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    It's Reno! ........Westmoreland team makes 2nd end-of-round final

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>It's Reno! ........Westmoreland team makes 2nd end-of-round final</SPAN>
    <SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>KAYON RAYNOR Observer staff reporter
    Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=229 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Reno's goalscorer, captain Fabian Blake (left), holds off Portmore United midfielder Jermaine Richards during their Wray &amp; Nephew National Premier League encounter at the Ferdie Neita Park yesterday. Reno's Patrick Graham (right) looks on in the distance. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Reno .......................... 1
    Blake (6th)
    Portmore United ...... 0<P class=StoryText align=justify>Captain Fabian Blake fired Reno past Portmore United in the Wray &amp; Nephew National Premier League (NPL) at Ferdie Neita Park yesterday to set up a clash with Harbour View in the second end-of-round final.    <P class=StoryText align=justify>It will be Reno's first trophy game in the nation's top flight since the 1994-95 season when they defeated Constant Spring 3-1 on aggregate to lift the then National League title.
    The former champions made the final despite still having just over 40 minutes of their aborted game against Boys' Town to complete.<P class=StoryText align=justify>At Drewsland, the home team and defending champions Waterhouse came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with Boys' Town. Captain Michael Campbell gave the visitors the lead on 57 minutes, but Irvino English brought parity to the affair, 11 minutes from the end.<P class=StoryText align=justify>At the Ferdie Neita Park, Blake scored the all-important goal in the sixth minute for the Westmoreland-based team. The lanky midfielder was the quickest to react to a loose ball, before wrong-footing custodian Shawn Sawyers in goal after the Portmore defenders failed to adequately handle a corner-kick. Both teams were reduced to 10 men, seven minutes before the half-time interval, after FIFA referee Howard Stennett ejected Portmore's skipper Anthony Modeste and Reno's striker, Martin Williams, for violent conduct. Williams retaliated after being fouled by Modeste, and the two got into a shoving match. Portmore dominated the second stanza with the lion's share of ball possession, but could not beat Reno's defence line - the second best unit in this round - having given up only five goals.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Reno's coach, Wendell Downswell, praised the performance of his charges under tough conditions.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Well tactically, it was probably not one of the best games we have played... the surface didn't lend itself to the quality performance that we were looking for, but it was more of a workman-like effort from team," the former national technical director told the Observer.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Our aim coming here was to get an early goal to sort of push them back, we got that and then we just fought gallantly behind the ball and got the desired result. We are in the chase now for the league title with 43 points, which is a remarkable thing with limited resources," Downswell added.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The second end-of-round final, which was originally scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed at the request of Harbour View, who would have been without six senior players due to national duties in Hong Kong.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Teams:<P class=StoryText align=justify>Portmore United - Shawn Sawyers, Anthony Modeste, Adrian Reid, Andrian Mitchell, Wolry Wolfe, Christopher Dawes, Damian Williams (60th Carlington Smith), Mar
    "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: It's Reno! ........Westmoreland team makes 2nd end-of-round final

    Anyone? ...what are Reno's results since natuional coach Wendell Downswell has taken up the reigns?

    Has Downswell 'outcoached' all the other NPL coaches? Is he the best active local coach? ...or even, the best localcoach - period!?
    "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: It's Reno! ........Westmoreland team makes 2nd end-of-round final

      Karl (2/13/2007)

      Has Downswell 'outcoached' all the other NPL coaches? Is he the best active local coach? ...or even, the best localcoach - period!?
      <DIV></DIV><DIV>Without a doubt!!!</DIV>


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        RE: It's Reno! ........Westmoreland team makes 2nd end-of-round final

        Mosiah (2/13/2007)
        Karl (2/13/2007)

        Has Downswell 'outcoached' all the other NPL coaches? Is he the best active local coach? ...or even, the best localcoach - period!?
        <DIV></DIV><DIV>Without a doubt!!!</DIV>
        Wendell, I think, is fired up...and,is 'soaking up'knowledge of this most beautiful of games. He should benefit greatly from this latest JFF coaching stint.
        "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: It's Reno! ........Westmoreland team makes 2nd end-of-round final

          And what difference would it make? When Bora leaves they will appoint Wendell again, his teams will fail, and we will want him outtathere, refusing to acknowledge that we did not give him similar support, and that as a fellow black Jamaican, we will never give him his due respect.


