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Digicel Schools Football Championship Garville Daniels helmet-trick pilots Annai Secondary to Region 7 zone title
On Tuesday evening last, Annai Secondary School (ASS) demolished Sand Creek Secondary 9-0 and earned the right to play St Ignatius Secondary School (SISS) after this institution had whipped Aishalton Secondary 4-0. The winning teams clashed yesterday afternoon for the Region Nine zone title coupled with bragging rights in the Digicel Schools’ Football championship, contested at the Annai Sports Club Ground, North Rupununi.
The winning Region 7 zone champs Annai pose for a team photo.
A large crowd trooped to that venue and witnessed an action packed encounter and in the end, Garville Daniels, proved that his 3-goal spree one day earlier was no fluke when he replicated the feat, scoring all of the goals to lead his team to a crushing 4-1 triumph over its nemesis. Daniels’ goals occurred in the 22nd, 24th, 73rd and 80th minutes and were only interrupted by a lone success from the penalty spot from Brandon Parks in the 70th minute.
Annai Secondary started at a fast clip and kept the ball in the opposition’s half for the better part of the early exchanges. Daniels sounded his intention within the first minute of the game when he thundered down the left flank and sent a perfect cross that landed squarely in front of the opposition’s goal. The effort was wasted after none of his teammates were in position to take advantage.
Undeterred, Daniels persisted and when he was fed a wonderful pass by Shivraj Lall, he slammed in a powerful right foot shot that zoomed into the back of the network to send his team off. Daniels continued to be a thorn in the sides of his adversaries and he needed no assistance, performing a classic solo to register his second goal.
The game continued at a steaming pace and though St Ignatius Secondary was set back by 2 goals, they demonstrated verve and alacrity, pressing on in an attempt to open their tally. Simon Peter was the stand out and he almost narrowed the lead when he went up to a high ball served by one of his teammates but his header, though powerful, lacked direction and sailed over the upright.
The weather was fine for the semi-final encounters one day earlier but a light drizzle punctuated the first session of the championship match posing some challenges to the players. Notwithstanding ASS defied the conditions and managed to hold on to their lead up to the intermission.
When the game resumed, the referee had to flick out a yellow card after SISS striker, Deon Jackson, committed a foul but received some consolation from the hard working Tony Cabral in midfield; his efforts were reduced to nought after receiving little support from his team mates.
It was just around then that Parks was gifted a penalty kick after the opposition had held the ball in the box and he duly converted. With the score on 3-1, SISS found renewed energy after the penalty success and upped the ante. Their efforts were met by a similar level of determination and Daniels’ final goal was a classic; he received a feeder from the left wing and controlled the ball on his right foot while pivoting on the left. He then simultaneously lashed home a vicious strike that flew past the SISS custodian, Kessie DaSilva, with such a speed that he could only watch as the network the restrained ball and sealed the issue.
ASS will now travel further up the region, to Lethem, where they will tackle Charity Secondary School tomorrow afternoon.
Meanwhile, representatives of Digicel Telephone Company witnessed the game and at the end, Region 7 coordinator, Megan Thomas, congratulated the competing teams on a good performance, while Chairman of Annaputa, Kenneth Forde, expressed pleasure with the staging of the competition. He expressed deep gratitude to the executives of the Digicel Telephone Company and assured them that the tournament has brought benefits to the community. Mr Forde further noted the input of regional coordinator, Thomas and said that because of her efforts the level of competition was exceptionally high.
“Other than providing meaningful and productive activity, this tournament will bring awareness to the youths of this community and we are indeed grateful for that,” concluded Mr Forde. The winning team received uniforms, kits and trophies, while the runners up received similar tokens.
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