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VINDICATED!

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Michael Troupe
  • CVM, TVJ to pay
  • Troupe, Reid awarded millions

Barrington Flemming – Staff Reporter

“You can’t keep a good man down; thanks be to God I’m free at last.”

Words of relief from Michael Troupe, former Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay and sitting councillor for the Granville Division, who, along with Sylvan Reid, councillor for the Salt Spring Division, were awarded millions in damages in the Supreme Court last Friday after successfully bringing law suits against two broadcast media entities and the attorney general.

The lawsuits suits were brought in relation to the arrests of Reid, who was councillor and Troupe who, at the time, was Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, by the Lottery Scam Task Force in July 2012, with the men claiming that they were falsely and maliciously arrested.

Three other men, including two of Troupe’s sons, were also arrested.

The suit also named the then Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, and Superintendent Leon Clunis, as well as the Attorney General, who was named as the government representative, liable for the actions of both the commissioner and the police superintendent.

Councillor Sylvan Reid

The lawsuit also claimed certain utterances by both the commissioner and superintendent, which were aired by CVM TV and TVJ, defamed Mr. Troupe and Mr. Reid.

The court awarded Mr. Troupe 11-million dollars in damages for defamation against the two broadcasters.

Meanwhile, Mr. Reid was awarded a total of 12 million dollars in damages.

He was awarded $8.5 million in damages for defamation against the two media entities and a further $3.5 million in damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution against the government.

MONEY NOT ALL

Troupe said while he was awarded damages, the money is not the most important thing as he cherishes his integrity, which has been smeared for the past seven years by false charges which also negatively impacted his family.

“It’s not all about the money. When you die, the only thing they can say is that councillor Troupe is a good man. I want my credibility I don’t want anybody to say, ‘That bwoy was a scammer. That’s not true. I was brought up into a good family and I try to live and walk into the footsteps of my mother and my father.”

“So, when they came out and came to my house and put me in a truck back and scandal me, it was painful and embarrassing, and it has been affecting me and my family for seven years. My name has been dragged through the mud,” he explained.

He was at great pains to issue a warning to anyone who would attempt to defame or sully his name or reputation at any time because they would have to speak to his lawyer.

“I will now continue to live my life as a free man and I hope people will begin to think differently now.”

Reid in his response noted:

“I knew I would be vindicated because I knew I was not guilty of the charge that was laid and the accusation and what happened at that time.  However, waiting for seven years and people forming their own opinions, whether they believe or not, I am happy that it came to this stage. I am asking that it goes out there for people to re-assess and reform their opinion because there is a lot of people who have different views on it”.

Reid, who was a deacon in the Assemblies of God Church, said he was forced to step down.

“It has been devastating even my son was barred from attending certain high school in Montego Bay because of the case. I know my reputation is not going to be repaired overnight if I may say but of course I am happy that the system still works.

Teachers lift Business House title

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CHAMPIONS: Organizer and chief marshal of the Popeyes Western Business House Netball Competition, Dr. Garth Sommerville (left) presents the winning cheque and trophy to the Teachers team following their victory over SRI in the finale. Veteran netball official Cleopathra Eubanks (right) is also a part of the presentation.

Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts

The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) – MoBay Chapter, hoisted the Popeyes sponsored Western Business House Netball title with an exhilarating 26-15 defeat of Sandals Resorts International in the final played at the Montego Bay Cricket Club on Wednesday night, December 11.

Teachers, instructed by Lecturer and veteran player Gina Haughton, walked away with $60,000 for their efforts, while the runners-up bagged $40,000, with the third place finishers bagging $20,000.

The flamboyant and lucky Iberostar, who were out-gunned in the semi-final, copped third spot, seeing off Sandals Resorts 33-22 in a contest which got intense and very competitive in the final three quarters of the match.

Sandals Resorts finished fourth.

SRI, who have never been late for a game and always showed up for each fixture with a full complement of payers, were also named the Most Discipline team and collected a plaque for their achievement.

FIERCE ENCOUNTER

Overwhelming favourites Teachers started the finale a bit shaky and trailed by two early into the match as SRI got on the board first and looked like causing an upset.

Teachers took a comfortable 8-2 lead after the opening quarter before establishing a 14-5 dominance at the halfway break.

