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Junior sailors make their mark at Optimist North American Championships 2014

July 17, 2014 by bvioc

Junior sailors Rayne Duff, Thad Lettsome, and Nathan Haycraft represented the British Virgin Islands in the Optimist North American Championship 2014 which took place July 9 – 16 in Nayarit, Mexico.

The four days of fleet sailing saw 175 competitors aged 11 to 15 from 19 nations racing in Banderas Bay. After seven races, Jodie Lai from Singapore won the overall and top female title, while Ivan Shestopalov (USA) was overall runner-up to win the North American title.

Rayne placed 15/59 in the Yellow Flight and 15th overall. Rayne was also the highest placed sailor from the Caribbean. Thad placed 11/58 in the Blue Flight, and Nathan placed 39/58 in the Red Flight.

The sailing conditions were difficult with the wind varying from 5 knots one minute to 15 knots the next then back to 5 knots, there was also 3 knots of current that didn’t seem to have any rules.

Due to the very light winds a lot of time was spent waiting for the wind to fill in so far less sailing was done over the 4 race days, only 7 races were completed. This made it harder for our BVI sailors to settle in and adjust to the sailing conditions.

That said, Rayne showed his dominance in the class with a very clean and stable result board. If there had not been a discard Rayne would have taken 3rd place overall.

Thad had some good results and showed his maturity, towering above the rest of the fleet he managed to keep good results in difficult conditions.

Nathan, the youngest team member, learnt new tactics when dealing with such large fleets and the effects of a black flag.

OptiNAM 2014 comprises three separate championships, The Optimist Individual North American Championship (INAM), The Optimist Team Racing North American Championship (TRNAM) and The Optimist Nations Cup (NC).

Countries represented include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Japan, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Switzerland, United States, and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Mexico. Singapore, New Zealand and Australia.

Following OptiNAM, and the concurrent European Championships, the Optimist World Championships will be held in San Isidro, Argentina this coming October.

http://www.optinam2014.org/results-display for the full results.

About Optimist sailing
The Optimist, a 7 1/2 foot flat bottomed boat, is the biggest and fastest growing dinghy class in the world, and the only dinghy designed exclusively for children under 15 recognized by the International Sailing Federation.

As one of the most intensely competitive classes worldwide, despite the youthfulness of its sailors, the Optimist has emerged through the years as the premier developmental boat for young sailors. Optimist sailing provides a secure foundation for children entering the sport to develop into world class sports men and women.

Filed Under: Sailing

800m runner Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner joins the 2014 Youth Olympic Team

July 15, 2014 by bvioc

Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner has been awarded a Universality place and joins the 7 athletes previously announced by the BVI Olympic Committee as competitors for the Virgin Islands at the 2nd Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.

The VI’s athletes for Nanjing 2014 will compete in Athletics, Sailing and Swimming. The Athletics team includes 100m sprinter, Nelda Huggins; 100m hurdler, Deya Erickson; long jumper, Kala Penn; 400m intermediate hurdler, Kyron McMaster; triple jumper, Akeem Bradshaw, and 800m runner, Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner.

Sam Morrell will be representing the Virgin Islands in sailing following his success in the 2014 Byte CII North American Championships to become the first VI sailor to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games.

In another first for the VI, Amarah Phillips will be representing the Virgin Island in swimming and she will be competing in the 50m Butterfly and the 50m Freestyle.

The delegation will also include Chef de Mission for Nanjing 2014, Mrs. Stephanie Russ Penn; Tracy Bradshaw (Swimming coach), Ralston “Grandfather” Henry (Athletics coach) and Christopher Watters (Sailing coach).

The team departs the territory on August 10 and will return on August 30. The official opening ceremony will take place on August 16 and will celebrate with a closing ceremony on August 28.

The full schedule of events can be found on the official Youth Olympic Games web site, http://www.nanjing2014.org/en/en_sports/scheduleResults.htm.

Filed Under: Athletics, BVI Olympic Committee, Nanjing News, Sailing, Swimming

Two BVI Carifta Games medalists set for IAAF World Jr Championships

July 14, 2014 by bvioc

By: Dean Greenaway

Kyron McMaster, left and Nelda Huggins. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Two BVI Carifta Games bronze medalists in track events who have established National Jr. Records this season will represent the territory at the IAAF World Jr. Championships in Eugene, Oregon, July 22-27.

