100 youth teams for Trinidad & Tobago Cup.

[elan]

100 youth teams for Trinidad & Tobago Cup.
T&T Express Reports.[/size]

Some 100 youth teams are expected to participate in 180 matches over the six days of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs Trinidad & Tobago Cup, which take's place between March 24 and 29 at venues throughout the country.

The football tournament caters to under-15 and under-17 boys teams, as well as under-18 girls teams. Six years ago, Alvin Corneal launched the tournament, which is expected to get a major boost this year thanks to sponsorship from the Ministry of Sport. A $300 entrance fee has been waived.

Last year's winners were La Foucade FC (under-14), Superstar Rangers (under-16) and Waterloo Soccer Academy (girls under-18). This year, organisers are expecting wider participation, including teams from Toco, La Brea and Point Fortin. The champions will receive a challenge trophy and $3,500.

[Coop's]

Alvin Corneal started this six years ago and is the first time i'm hearing about it?i never thought it had something like this in T&T,i must give some props to Alvin for taking the initiative to initiate something like this because these are the things our Football needs,this is what other countries are doing,this i think will work for a country like ours,this involves the whole country,every youth players in those ages have an opportunity to play and be seen,i applaud the Ministry of Sport for supporting it,i think it will be money well spent.I just want to add one adjustment i think should be made to this,players that play for Youth teams of the Pro Clubs like Jabloteh,Rangers,WConnection etc even the national teams should not be allowed to play in this.

[Arimaman]

This remind me of the old Sunshine Snacks Youth tournament of the 80's.  For all of you young bucks, Jabloteh was the team back then and still is today.  The more things change the more they stay the same.

[Big Magician]

yes...coops...it going on for yrs now....

[Bally]

Alvin Corneal started this six years ago and is the first time i'm hearing about it?i never thought it had something like this in T&T,i must give some props to Alvin for taking the initiative to initiate something like this because these are the things our Football needs,this is what other countries are doing,this i think will work for a country like ours,this involves the whole country,every youth players in those ages have an opportunity to play and be seen,i applaud the Ministry of Sport for supporting it,i think it will be money well spent.I just want to add one adjustment i think should be made to this,players that play for Youth teams of the Pro Clubs like Jabloteh,Rangers,WConnection etc even the national teams should not be allowed to play in this.

Coop’s I surprised at you this tournament scores has been updated on this site for years I believe Rangers has won this tournament on a regular bases I remember they when to England one because they won this Cup

[Coop's]

Alvin Corneal started this six years ago and is the first time i'm hearing about it?i never thought it had something like this in T&T,i must give some props to Alvin for taking the initiative to initiate something like this because these are the things our Football needs,this is what other countries are doing,this i think will work for a country like ours,this involves the whole country,every youth players in those ages have an opportunity to play and be seen,i applaud the Ministry of Sport for supporting it,i think it will be money well spent.I just want to add one adjustment i think should be made to this,players that play for Youth teams of the Pro Clubs like Jabloteh,Rangers,WConnection etc even the national teams should not be allowed to play in this.

Coop’s I surprised at you this tournament scores has been updated on this site for years I believe Rangers has won this tournament on a regular bases I remember they when to England one because they won this Cup

         Alright i missed out on this one,remember i'm away from home going on 17yrs is it alright for me to miss something?trust me the Coop's don't know everything i gather a lot of info from you guys,i really was not awear of this.

[Midknight]

Alvin Corneal started this six years ago and is the first time i'm hearing about it?i never thought it had something like this in T&T,i must give some props to Alvin for taking the initiative to initiate something like this because these are the things our Football needs,this is what other countries are doing,this i think will work for a country like ours,this involves the whole country,every youth players in those ages have an opportunity to play and be seen,i applaud the Ministry of Sport for supporting it,i think it will be money well spent.I just want to add one adjustment i think should be made to this,players that play for Youth teams of the Pro Clubs like Jabloteh,Rangers,WConnection etc even the national teams should not be allowed to play in this.

Coop’s I surprised at you this tournament scores has been updated on this site for years I believe Rangers has won this tournament on a regular bases I remember they when to England one because they won this Cup

         Alright i missed out on this one,remember i'm away from home going on 17yrs is it alright for me to miss something?trust me the Coop's don't know everything i gather a lot of info from you guys,i really was not awear of this.

You ent alone dread. Doh sweat it.