However, the match turned on its head in the third quarter when Sandals Resorts International (SRI) struck with six unanswered goals while keeping Teachers scoreless for just over three minutes, as they crept to within  four (13-17) going into the final quarter.

But the compact Teachers team re-established their superiority with a commanding 9-2 tally in the final quarter to race to the victory.

The lanky Amalya Stewart, struggling for accuracy in the opening five minutes of the match, ended with a game-high 20 of her teams’ goals.

BATTLE FOR THIRD

In the third place playoff, Iberostar dominated from start to finish with their 13 goals in the third quarter the most of the contest which saw the eventual winners holding a slender 15-13 advantage at the halfway stage.

However, Iberostar with the introduction of a sharp shooter, exploded with 13 points in the penultimate quarter, nine more than their opponents, who struggled to get the ball into the shooting area with regularity.

Sandals provided a bit of resistance, and pulled to within a goal of equalizing the match at one stage, before Iberostar pulled away to claim the win, despite the two sharing ten goals down the middle in the closing quarter.

Long holiday for Flanker men

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Barrington FlemmingStaff Reporter

Just days after Dr. Horace Chang promised to aggressively tackle criminal elements during this, the festive season, some residents are being made to experience the hellish side of that promise. In a matter of days, the community of Flanker has seen a number of its male residents swept up, allegedly beaten and detained by the security forces, with no hope of being released until 2020, marking what is shaping up to be a dark Christmas for themselves and their families.

That situation has sprung attorney-at-law, Charles Sinclair, into action, who has since made a submission to the Emergency Powers Tribunal on behalf of 11 men from the community who were detained, demanding due consideration for the men to be released.

The men were detained when a joint police/military team raided the community, picked them up, and took them to the St. James Police headquarters in Freeport, Montego Bay, where they have since been held. Things did not go that smoothly, however, for those who were detained, with family members relating to the Western Mirror the traumatizing circumstances under which their loved ones were taken.

Latoya Gardener, the common law wife of 33-year-old chef, Todd Perkins, one of the men detained, said he was brutalized and locked up with no explanation.

“He went to buy box food from a food shop around the corner and when dem see him, dem give him some box! Dem haul and pull him and lick him; thump him inna him blind eye, and fling him in a wall. Them even carry him over a yard and try fi shoot him – but the clip drop out,” shared with the Western Mirror.

It was a different scenario for John Smith, a tiler, who was in the process of laying tiles, when he was approached by the police, as explained by his sister, Elaine Thompson.

“He was working, doing tiling, when they came up to him. He said, ‘A work mi a work’ and the police say, ‘A work mi a work to’, and dem throw him tools aside and then pull him weh. They did not hurt him, but when we ask why, they said, ‘Shut up! It’s State of Emergency’.”

Marvin Lewis must have prayed that he had stayed at church some time longer, as he was swept up by the lawmen after coming from church with his family.

Sasekie Lewis, Lewis’ sister, explained what happened with her brother. “Him just pick up him mother and daughter – him family from church, and the bus was left on the highway. As he stepped out of the bus and walked in, they took him up and say ‘gwaan inna the truck!’ and carried him down with them.”

In another case, Monica Hendricks, the mother of Delano Innis, one of the others detained, said her son was just standing among a group of people when the joint police/military team commandeered him to join the rest of the men in the truck.

SINCLAIR INTERVENES

Amidst the detainments, the families of the men are relying on the work of the hot-shot attorney to bring their relatives home for the holidays.

Sinclair shared his experience in trying to help the families with the Western Mirror. “I have spoken to police officers. Nobody has presented anything to me for their detention; there has been no interview, save the regular processing, but no question and answer. What I have done on their behalf is submitted the application to the tribunal for them to determine whether they [the men] should continue in detention or if they should be released”.

Sinclair further explained that comments from police officers are suggesting that the men are going to be detained until January 2020, despite no valid reasons being given for their detention.

 “It is something that I have raised with the Minister [of National Security] to say that anybody who is detained under Regulation 30 of the Emergency Powers Regulation, which allows a police officer or a member of the military to detain a person for reasonable cause, that they were in an act that threatened public safety, that a statement be written which outlines what this reasonable cause is based on, which must be made available to the detainee or to his attorney. I have not been able to get any such information.”