Sprinter Nelda Huggins and 400m Intermediate Hurdler Kyron McMaster have met the qualifying standards and will join the best U20 athletes from around the world in Eugene.

The territory almost had a third qualifier in Carifta Games 400m finalist Khari Herbert who came agonizingly close missing the standard by .001 in his last meet of the season.

Huggins will contest the 100 and 200m where the 17 year old has established National Youth and National Jr. Records in both events. Huggins who has been on the Carifta Games 100m podium every year since 2011, sliced her 100m best from 11.77 seconds she ran last year and matched during the Carifta Games in Martinique, to 11.59 in winning the U20 Girls event at last month’s BVI Twilight Invitational.

She’s coming off breaking her own 200m standard of 23.91 seconds established during the Carifta Games in April, with a run of 23.77 at the Antigua National Championships at the end of June.

Versatile McMaster has established personal bests in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 400m Intermediate Hurdles and 800m this season, qualifying for World Jrs. In the 400m Hurdles, his new pet event.

The novice has exactly four hurdles races to his credit—three of them over the 0.84m height—the regulations for U18 athletes. He debuted with 56.31 seconds in January then followed up with 56.08 to make the Carifta Games U18 Boys final, before running 52.85 for the bronze.

In his next race over the 0.914m barriers—the height for U20 athletes and collegians—he ran 53.26 second to qualify for World Jrs.

McMaster is coming off taking down Keita Cline’s 23 year old U18 Boys 200m National Youth Record of 22.09 seconds with a mark of 21.74 during the Antigua National Championships, where he also shaved his own 400m Youth Record from 48.14 to 48.10. He missed equaling Aliston “Al” Potter’s 100m National Youth Record of 10.96 seconds when he ran 10.97. He has also a 2:09.00 to his credit in the 800m.

Chief Coach Dag Samuels and Angeleta Bernard will be the accompanying officials.

Filed Under: Athletics

Ten VI athletes confirmed for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

July 8, 2014 by bvioc

(l-r) BVIOC Secretary General, Lloyd Black, athletics coaches, Winston Potter, and Karl Scatliffe, Shot Put and Discus throw athlete, Eldred Henry, 100m and 200m sprinter Shaquoy Stephens, BVIOC President, Ephraim Penn, Assistant Director Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, Paul Hewlett, Chef de Mission Xx Commonwealth Games, Mark Chapman.

10 athletes who will represent the Virgin Islands at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games were announced by Chef de Mission for the XX Commonwealth Games, Mark Chapman, at a press briefing held on July 3. The athletes for Athletics, Squash, and Swimming were selected based on meeting the necessary qualifications to compete in the Games.

In Athletics, the quartet of Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Ashley Kelly, Karene King, and Chantel Malone will make up the women’s 4 x 100m relay team. Individually, Tahesia and Karene will run in the Women’s 100m dash. Karene and Ashley will compete in the Women’s 200m sprint while Ashely will also run in the Women’s 400m. Chantel will compete in the Women’s Long Jump.

Keron Stoute will compete in the Men’s Decathlon. Eldred Henry will be competing in the Men’s Shot Put and Men’s Discus Throw. Shaquoy Stephens will run in the Men’s 100m and 200m sprints.

Joseph Chapman will be representing the VI in squash for the third time in the Commonwealth Games.

For the first time in its Commonwealth Games history, the VI will be represented in swimming. Sisters, Amarah and Elinah Phillip will both compete in the Women’s 50m Freestyle, and the 50m and 100m Butterfly. Elinah, who captured four medals for the territory at the 2014 Carifta Swimming Championships in Aruba in April this year, will also compete in the Women’s 100m Freestyle.

The team will be arriving in Glasgow on the July 20 with the opening ceremony taking place on the July 23. Athletes in Squash and Swimming will start competing on July 24 and the competitions in Athletics will start on July 27.

The athletes will be accompanied by coaches Winston Potter and Karl Scatliffe for athletics and Joseph Kneipp, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Gold medalist, will attend as the squash coach. The Phillip sisters will be attended by their swimming coach, Amed Samir.

