The second annual Super Six playoffs tournament kicked off last weekend with three blockbuster matches at the Warner Park Cricket stadium. It started with a double header on Saturday, both ending in 1-1 draws between Flow 4G Cayon Rockets and Rams Village Superstars and Hobson Enterprises Garden Hotspurs and St. Peters. Scoring for Village Malique Roberts (Cayon) own goal – 11th min Scoring for Cayon Mervin Lewis (pk) 90th + 2mins Scoring for St. Peters Dave Warner (Spurs) own goal – 3rd min Scoring for Garden Hotspurs Dahjal Kelly (pk) 9th min Meanwhile, last week Sunday, S.L. Horsfords St. Paul’s FC brushed aside SOL IAS Conaree FC 3-0; two of those goals coming from the penalty spot in the first half. Scoring for St. Paul’s Vinceroy Nelson struck two penalties – 16th & 23rd min Keithroy Freeman 52nd min ...
Hobson Enterprises Garden Hotspurs became the second of two teams in the Super Six Playoffs to record a win, when they defeated their West Basseterre neighbors Rams Village Superstars 2-1 on Wednesday at the Warner Park. Scoring for Village Scoring for Spurs Steve Archibald (pk) 10th min Raheem Francis (Village) own goal 73rd min Red cards Joseph Wilkes (Village) 33rd min (Serious foul play) Diandre Challenger (Spurs) 75th min (Receiving a 2nd yellow card during the match) Spurs Coach Austin Huggins said thy started off the first half slowly, but the penalty gave them a spark for the rest of the match. “The penalty gave us a little more energy, a little more organization in our play. We started to gain our composure…I think the guys played hard,” Huggins said. “We have to keep fighting. It ain’t going to be easy but we got to keep fighting.” In the night’s earlier match, Flow 4G Cayon Rockets drew 1-1 with Sol IAS Conaree FC. ...
Members of the Executive Committee of the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association recently participated in the Concacaf Executive Mentorship programme, held at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort. The programme is designed to build capacity among executive members of Concacaf member associations. The two-day workshop was facilitated by Mr. Howard Mcintosh, Head of One Concacaf and Caribbean Projects at Concacaf and David Sabir, General Secretary of Bermuda Football Association and Concacaf Instructor. Mr. Sabir has been General Secretary of the Bermuda Football Association for 30 years and has a wealth of experience working in several areas of football internationally. The sessions featured a brief pre-recorded welcome address by Concacaf President Victor Montagliani and SKNFA President Atiba Harris. The Executive Mentorship Program will provide the Executive Committees of the 41 Concacaf Member Associations with the necessary framework to improve the administration of the game at all levels. It resumed this year after a two year break due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Techell Mclean, General Secretary of the SKNFA, said the aim for this workshop was to expose Executive Councils to leadership practices and improving the overall administration of the game within the region, off of the field. “We had 11 participants which included members of the SKNFA Executive Committee and other executive officers of member clubs,” she disclosed. -END- ...
The Young Sugar Boyz returned to the Federation recently after participating in the U17 Concacaf Championship Qualifier in the Dominican Republic. The boys were greeted by enthusiastic parents and teachers, including parents and well-wishers from the Cayon High School, who were there to cheer on players who attend that school. Also, on hand to welcome back the players were Second Vice President of the SKNFA Cuthbert Caines who was deputizing for President Atiba Harris who is currently off island and General Secretary of the SKNFA Techell McClean. Mr. Caines thanked the support staff and players for representing the country well at the tournament. “We want to commend the technical staff and the players for a great tournament. We always want to let our players know that the SKNFA is always supportive of them,” Caines said shortly after their arrival. Coach Alexis Morris highly praised all those responsible for making the U-17 campaign a success. He praised the parents of the players and Cayon High School for coming out to support them on their return. He thanked the SKNFA for entrusting him with the responsibility for coaching the plyers and leading them to the Dominican Republic. “To me, it was a great experience and we look forward to bigger and better things to come,” he said. Meanwhile, Jahmal Lewis, a player with the team from Nevis, spoke of the experience of the players participating in the tournament. “We didn’t qualify but that’s all part of life. You win some, you lose some, but hopefully we will do better next time,” he said. “Not qualifying will help us to be stronger and to know what to do next time,” he concluded. St. Kitts and Nevis narrowly missed out on a place in the 2023 U-17 Concacaf U-17 Championship, losing only one of the three matches in the qualification competition last week. ...
E & K Mini Mart Sandy Point FC are the 2021 SKNFA Division 1 Champions after they defeated Elco Ltd Security Forces FC 4-1 on Sunday at the Warner Park Cricket stadium. Scoring for Security Forces Donyelle Francis 64th min Scoring for Sandy Point Elzhandai Warner 22nd min Jahlyan Burt (pk) 38th min Deacon Liddie 43rd min Shaquan Pemberton 85th min Abidjan Woodley (Sandy Point) 72nd min (Serious foul play) The players burst into celebrations on the field at the sound of the final whistle. They were presented with their championship trophy by SKNFA President Atiba Harris and former SKNFA Vice President Don Grant. After the match we spoke to Sandy Point Coach Kenneth Douglas. “Congratulations to my players. All week we have been training a certain way and they went out there and did it,” Coach Douglas said. Sandy Point player Tijanie Fahie said at half time, the coach told them to continue playing what they have been playing in the first half and hit the opponents on the counter attack. “We did it for the fans because it’s been a while Sandy Point didn’t make it to Premier League. We decided we would do it for our family, community, sponsor and our coaches. They were asking for it and we told them we are going to bring it ...
One year after their being elected to head the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association (SKNFA), the Atiba Harris led SKNFA Executive Committee chaired its first Annual General Meeting of the SKNFA at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort on Monday August 29, 2022 evening. The meeting, attended by most of the member clubs, was very engaging, as member clubs questioned the executive on matters pertaining to the President’s Activity Report, the Association’s budget, audited accounts and concerns regarding development of youth and women teams through domestic competition. SKNFA President Atiba Harris acknowledged that over the year, they have made several strides despite the COVID-19 challenges. He stressed that as a new executive, they intend to improve on areas where they may have erred in a bid to improve the welfare of football in the Federation. The President’s report, accounts and the SKNFA budget was accepted by the general membership and the meeting ended with a renewed commitment and encouragement from the SKNFA Member Clubs to support the executive in its thrust to improve the administration of football in St. Kitts and Nevis. ...