A JAMAL Haynes double guided Botofago to a 4-0 blanking of Eagles United when the two sides clashed in the final the Upper Demerara Football Association/Net Rockers Under-20 football inter-club championship title on Sunday afternoon at the Wisburg Secondary School ground.

In the third place playoff game Winners Connection’s Marmalaque Davidson netted a hat-trick as his team thrashed Net Rockers 7-2 to amass the most goals – 16 – in the championship.
Played in front of a fair-size crowd Botofago were able to overcome the fact that they had lost 2-1 to their opponents earlier in the tournament and asserted themselves well to capture this championship.
After it looked like neither side would score approaching the end of the first half striker Jamal Haynes was brought down by the defender who was marking him in the ‘box’ which resulted in a penalty being awarded to Botofago on the stroke of halftime. DeShawn Moore then stepped up to convert the spot kick to end the first half 1-0 ahead.
Moore then made his incisive play after he found three defence players ball-watching, instead of clearing in the goal mouth, allowing Moore to turn inside to tuck in the goal for a Botofago 2-0 lead in the 67th minute.
As the game progressed the Botofago unit looked superior in offence and created problems for their opponents whose lax defending opened the way in the 78th minute for Donavan Francis to volley a fumble by the Eagles goalkeeper from close range for a 3-0 advantage.
As the Eagles sought some respite by replacing their starting goalkeeper, the same result came via wayward defending by the Eagles and coming through the middle this time.
Haynes, later named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament, from on top the 18 yards box went past the onrushing substitute goalkeeper and his defender, to calmly guide the ball into an open goal sealing an emphatic 4-0 triumph.
In the 7-2 whipping of Net Rockers Winners Connection got their goals from Marmalaque Davidson in the 2nd, 10th, and 47th minutes, Jonathan Fredericks in the 16th, Ronex Velloza in the 17th, Andre Phillips in the 25th and Denzil Fordyce in the 45th while for Net Rockers their goals came from an own goal and the other by Shaquille Clarke in the 16th minute.
Member of Parliament Renis Morian presented the championship trophy to the Botofago captain Travin Dryden along with the replicas as former top football coach Jimmy McLean handed over the Most Valuable Player trophy to Haynes. Botofago was adjudged the Most Disciplined club in the eight-team championship.
Among the sponsors were Giftland OfficeMax, Caribbean Distribution Inc, Snooks’ Variety Store, Bella’s Lumber Yard and Figgie’s Grocery.

(By Joe Chapman)