AFTER losing the first encounter to Police Football Club (PFC) 3-1 with the second ending in a 2-2 stalemate, the recently formed Tiger Bay Football Club rebounded to demolish PFC 4-1 in the final match at the Police Sports Club, Eve Leary, last Wednesday night.

To decide the series winner both sides had to contest an extra time fixture, which went for 10 minutes. In the 5th Tiger Bay’s Calvin Shepherd scored to crown his team the overall champions.
The match which got under way at 17:00hrs, saw Tiger Bay striker Rensford Coleridge score in the 20th minute and one minute later Rawle Adams doubled that lead with his blast past a hapless PFC custodian, after latching onto a loose ball from 70 metres out.
In the 32nd minute, Rawle Haynes pulled one back for the lawmen and not to be outdone, Tiger Bay regain the two-goal advantage, courtesy of Dion Alfred’s strike five minutes after Haynes’ goal, much to the delight of his teammates.
The victorious team had their final goal from Rensford Coleridge, who was later named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the series, as Tiger Bay won the match 4-1.
However, needing to arrive at an overall winner of the series, both teams went at each other for an additional 10 minutes, in which Shepherd’s 5th minute strike confirmed Tiger Bay’s superiority over their opponents.
Tiger Bay team player Rensford Coleridge had won the MVP award along with the first goal scorer award. Trophies and prizes were given to both teams by Police ‘A’ Division Senior Superintendent Commander Clifton Hicken.
Kurt Dickson, the Tiger Bay captain, said that he knew that his team would have won the series and he is looking for more like this. He also thanked the Commander, referees and members of staff for making this possible.
Coleridge said that he felt good that he won the award because it will boost him, adding he has been struggling in the past games and he felt really bad because everybody was looking at him as a waste.
The losing captain Dion Rodney said that his team could have won but they didn’t prepare, sending a challenge for a rematch because his team would come stronger..

(By Asif Hakim)