The National Sports Council/BICO Primary School Football competition entered another round of group-stage action this Tuesday, with high-scoring matches and surprising upsets shaping the tournament’s latest narrative across four host zones across the country.
In the Dane Alleyne Zone hosted at Orange Hill, defending tournament champions West Terrace continued their ruthless title defense campaign with a dominant display of attacking football, crushing a outmatched St Matthew’s Primary side by a staggering 7-0 margin. The zone’s other two fixtures offered far more competitive drama: Welches and St Albans played out an end-to-end 2-2 draw that saw both sides snatch late equalizers, while Sharon Primary claimed a narrow 1-0 win over Good Shepherd to secure three crucial points in the group standings.
The most lopsided result of the entire matchday came in the Reginald Haynes/Victor Gas Clarke Zone at Blenheim, where home side St Giles Primary leveraged their familiarity with the pitch to hand St Patrick’s Roman Catholic School a punishing 9-0 defeat. Other results from the zone included St Paul’s Primary taking a 3-1 victory over Charles F Broome Memorial, St Cyprians claiming a clean sheet 2-0 win against George Lamming, and Luther Thorne Memorial securing a comfortable 3-0 win over a struggling St Ambrose side. The final fixture of the zone finished level at 1-1 between Belmont Primary and Wilkie Cumberbatch, splitting the points between the two squads.
Unlike other groups which saw drawn results, every fixture in the Keith Grell Griffith Zone produced a decisive winner on Tuesday. Wesley Hall claimed a tight 1-0 win over St Mary’s Primary, Grazettes coasted to a comfortable 4-1 victory against Lawrence T Gay Memorial, and Al Falah snuck past Trinity Academy with a 1-0 edge. Deacons also claimed a narrow 1-0 win over Westbury, while Eden Lodge secured the same scoreline against Eagle Hall to lock in three points.
The Adrian Donovan/Michael Foster Zone, hosted at King George V Park, also saw a flood of goals across its three scheduled matches. St Mark’s put in a polished performance to defeat St Martin’s Mangrove 4-0, Hilda Skeene delivered a crushing 6-0 blow to St Catherine’s Primary, and Reynold Weekes closed out the matchday with a 2-0 win over Bayley’s. As the group stage progresses, West Terrace’s early form cements them as the team to beat in this year’s competition, with other title contenders continuing to jockey for position in their respective groups.