St. Aloysius Primary School emerged winners of the one-day Inter-Primary School football competition which recently concluded at the Scott’s Church Ground, Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam. The competition which was organized by The Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club was played on a round robin basis and saw four of the six invited schools participating.
The schools participating were St Aloysius, All Saints Primary, St Therese Primary and New Amsterdam Primary.
St. Aloysius won two of the three matches they contested in the competition, defeating St Therese Primary 2-1 and N/A Primary 1-0, while they battled to a 0-0 draw with All Saints Primary.
In other results, All Saints and St Therese played to a 0-0 draw; All Saints Primary defeated N/A Primary 3-0, while the duel between St Therese and NA Primary also ended in a 0-0 stalemate.
At the end of the competition the respective winners were presented with trophies, with All Saints Primary taking second, St Therese Primary third and New Amsterdam Primary fourth. The individual prize winners were also presented with trophies. They were Joshua Butts of St Aloysius Primary who received two awards for being the Most Valuable Player on show and also scoring the most goals. The Best Goal Keeper prize went to Akaini Anthony of All Saints Primary. The Most Promising Player was Kevin Hamilton, also of All Saints Primary.
Shaquan Durant of St Therese Primary won the special penalty shootout that was held following the tournament, while Dwaine Allyne of the same school placed second. They both received medals. The competition was sponsored by businessman Roy Hanoman and family and was coordinated by Neil ‘Grizzly’ Humphrey and Nigel ‘Busit’ Felix.