The BVIOC, in its capacity as the local Commonwealth Games Association takes on the responsibility for all the administration, accreditation, and arrangements including travel and accommodation for the competitors and coaches. It also serves as the body to whom National Federations present their qualified athletes to undergo the selection process.

“These young men and woman have been identified and selected by the relevant national federations based on their performance in the national and international arena,” said Penn. “We are exceptionally proud of their achievements and applaud them for their hard work and perseverance.”

Mr Paul Hewlett, representing the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and the Department of Youth Affairs and sports congratulated the named athletes and wished them success as they represented the territory as its ambassadors.

The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving 71 teams of athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. It will feature 17 sports in 11 days of competition with 261 medal events on show. The Games will play host to four thousand five hundred athletes and sell one million tickets.

To date, the Virgin Islands has participated in 6 Games, the first being in athletics in Auckland, New Zealand in 1990. Glasgow will be the VI’s 7th appearance.

The press briefing was followed by a special screening of the BBC coverage of the Queen’s Baton Relay through the VI and the Caribbean. The Queen’s Baton Relay, which is the pre-cursor to the Commonwealth Games, was accompanied by the international traveling crew and BBC documentary crew who visited the territory from April 2 -5 as part of the baton’s tour of the 71 Commonwealth member countries.

Filed Under: Athletics, Glasgow News, Squash, Swimming

Harrigan-Scott, Gumbs Strike OECS Track Championships Gold

July 8, 2014 by bvioc

BVI’s Ashley Kelly, right, St. Vincent & the Grenadines’ Kenike Alexander and Antigua & Barbuda’s Samantha Edwards in the 400m. They had times of 53.17, 52.47 & 53.45 respectively. Photo: St. KItts & Nevis Amateur Athletics Association.

For some it was a tune up for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland later this month. For others, it was the end of competition for the 2014 season.

By time Tahesia Harrigan-Scott comfortably crossed the line to win the 100m, the final women’s individual event Sunday evening’s program, BVI athletes had bagged six medals—including two gold—in the revival of the OECS Track and Field Championships which were last held in 1991 in St. Lucia.

Harrigan-Scott captured gold with a wind aided time of 11.29 seconds, in a race that had a +4.1 meters per second tailwind. Teammate Karene King—who was second the in the 200m on Saturday night—placed fourth in 11.70.

King got to the line in 23.49 seconds in the 200m behind St. Vincent and the Grenadine’s Kenike Alexander who ran 22.97. King advanced to the final with a time of 23.76.

Trevia Gumbs landed the Shot Put crown with a throw of 13.69m to collect the territory’s other gold medal on Sunday.

The medal haul began on Saturday when Tynelle Gumbs opened her Javelin Throw account with a heave of 35.40m which stood up as the second best throw of the competition, to collect silver.

The third silver medal was bagged when Ashley Kelly ran her fastest 400m since her collegiate days to finish second behind Alexander in 53.17 seconds eclipsing the 53.43 season’s best she ran at the BVI Twilight Invitational last month.

Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner finished third in a season ending 800m run with a time of 2 minutes, 16.14 seconds, to earn the bronze medal.

Tarique Moses ended his season with a personal best of 49.40 seconds after finishing fourth in the 400m. He ran 49.87 in the prelims to advance to the final.

Harrigan-Scott, King and Kelly, will be joined by Chantel Malone, Shaquoy Stephens, Keron Stoute and Eldred Henry at the Commonwealth Games, which will have track and field action from July 27-Aug 3.

Following the Commonwealth Games, Stephens and Henry will fly to Kamloops, Canada, for the NACAC U23 Championships, Aug 8-10.

Filed Under: Athletics

Young VI footballers give Nevis decent matches in Virgin Gorda

July 7, 2014 by bvioc

Action between the BVI Rockers and Nevis U13’s, which was won 3-1 by the visiting Nevis team. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson / BVIFA

As a continuation of its progressive youth football focus, the BVIFA welcomed two U13 Boy’s teams from the Nevis Football Associations youth programme to the Territory, last weekend, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July, for a series of matches against the BVI Rockers and the BVI Babes.

On Saturday the two games took place over on Virgin Gorda and both ended in 1-1 draws. On Sunday the Babes held on for a 1-1 draw and the Rockers went down 3-1 as Nevis scored twice late on.