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            RE: It's Reno! ........Westmoreland team makes 2nd end-of-round final

            Mosiah (2/13/2007)And what difference would it make? When Bora leaves they will appoint Wendell again, his teams will fail, and we will want him outtathere, refusing to acknowledge that we did not give him similar support, and that as a fellow black Jamaican, we will never give him his due respect.
            Sooo we must keep up the good fight to have our people treated fairly by the JFF and other Jamaicans.

            Next time around - Wendell or whomever must receive 'full back office support'!

            FORWARD!

            Afterall we cannot be rooted in 'first gear' forever!

            FORWARD!
            "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: It's Reno! ........Westmoreland team makes 2nd end-of-round final

              Reno qualify for second-round final <DIV class=KonaBody xEM5i="true">


              Portmore United's Onandi Lowe (foreground) is caught in an aerial battle with Omar Dallas of Reno Football Club, while Reno's Dwayne Williams looks on during a Wray and Nephew National Premier League match at the Ferdie Neita Park in Portmore yesterday. Reno won 1-0 and advanced to the second end-of-round final. - Anthony Minott

              By Paul-Andre Walker, Staff Reporter



              With 43 minutes of an outstanding second-round performance still left to go, Reno have already booked their place in the Wray and Nephew National Premier League end-of-round final and secured second place in the standings.

              At the start of their 90-minute game with Portmore United, it was anybody's game, with Reno, the surprise team of the round, having the slimmest of advantages.

              A draw was all the West-moreland-based unit needed to ensure their place and Fabian Blake's all-important sixth-minute strike was good enough for them to go one better than their requirement.

              Needing a victory to stand a chance of making it to the final - though a win wouldn't guarantee it - Portmore wasted a number of good opportunities to make the visitors uneasy.

              Substitute Onandi Lowe, for instance, providing some much,needed muscle up front, crashed a shot on to one of the uprights, while Jermaine Richards watched as his effort from an angle was gobbled up by goalkeeper Dwayne Kerr. Mario Swaby, too, was bested by the tall figure of Kerr, who tipped his lob over the bar.

              Even if Portmore had won though, Reno would still have 43 minutes of a game to complete against Boys' Town and a win there would serve their purposes just as well. That game was suddenly halted by gunshots on January 3.

              The win pushed Reno to 25 points in the second round and 43 points overall, while Portmore finished the round on 21 points with 39 overall, which is still good enough for fourth place.

              Reno's victory also meant they gained some ground on Harbour View, cutting the deficit to four after the league leaders only managed a 0-0 draw against Tivoli that took them to 47 points.

              Tivoli are now on 30 points, the same as Arnett Gardens, who have a game in hand and a better goal difference.

              Over at the University of the West Indies, August Town put themselves in a world of trouble when they, like Portmore, never took their chances and went down 1-0 to the visiting Seba United.

              The win means that Seba now move to 25 points and a secure ninth place, six points ahead of 10th-place August Town.

              August Town are trailed in the standings by Wadadah, who are on 16 points, and Naggo Head, who are still bottom, but catching up, with 9.

              Boys' Town remain in eighth place but only just after they gave up a 79th minute goal to end 1-1 with Waterhouse at Drewsland. Overall, they have 26 points from a disappointing round.

              Michael Campbell opened the scoring for Boys' Town, smashing a 30-yard drive in the 56th minute to give the Collie Smith Drive team some hopes of a good end to their troubled round.

              However, Irvino English, with a goal from similar distance, left the honours even and Waterhouse on 41 points for third place in the league. </DIV>
              "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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