Heroic ‘Princess’

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HERE’S THE LITTLE HERO: Cory Ann Palmer shows off the plaque and medal she received at the Hillview Baptist Church for bravery after she rescued her one-year-old sister from a raging fire which destroyed their home on Friday, November 1, and claimed the lives of her two brothers, Javinci Palmer and Tyler McLeod. Alan Lewin photos
  • Child hero honoured for saving little sister

Alan Lewin/MGN

When adults in the community of Ban Lane, Paradise, froze as a blaze consumed the one-bedroom dwelling in which her three siblings were trapped, six-year-old Cory Ann Palmer, affectionately called ‘Princess’, sprang into action. She dashed into the burning house – to the horror of the watching adults, and after a breath-catching moment, she re-emerged, clutching her one-year-old sister in her arms. Though she was unable to save her two brothers – who tragically perished in the fire, her community, her school, Albion Primary and Junior High and the Ministry of Education, recognized her as a hero, and recently, she was honoured.

Cory Ann Palmer, amidst the cheers in what was surely a bittersweet moment, was honoured last Tuesday for her bravery – the sole reason her beloved one-year-old sister is now in hospital recovering.

The Albion Primary and Junior High, acting in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and the Region 4 QEC 36 Outreach Programme, paid homage to the little hero at the school’s Carol Service, awarding her with a medal and a plaque. She also received food items, clothing and a bed.

Stacey Ann Brown, Cory Ann’s aunt with whom she now lives, says while she is so proud of her niece, it remains extremely painful to speak about the fire and the fact that her nephews met such a tragic and untimely end.

THESE ARE FOR YOU: Shamara Brissett Gordon, Education Officer, Region Four, Ministry of Education (centre), makes a presentation to Stacey-Ann Brown, aunt of Cory Ann Palmer (fourth from left), along with officials from various entities including the Ministry of Education. The gathering and awards presentation took place at the Hillview Baptist Church.

“Right now, I don’t like talking about it. It is reliving the pain all over. I was devastated because I was asleep and I woke up and saw Cory Ann outside with the baby, and I was wondering what was happening with the boys. I was confused, anxious, feeling bad – all of that and more. I was scared, and all sorts of things were going through my mind. I had the phone and was trying to call the police, but because I was in shock, I could not find the number, I was already traumatized.”

SPACE PROBLEM

Miss Brown said while the family is struggling to come to terms with the tragedy, they are also facing space problems as they do not have the space to put the beds they have been given.

“We don’t have enough space where we are now. Dr. Chang (Member of Parliament) had promised to help us to build back a structure, but we have not heard anything more from him yet, so we are waiting,” she concluded.

Cory Ann’s two brothers, eight-year-old Javinci Palmer and one-year-old Tyler McLeod, were unable to escape the blaze, perishing in the incident which saw their mother being brought into police custody, on suspicion of negligence.

At Last

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FINALLY WE WIN ONE: The Corinaldi Avenue Primary Under-10 team along with their newly installed head coach, Ricardo Esmie (1st right back) pose with their participating certificate and winners’ trophy after claiming the inaugural Hosanna Prep 10 and Under football title. Also in the photo is host Principal Doreth Chambers (second right back) who made the presentation. Corinaldi who has been represented in several football finals over the years, defeated the hosts 5-1in an entertaining final to end their drought spell, of more than 10 years without a football crown. - Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts photo

Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts – Staff Reporter

After more than a decade of hunting, Corinaldi Avenue Primary finally broke their dreaded drought, winning a football title in a crowning moment at the inaugural Hosanna Prep Under-10 competition, which culminated last Friday at that schools compound.

Corinaldi lifted the crown, one of two on the day, with a fractious 5-1 defeat of a spirited Hosanna Prep in the championship game, watched by an overzealous and fiery crowd.

The electric Mikoy Foster and Carlondo Morris each had a brace, while Ricardo Esmie added the other as the Corinaldi team danced to the title in emphatic and competitive fashion.

Hosanna Prep’s consolation goal was rifled in from the penalty spot after the ball was handled in the area early in the second half.

The contest proved a lively one from start to finish, with the Hosanna team contributing significantly, despite not being as attacking-minded as in previous matches, and were outgunned by their quicker, skilful and more physical opponents.

