sunday, November 29, 2009
The Belize Times
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Triple B & Gentle Touch lead FFB women’s football playoffs Belize City, November 21, 2009 The Triple B’s of Belmopan and the Gentle Touch girls of Esperanza village both posted big wins in the 1st week of playoffs of the national women’s football competition organized by the Football Federation of Belize; Triple B’s upset Belize City United 2-1 at the M.C.C. garden, while Gentle Touch ran rings around Big Falls FC for a 3-0 win at the Norman Broaster Stadium on Saturday evening. Kaina Martinez and Tara Hernandez led the Triple B’s attacks supported by Miriam Villamil and Vanessa Maldonado on the wings and Kaya Cattouse and Lynette “Panchy” Gabourel at midfield. When the Triple B’s won a free kick, Lynette Gabourel’s execution found Kaina Martinez, who finished with a shot on goal to put the visitors up 1-0 at the half time break. The Belize City side refreshed its defense with Karla Flores replacing Salambu Munnings, while Triple B’s Eva Bernardez relieved Miriam Villamil. Even so the city defenders Melony Tasher and Helen F l owe r s c o u l d not contain Tara Hernandez who broke free to drill a second goal past the Belize City keeper
Ermine Ferguson in the 75th minute. Shinelle Gentle compounded their problems by pushing Bernardez off her feet, earning herself a red card ejection. The Belize City girls got some in with Helen Flowers’ textbook execution of a free kick at the edge of the goal area that curved the ball over the wall of defenders perfectly into the far corner of the goal as the visitors went on to post a 2-1 win. Gentle Touch striker Kimberly Perez had a blast as she scored a hat trick for a 3-0 win over the Big Falls FC girls. Kimberly surprised the P. G . g o a l i e Gianellie Aguilar with the winning goal in the 3rd minute of play. Cynthia Salazar and Cindy Fuentes were backing up Perez attacks on the wings, but the Big Falls
defenders Sara Arzu, Carolita Jacobs and Eileen Graham held the Cayo girls to a 1-0 lead up to the half time break. In the 2nd h a l f, C y n t h i a Salazar brought up the ball on the right flank and centered perfectly into the goal area for Kimberly to finish the play with a 2nd goal in the 58th m i n u t e. P G ’s Ju l i a S a n ch e z and Claudia Rodriguez were breaking up the Cayo girls’ attacks but they could not stop Fuentes and Salazar from getting off shots on goal, which fortunately Aguilar was able to save. Veronica Chiac entered the ball game for Big Falls FC, and Katrina Gotz and Eileen Graham pressed forward for a goal, but the Cayo defenders Kendra “Peaches” Gentle, Dianelli “Shampoo” Wade, Monique Godoy and Dana Bennett held the visitors scoreless until the long whistle, while Perez completed her hat trick with a 3rd goal in the 64th minute. Gentle Touch travels to the Toledo Union field in Punta Gorda for the rematch with Big Falls FC, while Triple B’s will host Belize City United at the FFB field on Saturday afternoon, November 28.
SCA’s 4B girls win Relay Triathlon Belize City, November 21, 2009 St. Catherine Academy Form 4B’s Ivily Vasquez swam, Shanice Skeen rode and Meisha Teichroeb ran to win the SCA Relay triathlon held on Newtown Barracks beside the Memorial Park last Saturday, November 21. Together they clocked 21:29 minutes to win the 1st place trophy. Form 2FW clocked 23:46 to win the 2nd place trophy with Megan Martinez in the swim, Gabriella Habet for the cycle leg and Kursha Pollard on the run. Form 3F clocked 23:46 to win the 3rd place trophy with Francesca Sharp in the swim, Jayda Guydis on the ride and Leanne Murray on the run. All 16 forms participated, including a teachers’ team. Aidan Palacio swam, cycled and ran the entire course in 24:12 to win the individual triathlon event, while Emily Thompson took 2nd in 27:49. The Form 4AB girls clocked 23:53 to place 4th, with Geraldine Sosa in the swim, Christian Rodriguez on the bike and Christy Green on the run. Angelica Vasquez, Keisha Laing and Melissa Usher of form 3AB clocked 25:49 to take 5th place, while Diandra Fabro, Analisa Habet and Chelsye Ashbye of form 3SC clocked 26:03 to finish 6th. Inga Woods, Gianellie Williams and Chelsea Perera of form 2CM were clocked 26:32 to finish 7th while Lynette Palacio, Kiana Wagner and Aaliya Williams of
Form 2 MG’s clocked 26:50 to take 8th place. The teachers: Ms Felks, Ms Kelly and Mr Cacho clocked 27:33 to finish 9th. SCA principal Salome Tillett presented the trophies to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners for the relay and individual triathlons, acknowledging the corporate sponsorship for the fund-raising event: Brothers Habet which contributed $2,000, Atlantic Bank which contributed $2,200, Atlantic Insurance which added $1,500 and Unicomer which chipped in $500.