Annandale school St Rose’s to close out Guyoil 3rd round

Annandale Secondary soared to their third straight win in the Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Under-18 football tournament as the third round of competition came to a close on Monday evening.

The evening’s schedule had two intense games lined up, and they did not fail to deliver on a rain of goals and fight-to-the-death battles for the victory.
Game one saw Annandale Secondary and St Rose’s clash. The odds were in Annandale’s favour, given that they have won both games in the previous rounds. St Rose’s, however, are now finding their footing after stumbling in the first round.
Annandale began their campaign early in the game, with their first goal coming off the boots of Collin Hendriques in the 13th minute. Two minutes later, the Captain, Jamar Harrigon joined the scoring party. Hendriques returned in the 18th minute for his second, taking the score to 3-0. But that was not the end of the goals in the first half. Omari Glasgow showed up with his first in the 27th minute while his teammate Ron Robinson jotted his name down on the scorecard in the 32th to finish the half at 5-0.
With an already commanding lead, the Annandale boys seemed to slow down in the second half, with their shots surprisingly being scooped up by the Rose’s goalkeeper. However, this did not bar them from scoring as Glasgow netted his second in the 45th minute. The pendulum briefly swung St Rose’s’ way as Ravon Bailey managed to make a breakthrough for his team saving them from a scoreless defeat. His first came in the form of a successful penalty and minutes later in the 57th minute, Bailey caught the Annandale goalkeeper over-anticipating the shot, which resulted in his inability to block the goal.
Before time could expire, Jerome Harrigon and Rondell Maxwell each found the back of the St Rose’s net to push the final score to 8-2.
Annandale Captain Jemar Harrigon reflected on both his individual and the team’s performance, noting: “I don’t think I did how I should have, but on behalf of the team, we played really good.”
Admitting that the team are working on maintaining their agility in the second half, Harrigon further noted that their training sessions were paying off.
“Getting eight goals really feels great ‘cause the training sessions we have been putting in were really good. But the changes we made really made a difference today too,” he said.
Additionally, the youngster is looking forward to better performances from his team for the remainder of the tournament. “The next game I feel is a more competitive game, but every game I feel we should come out on top in this competition.”
The other match of the evening featured Queenstown and Dolphin Secondary in a highly-competitive match-up. Both teams have suffered similar fates in the competition, losing by large margins to the front runners. As a result, both Dolphin and Queenstown were hungry to put their first win on the board.
Both sides were cautious at the beginning, but a goal from Kieron Dazzell of Dolphin ignited the players. Eight minutes after Dazzell’s goal, Kester Stewart of Queenstown netted his team’s reply, pushing the score to 1-1. The first half soon expired and the second saw refreshed players with the same objective; however, neither of the teams were able to bring their plans to fruition as they constantly missed the target. They eventually settled for sharing the points for the 1-1 draw.

The Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Petra-organised tournament will continue this Sunday at the Ministry of Education Ground, Carifesta Avenue.