Marvin Josiah powers Showstoppers to Stag Beer ‘West Side’ 5-A-Side football title New Road Eagles claim third

Sep 09, 2014 Sports

Marvin Josiah culminated his fascinating run by leading Showstoppers, scoring a helmet-trick to see them to a 6 – 3 win over Stewartville Gunners when the finals of the Ansa McAl/Stag Beer ‘West Side’ 5-A-Side football tournament was played on Sunday last.
The tournament, which enjoyed great crowd support, saw scores of people flooding the Vergenoegen Rice Mill Tarmac to witness a final that saw Showstoppers going home with $200,000 for their victory and Josiah earning $10,000 for his Most Valuable Player (MVP) performance.
Stewartville Gunners had to settle for $100,000, while New Road Eagles, who defeated De Kendrend Village 9 – 1, pocketed $75,000 for finishing third.
The Gunners defeated De Kendrend Village 3 – 1 to book their place in the finals against Showstoppers who defeated New Road Eagles 6 – 2 in their semi-finals. While fans were anticipating the tournament’s final game, it turned out to be the ‘Marvin Josiah Show’.
Josiah opened the score sheet in the 4th minute but five minutes later, Owen McGarrell equalized for Stewartville Gunners.
McGarrell’s goal had given his team’s supporters the perception that the game would be a closely fought one but Josiah had only just begun.
The tournament’s MVP went on to score three consecutive goals (24th, 25th, and 27th minutes) to put the eventual winners up 4 – 1.
Gideon Payne’s goal in the 35th minute added more misery for the Gunners whose facial expression could’ve told their supporters it’s time to wave the white flag.
McGarrell scored his second goal of the evening in the 36th minute and Marvin Henry’s goal in the 38th minute tried to revive the eventual losers but Anthony Sancho slammed home Showstoppers’ final goal of the game in the 40th minute to seal an emphatic win for the champions.
Meanwhile, New Road Eagles, who had only lost once in the tournament, rebounded to slaughter De Kendrend Village in the third place game.
Simon Emmanuel (17’, 21’ and 28’) and Jermaine Junior (9’, 23’ and 25’) both scored a hat-trick while Paul Rodney double in the 11th and 37th minutes along Ravi Chand 38th minute strike did the damage for New Road Eagles.
An own goal in the 19th resulted in De Kendrend Village getting their lone goal of the onslaught and were rewarded with $25,000 for their fourth place finish.
“This was truly an exciting tournament” said coordinator Collin ‘BL’ Aaron, adding “we want to thank all the sponsors and the people who turned up every night that helped make the tournament a major success”.
According to Aaron “this is the first time a tournament like this is played on the West Side and hopefully it wouldn’t be the last. We have some other stuff in stores that everyone will be hearing about shortly but again I’m very grateful for the support shown”.
After the game, patrons were entertained by Slingerz Family and local Dancehall sensations Jory and Jackie Jaxx.

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