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Sports => Football => Topic started by: Tallman on September 06, 2016, 04:29:54 AM
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SSFL season to provide opportunities for youth
By Sean Taylor (T&T Express)
The 2016 Shell/First Citizen's Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) will be the ideal opportunity for exposure was the message from Minister of Sport Darryl Smith at the official launch yesterday.
The minister was one of many officials and dignitaries present at the launch at Trotters sports bar and restaurant, which announced a number of positive changes to the league, as well as the emergence of the fossil fuel company Shell as one of the major sponsors of the SSFL.
Smith in particular lauded the potential the league has for marketing the best junior players the country has to offer to the world, as Digicel Sportsmax and Digicel Play came on board last year with a US $1.5 million deal to broadcast the competition to the rest of the region, as well as North America and England.
“Patrick (Vieira) was sitting with me as I had invited all the Olympiads as my special guests for that (T&T v Guatemala) game, and Patrick was there. Patrick was blown away by Levi Garcia,” he said.
Smith explained that the former Arsenal player asked him which club he came from (in Trinidad) and what was his development pattern. “I was proud and happy to say that there are many more Levi Garcia's in the (SSFL) league.”
The Minister also mentioned the league's importance in terms of its history of developing players, naming Dwight Yorke, Russell Latapy and Brent Sancho among other players who came through the ranks and went on to represent Trinidad and Tobago.
“This is extremely close to my heart,” he said. “I am one of the few people to represent St Mary's and Fatima, and St Mary's College again. My final year in 1991 as one of the captains of the team, I had the privilege of winning a National Championship which completely changed my life forever.”
The league this year will be televised on both SportsMax and CNC3 which will included 20 matches broadcast in HD, among the Shell/First Citizen's Premiership, the Coca-Cola InterCol and the Digicel Play Cup during the 2016 SSFL season.
SSFL president Anthony Creed explained some of the new developments to be implemented this season. “Shell together with First Citizens (Bank) will be the title sponsors for the boys premier as well as the boys and girls championship league, and the girls InterCol,” he said.
“The SSFL is now finalising a proposal to partner with Coca-Cola to develop our lower-division coaches with basic training from a regional FIFA officer. Simulutaneously we are working on a proposal to work with the Scottish FA for C and B license certification for our practising coaches.”
The action kicks off tomorrow at Irwin park in Siparia with San Juan North taking on reigning champs Naparima College, while Shiva Boys face Presentation San Fernando in the second match of the double-header.
The coverage will continue throughout the season with a weekly broadcast of SSFL Premiership matches as well as the zonal and national stages of InterCol.
The addition of the new Digicel Cup will then kick off for the first time on December 5th and 10th, with the InterCol Champions facing the Premier Division runners-up in one semi-final, while the Premier Division winners will face the InterCol runners-up in the second semi-final.
The winner of the Cup will be crowned the “Champion of Champions”, and receive prize money of approximately $140,000.
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US$1.5 million TV boost for SSFL
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Chances of schoolboy footballers in T&T gaining scholarships or even professional contracts abroad have been given a major boost through a US$1.5 million five-year partnership signed between Digicel Play, SportsMax and the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL).
This is as a result of a first time ever, top of the line television coverage as SportsMax (Jamaica) and T&T’s CNC3 will be broadcasting 20 matches during the upcoming Shell/First Citizens SSFL Premier Division, Coca-Cola InterCol and the newly formed Digicel Play Cup competitions during the season which kick off with a double-header at Irwin Park, Siparia, tomorrow (Wednesday).
The launch was held at Trotters Restaurant Maraval Road, Port-of-Spain, yesterday and created a buzz among all invited guest which included former SSFL and Soca Warriors standout, Brent Sancho and Minister of Sports Darryl Smith.
In the opening match, two-time reigning Premier Division champions Naparima College, also the Inter-Col champions comes up against San Juan North Secondary from 4 pm while Shiva Boys Hindu College tackles Presentation College of San Fernando, at the same venue at 6.15 pm.
As part of the deal, all TV matches will be broadcast live across 25 Caribbean countries in high definition; seven TV matches will be shown live on CNC3 and 13 TV matches will be showed delayed across T&T; while all TV matches will be shown live in the USA and Canada on CEEN television.
The 11 other schools in the 15-team Premier Division which will see three teams being demoted at the end of the season back to their respective Zonal Championship Divisions are Signal Hill Secondary, Pleasantville, Fatima College, St Anthony’s College, St Benedict’s College, Trinity College Moka, East Mucurapo, Fyzabad Secondary, Queen’s Royal College, St Mary’s College and St Augustine Secondary.
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Naps begin title defence against San Juan
By Jelani Beckles (T&T Newsday)
FANS of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) will for the first time view live matches as SportsMax and CNC3 will be broadcasting 20 matches during the forthcoming Shell/First Citizens Premiership, the Coca-Cola Intercol and the Digicel Play Cup competitions during the 2016 season.
SportMax’s production will kick off at Irwin Park in Siparia with San Juan North facing 2015 Premiership winners Naparima at 4 pm and Shiva Boys playing Presentation College San Fernando at 6.15 pm in a double-header when the season begins tomorrow.
The 2016 season broadcast is largely a result of the US$1.5 million, five-year partnership signed with Digicel Play, SportsMax and the SSFL in November 2015 and runs through to December 2019.
President of the SSFL Anthony Creed said with the league being showed on television it gives the players an opportunity to be seen. Creed said, “the SSFL has moved to another level and as a consequence all that is left is for the work produced by our coaches through our players to be one of the highest quality. This (live matches) will further encourage more scouts to come to TT after seeing the potential of our players on screen.” Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Darryl Smith, who played in the SSFL, reminisced on his playing days. “I am one of the few people to represent St Mary’s and Fatima and St Mary’s College again. In my final year in 1991 I had the privilege of winning a national championship which changed my life forever.” Minister Smith said he was also given an opportunity to be seen when former local televsion channel Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT) would highlight players in the SSFL. He explained that TTT showcased the talent of some players including himself which allowed him to be seen by coaches in USA which allowed him to play at an American University.
Olly McIntosh, CEO, Sports- Max said, “we invest heavily in youth sports and for us and our team this marks a significant milestone for SportsMax and Digicel Play.” McIntosh said the TT public will benefit saying that it is not necessary to bring talent from overseas. “In years past many of us involved in the media industry really had a burning sensation inside when we saw West Indies cricket play here or the international football matches played and we would have to fly in production units and fly in overseas talent when we know we have the talent resident here.” He said for the 2012 London Olympics SportsMax utilised 150 local and regional people to prduce the Olympics. He further explained that 90 percent of the individuals involved in the production of the SSFL will be from TT with the anchor team including former Sports Minister and national footballer Brent Sancho and veteran commentator Colin Murray.
Gillian Benjamin, marketing manager of First Citizens said the company is happy to be involved.
She said, “we are proud to share the status of title sponsor of the Secondary Schools Football League with Shell for yet another year. This prestiguous league offers top young footballers a platform to learn, develop and display their talents both on and off the field. These athletes are given the chance to showcase their skills, learn valuable hard work, team work and learn to overcome obstacles in achieving their goals.”
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I've heard that players with the U17 and U20 national teams are not eligible to play until the end of their respective tournaments.
Can you confirm this?
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WATCH: Hear from Naparima College Head Coach Angus Eve ahead of the 2016 SSFL season.
https://www.youtube.com/v/xQbnbjA5-tk
WATCH: Interview with Naparima College midfielder Jeremiah Kesar
https://www.youtube.com/v/Vz2iJNrp-lg
WATCH: Interview with Naparima College midfielder Justin Sadoo
https://www.youtube.com/v/6IVg196mzXo
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Three very solid conversations in those interviews.
Also, AE put a lot of policy issues on the table. :applause:
Good stuff, Extra Time.
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i KINDA DISAGREE with angus here in that the players need a professional environment. the quality game in game out in the league isnt as competitive as he would like us all to believe. i think using his eg of dillion. training amongst kenwyne ball pest de silva leston etc. is light years better for his improvement than walking into a school team and bagging up goals against men who cant tie his boots
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Edwards brace powers Shiva to victory.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Ronald Edwards scored a pair of first-half goals to lead Shiva Boys Hindu College to a 3–1 whipping of Presentation College of San Fernando in the opening match of a double-header of the 2016 Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) at Irwin Park Savannah, Siparia, yesterday.
Hoping to improve on a fifth-placed league showing from last year, Shiva Boys, under new coach Hayden Ryan, was quick to settle on the wet and un-even surface and took the lead as early as the second minute, through Edwards, from close range off a Junior Assoon right-sided centre, before the latter set up Quinn Rodney to make it 2–0 midway through the half.
At the other end of the field, Shiva Boys goalkeeper, Denzil Smith showed why he was voted among the 2015 All Star team with two standout saves to keep a blank sheet.
However, nine minutes before the interval, Presentation pulled one back when winger Omri Baird was brought down in the 18-yard box and referee Kheilon Bacchus pointed to the spot and former national captain Kareem Riley made no mistake with the spot kick to cut the deficit.
Edwards then restored Shiv Boys’ cushion when he twisted and turned before he fired in a low shot for a 3–1 lead.
Presentation College began the second-half in much better fashion, but Gerard Gordon wasted a chance to make it 3–2 when he saw a close range blast parried way by Smith and Shiva boys emerged victorious.
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San Juan North holds champ Naparima 2-2.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Two-time defending league champions Naparima College began its bid for a three-peat with a 2-2 draw against San Juan North Secondary after squandering a 2-0 lead in the feature match of a double-header kick off the 2016 Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) at Irwin Park Savannah, Siparia, yesterday.
After enjoying the better of the early exchanges, Akinola Gregory reacted first to a rebound off the San Juan North goalkeeper Shandell Byer to put his team up 1-0 in the 16th minute and ten minutes later, Renaldo Francois also reacted first to a ball that came back off the left upright from a long-range Shobal Celestine free-kick to slot home.
Six minutes before the half, Ronaldo Boyce provided San Juan North with a lifeline when he robbed Naparima captain Shane Sandy of the ball and poked it past the onrushing keeper to trail 2-1.
San Juan North then stunned the defending champions when it tied up the score at 2-2 through Boyce, with his second of the contest to earn his team a share of the points.
Yesterday’s Results
Shiva Boys 3 (Renaldo Edwards 2, Quinn Rodney) vs Presentation (San Fernando) 1 (Kareem Riley pen)
San Juan North 2 (Renaldo Boyce 2) vs Naparima 2 (Akinola Gregory, Renaldo Francois)
Today’s matches
Signal Hill vs Pleasantville, Signal Hill, 3.40pm
Fatima vs St Anthony's, Fatima Grounds, Mucurapo Road, 3.40pm
QRC vs St Augustine Secondary, QRC Ground, St Clair, 3.40pm
St Benedict's vs Fyzabad Secondary, Mahaica Oval, Pt Fortin, 3.40pm
St Mary's vs Trinity Moka, St Mary's Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair, 3.40pm
East Mucurapo Secondary.
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WATCH: Hear from Presentation College Lions Coach Shawn Cooper as he looks forward to the 2016 SSFL season.
https://www.youtube.com/v/ZvCfw1n9ZxU
WATCH: Hear from Naparima College defender Khris Stroud as he looks forward to the 2016 SSFL season.
https://www.youtube.com/v/Czlok4mi-mM
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WATCH: Highlights of Shiva Boys’ 3-1 win over Presentation College, San Fernando
https://www.youtube.com/v/g44dukxwPY8
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WATCH: Highlights of Naparima College’s 2-2 draw with San Juan North Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/1WHvh5KTxHY
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Signal Hill 1 vs Pleasantville 1 (Signal Hill Secondary School Grounds, Tobago)
Signal Hill will need some time to gel their team together. They were ok. Not a lot going forward for either team which resulted in very few shots on goal. They should have gone ahead early in the match but a header from a corner went about 2 feet wide of the post. Signal Hill did have a size advantage but didn't capitalise on it.
Signal Hill's goal was from a penalty in the 44th min (Akil Frank). P/ville scored around the 85th min mark. An inability to clear was the main culprit. Not sure who scored.
P/ville played for a draw. Neither team looked like they had enough fire-power to get goal no.2. P/ville has a slim but nippy #10 and I believe a tall #7. A steady team, no real flash. However this was their first match of the season.
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WATCH: Former Trinidad and Tobago Captain Anthony Rougier talks about revolutionizing football at Fyzabad Secondary School.
https://www.youtube.com/v/Yb45hqBquTs
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WATCH: Highlights of Naparima College’s 2-2 draw with San Juan North Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/1WHvh5KTxHY
:beermug: Naps my team! we have been dominating the SSFL for the last ten years!
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WATCH: Interview with Presentation College Captain Shirwin Noel
https://www.youtube.com/v/sOE5Fqni2zQ
WATCH: Interview with Presentation College midfielder Jordon Riley
https://www.youtube.com/v/qBpGRUOfv7E
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I know some will tell me I am being to hard and expecting too much from the youths but I still believe the quality is one which is too slow in our school boy league. It should be faster, and it reflects on how our National U-17 team play with the same slow brand of football.
Yes even at this level it should be faster, schoolboy football in the top footballing nations in Concacaf is a lot faster.
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I know some will tell me I am being to hard and expecting too much from the youths but I still believe the quality is one which is too slow in our school boy league. It should be faster, and it reflects on how our National U-17 team play with the same slow brand of football.
Yes even at this level it should be faster, schoolboy football in the top footballing nations in Concacaf is a lot faster.
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Where yuh have in mind?
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I know some will tell me I am being to hard and expecting too much from the youths but I still believe the quality is one which is too slow in our school boy league. It should be faster, and it reflects on how our National U-17 team play with the same slow brand of football.
Yes even at this level it should be faster, schoolboy football in the top footballing nations in Concacaf is a lot faster.
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Where yuh have in mind?
Iz that serious question? Let's start with United States, you want to see how much faster their youth football on this level is compared to what we are seeing here? Are you really serious?
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I know some will tell me I am being to hard and expecting too much from the youths but I still believe the quality is one which is too slow in our school boy league. It should be faster, and it reflects on how our National U-17 team play with the same slow brand of football.
Yes even at this level it should be faster, schoolboy football in the top footballing nations in Concacaf is a lot faster.
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Where yuh have in mind?
Iz that serious question? Let's start with United States, you want to see how much faster their youth football on this level is compared to what we are seeing here? Are you really serious?
Thought you had somewhere else in mind. High school football in the US? You can't be serious.
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I know some will tell me I am being to hard and expecting too much from the youths but I still believe the quality is one which is too slow in our school boy league. It should be faster, and it reflects on how our National U-17 team play with the same slow brand of football.
Yes even at this level it should be faster, schoolboy football in the top footballing nations in Concacaf is a lot faster.
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Where yuh have in mind?
Iz that serious question? Let's start with United States, you want to see how much faster their youth football on this level is compared to what we are seeing here? Are you really serious?
Thought you had somewhere else in mind. High school football in the US? You can't be serious.
You look down on High School football in the US? Let us look at the quality they produce for their national team compared to T&T. What in your mind make you believe the best High School football teams in the US do not make the grade? I know they play a higher quality football than their youth counterparts in T&T.
Anyway when we see our national U-17 team playing slow and not very good at the basics just come back and look at these videos.
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You look down on High School football in the US? Let us look at the quality they produce for their national team compared to T&T. What in your mind make you believe the best High School football teams in the US do not make the grade? I know they play a higher quality football than their youth counterparts in T&T.
Anyway when we see our national U-17 team playing slow and not very good at the basics just come back and look at these videos.
Someone else will pick up where I left off. Maybe between then and now, you will have done some homework.
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Sando P. First to begin US National players are not being developed in High Schools.
Start there...
I think I know where you comparison is meant to go but you land off base
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You look down on High School football in the US? Let us look at the quality they produce for their national team compared to T&T. What in your mind make you believe the best High School football teams in the US do not make the grade? I know they play a higher quality football than their youth counterparts in T&T.
Anyway when we see our national U-17 team playing slow and not very good at the basics just come back and look at these videos.
Someone else will pick up where I left off. Maybe between then and now, you will have done some homework.
Nah just say you still holding on to this old mentality thinking that the 'soccer' nation not good enough. The proof over the years at every level from youth to senior, from high school to club football to International football is there to refute this old mentality that some Trinis still hold.
The faults of our national U-17 national team is a reflection of the low quality of our schoolboy football, On the other hand the Americans are the opposite as their youth football is far more advanced.
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You look down on High School football in the US? Let us look at the quality they produce for their national team compared to T&T. What in your mind make you believe the best High School football teams in the US do not make the grade? I know they play a higher quality football than their youth counterparts in T&T.
Anyway when we see our national U-17 team playing slow and not very good at the basics just come back and look at these videos.
Someone else will pick up where I left off. Maybe between then and now, you will have done some homework.
Nah just say you still holding on to this old mentality thinking that the 'soccer' nation not good enough. The proof over the years at every level from youth to senior, from high school to club football to International football is there to refute this old mentality that some Trinis still hold.
The faults of our national U-17 national team is a reflection of the low quality of our schoolboy football, On the other hand the Americans are the opposite as their youth football is far more advanced.
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In part, I see wha going on wid you. You are using "schoolboy football" and "youth football" interchangeably. That will lead yuh down all sorts of dead ends.
Yuh also seem to have ignored de road FF was guiding yuh to. Why?
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You look down on High School football in the US? Let us look at the quality they produce for their national team compared to T&T. What in your mind make you believe the best High School football teams in the US do not make the grade? I know they play a higher quality football than their youth counterparts in T&T.
Anyway when we see our national U-17 team playing slow and not very good at the basics just come back and look at these videos.
Someone else will pick up where I left off. Maybe between then and now, you will have done some homework.
Nah just say you still holding on to this old mentality thinking that the 'soccer' nation not good enough. The proof over the years at every level from youth to senior, from high school to club football to International football is there to refute this old mentality that some Trinis still hold.
The faults of our national U-17 national team is a reflection of the low quality of our schoolboy football, On the other hand the Americans are the opposite as their youth football is far more advanced.
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In part, I see wha going on wid you. You are using "schoolboy football" and "youth football" interchangeably. That will lead yuh down all sorts of dead ends.
Yuh also seem to have ignored de road FF was guiding yuh to. Why?
How about this let us stick to U-17 level, so you can eliminate the confusion in your head.
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You look down on High School football in the US? Let us look at the quality they produce for their national team compared to T&T. What in your mind make you believe the best High School football teams in the US do not make the grade? I know they play a higher quality football than their youth counterparts in T&T.
Anyway when we see our national U-17 team playing slow and not very good at the basics just come back and look at these videos.
Someone else will pick up where I left off. Maybe between then and now, you will have done some homework.
Nah just say you still holding on to this old mentality thinking that the 'soccer' nation not good enough. The proof over the years at every level from youth to senior, from high school to club football to International football is there to refute this old mentality that some Trinis still hold.
The faults of our national U-17 national team is a reflection of the low quality of our schoolboy football, On the other hand the Americans are the opposite as their youth football is far more advanced.
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In part, I see wha going on wid you. You are using "schoolboy football" and "youth football" interchangeably. That will lead yuh down all sorts of dead ends.
Yuh also seem to have ignored de road FF was guiding yuh to. Why?
How about this let us stick to U-17 level, so you can eliminate the confusion in your head.
And you think I am confused? :)
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@Rougier: :applause: :applause: :applause: Looking to see how it translates and evolves.
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WATCH: Highlights of St. Anthony’s College 2-1 win over Fatima College
https://www.youtube.com/v/YUN1CjqqyZk
WATCH: Highlights of St. Mary’s College goalless draw with Trinity College (Moka)
https://www.youtube.com/v/lMJW53oOBfk
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I am very happy to hear that Anthony Rougier cares about the development of the whole person and sees himself as a mentor for young men.
His profound statement that adults of the present are responsible for influencing kids to become good productive citizens of Trinidad and Tobago.
Big Up to the man Rougier!
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Tobago scores
SSFL Premier League
Signal Hill Secondary 0 vs QRC 0
Tobago Zone
Speyside High School 3 vs Mason Hall Secondary 2
Scarborough Secondary 5 vs Pentecostal Light and Life Foundation 1
Goodwood High School vs Roxborough Secondary (DNP - postponed)
Bishop's High School - bye
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Fyzabad kicks off girls SSFL title defence
T&T Guardian
Fyzabad Secondary, the National and South Zone Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League title-holders, will begin defence of its zonal title today when it host Point Fortin East at Fyzabad from 3 pm.
Last season, Fyzabad Secondary coached by calypsonian Bryan London as well as former national captain Anthony Rougier and featuring SSFL “Girls Player of the Year” Ray-Ann Montano, goalkeeper Shamika Rocastle, Tamara Johnson, Jahra Thomas, Krystal Preddie, Collette Morgan, Renique Primus, and Kader Louison, all “All Star” team selectees dominated the zonal and national competitions, capturing the National Coca-Cola title as well and will be fancied to repeat.
However, Montano, Rocastle, Preddie and Thomas are among seven members of the team who have moved on, leaving Johnson, Morgan, Primus and Louison to form the core of this year’s team with Rougier in charge of coaching duties.
In the other matches in the South Zone, San Fernando East travels to Pleasantville Secondary while St Joseph Convent (San Fernando) is on a bye.
The reigning zonal champions in the North and East, Diego Martin Central Secondary and St Augustine Secondary also kick off their zonal title defences today.
Diego Martin Central plays away to St Francois Girls College and St Joseph Convent (PoS) entertains promoted Tranquillity Government Secondary at St Joseph Convent Ground, St Clair while Bishop’s Anstey (PoS) is on a bye while in the East Zone, champions St Augustine Secondary travels to San Juan North Secondary in Bourg Mulatresse, and Toco Secondary is at home to Bishop’s Anstey East.
Over in Tobago, title-holder Scarborough Secondary is on bye, while Signal Hill welcomes Speyside and Mason Hall meets Bishop’s High. All matches begin at 3 pm.
TODAY’S MATCHES
(All kick-off at 3 pm)
Tobago:
Signal Hill Sec vs Speyside High, Signal Hill, 3 pm
Mason Hall Sec vs Bishop’s High, Mason Hall, 3 pm
East:
Toco Sec vs Bishop’s Anstey East, Toco, 3 pm
San Juan North vs St Augustine Sec, San Juan North, Bourg Mulatresse, 3 pm
North:
St Joseph Convent (PoS) vs Tranquillity Sec, St Joseph Ground, St Clair, 3 pm
St Francois vs D/Martin Central Sec, St Francois Ground, 3 pm
South Zone:
Fyzabad Sec vs Pt Fortin East, Fyzabad, 3 pm
San Fernando East vs Pleasantville, Pleasantville, 3 pm
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Baptiste keeps Shiva Boys perfect
Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Substitute Tyrell Baptiste scored the lone goal as Shiva Boys Hindu College edged St Benedict’s College 1-0 to maintain its 100 per cent winning record in the 2016 Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division yesterday.
Following a 3-1 win over another South Zone rival, Presentation College of San Fernando to kick off the season on Wednesday, Shiva Boys was out to pick up a second straight win at its home base, Irwin Park Savannah, Siparia .
However, they were made to work hard for all three points which came when Baptiste who replaced winger Quinn Rodney scored in the 73rd minute against Presentation College which was coming off a 2-0 loss to Fyzabad Secondary.
The win carried Shiva Boys to maximum six points, two clear of Fyzabad Secondary and Trinity College Moka. Fyzabad rallied from 0-2 down at home to earn a 2-2 draw with St Augustine Secondary.
St Augustine looked on course for its first win of the season when Rahim Borde (41st) and Anthony Samuel (44th) netted just before the half for a 2-0 lead. However, the host lifted their game in the second period and cut the lead in half in the 50th minute through Shaquille Louison, while Ken Bhola fired in the equaliser in the 78th.
With two minutes left in the ill-tempered which featured six yellow-cards, four for the visitors, St Augustine was reduced to ten men when Nyicoaba James was red carded, but in the end the “Green Machine” held on for an important away point, its second of the season.
Up at Trinity College Grounds, Moka Maraval, the host got goals from Isaiah Mc Lean and Saleem Henry to turn back San Juan North 2-1
At Guaracara Park, Point-a-Pierre, Jarod Gordon scored in the 18th minute to earn Presentation College of San Fernando, a 1-0 win over visitors Fatima College to join St Anthony’s College in third on three points, after the latter’s home match with North Zone rivals East Mucurapo at St Anthony’s Morne Cocoa Road, Westmoorings was postponed due to a water-logged field.
In the other matches yesterday, Signal Hill was held goalless at home by Queen’s Royal College, while St Mary’s College also had to settle for a point in a 1-1 home draw with Pleasantville Secondary.
Yesterday’s Results
Presentation (San F’do) 1 (Jarod Gordon 18th) vs Fatima 0
Signal Hill 0 vs QRC 0
Fyzabad Secondary 2 (Shaquille Louison 50th, Ken Bhola 78th) vs St Augustine 2 (Rahim Gordon 41st, Anthony Samuel 44th)
Shiva Boys 1 (Tyrell Baptiste 73rd) vs St Benedict’s 0
Trinity Moka 2 (Isaiah Mc Lean, Saleem Henry) vs San Juan North 1 (Tigana O’Brien)
St Mary’s 1 (Mattheus Granger 67th) vs Pleasantville 1 (Denzil Marcano 70th pen)
St Anthony’s vs East Mucurapo, Westmoorings - postponed due to water-logged field
Naparima—bye
Wednesday Matches
Premier Division:
Kick off at 3.40 pm
Fatima vs St Mary’s, Fatima Ground, Mucurapo Road
Naparima vs Fyzabad Secondary, Lewis St, San F’do
St Augustine Secondary vs St Anthony’s, Warren Street, St Augustine
San Juan North vs Shiva Boys, San Juan North Ground, Bourg Mulatresse
St Benedict’s vs Presentation San F’do, Mahaica Oval, Pt Fortin
East Mucurapo vs Signal Hill, Venue TBD
QRC vs Trinity Moka, QRC Ground, St Clair
Current Premier Division standing
Teams P W D L F A Pts
1. Shiva Boys 2 2 0 0 4 1 6
2. Fyzo Sec 2 1 1 0 4 2 4
3. Trinity Mok 2 1 1 0 2 1 4
4. St Antho’s 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
5. Pres(S/F’do) 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
6. P/ville 2 0 2 0 2 2 2
7. St August 2 0 2 0 2 2 2
8. St Mary’s 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
9. Signal Hill 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
10. QRC 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
11. Naparima 1 0 1 0 2 2 1
12. S/Juan North 2 0 1 1 3 4 1
13. E/Mucurapo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14. Fatima 2 0 0 2 1 3 0
15. St Benedict’s 2 0 0 2 0 3 0
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Champ Fyzabad mauls Pt Fortin 8-nil.
By Rachael Thomspon-King (Guardian).
A double from three different players Bouanna Osbourne, Kadean Louison and Abishai Guy helped the National and South Zone Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League title-holders, Fyzabad Secondary, get its season off in dominating fashion defeating Point Fortin East, 8-0 at home yesterday.
Collette Morgan, one of last year’s leading players, and Shanaqua Lewis, also netted a goal each in the one-sided affair.
Osbourne opened the scoring for the Fyzabad team, which is coached by former national player Anthony Rougier, in the 17th minute.
Two minutes later Lewis got her name on the scoreboard in the 19th and then Louison joined them a minute later, quickly pushing their team to a 3-0 advantage after only 20 minutes.
In the 38th minute, Guy scored the first of her pair before Osbourne completed her double in 45th, to see their team close the first half leading, 5-0.
On the resumption, Point Fortin’s defence did well in holding off the Fyzabad attack until Guy broke through to put the ball in the back of the net in the 53rd minute. Morgan got in on the action just a minute later and it seemed there was no holding back Fyzabad, who took full advantage of playing at home.
Louison produced the final item in the 74th to give the Fyzabad lasses, a boost to begin the season.
In the other match played in the South Zone, San Fernando East was beaten 5-0 by hosts Pleasantville Secondary.
In the North Zone, Shauna Lee Govia slammed in five goals for newly promoted Tranquillity Government Secondary to upset St Joseph Convent (PoS) 7-2 at St Joseph Convent ground in St Clair.
The match in the zone between St Francois and Diego Martin Central which was scheduled to play yesterday was postponed until tomorrow at the St Francois Ground at the Queen’s Park Savannah.
Over in Tobago, Signal Hill whipped Speyside, 16-1 thanks to five goals from Asha James, four from Gamelia Waldron, Abiela Adams added three, Jelice Alexander netted a double while their teammates Verisha Bristol and Tishai Cupid scored a goal each.
Raylene Kerr produced the lone item for Speyside.
Title-holder Scarborough Secondary completed a 7-1 crushing of Pentecostal Light and Life and Mason Hall sealed a 3-2 victory over Bishop’s High.
There are changes to this week’s matches in both boys and girls divisions due to the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-17 Men’s qualifying tournament to be held in T&T from Friday to September 25.
The adjustments made to the Championship division fixtures are that all boys matches scheduled for Friday will be played on Thursday instead at the same time and venues; all boys matches scheduled for September 20 will be played on September 19 at the same time and venues; all girls Championship matches scheduled for Sunday and the Diego Martin Central versus Bishop’s PoS scheduled for Thursday will be re-scheduled to a date to be advised.
Yesterday’s Girls SSFL Results
South Zone
Fyzabad Sec 8 (Bouanna Osbourne 17th, 45th, Kadean Louison 20th, 74th, Abishai Guy 38th, 53rd, Collette Morgan 54th, Shanaqua Lewis 19th) vs Pt Fortin East 0
San Fernando East 0 vs Pleasantville 5 (Shanika Paul 2, Latifa Pascal 2, Shantal Hamid 1)
Tobago Zone
Signal Hill Sec 16 (Asha James 5, Gamelia Waldron 4, Abiela Adams 3, Jelice Alexander 2, Verisha Bristol 1, Tishai Cupid 1) vs Speyside High 1 (Raylene Kerr)
Scarborough Sec 7 vs Pentecostal Light and Life 1
Mason Hall 3 (Celine Lorraine 2, Crystal Toney) vs Bishop’s High 2 (Aliyah Akili 2) Mason Hall, 3pm
North Zone
Tranquillity Secondary 7 (Shauna Lee Govia 5, Korice King, Ophelia Farrell) vs St Joseph’s Convent 2
East Zone
St Augustine 19 (Kedie Johnson 6, Kelsey Harry 6, Chelsea Ralph 3, Abanya Phillip 3, Aaliyah Lynch 1)vs San Juan Secondary 0
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TOBAGO SSFL FIXTURES
3:45pm kick off on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
3pm on Sunday
Story lines...
Male
Bishop's and Goodwood look to start their season on a winning note. Mason Hall Secondary and Pentecostal Light and Life try turning season around after 1st match losses. Speyside look to continue early season form vs Roxborough Secondary.
Wednesday 14th September
Bishop's High vs Goodwood High (Mt. Pleasant)
Mason Hall Secondary vs Pentecostal Light and Life Foundation (Plymouth)
Roxborough Secondary vs Speyside High (Cyd Gray Complex, Roxborough)
Scarborough Secondary (bye)
Saturday 17th September
Scarborough Secondary vs Mason Hall Secondary (Black Rock/Courland)
Speyside High vs Bishop's High (Speyside)
Pentecostal Light and Life vs Roxborough Secondary (Signal Hill Community Ground)
Goodwood High (bye)
Female
Scarborough Secondary and Mason Hall Secondary in early battle for 2nd place in the table. Bishop's looks to recover as they play agsint high-scoring Signal Hill Secondary. Speyside High and Pentecostal Light and Life attempt to gain first points of the season after difficult losses.
Thursday 15th September
Scarborough Secondary vs Mason Hall Secondary (Black Rock/Courland)
Bishop's High vs Signal Hill Secondary (Mt. Pleasant)
Speyside High vs Pentecostal Light and Life (Venue TBD)
Sunday 18th September
Speyside High vs Bishop's High (Speyside)
Signal Hill Secondary vs Scarborough Secondary (Signal Hill Secondary Ground)
Mason Hall Secondary vs Pentecostal Light and Life (Venue TBD)
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SSFL TOBAGO ZONE
Wednesday 14th September
1 Bishop's High vs Goodwood High 2
2 Mason Hall Secondary vs Pentecostal Light and Life Foundation 0
1 Roxborough Secondary vs Speyside High 13
Scarborough Secondary (bye)
SSFL Premier Division
1 East Mucurapo vs Signal Hill 2
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SSFL TOBAGO ZONE
Wednesday 14th September
1 Bishop's High vs Goodwood High 2
2 Mason Hall Secondary vs Pentecostal Light and Life Foundation 0
1 Roxborough Secondary vs Speyside High 13
Scarborough Secondary (bye)
SSFL Premier Division
1 East Mucurapo vs Signal Hill 2
Hard to beat Goodwood ;D
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SSFL TOBAGO ZONE
Wednesday 14th September
1 Bishop's High vs Goodwood High 2
2 Mason Hall Secondary vs Pentecostal Light and Life Foundation 0
1 Roxborough Secondary vs Speyside High 13
Scarborough Secondary (bye)
SSFL Premier Division
1 East Mucurapo vs Signal Hill 2
Hard to beat Goodwood ;D
Hahahahahaha :P :yellowcard:
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WATCH: Highlights of Fatima College’s 2-0 win over St. Mary’s College and Signal Hill’s 2-1 win over East Mucurapo
https://www.youtube.com/v/_L4WCi5SdQM
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SSFL Tobago Zone (FEMALE)
Thursday 15th September
1 Scarborough Secondary vs Mason Hall Secondary 2
0 Bishop's High vs Signal Hill Secondary 5
1 Speyside High vs Pentecostal Light and Life 2
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San Juan stops Shiva Boys.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Isaiah Alexander of Trinity College, Moka was the toast of his team-mates yesterday, as his lone goal earned a 1-0 win over Queen’s Royal College, St Clair.
The win moved Trinity to the top of the 2016 Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division with seven points.
The victory was its second on the trot after edging San Juan North, 2-1 on Saturday.
The trio of Shiva Boys Hindu College, St Anthony’s College and Presentation College of San Fernando are all on six points.
At San Juan North Secondary Ground, Bourg Mulatresse, the host got a second-half double from Jerome Boyce to cancel out Shiva Boys’ Tyrell Emmanuel 42nd minute strike in a 2-1 win.
Emmanuel along with team-mate Quinn Rodney were expected to be part of the national Under-20 team which left for Guyana yesterday for a pre-Caribbean Football Union tournament camp, but for various reasons the duo remained with their school team while goalkeeper Denzil Smith made the journey.
At Warren Street, St Anthony’s got a goal each from Derron John and Haile Beckles, a penalty to earn a similar come-from-behind 2-1 win over host St Augustine, while Jordon Riley’s 55th strike earned Presentation College a 1-0 win over St Benedict’s College.
Defending champions, Naparima got their first win of the campaign thanks to Lee Isaiah’s 89th strike to get past Fyzabad 2-1 while Fatima blanked St Mary’s 2-0 and Signal Hill slipped past East Mucurapo for their first wins as well. (NS)
Standings - Premier Division:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
1. Trinity Moka 3 2 1 0 3 1 7
2. Shiva Boys 3 2 0 1 5 3 6
3. St Anthony’s 2 2 0 0 4 2 6
4. Pres (San’Do) 3 2 0 1 3 3 6
5. Signal Hill 3 1 2 0 3 2 5
6. Fyzabad Sec 3 1 1 1 5 4 4
7. Naparima 2 1 1 0 4 3 4
8. San Juan N 3 1 1 1 5 5 4
9. Fatima 3 1 0 2 3 3 3
10. P’Ville 2 0 2 0 2 2 2
11. St Augustine 3 0 2 1 3 4 2
12. St Mary’s 3 0 2 1 1 3 2
13. QRC 3 0 2 1 0 1 2
14. E Mucurapo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
15. St Benedict’s 3 0 0 3 0 4 0
Yesterday Results:
Fatima 2 (Stefan Marcano 52nd, Justin Araujo-Wilson 82nd) vs St Mary’s 0
Naparima 2 (Shobal Celestin 7th, Isaiah Lee 89th pen) vs Fyzabad Secondary 1 (Ken Bhola 86th)
St Anthony’s 2 (Derron John, Haile Beckles pen) vs St Augustine Secondary 1 (Rahim Gordon)
San Juan North 2 (Jerome Cyrus 69th, 82nd pen) vs Shiva Boys 1 (Tyrell Emmanuel 42nd)
Presentation San F’do 1 (Jordan Riley 55th) vs St Benedict’s 0
Signal Hill 2 (Akiel Frank 2 (1pen) v East Mucurapo 1 (Zion Mc Leod pen)
Trinity Moka 1 (Isaiah Alexander) vs QRC 0
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WATCH: Highlights of Naparima College’s 2-1 win over Fyzabad Secondary, and San Juan North Secondary’s 2-1 win over Shiva Boys.
https://www.youtube.com/v/mtOjUJbAH8k
WATCH: Naparima College Manager Percy Samlalsingh gives his reactions to the 2-1 win over Fyzabad Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/ATdpHCoo9dc
WATCH: Fyzabad Secondary Head Coach Anthony Rougier gives his reactions to the 2-1 loss to Naparima College.
https://www.youtube.com/v/mjjIDEZIONI
WATCH: Post-game interview with Isaiah Lee, the scorer of the game-winner
https://www.youtube.com/v/XrYXTiAmwdk
WATCH: Post-game interview with Naparima's Shobal Celestin
https://www.youtube.com/v/GLgM92-GzjI
WATCH: post-game interview with Fyzabad's Shaquille Louison and Ken Bhola
https://www.youtube.com/v/WzgFdiCuFjo
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WATCH: Highlights of Fyzabad Secondary’s 4-2 win over Pleasantville Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/1cX3vo6fBKs
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TOBAGO SSFL
Female
Sunday 18th September
Speyside High vs Bishop's High (Speyside)
Signal Hill Secondary vs Scarborough Secondary (Signal Hill Secondary Ground)
Mason Hall Secondary vs Pentecostal Light and Life (Venue TBD)
Male
Saturday 17th September
2 Scarborough Secondary vs Mason Hall Secondary 1
2 Speyside High vs Bishop's High 0
2 Pentecostal Light and Life vs Roxborough Secondary 1
SSFL Premier
2 Presentation (Sando) vs Signal Hill 1
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Lee treble sink Fatima in SSFL
By Sean Taylor (T&T Express)
Naparima College found their stride as they cruised to a 3-1 win against Fatima College, to continue their unbeaten run in the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) yesterday.
