Nedd, Gritten net five as Carmel drub David Rose
… Tutorial, St Winefride’s abandon contest

ON DECEMBER 25 last at the Number 5 ground in West Berbice, Ash Educational Trust inflicted a 13-0 whipping on President’s College when the two sides met in the Kashif and Shanghai/Chico Elite Next Generation Football tournament.Unofficially, that scoreline could have gone down in the history books as the largest margin of victory by a school team here in Guyana, until last Sunday when Carmel Secondary humiliated David Rose Secondary with a 16-0 thrashing at the Ministry of Education ground.
The two sides were meeting on the final day of preliminary round action in this year’s Milo-sponsored, Petra Organisation-organised Under-20 Schools Football Championships.
The key players on target for the victors were Marlon Nedd and Moses Gritten, who each found the back of the net five times, with Nedd doing so in the 2nd, 5th, 22nd, 46th and 48th minutes of play while Gritten emulated him with his goals coming in the13th, 15th, 20th, 29th and 40th minutes of play.
Tevin Curry (23rd and 54th) and Jovian Glen (26th and 34th) also placed their names on the scorers’ sheet more than once and following solitary strikes from Nicholas Kirton (26th) and Shivanah Persaud in the 44th minute, David Rose must have wished they had not turned up for the contest.
Shawn Grovesnor got a brace in the 22nd and 32nd minutes of play for Kingston Secondary, which was complemented by Vincent Thomas’ goal in the 40th minute that guided them to a 3-1 victory over Richard Ishmael, for whom Ike Padmore found the back of the net in the 25th minute.
Michael DaSilva and Jaydev Mona were the men finding the back of the net for Queen’s College who blanked Chase Academy 2-0, with the losers feeling double pain when they lost the services of Keon Douglas who was expelled from the game in the 60th minute.
However, while the fans and students of other schools were enjoying the action on the field of play during the three matches, the contest between St Winefride’s and Tutorial High was abandoned following an infringement on the field, with the former leading 2-1.
Andrew Holder had gotten a double for St Winefride’s in the 7th and 47th minutes of play, even as Edward Pereira had nullified his first goal with his 32nd minute strike for Tutorial, but the fracas that ensued shortly after forced the organisers to call a halt to proceedings.
It is unclear what penalty was handed down to the defaulters, but knowing the directors of Petra Organisation very well, they are not persons who encourage indiscipline or insularity, hence some punishment will be handed down to both institutions.

(Calvin Roberts)