Dean Ackin banged in a pair of goals to carry his tally to five in four matches to fire newly crowned champions Ultimate Events to a narrow 2-0 blanking of last year's winners Security Analysis Services (SAS) for a sixth straight win in the 54-60 Division title in the Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) Eight-A-Side Football League at the Queen’s Park Oval, Tragarete Road, Port-of-Spain, on Tuesday night (September 22).
The win was the sixth in as many matches for Ultimate Events to move to a maximum of 18 points with one match left to play against Development Finance, and seven points clear of The Brix while BYD is third with ten points, three more than fourth-placed SAS.
The Brix got a goal each from Anderson Abraham, Michael Escalente, and Stephen George to edge past T Rex 3-2, with John Williams netting both items for the losers.
In the two other matches, BYD got one each from Jean-Paul Du Coudray and Warren Stewart in their 2-1 win over Development Finance, with Barry Lewis scoring the lone reply, his joint league-leading fifth of the campaign, while Carpenter's Edge blanked Maritime Financial Group 2-0 with Michael Chapman and Barry Roach netting one each.
In the 46-53 category, leaders One Jabb/Ktreadz and Earth Enerji battled to a 0-0 draw to stay top of the five-team with 11 points from five matches, two more than Rose ITSL, who trounced BioFreeze with Craig Smith scoring a pair of goals, and Troy Correia, the other.
In the 36-45 Division, Harts blasted Onboard Freight & Logistics 5-0 led by a hat-trick from Benedict Barrett, and one each by Luke Bibby and Justin Claverie to move to 16 points from six matches, six ahead of Sheppard Securities, while Carib and CMA Limited are next with nine points each, who have played four, four and five matches.
Front-runners T-Vibez and Exhibit One drew 1-1 in their top-of-the-clash in the Under-35 Division, with Ryan Mowser and Christian Landreth-Smith the players on target for their respective teams.
Despite the drawn result, T-Vibez remained top of the table with nine points from five matches, one point clear of Exhibit One while Food Drop is third with seven points, after a 2-1 win over Steam thanks to items from Jordan Vieira and Luke Darwent to cancel out Steam's lone item from Charles Hadden.
Murphy Clarke maintained their five-point lead at the top of the Over-60 Division following a goalless draw with Steel Drum, while Jamieson and Fat Boys, as well as TSZ and defending champions Khan's Poultry, all drew goalless as well.
Tuesday’s results
Under-35 Division
Exhibit One 1 (Christian Landreth-Smith) vs T-Vibez 1 (Ryan Mowser)
Food Drop 2 (Jordan Vieira, Luke Darwent) vs Steam 1 (Charles Hadden)
36-45 Division
Harts 5 (Benedict Barrett 3, Luke Bibby, Justin Claverie) vs Onboard Freight & Logistics 0
46-53 Division
One Jabb/Ktreadz 0 vs Earth Enerji 0
Rose ITSL 3 (Craig Smith 2, Troy Correia) vs BioFreeze 0
54-60 Division
BYD 2 (Jean Paul Du Coudray, Warren Stewart) vs Development Finance 1 (Barry Stewart)
Ultimate Events 2 (Dean Ackin 2) vs Security Analysis Services (SAS) 0
Carpenter's Edge 2 (Michael Chapman, Barry Roach) vs Maritime Financial Group 0
The Brix 3 (Anderson Abraham, Michael Escalente, Stephen George) vs T Rex 2 (John Williams 2)
Over-60 Division
Steel Drum 0 vs Murphy Clarke 0
Jamieson 0 vs Fat Boys 0
TSZ 0 vs Khan's Poultry 0
