Latest update April 28th, 2026 12:30 AM
St. George’s, Bishop’s register wins
– QC, South Ruimveldt battle to intense draw
Action in the Petra/Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition continued yesterday with three more matches, at the Ministry of Education Ground, Carifesta Avenue.
Action in the clash between Queen’s College and South Ruimveldt yesterday.
In the opening match, St. George’s Secondary defeated Tutorial High School 2-0 then Bishop’s High School scraped past Cummings Lodge Secondary 3-2, before South Ruimveldt held Queen’s College to a 3-3 draw.
St. George’s owed their win to Azuma Small in their clash against Tutorial, whose lethal finishing proved to be the decisive factor. He accounted for both goals which were scored in the 37th and 58th minutes.
Game two saw an aggressive Cummings Lodge team settled by Bishop’s as they conjured up an amazing come-from-behind win.
Cummings Lodge orchestrated an offensive attack from the onset from the opening whistle scored two quick goals. The first was scored as early as the eighth minute by Hudqon Henry then his teammate Russell Madramootoo netted the second goal in the 15th minute.
However, the spirit of the opposition was not daunted as they pulled one back in the 23rd minute compliments of Nathanael King. His teammate Shamul Lewis found the equaliser in the 33rd minute which made it more interesting.
In the second half, the lone goal was scored off the boot of Lewis in the 62nd minute, a goal that the opposition had no answer for.
The day wrapped up with a thriller, a see-saw battle that saw South Ruimveldt taking the lead against QC in the 22nd minute when Steffon Enno scored, but the equaliser came in the 34th minute from Stephen Rutherford.
At the stroke of half time Rutherford took the lead for QC when he found the back of the net.
The second half began with QC leading 2-1 before they made it a two-possession game in the 51st minute when Rutherford completed his hat-trick.
South Ruimveldt happened to pull one back in the 54th minute when Enno completed his brace. Five minutes later Keith Caines made it an even game once again when he found the equaliser for South Ruimveldt.
The game remained in the balance until the regulation time whistle was sounded.
Meanwhile, captains of the respective teams in keeping with one of the regulations of the tournament spoke about the need to eradicate gender-based violence.
The two captains of Queen’s College and South Ruimveldt said that domestic violence is a violation of human rights, adding that no one has the right to hurt or torture another person.
They added that real men don’t have to abuse to show how strong they are. They advised that to be a real man you have to stand up against gender based violence.
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