{"id":2411,"date":"2019-06-17T18:32:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T18:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2019-06-17T18:32:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T18:32:28","slug":"granville-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2411","title":{"rendered":"Granville again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goalkeeper Ralique\nPeddie stood tall between the sticks as the irresistible Granville successfully\ndefended their crown and are again champions of the Victoria Mutual Building\nSociety (VMBS) Under-13 Football Competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granville gained a second successive hold on the crown,\ntheir sixth overall and a third in four years, with a strenuous and defiant\nvictory over John Rollins Success Primary in the championship game played at\nthe UDC field last Friday, June 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granville needed the dreaded penalties to see off their\nspirited opponents, winning 3-0 from the spot after a 0-0 full and extra time\ndraw in a championship game which failed to live up to expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of two brothers to find the back of the net from the\nspot, Jordan Campbell confidently opened the scoring for the champions in the\nshoot-out when he rifled home acutely into the corner of the net to give\nGranville the lead from the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abraham Quest and Desroy Campbell, also low into the back of\nthe net, were the other scorers for Granville as they successfully defended\ntheir crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was disaster for the 2017 champions Success, as they\nfailed to connect from the spot, having two of their three kicks taken stopped\nbrilliantly by the custodian in goal for Granville, Ralique Peddie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Devonte Watkin, a survivor from the 2017 winning\nteam, had his kick sensationally saved down the middle of the goal; Ferando\nAtkin too saw his effort stopped by the alert keeper, and the usually\ndependable Dawayne Spence saw his fierce strike cannononed back off the base of\nthe upright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The victory for the\nGranville unit saw them again ending the season spectacularly undefeated, and\nalso has them avenging their 2017 semi-final defeat to the same opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success, who entered the contest as underdogs but had been\ntipped to cause a few problems to their opponent\u2019s backline, struggled to get\nsettled and despite the odd look, failed to spark as they were mostly pressed\non the defensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granville created the first opening mere seconds into the\nstart, but Javel Allen from inside the area and with the goalkeeper for Success\nbeaten, sent his shot shockingly wide of the target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desroy Campbell also had efforts on target, the first a\nstinging shot, stopped brilliantly by the keeper who was the busier of the two keepers,\nbefore a toe poke, which deflected off the Success keeper and crashed into the\nside of the net, flashed by the base of the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granville are now the joint winningest team of the age-old\ncompetition, first won back in 1991 by Catherine Hall Primary, who also have\nsix titles to their name, the last of which came back in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Chetwood, who had been tipped to lift this year\u2019s\ntitle, secured third place with a 2-0 defeat of Barracks Road Primary in the\nbattle for minor placings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raymond Campbell and Kaylor Palmer in the 2nd<\/sup> and\n48th<\/sup> minutes found the goals for the Leacroft Lettman-coached team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competition organizer, Hopeton Gilchrist, says this year\u2019s\nevent was another good one, and was pleased with the outcome. \u201cGood overall\nseason, even though there is still room for improvement he told the Western Mirror. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gilchrist also pointed out the improved performances of the\nfemale players  as they have come along\nway and are seemingly much better than in years gone by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gilchrist, the National youth coach, says the competition\nhad better overall performances and better quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Granville gained a second successive hold on the crown, their sixth overall and a third in four years, with a strenuous and defiant victory over John Rollins Success Primary in the championship game played at the UDC field last Friday, June 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2413,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions\/2413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}