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Santos
President, Carlton 'Spanner' Dennis, presents the Orville
Edwards Memorial Trophy to Kirk White, captain of Santos
Masters. (Contributed by Joyce Fletcher) |
The Lyndon Dawes coached
Santos Masters won the third renewal of the Orville Edwards
Memorial football festival on Easter Monday, by defeating Real
Mona Masters 3-0 at the Bell/Chung Oval. In the curtain
raiser, Santos Under 20 and Real Mona Under 20 Teams played to
0-0 draw.
In the feature match, Dennis
Ellis gave Santos Master the lead in the 13th minute after
receiving a defense splitting pass from Clint Reid. Winston
Pusey scored the second goal in the 26th minute, while former
National Player Victor 'Keegan' Samuels got the third in the
40th minute. In the second half miss chances by former Tivoli
and Arnett Garden Premier League player, Andrew Chisholm,
former national players Nicholas Zaidie and Richard Murray,
and also good goal keeping by former Camperdown and all
Manning goal keeper, Nyron Prawl prevented Real Mona from
getting back in the game. Andrew Chisholm also got a penalty
in the 71st minute , which he kick on the cross bar.This was
Santos Masters first hold on the Orville Edwards Trophy, as
they were beaten 1-0 by Vere Masters in 2009 and 3-1 last year
by Real Mona.
Former national goalkeeper
Orville 'Tutus' Edwards, died from kidney failure at the age
of 53 in August 2005. Edwards was Jamaica's and one of the
Caribbean's top keepers during the 1970s and '80s. He was a
member of the victorious Vere Technical High School team that
won the daCosta Cup and Olivier Shield in 1968, 1969 and 1970,
and also a member of Santos Football Club at the National
League, KSAFA Major League and Master's League levels which
rule local football from 1973 to 1980.
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