their long travels.
Today, St Augustine Secondary’s girls will take on Scarborough Secondary in the girls Big Four finale from 3 p.m., two hours before Championship Big Eight losing semi-finalists face off, both at Hasely Crawford Stadium.
Fyzabad takes Big-Eight title.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Princes Town, Trinity go for promotion spot today
Fyzabad Secondary yesterday lifted the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division Big-Eight title, following a penalty shoot-out win over Queen’s Royal College (QRC) following a goalless stalemate.
The South Zone team got the edge by converting three penalty attempts to QRC’s one.
Both teams will be represented in the second Premier Division season, next year, along with one other team - either Princes Town West or Trinity College of Moka.
Those two teams will meet in the Big-Eight third-place playoff, from 5 pm today at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, from 5 pm, in the second match of an SSFL double-header.
Both teams already met in the group stage of the Big-Eight competition with Princes Town taking a 2-1 win.
After topping Group A with all three wins, Princes Town West came up short in the Big-Eight semifinal losing 1-0 to QRC.
Trinity College, the runner-up of Group A lost 4-1 to Fyzabad.
The opening match will see defending league and InterCol champion, St Augustine Secondary face off with Scarborough Secondary in the final of the Girls’ Big-Four competition.
Fixtures
Today—Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo
Girls Big-Four final
St Augustine Secondary v Scarborough Secondary, 3 pm
Boys Championship Big-Eight third-place playoff
Princes Town West v Trinity College (North Zone), 5 pm
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If you thought the jackarse had developed the game in TnT you better think again.
When you say jackarse, who are you referring to.
The fella who made millions from a dollar. Capeche?
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Congrats to Naps :D
Game Highlights http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-NAPS-WIN-BIG-4-281244811.html (http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-NAPS-WIN-BIG-4-281244811.html)
This highlight show you everything you need to know about T&T football. You see this approach to the game in NTs also and it is a very sad thing. Basic understanding of the game is lacking.
Apparently defending is an after thought. Individual defending is woeful at best. Group defending non-existent . Not good at all.
And this is where people expect the next crop of national players to develop from? These 16 & 17 year olds should be playing full seasons professionally so that they can learn the professional game. By the time these kids rejoin their Pro League clubs it will take 2-3 months to get them fit and forgetting the bad habits they have picked up. They may be lucky to get half a dozen Pro games before the end of the season.
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Undisputed: St Augustine crowned Girls’ Big-Four champs again.
T&T Guardian Reports.
St Augustine made it back-to-back Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Girls’ Big-Four titles, yesterday, when the “Green Machine” triumphed 2-0 over Scarborough Secondary, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain.
An own goal in the dying moments of the first half spurred on the tenacious girls in green, who then went on to seal the win with a second goal, scored by Anna Williams in the 75th minute.
It was a fitting result for St Augustine, which recently ended their East Zone campaign with wins from as many matches, scoring 27 goals along the way while conceding only two. Just over a week ago, St Augustine yet again made a case for champions’ status when it defeated Point Fortin East, 4-1, in the Big-Four semi-final.
Point Fortin was off to an almost equally impressive league campaign, which included seven wins from eight matches with a goal tally of 55 for and one against.
Scarborough, too, was no walkover, as the Tobago Zone winner defeated North Zone’s Bishop’s Anstey, 3-1, in the other Big-Four semi-final.
That, after winning all their league fixtures. In the second match at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinity College (North Zone) got the edge over Princes Town West by virtue of a penalty shoot-out after both teams played to a goalless draw at full-time in the Boys’ Big-Eight third-place playoff.
Trinity won the shoot-out 4-3 to gain promotion to next year’s SSFL Premier Division, joining Big-Eight champion Fyzabad Secondary and QRC, the runner-up.
It was a bitter pill to swallow for Princes Town West, which was otherwise outstanding this season. Princes Town West first took the South Zone title by winning seven out of ten league matches, before advancing to the Big-Eight.
The Big-Eight was played with two groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semi-finals.
Princes Town dominated its group winning all three matches (12 goals for and one against). However, at the semi-final stage, Princes Town was blanked 1-0 by QRC.
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Light and Life outshine Scarborough in InterCol.
T&T Express Reports.
Pentecostal Light and Life outshone Scarborough Secondary to snatch a 3-2 victory and a place in the Secondary Schools Football League Coca Cola InterCol at Mt Pleasant yesterday.
Scarborough were on level terms with Light and Life for 18 minutes of the encounter, and trailed 2-1 at halftime. They lacked the determination of the underdogs, though, who managed to scrap to victory.
Light and Life oscillated between purposeful and clumsy, hallmarked by a number of silly free kicks they gave away.
Scarborough needed a little more of that purpose to match their opponents, and only seemed urgent in the last 15 minutes.
Before the crowd — predominantly comprising pupils from Signal Hill and Bishop’s High School awaiting the second match of yesterday’s double header — could get into the match, Light and Life were ahead.
They won an early free kick, and Kareem Phillips was there to head in the opening item. From another set play Scarborough levelled, this time Kareem Thomas tapping home from close range in the 16th after the Light and Life defenders failed to deal with a corner kick. It would not be the only time a defensive error resulted in a goal.
In fact, the third item in the 33rd minute was quite comical. After goalkeeper Shaheem Carrington competently collected the ball from a Light and Life attack, he promptly gave it back to Turell James with a poor, low kick, and the latter complied with a toe-poke right back into a wide open goal.
They were 3-1 up on 50 minutes, this time from the goal of the match. Carrington’s pudgy replacement Kurt Roachford, not the most athletic in the air, beaten by a beauty of a blast from 20 metres by Jabari Francis after he collected the lateral pass from Hakeem Baynes.
Scarborough tried to fight back and cut the advantage to a goal through Shaquille Cox, who thumped in from close range, once again benefitting from a defensive error.
Scarborough should have equalised a few minutes later from a close range free kick but La Shawn Roberts hit the post.
Light and Life came closest to beefing up the scoreline after that, but their desperate defending late on became more important, as they closed out the match, living to fight another day.
Yesterday’s Coca-Cola InterCol Results:
East
Toco vs Sangre Grande — Toco won by default
El Dorado East vs North Eastern—North Eastern won by default
Five Rivers 2 vs Hillview 0
Barataria South vs Valencia—Did not play
South
Princes Town West 1 vs Point Fortin East 0
Pleasantville 6 vs Siparia West 0
Moruga Secondary 4 vs La Romain 0
Presentation San F’do 2 vs Vessigny 0
Fyzabad Secondary 3 vs St Madeleine 0
Tobago
Signal Hill Sec 6 vs Bishop’s 0
Pentecostal L&L 3 vs Scarborough 2
Roxborough Sec 2 vs Goodwood 2
(Goodwood won 6-5 on pen)
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Princes Town responds with InterCol win.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Princes Town Secondary brushed off a disappointing inability to gain Premier Division promotion yesterday, by booking a spot in the South Zone quarterfinal of the Coca-Cola InterCol, with a 2-0 win over Point Fortin East.
The clearly superior Princes Town team did so having held onto the advantage and then extending its lead, while losing a player in between for the last 25 minutes. The team’s maestro, top scorer and captain Anderson Toussaint tracked back from his advanced position to the goal posts after starting goalkeeper Kevin John was shown a straight red card for dangerous play around the 65th minute.
Princes Town already held a 1-0 lead at that point following a first half goal from Kadeem Joshua in the 38th minute. And, despite the added pressure with John’s dismissal, Princes Town managed to bag another goal, an insurance item in the 88th minute from Marcus John.
It was the ideal way for Princes Town to respond after narrowly failing to gain promotion to the Premier Division. Princes Town had won its group in the Big-Eight competition, but the suffered a loss in the semifinal and the third place-playoff to finish fourth, behind the three promoted teams.
Despite the win, Princes Town knew before hand, that its hurdle yesterday would be much more simple than the task ahead on Monday.
On Monday, a South Zone quarterfinal double-header will be played with Shiva Boys Hindu College facing Pleasantville (6-0 winner over Siparia West), at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, from 2 pm, before Princes Town meets the mighty Naparima College, Big-Four and inaugural Premier Division champion, from 4 pm. Yesterday, preliminary action was also played in the East and Tobago Zones.
RESULTS
East Zone
Toco Secondary 3 v Sangre Grande 0
North Eastern 3 v El Dorado East 0
Five Rivers 2 v Hillview College 0
Barataria South v Valencia - Did Not Play
South Zone
Princes Town West 2 v point Fortin East 0
Pleasantville 6 v Siparia West 0
Moruga Secondary 4 v La Romain
Fyzabad Secondary 3 v Ste Madeleine 0
Tobago Zone
Pentecostal L&L 3 v Scarborough 2
Goodwood 2 v Roxborough 2
- Goodwood won 6-5 via penalty shootout
Signal Hill v Bishop’s
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Naps open InterCol account today.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Recently crowned SSFL Premier Division and Big-Four champion school, Naparima College will begin its quest for a third title today, when the team faces Princes Town West, in the quarter-final round of the Coca-Cola InterCol South Zone.
The second double-header fixture will kick off at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Macoya, from 4 pm.
At 2 pm, in the opening fixture, Shiva Boys Hindu College and Pleasantville will both clash for a place in the South Zone semi-final from 2 pm. The other two South Zone quarter-final matches will be played on Wednesday at Naparima College’s home ground on Lewis St, San Fernando.
The Central and East Zones will also feature InterCol zonal quarterfinal double-headers at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva and the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima, respectively.
