The National Bank of Anguilla Limited 16th Annual Primary School Football Tournament has ended with the Road Primary School taking first place in both the boys and girls competition.

Stoney Ground School followed in second place and the Alwyn Allison Primary School at West End came third.

The victorious boys of the Road Primary School and their coach

In the boys’ tournament, the following pupils were adjudged most valuable players: Mensha Richardson of the Omolulu Institute; Nickel Atto, Valley Primary; Jarden Fleming, Stoney Ground Primary; Isenjo Bryan, Morris Vanterpool Primary; Willmore Irish, Island Harbour Primary; Kirsten Richardson, Alwyn Allison Primary; and Shanoi Richardson, Road Primary.

Most outstanding overall player was Jeffery Adams and the winner of the dribbling competition was Daniel Richardson.

The victorious girls of the Road Primary School and their coach

In the girls tournament, the most valuable players were Nikia Carty of Valley Primary; Shanice Mozac of Stoney Ground Primary; Makaiba Reid of Morris Vanterpool Primary; Gabrelle Webster of Island Harbour Primary; Yasmn Ebner of Alwyn Allison Primary; and Shaquilla Romney of Road Primary.

Most outstanding overall player was Kenisha Xavier and the winner of the dribbling competition was Mikeela Skellekie.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony on November 27, Ralph Hodge, one of NBA’s Directors, congratulated all who were involved in the tournament. “When National Bank made the decision 16 years ago to sponsor the youth tournament, we never believed it would have grown to such a large extent,” he said at Coronation Park where the matches were held.

“It has been an extremely good night for football in Anguilla and for the Road School which I want to congratulate specifically on behalf of National Bank,” Mr. Hodge stated, to the applause of the winning boys and girls teams. “It was not a good night for the other teams in terms of winning, but in sports it is not whether you win or lose. It is how you play the game that would make you good men and good women. I want to encourage those of you who have not won to come back another year and to try hard.”

He regretted that there was no football tournament at the Comprehensive School to keep alive the interest of the players when they got there. He hoped that this would be corrected in the future.

Sports Director, Alkins Rogers, expressed appreciation to the National Bank for its continued support for the young people of the island and invited more institutions to follow its example.

“The young people are the future of Anguilla and we have to provide programmes for them to grow up as the type of adults we would like to see,” Mr. Rogers went on. He was grateful to the coaches for their hard and voluntary work.

The Road School gets the coveted shield

While he was speaking, Mr. Rogers was advised to announce that the National Bank was not satisfied with allowing the youngsters to start playing competitive football at primary level and not to be able to continue at the Comprehensive School. Accordingly, the bank decided to invest more to enable students of the Comprehensive School to participate in alumni competitions with effect from next year.
The trophies and ribbons were presented to the winning schools and students by NBA’s Manager for Marketing and Business Development, Pamela Riley and other members of staff - Marie Connor, Catalina Hawley and Marisa Gumbs.

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