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Gareth Butler was the most outstanding KB Home player. He did damage with both bat and ball, but it was not enough to ensure a win.
TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
April 28 - May 4, 2012
Earl Henry scored a half-century for the Quality Kings.
HAB Group/Gansevoort T20 Cricket Competition:
Jaguars stay undefeated – Quality Kings beat KB Home THE Guyana Jaguars continued their unbeaten run in the HAB Group/ Gansevoort T20 Cricket Competition after a victory over Kishco on Saturday last at the Downtown Ball Park. Jaguars won the toss and inserted Kishco, but the newcomers chalked up an impressive 169 runs from 18.3 overs. The tournament’s leading run scorer Pawan Kumar was once again among the runs; as he led the way with 35 runs (5X4s, 1X6). Vinod Panikar and Simijo Devassy contributed 26 and 25 runs respectively. Bowling for the Jaguars Mark
Henry took 3-29 from four overs and Sheldon Henry took 2-19 runs from two overs. When the Jaguars batted, they were faced with the trilling task of scoring 28 runs from the last two overs. And some lofty hitting by Winick Caleb 25 runs (4X4s and 1X6) carried them to their target. Sean Khan top scored with 41 runs (5X4s). Bowling for Kishco, Kumar bagged 3-30 runs from four overs and Winston Callum and Simijo Devassy took two wickets a piece. Meanwhile as the competition continued on Sunday last at the same venue the Quality Kings steadied
their hands to beat the KB HOMES (rugby players). Batting first after asked to take first strike by KB HOMES, Quality Kings posted 172-7 from 20 overs. Earl Henry (53 runs, 10X4s) and Jitender Gangalani (50 8X4s, 1X6) led the attack. Bowling for KB HOMES Gareth Butler snatched 4-31 from four overs and Neil Coles took 2-27 from three overs In Reply, KB HOMES were at 115, but a late drive from the batsmen saw them falling just short of the intended target (168-8). Gareth Butler scored 33 runs, Paul McKenzie made 30 and Vickram hit 26. Bowling for the Kings pacer Ian Heath grabbed 4-46 from his four overs.
Bay Bistro Women’s League:
Blue Knights still ahead The Blue Knights are still ahead in the Bay Bistro Women’s Football League, although the chasing pack is closing the gap. For the first three weeks the Knights had remained undefeated although this changed when the Black Warriors fought hard for a 1-0 victory courtesy of Patrice Senior-Clayton in the fourth week of play. The Warriors bounced back after losing their first game of the evening 3-1 against the Red Devils. Jessica Lange, Joan Whent and Ruth Francois had given the Devils a 3-0 lead before Senior scored a consolation goal. In the other two fixtures the Knights and the Pink Panthers fought out a 0-0 draw. Both teams created many chances but Marie Dorcelus (Knights) and Crystal Stirling (Panthers) pulled
off a series of fine saves to ensure that neither team could break the deadlock. In the final game of the evening an exciting and close encounter was settled in the final minute when Amelie Speer’s shot was deflected into the Devils’ goal to give the Panthers a dramatic late victory. The Devils had several chances in the first half to open the scoring but again Stirling was impressive in goal. However in the second half the Panthers dominated the game and were thwarted on several occasions by Guerline Hall’s heroics in goal. Hall managed to pull off save after save, but unfortunately could do nothing as Speer’s shot ricocheted off a defender into the goal to give the Panthers a well deserved victory.
Technical Director Matthew Green was very pleased with the level of competition. “The standard of play is improving week by week as the teams are all trying to play attractive passing football. Often in youth leagues and even the senior leagues the style of play can be very direct, but that is not the case here as teams are playing with some skill and composure. The younger girls are benefiting from the older players experience and although the games are fiercely competitive the games are played in good spirits and everyone is having fun. The league is an excellent advert for women’s football and we may look at doing something like this again later in the year.”
Delano Williams will anchor both relays for Munro College.
Williams, Otuonye and Garland heading to Penn Relays OLYMPIC hopeful Delano Williams, Junior Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Ifeanyi Otuonye and fellow Munro school student Angelo Garland were selected to run for the Jamaican school at this week’s PENN Relays in Pennsylvania. Williams, the double national record holder (100M and 200M), who would attend the UK Olympic trails in an attempt to book a place there, is expected to anchor the 4X100 and the 4X400 relay teams, while Otuonye is expected to start the April 26-28 races. Garland is on the reserve list for the 4X400M race.
Cheshire Hall FC into President’s Cup final CHESHIRE Hall FC have made it to the President’s Cup final but their opposition will not be known until after next week’s game between Pedagogue FC and AFC Academy. Pedagogue need to avoid defeat to make it to the final due to their goal difference being better than the Sharks. If they lose, then the Sharks will be in the final. Saturday saw the Sharks win a tight, nervy but thrilling game against the Academy 2-1. Sharks went one up after great work from Jouvelyn Inelus. The Academy fought back and put the Sharks under pressure and eventually scored when Wildens Delva latched on to a poor clearance after a corner with a lovely strike from outside the area. The battle continued with both sides wanting a winner
with the Academy in control, but Stephens Derlien latched on to a rare through ball and scored with an exquisite finish into the corner and the Sharks held on for the win. The second game saw Cheshire Hall up against HAB who could only muster eight men which was a shame for the competition. However, they bravely held out for 20 minutes with Jon Flanagan performing heroics in goal, but they couldn’t escape the inevitable in the form of a deluge of goals from Cheshire Hall for the rest of the game, the final score was 130. There were nine different scorers which included Lenford Singh with a hat-trick, Agelus Nickenson and David Archer with two each and also, Samuel Narcius scored another to bolster his claim for the Golden Boot this season.