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CoreSportGibissue 16 - 21st April 2016

CoreSport

A moment of joyA moment of joy

Footballshambles, defeatsand surprises

Women get tokick a ball again

Hockey seesSpanish visit

Plus all the sportsnews of the week

Footballshambles, defeatsand surprises

Women get tokick a ball again

Hockey seesSpanish visit

Plus all the sportsnews of the week

like never seen before in basketball

coresportgib 17:04:2016

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Shambolic Angels give matchaway against EuropaEuropa 3-0 Angels

The Gibraltar First Divisionwas brought to ridiculewhen relegation boundAngels FC turned up ontothe field with just seven

players against second placed EuropaFC.

With seven players the match couldstill be played, although with the rulesstating that the match would have tobe abandoned if a team had less thanseven players observers soon pointedout that it would not take long for thematch to be abandoned.

Europa, fielding a team which alreadyhad many of its first team players inthe stands or bench had already

come prepared to test out some oftheir less regular players. They werehowever, not to have much chance ofdoing so.

Angels were fielding their PresidentHoskens as a defender, even thoughhis introduction into last weeks matchagainst Britannia had seen them gofrom 3-0 up to losing 4-3 as from themoment he walked onto the field.

Sources from within Angels confirmedon Monday night that the team wereaware that they were not fielding a fullteam from earlier on the same day. Acar accident had left two playersunable to attend. Players are alsosaid to have already decided that theywould not be continuing with the club.One key player also confirmed that he



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had informed the club that he refusedmake the two to three hour carjourney to Gibraltar unless it wasconfirmed that they would be fieldinga full team. When this was notconfirmed he decided to stay behind.His decision came on the back of hissubstitution two matches earlier whichhad led to him being sidelined thenext match for speaking out againstthe coaches decision to replace him.

Europa went into the lead very earlyin the match. By the 13th Minute theywere 3-0 up and it was a matter oftime before predictions wouldmaterialise. At least two Angelsplayers rubbed their knees followingthe third goal. Just second afterrestarting an Angels player droppedmassaging his leg. A quickconsultation between the official andthe player and it was determined thathe was not going to continue play.

The 8th man, who had appeared lateat the stadium, did not have any timeto finish talking by the bench and

head to the changing room. As hespoke to those at the bench theofficial blew for the end of the match,abandoning the match and leavingEuropa with only a 3-0 scoreline toshow for their appearance.

Many obervers, even a first divisioncoach who had turned up to watch thematch sighed at the outcome of thematch suggesting that this would onlybring Gibraltar football into disrepute ifa first division side in UEFA wasallowed to not even field a full team ina crucial first division match withoutfurther sanctions. His comments wereechoed by other representatives ofvarious first division clubs who hadbeen watching.

The result leaves Europa still 8 pointbehind Lincoln but now providesfurther security for those fighting atthe foot of the table as Angels revivalseems to have been exhausted.



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Gibraltar United provedoubters wrongLynx 0-1 Gibraltar United

“We are going to win today,”that was the very emphatic,confident remarks of a RobertMontovio prior to the start ofGibraltar United’s battle

against fourth placed Lynx.

Gibraltar United had failed to secureany points in their relegation battleagainst Glacis United last weekend,and was looking at a relegation play-off unless they started accumulatingpoints. Fourth placed Lynx were notthe punters obvious choice for themto do this, but as the first halfconcluded it was obvious doubterscould be proven wrong.

Gibraltar United had played out avery defensive game, not changingtheir own game play andconcentrating on not letting theopponents through to goal. At everyopportunity Montovio and Perez hadprodded Lynx’s defence causingmayhem as they surged forward.

A very young Under 17 Robert,replacing Robba in goal for the day,was given a baptism of fire as hisnamesake Robert (Montovio) testedhim out even in the chases for aback pass.

Lynx dominated most of the play butfound they were unable to strike withdanger at goal. In the first half theyhad only had one shot on target.