Today’s feature clash sees a confident Naparima College, unbeaten through the Big-Four round-robin and the latter half of the Premier Division, facing a Princes Town Secondary, which narrowly lost out on promotion to the Premier Division after finishing fourth in the Championship Big-Eight competition.
Princes Town West players, however, lifted their heads to ease into the quarter-final round of the South Zone InterCol with a 2-0 win over Point Fortin East in the preliminary round on Friday.
Tomorrow, quarter-final action will commence in the North Zone with a pair of matches at two different venues.
InterCol Zonal fixtures - Today:
Central Zone quarter-finals
Presentation College v Couva West, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, 3 pm
Carapichaima East v Tabaquite, Ato Boldon Stadium, 5 pm
East Zone quarter-finals
Arima North v Five Rivers, Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima, 2 pm
San Juan North v Toco Secondary, Larry Gomes Stadium, 4 pm
South Zone quarter-finals
Shiva Boys v Pleasantville, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, 2 pm
Naparima v Princes Town West, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, 4 pm
Tomorrow
North Zone quarter-finals
St Anthony’s College v Queen’s Royal College, St Anthony’s Ground, 3.30 pm
East Mucurapo v Diego Martin Central, Diego Martin, 3.30 pm
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Naps keep on winning
T&T Express Reports.
Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division and Big Four champions Naparima College continued their winning ways as they advanced past Princes Town Secondary 2-0 in their Coca-Cola InterCol 2014 South Zonal quarterfinal match yesterday at Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella.
Pleasantville Secondary also got past Shiva Boys by the same 2-0 margin in the first game of the double-header Programme at the venue to advance to the South Zonal semifinals.
At another double-header at Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, saw Arima North pounding Five Rivers 7-0 in the East quarterfinal game, while San Juan North also handed Toco a 7-0 thumping in the second encounter.
And in the Central Zone, Presentation College had to resort to penalty kicks to eke out a win over Couva West after both sides were locked at 1-1 after regulation time. Pres won confidently 4-0 on penalties.
And Carapichaima Secondary shut out Tabaquite 4-0 to earn an East Zone semifinal berth.
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Tigers whip QRC, Mucurapo hammer Diego Central
T&T Express Reports.
St Anthony’s College did what was expected of them, sweeping by Queen’s Royal College (QRC) 4-1 at their Westmoorings home ground yesterday.
But the Premier Division number two team also showed they have some areas to work on to keep their title aspirations high, even though their victory was a mere formality.
They will meet East Mucurapo Secondary in the semi-final round, after the latter, demoted to the Championship round this season, found some confidence with a 9-0 drubbing of Diego Martin Central Secondary at Diego Martin.
Tekay Hoyce registered a hat trick in the 60th, 85th and 88th minutes after Diego Central managed to keep them down to a 2-0 halftime advantage.
Malique Quow opened the scoring for Mucurapo in just the first minute and Kazim Donald added another seven minutes later. The other scorers in the second half were Kathon St Hillaire (51st), Sherlon Roberts (55th), Keshawn Mark (80th) and Aquinde Marcellin (84th).
The “Tigers” of St Anthony’s also had a hat trick from Kwesi Allen, while midfielder Matthew Woo Ling, the standout player of the day, had the other effort against a spirited QRC, who responded late on from the spot.
Allen scored the first two items as the hosts took 25 minutes to break down the opposition, finishing a Woo Ling corner kick with a header back across goal into the far corner. Five minutes later they were firmly in the driver’s seat when the Tigers won a penalty and Allen stepped up to convert.
Throughout the match, though, St Anthony’s never really seemed to get into top gear, which left coach Nigel Grosvenor a lot more vocal than usual, perhaps trying to keep his team focused against a weaker, less physically imposing team.
QRC played with determination and at times, desperation, but lacked that penetration in the final third to get to the net.
Three minutes after the restart Woo Ling put the match beyond reach, as St Anthony’s demonstrated their patience in bringing back a play after being blocked in the QRC penalty area. Jules Lee pulled back from the right to feed Leon Whyle in midfield, and he played on for Denzil Woods, who slipped Woo Ling through. The latter had enough time to pick his spot to the left in a one-on-one opposite QRC custodian Jadel Poon Lewis.
In the 74th Woo Ling and Allen again combined, this time a near post header from a right-sided corner.
St Anthony’s gave up a clumsy penalty two minutes later, which Joash Williams won and finished, but it was only consolatory.
The Tigers move on to next week’s encounter with an opponent that has been unlucky this season, and not a prospect to take so lightly.
RESULTS
St Anthony’s 4 (Denzel Woods 24th, Kwesi Allen 29th, 71st, Matthew Woo Ling 50th) v QRC 1 (73rd pen)
East Mucurapo 9 (Tekay Hoyce—hat-trick, Malique Quow, Kazim Donald, Sherlon Roberts, Akquinde Marslin, Keshawn Mark, Kathon St Hillaire) v Diego Martin Central 0
Today’s Fixtures
East Zone Quarterfinals
St Augustine v North Eastern, Larry Gomes Stadium, 2 pm
Trinity East v Valencia, Larry Gomes Stadium, 4 pm
Tobago Semifinals
Signal Hill v Pentecostal L&L, Roxborough, 3 pm
Speyside v Goodwood, Roxborough, 5 pm.
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Signal Hill, Speyside in Tobago InterCol final
T&T Express Reports.
Signal Hill will play Speyside in the Coca-Cola InterCol Tobago Zone final Monday after both teams won their semifinals yesterday at Roxborough. Speyside took the easier route to the final when they won in regulation time 4-1 over Goodwood in the first of a doubleheader.
Signal Hill Secondary took the game all the way to penalties, but won convincingly there 4-1 over Pentecostal L&L after both teams were tied 3-3 at the end of 90 minutes.
In the East Zone, St Augustine Secondary and Trinity East advanced to the semifinal stage when they posted similar wins at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar yesterday.
In the first game of the double-header the Green Machine defeated North Eastern College 3-0, while Trinity East also managed a 3-0 victory over Valencia.
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Green Machine cruises into East InterCol semis.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Reigning Coca-Cola InterCol zonal and national champion, St Augustine Secondary took one step further toward defending both titles yesterday, when the “Green Machine” issued a comfortable 4-0 win over North Eastern College in the East Zone quarterfinal.
Kwinsi Williams and Anthony Samuel registered one goal each in the first half, before Jeremiah Taylor and Jelani John also scored one each to double the score in the second.
The win put St Augustine into tomorrow’s semifinal, where they will meet Trinity College (East) in the second match of a double-header at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima.
Trinity College defeated Valencia, 3-0, in yesterday’s second East Zone fixture. On Friday, the opening semifinal double-header encounter will see Arima North Secondary clash with San Juan North Secondary for a place in the final.
San Juan North whipped Toco Secondary 7-0 on Monday after Arima North similarly thrashed Five Rivers, 6-0.
Also yesterday, Signal Hill and Speyside Secondary advanced to the Tobago InterCol final after wins over Pentecostal L&L and Goodwood Secondary, respectively.
InterCol action will continue today with a quarterfinal double-header in the Cental Zone at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, and another two quarterfinal matches at separate venues in the North Zone.
Yesterday’s Results
East Zone quarterfinals
St Augustine 4 (Kwinsi Williams, Anthony Samuel, Jelani John, Jeremiah Taylor) v North Eastern
Trinity East 3 (Qunicy Ballah 2nd, Sean Bonval 7th, Tristan Perrotte 90th+3) v Valencia
Tobago semifinals
Speyside 4 (Weah Adams 2, Brandon Benjamin, own goal) v Goodwood 1 (Keiron Bobb)
Signal Hill 3 v Pentecostal L&L 3
- Signal Hill won 4-1 on a penalty shoot-out
Fixtures (Today)
Central Zone quarterfinals
ASJA Boys v Miracle Ministries, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, 3 pm
Chaguanas North v Preysal, Ato Boldon Stadium, 5 pm
North Zone quarterfinals
Fatima College v Trinity, Fatima Ground, 3.30 pm
St Mary’s v Malick, St Mary’s Ground, 3.30 pm
Friday
East Zone semifinals
Arima North v San Juan North, Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima, 2 pm
St Augustine v Trinity East, Larry Gomes Stadium, 4 pm
South Zone quarterfinals
Presentation College v Moruga, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, 2 pm
St Benedict’s v Fyzabad, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, 4 pm
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Trinity upset Fatima to reach InterCol semis
T&T Express Reports.
Fatima College became the first North Zone Premier Division casualty of the 2014 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Coca Cola InterCol series when they were upset 3-1 by Trinity College at Fatima Grounds, Mucurapo Road yesterday.
St Mary’s College were also in action yesterday, and they managed a 7-0 win over Malick Secondary to keep their InterCol ambitions alive at their St Mary’s Serpentine Road, St Clair base.
Rickel Dickson and Aaron Skeene both doubled up for St Mary’s, while Justin Brooks, Ethan Shim and Nathan Hart all registered on the score sheets.
Fatima have not been consistent this season in the Premier Division, and failed to get out of the blocks in their favoured tournament this time around.
It means that at least one Championship Division side will play in the North semi-finals, with Trinity set to face St Mary’s in one semi-final four encounter, while St Anthony’s College will face East Mucurapo for a place in the final.
Yesterday’s Central Zone quarter-finals, slated for Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, were postponed due to issues with the venue.
