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QRC 1 - St. Anthony's 3

QRC

St. Anthony's

3

By SchoolSoccerNet.com reporting:

A convincing performance by North Zone leaders, St. Anthony's saw

them pick up all three points against last placed, QRC, on

Wednesday at St. Anthony's Grounds. St. Anthony's emerged 3-1

winners to maintain a 3 point lead ahead of Malick, at the top of

the standings. Uriah Bentick, Micah Lewis and Reshad Wint were on

target for the home team, while Jerome Mendez struck for the

visitors. QRC have now gone 7 straight games without a victory,

picking up only 1 point during those matches.

According to Trinidad Express coverage, St. Anthony's scored in the

30th, 70th and 80th minutes, while QRC picked up the consolation item

just before added-on time.

In other results, Malick continues their championship chase with a

two-nil win away to Diego Martin. By reports, Mucurapo's myriad wasted

opportunities allowed neighbours Fatima escape with a one-nil victory.

The results cause no position changes in the seven-team table, with

only the top three teams seeing adjustments in their points.

Relegation for the first time in the school's decades long

Championship Division history is now a real threat. Much now depends

on the team's performance in its last four games versus Malick, Diego

Martin, Mucurapo and Fatima. The Royalians need to, at least, exceed

Trinity's additional point earnings by 3 in the final stretch. This is

a plausible feat given that the Moka-based college has to face St.

Anthony's, rapid-firing Mucurapo, Fatima and Malick in their final

four games, and the Trinity boys are unlikely to take their tally

beyond the current five points.

QRC could do better if they were also to snatch victory from an

under-performing Mucurapo. Compre however faces Trinity before and

Diego Martin after their QRC match. If fourth-placed Diego Martin in

their away fixture were to repeat their performance against Mucurapo,

it would serve the Royalians well.

Many are looking on with great concern and hoping for the best in the

last two weeks of league play, ending October 20th.

Posted by Keith at 2:58 PM 0 comments

Monday, October 8, 2007

Corrections and Re-scheduled Matches...

There was an error in the report on matches of September 29th, where

it was stated that Diego and Compre had played to a nil-nil draw. The

Diego Martin-Mucurapo Senior match carded for that date did not come

off because there were not sufficient officials to call the game. That

encounter was played today at Diego Martin, resulting in a 3-2 win for

the home team.

The Malick-Fatima encounter, rained out on Wednesday 3rd October, was

also played today ending in Malick's first loss for the season.

Fatima's Sheldon Bateau notched the game's single item in the 75th

minute at Fatima Ground.

The day's results have no impact on QRC's cellar position. They do

though cause some shuffling among the other teams, and put a minor

damper on Malick's title hopes. With St. Anthony's unlikely to drop

points on their way to the end of league play, Malick must remain

unbeaten and trounce the Tigers when they meet on October 16th.

To avoid relegation though, the Royalians on 4 need to start picking

up points and hope that Trinity on 5 and Mucurapo on 6 slow their own

climbs. Facing St. Anthony's and Malick in next games will make that

exceeding difficult. But with matches away to Diego Martin, and at

home to Mucurapo and then Fatima, the Boys in Blue can make a good

attempt to end the league strong.

Posted by Keith at 5:17 PM 0 comments

Sunday, October 7, 2007

QRC on a bye...

Saturday was QRC's turn for the bye in the seven-team North Zone

league. On the rest day though, the other three teams were able to

play to results despite another day of inclement weather.

After taking a 3-1 first half lead, St. Anthony's had to fight off

Fatima College to pull out a 4-3 win and maintain their unbeaten

record.

Malick is still with a game in hand following Wednesday's called-off

match at Fatima. They managed to take a 4-2 victory over Mucurapo to

stay close on the Tigers' heels.

Trinity and Diego Sec shared the points, playing to a 2-all draw at

Diego Martin.

The race for pole position remains tight, Malick (19) remaining

3-points behind St. Anthony's (22) but with the game in hand. Fatima

(10) is now nine points behind Malick and remains third. Mucurapo

holds fourth and Diego Martin fifth in the table with seven and six

points respectively. On the draw to Diego Sec, Trinity leapfrogs QRC

to take the sixth spot on the table with five points from their eight

games.

QRC, on four points from seven games, will be hard pressed to claw

their way off the bottom of the table. In next matches, the boys are

away to St. Anthony's on Wednesday 10th and at home to face Malick on

Friday 12th.

Posted by Keith at 6:16 PM 0 comments

Thursday, October 4, 2007

QRC 1 - Trinity 4

QRC

Trinity

4

Because of the weather and resultant traffic, we could not get to

Hayes Street on the afternoon. However, SchoolSoccerNet.com continues

to do a handy job of match coverage. From their article:

Trinity easily dismissed QRC by 1-4 on Wednesday at the QRC

Grounds. This season ranks among one of the worst ever seasons

witnessed by the College and they need to turn things around

quickly if they are to safely avoid relegation. Jerron John was on

target for the home team, with Kendell Sealy scoring 2 for the

visitors and Kevon Duram and Richard Ayers also on target for

Trinity...

In other matches, St. Anthony's run of form continued with a 3-0

drubbing of Mucurapo Senior. The Malick-Fatima encounter did not come

off because of the inclement weather. Diego Martin enjoyed the bye on

the match day.

The results see St. Anthony's take sole possession of the top of the

table, but Malick is not far behind with a game in hand. All other

positions remain unchanged. However, on the loss to table-propper