Tobago News
National body blanks Tobago Zone at football prizegiving
Friday, February 10th 2006
The Tobago Zone of the Trinidad and Tobago Secondary Schools Football Association was not invited to the Association's national presentation function hosted in Trinidad recently and Tobago Zonal chairman Allan James has expressed disappointment at this turn of event.
James noted that though they did not win any national titles, Signal Hill Comprehensive reached the big Five semi final and Scarborough Secondary School participated in the quarter final of the InterCol and more importantly, Zonal prizes were distributed at the function, therefore he believes that common courtesy and respect dictated that they should have been invited.
Asked by Tobago News if he had sought an explanation from the National body why they were not invited, he said no because he doesn't believe he should. He added that he is also extremely disappointed that not one single player was selected for the Secondary Schools All Star team that toured Jamaica in December 2005.
According to James, the head coach for the team Glenford Thomas and his staff visited Tobago for a screening session but because of incessant rains the session did not take place and they promised to return but never did. He said he was very surprised when he saw the team was selected and no Tobago player was called. He stressed that because of that situation he used his initiative to organize the participation of a Tobago All Star team in the upcoming Barbados Cup to ensure that the Tobago players are given an added incentive to perform like their Trinidad counterparts.
