Caribbean Times 100th issue - Friday 29th April 2016

18 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g
Friday 29th April 2016
Willikies Titans upset Generation
Next FC in Youth League action
An energized and perennially improving
Willikies Titans U- 11 team
stunned a flat-footed Generation Next
FC-A side 4-2 when both sides met last
Saturday in the Gomez/Netherlands Insurance
Youth Football League.
The victory saw Willikies jump
from seventh to third in the point standing
with 22 points. The Generation
Next squad maintained their lead, but
with less luster, and are tied at the top
with defending champions Villa Lions
with 28 points, although Generation
Next have a better goal differential.
The Generation Next U-13 players
also had a bad day at the office, going
under to Rangers FC 2- 0 in a match
they fully well expected to win. But
Rangers’ coach Larry Michael noted
that his team is improving and aiming
to avenge all first-round losses.
By Carlena Knight
A number of horses and
racers will travel over to
the sister isle of Barbuda,
next month.
The win was a matter of trading
places for the teams. Rangers slid into
a distant third from fifth in the rankings
with 19 points and Generation Next
slipped to fifth from third with 17. Villa
Lions, with 30, are in position to retain
their title. Newcomers New Generation
This move is a result
of the upcoming Whit
weekend meet which will
be held in the capital of
Codrington.
The meet is scheduled
for May 15 th and will not
only showcase Antiguan
horses but also debut those
from Barbuda.
President of the Antigua
Turf Club, Neil Cochrane
are second with 27 points.
With just five more weeks left,
Youth League Chief Operations Micah
Samuel said the sophomore year of the
league is meeting the objectives.
“It’s going fine, I’d even use great.
Most of the kids know exactly what the
league is about (participation, development
and enjoyment), and the team
leaders are very supportive. I also must
commend the parents who come out
every Saturday, not just to support their
children, but all of the players,” Samuel
said.
Samuel, a one-time star player and
long-time football administrator, also
referenced the marked development of
the clubs and some individual players.
“Teams like Villa Lions and New
Generation are exceptional,” he said,
and we have several other teams holding
their own nicely.
Antiguan horses to take part in Barbuda meet
stated that ‘despite the
hosting of the second leg of
the triple crown series that
same weekend in Antigua,
a contingent will still support
in Barbuda’.