The first of it’s kind Parham Super League will continue tomorrow, August 31st, 2023 at the Parham playing field.

The league, comprising of all premier division clubs, displayed signs of what’s to come in the upcoming season as teams work towards fitness, style of play and the overall cohesion of their respective teams.

Pigotts Sports Club, after topping Group A with 7pts, followed by Parham on 3pts, will advance to the semi-finals, both teams are yet to suffer a loss in the competition. Group B was lead by Sap FC on 9pts with a plus 12 goal difference, they are followed by Greenbay Hoppers FC on 6pts after three group games.

The semi-finals will see Pigotts take on Greenbay Hoppers at 6pm, followed by Parham vs Sap at 7:30, all games playing at the Parham football field.

Group winners will receive $500 each, $1,000 for winners of each semifinal game and $2,000 will go to the winner of the finals.

The competition is sponsored by Eastboys Promotions, LWT Shipping Limited and Football Profile268.

Antigua & Barbuda 5   vs   0   Barbados

St. Johns, ANTIGUA        22nd  August, 2023 – Days after playing to a draw, host Antigua & Barbuda faced Barbados for again in Tief II Group A playin the 2023 edition of the CFU Challenge Series Girl u14. But that’s were the similarities end as the host produced a sensational performance to blank their opponent 5-0

With Keitonya Skepple coming off scoring four goals the day before, the young forward was again leading the line and her forceful running resulted in her being brought down illegally in the penalty area early in the match.  Iressiea Allen converted the kick from the spot to give her team a 10 minute lead. Skepple almost doubled her teams lead six minutes later, but a break save from Ukayla Dallaway smother the in rushing forward.

Skepple was again causing Barbados some discomfort, high pressing first the win a corner kick for her team and illisiting a save from Dallaway in the short corner.  It was that second corner that resulted in the host being awarded a second penalty kick, this time for a handball in the area.  Karmiella Hughes did the honours in 22’ sending her spot kick to the left of Dallaway into the roof of the net.

The Benna Girls were truly flying and Skepple joined in on the fun.  Out muscling both center backs, the hosts’ leading goal scorer added to her tally unleashing a powerful right footed shot to lift her team to a 3 goal lead at the break.

Chasing the game now and needing a goal to get back into the contest Barbados rang in changes at the start of the second stanza and committed bodies forward in an attempt to get on the scoreboard.  Gabrielle Birmingham had the Trudebts best chance in the 40’ but saw her effort float agonizingly over the crossbar.

Things were about to get worse for Barbados, being reduced to 10 players after skipper Taryn Sutherland committed her second bookable offense in the 50’.   Salt was rubbed in the proverbial wound as Skepple’s ensuing free kick was turned in by a Bajan defender to make it 4-0 to the host.

Substitute Anesa Liburd should have added to the total moments after coming on in the 60’, but her effort after an Allen cross was saved by Dallaway.  Latoya Williams got her name on the scoresheet three minutes from time with a firmly struck shot to make it another five goal game for Antigua & Barbuda.

Antigua & Barbuda 6- 0 Bonaire

St. Johns, Antigua. (21st August, 2023)

A goal haul by forward Keitonya Skepple led host Antigua & Barbuda to a huge win over Bonaire in Group B Tier II action in the CFU Challenge Series U14 Girls.  Playing at the ABFA Technical Center, the host romped to a 6-0 triumph over the Dutch counterparts.

With speedy winger Rolesha Humphreys out of the starting lineup, it was left to Skepple to lead the line and lead the line she did.  The powerful forward was on the score sheet as early as the 11 minute as she raced onto a defense splitting pass by Aliyah London to send a firmly struck right footed shot past Rudzayrima Dorothea in goal.

Bonaire mounted an almost immediate response through Genisha Piar Cornelia with two shots in quick succession, the second of which required a diving save by Serenity Colborne to preserve her team’s lead.  The lead was doubled soon after courtesy of an own goal.  A Nafisa Quashie crossing the 21st minute, took a deflection to wrong foot Dorothea and give the host a two goal advantage. With Quashie pulling the strings in midfield a third goal was always on the cards and it came seven minutes later.  Quashie played Skepple through with a well placed and well weighted ball and the forward’s well placed left-footed effort nestled in the bottom right hand corner.

Despite the scoreline, the girls from the ABC Islands managed to muster some decent foreys in their opponent’s half.  Cornelia and Geraldine Alberto tried to push their markers back, carving out a decent half chance for Charlotte van Loo , but a timely intervention by skipper Denovis Jarvis thwarted Bonaire’s best chance of the half.  Skepple almost added to her tally in first half stoppage time but lifted her effort over the crossbar moments before the interval.  The halftime whistle came soon after to the relief of Bonaire, the host enjoying a 3 goal cushion.

Antigua & Barbuda came flying out of the gates on resumption and Quashie was rewarded for her industry in the 36’.  After some slick build up, the diminutive player saw her initial shot carom off the upright, but made no mistake with the rebound putting the host nation four goals to the good. Skepple completed her hattrick four minutes later in the 40’ after Iressiea Allen picked her out with a cross to the back post.

Meanwhile, Bonaire continued to plug away and the introduction of trio, Latoya Willems, Q’sheantely Martines and Eleesha den Boef briefly stymied the Benny Girls’ offensive.  That reprisal was short lived however, as Skepple capped off her scoring with her best effort of the match. Collecting calmly just inside the penalty area, she skillfully chip substitute goalkeeper Simone Sint Jago making 6-0 to the host.

Bonaire, commendably, continued to search for a consolation goal and Alberto forced her way between both center backs but Colborne was well positioned to preserve the clean sheet.   It was 6-0 at the end of regulation, taking Antigua & Barbuda to 4 points, level with Bonaire and still with a possibility of advancing to the knockout stage.