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Digicel Nationwide Schools Football competition …Floyd, Jacobs lead Uitvlugt to 3-0 win
By Sean Devers
Playing in the agriculture setting of the Den Amstel Football ground on the West
Jermaine Jacobs easily penetrates a sea of white shirts to score a stinging right footer past the Vreed-en-Hoop Custodian.
Coast of Demerara, about 30 minute’s drive from the Capital City, Daniel Floyd scored a brace on either side of the half after Jermaine Jacobs had netted the opening goal to lead Uitvlugt Secondary to a convincing 3-nil victory against Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary as the Digicel national schools football tournament continued yesterday.
A wonderful turnout for this level of Football filled the two stands while others, mostly students from the several schools on the West Coast, stood in several sections of the soggy ground under a clear blue sky and scorching heat and those students from the Uitvlugt Secondary School left the venue with smiles as broad as the Mighty Atlantic Ocean which is a stone’s throw from the northern fence of the Region three venue. Among those present yesterday was Digicel’s Sponsorship and Events Manager Gavin Hope.
Uitvulgt, Captained by National under-17 player Shomal Smith and coached by Miss Shevon, a member of the Coaching staff of the Slingerz Football club, played a fast paced and aggressive football game and enjoyed the majority of the ball possession.
Jacobs opened Uitvlugt’s account in the 8th minute when he evaded a sea of white shirts to hit
Jermaine Jacobs (right) & Daniel Floyd scored three goals between yesterday.
a stinging right footer from just outside the box as his team attacked ferociously and dominated proceedings in the first stanza.
Floyd then beat the Keeper from close range in the 27th minute and celebrated as if his had won the World Cup much to delight of the close 400 fans and at the break Uitvlugt led 2 to nothing.
Even though the pace slowed somewhat in the second half the Vreed-in-Hoop Keeper Kevin Todd had a hectic afternoon as the opposition made several raids on Goal and the game got a bit more physical.
In the 47th minute, Smith was given a yellow card for unsportsman-like conduct and an indirect free kick was awarded to Floyd Peters, who looped the ball nicely over the wall. But it was well caught by the Uitvlugt Keeper and their best chance of getting a goal went abegging.
After three successive shots were saved by Todd, Keon Duke thought he had netted Uitvlugt’s third goal from a rebound from the goalie and was in the middle of ‘taking off his shirt’ celebrations when he saw the off-side flag being waived by the Referee.
But the score line soon read 3-0 when Floyd scored again in the 63rd minute and so it remained when the final whistle was blown.
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