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MONTEGO BAY, St James — SEVEN years after he left, Hopeton Gilchrist has returned to Cornwall College and has taken over as coach of the daCosta Cup team for the 2011 season.
Gilchrist, himself a Cornwall old boy and former long-serving assistant to Dr Dean Weatherly, is happy to be back with the 11-time champions and says he is hoping to lead the school to their "rightful place in daCosta Cup football."
GILCHRIST... we are trying to get back to where we really want to be — on top in sports.
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He replaces veteran football coach and former international cricket umpire, Steve Bucknor, who was fired at the end of the last season after Cornwall College failed to advance past the first round in his first season back.
Roy Ten-Fah, chairman of Cornwall College's Sports Committee told the Observer West they were pleased to get a coach of the calibre of Gilchrist and said he was "the best of those who we interviewed".
Ten-Fah said, while Gilchrist -- a Level 2 certified coach -- would have direct responsibility for the daCosta Cup team, he would also act in the role of a technical director and oversee the Under-16 and Under-14 teams.
Leacroft Lettman will be in charge of the Under-16 team while Lawrence Beckford who took the Under-14 team to back-to-back all-island play-offs, will keep that position.
Gilchrist told the Observer West that the aim in the short term was to get past the first round, but in the long term to be part of a revival at the 115-year-old institution.
"We are trying to get back to where we really want to be, on top in sports, not just football," he said. "I think if the football team starts doing well, this success will spread to the other sports in the school like track and field, cricket etc," he added.
As an assistant at Cornwall between 1991 and 2004, Gilchrist helped the school to nine titles including the treble in 2001 all while working with Weatherly.
During that time, Cornwall won three daCosta Cup titles- 1995, 2000 and 2001; the Olivier Shield in 2001 and five Ben Francis KO titles -- 1991, 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2003.
After leaving Cornwall, Gilchrist went to Mannings School guiding them to the daCosta Cup semi-final in 2005 -- his first year -- when they lost in extra time to Glenmuir High.
After two years in Westmoreland he moved on to Munro College in St Elizabeth. He guided Munro to the Ben Francis KO finals in 2007 losing to Glenmuir
at STETHS.
Gilchrist, who is also the coordinator of the VMBS St James Under 13 competition, has coached at various levels including youth football in St James and the Western Confederation, Premier league club Village United as well as Western Confederation Super League teams, Seba United and Granville.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/weste...#ixzz1LZ4Ayhe2
MONTEGO BAY, St James — SEVEN years after he left, Hopeton Gilchrist has returned to Cornwall College and has taken over as coach of the daCosta Cup team for the 2011 season.
Gilchrist, himself a Cornwall old boy and former long-serving assistant to Dr Dean Weatherly, is happy to be back with the 11-time champions and says he is hoping to lead the school to their "rightful place in daCosta Cup football."
GILCHRIST... we are trying to get back to where we really want to be — on top in sports.
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He replaces veteran football coach and former international cricket umpire, Steve Bucknor, who was fired at the end of the last season after Cornwall College failed to advance past the first round in his first season back.
Roy Ten-Fah, chairman of Cornwall College's Sports Committee told the Observer West they were pleased to get a coach of the calibre of Gilchrist and said he was "the best of those who we interviewed".
Ten-Fah said, while Gilchrist -- a Level 2 certified coach -- would have direct responsibility for the daCosta Cup team, he would also act in the role of a technical director and oversee the Under-16 and Under-14 teams.
Leacroft Lettman will be in charge of the Under-16 team while Lawrence Beckford who took the Under-14 team to back-to-back all-island play-offs, will keep that position.
Gilchrist told the Observer West that the aim in the short term was to get past the first round, but in the long term to be part of a revival at the 115-year-old institution.
"We are trying to get back to where we really want to be, on top in sports, not just football," he said. "I think if the football team starts doing well, this success will spread to the other sports in the school like track and field, cricket etc," he added.
As an assistant at Cornwall between 1991 and 2004, Gilchrist helped the school to nine titles including the treble in 2001 all while working with Weatherly.
During that time, Cornwall won three daCosta Cup titles- 1995, 2000 and 2001; the Olivier Shield in 2001 and five Ben Francis KO titles -- 1991, 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2003.
After leaving Cornwall, Gilchrist went to Mannings School guiding them to the daCosta Cup semi-final in 2005 -- his first year -- when they lost in extra time to Glenmuir High.
After two years in Westmoreland he moved on to Munro College in St Elizabeth. He guided Munro to the Ben Francis KO finals in 2007 losing to Glenmuir
at STETHS.
Gilchrist, who is also the coordinator of the VMBS St James Under 13 competition, has coached at various levels including youth football in St James and the Western Confederation, Premier league club Village United as well as Western Confederation Super League teams, Seba United and Granville.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/weste...#ixzz1LZ4Ayhe2
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