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    Shock in Westmoreland as - Reno move house

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>Reno move house</SPAN>
    <SPAN class=Subheadline>NPL side leaves Frome for nearby STETHS</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>PAUL A REID, Observer writer
    Friday, October 20, 2006
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    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=350 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>DOWNSWELL. conditions at Frome not up to NPL standards</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>SAV-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - As early as this Sunday when they host newly promoted Naggo Head, former three-time National Premier League (NPL) champions Reno FC could start playing their home matches away from Frome Sports Grounds.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Head coach Wendell Downswell, a one per cent owner of the club and a former player, confirmed with the Observer yesterday that they hope to move their home ground to the newly refurbished St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) Sport Complex in Santa Cruz in neighbouring St Elizabeth.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Downswell, who up to early this year was the national technical director, strongly denied that the Reno management was taking away the club from their only home in its history.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Downswell, who was at a training session when he was contacted by the Observer yesterday, said the badly deteriorated conditions of the field at Frome - which is bordered by canefields - has forced them to seek other facilities as they fear the JFF could ban the field.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The former national winger said a number of teams have been complaining about the conditions of the Frome field over the past few years, but there was nothing they could do about the facility since it was managed by the Westmoreland Football Association.<P class=StoryText align=justify>He conceded that the conditions at Frome were not up to Premier League standard, and that it was Reno that had done a bit of work on the field prior to the start of this season to get it into some respectable condition.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The pending move has not gone down well with the Westmoreland FA, however, as president Everton Tomlinson said they would do everything in their power to keep the club in the parish, as "the football-loving fans in Westmoreland deserve to have their club playing at home".<P class=StoryText align=justify>Tomlinson told the Observer he was contacted by the president of Reno yesterday morning and advised of the situation and was awaiting a letter from the club to confirm it.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Tomlinson, a former player and coach at Reno, denied the field is as bad as the club contends, and said it is in a much better condition that it has been in the past four years.
    He said the Frome Sugar Company that owned the property on which the field is located had done some maintenance to improve the condition.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The WFA president, who is also chairman of the Western Confederation, said it would not be in the best interest of football in the parish for Reno to relocate.<P class=StoryText align=justify>He added that the FA would be meeting to discuss the matter soon and was inviting the Reno management to sit and discuss the issue with them.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Tomlinson said before Reno could move, however, the WFA would have to sanction that move by a letter to the JFF.
    The field at STETHS was upgraded to the tune of over $10m, most of it donated by the Digicel Foundation, in the off season and has been listed as Reno's alternative grounds with the JFF, Downswell said, adding they were hoping to start using the facility as soon as this weekend.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The STETHS field has come in for rave reviews from t
    "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
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    RE: Shock in Westmoreland as - Reno move house

    There has been a simmering tension between Westmoreland FA run by Everton Tomlinsopn and Reno for some time now.

    The two entities dont even have a cordial relationship anymore and it could take this issue to make it boil over.
    Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
    Che Guevara.

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      RE: Shock in Westmoreland as - Reno move house

      Sickko (10/20/2006)There has been a simmering tension between Westmoreland FA run by Everton Tomlinsopn and Reno for some time now.

      The two entities dont even have a cordial relationship anymore and it could take this issue to make it boil over.
      Well Tomlinson is anti-Boxhill...and, Wendell is pro-Boxhill! ...could that have anything to do with the fuss?
      "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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      • #4
        RE: Shock in Westmoreland as - Reno move house

        I hope you are happy with the polarisation of our football fraternity.


        BLACK LIVES MATTER

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          RE: Shock in Westmoreland as - Reno move house

          Mosiah (10/20/2006)I hope you are happy with the polarisation of our football fraternity.
          You are amazing! Why would I be happy with the polarisation of factions within the fraternity. It was your Boxhill administration that insisted on trying to pin its every failure on Burrell. The administration spent 3 years saying, "it's Burrell's fault".

          ...and, the adnministration is still claiming, its Burrell's fault! Nonsense claim!
          "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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            RE: Shock in Westmoreland as - Reno move house

            No Karl, this pre-dates Burrell vs. Boxhill... and just a note you dont know for sure who Everton votes for when he gets behind the screen, trust me on that. Dont take anything Everton says in public for face value, dont forget who sent him to school.



            Take the last coup attempt led by Dale Spencer (Mosiah's Munro school mate) who runs the Manchester FA now, given who were present and what their public utterances have been the pro-Burrell faction should have won the vote hands down.
            Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
            Che Guevara.

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            • #7
              RE: Shock in Westmoreland as - Reno move house

              OK, boss!
              "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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