Instead, Chaguanas North will now play Preysal Secondary today at Hugo Francis Ground, Chaguanas, from 3.30 p.m., the same time ASJA Boys tackle Miracle Ministries at Carapichaima East.
In Girls East Zone semi-final action, St Augustine Girls and Bishop’s East High School scored emphatic 4-0 and 4-1 victories over St George’s College and Five Rivers Secondary respectively.
Yesterday’s InterCol Scores
North Zone quarter-finals:
Trinity 3 v Fatima 1
St Mary’s 7 v Malick 0
Central Zone matches postponed
Girls East Zone semis
St Augustine 4 v St George’s 0
Bishop’s East 4 v Five Rivers 1
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Saints whip Malick in North Zone InterCol.
T&T Guardian Reports.
St Mary’s College showed no mercy against Championship division’s Malick Secondary, yesterday, when the Saints marched on into the North Zone semifinal of the CocaCola InterCol competition with a 7–0 win.
The Saints booked their spot into Tuesday’s last-four stage, where they will meet Trinity College of Moka.
The newly-promoted Premier Division school, Trinity, dismantled Fatima College 3–1 at Fatima College Ground.
Next week’s other North Zone semifinal match will see St Anthony’s College meet East Mucurapo.
The last two Central Zone matches were carded to play yesterday, but were unable to because of a waterlogged Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.
They will instead be played today at two different venues.
ASJA Boys College and Miracle Ministries will meet in Carapichaima, from 3.30 pm, while Chaguanas North Secondary and Preysal meet at the Woodford Lodge, simultaneously.
The other last remaining quarterfinal matches will also be played in the South Zone, at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, from 2 pm. In the opening fixture, Presentation College of San Fernando will face off against Moruga Secondary, before St Benedict’s College and Fyzabad meet from 4 pm.
Meanwhile, the East Zone will kick off semifinal action in all the zones with a double-header at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima.
The opening match will see a mouth-watering contest between massive quarterfinal winners, San Juan North versus Arima North Secondary, from 2 pm, followed by a meeting between defending zonal and national InterCol champion, St Augustine Secondary and Trinity College East, at 4 pm.
Results
North Zone quarterfinals
St Mary’s College 7 (Ethan Shim 2, Rickel Dixon, Justin Brooks, Aaron Skeene, Nathan Hart, own goal) vs Malick 0
Trinity College (Moka) 3 vs Fatima College 1
FIXTURES - Today
Central Zone quarterfinals
ASJA Boys vs Miracle Ministries, Carapichaima, 3.30 pm
Chaguanas North vs Preysal, Woodford Lodge, 3.30 pm
South Zone quarterfinals
Presentation College vs Moruga, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, 2 pm
St Benedict’s vs Fyzabad, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, 4 pm
East Zone semifinals
Arima North vs San Juan North, 2 pm
St Augustine vs Trinity East, 4 pm
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Champs St Augustine out; Pres, St Benedict’s win big in South
T&T Express Reports.
Coca Cola InterCol quarter-final matches yesterday stayed true to form, with no upsets in the three Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) zones that saw action. But national champions St Augustine Secondary was knocked out of the competition.
It rained goals in the South with 12 items in two encounters at Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. Premier Division team Presentation College San Fernando hammered lowly Moruga Secondary 5-0, with Kyle Moodie doubling up for “Pres”, while his teammates Kareem Riley, Nate Brooks and Darnell Hospedales all got their names on the score sheets.
The other South encounter saw St Benedict’s College whip Fyzabad Secondary 5-2.
In Central, Chaguanas North stepped up from a 1-0 halftime lead to cruise home 4-1 against Preysal Secondary at Hugo Francis Ground in Chaguanas.
Matthias Williams’ hat-trick made it an easy day for Chaguanas North along with an Isaiah Cadogan penalty, while Leon Gilmore got Preysal’s consolation goal.
And ASJA Boys needed a penalty shootout to edge Miracle Ministries after the teams played out a 0-0 regulation scoreline at Carapichaima East.
A Larry Gomes Stadium double-header in the East saw San Juan North Secondary tame Arima North Secondary 3-1, but Trinity East had to work harder to end St Augustine Secondary’s season and their title defence with a 1-0 triumph at the Malabar venue.
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Speyside, Scarborough claim InterCol titles.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Speyside Secondary and Scarborough Secondary lifted the first InterCol titles among the boys and girls teams, following wins over Signal Hill Secondary and Bishop’s High, respectively in the Tobago Zone finals.
In the girls’ contest Jahmila Edwards and Aaliyah Charles scored first half goals, before Njemile Charles and Jeanile Lawrence completed another comfortable win, this time, 4-0 for Scarborough.
Scarborough added the biggest trophy in school girls’ football to the league crown it recorded in the Tobago Zone recently. The school from Tobago’s capital was also close to capturing the Big-Four title recently as well, but the team lost 2-0 to St Augustine Secondary.
In the second match in Tobago, Speyside Secondary and Signal Hill were locked 2-2 at the half, before the former went on a rampage to pick up the prestigious title. Top scorer Brandon Benjamin notched a brace for the winning team, while Weah Adams, Quanc Frank and Kerri McDonald got one each.
Akeil Frank and Ackel Carrington scored in the first half for Signal Hill.
There was also action in the Central Zone, yesterday, but at the semifinal stage, with Chaguanas North easing into the final with a 3-0 win over ASJA Boys. The opening double-header match at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, however, was less straightforward. However, in the end, Carapichaima found itself in a familiar place in the final after defeating Presentation College of Chaguanas in a penalty shoot-out following a 2-2 draw at full time.
Today, eight teams from the North and South Zones will be seeking their spots in one of two InterCol zonal finals. In the North Zone, St Anthony’s College and East Mucurapo will clash at St Mary’s College Ground, Serpentine Road, from 3.30 pm, while Trinity College and St Mary’s meet at Fatima College Ground, Mucurapo Road.
In a highly anticipated encounter, Premier Division and Big-Four champion Naparima College will vie for a spot in another final against Pleasantville Secondary in the last-four stage in the South Zone, at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, from 2 pm.
Two hours later, Presentation College of San Fernando and St Benedict’s College will face off in the second double-header match.
Yesterday’s InterCol Results
Tobago Zone final
Speyside 5 (Brandon Benjamin 2, Quanc Frank, Weah Adams, Kerri McDonald) v Signal Hill 2 (Akeil Frank, Ackel Carrington)
Central Zone semifinals
Carapichaima East 2 v Presentation College 2 (Chaguanas)
- Caps win 3-1 on penalty shoot-out
Chaguanas North 3 (Mathias Williams, Isaiah John, Isaiah Cadogan pen) v ASJA Boys 0
Tobago Girls’ Final
Scarborough 4 (Jahmila Edwards 21st, Aaliyah Charles 37th, Njemile Charles 43rd, Jeanile Lawrence 80th) v Bishop’s 0
Fixtures
Today - North Zone semifinals
St Anthony’s v East Mucurapo, CIC Ground, 3.30 pm
Trinity College v St Mary’s, Fatima College Ground, 3.30 pm
South Zone semifinals
Pleasantville v Naparima, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, 2 pm
Presentation College San F’do v St Benedict’s College, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, 4 pm
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‘Naps’ go for triple crown repeat
By JONATHAN RAMNANANSINGH (NEWSDAY).
Naparima College will be hoping to repeat their iconic triple-crown haul of national football titles which was achieved 15 years ago under former coach Jan Steadman, when they square off against rivals St Benedicts in the this year’s edition of the Coca Cola Intercol South Zone finals which kicks off tomorrow.
Having already hoisted the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) and Big Four crowns for the competitive season thus far, Naparima College are once again on the brink of creating football history.
In yesterday’s semi-final clash against Pleasantville Secondary at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, yesterday, ‘Naps’ moved one step closer to another historic season haul when they disposed of their opponents 4-0 to advance.
From as early as the 11th minute, Naparima led the charge forward with Nicholas Dillon swinging a menacing cross in from the flank. However, there was no one following through to slot it home. Dillon continued to pester the Pleasantville defence and shot wide of the target seven minutes later. Naparima continued to apply pressure and were duly rewarded in the 34th minute when Martieon Watson received the ball at the edge of the penalty area and slapped it into the far corner (1-0).
Two minutes from the half-time break, national Under-20 standout Jabari Mitchell played a defence-splitting pass to forward Akinola Gregory who made no mistake to find the back of the net (2-0).
At the resumption, Pleasantville squandered their rare chances and were made to pay as Mitchell then etched his name on the scoresheet with a well-built play comprising teammates Dillon and Michael Basdeo (3-0) in the 68th. One minute before the end of normal time, Dillon latched on to a precise Basdeo through-ball and netted once more to complete the 4-0 sweep and secure a place in the 2014 Zonal final.
Additionally, St Benedicts advanced to tomorrow’s final by holding off Presentation College, San Fernando, in the penalty shootout. Both teams played to a 0-0 result before kicks from the spot went in favour of the Southern Lions.
And in what can be considered the upset of the season, East Mucurapo Secondary dumped defending Intercol champions St Anthony’s College out by squeezing out a 5-4 win on penalty kicks yesterday. At the end of 90 minutes and extra time, the scores were deadlocked at 1-1 and resulted in kicks from the spot. They now meet St Mary’s in the North Zone final after they ousted Trinity North 2-1 in yesterday’s semi-final.
Naparima College will play St Benedict’s College on Thursday at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium at 4pm to decide the South Zone Intercol champion.
