Lennon High take top honours
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Sunday | June 1, 2008
Keisha Hill, Staff Reporter
Keri-Ann McKenzie, brand manager of Malta, lifts the winning trophy with members of the Inter-Secondary Schools Association (ISSA)/Malta girls football champions Lennon High on Friday. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer
INTER-SECONDARY Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/ Malta Girls football champions Lennon High took the top honours at Friday's awards ceremony at the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) offices in New Kingston.
St Hugh's defeated
Lennon who defeated St Hugh's High 7-6 on penalties to take home the coveted title were named the top rural school. Simone Honeyghan took the most valuable player award and Herron Gordon, coach of the year.
Lennon were also the Zone C winners. The team which was in the competition for the third consecutive year, placed third in the competition in 2006 and last year, reached the quarter-finals. It was also successful in netting 98 of the 1,773 goals scored throughout the season.
best defender
Second-placed St Hugh's claimed the Zone F trophy and Ottilie Douglas was selected best defender of the season.
Zone G winners and third-placed side McGrath High received a special award for the most improved school and the most goals scored (121).
National Under-20 player Shanise Steele of McGrath was the leading goalscorer with 58.
Cadeen McLean, of fourth-placed St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS), copped the best goalkeeper award. STETHS were also winners of the Zone B trophy.
most promising junior player
Fifteen-year-old Trudy Carter of Zone E champions Trench Town High was deemed as the most promising junior player.
Grange Hill High were winners of Zone A and Excelsior High were rewarded for topping Zone D.
Walton Small, president of ISSA, congratulated all the schools that participated in the competition and emphasised they all were winners.
"The players need our support as they are doing and sacrificing a lot for the sport," Small said.
federation's support
Janice Rose-Brown, operations manager of the JFF, affirmed the federation's support to the development of women's football in Jamaica. She encouraged the young players to apply themselves and work towards the highest level in the sport.
"Women's football locally and internationally is on the rise," Rose-Brown said. "There is a general conclusion now that women's football is one of the fastest growing components of football. So, you all have much to go for and much to maximise over the coming years," she said.
Rose-Brown also praised ISSA for its efforts in aiding the development of young talent.
"It is through competitions such as these that we nurture our best and we give them the possibilities to maximise their talent," she said. Lennon who defeated St Hugh's High 7-6 on penalties to take home the coveted title were named the top rural school.
