Wednesday, 24th June 2009T&T and Cayman secure comfortable victories
T&T 78 Barbados 0, Cayman 76 St Vincent & Grenadines 0
Both Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) and the Cayman Islands both score 14 tries each to secure comfortable wins over Barbados and St Vincent & The Grenadines respectively.
T&T and Cayman continued their winning ways in the 2009 Caribbean Women's Championships, to set up an eagerly awaited final on Saturday between the teams from north and south of the Caribbean. Barbados and St Vincent & the Grenadines both struggled with injuries and could not prevent T&T and Cayman building up large scores despite a couragous performance from each. As with the final Barbados against St Vincent on Saturday for the 3rd / 4th place, should be an exciting match between two teams that are evenly matched.
Kwanieze John scored 5 tries to take her tally for the tournament to 9, while playmaker and fly half Julianna Straker scored a brace. T&T scored freely throughout the match and consistently broke through the Barbados back line. Jennilee Limada, Dalia john-Brown, Merlin Blackford, Kalesha Delpeche, Jamila Garcia, Ebony Young and Abigail Roberts all touched down for a try, with Blackford and Straker each adding two conversions.
Not to be outdone, Cayman also notched up 14 tries against an improved St Vincent & The Grenadines. Winger Loletta Hanna scored trwo tries while also slotting home three conversions, one of which was a perftectly times strike from the left touch line. In a match where Cayman found plenty of space to run into, the tries were evenly spread throughout the team. Center Karen Hart, was in the thick of the action scoring 3 tries with fly half Lisa Kehoe going over for a brace. Inside centre Olive MacDonagh contiuned to clave through the oppositions defensive line with some well time angled run and was rewarded with a try in the first few minutes. Cindy Blekaitis, Jane Robson, Krista Pell, Jess Lane, Latoya Bariffe and Joanne Zeigler all scored tries to round off another inpressive win for an ever impriving Cayman side.
Final Round - Saturday June 27th:
Trinidad & Tobago v Cayman Islands (2.30 p.m.)
(For the 2009 Caribbean Championships)
Barbados v St Vincent & The Grenadines (4.30 p.m.)