Eber Prep finished fourth in the competition, with third place going to Barracks Rod Primary.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

In the meantime, Carlyle Tinglin, the Corinaldi captain, walked away with two top awards at the presentation being named the best goalkeeper, as well as the coveted Most Valuable Player award trophy, one of three sectional awards for the school on the day.

Pinnacle Academy were named the Most Improved School, with Andre Dixon the best defender, and Ronaldihno Richards the top midfielder.

Despite not lifting the title, Hosanna Prep featured significantly in the awards segment as their young and popular player, Shavier Wong, was one of two players named Most Promising.

The competition was played in recognition and celebration of the school’s 20th anniversary and their proud principal, Doreth Chambers said it was a very satisfying event, which went well beyond their expectations.

No vending in Falmouth this Christmas

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Falmouth's Water Square

It will be a gloomy Christmas for some vendors in the growing tourism town of Falmouth, Trelawny, as Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager, says the Municipal Corporation would not be tolerating any form of vending, especially in the historic Water Square.

“This year, we are putting effort in the town of Falmouth where we will be lighting all trees, and all the palm trees will be decorated as well, so the town will come alive. We have to take a stand in protecting Water Square. We are now undertaking a project to paint the curbs, ensuring that the place is clean.  We will be planting trees and we want it to remain a walk-through town.”

Mayor Gager says the Christmas tree lighting ceremony is slated for December 11, with tours of schools set for December 17 when gifts will be distributed to children.

Mayor Gager says with the improvement of the aesthetics of the town, they would not be abale to accommodate any form of vending, but he expects some push back from the vendors.

“We are expecting pushback as people will always want to break rules, but we hope they understand that we cannot allow this. So we are working closely with the police and we will deploy additional municipal wardens that will come out and help to keep the place intact,” he explained.

He said operators of businesses have also been complaining that the entrances to their establishments are being blocked by vendors, which has proven bad for business as it keeps away their customers. He says he hopes that this will be averted this Christmas season.”  

Narrow escape

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OVERTURN: This crumbled retaining wall (at left) that runs alongside the Montego Bay Cricket Club and an overturned concrete mixer truck lying on the side exposing its underbelly, are stark reminders that mishaps can strike at any time. Approximately 9:30 Friday morning, the truck was descending the Mt. Salem road and developed mechanical problems, got out of control, then slammed into the wall before overturning. The driver who extends his hands in despair can count his blessing after narrowly escaping serious injuries, while the wall was extensively damaged. Traffic flow was not adversely impacted.

Barrington FlemmingStaff Reporter

It was a narrow escape for the driver of a concrete mixer truck who is happy to be alive today after the truck he was driving along the Mt. Salem main road in Montego Bay overturned, approximately 10 o’clock, along Cottage Road in the vicinity of the Montego Bay Cricket Club Friday morning.

The impact shattered a section of the security wall at the Montego Bay Cricket Club, while some of the premix concrete leaked from the truck, sparking a run by passers-by who seized various containers, including buckets, and helped themselves to the concrete.

The still-shaken driver, who managed to pull himself from the truck, escaped unhurt, losing a foot of his sandals in the process. He, however, did not give his name.

A section of the damaged wall

“Mi a tell yu, when mi tek a stock mi a drive from Mt. Salem hill coming down fi reach Ironshore fi get some work done.  Mi a come down so easy and one car come from Humber Avenue so the next one coming around, him follow him. So when a my tun fi come down now, a him dat; so me ease down pon di brake.  Mi feel di truck like it a lean to one side.So mi a try fi turn it and balance it.”

He said he does not believe the concrete was mixed properly, so it was sticking in the truck and leaning to one side, making the truck unbalanced.

“It never de spin fast either it just a go one lash.One time mi feel di truck a lean to the right and mi try fi steer it to the other direction, but it wouldn’t balance because it feel like is the same side the concrete hitch pon. And it just turn over. Mi frighten but mi never panic.

The truck crashed into the Montego Bay Cricket Club wall, drawing a number of onlookers who came to investigate what had happened.

One woman, concerned for the welfare of the driver of the vehicle and unaware that he was a mere foot away from her, said: “Lawd have mercy! Di driver must inna hospital, him suppose to mash up bad! Oh God no.”