A second-half hattrick from Isaiah Lee was enough for the two-time reigning Premier Division champions, as they carved the Fatima defence in two on the counter attack throughout the second half.
Wide forward Stephon Marcano was able to hit the target for Fatima moments before the final whistle.
The match was played as if it were a training ground exercise in the first half, with both teams content to move the ball around without any penetration up front.
After the break however, as the visitors took the lead when lone forward Isaiah Lee tapped in from close range after “Naps” collected a loose ball in the middle and sprayed it wide to Renaldo Francois, who advanced up the left side before finding Lee with a teasing low cross - the silence was deafening in the stands.
Fatima came to life after conceding the goal, and forced the issue with their neat passing game moving forward.
“Naps” however doubled the lead 20 minutes later in the 68th, and it came from the same source.
Lee played a one-two with Akinola Gregory and then lashed his shot past Fatima keeper Darrion Hamilton at the near post.
The forward completed his treble in cheeky style, this time fighting off the attentions of four Fatima players before laying a square pass to Decklan Marcelle, who fed him a return pass which he took and dummied his way past Hamilton before playing it into an empty net.
Fatima, however, were determined to leave their mark on the match, and few deserved the consolation goal more than Marcano, who put his right foot through the ball from around 25 yards out, leaving Levi Fernandez sprawling in vain.
The goal however came deep in stoppage time and was not enough to make a difference.
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Salandy double lead Tigers to top
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
N’Kosi Salandy scored a pair of goals to lead St Anthony’s College to a comfortable 4-1 whipping of arch-rival St Mary’s College and jumps to top spot on goal difference in the 2016 Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division, yesterday.
The “Westmooring Tigers” took the lead in the 16th minute when a shot by Shem Clauzel, the son of former national player Ian “Dread Dribbler” Clauzel, took a wicked deflection off St Mary’s defender Nathaniel Williams and into his own net, but St Mary’s was soon back on level terms in the 20th thanks to Tyrese Spicer in the Serpentine Road, St Clair encounter.
St Mary’s joy was shortlived, though, as Salandy restored St Anthony’s lead at 2-1 a few minutes which it took into the interval, and two minutes into the second-half, he completed his double and extended the advantage to 3-1 while Haile Beckles added a fourth item three minutes from the final whistle.
With the win, the “Westmoorings Tigers” remained the lone team with a 100 per cent winning record —three wins from as many matches for maximum nine points, the same tally as Shiva Boys Hindu College and Presentation College of San Fernando, but with a superior goal-difference and the lead on the 15-team table
Down at David Williams Recreation Ground, Penal, Shiva Boys got goals from Yohannes Richardson in the 32nd and Tyrell Baptiste in the 70th to blank former table-toppers Trinity College of Moka 2-0.
At Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, Nathaniel Dyer (61st) and Jordan Riley (87th penalty) netted second-half items for Presentation College of San Fernando in a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Signal Hill which led through a 30th minute Akeem Benjamin strike.
The trio of defending champions, Naparima College Fyzabad Secondary, and San Juan North Secondary all won to move into four-way tie with Trinity College of Moka on seven points each.
At Fatima College Ground, Mucurapo, Isaiah Lee scored the first hat-trick of the SSFL season to lead Naparima past Fatima 3-1; Alleric Williams (31st & 41st) and Ken Bhola (87th & 90th) netted two goals each for Fyzabad in a 4-2 entertaining win over Pleasantville at Mahaica Oval, Pt Fortin, and San Juan North edged East Mucurapo 2-1 at Bourg Mulatresse, San Juan
And in the second match at Mahaica Oval,cellar-place St Benedict’s College, coached by former national striker Leonson Lewis picked up its first point in a 0-0 draw with St Augustine Secondary. Matches continue on Wednesday.
RESULTS
Yesterday’s Results
Fyzabad 4 (Alleric Williams 31st, 41st, Ken Bhola 87th, 90th) vs Pleasantville 2 (Jezneel Duntin 59th, Daniel Cowen 73rd)
St Benedict’s 0 vs St Augustine 0
Naparima 3 (Isaiah Lee 48th, 68th, 72nd) vs Fatima 1 (Stephon Marcano 92nd)
St Anthony’s 4 (N’Kosi Salandy 25th, 47th, Nathaniel Williams o.g 16th, Haile Beckles 87th) vs St Mary’s 1 (Tyrese Spicer 20th)
Presentation (San F’do) 2 (Nathaniel Dyer 61st, Jordan Riley 87th pen) vs Signal Hill 1 (Akeem Benjamin 30th)
San Juan North 2 (Tyrell Cameron, Renaldo Boyce) vs East Mucurapo 1 (Zion Mc Leod)
Shiva Boys 2 (Yohannes Richardson 32nd, Tyrell Baptiste 70th) vs Trinity College 0
STANDINGS
Latest SSFL Premier Division standings
Teams P W D L F A Pts
St Anthony’s 3 3 0 0 8 3 9
Shiva Boys 4 3 0 1 7 3 9
Pres (San F’do) 4 3 0 1 5 4 9
Naparima 3 2 1 0 7 4 7
Fyzabad Sec 4 2 1 1 9 6 7
San Juan North 4 2 1 1 7 6 7
Trinity Moka 4 2 1 1 3 3 7
Signal Hill 4 1 2 1 4 4 5
St Augustine 4 0 3 1 3 4 3
Fatima 4 1 0 3 4 6 3
P’ville 3 0 2 1 4 6 2
St Mary’s 4 0 2 2 2 7 2
QRC 3 0 2 1 0 1 2
St Benedict’s 4 0 1 3 0 4 1
East Mucurapo 2 0 0 2 2 4 0
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TOBAGO SSFL
Female
Sunday 18th September
2 Speyside High vs Bishop's High 5
3 Signal Hill Secondary vs Scarborough Secondary 0
8 Mason Hall Secondary vs Pentecostal Light and Life 0
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TOBAGO ZONE SSFL Upcoming matches
Male
Wednesday 21st September
5 Speyside High vs Goodwood High 0
3 Roxborough Sec vs Scarborough Sec 7
0 Bishop's High vs Light and Life 0
Monday 26th September (all matches start 3:45pm)
Mason Hall Sec vs Roxborough Sec @ Plymouth
Light and Life vs Goodwood High @ Signal Hill Community Ground
Scarborough Sec vs Bishop's High
Female
Thursday 22nd September (all matches start 3:45pm)
Mason Hall Sec vs Signal Hill Sec @ Plymouth
Scarborough Sec vs Speyside (Venue TBD)
Bishop's High vs Light and Life @ Mt. Pleasant
****Sunday 25th September (3:00pm START)****
Bishop's High vs Scarborough Sec @ Mt. Pleasant
Speyside High vs Mason Hall Sec @ Speyside
Signal Hill Sec vs Light and Life (Venue TBD)
Side note:
U15 competition begins on Friday 23rd September
**2pm start for all matches**
Mason Hall vs Bishop's @ Plymouth
Speyside vs Signal Hill @ Speyside
Goodwood vs Roxborough @ Goodwood
Light and Life vs Scarborough @ Signal Hill Community Ground
U17 competition begins Monday 3rd October.
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WATCH: Highlights of St. Mary’s College's 2-1 win over Queen’s Royal College
https://www.youtube.com/v/RylM8vxZNZA
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WATCH: Highlights of St. Mary’s College's 2-1 win over Queen’s Royal College
https://www.youtube.com/v/RylM8vxZNZA
next time royalians ;D
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WATCH: SSFL feature on Trinity College Moka
https://www.youtube.com/v/Z683D_DQ2vU
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WATCH: Highlights of Pleasantville Secondary’s 2-1 come-from-behind win over San Juan North Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/I9Ua8E7k1J0
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WATCH: Post-match interview with Signal Hill Head Coach Urinton Samuel after a 2-0 win over Fyzabad Secondary.
https://www.youtube.com/v/HpVbXqkwXJU
WATCH: Post-match interview with Signal Hill goalscorers Nkosi Chance and Omarley Charles after a 2-0 win over Fyzabad Secondary.
https://www.youtube.com/v/ImPAS1x-a5A
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St Mary's win a game? :o
WTF???
SHAME ON QRC! :loser: :devil:
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U14 competition...Friday 23rd September
**2pm start for all matches**
0 Mason Hall vs Bishop's 1
1 Speyside vs Signal Hill 2
5 Goodwood vs Roxborough 0
0 Light and Life vs Scarborough 6
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What's the youngest SSFL age group?
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Signal Hill stays unbeaten with James’ beaver-trick
By Rachael Thompson-King (T&T Guardian)
Signal Hill, led by Asha James, rolled out another win in the Tobago Zone of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schoolgirls Football League Championship Division on Thursday evening, claiming a hard fought 5-3 victory over host Mason Hall.
James were responsible for four of those goals to help Signal Hill remain unbeaten after four matches, already topping Speyside High (16-1), Bishop’s High (5-2) and Scarborough Secondary (3-0), respectively.
The other goal for the winner came from Avonel Lorraine, to help Signal Hill closeout round one as the leader.
Mason Hall, who was previously undefeated with wins over Bishop’s (3-2), Scarborough (2-1) and Pentecostal Light and Life (8-0), got a goal each from Desiree Cox, Celine Lorraine and Curisia Campbell but they were all in vain as their team suffered its first loss of the season.
There were a flurry of goals in the other matches played in the zone as well, with Scarborough sealing a 6-nil victory over Speyside High and Bishop’s High, a 6-1 win over Pentecostal Light and Life.
Aaliyah Charles and Jahmilia Edwards netted three goals each for Scarborough, who secured its second victory from four matches.
In the other affair, Megan Henry, Darianne Henry and Dinesha Manning each netted a pair of goals for Bishop’s. Faith Joseph hit the lone item for Pentecostal.
Denecia Prince finally returned to action for Fyzabad in the South Zone after getting approval from the Ministry of Education and her presence was immediately felt, notching four goals, to pilot Fyzabad to a 11-1 win in a one-sided encounter.
Abishai Guy and Shanaqua Lewis scored a double each while their teammates Aniyka Sylvan, Precious Paul and Douanna Osbourne added one apiece in the comfortable win in Pleasantville, to complete the first round on top of the standings. St Joseph Convent got an easy three points after Point Fortin East forfeited the other match in the South Zone.
North Zone’s leading scorer Shauna Lee Govia scored the winner for Tranquility, who escaped with a narrow one-goal victory Bishop’s Anstey High.
Govia’s tally now goes up to 12 goals after netting five in her team’s opening match against St Joseph Convent Port-of-Spain, bettering that on Sunday against St Francois Girls, with six.
On Sunday from 3.45 pm, Tranquility will be looking to stay unbeaten to end the first round on top when it meets Diego Martin Central, who also has no losses.
RESULTS:
South
Fyzabad 11 (Denecia Prince 4, Abishai Guy 2, Shanaqua Lewis 2, Aniyka Sylvan, Precious Paul, Douanna Osbourne) vs San Fernando East 1.
St Joseph Convent won after Point Fortin East forfeited.
Tobago
Scarborough 6 (Aaliyah Charles 3, Jahmilia Edwards 3) vs Speyside 0
Signal Hill 5 (Asha James 4, Avonel Lorraine) vs Mason Hall 3 (Desiree Cox, Celine Lorraine, Curisia Campbell).
Bishop’s High 6 (Megan Henry 2, Darianne Henry 2, Dinesha Manning 2) vs Pentecostal 1 (Faith Joseph).
North:
Tranquility 1 (Shauna Lee Govia 57th) vs Bishop’s Anstey 0.
St Joseph Convent vs Diego Martin Central 4
East:
St George’s College 0 vs Bishop’s East 1.
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Shiva Boys, Pres target outright SSFL lead
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
South Zone duo, Shiva Boys Hindu College and Presentation College of San Fernando will both be confident of taking sole possession of the top spot in the 2016 Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division when round six matches take place today from 3.40pm.
Both Shiva Boys and Presentation College are currently joint top of the 15-team table with 12 points from five matches, two ahead of two-time reigning champion Naparima College which has a match in hand while St Anthony's College, the lone team with a 100 per cent winning record is fourth with nine points from three matches.
Today, Shiva Boys which leads by virtue of a better goal-difference than Presentation College of San Fernando led by its core of senior players in Junior Assoon, Tyrell Emmanuel, Tyrel Baptiste, Yohannes Richardson, Quinn Rodney and national Under-20 goalkeeper Denzil Smith will host cellar-placed East Mucurapo which is yet to pick up a point after three matches, at David Williams Recreation Ground, Penal.
Zion Mc Leod, who has been the shining light for East Mucurapo with all three of his team's goals this season will be happy for the return of national duo, Jesse Williams and Micah Lansiquot as they try and turn their team's wretched form around.
Presentation College, on the other hand, boosted by the return of national Under-20 duo, captain Kareem Riley and Kori Cupid, and Under-17 midfielder Nion Lammy will also fancy its chances of full points against struggling third from bottom, Queen's Royal College, yet to win in four matches, at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. For QRC, John-Paul Rochford is expected to feature after his national Under-17 exploits as well.
Already boasting leading scorer Isaiah Lee (five goals) in its ranks, the Angus Eve-coached Naparima College will also be delighted with the return of its four national Under-17 players in Tyrique Andrews, Mark Ramdeen, Andre Raymond, Isaiah Hudson (Naparima College) as well as Under-20 pair, Rondell Payne and Shane Sandy for its home clash versus a resurgent Signal Hill at its Lewis Street, San Fernando, home.
Following a mid-week bye, the "Westmooring Tigers" of St Anthony's also sees the return of its quota of national players in Elijah Shade, Jodel Brown, Che Benny, Jaydon Prowell, Tyrese Bailey, Jabari Brice and Kathon St Hillaire when they journey to Fyzabad, which is two points behind.
In another matches, San Juan North which welcomes the return of Kerdell Sween and Brandon Semper from national duties host St Mary's College at Bourg Mulatresse, San Juan; St Benedict's College and Pleasantville Secondary meet at Mahaica Oval, Pt Fortin, and Trinity College Moka is at home to St Augustine.
Results
Wednesday’s Results
Fatima 3 (Jahreed Murray, Andrew Abraham, Liam De Verteuil) vs St Benedict’s 3 (Jevaughn Humphreys 2, Jacey Parris)
Signal Hill 2 (N’Kosi Chance 3rd, Omarley James 36th) vs Fyzabad 0
Pleasantville 2 (Jabari Hodge, Jude Phillip) vs San Juan North 0
Naparima 2 (Isaiah Lee, Mark Ramdeen) vs Trinity College Moka 0
St Mary’s 2 (Trey La Motte 5th, Tyrese Spicer 32nd) vs QRC 1 (Anfernee Stokes 58th)
Shiva Boys 4 (Junior Assoon 7th, Tyrell Emmanuel 40th, Tyrel Baptiste 61st, Yohannes Richardson 83rd) vs St Augustine 2 (Zion Holder 42nd pen, Rahim Gordon 47th)
Presentation (San F’do) 3 (Kareem Riley 2, Kori Cupid) vs East Mucurapo 1 (Zion Mc Leod)
Today's Matches:
All matches kick off at 3.40pm
Fyzabad vs St Anthony's, Fyzabad
St Benedict's vs Pleasantville Sec, Mahaica Oval, Pt Fortin
Naparima College vs Signal Hill, Lewis Street, San F'do
San Juan North vs St Mary's, Bourg Mulatresse Ground, San Juan
Trinity Moka vs St Augustine, Moka, Maraval
Presentation (San F'do) vs QRC, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
Shiva Boys vs East Mucurapo, David Williams Recreation Ground, Penal
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What's the youngest SSFL age group?
U-14
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TOBAGO SSFL
Female
Sunday 25th September
3 Bishop's High vs Scarborough Sec 0
0 Speyside High vs Mason Hall Sec 10
9 Signal Hill Sec vs Light and Life 0
Male
Monday 26th September (all matches start 3:45pm)
Mason Hall Sec vs Roxborough Sec @ Plymouth
Light and Life vs Goodwood High @ Signal Hill Community Ground
Scarborough Sec vs Bishop's High @ Courland/Black Rock
Speyside (bye)
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Signal Hill stays unbeaten with James’ beaver-trick.
By Rachael Thomspon-King (Guardian).
Signal Hill, led by Asha James, rolled out another win in the Tobago Zone of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schoolgirls Football League Championship Division on Thursday evening, claiming a hard fought 5-3 victory over host Mason Hall.
James were responsible for four of those goals to help Signal Hill remain unbeaten after four matches, already topping Speyside High (16-1), Bishop’s High (5-2) and Scarborough Secondary (3-0), respectively.
The other goal for the winner came from Avonel Lorraine, to help Signal Hill closeout round one as the leader.
Mason Hall, who was previously undefeated with wins over Bishop’s (3-2), Scarborough (2-1) and Pentecostal Light and Life (8-0), got a goal each from Desiree Cox, Celine Lorraine and Curisia Campbell but they were all in vain as their team suffered its first loss of the season.
There were a flurry of goals in the other matches played in the zone as well, with Scarborough sealing a 6-nil victory over Speyside High and Bishop’s High, a 6-1 win over Pentecostal Light and Life.
Aaliyah Charles and Jahmilia Edwards netted three goals each for Scarborough, who secured its second victory from four matches.
In the other affair, Megan Henry, Darianne Henry and Dinesha Manning each netted a pair of goals for Bishop’s. Faith Joseph hit the lone item for Pentecostal.
Denecia Prince finally returned to action for Fyzabad in the South Zone after getting approval from the Ministry of Education and her presence was immediately felt, notching four goals, to pilot Fyzabad to a 11-1 win in a one-sided encounter.
Abishai Guy and Shanaqua Lewis scored a double each while their teammates Aniyka Sylvan, Precious Paul and Douanna Osbourne added one apiece in the comfortable win in Pleasantville, to complete the first round on top of the standings. St Joseph Convent got an easy three points after Point Fortin East forfeited the other match in the South Zone.
North Zone’s leading scorer Shauna Lee Govia scored the winner for Tranquility, who escaped with a narrow one-goal victory Bishop’s Anstey High.
Govia’s tally now goes up to 12 goals after netting five in her team’s opening match against St Joseph Convent Port-of-Spain, bettering that on Sunday against St Francois Girls, with six.
On Sunday from 3.45 pm, Tranquility will be looking to stay unbeaten to end the first round on top when it meets Diego Martin Central, who also has no losses.
RESULTS:
South
Fyzabad 11 (Denecia Prince 4, Abishai Guy 2, Shanaqua Lewis 2, Aniyka Sylvan, Precious Paul, Douanna Osbourne) vs San Fernando East 1.
St Joseph Convent won after Point Fortin East forfeited.
Tobago
Scarborough 6 (Aaliyah Charles 3, Jahmilia Edwards 3) vs Speyside 0
Signal Hill 5 (Asha James 4, Avonel Lorraine) vs Mason Hall 3 (Desiree Cox, Celine Lorraine, Curisia Campbell).
Bishop’s High 6 (Megan Henry 2, Darianne Henry 2, Dinesha Manning 2) vs Pentecostal 1 (Faith Joseph).
North:
Tranquility 1 (Shauna Lee Govia 57th) vs Bishop’s Anstey 0.
St Joseph Convent vs Diego Martin Central 4
East:
St George’s College 0 vs Bishop’s East 1.
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Dyer late strikes put Pres in clear.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
Nathaniel Dyer netted late as Presentation College of San Fernando eked out a 1-0 win over lowly Queen’s Royal College (QRC) to go two points clear at the top of the 15-team Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division yesterday.
With both teams seem headed for a share of the points, Dyer fired in the decisive item at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella in the 87th minute to carry Presentation College to 15 points from six matches, two more than previous joint leaders Shiva Boys Hindu College, who were held to a shock 1-1 draw by cellar-placed East Mucurapo at the David Williams Recreation Ground, Penal.
Judah Garcia fired Shiva Boys ahead in the 53rd minute, but with nine minutes left in the contest, national Under-20 player, Micah Lansiquot salvaged a first point of the season for East Mucurapo after three straight defeats to start the season.
Two-time defending champions, Naparima College joined Shiva Boys on 13 points with a hard fought 1-0 win over Signal Hill at its Lewis Street, San Fernando home ground thanks to a 19th minute strike from Isaiah Lee, his league leading sixth of the season.
Also in South, St Anthony’s College, fourth on the table with ten points from four matches, needed a late second-half brace from national Under-20 striker, Kathon St Hilliare, to earn a 2-2 draw with host Fyzabad.
Natinni Jones (19th) and Shaquille Louison (49th) scored for Fyzabad to lead 2-0, but St Hillaire replied in the 75th and 85th for the “Westmooring Tigers”, who will play their make-up match against East Mucurapo tomorrow at home.
In other matches, St Mary’s College edged San Juan North 2-1; St Augustine pipped Trinity College of Moka 1-0 and Pleasantville also won 1-0 against St Benedict’s.
Yesterday’s SSFL Premier Division Results
Fyzabad 2 (Natinni Jones 19th, Shaquille Louison 49th) vs St Anthony’ 2 (Kathon S Hillaire 75th, 85th)
Pleasantville 1 (Jezneel Duntin 25th) vs St Benedict’s 0
Naparima 1 (Isaiah Lee 19th) vs Signal Hill 0
St Mary’s 2 (Kerdell Sween 8th o.g, Trey La Motte 43rd) vs San Juan North 1 (Josiah St Baird 53rd)
St Augustine 1 (Rahim Gordon) vs Trinity Moka 0
Presentation (San F’do) 1 (Nathaniel Dyer 87th) vs QRC 0
Shiva Boys 1 (Judah Garcia 53rd) vs East Mucurapo 1 (Micah Lansiquot 81st)
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WATCH: Highlights of St. Mary’s College’s 2-1 win over San Juan North Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/WSTESKpwa_o
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TOBAGO ZONE SSFL
MALE
Monday 26th September
5 Mason Hall Sec vs Roxborough Sec 2
0 Light and Life vs Goodwood High 5
1 Scarborough Sec vs Bishop's High 2
Speyside (bye)
Upcoming matches
Wednesday 28th September (all matches start 3:45pm)
Speyside vs Light and Life @ Speyside
Bishop's vs Mason Hall @ Mt. Pleasant
Goodwood vs Scarborough Sec @ Goodwood
Roxborough (Bye)
Saturday 1st October (all matches start 3:45pm)
Roxborough vs Bishop's @ Roxborough
Scarborough Sec vs Speyside @ Courland/Black Rock
Mason Hall vs Goodwood @ Plymouth
Light and Life (bye)
FEMALE
Thursday 29th September
Speyside vs Signal Hill @ Speyside
Bishop's vs Mason Hall @ t. Pleasant
Light and Life vs Scarborough Sec @ Signal Hill Recreational Ground
***Sunday 2nd October (3pm START)***
Mason Hall vs Scarborough Sec @ Plymouth
Signal Hill vs Bishop's @ Signal Hill Secondary
Light and Life vs Speyside @ Signal Hill Recreational Ground
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Tigers scrape past East Mucurapo 1-0.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Nicholas Moyou got the lone goal as St Anthony’s College returned to winners row, via a 1-0 triumph over East Mucurapo in a rescheduled Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division match at Morne Coco Road, Westmoorings, yesterday.
Coming off a 2-2 away draw to Fyzabad Secondary on Saturday, thanks to a second-half double from Kathon St Hillaire, St Anthony’s also dubbed the “Westmoorings Tigers” were in search of all three points in yesterday’s contest to keep pace with leaders Presentation College of San Fernando, Shiva Boys Hindu College and two-time defending champions Naparima College.
Bottom of the 15-team table, East Mucurapo, meanwhile entered the match buoyed by picking up its first point of the season in a 1-1 draw with Shiva Boys, managed to keep the host at bay for the first 45-minutes.
However, six minutes into the second-half, Moyou was on spot in the six-yard box to fire home a left footed shot, after East Mucurapo failed to deal with a Derron John left corner.
St Anthony’s then created number of openings mainly through St Hillaire and Shem Clauzel, the son of former national player Ian Clauzel, but failed to add to their tally, while at the back goalkeeper Jabari Brice was alert to any danger from East Mucurapo’snational Under-20 striker, Micah Lansiquot as well as national Under-17 midfielder, Jesse Williams to preserve his team’s slim advantage.
In the end, the Tigers held on for a deserved win and a valuable three points to join Naparima and Shiva Boys on 13, two behind Presentation College.
However, while Presentation and Shiva Boys have played six matches, Naparima and St Anthony’s have only played five each. Tomorrow matches will start at 3.40 pm.
Results
St Anthony’s 1 (Nicholas Moyou 51st) vs East Mucurapo 0
Standings
Teams P W D L F A Pts
1. Pres (San F’do) 6 5 0 1 9 5 15
2. Naparima 5 4 1 0 10 4 13
3. St Anthony’s 5 4 1 0 11 5 13
4. Shiva Boys 6 4 1 1 12 6 13
5. Fyzabad Sec 6 2 2 2 11 10 8
6. P’ville 5 2 2 1 7 6 8
7. Signal Hill 6 2 2 2 6 5 8
8. St Mary’s 6 2 2 2 6 9 8
9. San Juan North 6 2 1 3 8 10 7
10. Trinity Moka 6 2 1 3 3 6 7
11. St Augustine 6 1 3 2 6 8 6
12. Fatima 5 1 1 3 7 9 4
13. QRC 5 0 2 3 1 4 2
14. St Benedict’s 6 0 2 4 3 8 2
15. East Mucurapo 5 0 1 4 4 9 1
Matches
All matches kick off at 3.40 pm
San Juan North vs St Benedict’s, Bourg Mulatresse, San Juan
St Anthony’s vs Trinity Moka, St Anthony’s Ground, Westmoorings
QRC vs Fatima, QRC Ground, St Clair
Fyzabad Sec vs Shiva Boys, Fyzabad
East Mucurapo vs Pleasantville, Fatima Ground, Mucurapo Road
Naparima vs Presentation (San F’do)
St Augustine vs St Mary’s, St Augustine Ground, Warren Street
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Of the top 7 teams, 5 are from de south. Top half of the table.
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Quick question, folks....try as I might, I cannot, for the life of me, get ahold of a full SSFL schedule. Can anyone help me out, please? I have gone on every link I could find and all I'm getting is articles and never a full schedule.
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:-[ :praying:
Q R C, we want 2 goals
Quick question, folks....try as I might, I cannot, for the life of me, get ahold of a full SSFL schedule. Can anyone help me out, please? I have gone on every link I could find and all I'm getting is articles and never a full schedule.
https://www.facebook.com/SSFLTT/posts/1217921194955576
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WATCH: Highlights of Naparima College’s 2-0 win over Presentation College San Fernando and St. Anthony’s College’s 5-0 win over Trinity College Moka
https://www.youtube.com/v/eNa_T5yhYjs
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Quick question, folks....try as I might, I cannot, for the life of me, get ahold of a full SSFL schedule. Can anyone help me out, please? I have gone on every link I could find and all I'm getting is articles and never a full schedule.
http://theunveilmag.co/fixtures/ (http://theunveilmag.co/fixtures/)
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WATCH: Highlights of Naparima College’s 2-0 win over Presentation College San Fernando and San Juan North Secondary’s 4-0 win over St. Benedict’s College
https://www.youtube.com/v/Osul-D-25Xk
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TM, see if yuh could pull this stat: the record between Eve and Cooper at SSFL level.
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TM, see if yuh could pull this stat: the record between Eve and Cooper at SSFL level.
I know since the Premier Division start, Naps unbeaten against Pres. While all teams import players, Naps going overboard then Eve talking about he developing talent. SSFL is simply about winning, no wonder our national youth teams are in a mess.
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TOBAGO SSFL
Male
Wednesday 28th September
8 Speyside vs Light and Life 1
0 Bishop's vs Mason Hall 2
1 Goodwood vs Scarborough Sec 0
Roxborough (Bye)
I'll give an update of the Tobago Standings for the boys after Saturday.
FEMALE
Thursday 29th September
Speyside vs Signal Hill @ Speyside
Bishop's vs Mason Hall @ t. Pleasant
Light and Life vs Scarborough Sec @ Signal Hill Recreational Ground
Current Standings at the end of the 1st round (Female)
Signal Hill 15 points
Mason Hall 12
Bishop's 9
Scarborough 6
Light and Life 3
Speyside 0
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Tigers, Naps, Shiva share SSFL lead.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
The trio of St Anthony’s College, reigning two-time defending champions Naparima College and Shiva Boys Hindu College, all won to move into a three-way lead at the top of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division, yesterday.
At St Anthony’s College Ground on Morne Coco Road, Westmoorings, the “Tigers” romped to a comfortable 5-0 mauling of Trinity College of Moka led by a double from Haile Beckles, his fourth and fifth goals of the season.
National Under-20 striker, Kathon St Hillaire with his fourth of the season, and national Under-17 duo, Che Benny and Tyrese Bailey added the others for the “Tigers” to move to 16 points from five matches, at the top of the table on goal-difference from Naparima and Shiva.
Down South at Lewis Street, San Fernando, host Naparima got items from influential midfielder Justin Sadoo in the 61st minute and Isaiah Lee, with his league best seventh of the campaign, ten minutes from the final whistle to topple previous leader Presentation College of San Fernando, which slipped to fourth, one point off the top, but from seven matches.
Shiva Boys had a much tougher fight on their hands as they needed a 90th minute winner from Shaquille Williams to earn a 2-1 come-from-behind win over rival, Fyzabad Secondary.
Alleric Williams had fired Fyzabad into a 34th minute lead at home, which it held until Yohannes Richardson drew the visitors level in the 58th.
In other matches, San Juan North jumped to fifth with ten points after a 4-0 home win over cellar-placed and winless St Benedict’s College; Fatima College edged rival Queen’s Royal College 2-1; East Mucurapo got its first win to move off the bottom of the 15-team table, 3-1 over Pleasantville led by a double from national Under-20 striker Micah Lansiquot, and St Augustine netted late to earn a home draw with St Mary’s College.
Yesterday’s Results
San Juan North 4 (Jerome Cyrus, Kerdel Sween, Tyrrel Cameron, Miguel Garraway) vs St Benedict’s 0
St Anthony’s 5 (Haile Beckles 2, Kathon St Hillaire, Che Benny, Tyrese Bailey) vs Trinity Moka 0
Fatima 2 (Jahreed Murray, Stephon Marcano) vs QRC 1 (Jabari Mc Kell)
Shiva Boys 2 (Yohannes Richardson 58th, Shaquille Williams 90th) vs Fyzabad Sec 1 (Alleric Williams 34th)
East Mucurapo 3 (Micah Lansiquot 43rd, 63rd, Jesse Williams 82nd) vs Pleasantville 1 (Anfernee Joefield 77th)
Naparima 2 (Justin Sadoo 61st, Isaiah Lee 80th) vs Presentation (San F’do) 0
St Augustine 1 (Zion Holder 94th) vs St Mary’s 1 (Trey La Motte 49th)
Leading Scorers
7—Isaiah Lee
5—Haile Beckles
4—Ken Bhola, Rahim Gordon, Kathon St Hillaire, Alleric Williams
3—Akil Frank, Kareem Riley, Renaldo Boyce, Tyrel Baptiste, Zion Mc Leod, Jerome Cyrus, Stephon Marcano, Yohannes Richardson, Micah Lansiquot, Trey La Motte
2—Tyrell Emmanuel, Jordan Riley, N’Kosi Salandy, Tyrese Spicer, Justin Araujo-Wilson, Ronaldo Edwards, Junior Assoon, Jevaughn Humphreys, Nathaniel Dyer, Natinni Jones, Shaquille Louison, Jezneel Duntin, Tyrell Cameron, Kerdel Sween, Jahreed Murray, Zion Holder
1—Isaiah Mc Lean, Saleem Henry, Tigana O’Brien, Mattheus Granger, Denzil Marcano, Shobal Celestin, Derron John, Isaiah Alexander, Daniel Cowen, Ackeem Benjamin, Dillon Yearwood, Akinola Gregory, Renaldo Francois, Jarod Gordon, Anthony Samuel, Liam De Verteuil, Andrew Abraham, Jacey Parris, N’Kosi Chance, Omarley James, Jabari Hodge, Jude Phillip, Mark Ramdeen, Anfernee Stokes, Kori Cupid, Nathaniel Williams (own goal), Kerdell Sween (own goal), Josiah St Baird, Jesse Williams, Judah Garcia, Nicholas Moyou, Justin Sadoo, Che Benny, Tyrese Bailey, Miguel Garraway, Jabari Mc Kell, Shaquille Williams, Anfernee Joefield
Current SSFL premier division standings
Teams P W D L F A Pts
1. St Anthony’s 6 5 1 0 16 5 16
2. Naparima 6 5 1 0 12 4 16
3. Shiva Boys 7 5 1 1 14 7 16
4. Pres (San F’do) 7 5 0 2 9 7 15
5. San Juan North 7 3 1 3 12 10 10
6. St Mary’s 7 2 3 2 7 10 9
7. Signal Hill 6 2 2 2 6 5 8
8. Fyzabad Sec 7 2 2 3 12 12 8
9. P’ville 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
10. Fatima 6 2 1 3 9 10 7
11. St Augustine 7 1 4 2 7 9 7
12. Trinity Moka 7 2 1 4 3 11 7
13. East Mucurapo 6 1 1 4 7 10 4
14. QRC 6 0 2 4 2 6 2
15. St Benedict’s 7 0 2 5 3 12 2
Saturday matches
All matches begin 3.40pm
• St Anthony’s vs Signal Hill, Westmoorings
• San Juan North vs Fatima, Bourg Mulatresse
• Fyzabad Sec vs Trinity College Moka, Fyzabad
• QRC vs Pleasantville, QRC Ground, St Clair
• Naparima vs Shiva Boys, Lewis Street, San Fernando
• East Mucurapo vs St Mary’s, Fatima Ground, Mucurapo Road
• St Augustine vs Presentation (San F’do)
RELATED NEWS
Naps whip ‘Pres’ in south SSFL derby.
T&T Newsday Reports.
ST ANTHONY’S College stormed to joint top of the standings in the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League with a 5-0 defeat over Trinity College at the St Anthony’s College Ground in Westmoorings, yesterday.
St Anthony’s, who were in a three-way tie for second place before yesterday’s matches, leapfrogged Presentation College San Fernando who lost 0-2 to defending champions Naparima.
In Westmoorings the match was over at halftime as St Anthony’s led 4-0 at the break. Kathon St Hillaire got the ball rolling for the Tigers, before national Under- 17 player Che Benny doubled the home team’s lead. A double from Haile Beckles at the end of the first half gave St Anthony’s a commanding lead at the interval.
A penalty from Tyrese Bailey late in the match rounded off the scoring for St Anthony’s against their North Zone counterparts.
Naparima got two second half goals to defeat Presentation College at Lewis Street in San Fernando.
Justin Sadoo broke the deadlock in the 60th minute, lashing in the ball to the far post after he was played through on goal on the right. The league’s leading goalscorer Isaiah Lee sealed the victory with a goal in the 79th minute.
Also keeping their title hopes alive were Shiva Boys who defeated Fyzabad 2-1. After conceding a first half goal in the 34th minute, Yohannes Richardson equalised for Shiva Boys in the 58th before Shaquille Williams broke the hearts of the Fyzabad supporters with a goal in injury time.
Fatima got the better of the hapless Queen’s Royal College (QRC) in a North Zone battle 2-1. Jahreed Murray scored in the sixth minute before Stephon Marcano scored a second item in the 56th minute.
QRC, playing at home, pulled one back but Fatima held on for their second win this season.
In other matches East Mucurapo got past Pleasantville 3-1 to move from the bottom of the standings; San Juan North crushed St Benedict’s 4-0; St Augustine and St Mary’s battled to a 1-1 draw. Signal Hill were on a bye yesterday.
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Signal Hill seeks to extend unbeaten record.
By Rachael Thomspon-King (Guardian).
Signal Hill will be brimming with confidence today, entering round two of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schoolgirls Football League’s Tobago Zone when it visits Speyside High. The match is set to kick off at 3.45 pm along with matches in the three other zones including North, East and South.
The Tobago leader has had a dream start to this season, keeping a clean slate after its five opening matches, for the full 15 points, unlike Speyside which is yet to earn any points from its five matches.
One of the bright sparks for the Signal Hill team is Asha James, who has been finishing well to be currently placed third on the overall scoring list with 10 goals.
When the teams first met on September 11 in the Zone’s opener, Signal Hill emerged with a huge 16-1 victory with five of those goals coming from James. Her teammates Gamelia Waldron, Jelice Alexander and Abiela Adams, are all prominently placed among the top scorers in round one. Waldron and Alexander have four each and Adams has three.
The Signal Hill quartet will hope to thrive on their goal-scoring skills in Speyside, to seal their sixth consecutive victory and remain in charge of the zone.
Closest challenger Mason Hall will also take the field this evening against third placed Bishop’s Anstey in Mt Pleasant. Leading the Mason Hall unit will be Celene Lorraine, who has nine goals thus far.
Also in action today among the best scorers in the league are Tranquility’s Shauna Lee Govia, who leads with 14 goals, and Shanika Paul of Pleasantville. Paul is tied in second place with Kedie Johnson of St George’s College with 11. Johnson was in fine scoring form for her team in their last outing, netting five goals to lead them to a huge 11-0 win over St Augustine on Sunday. Her team is on a bye though.
