Arima North Secondary’s bid to return to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division will hinge on a spell of three games in eight days—two on the road—as their National Big 5 campaign comes to a frenetic end, due to rescheduled fixtures. The SSFL Fixtures Committee confirmed today that …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Arima host St Mary’s in key Big 5 clash, new date for Siparia/Arima fixture
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Fixtures Committee announced another amendment to the 2022 Big 5 tournament yesterday evening, with Arima North Secondary’s trip to Siparia West Secondary now shifted to Thursday 8 December. It will be the third attempt to play the fixture between the East and South Championship …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Fixtures Committee brushes off Arima’s “no confidence motion”, after Big 5 confusion
“[…] How can the SSFL decide that an unavailable ground is reason enough to postpone an already rescheduled game in a tournament that has already started a month late—and when there were grounds available elsewhere? “[…] I object to (SSFL assistant secretary administration and fixtures committee member) Gerald Elliot’s disregard …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Arima go back to Siparia as Big 5 returns, S/Juan on course for fifth zonal title
Arima North Secondary will return to the job of winning promotion to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division from this Sunday, as the Big 5 competition resumes after a three-week break. The “Dial Dynamos” are away to South Zone champions, Siparia West Secondary, from 3.30pm at the Siparia …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Manzanilla Sec demoted for fielding non-student, East Zone standings rearranged
Manzanilla Secondary have been booted from the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) East Zone Championship Division, for fielding a player who is not a student in the second tier competition. Midfielder Keshawn Diaz debuted for Manzanilla against Valencia Secondary on 23 September and played throughout the first and second rounds …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Siparia West host Arima North, CIC at home in Big 5 opener
Siparia West Secondary will host Arima North Secondary from 3.30pm on Saturday 29 October in the first confirmed Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Five fixture. In the other match on the same day, St Mary’s College welcome the Central Zone champions to Serpentine Road from 3.30pm. At present, though, …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Boys Big 5 and Intercol poised for fixture changes due to Tobago Carnival
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee appears poised to postpone its Boys Big 5 Competition, due to travel issues caused by the inaugural Tobago Carnival. The Tobago Carnival reaches its climax from 28-30 October. However, with a spike in inter-island travel just before and after the main Carnival …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Bishop’s v Scarborough postponed; Siparia West, CIC and Arima near zonal titles
Today’s scheduled top of the table Tobago Boys Championship Division match between Bishop’s High School and Scarborough Secondary is now the second game of the 2022 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season to be postponed due to a Covid-19 scare. A release from the SSFL today revealed that the fixture …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Championship set to resume with key Friday clashes carded; Chaguanas v Moruga moved
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee will wait until Friday morning to render a verdict on whether the next round of Championship Division matches will play as scheduled. The SSFL postponed all Under-14 and Girls Championship Division matches rostered for today. However, if the skies continue to hold, …
Read More »Write Start (16-18): Jab before ‘jab jab’; Tsai-Ann Lewis says vaccination cards, not rags, will dominate Carnival 2022
“[…] Carnival will most definitely be for those who are vaccinated, as most things have or are becoming. “[…] Before the event formally begins, persons will need to wear their Covid-19 vaccination cards and a form of identification around their necks to ensure that they are permitted to partake in …
Read More »From T&T to Taiwan: Sheppard on quarantine, certification and Mandarin—after moving to Taoyuan FC
Domestic sport in Trinidad and Tobago is on pause at present; and has been for much of the past 13 months, since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Arima North Secondary football team technical director and former Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team and QPCC FC assistant coach Wayne …
Read More »Big Five 19: Arima win battle but lose war, as Moruga clinch title while Chaguanas promoted
On a dramatic closing day of the 2019 SSFL Big 5 competition, Arima North Secondary won 1-0 yet left the field in tears while the defeated Moruga Secondary danced around the pitch. Call it the ‘Arima Old Road Paradox’. The difference between first and fourth place on the standings was …
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