The Nevis Boy’s were given a good run for their money by the BVI, despite the Rockers and Babes only having played once before, competitively in St Martin and the Nevis players being two years into their programme.

Jamir Claxton the Nevis Coach felt pretty good and proud of all the players he had seen over the weekend “First of all I would like to thank the BVIFA for hosting us, they did a brilliant job. I’m very proud of our players and also the BVI’s Youth players. Our players have been together for two years now and all come out of our Primary School League”

The Nevis programme brings the boys together two or three times a week, which mirrors what they BVIFA is now doing with its Youth programmes.

Keith “Grell” Griffith also noted that the BVI were improving and progressing under the new focus “The future looks bright for the BVI teams; they led early in the games, but couldn’t hold on. Nevis were technically better and better organized on the field, the BVI battled hard

Griffith and the BVIFA will be looking to arrange more matches for the U13’s going forward and continue to expand its grassroots development programmers

“The Nevis visit was instrumental to the develop of our youth programmed and a good indicator of how we compare with other similar Territories. With the exception of some players the teams were comparable and the F.A. is very pleased with how the weekend went” commented Ag. General Secretary, Alfred Reid.

The Digicel Centre of Excellence continues every Saturday on both Virgin Gorda and Tortola and has been a key component for the technical development of the Boys who featured in the teams over the weekend.

Filed Under: Football

Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games athletes to be announced at Olympic Day celebration. Sochi 2014 Olympian to receive Olympic Participant Pin

June 17, 2014 by bvioc

Corrected to reflect new location and start time of Children’s Triathlon

The young athletes confirmed to represent the Virgin Islands at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in swimming, sailing and athletics will be announced this Saturday, June 21 at the Tortola Sports Club during Olympic Day celebrations.

The afternoon programme of events will take place between 4.00pm and 6.00pm and will include a special presentation of the Olympic Participant Pin by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports to Peter Adam Crook, the VI’s half-pipe skier at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. The annual, symbolic Olympic Day 2-mile walk/run will close out the activities. The events are free and open to the public.

“The BVIOC wants the whole community to come out and support our young Olympians-to-be and to get involved with the message of Olympism,” said Ephraim Penn, President of the BVIOC. “We will have with us some of the young athletes who will be representing the Virgin Islands at the highest level of global competition. This will be the first time that the territory will be represented in the sports of swimming and sailing at the Youth Olympic Games. These participants, along with those from the sport of athletics, have worked extremely hard to qualify as competitors and the BVIOC is excited to see their efforts come to fruition.”

The Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games will take place in Nanjing, China from August 16 – 28, approximately six months after the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games during which the VI was represented in the half-pipe ski event by Peter Adam Crook.

“Olympic Day is an occasion to highlight the Olympic values of Respect, Excellence, and Friendship,” noted Penn. “The philosophy requires us to be responsible citizens and to work towards unity through Respect for what has been entrusted to us, striving for Excellence in all that we do, and to foster local and global Friendships. He may not have achieved the score-board results hoped for, but Adam most recently demonstrated these values during his time at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia and this will be a fitting occasion to recognize his contribution to the Virgin Islands’ Olympic history.”

The activities, supported by Road Town Wholesale, distributors of Dasani and Coca Cola, will start at 4.00pm when runners and walkers can register for the symbolic Olympic Day walk/run. Participants will start from the Tortola Sports Club (TSC) at 4.45pm and will proceed west through Road Town and return to the sports club. Participants will receive a free tee-shirt and a certificate of participation on completion of the walk/run.

The Olympic Day run in Virgin Gorda will start at 6.30am (registration 6.00am) from the The Virgin Gorda Centre, HLSCC, The Valley. For details, contact Gloreah Gibson at gloreahgibson@hotmail.com or tel: 547-7404. The BVI Triathlon Federation will host a Children’s Olympic Day Triathlon at Smuggler’s Cove at 10:00am following on from the annual Summer Splash (corrected information). For details, contact Richard Morgan on 346-6002.

For more information on Olympic Day please contact Cleave Farrington, Executive Director of the BVIOC, by phone at 542 1007 or 496 6007 or by email at cmfarrington@bviolympics.org.