Govia will be looking to come for Tranquility against St Joseph Convent in the North Zone while in the South, Paul will be up front for Pleasantville versus San Fernando East.
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Quick question, folks....try as I might, I cannot, for the life of me, get ahold of a full SSFL schedule. Can anyone help me out, please? I have gone on every link I could find and all I'm getting is articles and never a full schedule.
Thanks :cheers:
:-[ :praying:
Q R C, we want 2 goals
Quick question, folks....try as I might, I cannot, for the life of me, get ahold of a full SSFL schedule. Can anyone help me out, please? I have gone on every link I could find and all I'm getting is articles and never a full schedule.
https://www.facebook.com/SSFLTT/posts/1217921194955576
http://theunveilmag.co/fixtures/ (http://theunveilmag.co/fixtures/)
Is only LIX we gettin'! Steuwps!!
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WATCH: Meet the people behind Unveil Magazine, Chester Pierre and Khiry Moses. Unveil is the official magazine of the Secondary School Football League.
https://www.youtube.com/v/sp-CAEnsct0
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WATCH: Meet the people behind Unveil Magazine, Chester Pierre and Khiry Moses. Unveil is the official magazine of the Secondary School Football League.
https://www.youtube.com/v/sp-CAEnsct0
They are doing a good job, big up!
Also, not meaning to be greedy, but....is there a link for the girls' football, too?
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TOBAGO ZONE SSFL
Male
U14 (Friday 30th September)
4 Bishop's High vs Goodwood High 0
2 Mason Hall Secondary vs Speyside High 2
1 Roxborough Secondary vs Light and Life 4
Signal Hill Secondary vs Scarborough Secondary (Postponed to Tuesday 4th October)
U19
1 Roxborough vs Bishop's 2
3 Mason Hall vs Goodwood 3
0 Scarborough vs Speyside 2
Standings
Speyside 18
Mason Hall 10
Goodwood 10 (played 5 matches)
Scarborough 9
Bishop's 7
Light and Life 4
Roxborough 0 (played 5 matches)
UNDER 16 Schedule (all matches are 3pm kick off)
Bishop's vs Scarborough @ Mt. Pleasant.
Signal Hill vs Speyside (TBD)
Roxborough (bye)
Female
Mason Hall vs Scarborough @ Plymouth 3pm kick off
Light and Life vs Speyside @ Signal Hill Community (recreational) Ground
Signal Hill vs Bishop's Signal Hill Community (recreational) Ground. 5pm KICK OFF
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Fyzabad clobbers Point in School girls SSFL
By Rachael Thomspon-King (T&T Guardian)
A double each from Douanna Osbourne and Rodessa Hacksaw saw Fyzabad Secondary to breezy 8-0 victory over host Point Fortin East on Thursday evening. This was in South Zone action of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schoolgirls Football League.
The win gave Fyzabad, the leader of the zone, its fourth straight win to remain unbeaten thus far in the season, similarity to Signal Hill in the Tobago Zone and Diego Martin Central in the North.
Signal Hill completed a comfortable 9-0 victory over Speyside High while Diego Martin got another easy three points by default after St Francois Girls forfeited the match.
Osbourne has featured tremendously for Fyzabad offensively, as had Kadean Louison and Shanaqua Lewis, who both netted a goal each.
Tracy Smith and Atiya Alexander also got in on the scoring action scoring a goal apiece as Fyzabad duplicated its opening round performance against Point Fortin, who then had suffered a similar 8-0 defeat.
Fyzabad will look to remain on a high tomorrow when it tackles a confident Pleasantville Secondary, which hosted San Fernando East in the other match played in the South, earning a 5-0 win.
Pleasantville is close on the heels of Fyzabad in second place with three victories from four matches. The Pleasantville side will be aiming to make amends for its 2-1 loss to the Fyzabad unit in round one.
In the other match in the North Zone, the league’s leading scorer Shauna Lee Govia did not disappoint and found the back of the net three times to give Tranquility a 5-0 win over St Joseph Convent.
The lone match carded in the East, St Augustine versus San Juan North, did not play due to bad weather.
Over in Tobago, three from Jelice Alexander and a pair of goals from Avonel Loraine, Asha James and Abiela Adams each gave Signal Hill a huge 9-0 victory over host Speyside High. Signal Hill earned its six consecutive triumph from as many matches.
Mason Hall also emerged the winner in its encounter against Bishop’s High with two goals from Crystal Toney and the other from Anika Thomas in Mt Pleasanet while Scarborough Secondary edged Pentecostal Light and Life, 1-0.
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
South Zone
Fyzabad 8 (Douanna Osbourne 2, Rodessa Hacksaw 2, Kadean Louison, Shanaqua Lewis, Tracy Smith, Atiya Alexander) vs Point Fortin East 0
Pleasantville 5 vs San Fernando 0
Tobago
Bishop’s 0 vs Mason Hall 3 (Crystal Toney 2, Anika Thomas)
Speyside 0 vs Signal Hill 9 (Jelice Alexander 3, Avonel Loraine 2, Asha James 2, Abiela Adams 2).
Scarborough 1 vs Pentecostal 0
North
Tranquility 5 (Shauna Lee Govia 3, Iysha Lewis, Ophelia Farrell) vs St Joseph Convent 0
Today’s matches
Tobago
Mason Hall vs Scarborough
Signal Hill vs Bishop’s
Speyside vs Pentecostal
East
San Juan North vs St George’s College
St Augustine, bye
Bishop’s bye
North
Bishop’s Anstey vs Diego Martin Central
St Joseph Convent vs St Francois Girls
South
San Fernando East vs St Joseph Convent
Fyzabad vs Pleasantville
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Samuel’s late strike sends Shiva Boys clear
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Jerome Samuel scored three minutes into added on time as Shiva Boys Hindu College snatched a late 2-1 win over host, and two-time defending champions, Naparima College, to take the outright lead in the 15-team Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division, yesterday.
Going into the match at Lewis Street, San Fernando, the trio of St Anthony’s College, Naparima College and Shiva Boys Hindu College were all locked at the top on 16 points each. And as early as the second minute, Naparima made its intentions known when Judah St Louis fired in the first goal of the match.
However, Junior Assoon replied for Shiva Boys in the 29th minute and with the match seemed headed for a draw, Samuel conjured up the late winner for Shiva Boys to go top with 19 points from eight matches, three clear of St Anthony’s College, Naparima College and Presentation College of San Fernando.
This after the “Westmoorings Tigers,” who started the day on top of the table by virtue of a superior goal-difference of plus-11, followed by Naparima (plus-eight) and Shiva Boys (plus-seven) suffered a first defeat of the season also, going down 4-3 at home to Signal Hill at Westmoorings.
Omarley James netted a double in the sixth and 23rd minute for Signal Hill to lead 2-0 at the interval and five minutes after the resumption, Akil Frank added a third item against the stunned Tigers.
But on the hour mark, N’Kosi Salandy pulled a goal back for the host which was followed by quick strikes from national Under-17 midfielder, Che Benny (83rd) and Krishorn Alexander (86th) to even the match at 3-3.
However, within a minute, the Tigers’ joy turned to sorrow as Jelanie James then banged in a fourth item for Signal Hill to grab all three points.
Former leaders, Presentation College of San Fernando was held goalless by the “Green Machine” of St Augustine to join Naparima and St Anthony’s on 16 points, four clear of a resurgent St Mary’s College which edged East Mucurapo 2-1 with second-half items from Daniel Conocchiari (55th) and Tyrese Spicer (57th) after Zion Mc Leod had put East Mucurapo ahead in the 38th.
In other matches, San Juan North and Fatima College drew 2-2, Fyzabad Secondary clobbered Trinity College of Moka 4-0 led by braces from Daviyd Jones and Nashorn Simon, and Queen’s Royal College and Pleasantville shared the points in a 1-1 draw.
Results & standings
Signal Hill 4 (Omarley James 6th, 23rd, Akil Frank 50th, Jelani James 87th) vs St Anthony’s 3 (N’Kosi Salandy 60th, Che Benny 83rd, Krishorn Alexander 86th)
San Juan North 2 (Tigana O’Brien, Tyrell Cameron) vs Fatima 2 (Andrew Abraham, Keyon Williams)
Fyzabad Sec 4 (Daviyd Jones 1st, 61st, Nashorn Simon 6th, 8th) vs Trinity College Moka 0
QRC 1 (Kalev Kiel) vs Pleasantville 1 (Daniel Cowan)
Shiva Boys 2 (Junior Assoon 29th, Jerome Samuel 90+3) vs Naparima 1 (Judah St Louis 2nd)
St Mary’s 2 (Daniel Conocchiari 55th, Tyrese Spicer 57th) vs East Mucurapo 1 (Zion Mc Leod 38th)
St Augustine 0 vs Presentation (San F’do) 0
Latest SSFL Premier Division standing:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
1. Shiva Boys 8 6 1 1 16 8 19
2. St Anthony’s 7 5 1 1 19 9 16
3. Naparima 7 5 1 1 13 6 16
4. Pres (San F’do) 8 5 1 2 9 7 16
5. St Mary’s 8 3 3 2 9 11 12
6. Fyzabad Sec 8 3 2 3 16 12 11
7. San Juan North 8 3 2 3 14 12 11
8. Signal Hill 7 3 2 2 10 8 11
9. P’ville 7 2 3 2 9 9 9
10. Fatima 7 2 2 3 11 12 8
11. St Augustine 8 1 5 2 7 9 8
12. Trinity Moka 8 2 1 5 3 15 7
13. East Mucurapo 7 1 1 5 8 12 4
14. QRC 7 0 3 4 3 7 3
15. St Benedict’s 7 0 2 5 3 12 2
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..What Leonson Lewis doing with Benedict's...is it him or is it that Benedict's is that bad?
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Tobago Zone SSFL
Female
5 Mason Hall vs Scarborough 0
7 Signal Hill vs Bishop’s 1
2 Speyside vs Pentecostal 1
Male
Monday 3rd October.....3:00pm kick off
U16
Scarborough vs Bishop's
Signal Hill vs Speyside
Roxborough (bye)
Wednesday 5th October...3;45pm kick off
U19
Scarborough vs Light and Life @ Black Rock
Roxborough vs Goodwood @ Roxborough
Mason Hall vs Speyside @ Plymouth
U19
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Orr helps Trinity East hammer Barataria 6-1.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Trinity College East got a hat-trick from Nickel Orr as they hammered Barataria South 6-1 in front their home fans at Barataria on Friday afternoon, as action in the Championship Division of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary School Football League (SSFL) continued at different venues across T&T.
However, Princes Town have already claimed victory in the South Zone with 18 points from six matches and cannot be reached by their closest rival Point Fortin East on eight points with three rounds of matches still to go.
Princes Town defeated Moruga 3-1 to maintain their unblemished record while Siparia West edged Vessigny Secondary 1-0 in another south game on Friday last.
Apart from Orr’s display, the Arouca boys got two items from Keshorn Hackshaw and another from Emmanuel John in silencing the chants of the home team supporters as they attempt to finish as the top team in the group to have a chance of being promoted to the Premiership Division next year.
In addition, they will have a lot of work to do to pass division leaders Holy Cross who continued their unbeaten run to date by thrashing Five Rivers 4-0 at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, Arima. Thw win pushed them to 19 points after seven matches with Valencia in second with 13 points from six games.
The prolific Kobe Douglas got the opener after just the ninth minute before Reon Thomas gave ‘The Calvary Hill Boys’ a two-goal cushion 10 minutes later (19th minute).
With barely any resistence coming the Five Rivers defence, Douglas got his double on the stroke of half-time to send his team to the break with a comfortable 3-0 advantage.
Afterwards Five Rivers held firm for most of the match, until a blunder allowed Travis Byron to seal the win with his goal in the 86th minute.
Results
East
Holy Cross- 4 (Kobe Douglas 9th, 45th, Reon Thomas 19th, Travis Byron 86th) VS Five Rivers- 0
Barataria South- 1 VS Trinity College East- 6 (Nickel Orr- 3, Keshorn Hackshaw -2, Emmanuel John)
East
Teams P W L D F A GD Pts
Holy Cross 7 6 0 1 28 3 25 19
Valencia 6 4 1 1 11 6 5 13
Trinity East 5 4 1 0 17 3 14 12
Bar. South 7 1 5 1 15 26 -11 4
Five Rivers 7 1 5 1 9 22 -13 4
Toco Sec. 4 0 4 0 4 24 -20 0
South
Siparia West- 1 VS Vessigny Secondary- 0
Princes Town- 3 VS Moruga- 1
Teams P W L D F A GD Pts
P/Town 6 6 0 0 24 2 22 18
Pt Fortin East 5 2 1 2 6 4 2 8
Moruga Sec. 5 2 2 1 9 5 4 7
Siparia West 6 2 3 1 5 7 -2 7
Vessigny 6 0 6 0 1 30 -29 0
North
Tranquility- 6 (Kervon Young-3, Curtis Romany-2, Paul Gibbs) VS Maple Leaf-0
Diegio MartinCentral -2 VS Blanchisseuse- 2
North
Teams P W L D F A GD Pts
Tranq. Sec. 4 3 1 0 9 5 4 9
Malick 2 2 0 0 6 0 6 6
Blanch. Sec. 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
D’go Martin Cen. 4 1 2 1 5 7 -2 4
Maple Leaf Int’l 3 0 3 0 2 8 -6 0
D’go Martin North 1 0 1 0 0 3 -3 0
Central Zone
Teams P W L D F A GD Pts
Car. East 2 2 0 0 10 1 9 6
Chag. North 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
Gasparillo Sec. 2 1 1 0 9 4 -5 3
Tabaquite Sec. 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 1
Pres. College 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 1
Couva East 1 0 1 0 1 6 -5 0
Miracle Min. 1 0 1 0 0 9 -9 0
Tobago Zone
Teams P W L D F A GD Pts
Speyside High 5 5 0 0 31 3 28 15
Scar. Sec. 5 3 2 0 15 8 7 9
Mason Hall Sec. 5 3 2 0 12 7 5 9
Goodwood Sec. 4 3 1 0 7 6 1 9
Bishop’s High 5 1 3 1 3 7 -4 4
Pent’l L&L 6 1 4 1 4 20 -16 4
Roxborough Sec. 5 0 5 0 7 27 -20 0
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Tobago SSFL
Male
U19
Wednesday 5th October 3:45pm Kick off
Scarborough Secondary vs Light and Life @ Black Rock/Courland
Mason Hall Secondary vs Speyside High @ Plymouth
Roxborough Secondary vs Goodwood High @ Roxborough (not sure if it's the school grounds of Cyd Gray Stadium. The school ground has been worked on to bring it up to standard)
Bishop's High (Bye)
Saturday 8th October 3:45pm Kick off
Goodwood vs Bishop's @ Goodwood
Light and Life vs Mason Hall @ Signal Hil Recreational Ground
Speyside vs Roxborough @ Speyside
Scarborough (Bye)
U14
Friday 7th October 2:00pm Kick off
Goodwood vs Signal Hill @ Goodwood
Light and Life vs Mason Hall @ Signal Hill Rec. Ground.
Scarborough vs Bishop's @ Black Rock/Courland
Speyside vs Roxborough @ Speyside
Female
Thursday 6th October 3:45pm Kick off
Bishop's vs Speyside @ Mt. Pleasant
Scarborough vs Signal Hill (Venue TBD)
Mason Hall vs Light and Life (Venue TBD)
**Sunday 9th October 3:00pm KICK OFF**
Signal Hill vs Mason Hall @ Signal Hill Secondary
Speyside vs Scarborough @ Speyside
Bishop's vs Light and Life @ Signal Hill Re. Ground
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Signal Hill puts unbeaten record on the line in Scarborough today
By Rachael Thomspon-King (T&T Guardian)
Signal Hill Secondary School ventures over to Scarborough this afternoon seeking its eighth consecutive victory in the Tobago Zone of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schoolgirls Football League. The encounter kicks off at 3.45 pm along with the other matches carded for this afternoon in the other three zones.
Asha James has been one of the key components in Signal Hill’s domination thus far this season, combining well with Jelese Alexander and Avonel Loraine to lead their team’s offensive effort.
After Sunday’s round of matches, James moved to the top of the scoring table with 16 goals, two more than previous leading scorer Shauna Lee Govia of Tranquility. Tranquility was on a bye.
Signal Hill’s opponent Scarborough has not been as consistent as it had hoped after its seven matches, securing three wins and four losses so today the Scarborough lasses will be hoping to cause an upset against the leader.
If the result goes in favour of Scarborough, it will please Mason Hall as it tries to catch Signal Hill. The Mason Hall team is in second place with six wins and one loss for a total of 18 points, three behind Signal Hill. It meets Pentecostal Light and Life, which is in fifth place.
The other match-up in the zone will see Bishop’s High facing off against Speyside High.
In the North, Tranquility will take the field versus last-place St Francois Girls while St Joseph Convent hosts Bishop’s High. Leader Diego Martin Central is on a bye.
Fyzabad, too, will seek to keep a clean slate when it meets St Joseph Convent in South. The Fyzabad squad, thanks to the likes of Denecia Prince and Abishai Guy, continues to command the zone and enters the encounter with five wins from as many matches to lead with 15 points, six more than closest challenger, Pleasantville.
The Pleasantville team has three wins and two losses from its five matches and will be keen to complete an easy victory over winless Point Fortin East.
St Augustine will seek to hold off the challenge of Bishop’s High in the lone East Zone match.
Today’s Matches
Tobago
Bishop’s High vs Speyside High
Scarborough vs Signal Hill
Mason Hall vs Pentecostal Light and Life
East
St Augustine vs Bishop’s High
St George’s College, bye
San Juan North, bye
North
St Francois Girls vs Tranquility
St Joseph Convent vs Bishop’s High
Diego Martin Central, bye
South
Pleasantville vs Point Fortin East
St Joseph Convent vs Fyzabad
San Fernando East, bye
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Princes Town lead South Zone Championship Division
T&T Newsday
PRINCES TOWN West continue to lead in the South Zone of the Shell/First Citizens Boys Championship Division.
Last Friday, Princes Town breezed past Moruga Secondary 3-1, at Moruga, to register their sixth win in as many games.
Also in the South Zone, Siparia West Secondary pipped Vessigny 1-0 at Siparia.
There were also a pair of matches last Friday in the East Zone.
Table-toppers Holy Cross spanked Five Rivers 4-0 at Arima while Trinity East inflicted a 6-1 hammering on hosts Barataria South.
There were three games contested in the Tobago Zone.
Leaders Speyside High trounced Pentecostal Light and Life 8-1, Mason Hall Secondary defeated Bishop’s High 2-0 and Goodwood Secondary pipped Scarborough Secondary 1-0.
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Assoon guides Shiva Boys to six-point lead
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Junio Assoon netted midway through the first-half as Shiva Boys Hindu College eked out a 1–0 win over host Signal Hill Secondary to extend its lead at the top of the 15-team Premier Division in the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League, to six points.
Assoon found the target when he latched onto a clearance from a Signal Hill corner kick, and from just inside his own half, he outran two defenders and rounded the goalkeeper Njeri Fermin to tap into an open net in the 24th.
Earlier on, Signal Hill striker Akil Frank wasted a glorious chance to put his team in the lead when he could only fire into the side netting when a misguided headed clearance from a Shiva Boys defender fell into his path in the dying seconds. Omarley James lobbed an effort high over the Shiva Boys crossbar when it seemed easier to score.
In the end, the lone strike by Assoon was enough to pick up three valuable points for the southerners to push their season tally to 22 points from nine matches, six ahead of St Anthony’s College, two-time defending champion Naparima College and Presentation College of San Fernando.
Today, the remaining fixtures will be completed with two key fixtures with regards to the title race, as St Anthony’s host Presentation College of San Fernando at Westmoorings while Naparima is at home to Pleasantville Secondary.
At the bottom end of the table, Queen’s Royal College host mid-table San Juan North, East Mucurapo entertains winless St Benedict’s, St Augustine welcomes Fatima College, and Fyzabad meets St Mary’s College.
Fixtures
QRC vs San Juan North, QRC Ground, St Clair
East Mucurapo vs St Benedict’s, Fatima Ground, Mucurapo Road
St Anthony’s vs Presentation (San Fernando), St Anthony’s Ground, Westmoorings
St Augustine vs Fatima, Warren Street, St Augustine
Fyzabad Sec vs St Mary’s, Fyzabad
Naparima vs Pleasantville, Lewis Street, San Fernando
Results & standings
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Shiva Boys 9 7 1 1 17 8 22
St Anthony's 7 5 1 1 19 9 16
Naparima 7 5 1 1 13 6 16
Pres (San F’do) 8 5 1 2 9 7 16
St Mary’s 8 3 3 2 9 11 12
Fyzabad Sec 8 3 2 3 16 12 11
San Juan North 8 3 2 3 14 12 11
Signal Hill 8 3 2 3 10 9 11
P’ville 7 2 3 2 9 9 9
Fatima 7 2 2 3 11 12 8
St Augustine 8 1 5 2 7 9 8
Trinity Moka 8 2 1 5 3 15 7
East Mucurapo 7 1 1 5 8 12 4
QRC 7 0 3 4 3 7 3
St Benedict’s 7 0 2 5 3 12 2
https://www.youtube.com/v/L8dr1_eg-j0
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WATCH: Secondary School Football League’s Top 5 Goals (Week #2)
https://www.youtube.com/v/QwtXiHjEQK0
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Naps, Pres close gap on Shiva Boys
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Two-time defending champions Naparima College and Presentation College of San Fernando both picked up important victories to close the gap on leaders Shiva Boys Hindu College to three points when matches in the Premier Division of the 15-team 2016 Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League continued yesterday.
With Shiva Boys winning away 1-0 to Signal Hill on Wednesday, the pressure was on the chasing pack to keep pace and Naparima playing at its Lewis Street, San Fernando home ground, got a double from Akinola Gregory and one from the league's top scorer, Isaiah Lee to whip Pleasantville 3-1. Anfernee Joefield got the lone reply for Pleasantvillle.
With the Naparima improved to 19 points from eight matches, the same as Presentation College and three behind Shiva Boys, but with a match in hand.
The scenes were more dramatic down at Morne Coco Road, Westmoorings with Alex Lee-Yaw scoring a hat-trick, including an 85th minute winner for Presentation College to hand St Anthony's a second straight home loss.
National Under-17 midfielder, Che Benny put the host ahead inside the first ten minutes, but Lee-Yaw replied with strikes in the 18th and 27th for Presentation to lead 2-1 at the half-time whistle.
With 14 minutes left in the match, another national Under-17 standout, Jaydon Prowell drew the “Westmooring Tigers” level, but with five minutes left on the clock Lee-Yaw snatched all three points for the visitors to keep their title hopes alive and dent the host chances as well.
Elswhere, St Mary’s close to within a point of St Anthony's in fifth spot with a 1-0 road win over Fyzabad Secondary thanks to Daniel Conocchiari; Queen's Royal College got its first win of the season, 2-1 against San Juan North Secondary; East Mucurapo Secondary also won 2-1 at home to St Benedict’s College and St Augustine Secondary blanked Fatima College 2-0. Matches resume tomorrow.
Results (Yesterday)
QRC 2 (Daris Dickson, Jean-Paul Rochford) vs San Juan North 1 (Renaldo Boyce)
East Mucurapo 2 (Mickell Ravello 75th o.g, Zion Mc Leod 90+3) vs St Benedict’s 1 (Jaycee Parris 64th)
Presentation 3 (Alex Lee-Yaw 18th, 27th, 85th) vs St Anthony’s 2 (Che Benny 8th, Jaydon Powell 76th pen)
St Augustine 2 (Emmanuel Cumberbatch, Kendell Hitlal) vs Fatima 0
St Mary's 1 (Daniel Conocchiari) vs Fyzabad Sec 0
Naparima 3 (Akinola Gregory 2, Isaiah Lee) vs Pleasantville 1 (Anferee Joefield)
Wednesday
Shiva Boys 1 (Junior Assoon 24th) vs Signal Hill 0
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WATCH: Highlights of St. Augustine Secondary’s 2-0 win over Fatima College
https://www.youtube.com/v/BmAy5s-RnWQ
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Tobago Zone SSFL
Signal Hill Secondary Girls team are 2016 SSFL League champs after they beat Mason Hall 2-1 on Sunday. Asha James with the double for Signal Hill.
BHS 7 vs Light and Life 0
Scarborough vs Speyside (no score received)
Male
U14 (played Friiday 7th October)
Bishop's 1 vs Scarborough 0
Signal Hill 6 vs Goodwood 1
Light and Life 0 vs Mason Hall 1
Speyside 9 vs Roxborough 0
U19 (played Saturday 8th October)
Goodwood 3 vs Bishop's 1
Mason Hall 4 vs Light and Life 1
Speyside 4 vs Roxborough 0
Scarborough (bye)
U16 (played Monday 11th October)
Signal Hill 2 vs Scarborough 0
Speyside 3 vs Roxborough 3
Bishop's (bye)
UPCOMING MATCHES
U19 (Wednesday 12th October) 3:45pm Kick Off
Bishop's vs Speyside @ Mt. Pleasant
Mason Hall vs Scarborough @ Plymouth
Roxborough vs Light and Life @ Roxborough (I believe Roxborough will be playing at their school ground)
Goodwood (Bye)
Thursday 13th October 3:45pm Kick Off
Goodwood vs Roxborough @ Goodwood (rescheduled 1st round match)
Girls 3:45pm Kick Off
Bishop's vs Scarborough @ Signal Hill Recreational Ground
Mason Hall vs Speyside @ Plymouth
Signal Hill vs Light and Life @ Signal Hill Secondary
Friday 14th October
U14 2:00pm Kick off
Signal Hill vs Light and Life @ Signal Hill Secondary
Mason Hall vs Goodwood @ Plymouth
Roxborough vs Scarborough @ Roxborough
Bishop's vs Speyside @ Mt. Pleasant
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WATCH: Highlights of QRC’s 0-0 draw with Mucurapo East Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/EcN-tw0U_jE
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Lee hat-trick puts Naps back in hunt.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Isaiah Lee scored his second hat-trick of the campaign as two-time defending champions Naparima College crushed cellar-placed St Benedict’s College to get back in the hunt for the title in the 15-team 2016 Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division yesterday.
With leaders Shiva Boys Hindu College on a bye, second placed Presentation College of San Fernando and Naparima had chances to go top and close the gap respectively.
However it was Naparima, playing at its Lewis Street, San Fernando home ground which took full advantage and led by Lee’s goals in the 16th, 71st and 78th for his second treble of the season, after his first came against Fatima College to lead all scorers with 12, which coasted to the comfortable win.
Renaldo Boyce also chipped in with a double in the 45th and 62nd minute for the Angus Eve-coached unit to move to 23 points from ten matches, the same as Presentation College and two adrift of leaders Shiva Boys.
However, while Shiva Boys and Naparima have four matches left each to play, Presentation only has three in the race for the Premier Division crown and the two Shell Cup spots.
Up at Trinity College Ground, Moka, Maraval, Presentation needed a 90th minute equalizer from in-form James Alex Lee-Yaw to salvage a 1-1 draw with lowly Trinity which led through a 36th minute Jevon Ward strike.
In other matches, Tyrese Bailey scored a double as St Anthony’s College ended a three-match losing streak with a 4-0 home win over Pleasantville and was joined on 19 points by North Zone rival, St Mary’s College which stunned host Signal Hill 2-1 thanks to a Trey La Motte, 67th minute penalty.
Down at the other end of the table, St Augustine moved clear of the relegation zone with a 1-0 home victory over East zone rival, San Juan North; Fyzabad slammed Fatima 4-1 behind a Shaquille Louison hat-trick, and East Mucurapo and Queen’s Royal College, battled to a 0-0 deadlock. Matches resume on Saturday.
STANDINGS
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Shiva Boys 10 8 1 1 20 9 25
Naparima 10 7 2 1 22 8 23
Pres (San F’do) 11 7 2 2 19 10 23
St Anthony’s 10 6 1 3 26 15 19
St Mary’s 11 5 4 2 13 13 19
St Augustine 11 4 5 2 11 9 17
Fyzabad Sec 11 4 2 5 20 20 14
San Juan North 10 3 2 5 15 15 11
Signal Hill 10 3 2 5 11 12 11
East Mucurapo 10 3 2 5 11 13 11
Trinity Moka 10 3 2 5 5 16 11
QRC 10 2 4 4 7 8 10
P’ville 10 2 3 5 10 17 9
Fatima 10 2 2 6 12 19 8
St Benedict’s 10 0 2 8 4 21 2
RESULTS
East Mucurapo 0 vs QRC 0
Trinity Moka 1 (Jevon Ward 36th) vs Presentation (San F’do) 1 (James Alex Lee-Yaw 90th)
St Augustine 1 (Anthony Samuel 55th) vs San Juan North
St Mary’s 2 (Daniel Conocchiari 4th, Trey La Motte 67th pen) vs Signal Hill 1 (Omarley James 20th)
Naparima 5 (Isaiah Lee 16th, 71st, 78th, Renaldo Boyce 45th, 62nd) vs St Benedict’s 0
St Anthony’s 4 (Tyrese Bailey 2, Mark Robinson, o.g) vs Pleasantville 0
Fyzabad 4 (Shaquille Louison 23rd, 38th, 70th, Alleric Williams 44th) vs Fatima 1 (Justin Araujo-Wilson 68th)
SCORERS
12—Isaiah Lee
5—Haile Beckles, Zion Mc Leod, Alleric Williams, James Alex Lee-Yaw, Shaquille Louison
4—Ken Bhola, Rahim Gordon, Kathon St Hillaire, Akil Frank, Junior Assoon, Renaldo Boyce, James Alex Lee-Yaw, Tyrese Spicer, Omarley James, Trey La Motte, Anthony Samuel
3—Kareem Riley, Tyrell Baptiste, Jerome Cyrus, Stephon Marcano, Yohannes Richardson, Micah Lansiquot, Trey La Motte, Tyrell Cameron, N’Kosi Salandy, Che Benny, Akinola Gregory, Ronaldo Edwards, Nion Lammy, Justin Araujo-Wilson, Daniel Conocchiari, Renaldo Francois, Tyrese Bailey
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Tobago Zone SSFL
U19 (Wednesday 12th October) 3:45pm Kick Off
1 Bishop's vs Speyside 4
3 Mason Hall vs Scarborough 1
Roxborough vs Light and Life (Did not play-rescheduled to a date tbd)
Goodwood (Bye)
Thursday 13th October 3:45pm Kick Off
Goodwood vs Roxborough (no score yet)
Girls 3:45pm Kick Off
1 Bishop's vs Scarborough 1
9 Mason Hall vs Speyside 1
Signal Hill vs Light and Life (SHSS wins by default)
2016 Tobago Zone Girls League is officially finished
Friday 14th October
U14
**2:00pm Kick off**
Signal Hill vs Light and Life @ Signal Hill Secondary
Mason Hall vs Goodwood @ Plymouth
Roxborough vs Scarborough @ Roxborough
Bishop's vs Speyside @ Mt. Pleasant
U19
Saturday 15th October3:45pm kick off
Light and Life vs Bishop's @ Signal Hill Recreational Ground
Speyside vs Goodwood @ Speyside
Scarborough vs Roxborough @ Black Rock/Courland
U16
Signal Hill vs Bishop's @ Signal Hill Secondary
Roxborough vs Scarborough @ Roxborough Secondary
Speyside (bye)
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Shiva Boys look to close in on title...Naps, Pres must win
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Shiva Boys will look to close in on its first Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division crown when it faces Queen’s Royal College at David Williams Recreation, Penal today from 3.30 pm.
The Hayden Ryan-coached Shiva Boys team currently leads the 15-team table with 25 points from ten matches, two more than two-time defending champion Naparima College and Presentation College of San Fernando followed by St Anthony’s College and St Mary’s College, both with 19 points while St Augustine Secondary, the only other team with a mathematical chance of claiming the title, has 17 points.
Coming off a mid-week bye, Shiva Boys will be well rested for the visit of the Royalians, who drew goalless at East Mucurapo and also needs to pick up points to move clear of the relegation zone.
Also in South Trinidad, Presentation College which missed a chance to go top of the table following a 1-1 draw at Trinity College Moka, will entertain mid-table San Juan North Secondary, beaten 1-0 by East rival, St Augustine Secondary on Wednesday at Guracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre.
Down at St Anthony’s College, Morne Coco Road in Westmoorings, the “Westmooring Tigers” lifted by a 4-0 win over Pleasantville Secondary to end a three-match losing streak, hosts Naparima College in a match that can spell the end of any title hopes for the loser.
Following today’s matches, Shiva Boys will have an easy closing schedule as it faces St Mary’s, Pleasantville and Fatima in their remaining matches; Naparima will meet QRC, East Mucurapo and St Augustine; Presentation tackles St Mary’s and Pleasantville while St Anthony’s come up against St Benedict’s, San Juan North and QRC.
In other key encounters at the end of the table, Pleasantville and Fatima College, third and second from bottom on the standings, clash at Pleasantville while Trinity College entertains East Mucurapo at Moka, Maraval.
Elsewhere, Signal Hill welcomes St Augustine to Tobago, St Mary’s College host cellar-placed and relegation bound, St Benedict’s College at Serpentine Road, St Clair.
At the end of the season, the top two teams will qualify to the inaugural Shell Cup competition while the bottom three teams will be relegated back to their respective zonal Championship Divisions.
Today’s Fixtures
NB: All matches kick off at 3.30 pm
Shiva Boys vs QRC, David Williams Rec. Grd, Penal,
Trinity Moka vs East Mucurapo, Moka, Maraval,
Presentation vs San Juan North, Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierrre
Signal Hill vs St Augustine, Signal Hill
St Mary’s vs St Benedict’, St Mary’s Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair
St Anthony’s vs Naparima, St Anthony’s Ground, Westmooring
Pleasantville vs Fatima, Pleasantville
Fyzabad - bye
Current Standings
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Shiva Boys 10 8 1 1 20 9 25
Naparima 10 7 2 1 22 8 23
Pres (San F’do) 11 7 2 2 19 10 23
St Anthony’s 10 6 1 3 26 15 19
St Mary’s 11 5 4 2 13 13 19
St Augustine 11 4 5 2 11 9 17
Fyzabad Sec 11 4 2 5 20 20 14
San Juan North 10 3 2 5 15 15 11
Signal Hill 10 3 2 5 11 12 11
East Mucurapo 10 3 2 5 11 13 11
Trinity Moka 10 3 2 5 5 16 11
QRC 10 2 4 4 7 8 10
P’ville 10 2 3 5 10 17 9
Fatima 10 2 2 6 12 19 8
St Benedict’s 10 0 2 8 4 21 2
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Jack nets double as Diego edges Tranquil.
By Rachael Thomspon-King (Guardian).
Kaydeen Jack netted a double to guide Diego Martin Central to a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Tranquility in the final match of the North Zone of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schoolgirls Football League, in Port-of-Spain on Thursday evening.
Alizza McCulcheon scored the other item for the Diego Martin, to finish the only unbeaten team and claimed the zonal title with 22 points, registering seven wins and a draw.
Shaneen Phillip stepped up to hit a pair of goals herself but her team remained on the losing end when time expired. Her team placed third in the standings after Bishop’s edged ahead of them by a point after picking up three points by default when St Francois Girls forfeited the other match in the zone.
Bishop’s made an impressive comeback late in the season to place second with 16 points - five wins, two losses and a draw - compared to Tranquility’s five wins and three losses for a total of 15 points.
Over in the East Zone, which still has matches outstanding, St Augustine came away with a 2-1 win over St George’s College and San Juan North was held to a goalless draw with Bishop’s Anstey.
Both San Fernando East and Pleasantville Secondary claimed easy points as well after Point Fortin East and St Joseph Convent, forfeited their respective matches.
It was a similar situation in Tobago as leader Signal Hill kept a clean slate to complete the second round and claim the zonal title, without even taking the field as Pentecostal Light and Life forfeited. Signal Hill ended with full 30 points from 10 wins this season.
Mason Hall stayed on for the runners-up position, overpowering Speyside High, 9-1, thanks to four goals from the reliable Celene Lorraine and two from Crystal Toney. Shekila McGilvery, Luvorn Robinson, Curisia Campbell netted a goal each for the winner. Shivern McKenzie scored the lone item for Speyside.
The other match between Scarborough and Bishop’s Anstey ended tied at one.
Tobago Results
Signal Hill 3 vs Pentecostal Light and Life 0. (Signal Hill won by default).
Mason Hall 9 (Celene Lorraine 4, Crystal Toney 2, Shekila McGilvery, Luvorn Robinson, Curisia Campbell) vs Speyside 1 (Shivern McKenzie).
Scarborough 1 (Chinyere Nimblett ) vs Bishop’s Anstey 1 (Darianne Henry).
South
San Fernando East 3 vs Point Fortin East 0. (San Fernando East won by default)
Pleasantville 3 vs St Joseph Convent 0. (Pleasantville won by default)
North
Diego Martin 3 (Kaydeen Jack 2, Alizza McCulcheon) vs Tranquility 2 (Shaneen Phillip 2).
Bishop’s 3 vs St Francois 0. (Bishop’s won by default)
East
St George’s College 1 vs St Augustine 2
San Juan North 0 vs Bishop’s Anstey 0
WATCH: Diego Martin Central cops the 2016 Secondary School Football League Girls North Zone title
https://www.youtube.com/v/EVNu92FFF9E
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Shiva Boys inch closer with Rodney’s treble.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
Quinn Rodney netted a hat-trick to lead Shiva Boys Hindu College to a comfortable 5-0 mauling of Queen’s Royal College to move closer to capturing the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division crown, yesterday.
The Hayden Ryan-coached Shiva Boys were heavily fancied to gather all three points at David Williams Recreation Ground, Penal and after some early resistance from QRC, Junior Assoon broke the deadlock in the 21st minute while Rodney got his first six minutes later, followed by a strike from Ronaldo Edwards in the 29th for a 3-0 lead at the half-time whistle.
