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      <p><font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;June 
      12 2004</font></font><font color="#FFFFFF"><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; color: #333399">BVI FA to honor 30</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">The BVI 
Football Association will be honoring no fewer than 30 persons for their hard 
work and dedication who have contributed to the development of football in the 
territory at a Gala event on Saturday 26th June 2004 at the moorings Mariner Inn 
Restaurant at 7:00 pm. The BVIFA in celebrating their 30th Anniversary chose 30 
persons to mark this the occasion of 30 years. Tickets for the dinner will be on 
sale for $15.00 at the BVIFA's office in the Botanic Station.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">The honorees 
include Kenrick Grant who is on his second term as President of the BVI Football 
Association. Grant in his younger days was a good goalkeeper who represented the 
BVI team as a goalkeeper in the 1980�s. Glendine Phillips was a defensive player 
for the national team and was one of the players who represented the BVI in 
their historic win of the only regional championship ever won by a BVI football 
team back in1986. Taking part in the Leeward Islands championships the BVI 
defeated Antigua in the finals. No team has equaled or repeated the feat in the 
BVI.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">Mr. Lewellyn 
Dasent is presently the general secretary of the BVIFA and has managed the 
national football team for over 10 years. He played for the famous SK Budweiser 
football team as a midfielder and was coach of the now famous 1986-championship 
team. Another memeber of the famous 1986 team was Bernard Grant a national team 
striker who had a unique way of finding the goal. Gregory Grant was a midfield 
player for national team and recently retired from the sport. He played for 
Veterans FC. Avonelle Morton was a goalkeeper and will long be remembered as one 
of better keepers in region. He was also the goalkeeper kept for the 1986 
Leeward Championship team.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">Emmett Caines 
another honoree was the manager of the 1986 team who was himself a former 
national defensive player, in the back along with him that day were other 
honorees Steven Douglas , Leslie McMaster a tough and rough defender, the kind 
of guy you want to have your back and Andy Bickerton who was recently the 
president of the BVIFA and has always offered the services of his accounting 
firm to keep the books of the BVIFA up to date. One other defender Caswell Pont 
didn�t make the team but has played a significant role in the development of the 
sport here in the BVI. Lenroy Henry a midfield player is the final honoree to be 
chosen who was part of this dream team of 1986. Henry was majestic in the 
midfield and can be compared to any midfielder who has represented the BVI. His 
endless stamina and ability to run for 90 minutes made the midfield very strong 
and dominant.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">Kenmore 
Simmonds is probably the only active player out of the bunch who has been named 
as an honoree. He is still active and started his career way back with Inter 
Father. Easily the oldest player presently playing for the present National team 
Simmonds still has the legs to play as a striker and score goals due to his 
impressive ability to find the back of the net. He now plays for Old Madrid in 
the local league, who won the Spring league last year.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">Terry Evans is 
probably the only locally born Tortolian honoree and during his playing days had 
formed a football team in the league which was comprised of mainly locally born 
players. Evans who had developed his football skills in Barbados during his 
Mapps College days was the president when BVI won the Leeward Islands 
championship back in 1986.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">Winston Potter 
was a crafty Antiguan who played for Queen City Strikers. He himself a striker 
was widely remembered as the man without the ball, because on numerous occasions 
he would end up in the goal without the ball because of his tremendous speed, 
but most certainly was one of the most feared strikers ever to play in the BVI. 
Potter has for many years now traveled with the national team a s a coach.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">Patrick 
Mitchell came to the BVI from the experienced Trinidad football regime. He 
himself has played for the national team but has trade marked himself as a coach 
whose main interest is in the development of youth football teams on a national 
level. Vance Lewis the present Cable &amp; Wireless manager was himself a great goal 
keeper and is argued among football circles that he was the best before Avonelle 
Morton took over in his retirement. Lewis actually played local football in 
those days with a cable and wireless football team.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">Elroy Mills 
played for the Queen City Strikers as a midfield player and is presently the 
only FIFA referee based in the BVI. Cassandra Gregg was the first woman to play 
in the men�s league when she made her appearance for Wilful Skillful, she 
presently plays for the VP Wolves ladies team and is a full time coach with the 
BVIFA. Aubrey Liburd is presently the 1st Vice P of present of the association. 
For many years he has been the Manager of HBA Panthers who have won the league 
in numerous occasions and are presently one of the most respected teams in the 
league for their discipline.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">The other 
Honorees include Arthur Springette a former national player, Johnny Hassas 
National player and great supporter of the game and the team, Andy Simmonds who 
plays for Virgin Programmers and like Simmonds and stuck with the sport for many 
years, Moses Phipps the present Manager for Veterans one of the most successful 
clubs to pass through the BVI league, who played for SK Brothrers, Marcus Butler 
Veterans , Manager who himself has played in the league, Weston Blackmore one of 
the first ever Hall of Famers to be named in the BVI, Wendell Nichols very good 
defender and national player, Claudine Wheatley a long standing executive 
member. Allen Searles played in the league back in the 70�s and managed national 
team in 1979 and Fhyke Hassan owner of International Department store. manager &amp; 
owner of Inter Father team.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">New sets of 
footballs were generously donated to the BVI Football Association Youth 
Programme last week. The �Canon� sponsored balls were donated by Infinite 
Solutions. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black">Head of Youth 
Football Roger Carter gratefully received the balls, which will be used in the 
remainder of the youth programme. Dion Anselm from Infinite Solutions, who is 
also Tennis Captain at Tortola Sports Club, said, �We fully support the youth 
football programme, and are happy to provide support in any way.� </span></p>
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