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The second half started with Lynx pushing evenharder and causing danger in Gibraltar United’spenalty box. However, Montovio was soon tomake his words count as he struck from a quickbreak and put the ball past the young keeper(who had done little wrong in the match).

Gibraltar United celebrated as if they hadscored in a cup final, as Lynx heads bowed inrealisation that after all their effort they werenow 1-0 behind.

Lynx threw all the guns at Gibraltar United whojust formed a solid wall in front of goal.

Gibraltar United held on to the bitter end,blocking every shot, scrambling for every pass,swarming in every intrusion into their penaltyarea. The last ten minutes were as if GibraltarUnited were under siege from two teams asshot after shot rained in, cross after crossrained in but young Aidan’s goal remainedclean.

As the final whistle blew the joy in GibraltarUnited’s ranks were clear to see as playerscelebrated a deserved victory



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Goals galore for Wilson's menLions 6 - 3 Glacis United

Dave Wilson and RafaBado's start as coachesat Lions could not havebeen more exhilaratingin a match that had

everything in it, including goalsgalore and red card incidents, withseven goals in a second half.

Glacis came from having made thefirst steps away from a relegationplay off place after beating GibraltarUnited last weekend. Lions,however, had only drawn againstManchester 62, had also seen thedoor to their manager and althoughwith little to win or lose expect pridenow had two interim coaches to endthe season whilst they look towardsthe Rock Cup semi –finals.

Lions stepped ahead scoring early

in the match only to see Glacis stepup their own game and come backwith the equaliser.

The match was to take on a dingdong type affair as both teamsplayed it out with nine goals and twored cards completing what was aneventful match in which Wilsonearned his first three points ascoach.

Lions, who had found it hard to findthe net in recent weeks came out ofthe battle with six goals to theirname, a marked improvement fromprevious performances. Wilson andBado's presence very muchapparent at the touchline as Lionsseemed to have been re-energised.

Glacis did get three to their namethough. A total of seven goalsscored in the second half after both



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teams came out level at1-1 at half-time.

Glacis, who maintainedtheir game plan of tryingto use their now not sosecret weapon of thefast counter attack wereeffectively shut downfrom doing so. The lossof two of their players tored cards did not helptheir cause as theywere reduced to ninemen in a match in whichthey were hoping forpoints to leapfrogBritannia XI, who wereone point above thembefore the start of theweekend.

Lions momentarily putthemselves above Lynx,and increased the gapbetween themselvesand Manchester 62.



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Lincoln walk it home against3rd placed St JosephLincoln Red Imps 3-0 St Joseph

Although starting brightlySt Joseph were littlematch againstChampions-to -beLincoln, who powered

through the match controlling theoverall pace of the game.

The differences between the twobecame very clear when looking atthe league table after. Lincoln’s winplaces them 29 points ahead of StJoseph who are in 3rd place.

St Joseph played a defensive tacticaimed at closing Lincoln down in theareas where their playmakers makethe most ground. Lincoln didn’t have

it all their way as St Joseph’smaintained the pressure in themiddle, and closed the gaps tomake it difficult to play through to theflanks. Lincoln’s patience saw them playingacross the field to maintainpossession and find a way ontogoal.

Lincoln still reached the Saints areawith danger even from the first fewminutes getting three corners in thefirst five minutes, before Saintsdefensive formation pushed thematch into the centre of the midfield.

The first goal was a typical Lincolngoal as they broke down the flankand whipped in a low cross where



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Cabreras, who was fractionally offside,stuck a foot out to flick it past Perez forthe first.

St Joseph’s did not change their tacticsmuch, and maintained their pressure inthe middle, without looking for an all outattacks which they knew would see themleft wide open at the back. Instead theyplayed out for quick counters which weresoon dismantled by a firmly positionedChipolina and Garcia partnership.

Lincoln came into the second half pinningSt Joseph’s into their own half, forcingPerez to make some very good saves tokeep them out. The pressure,nevertheless led to a second goal as LeeCasciaro, who had just been brought on,met a cross from the wide left and slottedit in for the second.