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San Juan North claim East Zone title
T&T Express Reports.
San Juan North Secondary grabbed the first national semi-final berth when they edged Trinity East 3-2 in the East Zone final yesterday at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, yesterday.
San Juan will now play the winner of the national quarter-finals between Tobago Zone InterCol winners Speyside and the yet to be determined North champions to be played on Tuesday at Shaw Park.
East Mucurapo will play St Mary’s College in the North InerCol finals for the crown at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, tomorrow.
Today, there are two finals in the Coca-Cola Boys InterCol competition. The South title will be decided when Naparima, the 2014 SSFL Premier Division and SSFL Big Five champions, continue their quest for a thrid consecutive title when they square off against rivals St Benedict’s College at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella from 3:45 p.m. Then at 4:30 p.m. at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Carapichaima and Chaguanas North will tussle for the Central crown.
In the BGTT/First Citizens Girls Intercol 2014, Point Fortin East tackle Debe Secondary at Mannie Ramjohn from 2 p.m. for the South Zone title. Point Fortin girls walloped Cowen Hamilton by a massive 26-0 margin in their quarterfinal match, before dominating Fyzabad Secondary 5-0 in their zonal semi-final last Thursday to advance to today’s final.
Debe also had an easy time of advancing to the final, defeating Princes Town West 10-0 in the quarters before shutting out St Joseph’s Convent, San Fernando, 4-0 in the semis.
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Benedicts put an end to Naps run. South teams continue to run tingz ! ;D
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Benedict’s takes South InterCol at Naps’ expense.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Naparima College, the school which brough thrills and excitement to the SSFL this year met an exit from the CocaCola competition yesterday, after losing 2-1 to St Benedict’s College in the final of the South Zone competition.
It was a come-from-behind effort from St Benedict’s, the fourth place finisher at the inaugural SSFL Premier Division over “Naps”, which took the season by storm winning both the top tier league competition and the Big-Four.
Martieon Watson opened the scoring in the 40th minute to give Naparima the narrow lead into the break, after a flurry of missed opportunities from the highly rated Nicholas Dillon and Jabari Mitchell.
Then, five minutes after the restart, St Benedict’s found the equaliser from Moriba Des Cartes, before taking the shock lead and the winner from Shemar Ravello.
Even before the match, St Benedict’s was one of few teams to do damage to Naparima all season. Just before going on a brilliant run to the Premier Division title, Naparima suffered a 3-0 defeat by St Benedict’s midway through September.
St Benedict’s will now represent the South Zone in the National InterCol competition and will face Carapichaima in the semifinal, on Thursday at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella.
Carapichaima East secured the Central Zone title by dethroning Chaguanas North Secondary in the final. Caps exacted revenge for last year’s loss by issuing a comfortable 3-0 victory against a team, which was already deflated by its relegation from the Premier Division.
Today, the last team in the National InterCol competition will be determined in the North Zone final. East Mucurapo and St Mary’s College will square off at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, from 4.30 pm.
The winner of that match will meet Speyside Secondary in the lone InterCol quarterfinal match on Tuesday in Tobago.
Results
North Zone final
St Benedict’s 2 (Moriba Des Cartes 50th, Shemar Ravello 82nd) v Naparima 1 (Martieon Watson 40th)
Central Zone final
Carapichaima East 3 v Chaguanas North 0
Today
North Zone final
East Mucurapo v St Mary’s College, Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo
St Benedict’s end Naps’ triple crown bid
T&T Express Reports.
St Benedict’s College ended Naparima College’s bid for a season sweep yesterday, defeating them 2-1 on an 82nd-minute goal from Shemar Ravello in the Coca Cola InterCol South Zone final.
The win was St Benedict’s first zonal InterCol title since 1992.
At Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, Ravello’s strike ended Naparima’s season and crowned the La Romain Lions’ South champs, also putting them into the national semi-finals, where they will face Carapichaima East Secondary of the Central Zone.
“Caps” snatched the Central Zone crown yesterday with a 3-0 whipping of Chaguanas North Secondary.
In the South match, Big Four and Premier League winners “Naps” looked to have one foot in the door for the final four competition, but InterCol has proved there is never any sure victor.
Marteion Watson put his team ahead in the 40th for a 1-0 halftime lead. St Benedict’s came surging back through Mariba Des Cartes, five minutes after the resumption before Ravello had the last word.
St Benedict’s coach Dexter Cyrus is pleased with his troops’ efforts, but says thy must take it one match at a time.
“We actually beat Naps 3-0 earlier in the season,” Cyrus told the Express. “We had no reason to fear.” He chalked the results up to heir fitness regime, which he said was among the best in the League, allowing them to be superior late on in matches.
Cyrus added: “We want to take it one game at a time. I don’t want thinking about the final during the semis.”
Today will be last zonal final, with East Mucurapo Secondary taking on St Mary’s College from 3.30 p.m. for a chance to face Tobago’s Speyside Secondary in the lone semi-final
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Skipper Sam fires San Juan to East Intercol title
By JONATHAN RAMNANANSINGH (Newsday).
A HAT-TRICK from captain Brent Sam propelled San Juan North Secondary to be crowned 2014 Coca Cola Intercol East Zone champions by holding off a persistent Trinity College East 3-2 in the final at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima yesterday.
Sam led the charge for his outfit and blanked Shawn Bonval’s two goals coming from the opposition.
San Juan North became the first team to capture its Zonal Intercol crown as the remaining finals will be contested today and tomorrow.
In action today, Naparima College are on the brink of repeating their historic 1999 triple-crown schools football title-haul but will have one final challenge to face at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, from 3.45 pm today, when they lock horns with St Benedict’s College in an anticipated Coca Cola Intercol South Zone final.
The Angus Eve-led unit has already captured the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) and Big Four trophies for the season thus far and is intent on retaining the hat-trick of titles, some 15 years later.
‘Naps’ have proven to be the most dominant force on the schools circuit this year and are favoured to win today’s encounter.
Speaking to head coach Eve yesterday, he revealed that today’s match will be approached like all of the team’s previous matches - with the sole intention of victory.
“We have a dedicated bunch of guys and they have been working really hard this year. A win today is our ultimate goal but the triple-crown would indeed be a pinnacle factor for me, the entire team and the school at large,” said Eve.
The former national player noted that his players have achieved a unique balance between their football and academics, a mix which has helped them progress through the season by succeeding in both disciplines. Also in action in their zonal finals today are Carapichaima East versus Chaguanas North (Central) at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, from 3.45 pm.
Tomorrow will see both finalists of the North Zone, St Mary’s and East Mucurapo, go for glory at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, from 4.30 pm.
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Penalty InterCol glory for Mucurapo
T&T Express Reports.
Determination was the key for East Mucurapo Secondary as they defeated St Mary’s College 3-2 on penalties to lift the Secondary Schools Football League Coca Cola North Zone InterCol title at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain yesterday.
The two teams who finished on opposite ends of the BGTT Premier Division League competition, played to a 0-0 regulation time score before Mucurapo—who will be demoted to the Championship Division at the end of the season—held their nerve to come out on top for their first North Zone InterCol title since 2004.
Tekay Hoyce slotted home the first kick from the penalty sport before Travell Edwards missed the second to give CIC a lifeline.
However Malique Quow and Kazim Donald both scored, while goalkeeper Aaron Enil stopped two shots to seal the title and give their school something to celebrate at the end of a tough campaign.
“We went into the InterCol with a positive attitude,” Mucurapo manager Brinsley Hudson told the Express following the win.
“I think we had more determination and we believed in ourselves more,” he added.
“Not being able to stay up in the Premier League, we wanted to come away with something so we really trained for this and we had a good plan coming into the game,” the Mucurapo manager explained.
“It was a heavy ground and they had more possession and we had some opportunities to score which we did not capitalise on but we knew that we had the best Under-20 goal keeper in the country so we always had confidence that if we had to go into a penalty situation, we would prevail.
“We played our game and they played theirs and at times we got caught up playing their game as well but we settled in the second half more and we created some chances but we still could not put them away.
“We know St Mary’s are a solid bunch, they have some strong players and we like the passing game so we knew once we kept the ball on the ground we felt we could come away with a win,” Hudson added.
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Benedicts put an end to Naps run. South teams continue to run tingz !
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Three Benedict's men score in that game: Watson, Des Cartes and Ravello.
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Tobago schools bigger next year says Cadette
By Sean Nero (T&T Guardian)
Tobago will return bigger and stronger at next year’s Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) says Huey Cadette, secretary for Sport, Education and Youth Affairs in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA).
He said the new structure adopted for the 2014 season negatively affected the academic progress of athletes; a reality that neither the Assembly nor civil society could not accept.
The premier league concept was the new feature of the championship which coincided with the 50th Anniversary of the League.
Cadette said, “I did have discussions with the SSFL and the Tobago Zone and indicated that because of the new structure, which saw the introduction of a premier league, it would have placed significant pressure of Tobago teams by way of travel, which ultimately would have created a challenge on their ability to function in the school environment.”
He added, “This year, the Tobago Zone winner would have participated at a Big Four level only. I have had some discussions with both the SSFL and the Tobago Zone in terms of determining what happens for 2015 onwards, to ensure that in a real sense Tobago teams can participate for the entire premier league. That is something they would have to revisit, but obviously, I would have been disappointed that a Tobago team would not have had the opportunity to play through the league and therefore have an opportunity to compete against the best in Trinidad, and maybe hone their skills and have more competitive action.”
