June 23 - 29, 2012
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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
Captain Marvin’s Women’s Beach Soccer League:
Pink Mermaids perfect to title THE CAPTAIN Marvin’s Women’s Beach Soccer League came to a very satisfying end last week as the Pink Mermaids finished a perfect season with a 7-1 victory over the Blue Marlins in the Championship final. The Mermaids had topped the standings during the regular season and went into the final full of confidence. However, the Marlins had every right to feel that an upset could be on the cards, given that, with the likes ofMonae Gooden, AmelieSpeer, Jenny Fluerenvil and
Sarah Cenary, they had enough weapons of their own in the final showdown. The opening period was a very close affair and neither team was able to exert their influence on the game until player-of-the-season KadineDelphin managed to score from long range. At the start of the second period the Marlins pressed for an equaliser and were looking dangerous until Speer had to receive treatment after an accidental clash of heads with Yarileny De La Cruz.
The Pink Mermaids dominated the league.
After the restart the Mermaids began to control the game as Delphin’s expertise resulted in her team taking a 4-1 lead going into the final period. The Marlins had some early chances in the final quarter but De La Cruz made some impressive saves in goal as her team ran out worthy 7-1 winners. Dephin scored five of her team’s goals, with De La Cruz and GrietVanbrabant adding the others. Sarah Cenary scored the lone goal for the Marlins. In the opening game the Great White Sharks ensured they finished in third place with an impressive 11-7 win against the Purple Pirates. Despite a poor start to the season, the Sharks finished off with two back-to-back wins. Their overall team play and spirit shone through and the goals were split among several players: Crystal Stirling (3), Simone Smith (3), Jachelle Gardner (2), Jessica Lange (2), Kimberley
Angelo. Christina Hinds scored four goals for the Pirates with Cydnee Campbell (2) and Yarielca De La Cruz scoring the others. After the games were over Technical Director Matthew Green and league sponsor Tracey Pratt of Captain Marvin handed out several awards and trophies. Green was very pleased with the league this year. “This season has shown a vast improvement in the level of play. The referees and players are more familiar with the game and this bodes well for the future as we prepare for games in December against the Bahamas and Puerto Rico. We are the only country in the region that has regular leagues in this format so it will not be long before we can compete on the world stage.” Green was equally pleased with the overall development of the players: “Many of our young players have adapted very well to beach
Awards
League MVP – KadineDelphin Fair Play Award – Monae Gooden Top Goal Scorer – KadineDelphin Most Assists – Yarileny De La Cruz
Team MVPs
Monae Gooden - Marlins GrietVanbrabant - Mermaids Jessica Lange - Sharks Cydnee Campbell – Pirates
soccer.Players like Monae Gooden, Jessica Lange, Yarileny De la Cruz and especially KadineDelphin are very good players on the field, but they have become excellent players on the sand. They are keen to learn more about the game and train on a regular basis. Not only is women’s football looking good right now, so is beach soccer.”
Sabuton John, seen collecting the Man-of-the-Match award from cricket official Michael Pereira, led the Lawmen’s attack with a blistering 74 runs.
HAB Group/Gansevoort Resort T20 Cricket:
Police to meet Jaguars in final DEFENDING Twenty20 champions Police will meet the Guyana Jaguars in the final of the HAB Group/ Gansevoort Resort T20 cricket competition. Police defeated Quality Supermarket Kings XI while Jaguars book their place after Beaches were disqualified. Beaches, who had defeated the Jaguars in the last preliminary clash, initially won the semi-final, but then, according to cricket chief Colin Sterling, it was brought to the attention of the tournament officials that they had fielded an illegal player for the final-four clash and the result was a disqualification. FAVOURITES Police stamped their authority with a 111 run win over their opponents and are now strong favourites to take the title. Batting first the lawmen raced to 244-5 owing to a 125-run opening stand between Sabuton John and Kareem Jack. The pair belted runs to all corners of the field and by the
third over had climbed to 45. John led the attack with 74 (9X4s and 4X6s), while Jack scored 48 (9X4s). Captain Garvin Bruno continued the aggression with an unbeaten 61 (5X4s and 3X6s) batting third. Bruno is confident that his side can win the competition since he opined that all the players are playing with a lot of heart. Earl Henry, who skippered the losing side, was the pick of the bowlers with 3-43. Needing to score at over 12 runs per over, the Quality Kings were always on the back-foot since they could not put partnerships together. Seven batsmen, including Henry, fell for under 10 runs. The skipper looked aggressive as he belted two fours in three balls, but he was outdone by speedster Tony Hutchings. Jitender Ganglani (18) Kevin Hinds (15) and Lloyd Lynch (27) occupied the crease for a while, but it was always an uphill climb. Ira Baptiste cleaned up the middle and lower order with figures of 4-15 from three overs.
Bethany Baptist Church defeated the Jericho Baptist Church to take championship honours.
Bethany Baptist Church win Church Softball title BETHANY Baptist Church are champions of the Church Softball League. To get the prestigious award they had to get past a pumped up Jericho Baptist Church
in the championship game earlier this week at the National Stadium in Providenciales. Bethany won 19-8 to take the winner’s trophy, with Jericho,
Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) and Methodist Church following in that order. COGOP had defeated Methodist in the supporting clash.