Wins for Laing Avenue, Kitty, North East La Penitence and Wortmanville

LAING AVENUE, Kitty, North East La Penitence and Wortmanville all recorded victories in the latest round of matches, when the action in the Grassroots Foundation Inter-ward knockout football tournament continued recently.Laing Avenue, led by double strikes from Delroy Fraser and Jermaine Junor, crushed Albouystown 5-2, Kitty defeated Grove 3-2, Wortmanville crushed Kingston 6-0 and North East La Penitence edged past Mocha 7-6 on sudden-death penalty kicks.
In the Laing Avenue versus Albouystown encounter, the scores were locked at nil-all at lemon-time, but Fraser broke the stalemate in the 48th minute with an easy finish to the bottom of the goal from inside the penalty area.
Roy Cossou levelled the fixture for Albouystown two minutes after Fraser’s strike, but the diminutive Fraser pushed Laing Avenue back into the lead with a shot into the bottom right-hand side to seal his double.
The lead increased by two, as Jerome Richardson powered his effort into the bottom of the net from outside the area in the 73rd minute and it became 4-1 in the 81st minute with Junor’s strike to the left-hand side from inside the penalty box.
Albouystown cut the lead to two in the 86th minute, as Alpha McPhoy scored from just inside the penalty box, lashing home his right-footed effort into the top right-hand side of the goal before Laing Avenue completed the easy win one minute later, as Junor scored his double.
Kitty defeated Grove 3-2, as Deron Bowen and Anthony Sancho led Kitty with goals in the 52nd and 80th minutes respectively, while an own goal in the 60th minute aided the win, though Shermon Doris and Dominic Garnett found the back of the net for Grove in the 25th and 85th minutes respectively.
Wortmanville, led by a Sheldon Holder hat-trick crushed Kingston 6-0 when the action continued at the Tucville Community Centre ground last Tuesday.
Following a Quason McAuley opening strike in the 15th minute, Holder opened his account in the 25th minute through a strike down the middle of the goal after evading the goalkeeper, while he sealed his brace four minutes later with a strike to the left-side corner of the goal after collecting a through pass.
The first half hat-trick of the tournament which is in its inaugural year was completed two minutes later through a strike to the bottom left-hand side of the goal while Anthony Abrams made it 5-0 with his 51st minute goal, scored during a one-on-one situation with Mocha custodian.
John Waldron sealed the win for Wortmanville, when he found the back of the net in the 90th minute to complete the lopsided showdown.
North East La Penitence needled Mocha 7-6 on sudden-death kicks after normal and extra time failed to find a winner with the scores locked at 3-3, in the second match of the double-header.
Orvin Millington led the winners with a double in the 35th and 67th minute while Andrew Murray Jr. netted in the 75th minute. On target in a losing cause were Dorville Stewart and Aquill Liefale in the 24th and 66th minutes respectively while a North East La Penitence own goal in the 73rd minute completed the result.