Trinidad cops
Water Polo gold
By George Alleyne
The Trinis ill-treated their
Bajan hosts by handing them
a 24-14 thumping to win gold
in the Under-19 Boys’ Water
Polo final at the 34th CARIFTA
Aquatics Championships
over the weekend.
The Trinidadians dominated
from the beginning by
establishing a 7-3 lead at end
of the first quarter and went
on to increase the distance
ahead to 15-7 at halftime,
then 19-11 in the third before
closing off with a difference
of 10 points, leaving Barbados
to hold on to silver.
These regional championships
began on April 12 and
continue to April 24 at the
National Aquatic Centre in
Wildey, Barbados.
Conceding that the Trinis
were the better side in this
centrepiece of the competition,
Barbados’ Head Coach,
Ryan Forde said that they
came with a game plan and
executed well.
He said that notably the
Trinidadian players were
fast on the transition from
offence to defence.
“Unfortunately, we fell into
the trap early on. And then
we caught ourselves very
quickly and then we started
to crawl back into the game.
But in the end, the Trinidadians
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were the better team on
the night and won.”
Forde took consolation that
his boys showed progress as
they managed second place
over the Bahamian team that
bested the Bajans in 2018.
“Last year we lost to the
Bahamas, this year we beat
the Bahamas. The Caribbean
is very close among Barbados,
Bahamas, Trinidad in
that older age group,” he
said.
Gold medalling
Trinidad U-19
swimmers.
Photo by George Alleyne
/BayRidgeNissan.com