FORWARD Travis ‘Chicken’ Waterton hit in a double as Amelia’s Ward beat Canvas City/Valley 2-1 while Silvercity Valley Combined ended the hopes of Silvertown with a 2-0 win last Friday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground to reach the semi-finals of the Brooklyn X 2 Linden Inter-Ward football tournament. On Friday the semifinals will see Christianburg face Silvercity Valley Combined while the other game pits Blueberry Hill against Amelia’s Ward for a place in the final on Wednesday, May 6.

Playing in the first game Waterton scored the opening goal in the 35th mimnute but the scores were level at 1, when Wayne Hutson netted in the 48th minute for Canvas City. But Waterton sealed things for the winners in the 72nd minute for Amelia’s Ward.
According to organiser Marlon Washington the tournament is reaching a high pitch as the standard of football has been exciting and several half-time prizes are at stake for spectators
In the second game Silvertown scored a polished victory when they beat Silvertown 2-0 behind Oswald Benjamin’s strikes in the 42nd and 73rd minutes.