Filed Under: Athletics, BVI Olympic Committee, Nanjing News, Sailing, Sochi News, Swimming

Legs, Bayside Blazers & Mad Mix fall in weekend Basketball Action

June 16, 2014 by bvioc

By: VINO

Action from Blazers defeat to All Ah Wee on Saturday Evening June 14, 2014. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

As the BVI Basketball Federation’s (BVIBF) 40th Anniversary ‘Back on our Feet, Short and Sweet,’ Basketball League continued over the Father’s Day weekend, East put down an early marker over the Legs and the Bayside Blazers’ winning streak ended with back to back defeats.

The weekend action got underway on Friday June 13, 2014, with the Spartans routing the Spurs 96 -73 on the back of 25 points from Joel Douglas, having blown the game open with a 34-17 first quarter.

Vadelle Ibel added 20 points, Hakeem Penn 17 with 11 rebounds and Rami Garcia 14.
For the Spurs who never recovered from the first period mauling, but matched their opponents the rest of the way to the buzzer, Ryan Richardson and Devante Brewley both scored 15 points.

Lestin Wiltshire Junior notched 14 with 11 rebounds and Shakeem Blackmore also doubled with 13 points and 13 rebounds.

The Kings then beat the Gameboys 102-76 with Sean Woods scoring 20 points. Juan Hatchette doubled with 19 points and 11 rebounds, whilst Rowan Victor finished with 17 points and Jevonne Deming 16.

For the Gameboys Shaquille Fonseca scored 23 points with 9 rebounds, Tyree Maduro 17 points, Mandinka Crabbe 14 with 10 rebounds and Nehassie Chalwell 11 points.

Saturday Night was then turned out to be a thrilling spectacle of ball as East beat the defending Champions, the Legs and All Ah Wee brought the Bayside Blazers winning streak to an end.

The first game, in the Junior Division saw the Spurs suffer a second successive rout, this time 101-58 by And One, with Jachoy Walwyn scoring 19 points and 10 rebounds. Demoi Hodge scored 13 and Akeem Nibbs 13 with 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

The Spurs top scorer was Oscar Herrara with 14 points; Richardson added 10 and Blackmore picked up 12 rebounds.

In the Senior Division All Ah Wee over powered the Blazers in the second half. They turned a 31-31 half time score into a 58-46 third quarter advantage and then splashed in 31 more points to end 89-68 up.

Nathaniel Malone and Enrico Harrigan both scored 20 and Jamal Serrant 11 for All Ah Wee, whilst the Blazers got 29 points from Sandy E. Nadal and 19 from Chaurbin V. Smith.

East then rounded out the evening in front of a raucous crowd with an 81-68 demolition of the Legs thanks in large part to Killven Samuel, who scored 35 points and added 9 rebounds. David “Bolo” Lettsome added 16 points with 13 rebounds and Eustace “Boss” Freeman finished up scoring 12 points with 15 rebounds.

The Legs, who had matched the East for the first three quarters before being overrun in the fourth, were led by Jasin Edwin’s 23 point and 7 rebound effort. Kennedy Bass added 15 points and Dionne Blyden finished with 10 points.

On Sunday, the Blazers suffered a second defeat, this time 86-83 to the Gameboys and were undone in the third quarter of a tight game. The Blazers were well in front at the break, 51-42, but were undone by a 25 point third quarter by the Gameboys, who then held on during the fourth to claim a narrow three point victory.

Revaughn Garraway top scored for the Gameboys with 19, Maduro added 17, Fonseca 14 and Crabbe 14 with 8 blocks. The Blazers were led by Mikey S. Joseph who scored 16 points and double doubles from both Nadal (15p/11r) and Allison Leonard (15/14).

The Bayside Blazers is managed and owned by Julian Willock and is sponsored by; BCQS, Hon. Julian Fraser RA, Aaron Rentals Ltd, STO Enterprise Ltd., Caribbean Insurers Ltd., JML Techno Ltd., Peter Island Resort, Digicel BVI, Nagico Insurance, Scrub Island Resort & Spa, A Cut Above Beauty Salon, James Todman Construction Ltd., Crescent Corporate Services Ltd., and International Motors Ltd.

The team is coached by Rhennie O. Phipps with assistance from Jason A. Edwin. The team’s Scorer is Jonathan H. Garcia.

