With two schools, Debe (South) and St Augustine (East) already confirming a top spot in their respective BGTT/ First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Girls’ Championship divisions, focus has shifted to the competitive North Zone where a league champion may be decided, when defending champions St Francois hosts Providence at President’s Ground, St Ann’s, today.
A win for either team will see it secure the title outright, as Providence plays its last match of the League Championship, while St Francois remains with one match remaining. Providence currently leads the five team standings with 15 points. A win for Providence will put it on an unassailable 18 points, five more than St Francois, which will have to settle for a second place finish.
Granted the two teams play to a draw, St Francois will still trail Providence, but will have the opportunity to leapfrog the team in its final round match on Sunday, when it takes on St Joseph’s Convent.
However, St Francois will be looking for an outright win today, rather than taking it to the final round, against St Joseph, a team which it has already lost to 4-3, in the first round.
Unlike the North Zone, five of the six teams in the Tobago Zone has as strong a chance to taking the zonal title, with two regular fixtures, and several rescheduled matches to be played.
The round of matches to be contested today is the reverse of the fourth match day in the first round, which remains to be played.
Signal Hill, which is tied for first place on 12 points with two other teams, will challenge Speyside, which is three points behind.
Fixtures
North
St Francois v Providence, President’s Ground, St Ann’s
St Joseph’s v Tranquility, St Joseph Convent Ground
East Zone
Arima North v El Dorado East, Arima Ground
St Augustine v St George’s College, St Augustine
Bishops v Toco, Bishops Ground
South
Point Fortin East v Debe, Techier Village Ground
Vessigny v Pleasantville, La Brea
Tobago
Signal Hill v Speyside, Signall Hill
Bishops High v Roxborough, Bishops
Scarborough v Mason Hall, Shaw Park
Standings
North Zone
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Providence 7 5 0 2 20 11 15
St Francois 6 4 1 1 19 8 13
St Joseph 6 3 0 3 20 26 9
Holy Name 7 2 1 4 11 13 7
Tranquility 6 1 0 5 6 18 3
East
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
St Augustine 8 8 0 0 58 0 24
Arima North 8 4 2 2 19 19 14
Toco 7 4 0 3 18 11 12
St George’s 8 2 2 4 11 21 8
El Do East 7 2 1 4 14 22 7
Bishop’s 8 0 1 7 5 52 1
South
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Debe 7 7 0 0 27 1 21
Vessigny 6 3 0 3 20 7 9
P/Fortin E 5 3 0 2 8 8 9
Pleasantville 5 1 0 4 2 14 3
Fyzabad 7 1 0 6 5 32 3
Tobago
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Signal Hill 5 4 0 1 14 2 12
Mason Hall 7 4 0 3 14 11 12
Bishops 6 4 0 2 10 4 12
Scarborough 5 3 0 2 10 6 9
Speyside 5 2 0 3 14 11 9
Roxborough 6 0 0 6 2 32 0
Both two teams have played only five matches of the scheduled eight.
St Augustine, Debe take girls football titles.
T&T Newsday Reports.
St Augustine clinched the East Zone while Debe Secondary won the South Zone in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Girls Championship.
St Augustine thrashed El Dorado East 5-0 on Sunday, for their eighth straight win, and an unassailable lead in the East while Debe blanked Vessigny 3-0 to register their seventh win in a row, and have retained their South title with three matches to spare.
Providence had the largest margin of victory on Sunday, disposing of St Joseph Convent Port of Spain 9-4 while, in another North Zone fixture, Holy Name Port of Spain battled to a 2-2 draw with St Francois.
In sister isle Tobago, Bishop’s High spanked Mason Hall 4-0 and Signal Hill edged Scarborough 1-0.
Today’s Fixtures (starting at 3.45 pm)-
NORTH ZONE - St Francois vs Providence; Malick vs Holy Name Port of Spain; St Joseph Convent Port of Spain vs Tranquility.
EAST ZONE - Arima vs El Dorado East; St Augustine vs St George’s; Bishop’s East vs Toco.
SOUTH ZONE - Point Fortin vs Debe; Holy Faith Penal vs Fyzabad; Vessigny vs Pleasantville.
TOBAGO ZONE - Signal Hill vs Speyside; Bishop’s High vs Roxborough; Scarborough vs Mason Hall.