MAY 7 & 7, 2005

Sunset Homes under auspices of the Anguilla Football Association, is organizing the a soccer tournament, with the following teams invited: Valencia United (Champion team of the BVI) and Bath United (Champion Team of Nevis) Spartans International (Champion Team of Anguilla) and the Roaring Lions, also of Anguilla. The teams are pictured in order below.

At this event there will be participation by the children who attend the Sunset Homes –Roaring Lions Youth Training Program held each Saturday. (Some fifty plus children are currently registered in this program). The children will be present to officially view and participate in various supporting activities at the event, in an effort to offer them exposure to a regional football tournament. This event should serve to stimulate increased interest and appreciation for the game among the youth and the community in general and will also promote intra-regional ties and sports tourism.

Kind sponsorship for this event in the estimated amount of US$13,500 is provided by Sunset Homes, Greig’s Trucking, Little Harbour Estates and Windrift Villas. Appreciation is extended to the Anguilla Football Association, The Department of Sports, assisting local football teams and the volunteers.

FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2005

The Sunset Homes Invitational Football Tournament held on the weekend of May 7 - 8, 2005 was a great success. An active audience cheered and sighed as the teams battled to get the upper hand. Bath United of Nevis won the Championship, with Anguilla's Spartans International capturing 2nd place, followed by BVI's Valencia United and the Roaring Lions of Anguilla.

Here is Bath United versus Roaring Lions

The fifty plus children (ages 5 - 13 years old) who attend the Sunset Homes -Roaring Lions Youth Training Program were enthused as they participated in various aspects of the tournament. They lined up and processed in the Opening Ceremony in full uniform and took turns in being ball boys and ball girls during the tournament. The children also played their own impromptu football games at the edge of the field, with just as competitive a spirit and a bit more frolic, than their senior football colleagues. This exposure has gone a long way in creating awareness among the children about the playing and officiating of regional football tournaments.

Here are children helping with the ceremonies

Kind sponsorship for this event is provided by Sunset Homes, Greig's Trucking, Little Harbour Estates and Windrift Villas. Click "Read complete story" for full results and more pictures:

Here are the Spartans versus Bath United:

Sunset Homes Tournament: Results

FIRST PLACE: OVERALL WINNERS. BATH UNITED (NEVIS)

Here is a shot of the winners celebrating:

SECOND PLACE: SPARTANS INTERNATIONAL (ANGUILLA)
THIRD PLACE: VALENCIA UNITED (BVI)
FOURTH PLACE: ROARING LIONS (ANGUILLA)

MVP: SPARTANS INTERNATIONAL. KAPEL DASENT
MVP: VALENCIA UNITED. MICHEAL HAYNES
MVP: ROARING LIONS. TYRONE "SUNKOUS" BENJAMIN
MVP: BATH UNITED. VALJ HENDRICKSON

BEST GOALKEEPER OVERALL. LESROY CLARKE - BATH UNITED

BEST DEFENDER OVERALL. KEVIN HAWLEY - SPARTANS INTERNATIONAL

BEST MIDFIELDER OVERALL. KAPEL DASSENT SPARTANS INTERNATIONAL

BEST STRIKER OVERALL. VALJ HENDRICKSON - BATH UNITED

MVP: OVERALL. VALJ HENDRICKSON - BATH UNITED

Here is major sponsor Greig Hughes of Greig’s Trucking, with tournament organizer Janine Edwards of Sunset Homes, and Minister of Sports Evans Rogers.