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Teachers win Dale Erskine eight a side football competition
Teachers took their opponents to school as their taught them a thing or two in football when they played unbeaten to triumph in the Dale Erskine eight a side football competition played on Friday at the All Saints Scot’s Church ground.
The one day competition, which was played in honour of retiring Director of Prisons Dale Erskine in his home county, saw six teams participating in the 20 minutes a game competition. The teams taking to the field were in Group ‘A’; Combine locations, Hearts of Oak Masters and Teachers, while Group B was made up of Fire service, New Amsterdam Prison and Georgetown Prison.
Results of the games played saw Teachers starting things on a bright note by defeating Combined Locations 1-0 through an Andrew Williams goal.
The winning teachers team pose with (from left) coordinator Neil Humphrey, acting Director Welton Trotz and retired Director Dale Erskine.
The next game saw Fire Service through a Sherwin Parris goal and Georgetown Prisons through an Andrew Glasgow strike playing to a 1-1 draw.
Hearts of Oak Masters then whipped Combined Locations 3-0 with Phillip Carrington, Kurt Alphonso and Stephen DeFlorimonte scoring.
New Amsterdam Prisons then edged past Fire Service1-0 with D. Darlington scoring.
Teachers through a Noel August goal then eked out a hard fought1-0 victory over Hearts of Oak Masters in a keenly contested encounter.
Georgetown Prisons with goals of the boot of Troy Nieuenkirk, Carlos Matthews and Clifton Williams won the battle of the prisons by demolishing their New Amsterdam counterparts 3-1, with Jermaine Barrington responding for NA.
In the final, Teachers took Georgetown Prisons to school with a 3-1 whipping as Noel August, Andrew Williams and Jarrel Rodney scoring, while GT Prisons lone goal came off the boot of Carl Grahame.
At the end of the competition the winning Dale Erskine trophy was presented to the Teachers team by retiring Director of Prison Dale Erskine. Georgetown Prisons received the runner up trophy.
Players of the Teachers’ team made a clean sweep of the individual awards with Osafo Dos Santos copping the most valuable player award, Andrew Williams and Noel August sharing the award with two goals each. (Samuel Whyte)
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