According to the driver, who planned on leaving the trucking business, he is grateful to have survived.

“Yu know seh mi tell miself seh after December mi nah go drive no more truck? And now, December nuh come and look yah now.  Mi glad seh mi alive and mi nuh get nu bruk bone, so mi done wid dis.”

President of the Montego Bay Cricket Club, Clive Waldron, when contacted, was unable to provide a comment at the time.

‘He was a jovial soul’

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Damaine Simpson Jr
  •  Only child hit by car, dies

Michael Nattoo/Barrington Flemming story

Eleven-year-old Damaine Simpson Jr., abandoned by his mother at three days old, and the only child for his visually impaired father, was heading home from school last Thursday to the woman who raised him – grandmother, Veronica Spence, when, in a playful moment with some school friends, he was hit by a car.

Damaine died, plunging those closest to him in mourning.

His grandmother, however, felt the pain of his passing more, as just last year, in the same month – November, she lost Damaine’s two cousins, sisters Tiana and Tiara Thompson – her granddaughters, in a motor vehicle related tragedy.

In the case of Damaine, according to the Sandy Bay Police, about 3:30 p.m. on the day in question, Damaine, a student of the Sandy Bay Primary and Junior High School, was crossing the roadway when he was hit a motor vehicle that was travelling towards Lucea.

Damaine reportedly sustained injuries, and was rushed to the Noel Holmes Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the motor vehicle, according to the police, was warned for prosecution, and had his motor vehicle seized.

In an interview with the Western Mirror, Damaine Simpson Snr., father of the deceased, was in disbelief about his son’s tragic passing. “I don’t know how I’m feeling,” the visually impaired Simpson shared. He was my only child. Right now, I am just flabbergasted.”

Amidst his grief, however, Simpson, who is visually impaired and is a trained teacher and counselor, recalled the promise he saw in his son, and remembered his dreams and his jovial demeanor.

“I would take him to the clinic when required… It is most painful to lose him. He had ambitions of becoming a soldier. I gave him a trip overseas to Orlando, Florida, in July because he had been doing well at school,” Simpson Snr. Shared with the Western Mirror. He also explained that though he was an active presence in Damaine’s life, it was truly his mother, Veronica Spence, who raised his son.

“It was my mother who raised him. He was such a respectful, jovial and wonderful son…  and now he is gone,” the grieving Simpson Snr disclosed.

HEARTBROKEN

Spence, who is both hypertensive and diabetic, was really shaken by the news of Damaine’s death, which was reflected by a dangerous spike in her after learning of Damaine’s fate.

“My God, he was my little company. He was so loving and nice. He would come and hug me and say ‘Grandma, how you look so sad?’ and kiss me and cheer me up.  I don’t know how to manage this; it too painful.  From three days-old until he was 11 I raised him. What am I to do now?” she lamented.

Principal of the Sandy Bay Primary and Junior High School, Eugenie Simpson, confirmed that Damaine was indeed a jovial student who was academically driven.

“He was a very jovial student. He was very hardworking, academically sound, and was active as all boys are,” she shared.

Miss Simpson related that the counseling cohort of the Ministry of Education visited the school following Damaine’s passing, where Damaine’s father, grandmother, aunt, uncle and cousins, came to the school, along with the students and teachers, and were counseled.

The Sandy Bay Police, who also bemoaned Damaine’s death, issued an appeal to the students to be careful when crossing the road and not play along the road, and to keep along the sidewalk.

Strange death

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HOW DID HE DIE? Police personnel, as well as members of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, gather in the gully and atop the bridge as the body of 50-year-old farmer and construction worker of Roehampton, St James, Raymond Deans, was fished from the waters in the North Gully at the intersection of Harbour Street and Embassy Place. Deans was originally admitted as a patient at the Cornwall Regional Hospital. KT Photo

Barrington Flemming – Staff Reporter

It is still a mystery to the police and relatives of 50-year-old farmer and construction worker, Raymond Deans of Roehampton district in South St. James, as to what could have led to his death, after his body was fished from waters in the North Gully below the bridge at the intersection of Harbour Street and Embassy Place in Montego Bay on Sunday morning.   

Deans was said to have been admitted to the Cornwall Regional Hospital since Wednesday, after complaining of Dengue-like symptoms. He was later confirmed to have the virus. Now, however, questions are emerging as to how he could have ended up in the gully below the bridge.

