Jamaican Duran Dilworth helped himself to a hat-trick as Roxborough Lakers climbed back to the top of the Tobago Football Association Premier Division standings with a 6-1 thumping of Stokely Vale at Plymouth Recreation Ground on Friday night.
Sellon Gray added a brace and Ackeel Sterling, the other for Lakers while Kino Kerr got a consolation item for Stokely Vale.
With the win, Lakers moved to 32 points, the same as previous leader Bethel United, but with a superior goal-difference of plus-23 to its plus-13.
In the first match at Plymouth, Mason Hall stayed within a point of the top two after eking out a 1-0 win over Lambeau FC thanks to Kaleeme Quashie, and a day later at Goodwood, fourth placed Georgia (27 points) whipped cellar-placed Youth Stars United, 3-1 led by a double from Nyron Orr.
Sunday, defending champions St Clair Coaching School, got its second straight win, 2-1 over Sidey’s FC as it continued its late push to avoid relegation for the first time in the club’s history.
St Clair now has 12 points from 15 matches, one ahead of Youth Stars and six clear of Youth Stars.
TFA PREMIER DIVISION RESULTS
Friday:
Mason Hall USSS 1 (Keleeme Quashie) vs Lambeau 0
Lakers 6 (Duran Dilworth 3, Sellon Gray 2, Ackeel Sterling) vs Stokely Vale 1 (Kino Kerr)
Saturday:
Georgia 3 (Nyron Orr 2, Kerron Phillips) vs Youth Stars 1 (Uriah Palmer)
Sunday:
St Clair 2 (own goal, Stefan Byng) vs Sidey’s 1 (Nick Quashie)
Phoenix 2 (Joel Alleyne, Eugene Mitchell) vs Leeds Utd 1 (Hakeem Louis)
Upcoming matches — Thursday
Leeds vs Lakers, Canaan Ground, Bon Accord, 5 pm
Phoenix vs Stokely Vale, Canaan Ground, Bon Accord, 7 pm
Lakers surge to top in Tobago football.
T&T Newsday Reports.
ROXBOROUGH Lakers slammed Stokely Vale 6-1 to surge back to the top of the Premier Division of the Tobago Football Association.
The victory at Plymouth on Friday last, swept them to the head of the 12- team standings but only on superior goal-difference.
Prolific goalscorer Duran Dilworth scored a hat-trick of goals for the Lakers while Sellon Gray helped himself to two and Ackeel Sterling got the other. Kino Keer got the consolation.
The improving Mason Hall USSS edged Lambeau 1-0 with a Keleeme Quashie goal to keep just one point behind the joint leaders on 31.
Meanwhile, last year’s champions St Clair’s Coaching School got only their third victory of the campaign when they beat Sidey’s 2-1 at Plymouth on Sunday, thanks to an own-goal and another by Stefan Byng. Nick Quashie scored for the losers.
And 1976 FC Phoenix edged Leeds United 2-1 also at Plymouth on Sunday.
Joel Alleyne and Eugene Mitchell got the goals for Phoenix while Hakeem Louis scored for the losing team. Also on Saturday at Goodwood, Georgia FC whipped bottom-of-the-table Youth Stars United 2-1. Nyron Orr scored two goals and Kerron Phillip got the other while Uriah Palmer scored for Youth Stars.
Current Premier Division standings:
P W D L F A Pts
Roxborough Lakers 14 10 2 2 34 11 32
Bethel United 14 10 2 2 24 11 32
Mason Hall USSS 15 10 1 4 31 16 31
Georgia FC 15 8 3 4 26 20 27
1976 FC Phoenix 15 6 3 6 26 26 21
Stokely Vale 15 6 3 6 23 28 21
Lambeau FC 15 5 4 6 23 16 19
Taylors Rentals Goal City 14 5 4 5 25 23 19
Leeds United 14 4 2 8 19 27 14
St Clair’s Coaching School 15 3 3 9 17 40 12
Sidey’s 15 15 1 8 6 17 11
Youth Stars United 15 1 3 11 9 31 6