December 15 – 21, 2012
Sports National
TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
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Bodhinayake hits TCI’s highest T20 score NATIONAL wicket-keeping batsman Nuwan Bodhinayake displayed a batting performance unlike any other when he carved out the highest official Twenty20 score in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Playing for the Jaguars in the TCICA T20 cricket competition Bodhinayake spanked 150 unbeaten runs to surpass the previous record of 147, which he had also scored. Garvin Bruno’s 121 now moves to third on the list. Even at the highest level of the sport, runs of this magnitude are a rarity. The current T20 record is 123 by New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum. The 31-year-old is one of only seven batsmen who have passed the three digits mark in the shortest form of the game. West Indies Chris Gayle and South African Richard Levi are tied for second place with 117 runs. Levi, however, preformed his feat without losing his wicket.
Bodhinayake was extremely aggressive as he scored 100 runs in boundaries. He hit eight huge sixes and spanked 13 fours in his reply to an impressive KB Homes total. KB Homes won the toss and had batted themselves to a competitive 189-9 with the dependable Gareth Butler top scoring with 85 runs. Butler was also in a destructive mood. He scored 15 fours and a six, while support came from fellow rugby player Paul McKenzie who scored 32 runs. Mark Henry was the pick of the bowlers with 3-12 from 3.1 overs while Winick Caleb also took three wickets, but for 55 runs from four overs. Competent batsmen Christopher McFarlane and George Niles were spectators at the other end with scores of 34 and 18 respectively when Bodhinayake was in all-out attack mode.
Nuwan Bodhinayake scored a whopping 150 runs.
BCQS Bears take Junior Rugby bragging rights into Christmas break THE BCQS Bears whipped the Vix Warriors 30-0 to go into the Christmas break with bragging rights. The winners took full advantage of their edge in experience over the Warriors who were missing a couple of key personnel in the final junior rugby match of 2012. After an opening period which saw some almighty contact and big commitment from both teams, the Warriors found themselves defending at a ruck just out from their own line and weren’t quick enough to stop Andrew Seymour burrowing over from close range for the first try of the match. Seymour was in again shortly after, this time the result of some real finesse from his team mates as slick passing and skilful offloading created the space for the national under-19 scrumhalf to get outside the defence. The Vix Warriors were showing no signs of giving up and battled valiantly with the ball in hand an in defence. However they just could not generate the go forward against the strong BCQS Bears’ defence to get out of their own half. Instead it was Joshua Swann, one of the most improved performers of the current season, who came up with an unstoppable surge, running hard and straight at the narrowest of gaps in the green wall and blasting through
it to give the Bears a 15 – 0 halftime lead. The Bears’ captain Franco Mompremier had been at the heart of most of his team’s efforts in the first half and he was in the thick of the action again soon after the break, snuffing out a promising Warriors attack with an excellent turnover. Mompremier then broke the line before producing a quality offload with three opponents hanging off him to lay on a superb counter attacking try for Scott Glinton. Glinton had the taste for the try line now and Mompremier was again the creator, providing irresistible go forward to get in behind the defence of The Vix Warriors. The Bears moved the ball quickly from the ensuing ruck and Glinton was on hand to finish it off. The Warriors’ tired defence was battling hard, but the weight of possession told and a dummy from Lincoln Outten saw him stride through untouched to underline a well-deserved victory and make the final score 30 – 0 to the BCQS Bears. They were more than worthy winners and put on an excellent team performance. The Vix Warriors were unlucky not to have scored and showed no shortage of courage, as they featured hard working players all over the park. Frankie Forbes and Edwardson
The Bears’ skipper Franco Mompremier (right) was unstoppable.
Jean made several good runs and tackles between them and Michael Williams was close to the best player on the field. Unfortunately his team was a little light on experience and size, but brave youngsters Irvin Glinton and Tyrese Thomas, both making their debuts after coming up
from the under 15s, will benefit from this match. The TCIRFU would like to thank all the participants and volunteer coaches for their efforts in 2012 and they look forward to resuming early in 2013. There will be a Rugby Holiday Camp on Monday 17th,
Wednesday 19th and Friday 21st of December at the Meridian Field. Under 11s (boys and girls) are from 10am – 12pm and over 11s (boys and girls) are from 1pm – 3pm. Interested parties can contact TCIRFU Rugby Development Officer Jamie Tait at rdo@rugby.tc