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Ian Allen - Wendell Downswell
Audley Boyd, Asst. Sport Editor
Western Bureau:
Reno, tired of being just a member of the supporting cast, are looking to break the drought being suffered by clubs from western <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN> and win the Wray and Nephew National Premier League title this season.
The Westmoreland outfit, one of the nation's most successful with three titles in their coffers, have gone more than a decade since last winning the coveted crown in the 1994-95 championship. They had previously lifted back-to-back crowns in the 1989-90, 1990-91 seasons.
For the past four years, they have drifted farther than nearer to winning while holding up among the back-markers.
"Now it's a different kettle of fish. I think in probably the last four-five years this has been one of our better starts. What has been happening over the years is we've been struggling in the early part," noted coach Wendell Downswell, a foundation Reno man who once formed a vintage combination up front with Boysie Nicholson in the Westmoreland team's heyday.
Nowadays, a different generation led by Ricardo Scott, Kirk Wright, Fabian 'Lexxus' Blake, Kendrie Quarrie and Nicholi Findlayson are carrying the torch and they are finally beginning to make some headway, finishing joint third on 18 points with Portmore <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">United</SPAN>, only three points shy of Harbour View, the second place team which qualified alongside defending champions Waterhouse for the first end-of-round final.
"It's the same crop of players that we've had over the past four years and have been struggling to avoid relegation year in, year out. And having made this wonderful start, our intention is to <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">consolidate</SPAN> on the position that we're in presently," said Downswell. "Our intention is to get into the next End-of-Round final."
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Ian Allen - Wendell Downswell
Audley Boyd, Asst. Sport Editor
Western Bureau:
Reno, tired of being just a member of the supporting cast, are looking to break the drought being suffered by clubs from western <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN> and win the Wray and Nephew National Premier League title this season.
The Westmoreland outfit, one of the nation's most successful with three titles in their coffers, have gone more than a decade since last winning the coveted crown in the 1994-95 championship. They had previously lifted back-to-back crowns in the 1989-90, 1990-91 seasons.
For the past four years, they have drifted farther than nearer to winning while holding up among the back-markers.
"Now it's a different kettle of fish. I think in probably the last four-five years this has been one of our better starts. What has been happening over the years is we've been struggling in the early part," noted coach Wendell Downswell, a foundation Reno man who once formed a vintage combination up front with Boysie Nicholson in the Westmoreland team's heyday.
Nowadays, a different generation led by Ricardo Scott, Kirk Wright, Fabian 'Lexxus' Blake, Kendrie Quarrie and Nicholi Findlayson are carrying the torch and they are finally beginning to make some headway, finishing joint third on 18 points with Portmore <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">United</SPAN>, only three points shy of Harbour View, the second place team which qualified alongside defending champions Waterhouse for the first end-of-round final.
"It's the same crop of players that we've had over the past four years and have been struggling to avoid relegation year in, year out. And having made this wonderful start, our intention is to <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">consolidate</SPAN> on the position that we're in presently," said Downswell. "Our intention is to get into the next End-of-Round final."
He believe