The two Junior Division games earlier Sunday evening had seen victories for the Starz, 98-50, over Real Tool and And One, 106-96, over Mad Mix. Demoi Hodge notched 46 points for And One, whilst Glenal Layne finished with 38 points and 16 rebounds for the Mix in what became an end to end slug fest of a game.

Filed Under: Basketball

Old Madrid crowned Division One champions

June 16, 2014 by bvioc

By: BVIFA

Hanif James makes a save from the head of Junior Heyliger
Photo credit: Charlie E. Jackson

Courtesy of a rather bizarre goal from Kenmore Simmonds, Old Madrid F.C were crowned Division One Champions on Saturday June 14th, with a 1-0 defeat over nearest rivals, the Panthers F.C.

Just over the hour mark of a rather tepid clash and a game the Panthers had to win to have a chance of sneaking into top spot, Old Madrid skipper, Simmonds, raced onto a long ball down the Panthers left and as he ran out of space hit a speculative cross that fell straight into the arms of the Panthers keeper, Rudolph Davis. He however contrived to let the ball slip from his grasp and deflect into the net for the only goal of the game.

“It wasn’t a pretty victory” noted Simmonds “the keeper made a big mistake, but we had a good league season, we played well throughout and today were the best team too “

Simmonds, who said he was looking forward to the challenge of the Premier League next season, also noted that his team had benefitted from continued practice and also taking part in various tournaments as the BVI Masters team.

Team Coach, Elroy Mills, commented that despite a lack of discipline and time keeping, the team had all dug in and played well. “Whenever I had an eleven in mind players would turn up late and I had to use the bench. For “Old Folks” they played well, but now we will have to bring in some of the younger guys and get more disciplined with our approach”

Whilst Old Madrid have a chance to add to their silverware, the Panthers also have an opportunity to redeem their season, with both teams featuring in the Semi Finals of the Terry Evans cup.

On Saturday June 29th, the Panthers face the Premier League Champions elect, The Islanders F.C. and then Old Madrid take on VG United on the same day, with both matches scheduled for the A.O. Shirley Ground.

Filed Under: Football

Cedar School & St Georges claim school Rugby Championships

June 13, 2014 by bvioc

Photo credit: Charlie Jackson /VINO

Cedar International School overcame a tenacious Francis Lettsome Primary, 2-1, in the BVI Rugby Union’s U13 Championship, whilst St Georges completed a come from behind win over Cedar to secure the U16 Title on Thursday June 12th, 2014.

The 2014 School Festivals brought to a close the School Rugby Season and was a fitting celebration of the sport that is developing at a fast rate.

Both Cedar and FLPS had reached the final after two tense semi final victories and a whole host of competitive group qualification action.

Cedar had a 3-2 win over Cedar “A” to claim their place in the Final following a 2-0 win over Ebenezer Thomas, a 3-2 victory over Enis Adams and a 7-1 romp against the Seventh-day Adventists. Meanwhile FLPS secured victories over Ivan Dawson Primary, 4-2, Isabella Morris, 1-0, Cedar “A”, 4-1 and then Ebenezer Thomas, 3-2, to reach the Final.

After Cedar came out Champions with a 2-1 win in the final, Rugby Development Officer and Coach, Sherlock “Sam” Solomon noted how much the game is improving at the Primary School level.

“The competition level was really up there and the kids are getting better and better, with the result that wins are hard to come up with. FLPS won the competition 2 years ago and were back, looking good this time around, but they seemed to have a few issues in the Final and let the game slip away from them,” said Solomon.

The U15’s took the field on Thursday afternoon and the best of three final saw St Georges stage a come from behind, 2-1 best of three win over Cedar School.

The first game went the way of Cedar, 2-0, courtesy of two scores from Kendall Davies, but then the Chalwell boys combined to give St Georges a 2-1 win in game two.

The deciding match saw Dylan Moses run riot down the left wing in the first half, scoring twice and giving his team, St Georges a comfortable lead that they never surrendered, running out 2-0 winners to claim the Championship.

Coach “Solo” was not surprised that St Georges had regrouped so well to claim the Title. “They always had a good set of players and it was good to see Joseph pick his team up after losing the first game to play some good rugby and come out winners. Overall the skill levels have gone up during the year and it was good to see both teams moving the ball around from side to side and probing for defensive weaknesses.”

Filed Under: Rugby