Two down, two to go in this year’s Blackheart

SUNDAY MAY 25, 2008, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia - Defending champions

Dennery and Canaries, booked places in the semi-finals of the 2008 I.G.Y.

Rodney Bay Marina / Guinness-sponsored Blackheart/Kashif and Shanghai

Knockout Football Tournament.

This followed victories in quarterfinal action at the Beausejour Cricket Ground,

against Mon Repos and Southeast Castries, respectively at the Beausejour

Cricket Ground.

In the opening match of the evening Canaries ended Mon Repos advance with

what turned out in the end to be an easy 5-2 victory.

Phillip Tisson slammed home a brace in the 12th and 42nd minutes, with Chris

Alexander adding two of his own in the 80th and 90th minutes, and goal from

the boots of Cantius James in the 45th minute.

For Mon  Repos, who lost their leading player Jason ‘turtle’ Constantine in the

 early stages of the game with a severe shoulder injury, gave their opponents a

scare; at one stage in the encounter leading 2-1.

Mon Repos’s goals came from Lewin Hippolyte in the 29th minute and Evanus

Emmanuel in the 36th, but in the end, the more aggressive Canaries team

proved to be too much.

In the night’s second game, defending champions Dennery had a two-nil win

over Southeast Castries. The goals came from Aaron Flavien in the 65th, and

Levi Gilbert in the 89th minute from a defender’s error, giving Dennery a place in

the semi-finals.

It was a lacklustre performance by the defending champions against a very well

organised and well-coached Southeast Castries team, by Trevor “fifa” Henry.

The other two-quarter finals in the 2008 Blackheart/Kashif and Shanghai

Knockout Football Tournament take place on Wednesday evening at the

Beausejour Cricket Ground with the other quarterfinal matches.

The Castries All Stars takes on Vieux-Fort South from 6.00 p.m., in a game the

result of which can go either way, and in the mouth-watering clash of the

tournament to date at 8.00 p.m., two-time champions Mabouya Valley and Vieux-

Fort North do battle.

Many are looking forward to see how the free flowing Mabouya Valley team will

contain Sheldon Emmanuel who so far is the outstanding player in the 2008

tournament.