Providing an overview on the state of sports in Tobago, Cadette was clear that sport was in a “very good” place.
Having former Soca Warriors captain and ex-Manchester United star Dwight Yorke as its ambassador for sport, as well as fielding four athletes on the T&T Senior Women’s Football team, he said, Tobago undoubtedly added tremendous value to the national sporting foot-print.
In table-tennis, he said, athletes on the island seemed to dominate judging from results over the past two decades.
“We have seen excellent performances over the years in term of athletes in particular table tennis. We are seeing our dominance in Secondary School Champions over the last 23-24 years. But we also feel, though, that while we are seeing that success in the number of individuals making it to the elite level, we still feel the need for us to do a little more in terms of (the) community involvement and our facilities maintenance. We feel in some sporting disciplines there is still an opportunity for more Tobagonians to be seen and to get involved in the national set up,” he said.
To achieve that, the division of Sport was in discussions with national governing bodies seeking ways to ensure the structure for screening and selection in Tobago, allowed for more persons to be exposed.
Cadette said, “We also realise that there is constantly a need to improve our facilities and that is something that we are working on. We recently installed at the Dwight Yorke Stadium a certified new track which has been certified class 2 and we are extremely proud of that. We are hoping that in the coming months, we will see some activities to commission that track, and for 2015 we will see a season of athletes in Tobago: Zenith Relays coming back, the Falcon Games coming back to Tobago, (and) the Tobago Games, all in a bid to ensure that good things are happening for sport in Tobago.”
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Chaguanas North protests Caps’ InterCol trophy win.
T&T Guardian Rports.
Coach claims dishonest record keeping
The referees who officiated the semifinal of the Coca Cola InterCol competition between Presentation College of Chaguanas and Carapichaima East Secondary, were expected to meet last evening to resolve an issue arising out of a protest filed by Chaguanas North Secondary.
On Friday, Chaguanas North wrote a letter of protest signed by its principal Premlal Seecharan and head coach Nicholas Griffith to general secretary of the Secondary Schools’ Football League, Azaad Khan, alleging that Carapichaima East fielded an ineligible player during the Central Zone InterCol final a day before, which Carapichaima won 3-1.
Griffith claims Carapichaima East fielded a player in the final, who he says should have been suspended for the final after receiving a yellow card during the semifinal against Presentation College. Griffith said he and his players sat waiting to play in the second semifinal double-header match, they all witnessed the player receive the yellow card.
The player in question is Keon Brown, who was confirmed as having received a yellow card during Carapichaima’s quarterfinal match against Tabaquite Secondary on November 10.
Three days after submitting the first letter, Griffith again wrote to Khan alleging that the referee’s report did not correctly identify the player who he said did in fact receive the only yellow card of the match. Griffith wrote: “We witness(ed) Keon Brown #27 giving away a penalty to Presentation for a handled ball; at this instance, he was not carded. However, earlier he made a tackle which was dangerous and he was immediately cautioned by the referee.”
That claim, however, was not substantiated in the referee’s report of the match, which had Kadiz Chandler as the only player booked in the semifinal. The match was officiated by David Ramkhelawan. Griffith added: “This (yellow) was the only card that the school received. However, in this report, it reflects Kadiz Chandler #3. To our knowledge, this (is) quite inaccurate and our request is that, as referee chair, you contact all persons who officiated on the game and get clarity of the matter and bring closure to this information which is presented.”
Griffith said he is yet to receive a response from Khan. The referee’s report is supposed be submitted to Khan within a 24 hour period, along with a match commissioner’s report. When Guardian contacted Khan, he said he was yet to view the card but was basing his response on the information provided to him by Lawrence Seepersad, the league’s assistant secretary in charge of operations.
The Guardian understands that the referee’s report was in the possession of Seepersad up to yesterday since the day the match was played on November 17. Seepersad, a teacher at Carapichaima East, is also responsible for assigning match commissioners to InterCol matches.
Khan admitted that he was supposed to receive the card from Seepersad, but said the delay was caused by weather conditions. He said there was no urgency in receiving the match report as it contained nothing out of the ordinary. “As far as I’m aware, the match report does not state that he (Brown) was yellow carded. Therefore, he was not suspended for the final,” Khan said.
Griffith, who filed the protest without viewing the referee’s report said he was convinced that Brown was the player who in fact received the yellow, and when he (Griffith) subsequently viewed a copy of the match report on Monday, he was surprised by what was contained on the card. Ramkhelawan was contacted yesterday and asked if he viewed the match card to spot any discrepancies.
The referee responded saying he verified that the signature on the match card was indeed his and said that “if someone forged my signature, they did a very good job.”
He also verified that all information contained in the card was what he wrote but could not confirm or deny if the player who was identified on the match card was not the player who was actually carded, due to the time lapse. Thus, he said he could not suggest that the match card was tampered with.
The Guardian tried unsuccessfully to contact Seepersad yesterday. Carapichaima East is scheduled to face South Zone winner St Benedict’s College tomorrow in the first InterCol semifinal at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella.
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Nine-man Mucurapo moves into InterCol semis.
T&T Guardian Reports.
East Mucurapo secured the last available Coca-Cola National InterCol semifinal spot, but will enter that fixture on Friday without a full-strength team, after finishing with nine players in its 2-0 win over Speyside Secondary yesterday.
Mucurapo made the trip to Roxborough, Tobago, and made light work of Speyside scoring two second half goals, even after its Under-17 national player Tekay Hoyce was red carded in the 52nd minute. Hoyce, a stand-out for Mucurapo in its penalty shoot-out win over St Mary’s College last Friday in the North Zone final was ejected for obscene and abusive language.
But, it took all of three minutes after Hoyce’s dismissal for Mucurapo to take the lead with a strike from Micah Lansiquot. And, even with 10 players, Mucurapo was able to double its advantage when Malique Quow scored again in the 77th minute. Then, in the dying moments of the contest, Mucurapo shot itself in the foot when Travell Edwards followed Hoyce early into the dressing room after receiving a red card of his own.
Mucurapo, which was relegated from the Premier Division after finishing second from bottom, saw its dream run continue yesterday, but will now face a daunting test against East Zone winner San Juan North in the second semifinal at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima, on Friday.
The winner of that match will play one of the other two semifinalists, St Benedict’s College or Carapichaima, both of which will meet on Thursday at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. The InterCol final will take place on December 5.
Also in action yesterday was Miracle Ministries which recorded a 3-2 penalty shoot-out win over Scarborough Secondary. The win put Miracle Ministries into the Friday’s National semifinal where it will face St Augustine Secondary at the Larry Gomes Stadium, at 2 pm. Point Fortin East and St Francois will clash in the first girls’ semifinal tomorrow, from 2 pm, also prior to the boys’ encounter.
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Regarding the respective national Intercol finals for each gender: will there be a double header?
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Regarding the respective national Intercol finals for each gender: will there be a double header?
From what I understand, that's most likely the case. But they'll chose the venue based on which boys' teams advance to the final.
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Yuh know what's intriguing ... that this thread has more than 3 times the views than the current season Premier League thread ... although the PL thread started months before the SSFL thread. Even discounting fuh the individual club threads, dahis :-\
Maybe the Intercol final should be on Tuesday at the HCS preceding the WC qualifier.
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Maybe the Intercol final should be on Tuesday at the HCS preceding the WC qualifier.
What if it rained heavy?
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Maybe the Intercol final should be on Tuesday at the HCS preceding the WC qualifier.
What if it rained heavy?
Steups I know we does use d stadium for concert but this not a concert no need 4 an opening act.
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And people doubt that Intercol gets more attention than pro league. They started a fantasy football for Intercol yuh know. Imagine that.
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What if it rained heavy?
Wasn't trying to convey a "literal interpretation". Good thing ah din post the other option considered to drive the point. Allyuh would be up in arms.
Nevertheless, lehme try again ...
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Maybe the Intercol final should be on Tuesday at the HCS preceding after the WC qualifier.
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What if it rained heavy?
Wasn't trying to convey a "literal interpretation". Good thing ah din post the other option considered to drive the point. Allyuh would be up in arms.
Nevertheless, lehme try again ...
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Maybe the Intercol final should be on Tuesday at the HCS preceding after the WC qualifier.
Same response we will be 2 happy 2 bother wit any intercol. Give d cdren their day in the sun.
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What if it rained heavy?
Wasn't trying to convey a "literal interpretation". Good thing ah din post the other option considered to drive the point. Allyuh would be up in arms.
Nevertheless, lehme try again ...
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Maybe the Intercol final should be on Tuesday at the HCS preceding after the WC qualifier.
Same response we will be 2 happy 2 bother wit any intercol. Give d cdren their day in the sun.
Sarcasm, weary, sarcasm.
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Benedict's are the National InterCol Champions for the 6th time in the history of the school..1960, 1966,1967,1968,1998,2014
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Benedict's are the National InterCol Champions for the 6th time in the history of the school..1960, 1966,1967,1968,1998,2014
easy there fella....they won the semis....they've gotten to the final
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Benedict's are the National InterCol Champions for the 6th time in the history of the school..1960, 1966,1967,1968,1998,2014
easy there fella....they won the semis....they've gotten to the final
Who they beat?
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St Benedict’s advances to InterCol final.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Naps repeats U-16 crown
A first half goal from Anthony Herbert sealed a spot in the final of the Coca Cola National InterCol competition for St Benedict’s College, yesterday, which played with a player down to defeat Carapichaima East Secondary 1-0.
