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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>W'House begin hunt for semi-final spot</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline>FOOTBALL - CFU Club Champs</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>KAYON RAYNOR, Observer staff reporter
Friday, December 08, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>WRAY & Nephew National Premier League (NPL) champions Waterhouse begin their quest to become the third Jamaican team to win the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship, when they face Haitian side Baltimore Sportif in Group B of the quarter-final phase at their Drewsland home today at 6:00 pm.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Deportive Banda Abou of Curacao is the other team in the group.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Harbour View won the Caribbean tournament in 2004 by edging Tivoli Gardens 3-2, while Portmore United etched their name on the trophy in 2005 by knocking off SV Robinhood of Suriname, 5-2.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Waterhouse's coach Barrington Gaynor relishes the idea of leading his charges to the title and becoming only the third Jamaican team to do so.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"It would be good for the Waterhouse team to join that elite group, because that would say that you (we) are the champions of the Caribbean and hopefully when we go forward we can dominate in CONCACAF also," Gaynor told the Observer.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The diminutive Gaynor, who earned his Level 3 UEFA 'B' International Coaching Licence from the Lilleshall National Sports Centre in the United Kingdom in September, also told the Observer that his team is prepared for a tough challenge by the Haitian side this evening. "We are expecting a good game from Baltimore Sportif... I watched the other Haitian team (Aigle Noir) that played against Harbour View in the 'A' zone and they were a very good team, although they did not score as many goals as they should have, so we are expecting a tough game from this other Haitian team," he said.<P class=StoryText align=justify>2004 champions Harbour View booked their spot in the semi-final round on Tuesday after topping Group 'A' with an unblemished record of three wins from three matches for a maximum nine points.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Leading the NPL with 29 points from 13 games, Waterhouse are the only unbeaten team in the nation's top flight. Gaynor said his players are keyed-up for this tournament, as they intend to keep their unblemished record intact.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Definitely, as we've been having a good form in the premier league and we want to continue that in this Caribbean Cup competition, so we are looking forward to the game tomorrow (today)," he noted.
<SPAN class=Subheadline>FOOTBALL - CFU Club Champs</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>KAYON RAYNOR, Observer staff reporter
Friday, December 08, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>WRAY & Nephew National Premier League (NPL) champions Waterhouse begin their quest to become the third Jamaican team to win the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship, when they face Haitian side Baltimore Sportif in Group B of the quarter-final phase at their Drewsland home today at 6:00 pm.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Deportive Banda Abou of Curacao is the other team in the group.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Harbour View won the Caribbean tournament in 2004 by edging Tivoli Gardens 3-2, while Portmore United etched their name on the trophy in 2005 by knocking off SV Robinhood of Suriname, 5-2.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Waterhouse's coach Barrington Gaynor relishes the idea of leading his charges to the title and becoming only the third Jamaican team to do so.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"It would be good for the Waterhouse team to join that elite group, because that would say that you (we) are the champions of the Caribbean and hopefully when we go forward we can dominate in CONCACAF also," Gaynor told the Observer.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The diminutive Gaynor, who earned his Level 3 UEFA 'B' International Coaching Licence from the Lilleshall National Sports Centre in the United Kingdom in September, also told the Observer that his team is prepared for a tough challenge by the Haitian side this evening. "We are expecting a good game from Baltimore Sportif... I watched the other Haitian team (Aigle Noir) that played against Harbour View in the 'A' zone and they were a very good team, although they did not score as many goals as they should have, so we are expecting a tough game from this other Haitian team," he said.<P class=StoryText align=justify>2004 champions Harbour View booked their spot in the semi-final round on Tuesday after topping Group 'A' with an unblemished record of three wins from three matches for a maximum nine points.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Leading the NPL with 29 points from 13 games, Waterhouse are the only unbeaten team in the nation's top flight. Gaynor said his players are keyed-up for this tournament, as they intend to keep their unblemished record intact.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Definitely, as we've been having a good form in the premier league and we want to continue that in this Caribbean Cup competition, so we are looking forward to the game tomorrow (today)," he noted.
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