[Quags]

Haves they ever un earthed  any gems with this program ?

[Deeks]

Back in the late 60's/early 70's the POSFL had a juvenile football league. All the clubs had a team. I think(not sure) Providence won the first cup. But Providence was basically Tranqui Sec, I was told. Roderick Warner use to play for Providence and he was a teacher in Tranquil. Malvern had guys from Woodbrook and St.james Sec. The players were fron D2 college league. Regiment had a team also. South had their teams also. Most of their players represented TT at the senior level.

[vale]

This will be a good development tournament for the youths. Maybe some more tournaments like this should be organised in the future.

[elan]

What ever happened to the Republic Bank Youth Tournament in the savanah?

[Benchwarmer]

This is not that new tho....

When the Under 17 World Cup was coming. It had a competition-( ICN ) that was played for 4 years coming up to the world cup. I think the first winner was St Francois nationals. It was suppose to be a national screening for the team. I think it started when the players were under 13 or 14.

[College]

This remind me of the old Sunshine Snacks Youth tournament of the 80's. For all of you young bucks, Jabloteh was the team back then and still is today. The more things change the more they stay the same.

Dem was the good ole days, Jabloteh was unstoppable that year with Sharkey Henry as the coach. Arima ah think allyuh (u 14) won that year but we U 16) lost to mayaro on penalty kicks.

This current tournament, if ah understand correctly i a 1 week thing where as the sunshine snacks tourney was almost like a league, more spread out giving players time to practice more between games and develop as a team.

Ah think a more extended format in terms of the length of the tournament could be more beneficial especially for scouting players for the national teams or even if a coach want to scout an opponent, but all in all a step in the right direction

[Tallman]

Tobago knocked out of Youth Cup without knocking a ball
tobagonews.com
 
The organisers of the Ministry of Sports hosted Trinidad and Tobago Youth Cup Football tournament showed little interest in ensuring that Tobago teams participated in the tournament, according to Harvey Jack, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association.

Jack told the Tobago News that the organisers made the initial contact and never followed up. He added that he eventually contacted them and they again promised to contact him but they never did.

Jack said that nine teams had registered for the Tobago leg and they had already prepared the schedule of games. However, he noted that because the Dwight Yorke Stadium training ground was unprepared they were unable to play the games. He added that this was a blessing in disguise though, as the organisers never contacted them and they would have been at a loss to explain to the successful teams why they would not have been travelling to Trinidad for the Finals.

[Babalawo]

100 youth teams for Trinidad & Tobago Cup.
T&T Express Reports.[/size]

Some 100 youth teams are expected to participate in 180 matches over the six days of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs Trinidad & Tobago Cup, which take's place between March 24 and 29 at venues throughout the country.

The football tournament caters to under-15 and under-17 boys teams, as well as under-18 girls teams. Six years ago, Alvin Corneal launched the tournament, which is expected to get a major boost this year thanks to sponsorship from the Ministry of Sport. A $300 entrance fee has been waived.

Last year's winners were La Foucade FC (under-14), Superstar Rangers (under-16) and Waterloo Soccer Academy (girls under-18). This year, organisers are expecting wider participation, including teams from Toco, La Brea and Point Fortin. The champions will receive a challenge trophy and $3,500.

Thats a great thing if you want to bring a squad with talent not money.  Dont let talent and exposure be obstructed by money

[Filho]

Alvin Corneal started this six years ago and is the first time i'm hearing about it?i never thought it had something like this in T&T,i must give some props to Alvin for taking the initiative to initiate something like this because these are the things our Football needs,this is what other countries are doing,this i think will work for a country like ours,this involves the whole country,every youth players in those ages have an opportunity to play and be seen,i applaud the Ministry of Sport for supporting it,i think it will be money well spent.I just want to add one adjustment i think should be made to this,players that play for Youth teams of the Pro Clubs like Jabloteh,Rangers,WConnection etc even the national teams should not be allowed to play in this.

Coop’s I surprised at you this tournament scores has been updated on this site for years I believe Rangers has won this tournament on a regular bases I remember they when to England one because they won this Cup

         Alright i missed out on this one,remember i'm away from home going on 17yrs is it alright for me to miss something?trust me the Coop's don't know everything i gather a lot of info from you guys,i really was not awear of this.

Ah like dat. Only a big shotta could refer to himself in the third person like dat and is no scene.