After the resumption, Shiva Boys continued to dominate with Rodney the main beneficiary with further strikes in the 67th and 87th to seal the lopsided win and improved his team to 28 points from 11 matches at the top of the 15-team table, two ahead of Presentation College of San Fernando which got a 40th minute goal from Nion Lammy to eke out a 1-0 win over San Juan North Secondary at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre.
Down at St Anthony’s College, Morne Coco Road, Westmoorings, the “Westmooring Tigers” put a serious dent in two-time defending champions, Naparima College, hopes of a third straight crown with a 4-2 win.
National Under-17 defender Derron John scored two penalties for the “Tigers” while Tyrese Bailey and Shem Clauzel, the son of former national player Ian “The Dread Dribbler” Clauzel, added one each to carry their team to 22 points, one behind Naparima which got its goals from Ronaldo Mc Intosh and Isaiah Lee.
Elswhere, Signal Hill Secondary blanked St Augustine Secondary 2-0 at home thanks to a double from Akiel Frank, in the 11th and 41st as the visitors had main striker Anthony Samuel, red carded in the 43rd, followed by coach Adrian Romain ten minutes into the second-half.
Also yesterday, Trinity College Moka and East Mucurapo Secondary drew 1-1, Pleasantville Secondary and Fatima College also battled to a 1-1 draw, and St Mary’s College was held goalless by cellar-placed St Benedict’s College.
Looking ahead to the closing stages of the league, Shiva Boys have an easy schedule as they face St Mary’s, Pleasantville and Fatima in their remaining matches; Naparima meets QRC, East Mucurapo and St Augustine; Presentation tackles St Mary’s and Pleasantville while St Anthony’s come up against St Benedict’s, San Juan North and QRC.
At the end of the season, the top two teams will qualify to the inaugural Shell Cup competition while the bottom three teams will be relegated back to their respective zonal Championship Divisions.
Results
Shiva Boys 5 (Quinn Rodney 23rd, 67th, 87th, Junior Assoon 21st, Ronaldo Edwards 29th) vs QRC 0
Trinity Moka 1 (Isaiah McClean) vs East Mucurapo 1 (Jelani Ferary)
Presentation 1 (Nion Lammy 40th) vs San Juan North 0
Signal Hill 2 (Akiel Frank 11th, 41st) vs St Augustine 0
St Mary’s 0 vs St Benedict’s 0
St Anthony’s 4 (Derron John 2, Tyrese Bailey, Shem Clauzel) vs Naparima 2 (Isaiah Lee, Ronaldo Mc Intosh)
Pleasantville 1 ( Denzil Marcano) vs Fatima 1 (Justin Araujo-Wilson)
Fyzabad - bye
STANDINGS
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Shiva Boys 11 9 1 1 25 9 28
Pres (S/F'do) 12 8 2 2 20 10 26
Naparima 11 7 2 2 24 12 23
St Anthony's 11 7 1 3 30 17 22
St Mary's 12 5 5 2 13 13 20
St Augustine 12 4 5 3 11 11 17
Signal Hill 11 4 2 5 13 12 14
Fyzabad Sec 11 4 2 5 20 20 14
E/Mucurapo 11 3 3 5 12 14 12
Trinity Moka 11 3 3 5 6 17 12
San Juan N 11 3 2 6 15 16 11
QRC 11 2 4 5 7 13 10
P’ville 11 2 4 5 11 18 10
Fatima 11 2 3 6 13 20 9
St Benedict's 11 0 3 8 4 21 3
RELATED NEWS
Rodney scores hat-trick, Shiva hammer QRC
By Jelani Beckles (NEWSDAY).
QUINN Rodney ensured Shiva Boys stayed on top of the Premier Division in the Shell/ First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League as his hat-trick led the leaders to a 5-0 victory over Queen’s Royal College (QRC) at the Penal Recreation Ground yesterday.
QRC, which have showed their prowess in defence this season could not stop Shiva Boys yesterday as after 29 minutes the Royalians had already allowed three goals. Junior Asson got the ball rolling for the southerners in the 21st minute before Rodney netted his first goal of the match in the 23rd.
Before the half hour mark Ronaldo Edwards (29th minute) got his name on the scoresheet as QRC looked for answers.
Rodney made it 4-0 for Shiva Boys in the 67th minute, before completing his hat-trick in the 87th minute. The victory meant Shiva Boys maintained their two-point lead at the top of the standings. Presentation San Fernando moved from third to second with a 1-0 win over San Juan North at Guaracara Park in Pointea- Pierre. Nion Lammy’s 40th minute strike gave Presentation the victory.
At St Anthony’s Ground in Westmoorings, St Anthony’s got past defending champions Naparima 4-2. Scoring for the “Tigers” of St Anthony’s were Derron John (two penalties), Haile Beckles and Shem Clauzel, while Ronaldo McIntosh and Isaiah Lee were on target for Naparima. St Anthony’s remained in fourth place but narrowed the gap on Naparima which dropped from second to third place on the standings.
In other matches, Signal Hill defeated St Augustine 2-0, Pleasantville and Fatima played to a 1-1 draw, St Mary’s and St Benedict’s battled to a 0-0 stalemate, while Trinity and East Mucurapo had to settle for a 1-1 draw. Fyzabad had a bye yesterday.
‘Tigers’ clobber Naparima at home in SSFL
...victory keeps them in title race
By Sean Taylor (Express).
St Anthony's College kept their title hopes alive in the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League yesterday, romping to a 4-2 win against rivals Naprima College on their home turf at Westmoorings.
A double from Derron John and one goal each from Shem Clauzel and Haile Beckles was enough to help the “Tigers” to 4-2 win, despite Isaiah Lee's late cracker from distance, which gave “Naps” hope in the dying stages.
Both teams needed a win to keep within touching distance of Shiva Boys Hindu College, who were routing Queen's Royal College at Irwin Park, Siparia, and the pace of play was breathless from the beginning, in the scorching afternoon sun.
“Naps” wasted no time in getting on the scoresheet when Ronaldo McIntosh tapped a ball in from point blank range in the eighth minute, after Andre Raymond's penetrating run on the left created the easy chance.
Five minutes later, Renaldo Francois had a crack from distance, but his effort was redirected out for a corner by Elijah Shade in the St Anthony's goal.
The hosts almost levelled the score right away when moments later, Tyrese Bailey blew his way past Khris Stroud to square for Beckles, whose shot was stopped on the line, seemingly by the left arm of Tyrike Andrews. The shouts for a penalty by fans behind the goal were ignored by the referee.
The penalty shout was a bad omen for the Naps' defence however, and McIntosh turned from hero to villain when he handled the ball in the penalty area in the 28th minute.
Up stepped centre back John, who dispatched the spot kick to level up. The moment of madness would strike the reigning champions once more two minutes later; this time, Stroud pole-axed Bailey to concede the second penalty in two minutes.
Bailey again buried his spot kick - going to Levi Fernandez's right each time - to send the visitors in front.
The match resumed at full speed ahead after the resumption, and Naparima should have equalised; but Francois hit the bar from close range with an open goal.
Clauzel sent the hosts 3-1 up when he bundled the ball over the line after Krishon Alexander's long run on the left set him up after ping-ponging its way through a crowd of defenders. Beckles then scored a soft fourth as John's free kick was nodded into his path by Bailey, who was putting in a match-of-the-match performance.
The goal of the match would come too little, too late, however as the SSFL's top-scorer Isaiah Lee cut inside from the left, and unleashed a heat-seeker which left Shade rooted to the spot. The “Tigers” managed to hold on to win, despite a massive six minutes of added on time played due to the numerous stoppages yesterday.
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Tobago Zone SSFL
U14
3 Signal Hill vs Light and Life 0
Mason Hall vs Goodwood (No score to report)
Roxborough vs Scarborough (No score to report)
1 Bishop's vs Speyside 1
U19
Saturday 15th October
Light and Life vs Bishop's (Bishop's should win by default 3-0)
2 Speyside vs Goodwood 1
5 Scarborough vs Roxborough 0
Speyside High School are 2016 Tobago Zone SSFL League champs with 2 matches to spare. They have won all their matches for the 2016 season.
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Tobago Zone SSFL
Upcoming matches
Monday 17th October. 3pm Kick off
U16
Signal Hill vs Bishop's @ Signal Hill Secondary
Roxborough vs Scarborough @ Roxborough Secondary
Speyside (bye)
Tuesday 18th October. All matches are 3:45pm Kick off
U19
Roxborough vs Mason Hall @ Roxborough Secondary (Official re-opening of school's field)
Goodwood vs Light and Life @ Goodwood
Bishop's vs Scarborough @ Mt. Pleasant
U19
Thursday 20th October
Light and Life vs Speyside @ Signal Hill Rec. Ground
Mason Hall vs Bishop's @ Plymouth
Scarborough vs Goodwood @ Black Rock/Courland
U19
Saturday 22nd October
Bishop's vs Roxborough @ Mt. Pleasant
Speyside vs Scarborough @ Speyside
Goodwood vs Mason Hall @ Goodwood
FRIDAY 21st OCTOBER. 2pm Kick off
Under 14
Scarborough vs Mason Hall @ Venue TBD - Currently says Black Rock/Courland
Goodwood vs Speyside @ Goodwood
Light and Life vs Bishop's @ Signal Hill Rec. Ground
Roxborough vs Signal Hill @ Roxborough Sec
Monday 24th October. 3pm Kick off
U16
Scarborough vs Speyside @ Signal Hill Rec. Ground
Bishop's vs Roxborough @ Mt. Pleasant
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WATCH: One on one with National U-17 and St. Anthony’s College midfielder, Che Benny.
https://www.youtube.com/v/cIb3fMgXZ-0
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Was not aware that SSFL teams could have sponsorship on their uniforms.
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Tobago Zone SSFL
U16
1 Signal Hill vs Bishop's 1
3 Roxborough vs Scarborough 3
U16 standings after 2 rounds (Speyside has played one match)
Signal Hill 4
Rox 2
Bishop's 2
Scar. Sec 2
Speyside 1
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Boi if Naps win again , wha dat go be? 10 titles in the last 15 years? ;D
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Tobago Zone SSFL
U19
0 Roxborough vs Mason Hall 5
6 Goodwood vs Light and Life 1
0 Bishop's vs Scarborough 1
Current Standings U19 Male
(Goodwood and Roxborough has played 9 matches. Everyone else has played 10)
Speyside 30
Mason Hall 19
Goodwood 19
Scarborough 18
Bishop's 10
Light and Life 4
Roxborough 0
Final Standings Female
Signal Hill 30
Mason Hall 24
Bishop's 16
Scarborough 11
Sppeyside 4
Light and Life 3
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Promotion battle continues in SSFL Championship Division
By Sean Taylor (T&T Express)
The Shell/First Citizens Championship division Big Five competition is around the corner, and there are two clear leaders in the zones vying for a play-off spot.
In the South Zone, Princes Town West Secondary have already qualified, after winning all of their eight matches with a ten-point gap over second-placed Moruga Secondary.
Over in Tobago, Speyside High still have four matches to go, but have all but wrapped up their qualification for the playoffs with a 14-point lead over Mason Hall Secondary. The East, North and Central Zones, however, are far from a foregone conclusion.
At the start of the month, Holy Cross College had a six-point lead over Valencia High in the East Zone. However, in the weeks since, Trinity College East have had something to say about their Arima rivals’ bid for promotion.
The “Trinity Hawks” have beaten Five Rivers Secondary twice (7-0 and 8-1), and have also beaten Valencia Secondary 3-0. They lost, however, to Holy Cross 1-0 then drew with them 2-2, which leaves them a point behind the zone leaders, with one more match to play against cellar-placed Toco Secondary, while Holy Cross have played all their matches.
In the North Zone it’s a battle between Tranquility Secondary and Malick Secondary, with both teams locked on 19 points. However, Malick have two games in hand.
Meanwhile, in Central Zone action, Carpichaima East Secondary have a three-point advantage over Chaguanas North Secondary with 18 points.
Over in the Girls’ Championship action, Signal Hill Secondary have a three-point lead in Tobago over Mason Hall Secondary with 24 points. Meanwhile, St Augustine Secondary are still one of the top teams in the East Zone, recording a 19-0 win over San Juan North Secondary and an 11-0 win over St George’s College.
Reigning National Girls InterCol Champions Fyzabad Secondary are currently top of the South Zone with 21 points, three better than Pleasantville Secondary. Over in the North Zone, Diego Martin Central Secondary enjoy a five-point lead over Bishop Anstey Port of Spain and look to be well on their way to winning the zone.
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Leaders Shiva Boys staying ‘cool’
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday)
SECONDARY SCHOOLS Football League (SSFL) leaders Shiva Boys will be taking things step by step, as they enter the homestretch in the Premiership Division.
There are three days of action remaining in the Premiership Division - today, Saturday and next Wednesday.
On the standings, Shiva Boys have a total of 28 points from 11 games, while Presentation San Fernando are next with 26 points from 12 games, two-time champs Naparima 23 from 11 and St Anthony’s 22 from 11.
Each of the top four teams have taken turns sitting at the top of the pile, but Shiva Boys’ consistency have seen them remain in first place for the past few matches.
Today, Shiva Boys will be entertaining St Mary’s at Irwin Park in Siparia.
In a telephone interview yesterday, Shiva Boys’ coach Hayden Ryan acknowledged, “it’s the technical staff that would prepare the players for a Championship. We’re cool.” Describing the mood within the camp as “the same as it has been throughout the tournament”, Ryan is not looking to far ahead in the title race.
“It’s really game by game,” he described their approach.
Key players in the Shiva Boys squad include former national youth team players Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel, Quinn Rodney and Judah Garcia but Ryan was quick to point out that the team does not revolve solely on the trio.
“It is a collective effort,” he said.
“Some have to defend, some have to create and some have to score.” However, Ryan admitted that the title was not his major focus this season.
“One of my goals this season is to see the team improve (in) every game,” he said. “This time, I will like to see the team be stronger for the knockout (Intercol). Even though we’re on the road for a Championship, the Championship is not on my mind. My (aim) is to see the team improve so we could be ready for the knockout tournaments.” In other action today, East Mucurapo will be visiting St Augustine, Pleasantville tackle hosts Trinity College, Signal Hill welcome lowly Fatima and Fyzabad.
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WATCH: A Detori Boucher goal brought St. Benedict's it's first win of the season at the expense of St. Anthony's.
https://www.youtube.com/v/U-qMmQoGcCI
WATCH: A beaver trick by Rahim Gordon gave St. Augustine Secondary a 4-0 win over East Mucurapo.
https://www.youtube.com/v/_K3uZE83Vto
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One win away ...as Assoon puts Shiva on title brink
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Junior Assoon scored a goal in each half to lead Shiva Boys Hindu College to a 3-0 blanking of St Mary’s College and within a win of a first ever Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division title at David Williams Recreation Ground, Penal from 3.40pm.
The win lifted Shiva Boys to 31 points from 12 matches, five more than two-time defending champions Naparima College and Presentation College of San Fernando, and needing only a win from one of its two remaining matches against relegation threatened Pleasantville Secondary and Fatima College to be crowned champions.
Down at Penal, Shiva Boys was held at bay until Assoon broke the deadlock a minute before the half-time whistle while Tyrell Baptiste double the advantage in the 73rd before Assoon got a second and his team’s third three minutes later.
Over at Lewis Street, San Fernando, Naparima College kept its faint hopes of a third straight title alive with a 1-0 defeat of visitors second from bottom, Queen’s Royal College thanks to a 92nd minute item from Jeremiah Kesar.
However, at Morne Coco Road, Westmoorings, St Anthony’s College saw its title hopes ended with a shock 1-0 loss to cellar-placed St Benedict’s College, which got its first win of the season courtesy a 78th left footed free-kick from Dettori Boucher.
In the other key final rounds of matches, Naparima meets East Mucurapo and St Augustine in its final two matches; Presentation tackles St Mary’s and Pleasantville while St Anthony’s come up against San Juan North and QRC.
Elsewhere yesterday, Signal Hill Secondary shut-out Fatima College 2-0; Trinity College of Moka pipped Pleasantville Secondary 1-0; ten-man Fyzabad edged San Juan North Secondary 3-2 and Rahim Gordon got all four goals in St Augustine Secondary’s 4-0 defeat of East Mucurapo Secondary.
At the end of the season, the top two teams will qualify to the inaugural Shell Cup competition while the bottom three teams will be relegated back to their respective zonal Championship Divisions.
STANDINGS
SSFL Premier Division
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Shiva Boys 12 10 1 1 28 9 31
Naparima 12 8 2 2 25 12 26
Pres (San F'do) 12 8 2 2 20 10 26
St Anthony's 12 7 1 4 30 18 22
St Augustine 13 5 5 3 15 11 20
St Mary's 13 5 5 3 13 16 20
Signal Hill 12 5 2 5 15 12 17
Fyzabad Sec 12 5 2 5 23 22 17
Trinity Moka 12 4 3 5 7 17 15
East Mucurapo 12 3 3 6 12 18 12
San Juan North 12 3 2 7 17 19 11
QRC 12 2 4 6 7 14 10
P’ville 12 2 4 5 11 19 10
Fatima 12 2 3 7 13 22 9
St Benedict's 12 1 3 8 5 21 6
Yesterday’s results
St Augustine 4 (Rahim Gordon 4) vs East Mucurapo 0
Shiva Boys 3 (Junior Assoon 44th, 76th, Tyrell Baptiste 73rd) vs St Mary’s 0
Naparima 1 (Jeremiah Kesar 90th) vs QRC 0
Trinity Moka 1 (Saleem Henry pen) vs Pleasantville 0
Fyzabad Sec 3 (Kareem Gill 7th, Alleric Williams 43rd, Daviyd Jones 71st) vs San Juan North Sec 2 (Kyle Thomas 10th, Renaldo Boyce 12th)
Signal Hill 2 (Ronaldo Samuel 27th, Che Richard 75th) vs Fatima 0
St Benedict’s 1 (Dettori Boucher 78th) vs St Anthony’s 0
Presentation College (San F’do) - bye
TOP SCORERS
13—Isaiah Lee
8—Rahim Gordon
7—Junior Assoon
6—Akiel Frank, Haile Beckles, Alleric Williams
5—Zion Mc Leod, James Alex Lee-Yaw, Shaquille Louison, Quinn Rodney, Renaldo Boyce
4—Ken Bhola, Kathon St Hillaire, James Alex Lee-Yaw, Tyrese Spicer, Omarley James, Trey La Motte, Anthony Samuel, Ronaldo Edwards, Nion Lammy, Justin Araujo-Wilson, Derron John, Tyrell Baptiste
3—Kareem Riley, Jerome Cyrus, Stephon Marcano, Yohannes Richardson, Micah Lansiquot, Trey La Motte, Tyrell Cameron, N’Kosi Salandy, Che Benny, Akinola Gregory, Daniel Conocchiari, Renaldo Francois, Tyrese Bailey, Daviyd Jones, Saleem Henry
2—Tyrell Emmanuel, Jordan Riley, Jevaughn Humphreys, Nathaniel Dyer, Natinni Jones, Jezneel Duntin, Kerdell Sween, Jahreed Murray, Zion Holder, Daniel Cowan, Nashorn Simon, Tigana O’Brien, Andrew Abraham, Anfernee Joefield, Jacey Parris, Shomari Healy, Denzil Marcano, Isaiah Mc Lean
1—Tigana O'Brien, Mattheus Granger, Shobal Celestin, Isaiah Alexander, Ackeem Benjamin, Dillon Yearwood, Jarod Gordon, Liam De Verteuil, Keyon Williams, N'Kosi Chance, Jabari Hodge, Jude Phillip, Mark Ramdeen, Anfernee Stokes, Kori Cupid, Nathaniel Williams (own goal), Kerdell Sween (own goal), Josiah St Baird, Jesse Williams, Judah Garcia, Nicholas Moyou, Justin Sadoo, Miguel Garraway, Jabari Mc Kell, Shaquille Williams, Jerome Samuel, Judah St Louis, Kalev Kiel, Jelanie James, Krishorn Alexander, Kendell Hitlal, Jaydon Prowell, Darius Dickson, Jean-Paul Rochford, Mikel Ravello (own goal), Tyrik Martin, Jordan Riley, Terrell Williams, Marc Robertson, Jevon Ward, Anfernee Joefield (own goal), Shem Clauzel, Jelani Ferary, Ronaldo Mc Intosh, Dettori Boucher, Jereiah Kesar, Kareem Gill, Kyle Thomas, Che Richards, Ronaldo Samuel
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WATCH: A 90th minute goal from Jeremiah Kesar was enough for Naparima College to take all three points against Queen’s Royal College
https://www.youtube.com/v/WhcdDypKTCg
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WATCH: One on one with the Secondary School Football League’s leading goalscorer, Naparima College’s Isaiah Lee.
https://www.youtube.com/v/jnpiQwzVdzY
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Tobago Zone SSFL
U19
Thursday 20th October
0 Light and Life vs Speyside 2
2 Mason Hall vs Bishop's 0
1 Scarborough vs Goodwood 0
Under 14
7 Scarborough vs Mason Hall 0
1 Goodwood vs Speyside 5
1 Light and Life vs Bishop's 2
Roxborough vs Signal Hill (awaiting scores)
Saturday 22nd October. 3:45pm kick off
U19
Bishop's vs Roxborough @ Mt. Pleasant
Speyside vs Scarborough @ Speyside
Goodwood vs Mason Hall @ Goodwood
Monday 24th October. 3pm Kick off
U16
Scarborough vs Speyside @ Signal Hill Rec. Ground
Bishop's vs Roxborough @ Mt. Pleasant
Friday 28th October
U14
Bishop's vs Roxborough @ Mt. Pleasant
Scarborough vs Goodwood @ Black Rock
Speyside vs Light and Life @ Speyside
Mason Hall vs Signal Hill @ Plymouth
Girls BIG 4 will play
Semi finals on TBD
Big 5 Promotional Playoff starts October 28th. All matches start 3:30pm
Speyside will play
South winner on October 28th in South
East Winner on Oct 30th in East
North Winner on November 1st in Speyside
Central winner on Nov 6th in Speyside
TOBAGO ZONE SSFL INTERCOL starts on
Wednesday Nov. 2nd for boys
Sunday Nov. 6th for girls
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Shiva Boys need one more win
By Sean Taylor (T&T Express)
It’s settled. The Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League title will remain in south Trinidad this year.
Shiva Boys Hindu College are flying high and just a win away from their first-ever title. However, San Fernando giants, Naparima and Presentation Colleges, are the only teams who can catch them.
The odds are heavily in Shiva’s favour, as they have 31 points and they would have to drop points in their next two outings —to Pleasantville Secondary and Fatima College—for their rivals to pull the rug from underneath them.
Both Naparima and Presentation are locked on 26 points, with the former enjoying a plus-13 goal differential that has them in second spot.
“Naps” face East Mucurapo Secondary and then St Augustine Secondary; “Pres” must play St Mary’s College and then Pleasantville Secondary; if either of them were to win both their matches and Shiva fail to win, Shiva would drop into third.
Shiva coach Hayden Ryan speaking to the Express yesterday, preferred not to hype up the occasion too much.
“We fear no-one, but we respect everyone,” he said. “We prepared for the game, and we’ll go out and see how it goes tomorrow. We said earlier in the tournament that we felt that we turned the corner. We found our way, everyone start feeling it—you could have felt it in the camp. So that hasn’t changed, we’re confident, but at the same time we respect everyone and we’ll go out tomorrow and see how it goes.”
Other noteworthy clashes today include the relegation-threatened teams.
Pleasantville are in 13th place and must go for a win against Shiva. With the league-leaders needing the points to take the title, it should be a cracker.
Fatima entertain Trinity College and must beat their North Zone rivals to climb out of the drop zone. The Moka boys are already safe with 15 points.
St Benedict’s College need to follow up their first win of the season on Wednesday against St Anthony’s College with two more, to stand a chance of staying in the Premier Division. They face a tough Signal Hill team, however, and finish off at Moka on Wednesday.
Out of the title race, St Anthony’s College travel to Bourg Mulatresse to face a struggling San Juan North Secondary, while Queen’s Royal College have to win against Fyzabad Secondary to stay in the top flight.
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Ssfl round up on cable in NY yes! Love it...
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Shiva Boys claim SSFL Premiership title.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
Shiva Boys Hindu College were yesterday crowned champions of the Premiership Division of the First Citizens/Shell Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) after the defeated Pleasantville Secondary 3-1 at Pleasantville.
Needing just a victory to assure themselves winners, the Shiva Boys outfit thought they had allowed it to slip away when Shane Baldeo opened the scoring in the 24th minute, courtesy a blunder from the leader’s defence.
However Shiva Boys, who have enjoyed a near 100 percent record by losing just once for the season, got the equaliser in the 33rd minute when Shaquille Williams found the net in the 33rd minute to send the teams to be half-time break level at one apiece. At the restart both teams fought hard to get the go-ahead goal, but it was late in the 85th minute that took the advantage through Tyrel Baptiste item, before they sealed the win with another goal from Junior Asson, a minute before the stroke of regulation time.
The victory pushed Shiva Boys to 34 points and outside the reach of any other team with a round of matches still to go.
Presentation College (San Fernando) secured the runner-up position by virtue of a better goal difference after hammering St Mary’s College 10-1 at Serpentine Road, St Clair, while Naparima College edged East Mucurapo 1-0 at Trinity College Ground in Moka, Maraval.
Meanwhile Queen’s Royal College (QRC) faces relegation after going down to Fyzabad, 1-0, at home and Fatima College have confirmed their position in the Championship Division next year by going down to Trinity 1-0 in a match played at Fatima grounds in Mucurapo.
Bottom of the table St Benedict’s College will also join Fatima in the Championship Division next year, in spite of beating Signal Hill 1-0 in Mahaica Oval in Point Fortin.
In the other match between San Juan North and St Anthony’s College, the “Westmoorings Tigers” claimed a hard fought 4-3 victory at Bourg Mulatresse, San Juan.
RESULTS
St Mary’s College 1 vs Presentation College (San F’do) 10
East Mucurapo 0 vs Naparima 1
Pleasantville Sec 1 vs Shiva Boys 3
QRC 0 vs Fyzabad Sec 1
Fatima 0 vs Trinity Moka 1
San Juan North 3 vs St Anthony’s 4
St Benedict’s 1 vs Signal Hill 0
STANDINGS
Teams P W D L F A GD Pts
Shiva Boys 13 11 1 1 31 10 21 34
Pres (San F’do) 13 9 2 2 30 11 19 29
Naparima 13 9 2 2 26 12 14 29
St Anthony’s 13 8 1 4 34 21 13 25
St Augustine 13 5 5 3 15 11 4 20
Fyzabad Sec 13 6 2 5 24 22 2 20
St Mary’s 14 5 5 4 14 26 -12 20
Trinity Moka 13 5 3 5 8 17 -9 18
Signal Hill 13 5 2 6 15 13 2 17
East Mucurapo 13 3 3 7 12 19 -7 12
San Juan North 13 3 2 8 20 23 -3 11
QRC 13 2 4 7 7 15 -8 10
P’ville 13 2 4 7 12 23 -11 10
Fatima 13 2 3 8 13 23 -10 9
St Benedict's 13 2 3 8 6 21 -15 9
RELATED NEWS
Shiva Boys crowned 2016 SSFL champions.
By Jelani Beckles (Newsday).
SHIVA Boys are the 2016 Premier Division Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) champions after a come from behind victory against Plesantville at the latter’s school ground, yesterday.
Needing a win to seal their first Premier Division title, Shiva Boys won the match 3-1 after two goals in the final five minutes.
With one round left, Shiva Boys are now on 34 points and holds an unassailable lead in the standings.
Presentation San Fernando are on 29 points in second place, with 2015 champions Naparima in third place also on 29 points.
Pleasantville, a team battling to avoid relegation, shocked the Shiva Boys supporters as Shane Baldeo gave the home team the lead in the 24th minute. Shiva Boys did not take long to respond as Shaquille Williams found the equaliser in the 33rd minute to leave the match evenly poised at halftime.
The match seemed to be heading for a draw but Tyrell Baptiste found the winner in the 85th minute before Junior Asson sealed the title with an 89th minute strike.
Following the match Shiva Boys coach Hayden Ryan said the league title did not feel like a reality yet. “We win, but it has not soaked in yet because when you coaching you really have to take care of stuff. This game was not an easy game at all, this game they run us down to the board and we needed to pull out everything in order to win this game.” Ryan said Pleasantville fought hard as they don’t want to finish in the bottom three and get relegated.
“It was not a walkover, they challenge us, they come fighting because they fighting relegation too. We respond from behind and we did it again. Kudos to the guys.
He added, “It is not the first time in the tournament we went down and the guys responded positively and come back and win the match comfortably.” Ryan added that the reason for the success of the team is the respect they have for each other.
“One of the reasons (why we are successful) that I could say offhand is that we operate in love, in unity. We respect every single player. I introduce respect to every player, I don’t bawl at one player while allowing the next one off the hook.” Ryan is looking forward to the Intercol competition saying, “We working hard and obviously we looking forward to greater and better things.” The Shiva Boys coach said the school’s principal is planning a celebration for the team.
In other matches yesterday Presentation College trounced St Mary’s 9-1 to move from third to second place, while Naparima dropped from second to third after defeating East Mucurapo 1-0.
Elsewhere St Anthony’s edged San Juan North 3-2, Trinity defeated Fatima 1-0, St Benedict’s got past Signal Hill 1-0 and Fyzabad outlasted QRC 2-1.
The last round on Wednesday is expected to be exciting with many teams trying to avoid relegation.
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Presentation College (San Fernando) secured the runner-up position by virtue of a better goal difference after hammering St Mary’s College 10-1 at Serpentine Road, St Clair ...
I guess the Saints started marching during the match. :P Very distorted result for a team positioned mid-table.
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Ryan claimed that the secret to their success was his ability to adjust coaching methods to the culture of his players, who, according to the coach, were big on talent but not so keen on matters like training, organisation and discipline.
“Culture is stronger than principle a thousand times,” said Ryan. “And that is to say that when you grow up doing one thing, behaving one thing [and] believing one thing, it is very hard to just do something else.
http://wired868.com/2016/10/20/pride-of-penal-sexyman-shines-as-shiva-boys-whip-saints-to-move-within-whisker-of-ssfl-title/
Let that sink in! The team that won the league.
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Tobago Zone SSFL
U19
4 Bishop's vs Roxborough 1
3 Speyside vs Scarborough 1
1 Goodwood vs Mason Hall 0
**Tuesday 25th October. 3pm Kick off**
U16
Scarborough vs Speyside @ Signal Hill Rec. Ground
Bishop's vs Roxborough @ Mt. Pleasant
Friday 28th October
U14
Bishop's vs Roxborough @ Mt. Pleasant
Scarborough vs Goodwood @ Black Rock
Speyside vs Light and Life @ Speyside
Mason Hall vs Signal Hill @ Plymouth
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CIC rested most of their starters
n that hayden ryan comment...
the next line in the quote helped clear it up...was vague from that excerpt alone
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The succeeding sentence (and several others) is (are) a perfect fit for the 'Sport Psychology in Trinidad' thread. But more than that, is there any significance for our brand when the most successful team in the league is essentially viewed as "big on talent" but not big on training, organization and discipline?
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not big on training, only in Trinidad.
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WATCH: Highlights of Shiva Boys’ 3-1 win over Pleasantville Secondary which saw them crowned as the 2016 SSFL Premier Division Champions
https://www.youtube.com/v/Yx3xNifwTuM
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Tobago Zone SSFL
U19 standings
Speyside 36
Goodwood 25
Mason Hall 22
Scarborough 21
Bishop's 13
Light and Life 4 (one match to play)
Roxborough 0 (one match to play)
Tobago Zone INTERCOL match ups
U19
Wednesday 2nd November
Speyside vs Light and Life 3pm
Mason Hall vs Scarborough 5pm
Monday 7th November
Goodwood vs Bishop's 3pm
Signal Hill vs Roxborough 5pm
Sunday 6th November
Girls
Bishop's vs Light and Life 2pm
Scarborough vs Speyside 4pm
Signal Hill (bye)
Mason Hall (bye)
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RM that was the same thing I said when I read the coach's philosophy, only in T&T. I congratulate him on finding the formula to win the SSFL but it's impeding the development of the players who can play beyond the SSFL, it's more than just a "sweat".
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WATCH: Post-match interview with Shiva Boys Head Coach Hayden Ryan after winning the 2016 SSFL Premier Division with a 3-1 victory over Pleasantville Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/nhku_A9E7UY
WATCH: Post-match interview with Shiva Boys forward Tyrel "Sexyman" Baptiste winning the 2016 SSFL Premier Division with a 3-1 victory over Pleasantville Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/VdLEuCJ0Ghc
WATCH: Post-match interview with Shiva Boys defender Shakuile Williams after winning the 2016 SSFL Premier Division with a 3-1 victory over Pleasantville Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/BoNQEtESUP8
WATCH: Post-match interview with Shiva Boys midfielder Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel after winning the 2016 SSFL Premier Division with a 3-1 victory over Pleasantville Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/dmpnoKoRD2U
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WATCH: Highlights of St. Anthony’s College’s 4-3 win over San Juan North Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/pagAQtXB2RA
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Six teams battle to avoid SSFL relegation
T&T Newsday
THE LAST round of the Shell/ First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) is expected to be filled with intensity today as six teams will be battling to avoid relegation and stay in the Premier Division.
The bottom three teams at the end of today’s matches in the 15- team table will be demoted to the Championship Division. Currently, Pleasantville (13th), Fatima (14th) and St Benedict’s (15th) are in the bottom three and will all be desperate for victories today.
St Benedict’s, which are on nine points, have found some late season form winning their last two matches, 1-0 wins over St Anthony’s and Signal Hill. The southerners will be eager for another win when they host eighth placed Trinity at Mahaica Oval in Point Fortin.
Fatima, also on nine points, will welcome recently crowned champions Shiva Boys to Fatima Ground. Shiva Boys head coach Hayden Ryan said in a television interview on Sportsmax that his team will still field a strong team despite already wrapping up the title.
The Shiva Boys-Fatima match will be shown live on Sportsmax.
Pleasantville on 10 points will host second placed Presentation College San Fernando at their school ground. Pleasantville have had a tough run of late as they faced Shiva Boys in the penultimate round on Saturday.
Twelfth placed Queen’s Royal College (10 points), 11th placed San Juan North (11 points) and 10th placed East Mucurapo (12 points) will all be seeking wins to stay in the top flight. QRC plays fourth placed St Anthony’s at the latter’s home ground, San Juan North travels to Tobago to tackle ninth placed Signal Hill and East Mucurapo will make the short trip to St Mary’s Ground to battle sixth placed Fyzabad.
In the other match today, third placed Naparima will play fifth placed St Augustine at the latter’s home ground.
Seventh placed St Mary’s will be on a bye today. All matches today kick off at 3.30 pm.
TODAY’S FIXTURES
Signal Hill vs San Juan North
QRC vs St Anthony’s
East Mucurapo vs Fyzabad
St Augustine vs Naparima
Pleasantville vs Presentation San F’do
St Benedict’s vs Trinity
Fatima vs Shiva Boys
St Mary’s - Bye
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Tobago Zone SSFL
U16
2 Scarborough vs Speyside 1
4 Bishop's vs Roxborough 1
Friday 28th October
U14
Bishop's vs Roxborough @ Mt. Pleasant
Scarborough vs Goodwood @ Black Rock
Speyside vs Light and Life @ Speyside
Mason Hall vs Signal Hill @ Plymouth
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WATCH: SSFL Player Profile - Naparima College forward, Isaiah Lee.
https://www.youtube.com/v/mgcFz9o6es0
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Big 5 to determine promotion in SSFL
By Sean Taylor (T&T Express)
And then there were five. The Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division Big Five will kick off tomorrow.
The competition will not only crown the overall national league champions in the Championship but, more crucially, will determine who will be promoted to the Premier Division next year.
Winners from the five zones, including Speyside High, Princes Town West Secondary, Trinity College East, Carapichaima East Secondary and Malick Secondary will all battle for promotion with the top three teams making the big move in the end.
Speyside who were rampant in this year’s Championship over in the sister isle, will open against the South Zone winners, Princes Town, while Trinity East host Carapichaima in Trincity in what should be an interesting clash.
The five-team round robin competition will finish in roughly a fortnight’s time on Sunday November 6. Today will feature the girls’ equivalent of the competition, as the Big Four competition kicks off to determine the overall league champions.
Diego Martin Secondary face Signal Hill in the first semi-final at the St Joseph’s Convent POS ground in Federation Park, while east giants St Augustine Secondary tackle last year’s Girls Coca-Cola InterCol winners Fyzabad Secondary at Holy Cross College’s ground in Arima.
The final of the Girls Big Four will also be on November 6.
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QRC go down…Pleasantville, Fatima also demoted on league’s final day
By Sean Taylor (T&T Express)
Queen’s Royal College were relegated from the Premier Division of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) yesterday, succumbing to a 4-0 defeat at home to St Anthony’s College.
The “Royalians” had never before been relegated from the top flight in the traditional sense, despite playing in the Championship Division in 2014, which was due to a change from the zonal format to the Premier Division.
On the final day of league competition, QRC needed a win against old rivals St Anthony’s College in order ensure their survival. Before a ball had been kicked on the day, they were level on 10 points with Pleasantville Secondary, while both Fatima College and St Benedict’s College were tied on nine points and could have moved out of the zone with a win and a QRC defeat.
In the end, goals from Che Benny, Derron John, Yevan Rajpaul and Tyrese Bailey put QRC under the sword in St Clair. Elsewhere, meanwhile, St Benedict’s College were on their way to pulling off their “great escape” at the Mahaica Oval, edging Trinity College Moka with a 1-0 result to move to 12 points and a stay in top flight football next season.
