For more than 40 years, Trendsetter Hawks founder Anthony ‘Dada’ Wickham has shepherded nearly 1,500 East Port-of-Spain youth away from the stereotypes attached to the area. According to him, the time had come for the club to do even more for its young players. “For years we had just been …
Read More »RBNYL: Trendsetter bring it home as Edwards and Sealey shine while Flanders help Trincity to title
“It’s coming home…” That’s the slogan which is growing with increasing popularity among English fans, as the Three Lions hunt for their first World Cup title since their lone triumph in 1966. And it’s a refrain which was certainly fitting for the Trendsetter Hawks yesterday as they captured a Republic …
Read More »RBNYL: Dada’s revenge as QPCC and Trendsetter eye doubles; Trincity aim to defy Tobago’s Titans
While the two most decorated players in world football were trying their utmost to keep their World Cup dreams alive in Russia, burgeoning football talents were fighting tooth and nail in Marabella last Saturday to keep their own Republic Bank National Youth League (RBNYL) aspirations afloat. Some of the youngsters …
Read More »Ex-Pro League player, Neil Mitchell, on murder charge; coaches say system is failing youths
“Where did we go wrong? […] The system failing the youth.” La Horquetta XF head coach Dave Quamina is lamenting that the society in general and the football community in particular is allowing young men to slip through the cracks, after two of his former players, 25-year-old attacker Neil Mitchell …
Read More »Men’s 4×400 Team, Ahye and Stewart take top TTOC titles; “Dada” awarded for Trendsetter Hawks work
The Trinidad and Tobago men’s 4×400 team, sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye and Paralympian Akeem Stewart were the big winners on Friday as the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) held its 23rd Annual Awards Gala at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain. In a break with tradition, the relay team of …
Read More »No treble for Jabloteh as Uprising and SKHY share national youth honors
San Juan Jabloteh started the final day of the 2015 Republic Bank National Youth Cup contending in all three age groups but, in the end, managed to come away with just the one title yesterday at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar. The “San Juan Kings” edged WASA FC 2-1 in …
Read More »The Don ‘Dada’: One on one with Trendsetter coach Anthony Wickham
“A coach will be out there to show you along the way but players have to understand that to be an extraordinary player you have to put in extra work,” Trendsetter Hawks coach Anthony “Dada” Wickham told Wired868. “That is as simple as it is. If you don’t come out …
Read More »Jabloteh chases historic youth treble; Hawks, Rangers and Uprising lead resistance
San Juan Jabloteh can create history on Saturday August 29 as the 2015 Republic Bank National Youth Cup comes to a dramatic finale with six semifinal fixtures and three finals at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar. Jabloteh ensured that the “San Juan Kings” will be competing on all three fronts …
Read More »Rep/Bank Cup: SKHY, Hawks, Rangers and S/Cruz survive as starlets shine
Trendsetter Hawks, SKHY FC, St Ann’s Rangers and Santa Cruz FA all survived the final day of North Zone action yesterday as the 2015 Republic Bank National Youth Cup veers toward the knockout round on Saturday August 22 at Constantine Park in Macoya, Tunapuna. It was a goal fest at …
Read More »Trendsetter Hawks beats St Clair Coaching School to National U-11 title
Port of Spain-based football club, Trendsetter Hawks, is now Trinidad and Tobago’s top under-11 team after the Hawks beat St Clair Coaching School 2-0 on Saturday evening in the Chubby 10 & Under National Football Championship. Josiah Wilson and Jahiem Marshall scored the goals for the Hawks, which was led …
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