Raymond Deans

Police reports are that about 8:20 a.m., residents saw the body submerged in the water and summoned the lawmen. On their arrival, the scene was processed and the body which was clad in a white T-shirt, plaid pants and a pair of red and black slippers, was removed to the morgue for post mortem.

Reports gleaned by the Western Mirror are that Deans went to the Cornwall Regional Hospital to seek medical attention after complaining of dengue-like symptoms, and was subsequently admitted for observation and treatment.

He is reported to have asked a relative to pick up his car from the hospital premises.

Deans’ relatives are said to be baffled as to how he ended up in the gully under the bridge as they are unaware that he was discharged from the medical facility and are questioning how he could have left the facility without anyone knowing.

Reports indicate that he wandered from the hospital’s premises, made his way into down town Montego Bay, and fell over the bridge to his death.

Deans is said to be married and the father of two children and a member of the Normandy Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Twice the champs

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Delighted Corinaldi players are in full celebration mode moments after lifting the Insports Under-12 football title in the final played at the Mount Salem Community Field at the start of the weekend. Corinaldi won 3-2 to claim the crown. – Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts photo
  • Corinaldi lift Insports title

Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts

Corinaldi hoisted two football trophies on Friday just 45 minutes apart, including the coveted Insports under-12, which they nailed at the Mount Salem Community Field.

Clad in their familiar navy blue and pink jersey, Corinaldi grabbed hold of the crown in a nail-biting 3-2 defeat of neighbours and bitter rivals, Barracks Road, in the exhilarating finale watched by a raucous and  vocal crowd.

The Ricardo Esmie-coached unit, last year’s beaten finalists, had a double strike from the speedy Ajani Campbell.

Campbell scored in the 41st and 59th minutes after Kemar Richards had opened the scoring after 11 minutes.

Barracks Road made the contest an entertaining one, twice levelling the scores through Ronaldeno Richards and Kevin Hawthorne, the first of which came from the penalty spot.

After an intense opening by both sides, Corinaldi took the lead through Richards, whose rifled effort from outside the area whistled by two defenders before crashing into the corner of the net.

Barracks Road, dominating the middle of the park, leveled the scores just before the half when Hawthorne rifled home from the penalty spot.

The kick from 12 yards out was awarded by official Mary Lawrence on the stroke of the halftime interval for a handled ball in the area.

At the resumption, both teams traded attacks, with Barracks Road striking the crossbar with deadly force.

However, Corinaldi struck with venom in the 41st minute when Campbell arrived unchallenged at the back post to tap in a well-floated free kick which fell from the grasp of the suspect goalkeeper between the sticks for the Barracks Road unit.

Barracks Road searched for a second equalizer and it came midway the half as Richards’ homebound effort was hugely deflected into the corner of the net to make the score 2-2.

Again, Corinaldi rallied and the hardworking Campbell then made the victory certain for them when he latched onto an exquisite 20-yard pass from female player Kristal Williams, off the wing, to turn the ball into the net to sheer delight from his peers and spectators out in their numbers.

Their nemesis, Barracks Road, with a never-say-die attitude, got one final chance to level the scores for a third time, but the effort from inside the box was charged down by the weary but stubborn Corinaldi defense. 

The new St. James champions walked away with $60,000, medals and trophy, and will now be the parish’s representative in the All-Island section.

Barracks Road, for their efforts, bagged $35,000.

Chetwood, meanwhile, finished third after Granville failed to show for their contest, collecting $25,000.

Corinaldi had just hours before, with at least three of the same players, won an Under-10 crown at another competition, before travelling just metres across the parish for the Insports showdown with their rivals.

CORDINATOR EXCITED

Fabian Kelvin, the new Insports coordinator in St. James was delighted with the day’s outcome. “I’m so delighted with how the day’s event went on,” he told the Western Mirror. “It was my first on the job and I’m happy I was able to pull off such a smooth flowing one,” he said. “The game was a great spectacle for the city, the fans were great and it was just an awesome time out.”

“Both Barracks Road and the champions Corinaldi gave us a really, really great game, entertaining, of a high quality and thoroughly competitive… any of the two could have won,” he further added. “What a game it was!”