The match at St Clair was scrappy for most of the 90 minutes. However, it was the visitors who created a lot of the chances in the first half.
Jules Lee hit the crossbar with a fifth-minute free kick that left QRC custodian Kern Thomas rooted to the spot. The hard, dusty ground made passing football difficult for both teams, but the “Tigers” should have taken the lead when Benny’s inswinging cross almost found the head of John at the far post.
St Anthony’s had to thank Thomas for their opener in first-half stoppage time, as the QRC keeper was adjudged to have handled the ball outside the area, and Benny curled a left-footed gem into the top corner over the wall to send his team into a half-time lead.
It got worse shortly after the resumption, as John-Paul Rochford handled the ball in his own penalty area, leaving the referee no choice but to point to the spot.
John stepped up and dispatched to his favourite left-hand corner - scored two from the spot on the same side against Naparima College - and things were looking bleak for the “Royalians”, as news trickled in that St Benedict’s had taken the lead against Trinity College.
Haile Beckles almost tripled six minutes later, but his effort was cleared heroically on the line by T’Shad Selvon.
Rochford was put clean through in the 67th for QRC, but his shot was charged down and St Anthony’s Lee had his rebound saved by Oba Augustine.
The third nail in the coffin came from Rajpaul, who hit low and hard past Thomas in the 75th minute; then Bailey scored at the death, slotting low past the keeper with ease to seal their hosts’ fate.
The results yesterday meant that St Benedict’s College finished in 12th place, while QRC were in 13th, followed by Pleasantville and Fatima who ended 14th and 15th respectively.
https://www.youtube.com/v/MhPScxPZN6Q
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I guess the Fatima result doesn't matter.
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Trinity, Carapichaima start promotion race
By Walter Alibey (T&T Guardian)
Trinity College East will attempt to regain entry into the top tier Premiership Division of the First Citizens/Shell Secondary Schools Football League today, following their triumph in the Championship Division in the East Zone.
The easterners, coached by former national and St Augustine coach Michael Grayson, will host Central Zone winners Carapichaima Secondary from 3:30pm in their opening game of the play-offs at their Henry Street Recreation Ground, Arouca. The play-off among the top five championship division teams will take place in a round-robin format and the top three teams will replace the bottom three teams in the premiership division for the 2017 football season.
Team manager Nigel Ojagir said recently that he was happy with his team’s successes in the zone but they will now focus on the play-off.
“In the zone we just took each game one step at a time, as the players really worked hard and were committed to the task at hand. Everyone thought Holy Cross would have won it in the zone but we just quietly did what we had to do by giving of our best on the field and it worked out for us” Ojagir said.
The Arouca boys finished with 25 points from 10 matches, which included eight victories, one loss and a draw.
They got the better of ‘The Calvary Hills Boys’ who finished with 23 points from 10 matches while Valencia Secondary’s upset of Holy Cross in their final game, earned them third on the standings with 22 points.
Schedule
Today
Speyside vs Princes Town West, Speyside,
Trinity East vs Carapichaima East, Trinity East
Malick Secondary - bye
Sunday
Speyside vs Trinity College East, Speyside
Princes Town West vs Malick Secondary, Princes Town
Carapichaima East - bye
Tuesday
Carapichaima East vs Princes Town, Carapichaima East
Malick Secondary vs Speyside, Patna Ground, River Estate, D/Martin
Trinity College East - bye
Friday
Malick Secondary vs Carapichaima East, Patna Ground, River Estate, D/Martin
P/Town West vs Trinity College East, Princes Town
Speyside - bye
Sunday November 6:
Trinity College East vs Malick Secondary, Trinity College East
Carapichaima East vs Speyside, Central
Princes Town West - bye
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Coach Leonson Lewis praises St. Benedict’s fighting spirit
T&T Newsday
ST BENEDICT’S College Premier Division football coach Leonson Lewis is praising his players for their fighting spirit and said it is the best group of players he has ever coached.
Before the final three rounds of matches St Benedict’s seemed destined for relegation as they laid at the bottom of the Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division standings with three points.
However, St Benedict’s won three matches in a row all by 1-0 margins to move from 15th (last) to 11th on the standings and avoid relegation.
The bottom three teams were relegated.
Lewis, a former national footballer, said he always had high hopes for the team. “(I am) very proud of the boys because I had a belief from the start that if we had to save it (season) we had to save it in the last game. I told them this and I tried to make them believe that it was still very possible (to avoid demotion).” Lewis plauded the players’ never say die attitude. “It is very difficult for players to come every game and lose, and come every game and lose, and come to training and don’t complain and be professional and come out there everyday. They were really a bunch of professional young players. The best bunch I have ever coached. To come out and fight everyday for what they believe in, for what they want.” The former Strike Squad forward said the accomplishment is not about him but the team.
“They really came up big at the end and we were able to save the season. So this is more a player victory than anything a coach could do tactically, this is totally on the players. The players deserve all the recognition for what they did and how they reacted.” St Benedict’s captain Daquon Foster moved from right back to stopper at the end of the season and Lewis said that switch among other tactical changes led to improvement. Lewis said Foster is a quality captain. “I gave him my captain band, it’s a captain band I bought in Colombia, and I told him he is the best captain I have ever coached in my whole life. I don’ think I could get a better captain with a better humble personality than that.” Lewis said goalkeeper Jasper McLeoud, who helped the team to three clean sheets at the end of the season was consistent throughout the season.
The St Benedict’s coach also explained that defensive work with the midfielders led to victories in the last three matches.
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WATCH: A second-half hat-trick by Junior Assoon caps of Shiva Boys’ Championship season with a 4-2 win over Fatima College.
https://www.youtube.com/v/LxBZ73BmuIw
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Tobago Zone SSFL
U14
3 Bishop's vs Roxborough 0
7 Scarborough vs Goodwood 0
5 Speyside vs Light and Life 0
0 Mason Hall vs Signal Hill 0
Monday 31st October. 3pm start
U16
Speyside vs Bishop's @ Speyside
Roxborough vs Signal Hill @ Rox. Sec School Ground
Friday 4th November
U14
Signal Hill vs Bishop's @ Signal Hill Sec.
Goodwood vs Light and Life @ Goodwood
Speyside vs Scarborough @ Speyside
Roxborough vs Mason Hall @ Roxborough
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Just a joy, Shiva eyeing more SSFL success
By Sean Taylor (T&T Express)
Shiva Boys Hindu College could be set for more glory as the Coca-Cola InterCol competition kicks off this week.
The newly-crowned Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) champions are flying at the moment, as one would expect for a team that won their maiden national title eight days ago.
Fans at Clarke Road Penal could be excused for feeling a sense of superiority over their rivals as their team were as dominant as they were consistent this year - the stats speak for themselves.
Shiva scored the second most goals in the Premier Division with 35, in a run that included 12 wins one draw and one defeat. Junior Asson’s 11 goals were good enough from him to sit second in the list of league top-scorers after Naparima College’s Isaiah Lee.
The team may have capped off a steady rise to the top over the last two seasons, but coach Hayden Ryan was quick to bring things into perspective when he spoke to the Sunday Express on Friday.
“It’s a team effort,” he said. “It’s a collective effort. We have defenders, we have possessors of the ball and we have creators and goal-scorers; there’s no way one could go without the other because as simple as you look at it, if your midfield is possessing the ball correctly, then it takes the pressure off of the defence.”
Ryan identified the team’s philosophy as their winning formula, something that they have kept from last season where they finished in the top five of the Premier Division and narrowly missed out on the South InterCol final.
“I think the approach was the same,” he said. “The team last year was an Under-17 team... when it comes to philosophy, it takes a little while to really get going.
“We had the time this season to work it in, and the results are there to show.”
With respect to the overall weakening of other title contenders due to the national Under-17 and Under-20 duty this season, Ryan had to praise his players for their consistency.
“You have to do without when you have to do without,” he said. “I have to thank these guys for working so hard, putting their hearts into this thing. No one could say Judah (Garcia) is a main player in the team, he is not there and we still won without him. I was prepared to play without Judah (from the beginning).”
With the South Zone InterCol preliminary round looming on the horizon, both “Naps” and Presentation College San Fernando could be in store for Shiva. But the confidence gained from landing the League title could now make Ryan’s charges favourites to do the double.
“Nothing has changed for us. We enjoy the (league) championship, now we’re back at it again,” he said. “The guys have a week off and they’re coming back on and hoping that we can gel and get the same result.”
The Shiva ideology is once the principle is right, then the titles will come.
But for now, the Penal community is savouring the historic success of Ryan and his boys.
“Words are not enough to describe how the school, the community, the parents feel,” he said.
“It’s just a joy.”
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Tobago Zone SSFL INTERCOL
U19
Thursday 3rd November
Bishops vs Mason Hall 3pm
Goodwood vs Scarborough 5pm
Monday 7th November
Signal Hill vs Roxborough @ VENUE tbd
Tuesday 8th November
Speyside vs Light and Life @ VENUE tbd
OTHER MATCHES.....
Monday 31st October.
U16
1 Speyside vs Bishop's 3
3 Roxborough vs Signal Hill 9
Friday 4th November. 2pm kick off
U14
Signal Hill vs Bishop's @ Signal Hill Sec.
Goodwood vs Light and Life @ Goodwood
Speyside vs Scarborough @ Speyside
Roxborough vs Mason Hall @ Roxborough
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Speyside lead SSFL Championship Big 5
T&T Newsday
SPEYSIDE are the current leaders in the Shell/ First Citizens-sponsored Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division Boys Big Five competition.
The winners of the various zones during the 2016 SSFL Championship Division (North, East, South, Central and Tobago) are battling in this round-robin competition, with the top three finishers advancing to the 2017 SSFL Premiership Division, at the expense of QRC, Fatima and Pleasantville.
On the Big Five standings, Speyside (Tobago) have four points from two games, with Princes Town West (South) and Carapichaima East (Central) next on three each, while Trinity College East (East) have one point and Malick (North) zero.
In the first set of matches on Friday, Speyside earned a come-frombehind 2-1 win in front of their home fans, with Shaffie McKenzie (14th minute) and Kerri Mc- Donald (34th) scoring for the hosts, after Brent Williams netted for Princes Town West in the second minute.
Theophilus Bourne was the goal-getter as Carapichaima East edged hosts Trinity College East 1-0.
On Sunday, hosts Princes Town West overcame an early setback to trounce Malick 4-1. Akeem Sealey put Malick ahead in the 20th but Princes Town rallied with items from Anderson Peters (33rd), Brent Williams (40th and 56th) and an own goal from Rushawn Murray (45th).
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Malick stay alive in Big 5
T&T Express
Malick Secondary stayed in contention for promotion to the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division with a 1-0 win over Speyside Secondary in their Championship Division Big 5 clash in Diego Martin, yesterday.
Malick have now won one match and lost one in the round-robin tournament that pits the winners of each of the five SSFL Championship Divisions against each other.
Speyside stayed at the top of the standings with four points from three matches while Malick moved up from last place to fourth, with three points from two games.
The other match scheduled for yesterday between Carapichaima East Secondary and Princes Town West Secondary was not played, after both teams turned up in the same colour uniform. Both teams remained three points each with Princes Town having played two matches and Caps one.
Up to press time yesterday, it was still unclear if the game would be rescheduled.
The other team in the Big 5 race are Trinity College East who were on a bye yesterday. They currently sit in fifth place on one point from two games.
Trinity face Princes Town in their penultimate match of the competition on Friday in Princes Town, while Caps meet Malick on the same day in Diego Martin.
The final matches in the Big 5 will be played on Sunday, with Trinity College East up against Malick Secondary in Trincity and Caps taking on Speyside in Central Trinidad.
The top three teams after the round-robin phase will earn promotion to the SSFL top-flight for next season.
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InterCol kicks off today
By Sean Taylor (T&T Express)
The 2016 Coca-Cola Boys InterCol competition will kick off today, with preliminary round action in the North and South Zones, respectively.
Tranquillity Secondary may have missed out on the Big Five Playoffs, but have to shake off the disappointment, as they head to Fatima College ground on Mucurapo Road to take on Blanchisseuse Secondary.
The two Diego Martin schools, Diego Martin North and Diego Martin Central Secondary, will face each other at Queen’s Royal College Ground in St Clair, while the big match today will be over in Diego Martin.
QRC may be the home team on paper, but face old rivals Fatima on neutral territory at Diego Martin North’s ground.
Both the “Royalians” and Fatima are still licking their wounds from their recent relegation from the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, and have no choice but to move on with a place in the quarter-finals at stake.
A win for either of the two teams will see them face favourites for the North Zone repeat, St Anthony’s College, next Wednesday at St Mary’s College ground.
Also today in the south, Moruga Secondary and Siparia West Secondary kick off at Princes Town West ground, while Pleasantville Secondary play Point Fortin East at Mahaica Oval.
Action continues tomorrow in the quarter-final round, with San Juan North Secondary kicking off against Barataria South Secondary at St George’s College ground in Barataria.
Holy Cross College face Valencia Secondary at El Dorado East Secondary ground.
Meanwhile in Tobago, Goodwood Secondary face Scarborough Secondary, and Mason Hall Secondary face Bishop’s High School Tobago; both matches will be played at Mt Pleasant.
Friday will see the Central Zone take to the stage, where Presentation College Chaguanas face Tabaquite Secondary at Edingburgh 500 Recreation Ground, while Gasparillo Secondary take on Couva East Secondary at Carapichaima East Secondary’s ground.
Chaguanas North will face Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School at Couva East Secondary’s ground.
Quarter-final action will continue on Monday.
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Carmona hails champs Shiva Boys
By Jelani Beckles (T&T Newsday)
PRESIDENT of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona told the young footballers at Shiva Boys Hindu College the importance of hard work and determination when the team became the first Secondary School football team to get invited to the Office of the President in St Ann’s, yesterday.
Shiva Boys won their inaugural Premier Division Secondary Schools Football League title recently and earned the most number of points of any team which won the title in its short history.
Accompanying the players at Office of the President were Shiva Boys principal Dexter Sakal, manager of the team Kishore Bajnath and head coach Hayden Ryan. In his address to the players Carmona said he admired the team’s work ethic which led to the successful season. Carmona said, “right now Shiva Boys Hindu College is a household name. Everybody is asking questions about you all. What is important is the spirit and character of the man that lies within the man. You were prepared to work hard, train hard and win hard in a united way and I have to commend you all for doing that.” Carmona encouraged the players to dream big. “I feel gentlemen that everyone of you here is capable of reaching international heights. It is going to be difficult, it is extremely difficult to get into professional football.” Carmona told the Shiva Boys players to use former national footballer Dwight Yorke as an example. “One of the things about Dwight Yorke I always hear people talk about is after a match he will stay on the field after the national team has gone home and he will stay on the pitch, training and training and training in order to improve his ball skills.
I understand he has a very strong work ethic as a footballer and that is something your coach would have told you all about the need to have a sense of strong work ethic to get there.” The President told the students to show the same enthusiasm off the football field. “The camaraderie, the guts, the determination that you all have displayed on the field, I want you all to display that same determination in your education, so at the end of the day we have a rounded individual, a well groomed individual who in fact is performing at all levels.” Carmona also wants to see the best Caribbean footballers battling each other in a tournament in the near future.
Carmona asked, “why it is we have the Caribbean Cup for senior footballer players, (and we) don’t have a Caribbean Colleges Cup. In other words the top Intercol teams throughout the Caribbean region coming in one particular country to fight for the Caribbean Colleges Cup. That is my dream.” Carmona believes a Caribbean Cup will encourage international scouts to come to the Caribbean to look at the talented footballers.
Shiva Boys captain Tyrell Emmanuel was thankful for the opportunity to meet the President.
Emmanuel said, “your Excellency on behalf of the Shiva Boys Hindu College team and all the media here, I will like to thank you for the opportunity to be here and it is a very grateful feeling to meet you as the President. It has been a very tough season for us. We worked very hard during the pre-season and this season, and we are very thankful for lifting the trophy and becoming champions. We wish that we will win the Intercol and Big Four this season.” Principal Sakal also thanked Carmona for inviting the team. “It is really an honour and privilege you should invite us to your residence for us to meet with you.
I know for these young men meeting with you and being honoured in this way really impresses upon them their achievement. Nobody has recognised us as a group in this way.” Ryan said a winning mentality helped the team during the season.
Ryan stated, “coming into this year, the team needed to know that they are champions before a whistle was blown and a ball was kicked and I started preaching championship material in everyone of them, letting them know everytime I talk that this year 2016 we will lift the trophy as champions.”
https://www.youtube.com/v/87QI0TH6W2k
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Moruga, Diego North move on in InterCol
T&T Express
Moruga Secondary, Pleasantville Secondary, Tranquillity Secondary and Diego Martin North Secondary all progressed to the zonal quarter-finals when the 2016 Coca-Cola InterCol competition kicked off yesterday.
In the South Zone, Moruga earned a quarter-final date next week Wednesday with defending national champions Naparima College when they edged Siparia West Secondary 1-0 at the Point Fortin West ground in a preliminary round match. In the other South game, recently demoted Premier Division team Pleasantville Secondary also needed only one goal to get past home team Point Fortin East Secondary at Mahaica Oval. Pleasantville will now meet Fyzabad Secondary also next week in the quarter-finals.
In the North, the all-Premier Division clash between demoted sides Queen’s Royal College and Fatima College was rescheduled to today after the two teams declined to play the fixture yesterday because of short notice of the fixture.
Up to press time, a venue for the clash had not been decided. However, moving on yesterday were Tranquillity who edged Diego Martin Central 3-2 at Fatima Ground. They now move on to meet Trinity College Moka on Monday. Joining them were Diego North who thumped Blanchisseuse Secondary 4-1. Diego North will now meet East Mucurapo Secondary in the quarters, also on Monday.
Yesterday’s scores:
North Zone InterCol prelims
Tranquillity 3 Diego Central 2
Diego North 4 Blanchisseuse 1
South Zone prelims
Moruga 1 Siparia West 0
Pleasantville 1 Pt Fortin 0
Girls Zonal Championship semi-final
Diego Martin Central 3 Signal Hill 1
Today’s matches
East Zone prelims
San Juan North v Barataria South, St George’s
Holy Cross v Valencia, El Dorado East
Tobago Zone prelims
Goodwood v Scarborough, Mt Pleasant
Mason Hall v Bishop’s High, Mt Pleasant
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WATCH: Queen’s Royal College out for redemption as they get ready to face Fatima College in Intercol
https://www.youtube.com/v/CkCvCMXbeyA
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Tobago Zone Quarter-Final
Mason Hall v Scarborough, Mt Pleasant. 3pm
Goodwood v Bishop’s High, Mt Pleasant. 5pm
Moruga, Diego North move on in InterCol
T&T Express
Moruga Secondary, Pleasantville Secondary, Tranquillity Secondary and Diego Martin North Secondary all progressed to the zonal quarter-finals when the 2016 Coca-Cola InterCol competition kicked off yesterday.
In the South Zone, Moruga earned a quarter-final date next week Wednesday with defending national champions Naparima College when they edged Siparia West Secondary 1-0 at the Point Fortin West ground in a preliminary round match. In the other South game, recently demoted Premier Division team Pleasantville Secondary also needed only one goal to get past home team Point Fortin East Secondary at Mahaica Oval. Pleasantville will now meet Fyzabad Secondary also next week in the quarter-finals.
In the North, the all-Premier Division clash between demoted sides Queen’s Royal College and Fatima College was rescheduled to today after the two teams declined to play the fixture yesterday because of short notice of the fixture.
Up to press time, a venue for the clash had not been decided. However, moving on yesterday were Tranquillity who edged Diego Martin Central 3-2 at Fatima Ground. They now move on to meet Trinity College Moka on Monday. Joining them were Diego North who thumped Blanchisseuse Secondary 4-1. Diego North will now meet East Mucurapo Secondary in the quarters, also on Monday.
Yesterday’s scores:
North Zone InterCol prelims
Tranquillity 3 Diego Central 2
Diego North 4 Blanchisseuse 1
South Zone prelims
Moruga 1 Siparia West 0
Pleasantville 1 Pt Fortin 0
Girls Zonal Championship semi-final
Diego Martin Central 3 Signal Hill 1
Today’s matches
East Zone prelims
San Juan North v Barataria South, St George’s
Holy Cross v Valencia, El Dorado East
Tobago Zone prelims
Goodwood v Scarborough, Mt Pleasant
Mason Hall v Bishop’s High, Mt Pleasant
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WATCH: Highlights of Valencia Secondary’s 2-1 win over Holy Cross College in an East Zone Intercol preliminary match.
https://www.youtube.com/v/Po8EuuNHu3o
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SSFL to rule on Princes Town vs Carapichaima
By Walter Alibey (T&T Guardian)
Princes Town Secondary, favourites to claim the top position in the Championship Division play-off of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League, face their darkest hour today as they are to receive the outcome of a disciplinary hearing that stemmed from Tuesday’s postponed match with Carapichaima East.
Tuesday’s game at the Carapichaima Recreation Ground was not played after referee Anton Gill found that the uniform colours of both teams were too similar. In such a situation, the away team (Princes Town) is expected to facilitate a change of uniform, in accordance with the FIFA rules.
Yesterday Princes Town manager Robert Warner said his team will know its fate today after members of the disciplinary committee of the SSFL that comprised SSFL chairman and ex referee Merere Louis Gonzales, secretary Gerald Elliot and general secretary Phillip Fraser asked for time to deliberate on the matter after meeting with representatives of the schools—Warner (Princes Town) and Karen Ince of Carapichaima at the Carapichaima school, yesterday morning at 11 am.
Gonzales said they are awaiting a report from a significant party in the match which was expected to be received yesterday evening, before a decision can be made.
Warner told the Trinidad Guardian yesterday however that he was confused as his team wore bright yellow tops for the match while Carapichaima wore green.
He said it was also brought to his attention that referee Gill is a past student of Carapichaima, which was also raised at the meeting. Today’s outcome could either lead to the game being replayed or the result being awarded to the home team (Carapichaima) based on the away rule.
The southerners are currently second on the standings on three points from two matches while Carapichaima are in third by virtue of an inferior goal difference, as they also have three points from two games.
Tobago champs Speyside Secondary currently lead the standings with four points from three games, but the Central zone winners would take the top spot if they are awarded the match today. Warner said his team has the option to appeal the decision if it goes against them.
According to Warner: “I expect justice to be served and I am confident that justice will prevail.” He described the issue as totally uncalled for, saying that apart from the uniforms being of different colours, that Carapichaima had another uniform at their disposal which they could have facilitated his team with, in the interest of allowing the game to be played, but they refused to lend it.
“We spoke to the Carapichaima management to get the uniforms to use but we were refused by someone saying that Carapichaima was not obligated to help his team,” Warner explained.
He added: “All we want is for the outcome of the match to be settled on the field and nowhere else. It is a game and the boys from both schools would prefer to play the match than have it being decided at a meeting.” Attempts to contact Carapichaima representatives proved futile.
Action continues today in the championship division play-offs with Princes Town going up against Trinity College East at home from 3.30 pm and Carapichaima facing Malick Secondary on the Patna Recreation Ground, Diego Martin from the same time.
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Tobago Zone SSFL
Intercol U19 Quarter-Final
3 Mason Hall v Scarborough 2
1 Goodwood v Bishop’s High 0
Girls Big 4
3 Diego Martin Central vs Signal Hill 1
Friday 4th November. 2pm kick off
U14
Signal Hill vs Bishop's @ Signal Hill Sec.
Goodwood vs Light and Life @ Goodwood
Speyside vs Scarborough @ Speyside
Roxborough vs Mason Hall @ Roxborough
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Fatima sends Royalians packing in shoot-out
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Fatima College capped off long-time rivals Queen’s Royal College woeful 2016 Secondary Schools Football League campaign with a 5-4 penalty-kicks win after a 1-1 deadlock in their Coca-Col North Zone preliminary round clash at St Mary’s College Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair, yesterday.
With both teams already assured of competing in the North Zone Championship Division next year, after finishing the 15-team Shell/First Citizens SSFL Premier Division in the bottom-three along with Pleasantville Secondary, the battle was on to see which team would extend its life in the prestigious knockout competition.
QRC was first to strike through Keyshawn Villafana but Justin Araujo-Wilson replied for Fatima to send the match into penalty-kicks, where former national Under-17 captain, Jean-Paul Rochford crashed the Royalians third attempt off the cross-bar.
With the win, Fatima set up a quarterfinal meeting with fourth placed Premier Division finishers and multiple former zonal and national Inter-Col champions, St Anthony’s College on Wednesday November 9 at the same Serpentine Road, venue.
In the two preliminary matches on Wednesday, Tranquillity Secondary edged Diego Martin Central Secondary 3-2 and Diego Martin North spanked Blanchisseuse, 4-1.
In the East Zone, national Under-17 player, Brandon Semper netted a hat-trick to lead San Juan North Secondary past Barataria South 8-1 in their quarterfinal at the Barataria Oval. Renaldo Boyce and Jerome Cyrus scored two goals each and Miguel Garraway, the other for San Juan North while Darren Daniel got Barataria South’s consolation item.
Joining San Juan North in the semifinals was Valencia Secondary, after its come-from-behind 2-1 defeat of Holy Cross College at El Dorado East Secondary Ground. Travis Byron put Holy Cross ahead in the 11th minute which it held until Keron Kelly’s 47th minute equaliser for Valencia.
Kurdell De Verteuil then got the decisive item for Valencia in the 69th after which they held on for the victory and a semifinal spot.
And over in Tobago, Gered Louis also scored a hat-trick as Mason Hall Secondary held off Scarborough Secondary 3-2 in the first match of a quarterfinal double-header at Mt Pleasant. Louis scored in the 28th for a 1-0 lead before Kareem Agard drew Scarborough level in the 51st.
Seven minutes later Louis got his second to restore Mason Hall’s 2-1 lead and then completed his treble in the 75th to push the margin to 3-1. Dawson Guy got a second item for Scarborough two minutes into time added-on, but it was too late.
Bishop’s High School of and Goodwood Secondary contested the second quarterfinal at Mt Pleasant last night.
Today, action shifts to the Central Zone where three matches are on schedule from 3.30 pm.
Results
Yesterday
Preliminary round
North:
Fatima 1 (Justin Araujo-Wilson) vs QRC 1 (Keyshawn Villafana) - Fatima won 5-4 on penalty-kicks
Quarterfinals
East
San Juan North 8 (Brandon Semper 3, Renaldo Boyce 2, Jerome Cyrus 2, Miguel Garraway) vs Barataria South 1 (Darren Daniel)
Valencia High 2 (Keron Kelly 47th, Kurdell De Verteuil 69th) vs Holy Cross (Travis Byron 11th)
Tobago
Mason Hall 3 (Gered Louis 28th, 58th, 75th) vs Scarborough Sec 2 (Kareem Agard 51st, Dawson Guy 90+2)
Today
Central Zone quarterfinals
A- Presentation (Chaguanas) vs Couva East Sec, Carapichaima East Grd, 3.30pm
B- Gasparillo Sec vs Tabaquite Sec, Edinburgh 500 Rec. Grd, 3.30 pm
C -Chaguanas North vs Miracle Ministries PHS, Couva East Sec Grd, 3.30 pm
Monday
South
Princes Two West vs Vessigny Sec, Mahaica Oval, Pt Fortin, 3pm
Shiva Boys vs St Benedict’s, Mahaica Oval, Pt Fortin, 5pm
North
East Mucurapo vs Diego Martin North, St Anthony’s Grd, Westmoorings, 3.30pm
Trinity East vs Tranquillity, Fatima Grd, Mucurapo Road, 3.30 pm.
https://www.youtube.com/v/nkAP1ighuj0
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WATCH: Highlights of Diego Martin North Secondary’s 4-1 win over Blanchisseuse Secondary.
https://www.youtube.com/v/uQSGu3sEijo
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WATCH: Highlights of San Juan North Secondary’s 8-1 mauling of Barataria South Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/wAfPzHx7ir8
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Tobago Zone SSFL
U14
1 Signal Hill vs Bishop's 2
1 Goodwood vs Light and Life 2
2 Speyside vs Scarborough 1
3 Roxborough vs Mason Hall 0 (default win)
ALMOST Final U14 Standings
*Speyside High School is the U14 champions. Both Speyside High School and Bishop's High School went undefeated. Both teams played out a 1-1 draw in their only match-up of the season. Single round format was used (all teams to play 7 matches).
Speyside 19 Points (Goal difference of +25)
Bishop's 19 (GD of +11)
Signal Hill 15
Scarborough 9 (one match to play)
Roxborough 9 (one match to play)
Light and Life 4
Mason Hall 1 (one match to play)
Goodwood 0 (one match to play)
Matches remaining:
Roxborough vs Scarborough @ Rox. Sec.
Mason Hall vs Goodwood @ Plymouth.
Final U16 Standings
Signal Hill Secondary are the champions. Both Signal Hill Secondary School and Bishop's High School went undefeated on the season. Single round format was used (all teams played 4 matches).
Signal Hill 10
Bishop's 8
Scarborough 5
Roxborough 2
Speyside 1
Big 5 Playoff
0 Carapichima vs Speyside 0
Speyside earns promotion to the Championship Division with 5 points.
INTERCOL
U19
Monday 7th November. 3:30pm kick off
Signal Hill vs Roxborough @ Mt. Pleasant
Tuesday 8th November. 3:30pm kick off
Speyside vs Light and Life @ Mt. Pleasant
GIRLS
Wednesday 9th November. Both matches @ Signal Hill Rec. Ground.
Speyside vs Scarborough. 3pm kick off
Bishop's vs Light and Life. 5pm kick off
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Mucurapo face potential relegation over “illegal player”; Fatima, Pleasantville could benefit
Oh, how quickly things can change. Less than a fortnight ago, East Mucurapo Secondary were one of three schools to escape relegation from the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division on the final day of the season.
Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 player, Jesse Williams, scored twice in a 2-1 win over Fyzabad Secondary on 26 October 2016, which should have secured Mucurapo’s place in the top flight of the 2017 competition.
However, a successful protest by St Benedict’s College over Mucurapo’s use of defender Abdus Ramcharan might undo the latter school’s good work on the field and could have far reaching implications on the league standings and the identities of the bottom three.
SSFL assistant secretary Gerald Elliot Elliot explained the matter.
Read more here...
http://wired868.com/2016/11/06/mucurapo-face-potential-relegation-over-illegal-player-fatima-pleasantville-could-benefit/ (http://wired868.com/2016/11/06/mucurapo-face-potential-relegation-over-illegal-player-fatima-pleasantville-could-benefit/)
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Hackshaw and Orr star as Trinity/E edge Malick to join promoted Carapichaima and Speyside
Guess who’s back? Carapichaima East Secondary, Trinity College East and Speyside Secondary each claimed a promotion spot in the SSFL Championship Big 5 Play Off yesterday to return to the Premier Division for the 2017 season.
All three schools were relegated at the end of the 2015 season with Carapichaima East and Speyside both falling on the the last day while Trinity East suffered a record 13 losses. But what goes down must come back up.
Yesterday in Trincity, new Trinity East coach Michael Grayson could scarcely contain his joy.
“It’s a great, great feeling [to win promotion],” Grayson told Wired868. “It was a challenge. They got demoted last year and it’s not easy losing 14, 15 games. That’s a lot of losing. To change that was our first objective, and we did it.”
Grayson and his “Blue Hawks” conjured up a 2-1 win over a plucky Malick Secondary team on a swamp-like surface in Trincity while Speyside and Carapichaima played to a goalless stalemate.
Carapichaima already secured promotion by sauntering to three victories in their opening three Play Off matches. However Malick’s final day defeat was the missing ingredient in Trinity and Speyside’s promotion chase.
The identity of the three teams they will replace seems considerably less straightforward due to a recent ruling involving East Mucurapo Secondary, with Fatima College, Pleasantville Secondary, Queen’s Royal College, San Juan North and East Mucurapo all in danger of falling through the trap door.
There were fewer twists but no shortage of tackles on a muddy, waterlogged field in Trincity, which added extra spice to a do or die fixture.
Read more here...http://wired868.com/2016/11/07/hackshaw-and-orr-star-as-trinitye-edge-malick-to-join-promoted-carapichaima-and-speyside/ (http://wired868.com/2016/11/07/hackshaw-and-orr-star-as-trinitye-edge-malick-to-join-promoted-carapichaima-and-speyside/)
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Diego Martin Central capture SSFL Girls Big 4
T&T Newsday
DIEGO MARTIN Central captured the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Girls Big 4 title on Sunday at the St Mary’s Ground in St Clair.
The Diego Martin squad needed kicks from the penalty spot to defeat Fyzabad Secondary 3-1, after the scores were locked at 2-2 at the end of regulation time.
On Thursday, in the semi-final phase, Diego Martin got the better of Signal Hill Secondary 3-1 at the St Joseph’s Convent Ground while Fyzabad pipped St Augustine Secondary 2-1 at the Holy Cross College Ground in Arima.
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Carapichaima, Trinity East, Speyside earn promotion to Premiership Division
T&T Newsday
CARAPICHAIMA EAST, Trinity College East and Speyside all earned promotion to the Premiership Division of the 2017 edition of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL).
On Sunday, in the final day of action in the Shell/First Citi z e ns - s p ons o r e d Championship Division Boys Big Five, Carapichaima finished top of the standings, followed by Trinity East and Speyside.
The top three teams were guaranteed places in the 2017 Premiership contest.
Leaders Carapichaima played to a goalless draw with Speyside at the Carapichaima Ground while Trinity East defeated Malick 2-1 at Trincity.
Kishon Hackshaw (15th minute) and Nickel Orr (64th) were the goal-getters for Trinity East, while Akeem Sealy (32nd) replied for Malick.
Other Results - November 1: At Carapichaima - CARAPICHAIMA EAST (3) vs PRINCES TOWN WEST (0); At Diego Martin North Ground - MALICK (1) - Roshen Murphy 89th vs SPEYSIDE (0).
November 4: At Princes Town Ground - TRINITY EAST (3) - Kishorn Hackshaw 15th; Dwight Yorke 66th, 89th vs PRINCES TOWN WEST (0); At Barataria Oval - CARAPICHAIMA EAST (1) vs MALICK (0).
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Shiva Boys whip St. Benedict’s
T&T Newsday
SECONDARY Schools Football League Premier Division champions Shiva Boys, stormed into the semifinals of the South Zone in the Coca-Cola Boys Intercol competition with a 3-0 win over fellow southern team St Benedict’s at Mahaica Oval in Point Fortin, yesterday.
In the first match Princes Town West trounced Vessigny 10-0.
In the North Zone quarterfinals the matches were also one-sided as Trinity defeated Tranquillity 6-0 at Fatima Grounds in Mucurapo, while East Mucurapo crushed Diego Martin North 8-0 at St Anthony’s Ground in Westmoorings.
Today in the East Zone Trinity East will face Five Rivers at the El Dorado Secondary Ground at 3.30 pm, while St Augustine Secondary will battle Toco at Trinity College East at 3.30 pm.
In Tobago, Speyside comes up against Pentecostal L&L at Mt Pleasant at 3 pm and Signal Hill will battle Roxborough at the same venue from 5 pm.
In the lone match in the North Zone Malick will face Maple Leaf International at Queen’s Royal College Ground at 3.30 pm.
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INTERCOL
Tobago Zone SSFL
U19
8 Signal Hill vs Roxborough 0
8 Speyside vs Light and Life 0
GIRLS
Wednesday 9th November. Both matches @ Signal Hill Rec. Ground.
0 Speyside vs Scarborough 5
3 Bishop's vs Light and Life 0 (default win)
U14 Knock Out
Tuesday 15th November @ Bon Accord Rec. Facility (both fields)
Start time 2pm and (approx) 3:15pm
Speyside vs Goodwood
Bishop's vs Mason Hall
Signal Hill vs Light and Life
Roxborough vs Scarborough
Semi Final is scheduled for Friday 18th November at the same venue
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Speyside, Trinity through to Inter Col semis
T&T Guardian
Speyside High School and Trinity College East advanced to the semi final of the Coca Cola Inter Col yesterday after recording victories over Pentecostal Light and Life and Five Rivers Secondary.
At Mt Pleasant in the sister isle of Tobago, the Tobago Championship Division winners signalled a warning to opponents in the semis by demolishing Pentecostal Light and Life 8-0, courtesy the commanding performances of under-14 standouts Deleon Beckles who scored a double and Nicholas Sanchez, who added one in the victory.
However their performances were overshadowed by a hat-trick from Kerri Mc Donald, continuing his goalscoring touch that earned them promotion to the Premier Division next season. His three goals were followed by single items from Cel Toppin and Dillon Beckles.
At the El Dorado East Secondary, Trinity College also benefited from a hat-trick from Liam Burns in thrashing Five Rivers 5-0. Having been beaten on the two occasions the teams met in the championship division, Five Rivers produced little resistance as Trinity got two more goals to seal the win from Christian Ransome and Dwight Yorke to confirm their spot in the semis to be played next week.
St Augustine Secondary also booked a place in the semis by hammering Toco 10-0 at the Henry Street Recreation Ground Arouca. A hat-trick from Anthony Samuels and a double from Kenton James spearheaded their win.
St Augustine, known as the ‘Green Machine’ were rampant through-out the encounter and confirmed the victory with Rahim Gordon, Zion Holder, Ryan Phillips and Akeem Hosten’s goals.
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WATCH: Highlights of East Mucurapo’s 8-0 win over Diego North Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/aBjsp9O-rBE
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WATCH: SSFL Player Profile - Fatima College’s Justin Araujo-Wilson
https://www.youtube.com/v/AmVDw8wuxA4
WATCH: SSFL Player Profile - Shiva Boys’ Tyrell Baptiste
https://www.youtube.com/v/qef2Rq9_F9s
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Naps, Fyzo, Tigers advance in Intercol
By Rachael Thomspon-King (T&T Guardian)
Naparima College, Fyzabad Secondary and St Anthony’s College booked their spots in the semifinals of their respective zones in th Coca Cola Inter Col football competition, yesterday.
