Caribbean Times 88th Issue - Wednesday 1st February 2017

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Liberta Blackhawks slump once again
By Marver Woodley
The Liberta Blackhawks uphill battle
in securing another goal over the
weekend was once again shut down
following a defeat at the hands of Fitzroy’s
Rewinding Pigotts Bullets.
Playing in the opening game of the
double header on Saturday, Liberta was
trounced 1-nil.
The game seemed to be heading in
a nil all draw after no goal was scored
with the first hour of play but in the
nick of time Troy Reid netted the lone
goal for Bullets in the 73rd minute to
secure his team the point.
The second game off the day also
resulted in a continued downward spiral
for Ace Trucking & Heavy Duty
Equipment Glanvilles.
Their attempts of moving from the
Premier Division’s basement were cast
away after their match up against Sugar
Ridge SAP who trounced them 4-1.
National striker Peter Byers ensured
his team the win after displaying superb
talent on the field to strike not one or
two but all four of his team’s successful
goals. Jondale Jno-Lewis tried his very
best in the final minutes of play for his
team but the strike wasn’t enough to secure
Glanvilles the win.
Meanwhile a day prior on Friday
the lone game played in the Second Division
in Zone II was between Young
Lions and Blue Jays. The game however
ended in a 1 all draw with Michelle
Francis netting the first goal for Blue
Jays and Roy Yorke scoring in the 67th
minute for Young Lions.
Sunday’s action on the other hand
was even better as Old Roald striker
Stefan Smith made circles around
Tryum FC for his team. In the historic
feet, the player netted several times
in the 40th, 52th 54th, 59th,8th, 85th,
90th, and with extra time, teammate
Jalon Young was the other player to add
to the tally in the 67th minute.
By Carlena Knight
Seven athletes have
qualified for the 2017
Carifta Games which will
be held in Curacao in from
April 15th-17th.
Five males and two females
qualified over the
weekend in their respective
fields during the Antigua
Barbuda Athletic Association
development meet.
Making their return to
the team are 2016 bronze
medalist, Kalique St. Jean
of Roots and 2016 bronze
medalist, Joella Lloyd of
Super Nova in the Under 20
boys 5000m and the Under
18 girls, 100 and 400 metres.
Jean who has qualified
for his third straight games,
finished in a time of 16.04
seconds and Lloyd, a fourth
form student at the Antigua
Girls High School, finished
in a time of 11.51 seconds
for the 100m and 54.34 seconds
in the 400m and are
expected to lead the team.
Jalen Dyett will make
his first appearance at the
games after qualifying in
the Under 18 boys 400m
in a time of 49.80 seconds.
Dyett is a student at the
Princess Margaret school.
Majority of the qualifying
athletes however came
from the field events with
four.
Harlan James of PSE
Track club qualifyied in the
Under 18 boys high jump
leaping to an amazing 1.95
metres. The Clare Hall Secondary
student will make
his second appearance to
the games having done so in
2015.
Sheldon Noble of Roots
qualified in the Under 18
boys long jump after soaring
to 7.15 metres. Noble
is a student at the Antigua
Grammar school.
Making his first appearance
to the Games is Taeco
Ogarro of Roots. Ogarro
Tryum thou they sit in the bottom
three bracket strikers Theo Browne and
Kevin Samuel put up a good fight netting
three goals.
Grenades was the second winner of
the day during the triple header, netting
twice for his team was Atapharoy
Bygrave in the 37th and 76th minutes
along with Rakeem Henry to end on the
bright side of a 3-2 result.
Hoppers was sadly at the other end
of that result with Lynval Wilson and
Eugene Kirwan trying their best for
Hoppers.
Although the point isn’t needed
leaders, Parham added the win to their
ever-growing resume of points in the
Division when they defeated Empire
in the final game of the day. Empire
wasn’t given the slightest glimmer of
hope for the win as the game ended in a
2-nil score. National striker Trevaughn
Harriette and Reginald Richardson netted
the two goals.
Seven athletes qualify for Carifta Games
who is also a student at the
Antigua Grammar school
qualified in the Under 18
boys triple jump with an impressive
distance of 15.20
metres.
The lone female field
athlete is Dahlia Barnes
who was the first to qualify
for the Games.
Barnes who is a student
at Island Academy is
the 2016 CUT Games long
jump champion and qualified
in the Under 18 girls
long jump with a distance
of 5.88metres. This will be
her second appearance at
the Games having done so
in 2016.