Pro League Club CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh in conjunction with English Division One Club Millwall FC will host a mini tournament later this month in the sister isle of Tobago.
According to Head Coach of the Pro league Club Terry Fenwick, the tournament would be called the CLICO Cup and will be an annual event.
Colonden Reef in Tobago, which is owned by an Englishman and M&M Business Management headed by another Englishman Steve Davies, are among those supporting the tournament.
According to Terry Fenwick Coach of Jabloteh, the competition currently holds three participating teams as talks are still in process to have the Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 team included. The teams are Millwall FC, Pro League Club Tobago United and CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh.
Millwall are expected to arrive in Tobago on the March 22 for the tournament, which will run from March 24-28 at the Dwight Yorke Stadium.
Speaking with ‘ttproleague.com’ Fenwick said, “We are hoping this tournament would be another binding of the Clubs between Millwall and Jabloteh. These are the sorts of links we are making through contacts I have made in England over my career. We are doing this because we believe there is a need for Clubs outside of Trinidad to see the talents that we’ve got here,” he said.
“We’ve got to generate monies outside of the Pro League and I believe this is the way to do it. We’ve got to bring the Clubs down here and let them see the quality players we have and hopefully they would buy one or two of the guys and we can regenerate that football here in Trinidad,” ended the former England international.
Millwall’s Youth Director gave the tournament his blessings speaking with ‘ttproleague.com’, he said, “It would be a great opportunity for Millwall to access players who we would not normally have access to. In the end it would be beneficial to both parties really, the local boys can come over and get cracking in England and maybe we can get local players to help Millwall.”
In mid-February Jabloteh players Lester Peltier and Jason Marcano traveled to England on trial with Millwall. Marcano returned last weekend while Lester is still enjoying his stay in England as a couple of major Clubs requested that he stay longer.