Ian Gage of the Women’s Committee, welcomed some 17 teams drawn from 12 clubs which paraded as the second staging of the 2010 Claro/KSAFA Women’s Five-a side competition kicked off at the National Water Commission field on Sunday June 13. The 2010 renewal features a new format- a two zoned open league (formerly under 19) and a newly introduced under 17 competition. The 12 clubs in the open league are :

1. Allman Woodford
2. Bull Bay
3. Cavalier
4. Constant Spring
5. Cooreville
6. GreenwhichTown
7. New Kingston
8. Meadhaven
9. Olympic
10. Waterhouse
11. Shortwood
12. Arnett

The 5 clubs participating in the under 17 are: Cavalier, Constant Spring, Cooreville, Greenwhich Town and Waterhouse. The completion of the preliminary rounds will be on June 20,with the quarter finals ,semi-finals and finals been held on June 27,2010. All matches are slated for the National Water Commission Field starting at 10am

Open League-Group 1.

Although just hanging on to a 2-2 draw with newcomer Cavalier, Waterhouse recorded the largest margin of victory in this group with a 15-0 drubbing of a another new comer Bull Bay FC. Takisha Small scored some 7 goals in the match to moved to the top of the goal scoring ladder. Chevel Martin who was to score the first goal of the competition, scored two hat-tricks in Arnett’s 8-0 and 5-1 thrashing of new comers Cooreville Gardens and Greenwhich Town respectively.

An hat trick by Monique Merchant opened Bull Bay account with a 3-0 victory over like newcomer Greenwhich Town . The girls from Bull Pen however faded badly against Waterhouse. They went down 15-0. The inconsistent Cavalier after surprising Waterhouse 2-2, only eked out a 2-1 victory over Cooreville Gardens.

After two round of matches the unbeaten Arnett top the group with 6 pts, followed by Waterhouse on 4pts but ahead of Cavalier on goal difference. Bull Bay next follow on 3 pts but Greenwhich Town and Cooreville Gardens are yet to get off the mark.

Open League Group 2

Meadhaven United were the talk of the town in this group and indeed the competition overall. Parading the largest squad ,they were able to draw on this depth to register a 16-0 drubbing of newcomer Allman Woodford. Vanessa Ramsay hat-trick numbered amongst 10 goal-scorers foe Meadhaven in this match. They rounded the afternoon with a commanding 4-0 victory over Olympic Gardens to take them to the top of the table The highly fancied Constant Spring were silenced by Olympic with a 1-1 draw. They bounced back in the evening with a 4-0 victory over the pragmatic Shortwood who had entered the match in high spirits having beaten New Kingston 2-1.

New Kingston bounced back from a 2-1 defeat by Shortwood by ventilating their hurt on Allman Woodford with a 11-0 victory. They were consoled by Trishauna Samuda 6 goals in this latter match- the second highest of the two open groups and which pushed her to the leading goal scorer in group 2. At the end of two round of matches, Meadhaven United lead the group with 6 pts followed by Constant Spring 4 pts, New Kgn FC 3 but ahead of Shortwood on goal difference on the same number of points ,. Olympic gardens next follow on 1 pt. Allman Woodford is yet to get off the mark.

Under 17

Waterhouse are clearly the big noise of this competition with 8-1 and 10-0 victories over Cavalier and Greenwhich Town respectively. Shantel Bailey scored a hat-trick in both games to move to the top of the table as the leading goal scorer. Constant Spring made a statement with a 9-0 victory over Cooreville Gardens whose lone consolation was a narrow 3-2 victory over Greenwhich.