Islanders to meet Sugar Boys in BVIFA Nine-A-Side Final
The first game saw the previously unbeaten Wolues succumb to the fast flowing Islanders 4-0, with second half goals coming from Avon Williams, Rohan Lennon, Kevin Fisher and a Wolues player.
The match ended in a bad tempered flair up between Wolues’ Alesandro Palladino, Rory Greenan and the Islanders’ Fisher, who all got red carded deep into added time. The two Wolues players will miss the 3rd/4th play off, whilst Fisher will miss out on the final.
Sugar Boys too sweet for Panthers
The second semi-final proved almost as one sided as the Sugar Boys set up a mouthwatering final against Islanders with a 5-2 win over Panthers.
Colin Ollivierre opened the scoring for the Panthers against the run of play late in the first half, but Derol Redhead equalized shortly after the break. McGraw Baptiste then put the boys from VG ahead in the 54th minute and Roger Roberts finished off any chance of a comeback from the Panthers by smashing a 15 minute hat trick (59th, 69th, 74th minutes), before Stenneth Williams scored a late consolation goal for the Panthers.
The final will be held on Sunday December 13, 2015 at Greenland with a kick off scheduled for 6.30pm.
The Panthers will play against Wolues for 3rd/4th place at 5.00pm.
Avengers beat VG United in Women’s action
In Women’s action, Avengers rounded out their season with a 2-0 win against VG United, with goals coming from Lavern Fahie while the Ballstarz set down a marker ahead of the Women’s final with a 2-0 win over the Panthers Women, courtesy of two goals by Philia James.
After finishing first and second in the Women’s League, the pair will clash again for the Women’s Championship as part of finals day on December 13 at 4pm.
All the Players of the week will be recognised at the Trophy Presentation after the Men’s Final, including this week’s Alphonso Warner Insurance Female Keithreece Smith and Busta Men’s Player of the Week Monty Butler.
Previous recipients include Lilly Pierce (Ballstarz F.C.), Brittney Peters (Avengers F.C), Phillia James (Ballstarz F.C), Jacintha Weekes (Panthers Women F.C), Sapphire Flax (Panthers Women F.C.), Sheniece St Jean (Ballstarz F.C.), Makayda Fahie (Avengers F.C) and Meekesha Beecher (VG United) for the Alphonso Warner Insurance Female Player of the Week and Andre Gaymes (Wolues F.C.), Errol Coke (Panthers F.C), Kevin Fisher (Islanders F.C.), Andres Bailey (VG United), Shawn Jacob (Sugar Boys F.C.), Sheldon Harry (Old Madrid F.C.), Kevin Carragher (Wolues F.C.), Rory Greenan (Wolues F.C.), Leonard Davis (Sugar Boys F.C.), Rudolph Davis (Panthers F.C.) and Montgomery Butler (Islanders F.C.) for the Busta Men’s Player of the Week award.
Apart from the Championship Trophy, MVP’s, Golden Boot and Golden Gloves will be awarded and there will be closing speeches from BVIFA President Mr Andy Bickerton, Representatives of the Sponsors and local Dignatories.
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3 Responses to “Islanders to meet Sugar Boys in BVIFA Nine-A-Side Final”
It's been a while since Sugar Boys and Islanders had a chance to play final of cap competition. As we all remember some of those games ended in disappointment and brought under questioning qualifications and decisions of referees taking part in the game. Therefore, I would like to appeal to the BVI Football Association to bring a new quality to competition by appointing Additional Assistant Referees*, as aprroved by International Football Association Board, for this final game so result and quality of refereeing is not questioned again.. May the best team win.
*AAS -Additionl Assistant Referees are positioned on the end line of penelty area, near goal to signal to main referee in questionable circomstances, for example: if the ball fully crossed the goal line.