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The Belize Times
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Belize #1 Sports Page
Team Ace, Hurricane, Young Stars & Phoenix win in BTTA team table tennis
Team Ace team posted their 2nd win in the 1st Division, while the Hurricanes, Young Stars and Phoenix each enjoyed wins in the 2nd division of the 2010 brothers HABET Team League "Round Robin" Tournament, which continued this past weekend with 4 team matches played. In the 1st Division, Team ACE defeated Team NO MERCY - 5 to 1. This victory for ACE now puts them in a "tied" position for 2nd with Team RACQUETEERS. Team NO MERCY
now struggles with a record of no wins and 3 losses. Team BOMBERS remain in the #1 position with 3 wins and no losses to date. Team SUGA CITY currently sits in 4th position. In the 2nd Division, Team H U R R I C A N E d e f e a t e d Te a m GARAGE - 5 to 3; Team PHOENIX defeated Team COBRA - 5 to 0 and Team YOUNG STARS defeated Team "L" - 5 to 3 In the 2nd Division, Team PHOENIX now leads the competition
with a 4-0 record. Team GARAGE is now in the 2nd after a recent loss to COBRA. Team YOUNG STARS remain impressive after recording their 2nd victory over Team "L". They now move up to the 4th position while Team HURRICANE is in 3rd position. The competition continues this coming weekend, October 23, 2010 with the following matches scheduled. In 1st DIVISION play: AC E v s R AC QU E T E E R S ; N O MERCY vs SUGA CITY; BOMBERS
vs RIVERO WELDERS, while in the 2nd DIVISION: HURRICANE vs TEAM "L"; GARAGE vs PHOENIX and COBRA vs ASSASINS. Team YOUNG STARS are also scheduled to move up their match scheduled for Nov. 6, 2010 against Team COBRA, to this coming weekend. The BTTA invites the general public to come out and witness very exciting and competitive matches in this 2010 Team League tournament.
Rising Stars draws 0-0 with World FC in Interdistrict football World FC of San Ignacio held the Rising Stars of Belize City to a scoreless draw when the Interdistrict first football competition continued at the MCC Grounds today, Saturday, October 16. Rising Stars avoided a loss and got another point, but each draw reduces their chances of making the next round. John Grinage and Ernest “Dubu” Flores led the Rising Stars offensive, supported by Avian Crawford and Misael Canul on the wings, while Samuel Figueroa and David Ramos broke up the visitors’ attacks in midfield and forwarded the ball to renew the attack. Matthew Leal anchored the Rising Stars’ defense with the help of Andrew Estell and Hubert Baptist, but even so World FC’s Bader Hegar and Joseph Waight broke through to get off shots, which were ably handled by the Stars’
goalkeeper Glenford Chimilio. World FC’s Julian Maldonado, Joel Guzman, Shannon Defour and Cesar Villeda were also challenging the Stars’ attacks at midfield, and while the Stars had possession for much of the second half as the week before, they failed to finish. Jael Ottley and Clinton Jorgenson entered the fray in the second half, but the long whistle sounded to a dissatisfying 0-0 draw. The stage is now set for the quarterfinals in which World F.C will take on Hopkins, Mavericks will challenge Carmelita, and Libertadores will look to liberate Benguche. The second place winner from Group 1 will take on Atletico of Group 3. The quarterfinal will be a home and away series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals, and the losers will be eliminated
BDF drills Griga United 2-0 to lead BPFL football Undefeated Belize Defence Force continues to lead the Belize Premier Football League in their sixth week of competition after their fifth victory: 2-0 over Griga United at the Carl Ramos Stadium this Sunday afternoon, October 17. A scant seven minutes of play had elapsed when Evan Mariano stunned the Griga goalkeeper Elias Pelayo by scoring the winning goal. The Griga eleven struggled to equalize but the hometown fans had little to cheer about as first intermission came and went, and then the end of 90 minutes regulation time, without the Griga strikers making
any impression on the tenacious BDF defense. The game was into its second minute of injury time, when Orlando “Lichy” Jimenez iced the victory with a second goal for the 2-0 final score. Griga is ranked third with 10pts. FC Belize fell to second place in the league rankings with 14pts, when they fell short of a victory in a dissatisfying scoreless draw with the Toledo ambassadors at the Toledo Union Field. Their star striker Jerome James was also ejected from the ballgame with a red card, which means, James will have to sit out their next
match when they take on league leading BDF at the MCC grounds on Sunday, October 24. Toledo Ambassadors remain at fourth place in the standings with eight points, and will challenge Griga United at the Carl Ramos Stadium on Sunday. Hankook Verdes picked up their first win by default when the San Pedro Sea Dogs forfeited their scheduled match on Saturday night. Verdes will visit Belmopan Blaze at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium, while San Felipe Barcelona will host the San Pedro Sea dogs at the People’s Stadium on Sunday.