The National InterCol semifinal match was played at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, immediately following Point Fortin East’s 8-0 semifinal thrashing of St Francois.
Point Fortin East will play either St Augustine or Miracle Ministries in the Girls’ National final next Friday, before St Benedict’s plays the winner of San Juan North’s clash with East Mucurapo Secondary in the Boys’ final. The venue will be named following today’s matches.
St Augustine will face Miracle Ministries today at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima, from 1.45 pm, in the second girls’ semifinal before San Juan North and Mucurapo vie for the second spot in the final, from 3.45 pm.
In yesterday’s Boys’ InterCol semifinal, St Benedict’s did well to fend off the challenge from “Caps”, especially after losing Rondel Payne to a red card just after the half-way point in the second period. That red came simultaneously with a call for a penalty kick, which was taken and missed by Larry Brown who hit the crossbar.
The result saw St Benedict’s continue a brilliant InterCol run, which included a 2-1 win over Premier Division and Big-Four champion team, Naparima College in the South Zone final, last week.
However, in the Under-16 final, yesterday, Naparima College went all the way to the title and for the second consecutive time, but required spot kicks to do so after finishing the 80-minute match deadlocked at 1-1 with Trinity East.
“Naps” took the lead in the 23th minute with a goal from Kashief King, but conceded in the 56th minute to see the match into spot kicks. The penalties went in the way of Naparima by a 4-1 margin after Akim Low Hoy, Enrique Changiah, Joel Stephens and Kierron Mason all converted their attempts.
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Fatima eyes Toyota Classic schools final.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Despite a very mediocre campaign in the newly formed bgTT/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, North Zone team, Fatima College is in line to collect a $10,000 pay day courtesy the T&T Pro League’s Toyota Classic competition.
This season’s Toyota Classic which comprises all the clubs of the T&T Pro League and the top seven from the National Super League boast a new feature, where each club in the competition selected an SSFL team within its community, and for the final, the two SSFL teams that were selected by the finalists will face off against each other in their final as well on December 12, with $10,000 at stake for the winner, and $5,000 to the runner-up.
And so far, Police FC of the Pro League which, like Fatima, is coached by former national Under-17 women’s coach Richard Hood has made it through the semifinals after wins over National Super League Guaya United (2-1) in the round-of-16 and then Defence Force, 4-3 on penalty-kicks after a 1-1 draw.
WASA FC of the Super League which dumped last years winner and three-time champion DirecTV W Connection on penalties after a 1-1 draw and followed up with a come-from-behind 2-1 defeat of another Pro League club, Caledonia AIA is also through to the semifinals.
However, the St Joseph-based WASA which features all-time T&T goalscorer Stern John has not decided on with school it will select as yet.
The other schools still in contention for the $10,000 payout are Carapichaima East Secondary, Pt Fortin East Secondary, SSFL Premier Division winners’ Naparima College and San Juan North Secondary through the quartet of Central FC, Pt Fortin Civic, Club Sando and San Juan Jabloteh respectively.
Both Police and WASA were expected to know their semifinal opponents last night following the remaining quarterfinal double-header at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.
Police will meet the winner of the clash between Jabloteh and Club Sando while WASA faces the Central FC/Pt Fortin FC winner.
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More importantly...
where and what time is the Intercol final?
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St Augustine, Point Fortin confident ahead of girls final
T&T Newsday Rports.
Reigning Girls Intercol champions St Augustine Secondary will be looking for their second clean sweep of the football season when they face Point Fortin in the BG T&T First Citizens Intercol National Final tomorrow at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, at 3pm.
St Augustine are hoping to continue their impressive run after winning the East Zone title and the Big Four crown.
Anselm Wright, Director of Football at St Augustine, expressed confidence in the team and believes that they win with strong support from the school community.
“We are quite confident, considering that we are the defending champions, having won all the competitions so far this year. We already won the league and the Big Four so we are looking to win the Intercol,” he stated.
Wright showered the team’s coach, Desiree Sarjeant, with praise for getting the girls to this point and says she has them prepared and focussed. He also commended parents of the girls for their continued support and being present at all the matches.
“She is an excellent coach, she works well with the team. She has the girls well disciplined, well prepared for the game and well focussed on their school work.”
He went on to mention that the school is already grooming the under 15 players to take the spots of the senior players who will be leaving at the end of the school year.
“The school has a football programme, it’s not that we just play football for competition. There is an all-round programme involving the rudiments of the game and encouraging persons to play the game, not just for competition,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Point Fortin East are also confident about facing St Augustine for the second time this year.
Point Fortin missed out on the final of the Big-Four Championships after falling to St Augustine 4-1 and will be looking to seek revenge.
Ainsley Gopaul, Principal and past student of Point Fortin who represented the school at both football and cricket, expressed joy and excitement about his team making it to the Intercol final and is confident about their chances.
“We are extremely elated, but we expected it because we were grooming a team for the longest while and we also have a lot of good players,” he declared.
“I think this team will be better prepared (for the final). We are looking to be very optimistic because it’s the first time the girls played out of the zone on a big field and it was an experience in itself and I think they would be better prepared now for this final — physically, mentally and in terms of strategy wise.”
He said their coach Chris Bailey and management did a good job with getting the team to gel.
“The coach’s efforts are excellent, more so the input the manager has made to the team. Part of the strength of the team is getting them to bond as a unit and bringing them together,” he added.
Gopaul is already looking forward to next year’s tournament since the lineup would be almost the same for the next two years.
“It’s a very young team. Even from the beginning of the season, even when they played St Augustine to now, we are a far better team because it’s students in forms two, three, four and day by day, match by match, they are improving. So next year would be the same team and they will be more experienced and developed.” he concluded.
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Compre, Lions clash at ‘Hasely Crawford’
By Kern De Freitas (Express).
Mind vs matter in InterCol final
Just as their seasons began, so shall they end, with one slight difference: St Benedict’s College and East Mucurapo Secondary face off today for the biggest prize in secondary schools football—the Coca-Cola InterCol title at Hasely Crawford Stadium.
After Point Fortin East Secondary take on St Augustine Secondary from 3 p.m. for the girls’ InterCol title at the Mucurapo venue, the Premier Division teams will face off from 5 p.m., also at the “Hasely Crawford”.
Those teams met at that very stadium to kick off the 2014 season, and the “La Romaine Lions” ran away with a 2-0 victory over East Mucurapo.
St Benedict’s last played in a national final in 1998, when they snapped up the InterCol title, a year after losing the decider to then first-time finalists, St Anthony’s College at Queen’s Park Oval.
East Mucurapo tasted success last in 2008, when Kevin Molino led the team to a 3-1 win over Carapichaima East Secondary on two goals from star striker, the late Mutar Taylor, and a brilliant long-range free kick from the diminutive Terrence Clarke.
Both teams are looking for their third InterCol title, but unlike St Benedict’s, East Mucurapo have never tasted League success. St Benedict’s completed the League-InterCol double in 1967 for their other two national titles, while Mucurapo’s other national victory was in 1983.
While St Benedict’s have spent the season working themselves up to top physical conditioning, Mucurapo have been enhancing their mental game, which has seen them stop some of the League’s best—St Anthony’s College, St Mary’s College, Speyside Secondary and San Juan Secondary—after a dismal Premier Division campaign, where they were demoted.
For St Benedict’s coach Dexter Cyrus, himself a former national forward, he is pleased with his team’s season. But he has also advised his charges not take their opponents lightly.
“I don’t’ want our boys to be complacent,” Cyrus explained, “thinking that because we beat Mucurapo 2-0 (and) that we will beat them again at the same stadium. I don’t’ want them to think it’s the same Mucurapo team. They have about two or three new players.
“Also, teams are not scoring on them, although they are not scoring. Obviously they are doing something right defensively and that is keeping them in games. But we are in it to win it.”
At the other end of the field, Mucurapo manager Brinsley Hudson has seen his team’s confidence boosted, and hopes that will add the final piece of the InterCol puzzle to their game. He feels the match will be close with few goalscoring opportunities, and has vowed to take the attack to St Benedict’s.
East Mucurapo also want to make up for their previous loss to St Benedict’s and are further motivated by the fact that they have been relegated.
“We went through that with them and explained it (what it means to win the InterCol after being relegated), so they want it more to prove a point that we are still a champion team. It makes them a little more hungry to put their hands on this trophy.”
It makes for an interesting final today as well, with East Mucurapo’s “mind” ready to fight for supremacy against St Benedict’s “matter”.
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Compre 1 Benedict's 0. Tekay Hoyce goal.
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Still formulating thoughts on this Intercol final ... however, one thing is clear: the atmosphere of yesteryear is gone!
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Good win for Mucurapo
unfortunate for them that they will be demoted. Have some great players but so it goes....
I think that Mucurapo's keeper is probably one of the most solid in the country at the U20 level.
Hopefully he'll take over for the upcoming tourney.
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Still formulating thoughts on this Intercol final ... however, one thing is clear: the atmosphere of yesteryear is gone!
Give ah lil break dow nah?
Speed of play? Defending? Tactical/Technical?
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Benedict's are the National InterCol Champions for the 6th time in the history of the school..1960, 1966,1967,1968,1998,2014
easy there fella....they won the semis....they've gotten to the final
coache, look like yuh jumbie dem early.
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Relegated East Mucurapo make history as InterCol champs.
By Kern De Freitas (Express).