Down at Mahaica Oval in Point Fortin in South Zone action, Naparima showed no mercy against Moruga Secondary, crushing them 7-1 in the second match of a double-header. In the opening match-up, Fyzabad Secondary secured a 3-1 victory over Pleasantville to progress to the next round.
It was another one-sided affair in the North with St Anthony’s whipping Fatima College, 5-0, with all five goals coming in the second half in the quarterfinal match at St Mary’s ground in Port-of-Spain.
Prolific scorer Isaiah Lee was on target with three goals for Naparima, opening the scoring in the sixth minute. He followed up with his second in the 26th. Justin Sadoo joined Lee on the scoresheet and got “Naps” third item in the 31st. Seven minutes later, Renaldo Francois put in another, to give Naparima a 4-0 advantage at the half.
The rampage continued into the second session with Judah St Louis finding the back in the 51st.
Kevin Feeling was able to give Moruga something to celebrate when he netted his team’s lone goal in the 54th.
Lee’s third came in the 67th before Jeremiah Kesar sunk Naparima’s final item in the 76th.
Earlier, David Jones netted a brilliant opener for Fyzabad within seconds of the start of the match. His captain Sharkeel Louison added to the score and gave Fyzabad a 2-0 lead at the halfway mark. On the resumption, Jabari Hodge lessened Pleasantville’s deficit to one as his team searched for an equaliser. However, Nashorn Simon dampened that hope by producing Fyzabad’s third item in the 70th minute and that is how it stayed, when time expired.
Che Benny connected a double to see St Anthony’s College into the semifinals, lifting his team past Fatima College with the impressive 5-0 victory.
The first session remained goalless despite a number of attempts on both ends of the field. However, the script changed in the second half when the “Westmoorings Tigers” rediscovered their form and roared past Fatima with ease, thanks to Benny’s pair of goals and one each from N’Kosi Salandy, Kreshon Alexander and Kathon St Hilliare.
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Tigers ‘trump’ Fatima
By Garth Wattley (T&T Express)
St Anthony’s College did a Donald Trump yesterday.
They won their Coca-Cola InterCol quarter-final clash with Fatima College with more ease than seemed would be the case initially, as did the United States’ new president-elect in Monday’s elections. But following a goalless first half, Che Benny’s 11-minute hat-trick powered them to a 5-0 victory and a North Zone semi-final meeting with East Mucurapo Secondary next week.
The “Tigers” were not the day’s hungriest team however, since national champions Naparima College downed Moruga Secondary 7-1 in a South Zone quarter-final.
In the first match of a double header at Mahaica Oval, Fyabad Secondary beat Pleasantville Secondary 3-1. They will now meet Shiva Boys Hindu College in one South Zone semi-final.
At St Mary’s ground, the final result was hard on Fatima — already demoted from the Premier Division — who battled gallantly in the first half, defending desperately, while also benefitting from some sloppy St Anthony’s finishing. Fatima also had a penalty claim for hand-ball denied and came close to taking the lead themselves through a Liam De Verteuil effort that was cleared off the line near the end of the first period.
To that point, the match seemed to be following the pattern of St Benedict’s College’s 1-0 upset of the St Anthony’s “Tigers” in the Premier Division, that sparked that southern side’s great escape from relegation.
But Benny, a constant threat to the Fatima defence with his dribbling, finally found a cutting edge to his game early in the second period, as Fatima lost their discipline, defender Joshua Pierre in particular.
He upended the elusive Benny with a hand to his face that earned him a first yellow card, and more crucially, gave Benny a chance to take a free kick just outside the 18-metre box, which he curled low into the left-hand corner of goalkeeper Jacob Camacho’s net in the 52nd minute.
The floodgates on a wet afternoon were opened, and Benny “soaked” Fatima further with another free kick six minutes later and a shot from a central position inside the “18”, after he had shifted one defender to make room in the 63rd.
Benny’s partner in crime in the Tigers attack, Kathon St Hillaire added a fourth in the 79th, by which time Fatima were feeling the hurt.
Pierre, then added to that pain when he earned himself a second yellow and an ejection for a rash challenge on St Anthony’s skipper Jules Lee, who was given a straight red for retaliation.
Both sides were now down to 10 men, but Fatima were in far worse shape and a Tigers substitute added to their misery with an 84th minute item.
Keeper Camacho could have done better with the tame shot. And he seemed to have a hard time getting over that blunder.
It was really, a hard way to end a hard season.
InterCol Scores
Yesterday
South Zone Quarterfinals
Fyzabad 3 Pleasantville 1
Naparima 7 Moruga 1
North Zone Quarterfinal
St Anthony’s 5 (Che Benny 3, Kathon St Hillaire, Krishon Alexander) Fatima 0
Tuesday
East Zone Quarterfinals
Trinity College East 5 Five Rivers 0
St Augustine 8 Toco 0
Tobago Zone Quarterfinal
Speyside High 8 Pentecostal Light & Life 0
North Zone Preliminary
Malick 6 Maple Leaf International 0
Today’s Match
South Zone Quarterfinal
Presentation vs Princes Town West, Lewis Street
https://www.youtube.com/v/NaqNmRVqlNM
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Presentation College hammer Princes Town 8-0 for Intercol semifinal spot
T&T Guardian
Presentation College San Fernando was the last team to advance to the semifinal of the Coca Cola Inter Col competition from the South Zone after they hammered Princes Town 8-0 yesterday in a one-sided affair at the Naparima College Ground, Lewis Street, San Fernando.
Double strikes from Jordan Riley in the 27th and 80th; James Alexis-Leeyaw in the 19th and 42nd and Omri Beard with items in the 70th and 75th did the trick for Presentation, as they left tears in the eyes of the south Champion Division winners who were optimistic of creating an upset after failing to qualify for the Premier Division of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League next year.
The San Fernando boys also got goals from Tyrel Williams and Kareem Riley in the rout.
Action continues tomorrow with a North Zone clash between Malick and St Mary’s College at the Queen’s Royal College Ground, Serpentine Road from 3.30pm.
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Diego upsets Fyzabad for SSFL girls title.
By Rachael Thomspon-King (Guardian).
A new Big Four champion was crowned in the Shell/First Citizen Secondary Schoolgirls Football League on Sunday afternoon when Diego Martin Central upset Fyzabad Secondary 3-1 on penalty kicks after the scores were tied 2-2 at the end of regulation time. This was at St Mary’s ground in Port-of-Spain.
Kaydeen Jack featured early as she has done for the North Zone champion, scoring the opening goal in the 30th minute in an intense match. The lead was short lived though as Fyzabad’s Denecia Prince answered back with a goal, 10 minutes later to level the scores, 1-1, going in at the half.
In the second period, it was Raenique Primus giving the South Zone winner the go ahead goal in the 66th, holding on that advantage for much of the session. That was until Diego skipper Akilah Crawford stepped up in the 80th tied the scores at 2. “It felt really good to win and become the Big Four champs,” said Crawford. “We worked hard and felt nice to get that off our chest.”
The scores remained the same at the end of the regulation and extra time so the winner had to be decided by penalty kicks. Diego went on to take the victory, 3-1 on penalties.
Manager of the Fyzabad unit, Nigel Lakhan, was not too impressed with the officials after the loss, its first for the season. “It was the worst case of officiating I have seen,” said Lakhan. “And I don’t understand why the game wasn’t played at a neutral venue with neutral referees. “I understand that you win some, you lose some. I don’t want to sound like a sore loser but there was quite a number of blatant calls that they missed.”
Fyzabad, booked its spot in the decider, after eliminating St Augustine in their semifinal match. Last year’s winner topped the St Augustine unit, 2-1, to knockoff the two-time Big Four champion.
“Fyzabad has been the best playing team for the season. We have dominated all games. The coaches put in a lot of work,” said Lakhan. “Now we are looking forward to Intercol and we will defend our title.” Diego on the other end got into the final after sealing a 3-1 victory over Tobago champion, Signal Hill School.
“Fyzabad was our toughest opponent,” said captain Crawford. “They played with aggression combined with speed and power but the win has given us confidence going into the Intercol which starts for us on Sunday.”
FINAL
Diego Martin 2 (Kaydeen Jack, Akilah Crawford) vs Fyzabad 2 (Denecia Prince, Raenique Primus).
Diego won 3-1 on penalties.
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Saints run amok on Malick.
T&T Express Reports.
St Mary’s College eased past Malick Senior Comprehensive 6-1 in their North Zone Coca Cola InterCol quarterfinal at Fatima Ground, Mucurapo Road yesterday.
With the victory, the Saints advanced to a North Zone semifinal encounter with Trinity College, Moka on Wednesday.
The game was on an even keel for most of the first half after Tyrese Spicer opened the scoring for CIC in the 17th minute, before Malick’s Antonio Graham equalised one minute later.
And even with CIC’s Nathan Hart sending his team ahead in the 32nd, Malick were still in with a chance to get back in the game, going into the second half 2-1 down.
But the floodgates opened in a crucial seven-minute period in the second half to deflate Malick and subject them to a crushing defeat.
In the 52nd minute, Trey La Motte extended the advantage for the boys in blue and white, before Gabriel Nanton added a double in the 54th and 59th minutes to ensure CIC’s progression to the next playoff stage.
And in injury time, Aaron Skeene just rubbed salt into Malick’s wounds to complete the rout.
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Tobago Zone SSFL
INTERCOL
U19 @ Mt. Pleasant Rec. Ground
Goodwood vs Speyside 3pm
Signal Hill vs Mason Hall 5pm
Girls @ Bon Accord Rec. Ground (There are two (2) fields on the ground)
Signal Hill vs Scarborough 4pm
Bishop's vs Mason Hall 4pm
U14 Knock Out
Tuesday 15th November @ Bon Accord Rec. Facility (both fields)
Bishop's vs Mason Hall 2pm
Signal Hill vs Light and Life 2pm
Wednesday 16th @ Bon Accord Rec. Ground
Roxborough vs Scarborough 2pm
Speyside vs Goodwood (Date and Venue TBD)
Speyside vs Goodwood
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Naps dethroned as Intercol champs
T&T Newsday
NAPARIMA have been dethroned as champions of the Coca Cola Intercol competition.
Yesterday, in the first game of a South Zone semi-final double-header at the Mahaica Oval in Point Fortin, the 2015 winners were beaten 4-2, courtesy kicks from the penalty spot, by Presentation San Fernando.
In the other semi-final at the Mahaica Oval, 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premiership title-holders Shiva Boys remained on course for a season double with a 1-0 victory against Fyzabad Secondary.
Aaron Rodney was on target for the Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division champions.
In the Tobago Zone semi-finals at Mt Pleasant, Speyside whipped Goodwood 2-0 while Renaldo Samuel was on target as Signal Hill edged Mason Hall 1-0.
Action will continue today in the East Zone, with a semi-final double- header at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Arima.
Trinity East will face San Juan North at 1.30 pm while St Augustine will oppose Valencia two hours later.
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‘Green Machine’ rolls over Valencia 3-0.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
St Augustine Secondary School, known popularly as ‘The Green Machine’ yesterday made a strong bid to repeat as East Zone Coca Cola InterCol champions by beating Valencia High 3-0 in the feature semi-final match of a double header at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar Arima to qualify for the final next Monday at the same venue.
With the victory they will face San Juan North Secondary, who yesterday edged Trinity College East in the opening game 2-1 in the other semifinal encounter.
The St Augustine boys got a brace from the eventual Man of the Match Rahim Gordon in the 32nd and 81st minute to seal the victory. Kenton James and Zion Holder were the other scorers for the Green Machine while Akil Romero got the lone item for Valencia in the 42nd minute.
In the other game, Trinity East, the East Championship Division winners opened the scoring after just 10 minutes when Nickel Orr found the nets to raise his team’s hopes of an upset in the Intercol. The Michael Grayson-coached school went to the break with a 1-0 advantage, but they faced a revived San Juan outfit on the resumption when Ronaldo Boyce fired in the equalizer in the 62nd minute.
The game seem heading for over time when the prolific Brandon Semper sealed the win for San Juan with his goal in the 89th minute. Semper was later named Man of the Match, but there were no feelings of sorrow from coach Grayson who told the Trinidad Guardian his team had achieved what it had set about to.
“At the beginning of the season we said we wanted to return to the Premier Division and reach as far as possible in the Coca Cola InterCol and we have done that. We won the Championship Division and reached the semifinal in the InterCol, so I think we did well” Grayson said after the game.
He noted “The boys had to make some adjustments playing for a coach like me and I think they have really worked hard for the season, so I am really satisfied with their performance.”
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Tobago Zone SSFL
Girls Intercol
5 Signal Hill vs Scarborough 0
0 Bishop's vs Mason Hall 5
Girls and Boys INTERCOL Finals (both matches to play @ Dwight Yorke Stadium. 3pm kick off)
Sunday 20th November
Girls
Signal Hill vs Mason Hall
Monday 21st November
Boys
Signal Hill vs Speyside
U14 Quarter-Final scores
3 Bishop's vs Mason Hall 0 (default win)
3 Signal Hill vs Light and Life 0 (default win)
1 Roxborough vs Scarborough 5
3 Speyside vs Goodwood 1
U14 Semi Final
Friday 18th November (Both matches to play at Bon Accord Rec. Ground. 2pm kick offs)
Speyside vs Scarborough
Bishop's vs Signal Hill
U14 Final date TBD
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Trinity survive to face Tigers…St Mary’s, Mucurapo go down in North Zone semis
By Garth Wattley (T&T Express)
Regulation time was about up when Temesgn Tezera came off the Trinity College Moka bench and onto the field in Coca-Cola InterCol; no doubt with spot kicks in mind. And indeed, he would have the final kick in the North Zone semi-final against St Mary’s College.
It came in the sudden death phase of the penalty shootout with the scores level at 4-4 when calmly, he sent St Mary’s goalkeeper Jordan Baidaisee the wrong putting the ball in the bottom left-hand corner of the net to give his side a 5-4 win, passage to the final against St Anthony’s College and start a joyous pitch invasion by his schoolmates.
The band of players and classmates didn’t make it all the way around the track at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, but when they stopped, the St Mary’s players were still in centre field, too stricken to move.
They had just lost a war of attrition with a spirited Trinity side; a war the Saints could have won in the final six minutes or so of regulation time. But the combination of Gabrial Nanton and substitute Daniel Conocchiari could not put away one of three chances in that frenzied period.
Both were denied by desperate bodies and legs in Trinity green around the 85thminute. And just before that, Nanton, with the chance of the match, shot straight at Trinity captain and goalkeeper Desean Bowen from inside the six-yard box following a misplaced clearance. Those series of events, plus the play three minutes before the end of the first half when Nanton struck the right upright from just outside the six-yard zone will run like a nightmare clip of what might have been for the St Mary’s players.
They had better control of the ball and better chances in a game which did not produce a host of them. But Trinity for the most part defended with determination, and might even have had a penalty in the first half when left-side attacker Josiah Joseph-- an ever-present danger to the St Mary’s defence-- went down under a challenge that on another day may have earned his side a spot kick. The Trinity boys didn’t get it then, but sub Tezera eventually made sure that the Saints paid the penalty.
In the second match at the Stadium, the Tigers from St Anthony’s did not need a shootout to get past East Mucurapo Secondary, as they won 3-1 with goals from Haile Beckles (2) and Man-of-the-Match Che Benny. And in Central, Gasparillo Secondary and Carapichaima Secondary will meet in the final following 4-0 and 5-0 wins respectively over Presentation College Chaguanas and Chaguanas North Secondary.
Yesterday’s results:
North Zone semi-finals
Trinity Moka 0 St Mary’s 0 (Trinity Moka won 5-4 on kicks from penalty mark)
St Anthony’s 3 (Haile Beckles 2, Che Benny) vs East Mucurapo 1 (Jesse Williams)
Central Zone semi-finals
Gasparillo 4 (Shadukem Joseph 3, Joshua Walker) vs Chaguanas North 0
Carapichaima East 5 (Mecachiel Alexander 2, Theophilus Bourne, Josiah King, Brandon St Clair) vs Presentation Chaguanas 0
Today’s fixtures
Shell/First Citizens Girls InterCol
South semis
Fyzabad Secondary vs San F’do East, Manny Ramjohn Stadium training field 3.30pm,
Pleasantville Secondary vs St. Joseph Convent, Manny Ramjohn Stadium training field 3.30pm
East final
St. Augustine Secondary vs Bishop Anstey East, Larry Gomes Stadiun 1.30pm
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St Anthony’s, Trinity in North Intercol final
T&T Newsday
ST ANTHONY’S and Trinity Moka have advanced to the North Zonal Final of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Coca- Cola Intercol competition.
The North Zonal Final is carded to take place on November 25 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo.
In yesterday’s pair of North Zonal Semi-Finals, St Anthony’s eased past East Mucurapo 3-1 while Trinity Moka eliminated St Mary’s 5-4, courtesy kicks from the penalty spot, after the scores were locked at 0-0 at the end of regulation time.
St Anthony’s, also known as the “Westmoorings Tigers”, took the lead in the third minute through Haile Beckles, who left East Mucurapo defender Sherlon Roberts for dead on the left before angling his right-footed shot past goalkeeper Terral Cambridge.
Beckles doubled his account in the 38th, capitalising on a defensive mix-up, racing behind the defence and slotting the ball to the right of Cambridge.
National Under-17 midfielder Che Benny got his name on the scoresheet in the 59th, with a close-range rebound after Cambridge parried a cross from the right. Jesse Williams pulled one back for East Mucurapo in the 89th, heading past goalie Oba Augustine after a goalmouth scramble.
Earlier, penalties were required to determine the winner of the Trinity Moka-St Mary’s contest.
Trinity Moka were rewarded with successful spot-kicks from Desean Bowen, Saleem Henry, Isaiah Alexander, Zaki Skinner and Temesgen Tezera. Scoring for St Mary’s were Mattheaus Granger, Elijah Joseph, Nathan Harte and A Van Low. Carapichaima East and Gasparillo progressed to the Central Zonal Final after comfortable victories over Presentation Chaguanas and Chaguanas North in their respective semis.
In the latter fixture, Carapichaima got two goals from Mikel Alexander and one apiece from Theophilus Borde, Josiah King and Brandon St Clair, as they trounced Presentation Chaguanas 5-0. Earlier at Couva, Gasparillo brushed aside Chaguanas North 4-0.
The Central Zonal Final will be contested at the Ato Boldon Stadium next Tuesday.
Intercol action will resume tomorrow with the first Zonal Final on the agenda.
SSFL Premiership winners Shiva Boys will square off against Presentation San Fernando in the South Zonal Final, at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella, from 3.30 pm.
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Henry doubles up on Bishop’s.
By Rachael Thomspon-King (Guardian).
Henry netted a double which aided in St Augustine Secondary copping the Shell/First Citizens Girls Intercol East Zone title at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, Arima, yesterday. The Green Machine sealed a 3-1 victory on penalty kicks over Bishop’s Anstey East after the scores were tied 2-2 at the end of regulation and extra time.
It was an unfortunate outcome for the Bishop’s unit, which scored first, thanks to Jalene Sobers. She hit the back of the net in the 10th minute to give her team the lead. Her teammate Jaasiel Forde doubled that advantage six minutes later, to put Bishop’s ahead 2-0.
Henry featured next and she was able to place the ball past the Bishop’s keeper in the 27th from the penalty spot as “Gustine” battled to make a comeback. However the scores remained unchanged at 2-1, at the close of the first half.
On the resumption, neither team could find the net and Bishop’s looked set to pull off the win. That was until Henry came good once again and netted the lone goal of the session, levelling the scores at 2. There was no changes at the end of regulation and during extra time.
Penalties seperated the two teams with St Augustine connecting three compared to Bishop’s one.
The Gustine team now awaits the winner of the North Zone final between, Diego Martin Central and Bishop’s Anstey Port-of-Spain which is set for Sunday at 3.30 pm. On that day also, Signal Hill will challenge Mason Hall for the Tobago Intercol crown at the same time.
Crystal Toney led Mason Hall into the title match, notching four goals to guide her team to a 5-0 win. In the other semifinal, Avonell Loraine hit three items to see Signal Hill to victory, by the same margin.
In South semifinals, defending girls Intercol champion Fyzabad Secondary will meet Pleasantville Secondary after both claimed huge victories against San Fernando East and St Joseph’s Convent, respectively. Fyzabad scored a 7-0 win while Pleasantville eased to a 15-0 triumph.
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Shiva Boys, Pres clash for South InterCol title
T&T Guardian
Shiva Boys Hindu College, newly crowned Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division champions will look to add another title to its coffers when it faces Presentation College of San Fernando in the South Zone Coca-Cola Inter-Col final at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella from 3.30 pm, this afternoon.
It will be the second meeting between both schools this season, after Shiva Boys opened its Premier Division campaign with a 3-1 win at Irwin Park Recreation Ground, Siparia in September.
Led by the attacking players Tyrell Emmanuel, Junior Assoon, Aaron Rodney, his older brother Quinn Rodney, Judah Garcia, and with national Under-20 goalkeeper Denzil James between the uprights, Shiva Boys will no doubt start as firm favourites.
But coach Hayden Ryan who led the Penal-based school to its first national title last month will be well aware of his opponents quest to avenge a league defeat.
Shiva Boys kicked off their zonal Inter-Col campaign with a 3-0 defeat of St Benedict’s College and then pipped Fyzabad Secondary 1-0 in their semifinal courtesy a late strike from Aaron Rodney.
And looking ahead to the final, team manager Sheldon Maharaj said his technical staff and players are all focus on the task ahead.
“We know that every team will be coming at us hard as we are the new Premier Division champions and we will be ready for that.
“Presentation has been a consistent team throughout the season and coming off a win against Naparima College, they are expected to be on a high, but we are confident as well.
Going into the match, Maharaj said a few players who were nursing injuries should be able to make the grade.
He added, “Tyrell Emmanuel missed the match against Fyzabad but should be available along with Garcia, who returned from the Digicel Kick Stars Mancehster City with a knock as well.
One player who is certain to miss the match according to Maharaj is Under-16 stand-out Ronald Charles, who suffered a broken leg in an Under-16 SSFL Division match versus Naparima on Tuesday.
“Charles is done for the season and it will be added motivation for us to go out and win it for him as well,” ended Maharaj.
Presentation was runner-up to Naparima College in the South Zone Inter-Col final last year and also ended this year’s Premier Division as second placed finishers behind Shiva Boys.
However, in this year’s zonal Inter-Col semifinal, Presentation exacted revenge on Naparima with a 4-2 penalty kicks win after a 0-0 draw and team manager Anrde Benjamin said his team has been boosted by that win.
“We had a relative good league campaign and to end our two-year winless drought against Naparima in the semifinal was a great boost to the team,” said Benjamin.
“Shiva Boys got the better of us in the opening match of the season, but as a team we are very eager to go a step further than we did last season and we are very confident that we have the quality in our team to do so,” added Benjamin.
For today’s final, Benjamin and coach Shawn Cooper will have the services of three of its national players available team captain Kareem Riley, Nion Lammy and Jerren Jackie while Kori Cupid missed out through injury.
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WATCH: After a thrilling 2-2 draw in regulation time, Presentation College San Fernando claims the South Zone Intercol title by beating Shiva Boys 2-1 on penalty kicks.
https://www.youtube.com/v/rLsrN44PGj0
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Congrats to the South Zone champions!
Regarding the penalties: 2-1??
In several recent matches, at all levels locally, the penalty kicking has been woeful. Whaitis really going on?
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Gray comes up big as Pres takes South Inter-Col title.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Goalkeeper Jabari Gray made two saves in the penalty-kicks shoot-out as Presentation College of San Fernando went a step further than last year by lifting the South Zone Secondary Schools Football League Coca-Cola Inter-Col crown with a 2-1 win over Shiva Boys Hindu College at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, yesterday, from the penalty spot.
This after both teams played out a pulsating 2-2 draw in regulation-time with Shiva Boys, the newly crowned Premier Division champions twice coming from behind.
Runners-up to Naparima College last year in the zonal Inter-Col final and this year in the Premier Division league, Presentation College was first to strike in the ninth minute when a left-footed right-sided free-kick taken by Terrell Williams , managed to sneak under a weak attempt at a save from Shiva Boys and national Under-20 goalkeeper Denzil Smith.
However, on the half-hour mark, Shiva Boys drew level when Judah Garcia played in Tyrell Baptiste on the right side of the Presentation 18-yard-box, and without hesistation te latter blasted past goalkeeper Gray and into the far corner.
Three minutes before the half-time whistle, Baptiste almost put Shiva Boys ahead, but with Gray off his line, the Shiva Boys striker hesitated and allowed the Presentation defence to retreat and clear away the attempt.
On the resumption, bot h teams started brightly with Shiva Boys again coming close through Ronaldo Edwards, with a right footer on a break-away which skimmed the cross-bar.
However, Presentation College, beaten 3-1 by Shiva Boys in the opening match of the league season looked to have steal a late winner, when Nion Lammy found some space in the 18-yard box, and on his favoured left foot, hammered past Smith into the roof of the net to spark of wild celebrations among the supporters who included President, His Excellency Anthony Carmona.
But there was still a late twist to the the contest as directly from the restart, Shiva Boys captain Tyrell “Pappy” Emmanuel unleashed a ‘hail Mary” attempt from on the half-line which caught Gray off his line to tie up the scores at 2-2, silencing the Presentation supporters while sending the Shiva Boys “posse” into a frenzy and the match into penalty-kicks.
What was briefly celebration for Shiva Boys soon turned to a somber mood as key players, Quinn Rodney, Baptiste and Shaquille Williams all saw their efforts come back off the cross-bar and post respectively, while Jordan Riley and Darnell Hospedales scored for Presentation with Kareem Riley having his attempt saved.
Emmanuel then kept Shiva Boys in the match by converting the fourth attempt and his team’s first while Lammy turned villain by skying his attempt high overbar with victory within grasp.
It was now left up to Yohannes Richardson to keep Shiva Boys in the match, but Gray was up to the task and moved low to his left to pull off the save and with it, victory for the Shawn Cooper-coached Presentation squad, on Presentation College Day, a perfect gift to the school.
With the win, Presentation also advanced to the national semifinal against the winner of the quarterfinal encounter between the Tobago and Central Zone Inter-Col champions, while the North and East Inter-Col champions face off in the other national semifinal.
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‘Pres’ claim South Inter-Col title.
By Donstan Bonn (Express).
Yesterday’s Coca-Cola South Zone InterCol final between Shiva Boys Hindu College and Presentation College San Fernando (Pres) was expected to be a very tight contest. In the end it took kicks from the penalty spot to hand ‘Pres’ a 2-1 margin victory after the teams battled to an exciting 2-2 draw in regulation time.
The atmosphere at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella was reminiscent of a World Cup qualifying match at the Hasely Crawford Stadium and Shiva, who were seeking to add the Intercol title to their Premier Division crown, threatened early through Quinn Rodney who flicked over the head of Mylz Barrington in the third minute to get on the edge of the 18-metre box before being fouled.
However, Pres would settle quickly and gradually start to dominate possession with star midfielder and captain Kareem Riley orchestrating their attacks in tandem with Darnell Hospedales and Jordan Riley.
Pres made their aggression pay in the ninth minute when Terrell Williams curled a 20-metre free kick past goalkeeper Denzil Smith to give them the lead and make up for the one he sent wide off a foul on Hospedales two minutes earlier.
Tyrel Baptiste almost drew Shiva level six minutes on when he chipped Jabari Gray in goal for Pres, only for the ball to drop onto the top of the crossbar and out of play.
But Pres responded with two chances of their own; first Riley (K) played James Lee Yaw played in but his weak back-heeled effort was cleared by the defence and then Riley had a searing right-footed drive from 20 metres out push brilliant over by Smith, who injured himself in the process, causing an eight minute stop to proceedings while he received medical attention.
With Pres dominating possession and their supporters chanting, Let’s go Riley, let’s go, in support of their captain, Shiva would draw level on the half hour mark against the run of play. Judah Gracia found himself in space on the edge of the area and picked out an unmarked Baptiste, who easily beat Gray with an angled shot to the bottom right corner of goal.
The end to end action continued with Smith tipping away a left side corner in the 40th minute, while Gray did well to deny Baptiste in the 43rd, coming off his line to narrow angle before getting his finger to the shot to nullify the attack.
Having gone into the break on level terms, Shiva began to see more of the ball in the second half and should have taken the lead in the 56th minute. Rodney did well on the left flank to get around Shirwin Noel and deliver a pinpoint cross to Ronaldo Edwards, who shot over from on the edge of the six-metre box. And in an immediate counter attack Pres was denied by Smith, who got down low to his right to reel in a Riley (K) shot after the midfielder was found with yards of space by Riley (J).
Both team began to show signs of weariness in the final 10 minutes, with their passing becoming erratic while several players began cramping up, so when Lammy unleashed a powerful left-footer that beat Smith at his near post in the 90th minute, after he was played in by Juaval Roberts, Pres thought they had the game won. But Shiva responded immediately.
Tyrel Emmanuel spotted Gray off his line and sent a high, arching shot from within his own half of the field that eluded the back-peddling goalkeeper to land at the back of the net to spark a deafening roar from the stands and chants of “Let’s go Shiva, let’s go.
With the final whistle coming with the team locked on two goals apiece, the match went to kicks from the penalty spot to decide a winner. And it was here that Shiva imploded. Their first three kicker all failed to find the target as Rodney struck the crossbar, Baptiste struck the upright and Shaquille Williams shot overbar, while Riley (J) and Hosepdales converted for Pres.
And although Emmanuel beat Gray to keep Shiva alive, the shot blocker got it right when he went to his left to punch away Yohannes Richardson’s effort to give Pres the win. In the end coach Sean Cooper’s pre-match prediction that “lightning doesn’t strike the same place on different days”, in reference to Pres’ 3-1 loss to Shiva early in the season, proved right.
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Champs Fyzabad and Pleasantville chase girls Intercol honours
By Rachael Thomspon-King (T&T Guardian)
Fyzabad Secondary will have a fight on its hands when the defending national and south Intercol champion tackles Pleasantville Secondary in the Shell/First Citizen Girls’ Intercol South Zone final at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella this afternoon from 3 pm. It is one of three title matches that will be decided this afternoon.
In the North, Diego Martin Central and Bishop’s Anstey Port-of-Spain will meet in that finale while, Signal Hill Secondary will be challenged by Mason Hall Secondary at the Dwight Yorke Stadium for the Tobago crown.
Led by a double each from Shanaqua Lewis in 14th and 78th minutes and Raenique Primus, who netted in 36th and 76th, Fyzabad easily got by San Fernando East 7-0 on Thursday at the same venue, to reach the final. Kadean Louison (4th), Tracy Smith (11th), and Donansa Osbourne (34th) were the other goal scorers for the winner.
Fyzabad’s opponent, Pleasantville, progressed after blowing out St Joseph Convent, 15-0 in the second match of the double-header.
Shenieka Paul starred in that affair, lighting up the net with eight goals coming in the 12th, 25th, 28th, 36th, 40th, 44th, 63rd and 67th. Faith Coombs (23rd, 38th) and Samantha Dyer (36th,59th) put a pair of goals apiece in the one-sided affair.
Last Thursday, St Augustine Secondary booked its spot in the national quarterfinals after being crowned the East Zone champion, sealing a 3-1 victory on penalty kicks over Bishop’s Anstey East after the scores were tied 2-2 at the end of regulation and extra time at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, Arima.
The quarterfinals are set to kick off on Thursday.
Thursday’s Results
Girls Intercol (East Final)
St Augustine 2 (Kelsey Henry 27th penalty, 68th) vs Bishops’ Anstey 2 (Jalene Sobers 10th, Jaasiel forde 16th). St Agustine won 3-1 on penalty kicks.
South semifinal
Fyzabad Secondary 7 (Kadean Louison 4th, Tracy Smith 11th, Shanaqua Lewis 14th,78th, Donansa Osbourne 34th, Raenique Primus 36th,76th) vs San F’do East 0.
Pleasantville Secondary 15 (Shenieka Paul 12th, 25th, 28th, 36th, 40th, 44th, 63rd, 67th, Faith Coombs 23rd, 38th Samantha Dyer 36th/59th, Shawnelle Rose 37th, Hope Coombs 43rd Aaliyah Pascal 50th) vs St Joseph Convent 0
Today’s finals
Tobago
Signal Hill Secondary vs Mason Hall Sec, Dwight Yorke Stadium, 3.30pm
South
Fyzabad Secondary vs Pleasantville Sec, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, 3.30pm
North
Diego Martin Central vs Bishop’s Anstey Port-of-Spain,
St Mary’s ground, 3.30 pm
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Tobago Zone SSFL
Sunday 20th November
GIRLS INTERCOL FINAL.
4 Signal Hill Secondary vs Mason Hall Secondary 2 (Signal HIll are 2016 Tobago Zone Girls Intercol champions)
Monday 21st November
Both matches to be played at Dwight Yorke Stadium
U14 Knock Out Final. 1:30pm Kick off
Bishop's High vs Speyside High
BOYS INTERCOL FINAL. 3pm Kick off
Signal Hill Secondary vs Speyside High
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Green Machine, San Juan clash in ‘derby’
By Mark Pouchet (Express).
San Juan North Secondary’s coach Jerry Moe has referred to it as the “Derby of the East” when his team faces St Augustine Secondary, aka the “Green Machine”, today in the Coca-Cola InterCol East Zone final from 3.30 pm at the Larry Gomes Stadium, in Malabar.
San Juan’s path to the zonal final came through Trinity College East, who they defeated 2-1 in the semi-finals. The Green Machine, rolling along with 12 goals in their last two games, easily defeated Valencia Secondary 4-1 to take the other berth.
For coach Moe, it will be a battle of two teams with a rivalry rooted in history and two sides that are adapting to a changing football landscape.
“Both teams are going through a transition phase,” he said, explaining that the two teams had lost key staff and players from the previous season. “So, the key will be the players who have the confidence and who play with commitment and passion on the day. I think the team that does that will be successful.”
Comparing the rivalry to that of a Manchester (United/City) derby in the English Premier League, Moe said the mental aspect of the game will be more important than strategic considerations. “It is about more than just tactics or strategy,” he told the Express. “What is necessary is the right mindset that will overcome all of the technical ability of one of the closest rivalries in schools football since the 1980s.”
“We have a lot of good players, some of them with nicks and knocks who have carried this team. But what is important is that they have the right attitude going into the final and don’t let the occasion get the better of them,” Moe concluded.
Green Machine coach Adrian Romain has a slightly different view of how the final will pan out. He believes his team’s cohesion and dependability will form the basis of a winning approach and result. “My team’s strength is that they are a disciplined unit; a hard-working young team, very young but at the end of the day, they will execute the coach’s plan, whatever plan I put out on Monday, like they have done all season,” Romain said.
“So we will be playing attacking... and we will be entertaining, but the main objective is we would love to win the title,” Romain said, adding his charges need to dig deep, play with full concentration for 90 minutes, and score all the chances that come their way.
“We beat them 1-0 during the league so we know they will be coming for revenge...but we are upbeat about our chances and looking forward to the final.”
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WATCH: San Juan North Secondary edge St. Augustine Secondary 2-1 to win the 2016 East Zone Intercol title
https://www.youtube.com/v/IcJIio5NN74
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Tobago Zone SSFL Champions
Girls League Champs - Signal Hill Secondary School
Girls Intercol Champs - Signal Hill Secondary School (beat Mason Hall Secondary 4-2 in the final)
U14 League Champs - Speyside High School
U14 Knock Out Champs - Bishop's High School (beat Speyside High 1-0 in the final)
U16 League Champs - Signal Hill Secondary School
U19 League Champs - Speyside High School
U19 Intercol Champs - Signal Hill Secondary School (beat Speyside High 7-6 on penalties, 0-0 full time)
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Fyzabad retains South Girls Inter-Col on penalties.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Both teams were locked at 1-1 at the end of regulation time with Kadean Louison scoring for Fyzabad while Shenieka Paul was on target for Pleasantville to send the match into the dreaded penalty kicks shootout where Aaliyah Pascal was the villain for Pleasantville.
In the North, Bishop’s Anstey Port-of-Spain also needed kicks from the penalty spot to beat Diego Martin Central 4-3 after a pulsating 3-3 draw at St Mary’s College ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair.
Bishop’s Anstey opened the scoring through Leah Dos Santos but Diego Martin hit back with items from Breanna George and Alizza Mc Cutcheon to lead 2-1 at the half-time whistle.
In the second-half, Kiana Alexander drew Bishop’s level only for Mc Cutcheon to restore Diego Martin’s lead at 3-2.
Faced with defeat, Bishop’s Anstey then got another equaliser from former national Under-17 player Ranae Ward to level the score at 3-3 and send the match into penalty kicks, where the Brian Smith-coached school came away the winner, with Ward scoring the decisive penalty kick.
Over in Tobago, Asha James was the star of the show with a hat-trick to lead Signal Hill Secondary Secondary past Mason Hall 4-2.
James netted in the 28th, 30th and 60th minutes after Avonelle Loraine had opened the scoring in the 14th for Signal Hill at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet.
However, Loraine’s sister, Celine in the 14th and Crystal Toney, on the stroke of half-time tried their best to keep Mason Hall in the match with goals of their own, only to be outclassed in the end. In the national semifinal, St Augustine Secondary which won the East Inter-Col on Thursday will face Bishop’s Anstey (PoS) on Sunday at Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, while national champion Fyzabad awaits the winner of the quarterfinal between Signal Hill and Carapichaima East at Marabella, also on Sunday.
The quarterfinal between Signal Hill and Carapichaima East takes place on Thursday at Dwight Yorke Stadium from 3.3 pm.
The national final takes place on December 2.
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Three crowned in girls zonal InterCol.
