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Services beat Plant operations to take BOSAI football title 2-1
General Services outplayed Plant Operations 2-1 to capture this year’s BOSAI Minerals Group Inter Department football title when the final was played Saturday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.
BOSAI MVP Mark Louis gets his award from Personnel Officer Ms Trudy Marks
In front of an expectant crowd and followers, General Services had their hands full in a game which saw both sides playing entertaining football early on. But things were even just past the opening stanza of the first half until Services grabbed the lead which came from a cross from the left flank from Keith Gilkes. The ball was received by Dave Hopkinson who volleyed from in front the goal mouth and caught Operations goalkeeper Rawle Adams by surprise in the 38th minute.
The game continued to be entertaining, but the balance continued as the fans were being entertained. The first half came with the scores still in favour of general services 1-0.
After play resumed, Services continued to look good until the 55th minute when Operations found the equaliser which came from a ball down the left wing into the centre of the goal area and Travis Hinds converted with a header to give Operations a deserved goal from a nice build up.
But the celebrations were short-lived as Services reclaimed the edge for good in the 57th minute through a neat pass from Ryan Noel to Shawn ‘The Nigerian’ Arthur who wasted no time with a onetime blast that caught Adams again off guard and gave Services a 2-1 lead.
Operations never recovered as the scores remained unchanged to crown General Services as the new champions.
The Most Valuable Player award was won by General Services Mark Louis who scored a hat-trick in the semifinal against Plant Operations.
Before the final and the third place playoff game was won by Mines who hammered Plant Maintenance 7-1.
In between the third place playoff game, there were penalty shootout for the Female employees and Managers competitions. Winning the female penalty shootout was Ms Hollice Joseph, while the Male Managers penalty title was copped by Wilbert Bethune.
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