‘Compre’ prevail
Tekay Hoyce will certainly remember “Fantastic Friday” for a long time to come. The national Under-17 midfielder drove in the dagger that broke the hearts of St Benedict’s College, yesterday, and handed East Mucurapo Secondary the 2014 InterCol crown in the process when the match looked destined for a penalty shootout.
It silenced supporters of the “La Romain Lions” and stunned the players who worked so hard to get there, taking down dual title holders Naparima College on the way. But a contest that could have fine either way deserved to have a winner in regulation time, and that winner needed to have a bit of luck when both teams fluffed several excellent chances, especially in the second period.
Hoyce took his in the dying minutes, and the luck remained with East Mucurapo, as they staved off desperate dashes from the South InterCol champs to grab their first title since 2008, and their third overall InterCol title, and victory over the team that handed them a 2-0 loss to open the season.
It was almost poetic that the Mucurapo Road team won; they were perhaps the unluckiest team in the debut Premier League. They were competitive in most of their matches, but won only one victory and a draw in 13 outings.
The silver lining in their dark cloud now would be the best-ever send off: they are the first relegated team to be crowned InterCol champions. East Mucurapo manager Brinsley Hutson predicted it would be a hotly-contested final, and one where a single mistake would make the difference. For both teams, there were many mistakes, especially in attack.
Mucurapo enjoyed the best of the half, but St Benedict’s should have gone into the break with an advantage, except that Mucurapo manager Brinsley Hutson predicted it would be a hotly-contested final, and one where a single mistake would make the difference. For both teams, there were many mistakes, especially in attack.
Mucurapo enjoyed the best of the half, but St Benedict’s should have gone into the break with an advantage, except that winger Joseph Matthew could not reach a ball at the far post. Matthew and Shemar were wasteful with solo runs down the right towards the near post.
The teams traded blows on the “Hasely” turf. Three days ago St Benedict’s coach Dexter Cyrus told the Express his team had only conceded in the Premier League from set plays, and that was their downfall this time around as well.
From a corner kick St Benedict’s scrambled to clear, and three East Mucurapo attackers swung goalward and missed before Hoyce rammed home the loose ball. St Benedict’s should have equalised when opposing goalie Aaron Enil dropped the ball, but his defenders earned their keep, while Matthew again missed point blank range.
It left St Benedict’s to ponder on what might have been as time ran out. At the end SuperBlue’s soca hit, “Fantastic Friday”, blared from the speakers.
It certainly was for Mucurapo, whose consolation of not playing in the top flight next year is more than enough.
Coca Cola Boys’ National Intercol final Results
Mucurapo East Secondary 1 (Tekay Hoyce 86) v St Benedict’s College 0.
Teams
Mucurapo East Secondary: 30.Aaron Enil (GK); 6.Akquinde Marslin, 5.Adofa Perpignac (captain), 4.Keshawn Mark, 7.Malique Quow; 11.Kathon St Hillaire, 13.Micah Lansiquot, 21.Sherlon Roberts, 10.Kazim Donald; 26.Nkosi McQueen (3.Tekay Hoyce 70th), 20.Glenroy Pierre (22.Ishaq Abdullah 79th).
Unused substitutes: 25.Okera Cox, 14.Keshawn Hutchinson, 16.Christian Grillet.
Coach: Selris Figaro
St Benedict’s College: 25.Jamari Warrick (GK); 9.Anthony Herbert, 2.Levi Crawford, 3.Taryll Coutou (captain), 6.Matthew Joseph; 8.Kadeem Gittens, 19.J’deem Parris; 10.Shemar Ravello, 5.Judah St Louis (11.Ruel Tyson 65th), 7.Shakille Williams; 20.Meriba Des Cartes.
Unused substitutes: 1.Jabari Gray (GK), 16.Vishal Gunness, 18.Stephen Ashby, 21.Rodande Charles, 22.Caleb Gaspar, 24.Jevaughn Humphrey.
Coach: Dexter Cyrus
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Johnson leads ‘Gustine’ girls to title
By Kern De Freitas (Express).
St Augustine Secondary ruled supreme yesterday, winning the Coca-Cola Girls InterCol title with a hard-fought, come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Point Fortin East Secondary at Hasely Crawford Stadium.
Ke’Die Johnson opened the scoring for the “Gustine” girls, but they were pegged back by Point Fortin and Kayla Prince, who doubled up to give the South champs a 2-1 advantage at halftime.
After the restart, Johnson reversed the pressure—and the deficit— with two more goals, in between which Laurelle Theodore added another to put St Augustine comfortably ahead.
Point Fortin had no answer, and left The “Gustine” young ladies to celebrate with their small group of fans as they lifted the trophy.
Coca Cola Girls’ National Intercol final Results
St Augustine Secondary 4 (Ke’die Johnson 13, 49, 75, Laurelle Theodore 64) v Point Fortin East Secondary 2 (Kayla Prince 15-Pen, 34).
Teams
St Augustine Secondary: 1.Portious Warren (GK); 13.Naketa John; 11.Salisha King, 10.Shadelle Fortune, 12.Kareema Mitchell; 8.Adanya Phillip, 9.Celeste Thomas (captain), 18.Niaomee Guerra, 14.Ke’die Johnson; 3.Ana Williams, 17.Laurelle Theodore.
Unused substitutes: 4.Jelisa Cooper, 7.Ayana Narine, 15.Alissa Gonzales, 2.Aaliyah Lynch, 5.Ebony Danclair,
Coach: Desiree Ann Sarjeant
Point Fortin East Secondary: 0.Kherdine Cuffy (GK); 15.Daniella Seepersad, 7.Kerdell Rojas (16.Kelly-Ann Stanley 86th), 2.Tamara Johnson (captain), 11.Kimberly Goolie; 5.Precious Paul (17.Terese Salick 21st), 3.Reymone Philbert, 6.Abishai Guy, 4.Shenelle Jordan; 10.Kayla Prince, 14.Tennisha Griffith (8.Latvia Morris 50th).
Unused substitutes: 13.Chuntel Pacheco 14.Marissa Williams.
Coach: Chris Bailey
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Still formulating thoughts on this Intercol final ... however, one thing is clear: the atmosphere of yesteryear is gone!
Give ah lil break dow nah?
Speed of play? Defending? Tactical/Technical?
Just did and ... as happens when posting via phone ... it disappeared.
Nothing spectacular.
Skill evident in individual actions. Nothing compelling collectively. Speed of play deficient but sufficient for the circumstance. Lack of a midfield contest. Flank play missing refinement.
On a scale of 10, an easy 6 ... Perhaps 7 out of leniency. Not more.
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No. 10 and 13 for Mucurapo looked good int he middle
Altho no. 13 overplayed a bit too much n maybe why he was on the wrong side of some hard challenges, he already small as it is.
Mucurapo's skipper/ last stopper is very composed ont he ball...impressive
Mucurapo as a whole are a composed unit n surprising that they did so poorly this year in the league.
Maybe because their strike force doesnt seem too imposing.
I know they were missing 2 regular starters due to cards tho
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Congrats to Compre...Selris Figaro ...and all de Tong people...
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Benedict's are the National InterCol Champions for the 6th time in the history of the school..1960, 1966,1967,1968,1998,2014
easy there fella....they won the semis....they've gotten to the final
Who they beat?
Coache Benedicts lost the national final in 68 to CIC, 4-2 in the oval.
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Highlights from Mucapro win. New Intercol champs
http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-East-Mucurapo-wins-INTERCOL-2887---284991521.html (http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-East-Mucurapo-wins-INTERCOL-2887---284991521.html)
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School’s out! Wired868 highlights its favourite SSFL stars.
By Lasana Liburd (wired868.com).
The 2014 Secondary Schools Football League season reaches its climax this evening with a new champion set to be crowned as Mucurapo East Secondary faces St Benedict’s College in the Coca Cola National Intercol boys’ final from 5 pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
(The Coca Cola National Intercol girls final is at the same venue from 3 pm and features Point Fortin East Secondary against St Augustine Secondary).
Naparima College, the Premier League and Big Four champs, finally allowed another school to win a trophy.
But before we say “goodbye” to the class of 2014, Wired868 gives a “shout out” to the students whose performances we enjoyed the most this season:
Jamari Warrick (St Benedict’s College): Goalkeeper
The high-flying Warrick would like to become a pilot when he finishes school. But, with his calm, assured presence and safe hands, Wired868 thinks he might make a fine surgeon as well.
Nicholas Thomas (Naparima College): Right back
Local defenders tend to treat the opposing half of the field like a foreign planet. But the lively Thomas is always up for an expedition and is as competent in defence as he is in attack.
Josiah Trimmingham (San Juan North Secondary): Central defender
Even school teachers probably tiptoe around the San Juan hulk; and he certainly knows how to throw his weight around on the field. He scored some vital goals this season too.
Rickel Dixon (St Mary’s College): Central defender
The first thing you notice about Dixon is his face guard, which protects a cheekbone injury. The second thing you realize, if you are an opposing striker, is you’re probably flat on your back wondering what happened as the uncompromising defender saunters off with the ball.
Simon Joseph (St Anthony’s College): Left back
Strong, mobile, committed and mean, you are guaranteed not to enjoy your afternoon if you are an opposing player on Joseph’s flank. He guards his turf jealously.
Aaron Noel (St Mary’s College): Midfielder
The slightly-built playmaker ends every match looking as banged-up as Bruce Willis in the “Die Hard” series. On his feet and in possession, he is as crafty as they come.
