Lakers 'Team of the Year'
Monday, January 16th 2006
Tobago News
Roxborough Lakers had to settle for second place in the League Championship competition behind neighbours Charlotteville Unifiers but the Pepsi FA Cup winners had the satisfaction of copping the Team of the Year award as Eastern base teams, totally hugged the limelight at the Tobago Football Association prize giving function on Sunday.
Representatives of Leeward based teams became the cheerleaders for their Windward counterparts who walked away with the bulk of the prizes.
Addressing the well-attended function at the Dwight Yorke Stadium VIP Lounge, Secretary for Sport Orville London explained what he termed the London's vision for football. He stressed that they need to identify new sponsors and partners for football and advised them not to measure success by the completion of tournaments alone but to focus on development. He also questioned whether the interest of Tobago is being served by teams competing in National football tournaments at the expense of playing at home and suggested that they must develop an incentive plan to stem the exodus of our top players to Trinidad. He also urged them to develop a strategic plan that must involve all stakeholders and praise them for hosting another successful season and a well organised presentation.
Among the individuals that copped their respective divisional Player of the Year awards were Roxborough Lakers Sellon Gray, Earlbrookes Brinsley Reid and St Clair Coaching School's Krista Winchester.
List of Awards - Premier League Champions Charlotteville Unifiers $25,000.00, 2nd Roxborough Lakers $15,000.00, 3rd Sideys F.C $10,000.00, 4th St Clair Coaching School $5000.00. Pepsi F.A Cup - Roxborough Lakers winners, Pepsi Hill United- losing finalist. Zonal Champion - Earlbrooks, 2nd Goal City Women Champions-Stokely Vale, 2nd St Clair Coaching School, 3rd-Phoenix. Knockout winners-Phoenix.
Team of the Year - Roxborough Lakers, Coach of the Year - Cleave Lewis, Lakers. Top five players Premier -Mensa Pollard-Mason Hall, Dwayne Marcelle-Bethel, Ryan Gray-Sideys' F.C, Keston Melville-Lakers, Kervern Murphy-Unifiers. Top three Women Cassie Ann Thomas, Kemica Forde and Kenya Cordner.
MVP's - Sellon Gray - Premier, Brinsley Reid-Zonal and Krista Winchester-Stokely Vale. Top goalkeepers -Keston Melville - Premier, Brusley Reid - Earlbrookes and Kemica Forbes.
Top goal scorers Premier - Kevern Murphy 21, Zonal - Brinsley Reid 10 women - Krista Winchester 7.
