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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
November 19 - 25, 2011
Rugby Shield winners!
TCI won the Shield award at last weekend’s North American and Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Sevens tournament in Barbados for finishing as the best team in the bottom half of the draw after the pool games. Guyana and Canada won the male and female titles respectively. In this picture: Blair Mason takes the ball into contact against Curacao while Sean O’Neil prepares to come in support.
Provo Hockey League:
Pirates remain undefeated with final 30 seconds blitz THE TWA Marcelin Wolf Pirates maintained their undefeated record in the Midget division of the Provo Hockey League after Miguel Malcolm scored two of his five goals in the last 20 seconds. The 6-5 victory over the Carib Gaming Panthers came when Malcolm found the back of the net in the 20th second and under one second (.01) with the help of Gabriel Diotte-Joly. Diotte-Joly finished with one goal and two assists. Earlier in the day the Pirates defeated the J & W Construction Flames 11-9. Malcolm was unstoppable with eight goals and two assists while Diotte-Joly had three and four assists. Quinn Higgs had four goals and three assists for the Flames while, Kennon Higgs had three goals and two assists, Justin Hagan two goals and one assist and Franklin Been one assist. MINI DIVISION The third week opened with the Sailrock Lobsters drawing with the Ganservoort Gators 6-6. Brooke Rivers and Joe Canham had two goals and one assist each for the Lobsters while Joshua Saunders had the other goal and two assists. For the Gators Carson Greatrex scored four times and made one
assist while Dlan Ayer scored twice. In the other Mini-Division clash the Ganservoort Gators lost to the Gracebay Car Rentals and Sales Owls 6-8. Dylan Ayer scored four for the Gators while Zachary Scholar added the other two and Ronin McLaren an assist. For the Owls Dylan Brubaker scored five goals while Jaden Fuller had two and Tristan Grandsire one goal and an assist. BANTAM DIVISION The Pearl Residences Sharks remain
Three players in the Mini Division of the Provo Hockey League.
undefeated after drawing 6-6 with the Saunders and Co. Hurricanes. Orrin Campbell scored twice and made two assists for the Sharks while there were three goals for Kyle Cox and one for Cole Nickson. Livingston Ferdinand scored three times for the Hurricanes. The Sharks then defeated the Coco Bistro Lightning 10-7. Javiera Bovell scored four goals and had one assist for the Lightning while Cole Nickson had four goals and Campbell, Darius Coackley Jr. and Cox had two goals each.
Last year’s winners: Chris Pretorius and Jumphol Srinark.
Search is on for Provo golf champs AS THE excitement of the Ryder Cup subsides, Provo Golf Club is bracing itself for another two days of high drama. This weekend sees the TCI’s best golfers gather to do battle for the honour of being crowned club champion. And if previous tournaments are anything to go by, it promises to be a keenly contested affair, with more than 45 members taking part. Director of golf, Dave Douglas, said: “The big events are coming thick and fast and this weekend should be fascinating. What is nice about the club championship is that it takes handicaps into account and so it is so hard to predict where the winner will come from. “We are all just getting our breath back following the Ryder Cup weekend, at which we saw the North Americans win for the first time in six years. The Americans will now be looking to take that form into this individual event but of course the
Rest of the World players will be out for revenge. “Along with the Ryder Cup, the Turks and Caicos Amateur, the President’s Championship and the Rizzoli tournament, this is one of our biggest events of the year.” The 36-hole championship will feature six men’s flights and three women’s, with competitors teeing off between 8:30am and 11 am on both days. Defending the men’s title will be Jumphol Srinark who shot a two over par 146 over 36 holes last year, while Chris Pretorius (170) will be out to regain the ladies crown. Douglas added: “Jumphol and Chris are expected to do well again but the format means high handicappers can really compete with the lower handicappers. “That makes for exciting golf and I’d urge anyone interested to come down, watch the action and enjoy our fantastic facilities.” (By Paul Baker)