Shane Sandy (Naparima College): Midfielder
He runs and runs and runs some more. Whatever batteries Sandy uses, he should lend some to the Energiser Bunny.
Matthew Woo Ling (St Anthony’s College): Midfielder
Woo Ling’s left foot is so educated, it should teach Geometry. He is one of the SSFL’s best passers and set piece exponents.
Jabari Mitchell (Naparima College): Midfielder
It is hard to tell which players at this age would develop as an adult. Usually. With his all-round ability, composure and swagger, Mitchell seems destined to be a Trinidad and Tobago senior national team playmaker one day.
Brent Sam (San Juan North Secondary): Striker
First touch? Check. Finishing ability? Check. Hunger for goals? Check. Balance? Check. San Juan North’s nimble giraffe was worth the price of admission this season. The only limits this fellah has are the ones he puts on himself.
Kwesi Allen (St Anthony’s College): Attacker
It is uncertain whether Allen’s best position is as an out-and-out striker, a winger or a support striker. There is no doubt about the accuracy and ferocity of his left foot strikes or his nose for goal, though.
And we were also impressed with:
Akeem Awong (Naparima College): Goalkeeper
He does not fly around between the uprights much; but that is because he is always in the right position to start with.
Levi O’Brien (San Juan North): Defender
Mobile, perceptive and ruthless.
Amritt Gildharry (Naparima College): Defender
A good reader of the game and composed; but not afraid to get dirty either.
Adrian Charles (Trinity College East): Midfielder
Intercept, pass and move. Repeat.
Tyrel Emmanuel (Shiva Boys Hindu College): Midfielder
This playmaker rarely uses more than two touches; unless you force him to dribble you.
Martieon Watson (Naparima College): Midfielder
When the ball kicks off, Watson strides around as though he is the Naparima Principal. Absolutely unflappable.
Kathon St Hillaire (Mucurapo East Secondary): Attacker
The lively, versatile attacker turned around Mucurapo’s nightmare season in the Intercol competition.
Nicholas Dillon (Naparima College): Striker
Strong, efficient in his movement and a good finisher. The scary thing is you get the sense he has not neared his potential yet.
Chinua Bernard (St Mary’s College): Attacker
Clever on the ball and a composed finisher.
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Benedict's are the National InterCol Champions for the 6th time in the history of the school..1960, 1966,1967,1968,1998,2014
Coach should be up for some kind of end of year award for this one.
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SSFL honours top 2014 performers.
T&T Express Reports.
Kedie Johnson of St Augustine Secondary and Jabari Mitchell of Naparima College were named the top Girl and Boy Player, respectively, when the Secondary Schools Football League hosted its 2014 Prize Distribution at the Digicel Imax Theatre at One Woodbrook Place yesterday.
Johnson was part of the “Green Machine” that swept the Championship Division East Zone, the FCB Trophy in the Big 4, the East zonal Inter Col and the National InterCol titles.
The “Green Machine” dominated overall as well with six picks on the 2014 Girls All-Stars team. St Augustine Secondary defender Nikita John was named with Johnson among the Top Five Female Players of the Year.
The boys Top Five Players of the Year had two Naparima selections in Mitchell and prolific forward Nicholas Dillon. Also included among the quintet were a pair of players from San Juan North Secondary, striker Brent Sam and midfielder Josiah Trimingham, while St Anthony’s College talismanic midfielder Matthew Woo Ling rounded out the nominations.
The awards function also saw winners of the Championship, Senior and Junior Divisions receiving their trophies and honours.
Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president Anthony Creed gave an address in which he announced the feats achieved during the SSFL’s 50th anniversary year in 2014. Delivering the feature address was DirecTV W Connection CEO David John-Williams who spoke about the attributes and traits to be a professional football player.
Honour Roll
Top Player- Girls
Kedie Johnson (St Augustine Secondary)
Top 5 Players -Girls
Kedie Johnson (St Augustine Secondary)
Deneicia Prince (Point Fortin East)
Njemile Charles (Scarborough Secondary)
Nikita John (St Augustine Secondary)
Jordan Van Reeken (St Joesph Convent)
Top Player- Boys
Jabari Mitchell (Naparima College)
Top 5 Players- Boys
Jabari Mitchell (Naparima College)
Brent Sam (San Juan North Secondary)
Matthew Woo Ling (St Anthony’s College)
Josiah Trimingham (San Juan North Secondary)
Nicholas Dillon (Naparima College)
Form One Division
Knockout
East Zone-Arima North Secondary
North-Mucurapo West Secondary
League
East Zone-Trinity College East
North Zone-East Mucurapo Secondary
South Zone-La Romaine Secondary
Giants Division (u-14 Boys)
Knockout
East Zone-Trinity College East
North Zone-Fatima College/St Mary’s College
League
Central Zone-Chaguanas North Secondary
East Zone-Trinity College East
North Zone-St Mary’s College
South Zone-Shiva Boys Hindu College
U-15 Girls
Knockout
North Zone-Diego Martin Central
East Zone-St Augustine Secondary
League
East Zone-St Augustine Secondary
North Zone-St Joseph Convent POS
South Zone-Cedros Secondary
Junior Division (u-16 Boys)
Knockout
East Zone- St Augustine Secondary
North Zone-Fatima College
League
Central Zone-Chaguanas North Secondary
East Zone-Trinity College East
North Zone-Fatima College
South Zone-Naparima College
Senior Division (u-20 Girls)
Knockout
East Zone-Five Rivers Secondary
North Zone-Diego Martin Central
League
Central Zone-Miracle Ministries
East Zone-FIve Rivers Secondary
North Zone-Diego Martin Central
South Zone-St Joseph Convent S/F’do
Senior Division (u-20 Boys)
Knockout
East Zone-Toco Secondary
League
Central Zone-Preysal Secondary
East Zone-Toco Secondary
North Zone-Blanchisseuse Secondary
South Zone-Moruga Secondary
Trinidad Titles
U-14-Trinity College East
U-15-Str Augustine Secondary (Girls)
U-16- Naparima College
U-20- Toco Secondary (Boys)
U-20- Diego Martin Central Secondary (Gorls)
Championship Division Girls (Zonal)
League
East Zone-St Augustine Secondary
North Zone-Bishop’s Anstey, POS
South Zone-Point Fortin East Secondary
Big 4 Girls
1.St Augustine Secondary
2.Scarborough Secondary
3.Point Fortin East Secondary
3.Bishop’s Anstey-POS
Inter=Col Girls Zonal
East Zone-ST Augustine Secondary
South Zone-Point Fortin East Secondary
North Zone-St Francois Girls
Championship Division Boys Zonal
League
Central Zone-Presentation College
East Zone-Valencia Secondary
North Zone-Queen’s Royal College
South Zone-Princes Town
Big 8
1.Fyzabad Secondary
2.QRC
3.Trinity College, Moka
3.Princes Town West Secondary
Inter-Col National
Girls
1.St Augustine Secondary
2.Point Fortin East Secondary
3.St Francois Girls
3.Miracle Ministries
Inter-Col Boys Zonal
Centrl Zone -Carapichaima East Secondary
East Zone-San Juan North Secondary
North Zon-East Mucurapo
South Zone- St Benedict’s College
InterCol National
Boys
1.East Mucurapo Secondary
2.St Benedict’s College
3.Carapichaima East Secondary
3.San Juan North Secondary
Premier Division
League
1.Naparima College
2.St Anthony’s College
3.San Juan North Secondary
4.St Benedict’s College
5.Trinity College East
6.Shiva Boys Hindu College
Big 4
1.Naparima College
2.St Anthony’s College
3.San Juan North Secondary
3.Speyside High School
All Star Teams - Girls
Goalkeepers:
Portious Warren (St Augustine), Kherdine Cuffy (Point Fortin East);
Defenders
Renee Ward (Bishop’s Anstey POS), Tamara Johnson (Point Fortin East), Shaunelle Govia (Tranqullity Secondary), Nikita John (St Augustine Secondary), Demi Guevera (St George’s College);
Midfielders
Jordan Van Reeken (St Joseph Convent), Kedie Johnson (St Augustine Secondary, Celeste Thomas (St Augustine Secondary), Naomie Guerra (St Augustine Secondary), Ray-Ann Montano (Debe Secondary), Cherisse Roberts (Scarborough Secondary), Nia Honore (Bishop’s Anstey East);
Forwards
Chelsy Ralph (Providence), Deneicia Prince (Point Fortin East), Njemile Charles (Scarborough Secondary), Laurelle Theodore (St Augustine Secondary).
Boys:
Goalkeepers
Jamari Warrick (St Benedict’s), Aaron Enil (East Mucurapo), Myron Mark (Trinity College East);
Defenders
Nicholas Thomas (Naparima College), Rickel Dickson (St Mary’s College), Simon Joseph (St Anthony’s College), Amrit Gildharry (Naparima College), Taryll Coutou (St Benedict’s), Marteion Watson (Naparima College);
Midfielders
Josiah Trimingham (San Juan North Secondary), Matthew Woo Ling (St Anthony’s College), Jabari Mitchell (Naparima College), Adrian Charles (Trinity College East), Tyrell Emmanuel (Shiva Boys Hindu College), Shemar Ravello (St Benedict’s College);
Forwards
Brent Sam (San Juan North), Kwesi Allen (St Anthony’s College), Nicholas Dillon (Naparima College), Sean Bonval (Trinity College), Ethan Shim (St Mary’s College).
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Tyrell Emmanuel (Shiva Boys Hindu College) is good