Jubilee Trophy

Gord Dunphy Photo

St. John's Under 18 wallops Paradise Physio by a score of 8-2

In a Jubilee Trophy contest held at the King Georgre V Pitch the St. John's Under 18 defeated Paradise Physio by a very convincing 8-2 score. Leading the way for the U-18 team was Jenny Hutchenson (right on photo) with 3 goals while Heather Williams ( left on photo) contributed with a pair.
The first half saw a relatively even contest for 35 minutes despite the Under 18 leading at the end by a very one sided 5- 1margin. The opening goal was scored by the Under 18's, Heather Williams at the 7 minute mark. 14 minutes later it was veteran Raeleen Baggs knotting the score at 1-1. Raeleen caught the Paradise keeper of her goal-line and lobbed the ball over the keepers head from the 25 yard line. This was followed by Jenny Hutchenson scoring at the 34 minute mark as the Paradise goalkeeper miskicked on a very routine ball. Then controversy hit on the fourth goal of this match. The play which resulted in a U-18 goal was a very blatant off-side play which resulted in Kim Hickman scoring at the 38 minute minute mark. The referee missed the off-sides, while in the meantime he was short one lineman and the off-side occurred on the side of the field that the absent linesman would have been patrolling. Shortly after this play Clayton Welsh, who was in attendance at the game, volunteered his services and took over the linesman duties. But it was obvious the damage was done. The game, at that point, had gone from a one goal margin to a 3-1 score. This off- sided goal may not have been the difference in this game but it's just not acceptable. The coaches and the senior ladies competing in Jubilee competition simply deserve equality and more respect. The first half finished up with Briana McNamara scored at the 42 minute mark and Heather Williams scoring for the U-18's at the 43 minute mark.
The second half saw no controversy. It was simply a very dominating half by the St. John's U-18's. They out ran, outscored and completely outplayed the Paradise team. The Under 18's young legs were much more than the veteran Paradise team could handle. The Under 18's Kaelyn Burke scored at the 51 minute mark. This was followed up by goals scored by the U-18's Jenny Hutchenson at the 59th and 76 minute mark. At the 85 minute mark Susan Myrden scored on a beautiful header to complete the games scoring and give Paradise their second goal of the contest.


In the second contest:

EPR Kirby/The Dock 1 Holy Cross 1

Goal scorers: Holy Cross: Pamela Reid, 79 min - Kirby Team : Leslie Pope, 85 minute mark