T&T Express Reports.
Signal Hill Secondary, Fyzabad Secondary and Bishop Anstey High School were all crowned champions of Girls InterCol when three zonal finals of the Shell/First Citizens competition were contested on Sunday.
In Tobago, a hat-trick by Asha James led Signal Hill to a 4-2 victory over Mason Hall Secondary at Mt Pleasant.
The game was evenly poised at 1-1 after Mason Hall's Celine Laraine had levelled the scores in the 16th minute, following Avonelle Loraine's 14th minute opener for Signal Hill. But then James got the bulk of her hat-trick in a three-minute spell between the 28th and 30th minutes to put Signal Hill up 3-1 by half time.
And although Crystal Toney gave Mason Hall hope by pulling one back in the 45th minute, James killed off the match with her third goal in the 60th.
Out at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella, however, it took kicks from the penalty spot to separate Fyzabad and Pleasantville Secondary, with Fyzabad prevailing for the South Zone title 5-4 after the teams had been deadlocked at 1-1 after regulation time.
Penalties were also needed at St Mary's Ground in St Clair for Bishop Anstey PoS to clinch the North Zone crown after they and Diego Martin Central Secondary had battled to a 3-3 draw in normal time.
But the Bishop girls prevailed 4-3 in the spot kicks. The competition will now move on to a national quarter-finals on Thursday when Signal Hill take on Central Zone winners Carapichaima East.
Results:
Sunday (Tobago Zone)
Signal Hill 4 (Avonelle Loraine 14th, Asha James 28'30'60') vs Mason Hall 2 (Celine Laraine 16' Crystal Toney 45')
(South Zone)
Fyzabad 1 (Shenieka Paul) vs Pleasantville Sec 1 (Kadean Louison)
Fyzabad won 5-4 on kicks from the penalty spot
(North Zone)
Diego Martin Central 3 vs Bishop Anstey PoS 3
Bishop Anstey won 4-3 on kicks from the penalty spot.
Upcoming fixtures
Thursday (National quarter-final)
Signal Hill vs Carapichaima East, 3.30 pm (Venue to be announced)
Sunday (National semi-finals)
St Augustine vs Bishop Anstey, Larry Gomes Stadium, 3.30pm
Fyzabad vs Signal Hill/Carapichaima East, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, 3.30 pm
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Members of the victorious Bishop’s Anstey High School (PoS) celebrate after capturing the Shell/First Citizen North Zone Secondary Schools Football League Girls’ Inter-Col title at St Mary’s College Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair on Sunday. Bishop’s Anstey won 4-3 on penalty-kicks after a 3-3 draw with Diego Martin Central Secondary.
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Semper leads San Juan to East title.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
National Under-17 midfielder Brandon Semper scored a pair of late goals to lead San Juan North Secondary to a come-from-behind 2-1 defeat of St Augustine Secondary School in their Secondary Schools Football League East Zone Coca-Cola Inter-Col final yesterday.
With the win at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, San Juan North advanced to the National smeifinal against the winner of Friday’s North Zone final between defending champions, St Anthony’s College and Trinity College of Moka.
However, yesterday it was St Augustine Secondary. which won its Premier Division league meeting with San Juan North 1-0 which did the early running and took the lead courtesy Kendall Hitlal in the 14th.
St Augustine managed to hold onto its advantage until 13 minute from the final whistle when Semper got his team on level terms, before he completed the turn-around four minutes from full-time to snatch victory.
Over at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, Tobago, Signal Hill survived a tense battle with Speyside to come away with a 7-6 sudden-death win after 18 penalty-kicks.
The hero for Signal Hill was goalkeeper Jerry Fermin who saved Lyndon Johnson’s eight attempt for Speyside.
Both teams earlier battled to a 0-0 draw at the end of 90-minutes of regulation-time while they ended the first round of five penalty-kicks apiece at 4-4.
In the shoot-out, Speyside twice had chances to take the title, however it failed to capitalised on missed penalties by Signal Hill’s Che Richards and Nathan Cadiz.
However, Speyside muffed its own through Shashfie Mc Kenzie and Kellis Coker to prolong the contest, before coming up short, as Signal Hill booked a national quarterfinal with Carapichaima East Secondary.
At the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, perennial zonal champions Carapichaima East crushed Gasparillo Secondary 5-0 led by a double from Theophilus Bourne in the 29th and 75th minutes.
The trio of Daniel Pascall (22nd), Elijah King (78th) and Akeem Allert (82nd) chipped in with one each for the winners.
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San Juan’s Semper stops ‘Machine’ in East final.
By Mark Pouchet (Express).
San Juan North Secondary's Brandon Semper's tenacious play and two technically-sound goals in the last 12 minutes, secured his team the Coca-Cola InterCol East Zone title with a 2-1 come-from-behind win over St Augustine Secondary yesterday.
At the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, students swarmed the field at the final blast of referee's Gregory Lewis's whistle that marked the conclusion of a remarkable San Juan fightback after the team from Bourg Mulatresse overcame a 14th minute goal from the St Augustine's skilful forward Kendell Hitlal, who had tapped home from a left-side square ball.
The workman-like effort of San Juan's most influential player set the tone for a team that was always playing catch-up after the quarter-hour mark. And that tone unfortunately contrasted with some complacency from the “Green Machine” boys from Warren Street, who appeared to attempt to run out the clock, especially in the second half.
To be sure, Semper connecting with Renaldo Boyce and Tyrell Cameron in attacking forays that constantly kept St Augustine fullback Nykoaba James' defence active, had earlier chances to bring things level, including a 20th minute shot in the penalty area from Boyce; a 36th minute near-range effort, which was the second in quick succession. It was blocked by Green Machine custodian Yannick Gamildo after he had also turned back Cameron's close-range shot and a 58th minute effort just left of his left upright.
But Semper's inspiring work rate that saw him sprinting back to defend and making surging runs into attack throughout the game, would eventually prove the difference between the two teams. Semper took a 78th minute right side corner that was so well-placed that it curled directly into far upper corner and signalled the San Juan comeback.
Then with the momentum having swung in their direction, Semper sealed St Augustine's fate with an 86th minute low drive from 20 metres at the top of the “D” to Grimaldo's left, after the Machine's Rayhan Phillip had bungled a clearance in the last third. By that time, St Augustine were ruing the opportunities created by their dangerous attackers that didn't find the target.
Hitlal's 50th minute snapshot from inside the 18-metre box from a Akeem Hosten square pass went sailing inches overbars when he was granted acres of space. There was also the uncontrollable 74th minute blast inside the box from the penetrative and incisive Rahim Gordon who had replaced Hitlal in the 55th.
But the desperation of being one-down and the reality of time winding down probably gave Semper and his team more urgency in the second half. A mindset that proved a winning one yesterday.
Yesterday's Coca-Cola Inter-Col scores:
East Zone final
San Juan North 2 (Brandon Semper 2) vs St Augustine 1 (Kendell Hitlal)
Central Zone final
Carapichaima 5 (Theophilus Bourne 2, Daniel Pascal, Elijah King, Akiem Albert) vs Gasparillo 0
Tobago Zone final
Signal 0 vs Speyside 0
(Signal Hill won 7-6 on kicks from the penalty spot)
(http://www.trinidadexpress.com/storyimage/TT/20161121/SPORTS/161129912/AR/0/AR-161129912.jpg)
EAST CHAMPIONS!: San Juan North Secondary’s Brandon Semper holds aloft the Coca-Cola InterCol East Zone trophy after his team defeated St Augustine Secondary 2-1 at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, yesterday.
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WATCH: Carapichaima East Secondary cops the 2016 Central Zone Intercol title after whipping Gasparillo Secondary 5-0.
https://www.youtube.com/v/Paq_NUYXe_s
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St. Anthony's Jaydon Prowell
https://www.youtube.com/v/QeZeoDD8YCA
Trinity College's Zaki Skinner
https://www.youtube.com/v/cdwHnJ3CMkI
East Mucurapo's Zion McLeod
https://www.youtube.com/v/agv0EJYKf_o
Presentation College's James Alex Lee Yaw
https://www.youtube.com/v/Jm-uADKAawU
Shiva Boys's Tyrell Emmanuel
https://www.youtube.com/v/q6puYjRoSuM
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Trinity tame Tigers, clinch North InterCol
By Roger Seepersad (T&T Express)
Trinity College Moka waited a long time to be back in the final of the Coca-Cola North Zone InterCol, and having reached the championship game against St Anthony’s College in 2016, they made the appearance count.
The “Moka Warriors” tamed the ‘Westmoorings Tigers’ with a nail-biting 5-4 penalty shoot-out win at Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, yesterday after holding the 2015 champions to a 1-1 score line after 90 minutes.
Isaiah McClean shocked the Tigers in the 15th minute to put the Moka side ahead, after a counter-attacking run saw the Trinity number 10 collect the ball in the box before shifting it onto his right foot and burying his shot past the St Anthony’s custodian.
The Tigers came roaring back and created numerous opportunities to score; but a solid Trinity back line defended in numbers and were helped by a bit of luck and a great exhibition of goal-keeping skill from Desean Bowen, who at one stage seemed to be getting more of the ball than his teammates.
He kept out a few shots from Che Benny and a close range header from Kathon St Hillaire as the Tigers unleashed an all-out assault on the Trinity goal in the second half, before finally getting the equaliser through a free-kick from close to the half-line mark from Jules Lee in the 78th.
The Trinity keeper was subsequently replaced by Calib Moore with a view towards a showdown from the penalty spot.
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Congrats to my alma mater Trinty College, best local football news all week :wavetowel:
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What year suckerman?
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What year suckerman?
Wha yuh call me ;D 97 grad. You went to school up in Moka too?
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What year suckerman?
Wha yuh call me ;D 97 grad. You went to school up in Moka too?
:rotfl: pullin yuh leg man :beermug: Nah (blue and yellow alum), but have some brederins who went to school in Moka, but before your time though (early 80s)...
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Smart kicks 'Gustine' girls into finals
By Rachael Thomspon-King (T&T Guardian)
Selene Smart was at her best on Sunday afternoon, netting a hat-trick to send St Augustine Secondary into the national final of the Shell/First Citizen Secondary Schoolgirls Football League, sealing an impressive 7-0 victory over Bishop's Anstey, Port-of-Spain. This was at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, Arima.
The win cemented a spot in the final, which is carded for next Tuesday at a venue still to be announced.
Adanya Phillip started the onslaught with the opening goal in the 20th minute. She returned nine minutes later to complete her double and give her team a 2-0 lead.
Bishop's tried unsuccessfully to make a comeback and sunk to 0-3 after Anais Furguson put another in the net for St Augustine, just before the half-way mark.
On the resumption, it was then all about Smart as pushed her team further ahead with a goal in the 52nd. Sensing Smart's mobility to get through the Bishop's defence, she was set up again and completed in the 56th, to give the "Green Machine" a 5-0 lead.
Smart wasn't done yet and two minutes later connected her third item in the one-sided affair. That was before her team-mate Leah Dos Santos joined in the scoring and netted St Augustine's final item.
Three teams have the possibility of meeting the "Gustine" girls in the title match. The other semifinalist, defending champion Fyzabad Secondary, await the winner of the quarterfinal match between Signal Hill and Carapichaima East, which will do battle tomorrow at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago, from 1.30 pm.
The semifinal is carded for Friday at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella at 1.30 pm.
Sunday's Results
St Augustine 7 (Selene Smart 52nd, 56th, 58th, Adanya Phillip 20th, 29th, Anais Furguson 40th, Leah Dos Sontos 66th) vs Bishop's Anstey 0.
Tomorrow's Matches
National quarterfinal
Signal Hill vs Carapichima East, Dwight Yorke Stadium, 1.30 pm
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Trinity College (Moka) reap rewards of team effort.
By Roger Seepersad (Express).
Trinity College Moka continued to celebrate their triumph in the Coca-Cola Secondary Schools Football League North Zone InterCol yesterday when the school hosted a special assembly to show their appreciation to the Kings in the North.
It has been a long time coming for the “Moka Warriors” and coach Marlon Minguel was full of praise for his men who stuck to their game-plan and pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the season — a 5-4 penalty shoot-out win over last year’s champions, St Anthony’s College.
Minguel said his players were anxious ahead of the clash but were never intimidated by the “Westmoorings Tigers”. In the end, a solid defence and smart counter-attacking play saw the Moka boys hold St Anthony’s 1-1 after 90 minutes, forcing the game to be decided on kicks from the penalty spot. Some nervous moments followed, but Trinity kept their cool to finish the job.
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Girls Intercol Quarter-Final
Signal Hill 12 vs Carapichima East 0
Boys Intercol Quarter-Final
Signal Hill 1 vs Carapichima West 1 (Signal Hill wins 4-2 on penalties)
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Congrats to my Alma mater- A long time coming. Not since Chinapoo/ Veron Skinner did we look like Champions
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Boyce beaver fires San Juan into final
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Striker Renaldo Boyce scored a somewhat controversial beaver-trick as San Juan North Secondary booked a spot in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) National Inter-Col final with a come-from-behind 4-1 win over Trinity College of Moka, yesterday.
With the win at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, the Jerry Moe-coached San Juan North advanced to the national final set for Tuesday against the winner of tomorrow’s other semifinal between Presentation College of San Fernando and Signal Hill Secondary, which takes place at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, from 3.30pm.
At Mucurapo, Trinity Moka was first to strike when a right footed free-kick taken by the lively Saleem Henry on the left side of the San Juan North 18-yard box was turned past his own own goalkeeper Shawndell Byer, by national Under-17 defender Kerdell Sween in the tenth minute.
However, six minutes later, the first bit of strange officiating arosed when Boyce, who appeared to be in an offside position tapped the ball into an open net at the far post, after a long throw-in from Kyle Thomas into the area. The ball fell to a teammate who shot at goal, but Jerome Cyrus fell into his path.
Boyce then had a chance to make it 2-1 in the 29th minute, but after being put through on the left flank, he failed to beat Trinity Moka goalkeeper Desean Bowen with a weak effort.
San Juan North was then reduced to 10 men in the 38th minute when captain Lukeman Brooks was shown a straight red card by referee Cecile Hinds for a two-footed studs-up sliding challenge on a Trinity Moka player near the midfield area.
Despite the man advantage, Trinity Moka failed to take any of the other chances that fell its way in the first-half as both teams went into the dressing room evenly matched at 1-1.
Five minutes after the re-start, Trinity Moka was presented with a golden chance to regain the lead from the penalty-spot by referee Hinds after stand-in captain Thomas was whistled for a handled ball in the area.
However, it was not to be as Henry stepped up and side-footed his attempt wide of the mark to let San Juan North off the hook.
Boyce then had a chance to put San Juan North ahead for the first time in the match in the 52nd, but after robbing goalkeeper Bowen of the ball inside the 18-yard box, he himself was relieved of the ball by the lucky goalkeeper.
But three minutes later Boyce made amends as he latched onto a clever through pass from in his own half, and with Bowen way off his line, he smartly lobbed the ball into an open net for a 2-1 San Juan North lead.
The burly Boyce then completed his hat-trick in the 61st minute, from what looked another clear missed off-side call, after team-mate, Cyrus’ right footed blast ricocheted into play off the cross-bar into his path.
And to put the icing on the victory, Boyce then completed his beaver-trick with another lob finish past an advancing Bowen to seal a well deserved vctory for San Juan North and with it a chance at a second ever National Inter-Col crown.
In yesterday’s other match, Tobago Zone champions, Signal Hill Secondary battled past Central Zone winners, Carapichaima East Secondary 4-2 on penalty-kick after a 1-1 draw at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Quarterfinal
Signal Hill Sec 1 vs Carapichaima East Sec 1 – Signal Hill won 4-2 on penalty-kicks
Semifinals
San Juan North Sec (Renaldo Boyce 16th, 55th, 61st, 87th) vs Trinity College Moka (Kerdell Sween o.g 10th)
San Juan defies Trinity with 10 men
By Nickolai Madray (T&T Newsday)
Renaldo Boyce booked San Juan North Secondary’s spot in the 2016 finals of the Coca Cola National Intercol after netting a beaver-trick in difficult circumstances to register a stunning 4-1 victory over Trinity College at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, yesterday.
San Juan were a goal down and a man down in the first half but Boyce turned things around with a tremendous performance.
The East champions now await the winner of the semifinal involving Presentation College San Fernando and Signal Hill Secondary which is scheduled to kick off tomorrow at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium. Signal Hill got past Carapichaima East 4-2 on penalties yesterday after their quarterfinal game ended 1-1.
Speaking to Newsday after yesterday’s win, Jerry Moe, coach of the San Juan North Secondary team declared: “The team fully deserved the victory as everyone stepped up and played a role in the win today, as well as Boyce came up big and we’re really proud of him.” He warned, however, that while the team could revel in the moment, training resumes today in preparation for the final on Monday.
San Juan will be without their captain Lukeman Brooks for the final, though, after he was shown a straight red card following a dangerous tackle. Elaborating on the impact of missing his skipper for the title match, the coach expressed: “There are 20 something players in the squad and they are trained based on the roles and functions of the positions they play, therefore I am confident the team would be stable and organised for the finals.” Trinity College started the game confident and got the goahead goal in the 10th minute after Saleem Henry’s freekick caused problems for the defence and the ball deflected off the head of San Juan’s Kurdell Sween and ended up in the back of the net. San Juan took five minutes to respond as Kyle Thomas’ shot found a lurking Boyce on the far post as he bundled the ball into the goal even though he looked to be in an offside position.
Trinity College got a numerical advantage as San Juan’s captain was on the receiving end of a straight red in the 38th minute following a rash challenge and apparent words to the female referee. Trinity could have gone ahead after the break as they were awarded a penalty in the 50th minute but it was not meant to be, Saleem Henry’s attempt went well wide of the target as the score remained deadlocked.
After the penalty miss, momentum switched and it was the 10 men - or rather one - from San Juan North who stole the show as Boyce scored a second half hattrick and completed his quadruple to secure the victory. After a long clearance in the 58th, Boyce found himself between two defenders and an onrushing ‘keeper and fired a well-placed shot into the back of the net. Boyce got his third after Jerome Cyrus took a thunderous shot that rebounded off the crossbar and fell directly for the striker to slot home.
However, the man of the match saved his best goal for last as he placed the icing on the victory cake with a delicious lob of Trinity’s keeper, Jaelani Dowers, in the 88th minute to secure the result for San Juan North.
Coach of Trinity College Moka acknowledged the penalty miss as the turning point of the game as well as elementary mistakes in both halves which he felt cost them dearly.
“This is part of life and football as today one team had the desire and passion that was needed to win a game of this magnitude.
We would definitely take this as a learning experience when we prepare for next year’s campaign,”
Boyce scores four on Trinity…Ten-man San Juan North advance to InterCol final
By Garth Wattley (T&T Express)
One goal down, and later one man down; no problem!
Showing the hunger and resilience of InterCol, East Zone champions San Juan North Secondary deservedly booked their place in next week's Coca-Cola National final with a 4-1 beating of North Zone winners Trinity College Moka in a game of incident and irony.
Robust striker Reynaldo Boyce wrapped himself in glory with all four goals for San Juan, who overcame the potentially destabilising loss of their skipper, Lukeman Brooks, after just 38 minutes, to end hopes of a national triumph for Trinity.
The Moka Boys could not have imagined how things would have turned out after they had taken the lead after 10 minutes, San Juan defender Kurdell Sween heading firmly pasty his own goalkeeper from a curling left side Saleem Henry free kick.
But the reality was, while they might have had the more cohesive build-up play and showed more skill in possession, the Trinity attackers lacked end product, which was not the case at all with San Juan's Boyce.
Arms out-stretched, stepping the triumphant steps of a conquering king, he celebrated each goal with aplomb. But his side's success was more about the collective effort than any individual brilliance.
They game changed—in San Juan's favour—once they lost their skipper when referee Cecile Hinds gave him a straight red for “insulting and abusive language” when he responded verbally after she had awarded hand-ball against him. He offered no protest as he made the long trek across the field to the dressing rooms. But at least his side had already restored parity. Boyce had done so five minutes after the Trinity goal when he side-footed into an open net from close range after a ball floated in from the right side was not dealt with by the Trinity defence.
Defensive errors would be the story of the afternoon for Trinity. Goalkeeper Desean Bowen, in particular, had a painful time.
After San Juan had got to half time still level, they turned up the heat on Trinity and their keeper in the second period. Refusing to go on the defensive, they did just the opposite, being more aggressive and putting pressure on the Trinity defence and Bowen, who had shown a penchant for drifting out of his penalty area.
And calamity struck for Trinity 12 minutes after the break when Boyce won his challenge on the last defender, and with Bowen well outside the 18-yard box, lifted the ball some 20 metres into an empty net.
Trinity coach Marlon Minguel would have stressed defensive concentration and discipline to his charges pre-game. But the Trinity plans fell further to pieces in the 63rd minute when, totally unmarked, Boyce had the simple task of tapping into an empty net after Jerome Cyrus' rocket of a drive cannoned off the cross bar and straight to him, with the keeper again gone missing.
And custodian Bowen's difficult day was completed when he found himself stranded again outside the area in the 88th minute and Boyce calmly booted the ball home.
The quiet San Juan supporters, outnumbered on the day, had by then made themselves more visible at the front of the covered stand of the Hasely Crawford Stadium. They were there to celebrate a victory in style, over adversity.
In other Boys InterCol action yesterday, Tobago champs Signal Hill Secondary reached the semi-finals when they beat Central Zone winners Carapichaima Secondary 4-2 on kicks from the penalty mark, following a 1-1 stalemate in normal time at the Dwight Yorke Stadium.
They will now face Presentation College San Fernando at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium tomorrow.
Also at Manny Ramjohn tomorrow, the Signal Hill girls will play Fyzabad Secondary in a national semi-final, this after drubbing Carapicahma 12-0 at the Dwight Yorke.
Results (Coca-Cola Boys InterCol)
National quarter-final
Signal Hill 1 Carapichaima 1 (Signal Hill won 4-2 on kicks from the penalty mark)
National semi-final
San Juan North 4 (Reynaldo Boyce 4) Trinity Moka 1 (Kurdell Sween o.g.)
https://www.youtube.com/v/1IoTqFuOvTU
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‘Pres’ moves into InterCol finals.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Presentation College, San Fernando booked its place in the Coca Cola National Schools InterCol final by beating Signal Hill Secondary School 5-3 on penalties at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, yesterday.
The game went to penalties after the regulation play ended 1-1. The San Fernando boys got the opener when Matthew Joseph fired them in front in the 80th minute. However, the team from the sister-isle equalised from Ronaldo Samuel six minutes later. Presentation them scored all five kicks and watched their goalkeeper save two from Signal Hill to guide them to the victory.
With the victory ‘Pres’ will now face San Juan North Secondary, which thrashed Trinity College (Moka) 4-0 in the semi-final on Tuesday last at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo.
Fyzabad also turned back Signal Hill
Meanwhile, Deneicia Prince reigned on the field for Fyzabad Secondary, netting a double to guide her team to a 2-1 victory over Signal Hill in the Girls semi-final of the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Girls League in an earlier game at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium.
The win assured them a place in Tuesday’s final against St Augustine Secondary at the same venue from 1.30pm. The St Augustine girls cruised to the final with a 7-0 drubbing of Bishops Anstey High School, Port of Spain in the other semi-final last week, while Signal Hill progressed from the quarterfinal that same day by hammering Carapichaima Secondary 12-0 at Bacolet, Tobago.
Yesterday however Prince turned the match into her own show by first opening the scoring after just eight minutes. But Asha James put Signal Hill back on level terms when she found the nets in the 56th minute. Eleven minutes later however, Prince got the winner to put her team in line for another major title for the season.
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WATCH: St. Augustine Secondary secured the 2016 Girls National Intercol title with a 3-2 win over Fyzabad Secondary
https://www.youtube.com/v/mlKv_ou6_mI
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Naps edge out San Juan in Big 4 semis
By Donstan Bonn (T&T Express)
Naparima College advanced to Monday’s Secondary Schools Football League Big Four Super Cup final when they defeated 2016 Inter-Col champions San Juan North Secondary 1-0 in the first semi-final fixture at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, yesterday.
Naps enjoyed the better of the exchanges and should have run out comfortable winners if not for several glaring misses, but defender Shadeon Arthur spared their blushes when he chipped San Juan custodian Shawndell Byer from 30 metres out in the 72nd minute.
The opening 20 minutes did not produce any excitement as the players experienced some difficulty in keeping their footing on a surface made slippery by mid-morning rain. But a minute on, Naparima’s Rondell Payne had a free header off a Justin Sadoo right side corner, which he placed over the crossbar.
Naps’ right winger Ronaldo McIntosh came close in the 25th minute when he raced into the area and sent a curling shot at goal, but he failed to keep it down. And five minutes later, captain Shane Sandy placed his free kick into the wall after Renaldo Francois was heavily body-checked just outside the area by Kyle Thomas.
Naps continued to dominate; Francois bore down on goal in the 33rd minute after exchanging quick, short passes on the left with defender Khris Stroud, but Byer was equal to the task, coming up with a sharp save at his near post.
At the other end, Renaldo Boyce got in behind Naps’ defence; however, an alert Levi Hernandez was quick to come off his line to avert the danger. And midfielder Josiah Baird had his 41st minute effort partially blocked, while his header off the rebound was easily collect by Fernandez.
Naparima did not capitalise on the possession advantage they enjoyed in the first 45 minutes and had to settle with going in at the break without getting off the mark.
San Juan opened the second half with winger Jerome Cyrus skipping the tackle of Sadoo on the right of the 18-metre box and whipping the ball across the face of the goal, but the Naps defence came up with possession.
Naparima injected a bit of tempo into the match but erratic passing and poor finishing haunted them, with striker Isaiah Lee being most guilty.
He shot wide from close range in the 47th minute when he had the lone figure of Byer standing between him and goal; placed his 55th minute header wide of the upright with Byer poorly positioned, after being picked out by Stroud following an enterprising run on the left; and four minutes later, he failed to beat Byer, who pulled off a low left-handed save, after a nice run off the ball got him into a goal scoring position.
When Naps finally scored, the goal came from a most unlikely source. Arthur received the ball off a Sadoo corner and, observing Byer off his line, he struck a high, looping shot that sailed over the head of the custodian to settle at the back of the net.
Naps’ joy of getting the go-ahead item was temporarily deflated when referee Nikolai Nyron blew his whistle for a 75th minute foul just inside the area on Nathaniel Perouse and pointed to the penalty spot.
San Juan’s Inter-Col hero Brandon Semper stepped up for the spot kick and after several stutter steps he placed his shot over the bar, to the dismay of his teammates, but to Naparima’s relief.
In the final 10 minutes, McIntosh and Sandy had shots on goal for Naparima but Byer snuffed out McIntosh’s attempt while the one from Sandy angled wide.
Had Naps been more clinical in front of goal the margin of victory could have been significantly greater.
They will face Presentation College San Fernando in Monday’s final in what will be an all-south affair, after Pres came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw before going on to win 5-3 on kicks from the penalty spot.
Monday’s final is carded for 4.10 p.m. at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
Results
Naparima College 1 (S. Arthur 72) vs San Juan North Secondary 0
Shiva Boys Hindu College 1 (S. Williams 45+3) vs Presentation College San Fernando 1 (J. Riley 85) –
Presentation won 5-3 on penalties.
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WATCH: Naparima College defeats Presentation College 2-1 to lift the Digicel Play Cup trophy.
https://www.youtube.com/v/mOfPFKAwAV8
https://www.youtube.com/v/aM6gZUeqehw
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‘Tigers’ Anatol fiesta tomorrow; Grovey says goodbye
T&T Guardian
This year’s staging of the St Anthony’s College “Tigers” Martin Anatol memorial football fiesta at Morne Coco Road, Westmoorings from 5pm will be one of a kind.
This as the fiesta which has been held yearly since the 1990s to celebrate the life of former college football team captain, Anotol will also celebrate the farewell for long-serving school Physical Educational Teacher, Nigel “Grovey” Grosvenor.
In a release from Grosvenor, it stated: This memorial has been going on for about 20 years, and started with the untimely death of our dear colleague and friend Anatol.
“We have managed to stay together throughout the years especially at our Christmas Lime and on Saturday December 17, this one though is special to me as it is my last as a teacher at St Anthony’s College. Yes I have the pleasure of teaching and coaching you all over the period of 33 years, and now the Ministry of Education has said it’s time to leave.
Being his final time the event will be hosted while he is a teacher at the institution, Grosvenor said he would truely love to see each and everyone of his former players, colleagues, friends and all well-wishers on Saturday, to see you play football, lime and for some good ole picong, not to forget the drinking part. All persons are being asked to contribute $100.00
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President Carmona meet Intercol champs San Juan North
By Jelani Beckles (T&T Newsday)
AFTER losing six straight matches in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division earlier this season, many may not have thought that the San Juan North football team would be visiting the President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona after being crowned Intercol champions.
Yesterday members of San Juan North, including coaching staff and other school officials were honoured by Carmona at the Office of the President in St Ann’s. San Juan North were crowned Intercol champions on December 6 when they defeated Presentation College San Fernando 1-0. San Juan North’s visit follows the visit Shiva Boys made on November 1 after winning the Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division competition.
San Juan North were the unlikely winners in the Coca Cola Boys Intercol competition as they just survived relegation in the Premier League earlier this season. San Juan North finished 12th among the 15 teams in the Premier League avoiding relegation as the bottom three teams fell to the Championship division.
Carmona in his address to the players said, “let that trophy inspire you all individually for the rest of your lives knowing fully well that as a team collectively and individually that we can succeed and that we rise to excellence.” Carmona told the players that they are talented and have the ability to make it to the next level.
“It is indeed a great moment that I am in the presence of potential international footballers because I indicated to (your) captain just a while ago that I feel that there is a need for us to increase our vision in terms of where our next top footballer is going to come from. I am convinced that the senior national coach of the TT team must begin to look at the national colleges league to include young footballers on that team because I have seen your magic.” Carmona told the footballers that they will face adversity but encouraged them not to give up. “The road is going to be bumpy, the road to success is a long one but it will be a successful one if you persevere and always keep courage and hope.” Captain of San Juan North Lukman Brooks presented a San Juan North t-shirt to Carmona. Brooks told Carmona, “I will kindly like to thank you for inviting us to your wonderful office and celebrating this victory with us and giving us inspirational words to continue our football careers.”
https://www.youtube.com/v/FU1g31oIydA
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SSFL boss pleased with 2016 season.
T&T Newsday Reports.
ANTHONY CREED, president of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL), was pleased with the recently- concluded 2016 season, which saw Shiva Boys claim the Premier Division crown, San Juan North take the Intercol title and Naparima earn the inaugural Big 4 trophy.
“We have three title sponsors,” said Creed during a recent interview.
“Shell and First Citizens sponsor the Premier Boys and Championship. They also sponsored the Girls Championship and Intercol.
Coca-Cola sponsored the Boys Intercol.
This season we finished with a Big 4, which was sponsored by Digicel Play, with the Intercol and League winners. It was the new addition for this season. We used to have a Big 4 at the end of the League.”
About the season itself, Creed noted, “things on the field went fairly well because, at the end of the day, the referees have their jobs to do, one way or the other.” He continued, “there were a couple issues that we had to iron out, which we have to really improve for the next season, which (are) the credential issues, where principals signed off on certain players without all of the information.
That could cause some changes after the fact.
We already have a meeting set up in January to fully discuss the manner in which credentials are dealt with, because sometimes there are principals that sign off on information (that) they are given.”
Asked if there is any plan to implement rules on player availability, Creed replied, “those rules have always been there. We have certain things within our constitution and there are also added stuff in the competition rules.
The key to it is making extra checks, to make sure the eligibility of players are in order. But I’m also saying it is the responsibility of the principals to ensure what they’re signing off on is the correct thing, because mistakes can be made.” He went on to state, “we have a meeting on January 11th to actually deal with all those matters, the post-mortem and what have you.
We’re also having our awards function on the 18th of January.”
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Intercol champs San Juan likely relegated.
T&T Newsday Reports.
LESS than three weeks after being crowned Coca Cola Boys Intercol champions, San Juan North may have to play in the Championship Division next season.
San Juan North just avoided relegation from the 15-team Premier League competition, finishing 12th on the standings. Queen’s Royal College (13th), Pleasantville (14th) and Fatima (15th) finished in the bottom three and were relegated.
However, Presentation College which finished second in the competition fielded an ineligible player during some of the matches. Presentation’s victories over Queen’s Royal College, East Mucurapo and Fatima were all reversed with the aforementioned schools granted 3-0 wins. Naparima’s win over Presentation was also changed to 3-0.
Assistant Secretary of the Secondary Schools Football League Gerald Elliot said, “there was a situation where they (Presentation) had a boy nine years into the system and as a result he was ineligible to play, as a result they lost points for four games which brought them from second place to fourth place. Pres choose not to appeal their situation and you could consider that matter completed.” If the points are altered, San Juan North will drop from 12th to 14th and will be demoted. QRC will move to 12th, Fatima will be 13th and Pleasantville will be 15th.
The standings may be changed again as East Mucurapo’s use of a player is also in question. Elliot explained, “that was the disciplinary matter that we dealt with since October where they (East Mucurapo) used a player who had been deemed ineligible for not having a minimum four subjects in A Levels. And as a result they’ve lost points for one game which was St Benedict’s who was the team that protested at the time.
However, if after they have exhausted all their legal options and everything goes in favour with the league’s decision chances they can lose further points from matches that the young man would have played in.” If East Mucurapo are punished for the use of the ineligible player they will be relegated along with San Juan North and Pleasantville.
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This is the weirdest thing I ever hear "Intercol champs San Juan likely relegated."
They should get a bye.
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San Juan will suffer because of administrative errors ??? lord
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So does that mean QRC stays up or still get demoted?
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This is the weirdest thing I ever hear "Intercol champs San Juan likely relegated."
They should get a bye.
Why so?
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Well, meh alma mater get away by the skin of the(teeth) protest. It appears that they are staying up.
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Nigel Grosvenor talks life and football.
By Garth Wattley (Express).
All about the vibes
“Thank You Grovy” tee-shirts have even been printed for the occasion. Grosvenor holds one up and nods his approval.
The 59-year-old would have revelled in the moment in the best of times, but he does so especially now, in times that are not the best.
This is not a radiation treatment day for Grosvenor, but there are too many such days in his life now. They are necessary to beat back the prostate cancer with which he was diagnosed back in July.
“When I first found out I had it,” he said, his voice strong, “it really shook me because you not expecting to hear that.”
For a man who had won so many battles from the sidelines, personally guiding St Anthony’s, his “Tigers” to seven national titles, not to mention numerous zonal accolades, this is the biggest fight yet. But he and his “team” are up for it.
“I went home and told my family, my wife and children” he continues, “and I was really feeling down eh, but they were positive. My ‘lil daughter said ‘Daddy, doh worry ‘bout it’.”
Grovy would not be human if at that early stage he didn’t worry, a lot. That night sleep wouldn’t come. But while watching TV at 3am the next morning, a personal transformation took place.
“I don’t know what happened pardner,” he explains, “I just start to smile, and I felt good; I said, ‘nah boy, yuh beating this thing, and from then on it was just positive vibes...People just pouring a lot of positive vibes into me.”
The words are spoken in the same strong, deep voice with which Grosvenor always speaks, maybe in tones a tad lower than those he would use in his team talks. And one could not help but get the impression that this health battle is getting the same vigorous treatment that Grosvenor gives to his football assignments.
It’s all about the vibes.
When the “Tigers” take to the pitch, they play to a certain rhythm: fast, attacking, showing skill on the ball.
It has been a style cultivated over three decades.
“Sometimes you have to think eh,” he begins. “The majority of players we have had over the 30-something years were short, small, skilful...When you small, you have to play quick, you have to be fast. And the football today is fast, speed, so that has fitted into our style of football.”
He adds: “Evans Wise, Ricky Aleong, Shane Pierre...those guys were skilful!
A degree in physical education to his name but no coaching badges, Grosvenor has still seen St Anthony’s carve a large spot in the schools football landscape. He and his staff have used common sense, a careful study of the sport and good players to their advantage. Plus, there is Grovy’s great passion. He has lost none of it.
The operation in July, and then radiation treatment meant that he was not able to coach the team this year. But “coach” could not stay away.
“I tried to come around...When we played Trinity and had Trinity like 5-0 or 6-0, I still caught myself coaching,” he laughs. “If you see me behind the goalpost...”
But then he adds: “And I went home and started to feel sick because of the excitement, so I said, well look, doh go back there.”
Once his health permits however, Grosvenor plans to be back on the bench next year, whether at St Anthony’s--if they would have him-- or somewhere else.
And free of the responsibility of teaching, he plans to start his own academy with one of his past players, a certain Carlos Edwards.
“He’s so anxious and excited about it, to open up an academy with me because he had that idea too,” Grosvenor says.
The coach and the 2006 World Cup hero have long been a dynamic duo, Edwards being the star man when St Anthony’s won their first national InterCol against St Benedict’s College at a teeming Queen’s Park Oval back in 1997.
Schools football has changed much since those days, and not necessarily for the better. Grosvenor accepts that. He admits that coaching youngsters these days is harder with all the “distractions.” But don’t tell him the SSFL has outlived its usefulness.
“That is totally unfair,” he says with all the strength he can muster.
To those in the Professional League who feel that way, he makes his case.
”Football is not just going on the field and playing. Football is not just, you call a player and put down cones and say okay, I will make you a great footballer. Football has evolved. It’s like a science, it’s more of a holistic thing. You need an education, and I keep telling people that,” he says.
“You need to think. That is where football is now. The last set of players that we had that could pass with only their skill alone would be the Latapy and the Yorke. The days way, way back when we had the Gally Cummings and so on, it’s no longer that. People now studying this game, so you could have all the skill in the world now, barring Messi and a coach will out-think you. They will put a system in place where you will find it very hard. That is why I have a problem with this national team where a student will have six, seven, eight passes, talented, goes on a scholarship to university and they wouldn’t call them back. That’s it for them.
