West Ruimveldt and North Georgetown to meet for title

WEST Ruimveldt will face North Georgetown in a battle for the title of Smalta Girls U-11 football champions next weekend.
The two won their respective semi-final games yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue in contrasting fashion.

In the first of the semi-finals, West Ruimveldt played St Pius in a ding-dong match that kept fans and parents on the edge of their seats.
And when Seona France scored the opener for ‘West’ in the 5th minute, there was little doubt that the opposition would take that lying down.
Several squandered chances on the part of St Pius only added more tension to an already tight affair, and when Christal Archer scored the equaliser in the 21st minute, the crowd erupted.

The game then went down to penalties and ‘West’ were the better shooters when the dust settled, winning 3-2.
In the second semi-final, it was almost the same thing, though eventual winners North Georgetown held their own and kept out every chance from South Ruimveldt.
Nikka Manning scored the lone goal in the 4th minute.

There was a hint of desperation as the game came to a close from the girls from ‘North’ and rightly so, considering a spot in the final was on the line, but they could not find the equaliser to send the game to penalties.

In other results, St Margarets went down to Smith’s Memorial 2-0, thanks to Fiona Gibbs’ double (16th and 38th ), while Enterprise beat Tucville 4-3 on penalties after a goal-less stalemate and Sherry Ann Foster helped St Stephen’s beat Genesis.
Apart from next Sunday’s final which is set for 15:45 hrs, the third-place play-off between St Pius and South will take place at 14:50hrs.

The 7th place play-off between Tucville and the 5th place play-off between Enterprise and St Stephen’s will be played simultaneously from 14:00hrs.

Full results below
Match #26: St Margaret 0, Smith Memorial 2
Goal-scorer
Fiona Gibbs (16th ,36th)

Match #27: Enterprise 0, Tucville 0 (4-3) penalty

Match #28: Genesis 0, St Stephen’s 1
Goal-scorer for St Stephen’s
Sherry Ann Foster (34th)

Match #29: West Ruimveldt 1, St Pius 1 (3-2) penalty
Goal-scorer for West Ruimveldt –Seona France (5th)
For St Pius– Christal Archer (21st)

Match #30: South Ruimveldt 0, North Georgetown 1
Goal-scorer– Nikkia Manning (4 min)