Edward`Screw’ Richmond Under-18 football
Most Valuable Player Donovan Francis at left collecting his spoils from Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon..
Most Valuable Player Donovan Francis at left collecting his spoils from Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon..

Christianburg Wismar Secondary becomes first repeat champions after 2-1 win

BACK-to-back National Schools football champions, Christianburg Wismar Secondary ‘Multi’, created history as they retained the 6TH annual Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Linden Secondary Schools Under 18 football championship with a solid 2-1 win over New Silvercity Secondary at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground last Thursday afternoon..The defending champions showed that their consecutive winning of the national title is testimony to their bulging reputation as a perennial force in schools’ football and from as early s as the 10th minute they found the back of the net through Donovan Francis, who was later named the Most valuable Player of the final.
New Silvercity Secondary, seeking their first title ever were undone early when coming down the left wing Francis shrugged past his marker and turned in to latch on to a through- pass from inside midfielder Jashaun Simon. Francis then uncorked a left foot shot sending the ball into the ‘V’, for a 1-0 lead.
Seven minutes later, there was a free kick awarded to the defending champions which the New Silvercity School goalkeeper ‘spit’ and an alert right flank player Jaushaun Moore ran inside the six yards box to volley and make it a 2-0 score. The scores remained that way as the first half ended.
The ‘Multi’ boys continued their dominant play but there was some measure of resistance from the New Silvercity side, and they were rewarded when a ball from the left wing was sent across the goal mouth and the Christianburg Wismar Secondary goalkeeper was able to take.
The New Silvercity Secondary’s onrushing Julian Smith was able to convert the loose ball into a goal with the goalkeeper out of position, and reduced the score for a 2-1 advantage for the eventual winners for the second straight year, thus becoming, also, the only school to win this championship twice.
Apart from Francis being named the MVP of the final, he also copped the Best Forward title in the final, while teammates Joshua Douglas was voted the Best Defender and Shane Luckie led the way with the Most Goals award after tallying 11 in the tournament.
The consolation for placing second saw New Silvercity secondary’s Coach Dwaylon Farrel being named the Best Coach, while their goalkeeper Lennox Martin was adjudged the best Goal keeper and at the midfield area, another New Silvercity player David Sancharran took that award.
Earlier, the third place game saw Linden Technical Institute beating Mackenzie High as Ulric Caesar (17th minute) and Reon Austin (43rd minute) being the scorers for the LTI side, while Kellon Primo (21st minute) netted the lone goal for the Mackenzie High school.
The presentation was made after the final and Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon and former national footballer Collie ‘Hitman’ Hercules were among those helping with the presentation of awards. Meanwhile, the coordinator of the Edward Screw Richmond Foundation James Craig announced that the New York based organisation intends to have its inaugural Edward Screw Richmond Under-11 Primary schools football championship played in June.
Craig thanked the Ministry of Education, which was represented by Senior Physical Education Officer Lindley Langhorne, contesting schools, teachers, players and parents on behalf of the Richmond Family, for the continued support to their thrust to develop football in the area.

(By Joe Chapman)

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