“Why?
“They prefer them to play in the Pro League down here. I have a serious, serious problem with that! (Because) not only you have a guy now who is very talented but is also educated, so you gonna put the two together, so that kid will be more coachable than a normal kid. We here, Secondary Schools Football League and St Anthony’s College is not just about the football. It’s about socialising, it’s a holistic thing and people don’t understand that.”
He would like to see a partnership between the schools and the Pro league clubs.
“What I would love to see is a Pro League team adopt a school,” he says. “Give the school the resources; give the school the finances in terms of football equipment and then, you don’t like the coach, or you feel you need somebody that could assist that coach, you send that person.
“Schools could develop Under-14 to Under-18 teams for clubs if the clubs provide off-season assistance for training, fitness trainers, provide access to gym facilities. If they come to us with that, we would gladly accept....You producing your feeders.”
He has lots to say, and with much feeling about the game that has been a part his entire professional life. As we spoke, one couldn’t help but feel that much more can be done to make better use of the human resources the country has in football, men like Nigel Grosvenor.
But it is now Monday morning. The talk was too much for one sitting.
The Football Lime that ended at 2 a.m. on Sunday is now part of 2016’s history.
“Real people came,” he relates. “People show up, people show up. People I ‘ent see in years, and years and years; footballers come out, all out.”
Even Kenwyne Jones, star of the all-conquering 2003 team was there.
“He said it was the best event easily for the year he went to,” says Grovy.
“The nice thing was, they were all in different groups, different eras and all of them were just reminiscing, and all I was doing, I was just walking around to the different groups. Every group I went to had some memory that they cherished...It was just fun, fun, fun.”
The vibe was good. Grovy is good.
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Shiva Boys Hindu College hog spotlight at SSFL awards.
By Mark Pouchet (Express).
Tyrell Emmanuel of Shiva Boys Hindu College and Kedie Johnson of St Augustine Secondary were named the Male and Female Players of the Year 2016, respectively, at the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) 2016 Awards and Prize Distribution Ceremony at the National Cycling Centre in Balmain, Couva, yesterday.
Emmanuel emerged from the top five male players that also included Isaiah Lee (Naparima College), Quinn Rodney (Shiva Boys Hindu College), Junior Asson (Shiva Boys Hindu College) and Kyle Thomas (San Juan North Secondary).
On the female side, Johnson topped a group that also featured Denecia Prince (Fyzabad Secondary), Malak Marcelle (Diego Martin Central), Shaunalee Govia (Tranquillity Secondary) and Collette Morgan (Fyzabad Secondary).
All those players were also named in the Male and Female SSFL All-Star team.
Schools were also presented their trophies for winning competitions during 2016. Naparima College earned the Digicel Cup and $30,000 while Shiva Boys bagged the BGTT League trophy and $23,000 for winning the Premier Division League competition. San Juan North Secondary was awarded the Coca- Cola Trophy in addition to $8,000 bounty for their Coca-Cola InterCol victory.
On the female side, St Augustine Senior Secondary walked away with the FCB National InterCol title. National titles were awarded to Shiva Boys Hindu College (U-14), Bishop Anstey East (Girls U-15), Trinity College East (U-16), Arima North Secondary (Boys U-20) and Penal Secondary (Girls U-20).
In the Championship Division, Diego Martin Secondary earned the FCB Trophy and $5,000 in the girls category while Carapichaima East Secondary nabbed the Shell Trophy and $5,000 among the boys.
Former T&T senior men’s coach Stephen Hart delivered the feature address, in which he implored student athletes to seek avenues to improve themselves and to be fearless about pursuing their goals.
SSFL president Anthony Creed demanded officials remember to serve the students and athletes they were elected to serve. Minister of Sport Darryl Smith and Trinidad and Tobago Football Association president David John-Williams also attended the ceremony.
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SSFL awardees hail teamwork as key.
By Nickolai Madray (Newsday).
Teamwork is the key element for success according to the 2016 Secondary School Football League’s (SSFL) Players of the Year.
Kedie Johnson and Tyrel Emmanuel were named SSFL female and male Players of the Year respectively on Wednesday and they both recognised the hard work of their teammates as contributing factors to their success. Both stated that their individual awards simply rounded off a fantastic season.
Newsday spoke to Johnson at the SSFL awards ceremony which took place at the National Cycling Centre in Couva.
“This year brought many achievements and titles for St Augustine Secondary, even though we faced many battles throughout the season, nothing stopped us from keeping focused and uniting as a great team,” the 18-year-old Johnson humbly expressed.
She went on to describe her emotions on being the best female player in the SSFL.
“Words cannot begin to explain how grateful I am because I could not have been named ‘best player’ if they (St. Augustine Secondary teammates) were not surrounding me, so basically I didn’t win this award, they won it for me because they are the best players,” she declared. Johnson was also St Augustine Secondary’s vice-captain as she scored approximately 25 goals for the National Girls Inter-Col Champions during the 2016 season and assisted numerous goals in the process.
Tyrel Emmanuel of Shiva Boys Hindu College also paid tribute to his teammates as he stated, “I’m very pleased to win the Player of the Year award but I would not have been able to win this award without the support of the team, the fans and our school community.
“I would like to say that my success came from the players because we really wanted to win the league trophy this season and we are thankful for the outcome of us winning the league.” He also noted that to win the league, everyone on the team pulled their weight and the investment of hard work during the pre-season along with consistency was the key to rallying out the season and ending at the top of the table.
Emmanuel scored three goals during the 2016 season and was the heart of the Shiva Boys midfield as the 18-yearold maestro created endless chances and assisted several goals in their successful SSFL Premier Division title campaign.
Johnson and Emmanuel already set their next set of goals they desire to meet, in the not so distant future, as they have to keep their mental focus and emerge successors in their upcoming examinations.
They detailed the importance for them to keep on developing as players and furthermore, as citizens of the nation, it is important to develop their mental and academic side to enhance the possibility of future options, offers and marketability.
As both players are set to leave after this academic school year, they left inspiring messages for their teams as they have faith in their respective squads to recapture the titles.
2016 SSFL All-Star Teams Female:
Goalkeepers - Kaydeen Jack (Diego Martin Central), Chelsea Ramnath (Fyzabad Sec), Danisha Britto (St. Augustine Sec).
Defenders - Abigail La Rode (St. Augustine Sec), Kerice King (Tranquillity Sec), Jaasiel Forde (Bishop’s Anstey East), Tamara Johnson, Collette Morgan (Fyzabad Sec).
Midfielders - Malak Marcelle (Diego Martin Central), Denecia Prince (Fyzabad Sec), Shaunalee Govia (Tranquillity Sec), Ranea Warde (Bishop’s Anstey East), Shenieka Paul (Pleasentville Sec), Aaliyah Lynch (St. Augustine Sec).
Strikers - Asha James (Signal Hill Secondary), Celene Lorraine (Mason Hall Sec), Reanique Primus, Chantal Murrell (Bishop’s Anstey East), Adanya Phillip, Ke’die Johnson (St. Augustine Sec).
2016 SSFL All-Star Teams Male:
Goalkeepers - Desean Bowen (Trinity College Moka), Rahim Lee (Pleasentville Sec), Denzil Smith (Shiva Boys).
Defenders - Yohannes Richardson (Shiva Boys), Mylz Barrington (Pres. San’do), Derron John (St. Anthony’s College), Mickel Ravello (St. Benedict’s College), Kyle Thomas (San Juan North Sec), Zion Holder (St. Augustine Sec).
Midfielders - Jordan Riley (Pres. San’do), Akil Frank (Signal Hill Sec), Justin Sadoo (Naparima College), Quinn Rodney, Judah Garcia, Tyrel Emmanuel (Shiva Boys).
Strikers - Isaiah Lee (Naparima College), Haile Beckles (St. Anthony’s College), Junior Asson (Shiva Boys), Ronaldo Boyce (San Juan North Sec), Nion Lamy (Pres. San’do).
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North Zone SSFL salutes Rudolph Hope.
By Keith Clement (Guardian).
Rudolph Hope, former secretary of the North Zone Secondary Schools Football League, came in for high praises when the sitting executive of the league held an appreciation function in his honour, at East Mucurapo Secondary School, Mucurapo Road, on Friday night.
Those in attendance to salute the yeoman service provided to local schools football to the 69-year-old Hope, a former teacher of the school, included North Zone chairman Anastasia Griffith; vice-chairman Derrick Phillip; secretary, Roger Martin, and assistant secretary, operations, Marlon Phillip.
Hope, of St James, began his teaching career at Arima Secondary School from 1977 and began his life in football at the school in 1978 under coach Robert Miller before moving to East Mucurapo (formerly Mucurapo Senior Comprehensive) in 1980.
Four years later Hope was elected to the position of SSFL assistant secretary to Azaad Mohammed-Khan.
Two years later Mohammed-Khan was elevated to the post of general secretary of the SSFL, which saw Hope being promoted to secretary, a position he held with great success until his retirement in 2014.
Vice-chairman of the SSFL executive Derrick Phillip, the principal of East Mucurapo Secondary held a function to honour Hope.
During his address to the small gathering, Peter Timothy, the zone's former chairman and coach of Corpus Christi Girls' College football team, praised Hope for creating and developing an avenue for minds to be moulded through sport and become better citizens overall.
Timothy noted that under the tenure of Hope, a founding member of Humming Birds Pan Groove as well as manager of Scrunters Pan Groove and Power Stars Steel Orchestra, the North Zone were the ones who led the way in the establishment of the Girls Championship Division Football.
"We started it in the North Zone and then based on its success, took it to the SSFL executive and with their help we were able to expand to the other zones, having used the North as a pilot project."
Derrick Phillip added, "East Mucurapo is the hub of North Zone SSFL activities and for us Hope is a very special individual.
"Back in 1990 when he came to the school he (Hope) was the welding teacher and manager of the school football team at the same time, and I use to marvel at him doing both jobs with great efficiency.
"As he grew into his craft and he began to rise in his role at the SSFL North Zone level to become secretary he took the zone from being mediocre to a level that other zones could look up too."
Phillip added, "He brought a level of honesty, order and professionalism to the zone and up to this day the zone is the only one that can boast of handling most of our business on our own through a number of fund-raising ventures."
"Because of the tremendous work he did with the North Zone, it was no wonder that SSFL general secretary Azaad Mohammed-Khan called on him to assist other zones on numerous occasions which was a testament to the good work he had done over the years"
As a sign of his commitment to helping the North Zone and in general the SSFL to become a better working organisation, Phillip reminded all gathered that even after Hope retired officially from the zone, he still assisted.
"In his retirement, he found more time to develop to the zone and up to this day he still contributes."
Reflecting on the zone's 50th anniversary celebrations which were held in 2014, Phillip noted that the main organiser behind the scene was Hope himself and even then he was in retirement.
On a sad note, Phillip chided those schools and officials who were not present as he felt it was necessary for them to show some appreciation for the work done by Hope in laying a solid foundation for the North and other zones of the SSFL to follow.
"Up to this day he has a very calm demeanour, and is very organised and honest as well as being hard-working and willing to lend a helping hand by doing what he does for the love of the sport.
The younger of the Phillip's, Marlon (no relation), quickly pointed out that he was a student of Hope and a member of the school's first Inter-Col winning team in 1982.
"I knew what he stood for back then and up to this day he still lives by those principles and for me it was a pleasure to learn and grow under his tenure."
"There isn't a more resourceful person than Hope when it comes to the running of affairs in the SSFL North Zone for certain and I must admit that it was sad not to have a proper function on his behalf at the astute time when he decided to officially call it quit," the younger Phillip said.
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Inter-Col Festival returns next month.
T&T Express Reports.
The Inter-Col Football Nostalgia Committee, under the chairmanship of former Minister of Sport Ken Butcher, will host their Fifth Annual Colleges Ex-Pupils Inter-Col Football Festival on March 4 at St Mary’s College ground, Serpentine Road, St James from 9 a.m.
The competing “Inter-Col Winners” will comprise Queen’s Royal College, Naparima College, St. Benedict’s College, Presentation College, Tranquillity Secondary, Fatima College, Belmont Secondary, St Mary’s College, St Anthony’s College and St Augustine Secondary.
The main objective behind the Festival is to engender a sense of patriotism and passion towards one’s almamater, a media release from the organisers stated.
“Secondly, to provide an environment to engage young players in a manner that affords stability, a disciplined work ethic and credible transition to national service,” the release read.
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FLASHBACK: Action from the 2015 InterCol Football festival.
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The only person I recognize in the pix is Butcher.
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Presentation survive Shiva Boys protest over Lee Yaw; San Juan North sunk.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).
A late protest threatened to produce a final unexpected twist to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division honour role, as a Shiva Boys Hindu College challenge against Presentation College (San Fernando) offered a glimmer of hope to relegation-threatened San Juan North Secondary.
Presentation forward James Alex Lee Yaw was at the centre of the furore as Shiva Boys questioned whether his academic qualification were sufficient for him to represent his school in the SSFL last season.
Lee Yaw, who was born in the United States to a Trinidadian father, began his local school life in Lower Six at Presentation. However, he got seven subjects at Grade 12, which is supposedly the American equivalent of the CXC test.
The SSFL rules stipulate that a player must have four CXC passes to represent his school in Lower Six.
Presentation had already lost one protest last season over the use of Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 defender Kori Cupid, who was ineligible to compete due to the year he entered secondary school. Cupid played roughly one quarter of his school’s games and the ruling meant that the “Pres Lions” dropped from second to fifth in the final standings.
Had Lee Yaw been also deemed an illegitimate player, Presentation would have been relegated. However, the SSFL credentials committee, appeals committee and, ultimately, the Ministry of Education’s accreditation committee all declared the teenager to be a legitimate student.
The decision meant Presentation held on to the South Zone Intercol title, which they won after edging Shiva Boys on kicks from the penalty mark. And, better yet, they remain a top flight team for the upcoming season.
However, it is likely to be the final nail in the coffin for San Juan North, who finished one place and a solitary point above the relegation zone at the end of the season, only to have the rug pulled from under their feet as protests against Cupid and East Mucurapo Secondary defender Abdus Ramcharan—who had three CXC passes—saw points belatedly awarded to Queen’s Royal College and Fatima College.
QRC and Fatima both leapfrogged San Juan North to escape demotion while East Mucurapo dropped places to the foot of the 15-team table where they will also be relegated along with Pleasantville Secondary.
Presentation coach Shawn Cooper said he was never worried about the Shiva Boys protest.
“I think Shiva Boys have to know, just like us, that you win some and you lose some,” Cooper told Wired868. “They were a bit disturbed when they lost to us in the South Intercol final and the Big Four semifinal. So they decided to go that route…
“We only played the boy after he was granted permission by the Ministry and the Secondary Schools board. The boy was in school and we didn’t play him until he was cleared. He is a legal student of the school, so I don’t know what the protest was really about.”
The dust has finally cleared from the protest board and it does not look good for San Juan North. SSFL president William Wallace confirmed that there is no scheduled meeting to consider a special provision to keep the National Intercol champions up and play with an additional Premier Division school next season.
The only delay in the final decision for the boys from Bourg Mulatresse is due to the wait in getting signatures from the relevant arbitrators.
It will be the second time that the reigning Intercol champions were relegated, after East Mucurapo managed the dubious distinction in 2014. But the off-field circumstances make San Juan North’s fall much harder to swallow.
Cooper said he sympathised with San Juan North, although he felt Presentation had been unfairly castigated in certain quarters for an inadvertent error regarding Cupid.
“When you see talk about banning a school for information it doesn’t have, you know people are speaking on emotion,” said Cooper. “It is unfortunate for San Juan the way things spun out but it was just the luck of the draw… I wouldn’t have liked to be in San Juan’s position. It is very unfortunate.”
Wallace told Wired868, in a previous interview, that the SSFL has requested office space from the Ministry of Sport and hopes to have a full-time secretariat in place for the upcoming season, which should help to lessen the likelihood of similar post-season upheavals.
“We are now 50 years old and we have been operating out of a car trunk for that time,” said Wallace. “With $2 million annually coming into this league, it is about time we have a steady secretariat. Some of the problems we have been having in the past were probably because [we did not have] that.
“Also we want to have a computerised database [which will] eliminate some of the problems that happened last season… We already have somebody setting up the required databases for us.”
Cooper said he urged the SSFL to hire office staff for years and was happy to hear that it is finally a priority.
“Instead of allowing things to happen and then penalising, [the SSFL should be able to] call the school beforehand and warn about possible issues,” said Cooper. “San Juan didn’t do anything wrong and they got demoted because documents went in from another school that were not checked. I’m not blaming anyone but we have to get tighter in the running of the league.”
In 2016, Presentation was runner-up in the National Intercol and Big Four finals while they were second in the Premier Division before the Cupid protest. Cooper insisted it was a great season for the San Fernando school.
“We exceeded our expectations in getting into all the finals,” he said. “I don’t think trophies alone is the benchmark for success. If your child doesn’t come first in test, [you will tell them] they failed?”
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Grosvenor set for QRC job! Iconic St Anthony’s coach leaves “Westmoorings Tigers”
By Amiel Mohammed (Wired868).
After 33 years at the helm of St Anthony’s College, Nigel “Grovey” Grosvenor will be lining up on the bench of a North Zone rival in the 2017 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season.
Instead of giving orders to the red “Westmoorings Tigers”, the veteran coach looks set to be calling the shots for the blue and blue of Queen’s Royal College. Grosvenor suggested that his proposed move owed much to a falling out with St Anthony’s principal Maurice Inniss.
“The principal has his agenda and I’m not part of the plans,” Grosvenor told Wired868. “He has new plans and wants to take football in a new direction… So I went. I can’t work where I’m not wanted.”
The proposed move, which has not yet been confirmed by QRC principal David Simon, should be a bitter pill for past and present players and fans of the Westmoorings Tigers. Grosvenor is one of the SSFL’s most successful coaches and led his former school to six national titles along with a host of zonal accolades.
He also gave run-outs to numerous past and present Trinidad and Tobago international footballers including World Cup 2006 players Evans Wise, Carlos Edwards and Kenwyne Jones and current Soca Warriors custodian Jan-Michael Williams and defender Yohance Marshall.
Tension between Grosvenor and St Anthony’s principal, Inniss, appears to have been brewing for some time now and Grosvenor’s newly founded coaching academy was caught in the crosshairs.
Grosvenor contends that at the end of March—almost two months after his Tigers Football Coaching School started training at the college grounds—Inniss asked him for a proposal for the use of the premises.
The requested proposal was delivered but, according to the decorated coach, he still has not received approval to use the Westmoorings venue and he subsequently applied to use the Hasely Crawford Stadium training field for his coaching school. Wired868 tried unsuccessfully to reach Inniss for comment.
Grosvenor insisted that he was prepared to use the Queen’s Park Savannah if necessary rather than let his dream of a coaching academy die.
“One of my major dreams after I retired was to set up a coaching school,” he said. “I want to coach. It’s a major part of my life.”
When Grosvenor retired at the end of the 2016/17 academic year, Inniss allegedly told him that he could no longer be accommodated as a coach on the school’s payroll in the 2017/18 year. So, Grosvenor went about establishing his Coaching School with a view to making his dreams a reality and supplementing his pension income.
However, having called the Westmoorings school home for more than three decades, he did not anticipate the treatment that was meted out to him from that institution.
Still, Grosvenor might have been able to take a deep breath and soldier on. But when FIFA President Gianni Infantino visited Trinidad and Tobago last month and St Anthony’s College was among a handful of SSFL schools invited to meet him at a function, the retired teacher was stung to realise that he was not on the guests’ list.
That was the play that breached the coach’s defences and may yet prove—QRC supporters would hope—to be an own goal.
Grovesnor turned his attention instead to the Maraval Road Royalians who only avoided relegation from the SSFL top flight by the slenderest of margins last year. QRC, who were coached by Dexter Gill last season, finished in 13th position on the 14-team table but avoided demotion after benefiting from a rule violation by Presentation College (San Fernando).
Presentation were found to have illegally used Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team player Kori Cupid and the resulting alteration to the points tally meant QRC climbed out of the relegation places with 2016 Coca Cola Intercol Champs San Juan North taking their place.
Wily and experienced, Grosvenor was cautiously optimistic about the task at hand although he preferred to focus on his long-term vision for QRC rather than simply targeting short-term success in his first season in charge.
“It’s a new chapter, a new experience, a new challenge and I’m excited,” he said. “QRC is QRC. [I’m going to do] whatever I can do for them in terms of gaining the sort of respect that they used to have where the football is concerned.
“Over the last few years, they have not been very successful. So whatever I can do to help. I’m just going there to work with whoever is there.”
As head coach, he would expect to have the full oversight of the school’s football program. But he made it clear that he did not intend to tamper with the College’s rich pre-history and legacy.
“Going to QRC is an honour. I am not going to change the culture,” he said. “[I’ll have] whole program oversight. We have to know what’s going on below when you are coaching on top.
“[…] I am going to work with who is there, like Clint Marcelle with the Under-16 and Wendell “Shaky” David, and we are going to work together.”
Still, Grosvenor admitted to a tinge of regret about leaving St Anthony’s after three decades.
“The people make St Anthony’s College, not the building,” said Grosvenor. “I am leaving the building but I will always be close to the people, the workers, teachers, fans. That’s what is giving me comfort.”
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Wow! That is a surprise. But once you retire some school don't want to pay you. The same thing happen to Mike Grayson at St. Augustine. He is at Trinity East now. He also mentioned some principals having issues with the "undue" influences of "popular" football or sport coaches. The popular line of these administrators is "we want to take the institution in a different or new direction ". Good luck.
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SSFL ruling relegates Intercol champs San Juan North.
T&T Newsday Reports.
THE SECONDARY Schools Football League (SSFL) yesterday revealed their ruling on a pair of matters involving two footballers who played in the 2016 season - Abdus Ramcharan of East Mucurapo Secondary and fellow defender Kori Cupid of Presentation College in San Fernando - but were ineligible.
In a media release issued yesterday, the SSFL stated, “two matters (that) were raised by two schools, which after review by both the Credential and Disciplinary Committees resulted in the reversal of the final results.” Regarding the issue with Ramcharan, “the Committees, including the Appeals, upheld the decision that Abdus only having three subjects in Lower Six (contrary to League Rules) is not eligible to represent his school as a player in the League.” As a result, the October 6 encounter between East Mucurapo and St Benedict’s was reversed from 2-1 in East Mucurapo’s favour with St Benedict’s being handed the win 3-0.
Four subsequent matches involving East Mucurapo saw the scores switched to 3-0 in their opponents’ favour - October 8 against Fatima, October 12 against QRC, October 15 against Trinity and October 26 against Fyzabad.
Cupid’s status as a student, having wrote the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam in 2008, was raised by Naparima College.
“Both the Credential and Disciplinary Committees ruled that Kori is not eligible to represent his school as a player in the League because he could have been in the system for more than eight years.” As a consequence, the scores in four matches involving Presentation San Fernando were reversed to 3-0 in their opponents’ favour - September 10 against Fatima, September 21 against East Mucurapo, September 24 against QRC and September 28 against Naparima.
The ruling by the SSFL Credential and Disciplinary Committees sees reigning Intercol champions San Juan North slip into the relegation zone despite not having done anything illegally as teams below them benefited from 3-0 default wins to leapfrog them in the standings.
Revised SSFL Standings
Teams.........................................................Points
Shiva Boys.........................................................37
Naparima............................................................32
St Anthony’s........................................................28
Presentation San Fernando.......................................................23
Fyzabad..............................................................23
Signal Hill...........................................................20
St Augustine.......................................................20
Trinity College.......................................................20
St Mary’s.............................................................20
QRC...................................................................15
Fatima................................................................15
St Benedict’s.......................................................15
San Juan North.......................................................11
Pleasantville.......................................................10
East Mucurapo.......................................................7
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San Juan North to question SSFL’s decision.
By Jelani Beckles (Newsday).
SAN Juan North Secondary plans to query the decision by the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) to change the final point standings of the 2016 Premier League competition, which saw the Intercol champions relegated.
San Juan North managed to survive relegation initially and, with renewed confidence, went on to win the Intercol title. However, a media release by the SSFL on Tuesday stated, “two matters (that) were raised by two schools, which after review by both the Credential and Disciplinary Committees resulted in the reversal of the final results.”
The SSFL revealed their ruling on a pair of matters involving two footballers who played in the 2016 season - Abdus Ramcharan of East Mucurapo Secondary and fellow defender Kori Cupid of Presentation College in San Fernando - but were ineligible.
Ramcharan, a Lower Six student, was not eligible to play in the 2016 season because he did pass enough subjects. Cupid, who wrote the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) in 2008, is in Secondary School for more than eight years which makes him ineligible to play.
As a consequence, the results in a number of matches involving East Mucurapo and Presentation San Fernando were changed. The new standings saw San Juan North (13th), Pleasantville (14th) and East Mucurapo (15th) finish in the bottom three, which saw the teams relegated.
Vice principal of San Juan North, Joseph Taylor, said the school’s hierarchy are not accepting the decision, having already met with the SSFL two or three times.
Taylor said, “I am a person who never thinks anything is cast in stone.” Taylor said there were protests questioning the eligibilities of a few players during the season, but he believes the League did not deal with the situation quickly.
“If they had dealt with these things in an expeditious manner, in a timely manner, then we will not be in this position. My coach (Jerry Moe and) the players played their heart out down to the last game and we were not relegated.
Because of that their spirits were lifted and motivated by the coach and we went on to do what people might think was the impossible.
We won the Intercol because we know we have the talent, but only now to find ourselves in this position.” Taylor said the accomplishment of San Juan North has made the entire community of San Juan and Santa Cruz proud.
“It is a community school, we really lifted the feelings of people in San Juan and Santa Cruz. People were out (supporting) when we won the Intercol, the Zonal and the East. We were even successful in T10 cricket, we always doing good things in cricket.”
Taylor said sporting heroes have come from Santa Cruz and sometimes schools such as San Juan North may only be recognised through sport.
“These are the things that schools like mine are recognized by and communities are motivated. When we look at the Santa Cruz valley, we have Ato (Boldon), we have (Brian) Lara, we have (Arnold) Dwarika from Santa Cruz also. We look forward to these things. I am from Santa Cruz, everyday when I walk (in the area) people ask me what is the position (with the SSFL ruling).”
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Could this matter have been ventilated without baring the student's academic record? Has the right balance been struck?
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The principals, their staff, the coaches and the ssfl are culpable for these infractions. This first happened in 65 with Benedicts. All involved needs to clarify situation like these before the season start. The ssf needs to have precise rules. I may be wrong, but is the ssfl rules online where the school have access?
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Taylor said “I am a person who never thinks anything is cast in stone.”
So said, so done.
Wow.
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Taylor said “I am a person who never thinks anything is cast in stone.”
So said, so done.
Wow.
Gi we de update nah
BTW...this eligibility ting in SSFL been going on for decades
Man in school over 8 years yes.....LOL! :devil:
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Taylor said “I am a person who never thinks anything is cast in stone.”
So said, so done.
Wow.
Gi we de update nah
BTW...this eligibility ting in SSFL been going on for decades
Man in school over 8 years yes.....LOL! :devil:
"Somehow" a vote occurred. The stay-up vote won. With all respect to my friends in San Juan, one wonders how it is a vote could be held at all.
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Taylor said “I am a person who never thinks anything is cast in stone.”
So said, so done.
Wow.
Gi we de update nah
BTW...this eligibility ting in SSFL been going on for decades
Man in school over 8 years yes.....LOL! :devil:
"Somehow" a vote occurred. The stay-up vote won. With all respect to my friends in San Juan, one wonders how it is a vote could be held at all.
Has St Benedict's filed their protest yet? As next in line to be relegated....(assuming the standings posted are accurate)....surely they will cause another vote to be held.
Then it will be Fatima's turn....and then QRC's.
By the time they done...Shiva Men....oops :-[ will end up relegated. Which may see justice served in a very round about manner... ;)
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Palos. 16 teams next season as opposed to 15.
San Juan gets special dispensation to stay in the league.
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Palos. 16 teams next season as opposed to 15.
San Juan gets special dispensation to stay in the league.
Thanks bro. We is a real Vikey Vie, Ratcheefee society yes.
Is like English FA saying dey go make de BPL a 21 team league next season so that Sunderland could stay up.
Special assentation more like it
And San Juan have a decent case eh. SSFL wait till NOW to investigate and penalize? We does jes make up ting as we go.
Oh well
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Is sweet T&T. Blatant disregard for rules, law and order.
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Demoted San Juan North challenges SSFL ruling.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
The executive of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) is seeking legal advice to determine if a decision by the general council of the SSFL to include demoted San Juan North Secondary School in the top flight competition this season, is legal and can stand.
On Wednesday, Joseph Taylor, the school’s vice principal moved a motion at an extraordinary general council meeting for his school to be included in the league, due to the alleged inefficiencies and tardiness of members of the Credentials and Disciplinary Committees. When the vote was taken San Juan received 20 votes in favour, while 18 members voted against, which effectively means that the premier division will now comprise 16 teams instead of 15, when the league kicks-off in September. The division has never had more than 15 teams.
The SSFL sent out the final standing of the league’s for the 2016 season last week which followed the rulings by both committees after appeals and protests were lodged. The table showed San Juan North among three teams being relegated from the premier division. On Wednesday, Taylor challenged their position in regards to the final standing, saying it was due mainly to the members of the committees not doing their jobs properly. He is contending that players who were ineligible to represent their schools, should have been spotted and stopped from action within seven days of a protest being lodged.
“Instead what we had, was that the players were allowed to play for the entire season and then the credentials and disciplinary committees coming months after, when teams are preparing for the coming season, to say the school has been demoted. Well that is not right. We should not have to pay the consequences for the inefficiencies of the SSFL members,” Taylor explained.
He made it clear his stance was in no way, against the league’s constitution, saying, “We simply went to the general council, which has the power to decide how many teams should play in the league and we were granted a place. This clearly shows that no decision was overturned. Instead, what we did was to challenge the inefficiencies of the members of the committees.”
The credential committee of the SSFL was chaired by Azaad Khan and includes Gerald Elliot, Lawrence Seepersad, the SSFL’s assistant secretary of operations and a member from each zone when adjudicating on matters.
The disciplinary committee on the other hand comprised chairmen Seepersad and Elliot and other members Andre Moses, Brian Williams, Kirt Harry, Rudolph Hope, Wayne Caesar, Ezziel Seecharan, Trevor Bridgelalsingh and Leo Braithwaite.
Both committees acted on protests that East Mucurapo Secondary and Presentation College (San Fernando) used Abdus Ramcharan and Kori Cupid respectively during the league, but neither was stopped.
Taylor in his argument pointed out that the protests were made well into the season, but committee members allowed them to go on. “The credentials committee has a responsibility to look at the credentials of students and determine whether they can play or not and the disciplinary acts on concerns,” Taylor said.
He called on members to carry out their jobs with high standards, saying the league is an important one that is growing and officials must be held accountable.
Meanwhile, Elliot who was among the 18 who voted against Taylor’s argument at the Carapichaima Secondary School, confirmed that SSFL officials will definitely seek the advice of a legal counsel before they move forward.
He said Wednesday’s support for Taylor and his school is sending the wrong message to the public at large but more so the youngsters who the league represents. “It has placed the league in a bad light. It is telling any school that feels aggrieved that it can challenge key rules and laws. This was definitely a wrong decision which can pose more problems for the league in the future,” Elliot said.
The SSFL will now have to decide on how relegation of teams from the premier division as well as promotion of teams from the Championship Division will be done. It is scheduled to begin September 8.
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San Juan survive! SSFL members defy executive and standings to keep Bourg boys in top flight.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).
On the same day that the new Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee unveiled its fixtures for the 2017 season came a decision that will force a do-over.
San Juan North Secondary are back in the Premier Division, despite the drawn out process of their relegation from the top flight—seven months after the last ball was kicked in the 2016 season.
This afternoon, at an extraordinary meeting of the SSFL general council at the Carapichaima East Secondary school, the membership voted 20 to 18 in favour of a motion to keep San Juan in the Premier Division.
The motion was moved by San Juan North vice-principal Joseph Taylor, who is also the president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association (TTRFA), and implied that the school suffered unjustly owing to the shortcomings of various SSFL committees.
East Mucurapo Secondary and Presentation College (San Fernando) used schoolboys Abdus Ramcharan and Kori Cupid respectively in violation of SSFL rules. Cupid played a handful of games for the “Pres Lions” while Ramcharan represented Mucurapo for much of their season.
The SSFL credentials committee failed to spot the wrongdoing, which eventually came to light after protests by St Benedict’s College and Naparima College.
The SSFL disciplinary committee’s sanctions to either school for the violations—which came after the end of the season—meant a late rejig of the standings. And Queen’s Royal College (QRC) and Fatima College climbed out of the demotion zone as a result while Mucurapo and San Juan went in the opposite direction.
The SSFL appeals committee and an independent tribunal rejected Mucurapo’s appeals.
Today, representatives from 20 schools voted to ignore the final standings and keep San Juan up anyway owing to the extenuating circumstances. No team will be demoted in their place and the competition now changes from 15 to 16 teams.
New SSFL president William Wallace confirmed the decision of the extraordinary meeting.
“The situation is we have to go with a 16-team Premier Division,” said Wallace. “At this point, this is what it looks like.”
Wired868 tried unsuccessfully to contact Taylor and San Juan coach Jerry Moe. Phillip Fraser, the San Juan North manager, said he did not wish to say much since he was also an SSFL vice-president. But he left little doubt about his feelings on the matter.
“I am elated,” said Fraser.
Wired868 understands that San Juan North’s survival owed much to political manoeuvring. There was, according to a source, an unusually high turnout of schools from east Trinidad who helped push Joseph’s motion through.
It created some unease within the ranks of the SSFL executive.
Was today’s decision for San Juan North a vote for morality and a sign that schools were prepared to take the initiative to save a member who was hard done by the law?
Or was it courting anarchy and disorder to retrospectively overturn the league standings and rule book? Could teams now ensure their survival by votes rather than points?
“My personal view is we have rules and are guided by the rules,” Wallace told Wired868. “You cannot change them after the fact. Going forward if you think you want to change rules then fine but not after the fact…
“However, the membership has spoken and therefore we have to abide by that.”
From a logistical standpoint, the impact of San Juan North’s reprieve is minimal. With 15 teams, one school had a bye on each SSFL match day. San Juan North will now be simply pencilled in to do away with the bye.
But what happens at the end of the season? Would four teams go down and three come up to create a 15-team competition once more? Or will the top flight remain at sweet 16?
Wallace said it is a matter that the SSFL General Council will need to consider.
“There were two meetings today: an extraordinary meeting and a General Council meeting,” said Wallace. “The General Council made the decision that the three teams at the bottom of the table would go down and three [other] teams come up. So that has not changed.
“What happened is that, regardless of that, the extraordinary meeting decided that San Juan North should not go down. So only two teams go down from last season.”
The SSFL 2017 season will kick off on Thursday 8 September 2017 with a double header at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Newly promoted Carapichaima East face Fatima in the curtain raiser while defending champions Shiva Boys Hindu College tackle Big Four winners Naparima College in the feature affair.
San Juan North, the 2016 Intercol champions, should be in action not too long afterwards.
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SSFL seeks legal advice on San Juan’s 2017 inclusion.
T&T Guardian Reports.
By this week the line-up of schools in the Premier and Championship Division will be known, four months before the September 8 kick-off date of the 2017 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season.
Williams Wallace, president of the SSFL said executive has sought legal advice on whether the decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on May 17, to include demoted San Juan North Secondary School from the premier division could stand.
He is also calling for a review of the league’s constitution to deal with other potential issues that will hamper the league’s operations in the future.
From the meeting, it was agreed to include San Juan after its vice principal Joseph Taylor convinced the gathering at the Carapichaima Secondary School, that his school was unjustly punished for no reason.
San Juan was among three schools relegated when the SSFL posted its final standing for the 2016 season a month ago.
Taylor, however, challenged the decision, blaming the inefficiencies of the SSFL officers of the disciplinary and credentials committees for not dealing with the issues in a timely manner.
Among the issues in particular for which the committees had to address were protests from other schools as it related to the illegal use of players by East Mucurapo Secondary and Presentation College, San Fernando.
In the end they were both found to be in violation of the SSFL rules and regulations according to a media release from the SSFL a few weeks ago.
According to Taylor the matter should have been dealt with immediately by informing the guilty schools and stopping the players from further participation but instead the SSFL waited until the end of the season to make their decision and then informed the schools.
Taylor also made it clear that his school never had any decision by the SSFL overturned, but rather got the approval by the general council to be included.
The general council, he said, has the power to decide on the teams that will play in all tournaments.
However, yesterday, Wallace said a file of all the necessary documents was presented to a sport’s attorney for advice at the weekend and it was followed that up with a meeting of the legal counsel on Monday.
The SSFL executives are seeking clarity on the process that resulted in that decision regarding San Juan’s inclusion for the 2017 season.
Wallace said he and his executives are seriously concerned about the consequences the May 17 decision may have in the future.
“This has opened up a can of worms and therefore, what we are seeking to do is have the constitution reviewed, and possibly take steps to amend it if necessary.
“Not only with this particular matter, but there are other issues that I feel would require the constitution to be scrutinised by a legal person,” Wallace explained.
He ruled out the need for having a legal representative on the Board of the SSFL, but said the SSFL need someone it can consult with regularly, is definitely needed.
Wallace disagreed with Taylor’s comments in a newspaper report that the decision to include San Juan North came from the general council, saying it did not come from the general council.
“The general council is made up of the premier and championship divisions schools as well as zonal representatives and officers.
“That decision came from an extraordinary general meeting which comprises of all the schools in the league, including schools that did not take part in the premier and championship divisions.”