August Town FC  2010Claro KSAFA Jackie Bell knockout Champions

Former national striker Fabian Dawkins scored two early goals as August Town captured their first Claro KSAFA Jackie Bell knockout title with a 2-1 win over Cavalier at the Waterhouse Mini-Stadium on Saturday night.

Dawkins opened the scoring after 22 seconds before Cavalier knew what hit them, he doubled the advantage in the third minute which proved decisive for August Town.

Oneal Morrison pulled one back for Cavalier in the 89th minute but came too late for the Super League champion.

August Town under new coach Onandi Lowe, walked away with $350,000 winning prize while Cavalier received $200,000 for their losing effort.

On a cold and rainy evening at Drewsland, before the fans had settled in, premier league strugglers August Town stamped their authority on the game.

Dawkins, the former Village United stalwart who also represented Atlanta Silverbacks and later joined the Montreal Impact in the United Soccer League (USL) First Division, stunned Cavalier straight from the kick off with a combination of four passes.

Before fans realized what has transpired Dawkins popped up to nod home in the third minute and Cavalier were clearly devastated.

With the fans clearly rooting for the underdogs Cavalier responded well with Loxsley Thompson, Oneal Morrison, Donovan Alvaranga, Richard Hoo (formerly of August Town) and Julian Nugent but squandered a few half chances.

In the 44th minute Thompson, saw his close range effort blocked on the line by a defender. The follow up shot by Alvaranga crashed into the side netting as Cavalier tried desperately to get back in the game.

August Town clearly in control and with their relegation battle on their minds, pulled Dawkins midway the second half for a well-deserved rest.

And with a minute of normal time remaining Morrison forced home a shot to bring some respectability to the scoreline for Cavalier, the club of KSAFA President Rudolph Speid.
It was a decent performance from a Cavalier outfit that has been inactive for five weeks after winning the Claro/KSAFA Super League crown.

Congrats to first time premier league coach Onandi Lowe and August Town for capturing the prestigious Claro KSAFA Jackie Bell trophy.

Claro KSAFA Confederation Under-20 League

Meanwhile in the Claro KSAFA Confederation Under-20 League, Harbour View and Waterhouse continued their impressive run after chalking up their fourth consecutive wins.

Leaders Harbour View brushed aside Arnett Gardens 3-0 with goals from Jeremie Lynch (21st), Prince Samuels (43rd) and Marlon Abrahams. It was Samuels who scored a three timer last week to move his goal tally to seven from four games.

Harbour View moved to 12 points with a superior goal difference of plus 14 compared to Waterhouse’s plus 12 with Real Mona occupying third place on nine points.

In contrast Arnett Gardens have lost all four games and remained rooted at the bottom without a point.

Harbour View currently has the unique distinction of leading in three different age group leagues.

The Stars of the East are on top in the Premier League, the Under-21 League and the KSAFA Under-20 Confed league.

Meanwhile Waterhouse drubbed Real Mona 5-1 with Darren Mattocks registering a hattrick in the 35th, 38th and 64th minutes and took his tally to five for the season. Ricardo Samuels ably supported him in the 25th and 79th minutes for his third and fourth goals. Devon Williams got the consolation and his third goal of the season for Real Mona in the 38th minute.

At Collie Smith Drive, the visiting Tivoli Gardens trampled Boys’ Town 4-0 with Kevin Reid grabbing a brace in the 28th and 64th minutes. Kavel Smith (18th) and the talented Troydan White (34th) completed the rout.

It was the first win for Tivoli Gardens and they remained in seventh spot on four points with a game in hand. However, Boys’ Town stayed fourth on six points.

A 49th minute strike from Ricardo Davis gave Cavalier a 1-0 win over Cooreville Gardens and moved to four points in eighth spot. Despite suffering their second loss from four games, Cooreville remained in fifth spot on six points.

At Barbican, home team Barbican FC and Meadhaven United battled to a 1-1 draw.
Kemar Henry gave Meadhaven a 19th minute lead before Ramone McGregor earned a share of the points for Barbican in the 56th minute.

Meadhaven moved to two points from three games and remained in ninth place while Barbican climbed off the bottom of the table into 10th spot with a point.

The game between Bull Bay and Maverley/Hughenden was not played as Maverley failed to show for the second time. Last week the team failed to show for their home game against Tivoli Gardens.

To date they have played only one game losing 0-6 to Boys’ Town while Bull Bay remained in sixth spot on six points.