July 27 - August 2, 2013
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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
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HAB Group/TCICA T-20 cricket final:
Kings reign after feisty knocks from Charles and John AGGRESSIVE half centuries from middle order batsmen Errion Charles and Sabuton John propelled Quality Kings to a 21-run victory over favourites and defending champions Beaches in the final of the HAB sponsored TCICA T20 cricket competition last Sunday at the Downtown Ball Park. Losing the toss the Kings started well with Ira Baptiste firing three sixes and two fours off of 21 balls for a score of 30, but in less than two overs Earl Henry (06), Baptiste and Calvin Chase (0) were back in the pavilion. GREAT PARTNERSHIP Charles, who has shown great form, having scored an even century against the Jaguars in the semi-finals, was then joined by John and the pair demonstrated some big hitting. They added 111 runs for the fourth wicket at a run rate of 10.9 per over to push the Kings to a winning total.
Charles, who would later nab the Player of the Tournament and the Most Runs awards, was not afraid to go aerial. The national batsman clobbered five sixes and four fours in 35 balls en route to 57 runs. John belted 10 fours in his 33 balls at the crease for his total of 52. After Charles fell, Beaches pegged the Kings back with four quick wickets (three going to Damian St. Ange, including the prize wickets of the half-century makers) for 17 runs, but the damage was already done as the eventual winners ended their overs on 188-8. St. Ange finished with 3-23 from his four overs, but it was Hansie Zietsman who bowled wicket to wicket to finish with figures of 2-11 from four overs, one of which was a maiden, the only such in the game. BEACHES FIGHT In the middle, Beaches made a spirited run chase, they kept
The Quality Kings took over the reigns as Twenty20 champions.
wickets in hand and most of their batsmen had starts, but none totally dominated. Kareem Jack (30) and Odane Ewart (29) took the score to 63 before both fell to Jeremy Jones in the 10th over. With fresh batsmen at the crease rebuilding was always going to be difficult. After Sidu Hunter (18) became
the third victim of Jones, the technically correct Anthony McKnight with 32 (2X4s and 2X6s off of 22 balls) took the score to 126 in 16.5 overs, but with a whopping 63 runs needed with limited balls remaining it took a herculean task from St. Ange (24 runs off 14) and Desbourne Young (27 runs in 12
balls) to reach 167, still 22 runs short of victory. Jones led the attack with 3-26 from four overs. Charles tallied 230 runs to take the most runs awards while the Jaguars’ Walter Henry’s finished with nine wickets to take the top bowling award.
Church Softball Co-Ed League:
St. Monica’s Church into finals Roman Torres, center, Roberto Chen, left and Gabriel Torres celebrate after scoring against Mexico during Panama’s 2-1 victory to advance to the Gold Cup final against the United States. (Nicholas Kamm / Getty Images / July 24, 2013)
THE ST. Monica’s Church have advanced to the best-in-five final of the Church Softball Co-Ed League in Providenciales. After entering the playoffs as the third seeded team behind defending champions Bethany Baptiste Church
and Prophecy Church, St. Monica clawed back from a game-one defeat by the latter to win back-to-back encounters in their best-in-three clash. They lost 3-4 to Prophecy in game one before winning 3-2
Panama defeat Mexico, set to face USA in Gold Cup final FOR the second time in 11 years, Mexico won’t play in the Gold Cup final. Panama made sure of that Wednesday, turning a first-half goal from Blas Perez, a secondhalf score from Roman Torres and some brilliant goalkeeping from Jaime Penedo into a 2-1 win over Mexico in front of 81,410 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Panama, which beat Mexico, 2-1, in the Gold Cup opener, will play the U.S. in Sunday’s final in Chicago. The U.S. advanced with a 3-1 victory over Honduras in Wednesday’s first semifinal game.
Panama got the deciding goal in the 61st minute on a brilliant header from Torres, who dashed in from the edge of the penalty area to head in a long corner kick from Gabriel Torres. Perez, who plays for FC Dallas, got the scoring started in his homecoming in the 13th minute. The goal came at the end of an impressive give and go that in which Perez scooted the ball to Alberto Quintero, who dribbled toward the center of the penalty area before sending it back to Perez, whose blast from the right edge of the six-yard box slammed into the net at the far side.
St. Monica’s Church softball team won two consecutive games in the Playoffs to advance to the best-in-five finals.
and 4-3 in games two and three respectively. Both Bethany Baptiste Church and last year’s runner’s up Jericho Baptiste Church were tied 1-1 going into Thursday evening’s third semifinal match.