White Hall tag Sligo View United 3-0 in INSPORTS Community League football

BY GERALD REID Observer Writer

Sunday, October 12, 2014    

WHITE Hall defeated Sligo View United 3-0 as the 2014/2015 Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) All-Island Community League Football Championship continued at the Tinson Pen Sports Complex in Greenwich Town last Sunday.

The 14 parishes will all be playing their parish competition with the champions of each receiving $50,000 and advancing to the second stage to be played on a knockout format.

Meanwhile, the overall winners of the INSPORTS All-Island Community League Football Championship will collect a whopping $500,000 along with the Champions Trophy; Second place $150,000, third place $75,000, and fourth place will receive $50,000.

It was White Hall’s third consecutive win in Zone ‘B’ in the parish of St Andrew, where they have already beaten Ranch 12 FC 3-2 and Angel Mafia United 2-1 to take an early lead on points.

The goals for White Hall were scored by Reinhard Bent in the 18th minute, Lasana Bent in 49th and Nicholas Henry in the 85th minutes.

Nannyville through goals from Omar Barnes and Theodore Artwell in the 26th and 38th minutes, respectively, clipped High Light View 2-1 at EXED Community College playing field. Teddy Williams got the losers’ lone goal in the 45th minute. Nannyville led 2-0 at half-time.

Up Link FC beat Woodford Strikers 3-1 with two goals from Andrew Harrison in the 60th and 75th minutes, and the other from Lorenzo Morgan in the 30th minute, while Kemarley Walton got Woodford Strikers’ lone goal in the 50th minute at Bell/Chung Oval.

Wayne Brown’s two goals in the 55th and 68th minutes carved out a 2-1 win for Special United over Stadium Gardens, for whom Tahj Douglas netted in the 46th minute at EXED Community College playing field. The winners led 2-0 at the interval.

Meanwhile, Little Africa tagged Bridge Side FC 2-0 after leading 1-0 at half-time, while Cookhorn Lane clipped Cooreville Gardens 2-1. Both games were played at Pembroke Hall Primary School.

The competition continues today with double-headers at four venues, beginning at 1:00 pm.

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INSPORTS kicks off football festival in St Catherine

THE Institute of Sports, (INSPORTS) last week kicked off its football festival for primary schools in St Catherine, featuring 16 teams.

Teams are placed into four zones of four with the top two advancing to the quarter-finals where only the winners advance thereafter.

Matches will be played every Friday at the Jamaica Broilers Sport Complex in Spring Village, while the final is set for February 14.

The top teams will receive medals and trophies.

The competition has been significantly scaled back due to a lack of sponsorship, but the agency remains adamant in the execution of its mandate of developing sport and healthy lifestyle practices at the grassroots.

All general rules apply for this age group except that matches are played for 20 minutes per half, so as to reflect its ‘festival nature’.

The competing teams are Friendship, Point Hill, Old Harbour Bay, Eltham, St John’s, Horizon Park, Barton, Simon, McAuley, Planters, Ensom City, Homestead, Marlie Mount, Tredegar Park, Mount Moreland and Spring Garden.

In matches played last week, St John’s defeated Horizon Park 4-1; McAuley stopped Planters 6-1; Marlie Mount edged Mount Moreland 2-0; Old Harbour Bay blanked Point Hill 3-0; Homestead and Ensom City ended goalless; Simon and Barton ended 1-1; Tredegar Park lost 0-4 to Marlie Mount; McAuley beat Homestead 2-0; St John’s hammered Simon 5-0; Ensom defeated Planters 3-1; and Tredegar Park stopped Mount Moreland 2-0.

The competition continues this Friday at the Jamaica Broilers Sport Complex.

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