EVENTUAL ‘Golden Boot’ winner, Ian Daniels, was the lone marksman for West Ruimveldt Primary in their impressive 4 – 0 win over Marian Academy, helping his school to claim the Petra Organisation/COURTS Pee Wee inter-school football championship yesterday at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground.
A vociferous crowd was on hand to witness the showdown between two schools that were evenly matched before kick-off, since both teams were exceptional in their lead-up to yesterday’s thrilling game.
Clearly, West Ruimveldt had the most fans and it showed when Daniels opened his account for the day in the 10th minute, and would double the score six minutes later, to lead his team to a 2 – 0 advantage at the end of the first half.
It was all West Ruimveldt in the first stanza, and the youths from ‘West’ carried over the momentum to the second half, eight minutes into which (28th minute) Daniels rocked the net with a beauty to put his school up 3 – 0.
Two minutes later (30th minute), Daniels latched onto a wonderful cross and volleyed home the games fourth and final goal, much to the delight of the schools’ supporters, who ran onto the pitch to celebrate, causing a brief interruption of the match.
But it was not meant to be for Marian Academy who came close to scoring late in the game, but West Ruimveldt keeper, Daniel Sutton, proved his worth with some excellent glove-work to deny the Carifesta Avenue-based school.
Daniels finished the tournament with 16 goals to go home with the most goalscorer trophy, while Sutton was named the best goalkeeper.
West Ruimveldt’s Jonathan Andries went home with the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award and Marian Academy was awarded the trophy for the most disciplined school.
Meanwhile, Sophia Primary defeated Enterprise Primary 5 – 4 on penalties to finish third. The two sides failed to find the back of the net, and the game had to be decided on kicks from the Penalty mark.
