SVG recognizes fallen football icons

The families of three of this country’s fallen soccer icons now have an item which they can reflect on to preserve the rich memories of their loved ones, who were also treasures of the nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

The family members were recipients of plaques, compliments the Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Culture, the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation, the National Sports Council and the Over-35 Masters Committee.{{more}}

The plaques, which all capture words that reflect the heroics of the icons on and off the field of play, were presented to the family members of Keith ‘Slick’ Bonadie, Tyrone ‘Tweety’ Spence and Fred ‘Garingha’ Trimmingham at a presentation ceremony, held at the National Insurance Services (NIS) building on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. The ceremony was held on the completion of a Masters’ Soccer Tournament, held in their honour at the Arnos Vale Sporting Complex on September 3, 2016.

In addition to the presentation of the plaques, the four teams that participated in the tournament were presented with trophies, medals and cash awards for doing well in the inaugural tournament, which organizers say will be an annual affair.

Computec Vincy Masters took first place and with it the Standard Caribbean Challenge Trophy, 20 gold medals and pocketed EC$1,500. General Hardware/Moulton Mayers Murray’s Village were the beaten finalists and pocketed EC$1,000 and the Standard Caribbean second place trophy and 20 silver medals. Sion Hill Masters were third and received the Standard Caribbean third place trophy and 20 bronze medals and took away EC$500. Fourth placed Police Masters received a trophy for participating in the tournament.

The MVP of the tournament went to former national captain and defender Wesley ‘Butu’ Charles, while another former national player, Marlon ‘Thirsty’ James, scored the most goals (2). Both played for Computec Vincy Masters and received trophies, also compliments Standard Caribbean Shippers.