‘Overseas’ Jones and Coleridge hit doubles for Queen Street
RAWLE ‘Overseas’ Jones and his team mate Rensord Coleridge got double strikes for Tiger Bay’s Queen Street who defeated Yarrowkabra 4-0 when the second night of action in the second annual Banks DIH/Guinness Greatest of De Streets competition continued at the East Ruimveldt Community Centre last Friday night.
Jones struck in the 5th and 13th minutes, while Coleridge got his goals in the 9th and 10th minutes, as Queen Street romped to a comfortable victory in front of a fair-size and receptive crowd.
In the second of eight matches on the evening’s fixtures, Kitty, on the back of Anthony Sanko (6th) and Jermaine Denhard 13th minute goals, defeated Leopold Street 2-1, with D. Williams finding the back of the net for the losers.
Michael Pedro (3rd), Michael Oie (8th), Randolph Wagner (11th) and Ola Pedro (17th) rocked the net as West Front Road claimed an easy 5-2 victory over Tucville Big Yard, for whom Aubrey Peters scored a double in the 5th and 14th minutes respectively.
Quason Winter also got a brace in the 9th and 11th minute for Stevedore Housing Scheme who got another goal from Leroy Parks in the 19th minute as they defeated D’Urban Street 3-0 in the fourth encounter, before Broad Street humbled Bent Street 5-1 in the next match of the evening.
Double strikes from Rocky Gravesande (5th, 13th) and Sherwin Smith (9th,13th) followed by Terence Adams’ 19th minute strike accounted for Broad Street’s goals, while Gavin Wilson pulled one back for Bent Street in the 20th minute.
The sixth game saw Laing Avenue take on Alexander Village, in which the former came out victorious 3-2 in a heated encounter which could have gone to either side.
Having played a goalless first half, Jovan McKenzie broke the deadlock when he found the back of the net in the 16th minute for Laing Avenue, only to see Shem Porter grab the equaliser three minutes after with a beauty.
Gregory Denny sent the eventual victors into the lead in the 22nd minute, but Sheldon Gurrick nullified same with a 26th minute strike, before a classical strike by Ron Tudor, who rocked Alexander Village’s net immediately after play resumed following Gurrick’s strike, handed Laing Avenue a hard-fought win.
East La Penitence had a walk in the park, thanks to Clayton Forrester’s brace which enabled them to defeat Punt Trench 5-0 in the penultimate match of the evening.
Forrester scored in the 6th and 10th minutes, following which Devon Millington (11th), Sheldon Layne (17th) and Lloyd Barrow (20th) sealed off things for the victorious team.
East Front Road then walked away with a convincing 4-0 victory over Festival City, thanks to Vashile Cantzlaar, Leon Cassius, A. Chase and T. Telsford who found the back of the net in the 9th, 10th, 11th and 25th minutes respectively.
Meanwhile, the tournament, which has a whopping $500 000 and a trophy at stake for the victorious team, continues tomorrow night at the Burnham Court in Middle Street, with the following matches:
Norton Street/Werk-en-Rust will oppose Plaisance, Hope Street Tiger Bay face Back Circle, West Back Road go against Woolford Avenue, Albouystown A clash with Kingston, Island All Star take on Sophia, Costello Housing Scheme meet Cultural Centre Tarmac, North (Last Entrance) oppose Albouystown B after which Drysdale Street will seek to turn back the challenges of Meadow Brook Square.