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Volume 2, Issue 1 16 January 2010

1.FC Santa Rosa BIGGEST EVER ANNUAL AWARDS

The 2009 Santa Rosa Even Pellerud, TTFF di- awards function was the rector of women’s football, best in the history of the and Cheryl Wilkinson, club. This was the consen- School Supervisor III. IN THIS ISSUE sus of opinion among the more than five hundred Certificates were distrib- Annual awards 1 persons who attended the uted to all members along annual event on Saturday with special individual Busy man Keiden 2 5 December at the awards (see awards list North Secondary School. below). The title winning New officer appointed 2 Under 15 and Under 17 In addition to players, teams were honoured and Santa Rosa wins 2 against Under 20s parents and other family a video was shown on members, the Mayor of both teams. The 2009 In-house tournament 3 Arima, Adrian Cabralis, Santa Rosa award for report and several high profile community service was football personalities were given to Paul “PG” Coaches attend Sun- 4 present, including na- Guerra. derland FC clinic tional youth team coaches Meet coach Justin 4 Shawn Cooper and Zoran Above: PG receives his Vranes, TT Pro League trophy from Cathy Ann coaches Derek King and Look Loy Jamaal Shabaaz, of Joe TERM CALENDAR Public FC and Caledonia Below: Ethan Robinson AIA respectively, and and Even Pellerud

JANUARY 9: Term I begins FEBRUARY: Social develop- COMPANIES SUPPORT 2010 PROGRAMME ment programme begins MARCH: 2010 pre-season BGtt (British Gas, Trinidad and Company Limited training begins Tobago) has contributed to Santa (TTMF) has con- APRIL 17: Term II begins Rosa’s 2010 community develop- tinued its part- APRIL 28: Arima schools ment effort in Arima and Biche. nership with clinic The company is interested in the Santa Rosa into APRIL: Biche clinic begins club’s social development pro- 2010. The com- MAY: TTFF competitions gramme. Meantime, the Trinidad pany first joined begin and Tobago Mortgage Finance the club in 2008. AUGUST: Brazil camp

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Norris Ferguson has been ap- TTFF. pointed Santa Rosa’s Media In the early 1990s Norris and Public Relations Officer. worked with club president, Norris assumed duty in De- Keith Look Loy, who was then cember 2009. coach of the national men’s Norris brings a wealth of ex- Under 20 team. perience to the club. Since Norris has worked as man- 1989 he has been involved in ager of W Connection FC and high level football admini- as secretary of the TT Pro stration, including terms of League. He now functions as office as president of the a match commissioner for the Southern FA and as an assis- Norris (R) on duty at the Estadio CFU, CONCACAF and FIFA. tant general secretary of the Cuscatlan in El Salvador SANTA ROSA HELPS NATIONAL UNDER 20 WOMEN 1.FC Santa Rosa played two Women’s Under 20 World Cup friendly matches against the to be played in Germany later national women’s Under 20 this year. The qualifying tour- team on 5 and 9 January. The nament will be played in Guate- club responded to a request mala. Santa Rosa won the from Jamaal Shabaaz, head matches 5:1 and 4:0 with a mix- coach of the women’s team, ture of Under 15 and Under 17 which is preparing for the final players. round of CONCACAF qualify- Photo: Shabaaz (R) at Santa ing for the FIFA 2010 Women’s Rosa’s 2009 Awards JEA KEIDEN IS A BUSY MAN

Under 10 member Keiden Joseph Of course, Keiden is also a student is a busy man. He not only plays and achieved an eighty-seven per- football with Santa Rosa he is cent average during the first term. also learning karate and studying He also recently won a certificate in music - the steel pan to be spe- the school Sign Language Bee. cific. Keiden says his role model is Santa Keiden is a member of the Trini- Rosa Under 16 player Dwayne dad and Tobago Associated School Muckette. And for the future? He of Karate and has already won wants to win a scholarship to a for- medals in competition, the first at eign university. the tender age of eight.

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INININ-IN ---HOUSEHOUSE TOURNAMENT A SUCCESS

2009 went out with a bang for Under 10 A: Santa Rosa on 12 December as the club held its annual Isaiah Richardson; tournament for members. Geron Ruiz; Daniel Lo- pez; Nicholas Hosped- The competition included 5-a- ales; Israel Sylvester side matches in the Under 10 A and B categories, while the Under 10 Advanced group played 7-a-side, and a com- bined Under 13/Under 15 Under 10 B: Rivaldo group played 8-a-side. The Patron; Jomar Dola- club’s Under 17s did not par- baille; Jean-Paul ticipate in the tournament. Lezama

The tournament was keenly contested in all groups and gold medals were awarded to the eventual winners. Snacks (Dixie biscuits) and drinks (Gatorade) for the players Under 10 Advanced: were provided by Bermudez, Neil Walcott; Matthew Limited and VEMCO, Lim- Reyes; Christian Houl- ited. lier; Daniel Herbert; Opposite: Winners’ Row from Gervais Baptiste; Jere- left to right. mie Procope; Avery Herbert

Under 15: Andre Rampersad, Jo- moul Francois, Kyle Ramadeen; Deyshawn Edwards, Adam Reyes; Daniel Pilgrim-Pigott; Jonathan Steele, Jor- dan Devonish IN THE MIDST OF THE MADNESS, BE

A FORCE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS

3 Volume 2, Issue 1 SANTA ROSA NOTES MEET COACH JUSTIN

Justin de Freitas is one of the completed TTFF, CONCACAF club’s faithful coaches, working and English FA coaching with our Under 10 and Under 17 courses . He is a graduate of players. He joined the club in Holy Cross College and Valsayn 2001 as a parent but soon joined Teachers College. He also holds the club’s coaching ranks. a degree in education admini- stration from UWI. Justin had previously worked with SSFL schools Northeastern Justin is currently the industrial College and El Dorado Compre- relations officer of the teachers’ hensive, as well as Pro League union (TTUTA). He is married to clubs San Juan Jabloteh and Joe Antonia, and is the father of Public. fivechildren, Karyn, Johann, Kathryn, Latoya and Keishel. Justin has a certificate in coach- ing (UWI), and has successfully

CLUB TO JOIN MEN ’ S RANKS Pre-season training for the men’s team to participate in for a place in the 2012 TTFF 2010 season will begin on 22 the Eastern Football Associa- Super League. February. This year the club tion’s second division. The will participate in the Under 2009 Under 17 team and 14 and Under 16 divisions of other Santa Rosa graduates the TTFF National Youth now playing with other clubs League, having finished sec- will provide the core of this ond in the 2009 Under 15 team. The intention is to gain tournament. promotion to the 2011 EFA The club has decided to form a first division and to compete

SANTA ROSA COACHES ATTEND SUNDERLAND FC

On Saturday 12 December Santa prove youth coaching among Rosa coaches Timothy Rochford member clubs of the Digicel TT and Anderson Veronique at- Pro League. 1.FC Santa Rosa tended a clinic for coaches of Un- participated in the clinic al- der 15 players at the Queen’s though the club is a member of Park Oval. The clinic was spon- the TTFF National Youth sored by Digicel and led by League. coaches from Sunderland FC of Photo: Coach Rochford (front the Barclay’s . row, left) with clinic participants The activity was intended to im-

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