Goal rush at Belfield

IT?WAS?A?GOAL?FEST when the David Thompson Memorial Constituency Councils Football Classic continued at Belfield on Tuesday night.
A whopping 21 goals were scored in the night’s two matches, with one player scoring a beaver-trick and two others recording hat-tricks.
Henderson Richards’ four-goal performance led St Michael West Central to a 6-3 victory over St George North, while hat-tricks from Jamal Chandler and Khalil Gill propelled Christ Church East Central to a massive 12-0 win over the hapless St James Central.
Richards struck in the 23rd, 24th, 52nd and 78th minutes, while Christopher Atherley and Renaldo Best also netted in the 47th and 67th minutes respectively for St?Michael West Central.
For St George North, Argle Richards (17th), Shane Hermas (84th) and Akeem Shorey in the 88th minute got their names on the scoresheet.
Christ Church East Central then concluded the night’s proceedings by registering the biggest victory to date in this year’s competition.
Chandler netted in the 21st, 28th and 53rd minutes, and Gill completed the rout with goals in the 62nd, 82nd and 89th minutes, as Christ Church East Central scored eight goals in the second half after leading 4-0 at half-time.
Jesse Turton got a brace in the 75th and 80th minutes while Jabarry Chandler (26th), Alex Hackett (30th), Troy Ragbeer (64th) and Keion Harding (72nd) completed the scoring.
On Monday night at Briar Hall, St?Joseph defeated St?James North 2-0 thanks to goals from Raymond Kellman in the ninth minute and Wade Garner in the 21st. (RB)