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Bucknor fired
...poor run as schoolboy coach ends in dismissal
BY PAUL A REID Observer West writer
Thursday, November 11, 2010
MONTEGO BAY, St James — STEVE Bucknor's two-year run as coach of the Cornwall College schoolboy football team came to an end yesterday after he was relieved of his duties following a meeting with the school's headmaster Denham McIntyre and members of the Board and Sports Department.
Bucknor, an acclaimed former international umpire who retired from the International Cricket Council's (ICC) umpires' panel last year was an outstanding goalkeeper, cricketer and athlete at Cornwall in the 1960s.
As a football coach, he led the school to six titles in two stints between 1981 and 1991 including the treble- Ben Francis KO, daCosta Cup and Olivier Shield in 1983. He will remain as the school's football technical director until the end of the month.
Gregory Daley, Sports Master at the school confirmed Bucknor's dismissal yesterday, citing "poor performance" over the two years as the reason.
"At Cornwall, we are accustomed to certain standards and over the past two years we have not done as well as we would have liked and the results have been embarrassing," he said.
Bucknor told Observer West that he was "not surprised" or disappointed by the school's decision, he was "happy as it takes a lot of pressure off me."
Bucknor who will be in charge of Granville United when the Western Confederation Super League starts next week, said failure to advance past the first round of the competition was a first for him and "a personal failure".
"If a coach has failed then it is time to move on," he added.
Last year in his first season back at the helm after a 16 years-break, Cornwall finished second in Zone A but failed to get past the Inter-zone stage, drawing all three games.
This year, the 114 year-old Cornwall failed to get out of Zone A for the second time in four years, finishing third in Zone A behind St James High and Spot Valley.
Cornwall with an unmatched record of eleven daCosta Cup triumphs, seven Ben Francis KO titles and eleven Olivier Shield titles lost back-to-back games twice this season and managed just two points from their last four games.
Bucknor, a former FIFA football referee, was named technical director for football at the institution some years ago after he retired as a First Class Umpire.
Bucknor has also had coaching stints at St Elizabeth Technical High and Rusea's High and acted in advisory roles at both St James High and Cedric Titus High Schools.
Bucknor fired
...poor run as schoolboy coach ends in dismissal
BY PAUL A REID Observer West writer
Thursday, November 11, 2010
MONTEGO BAY, St James — STEVE Bucknor's two-year run as coach of the Cornwall College schoolboy football team came to an end yesterday after he was relieved of his duties following a meeting with the school's headmaster Denham McIntyre and members of the Board and Sports Department.
Bucknor, an acclaimed former international umpire who retired from the International Cricket Council's (ICC) umpires' panel last year was an outstanding goalkeeper, cricketer and athlete at Cornwall in the 1960s.
As a football coach, he led the school to six titles in two stints between 1981 and 1991 including the treble- Ben Francis KO, daCosta Cup and Olivier Shield in 1983. He will remain as the school's football technical director until the end of the month.
Gregory Daley, Sports Master at the school confirmed Bucknor's dismissal yesterday, citing "poor performance" over the two years as the reason.
"At Cornwall, we are accustomed to certain standards and over the past two years we have not done as well as we would have liked and the results have been embarrassing," he said.
Bucknor told Observer West that he was "not surprised" or disappointed by the school's decision, he was "happy as it takes a lot of pressure off me."
Bucknor who will be in charge of Granville United when the Western Confederation Super League starts next week, said failure to advance past the first round of the competition was a first for him and "a personal failure".
"If a coach has failed then it is time to move on," he added.
Last year in his first season back at the helm after a 16 years-break, Cornwall finished second in Zone A but failed to get past the Inter-zone stage, drawing all three games.
This year, the 114 year-old Cornwall failed to get out of Zone A for the second time in four years, finishing third in Zone A behind St James High and Spot Valley.
Cornwall with an unmatched record of eleven daCosta Cup triumphs, seven Ben Francis KO titles and eleven Olivier Shield titles lost back-to-back games twice this season and managed just two points from their last four games.
Bucknor, a former FIFA football referee, was named technical director for football at the institution some years ago after he retired as a First Class Umpire.
Bucknor has also had coaching stints at St Elizabeth Technical High and Rusea's High and acted in advisory roles at both St James High and Cedric Titus High Schools.
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