Without St Joseph’s really having muchluck when they went forward Lincoln kepttheir lead intact. A last minute penaltygave Lincoln their third and final goal toseal the game.



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Manchester 62 eases pastBritanniaManchester 62 (6-0) Britannia XI

A shambolic performance byBritannia XI left Manchester 62controlling the match from the veryfirst minutes of the first half as theyeased to a comfortable win.

Britannia, although starting off quietbrightly soon faded as Manchester62 scored the first goal, Toncheff,who had played out his one matchsanction via the reserve fixtures,broke through and passed toHernandez, alone in the penaltybox, and with Barnfather beaten, forthe 1-0.

Britannia’s woes continued as on the23rd minute a cross into the centre

of the box saw Hastings smash itinto his own net for an own goal. Acracker of a goal had it been aManchester 62 player scoring. Justthree minutes later Toncheff put hisname on the score sheet.

Already 3-0 down Britannia walkedback onto the field from the half timebreak missing a keeper as Lee tookup the gloves. Manchester were notto capitalise on Britannia’svulnerability at the back having losttheir first keeper and main centreback in one sweep. It was not untilLee had asked for a change to allowReyes to go in goal that Toncheffsmashed in his second from a crossfrom the right.



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Even though Britannia triedto push forward with thescore at 4-0 Manchesterwere playing a pedestriangame, allowing youngerlocal players like Mikey toaccumulate some muchneeded minutes on theplaying field.

Manchester was to scoretwo more through Isola andLopez, ensuring their placein the first division.



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Return of women’s football toour pitchesLincoln Red Imps Ladies 2-0Lions Ladies

Women’s football made a return toGibraltar’s football pitches after alengthy absence whilst the GibraltarFootball Association soughtalternative allocations for the girls.

On Saturday Lions Ladies playedout a tight match against LincolnRed Imps ladies which eventuallysaw the latter win by 2-0.

The match was played on pitch 1,the main pitch, with new lines drawnin to accommodate the 9 a-sideformat the women’s league hastaken. The pitch which was more ofa square than a rectangle

measuring 80m by 70m saw theladies struggle to accustomthemselves to the width with most ofthe play at the centre.

Lions with new temporary coachJansen Olivero on the touchlinewhilst Adrian Parral attended to hisEuropean Coaching Academy in theUS was getting accustomed to hisrole as manager. Parral had to leavefor the US on a pre-planned tripwhich he had scheduled for after theend of the women’s season.However, the over seven weekdelay in restarting the league meantthat his team were still to completetheir season which should haveended by now.



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Lincoln took advantage ofthe narrower defensiveplay by opening up theirgame in the second halfand playing wider. The twoteams neverthelessconcentrated most of theplay on one third of thepitch with very few scoringchances. An issue whichobservers on the sidelines,including the women’snational coach pointed out.Lincoln became the moredominant of the two as thesecond half progressed

Lions defence, especiallytheir keeper seemedfrustrated at the mannerthe match was developing,which led to them losingtheir focus and givingLincoln the chance toscore their second andfinal goal.



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Buzzing Tercentenary SportsHallThe Tercentenary Sports Hall wasbuzzing this weekend as the UniteMayDay Futsal (five a-side) annualtournament took place.

Teams from all the main clubs,across all the categories havd beencompeting in the tournament duringthe past two weekends.

Matches were starting as early as9am and finishing well into the night.

The qualifying rounds were mainlyplayed last weekend, with the finalrounds and finals taking place thisweekend.

The sports hall was a constant hiveof activity as children gathered, with

parents for their matches.

U7 Manchester Re 1-0 St Josephblue

U9 Lincoln Childline Black 2(2)-(3)2 Lincoln Childline Red

U11 Lincoln Childline Red B 1(1)-(2)1 Lincoln Imps Childline Head

U13 Lincoln Head 0 -1 LincolnHead A

U15 Lincoln Westmed Red 0-2Lincoln Argus

U17 Lincoln Argus 0-3 EuropaGreen



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Boys against men - StreetSoccer put them togetherThe Street Soccer League SPringCup was played out at the MUGA onSunday, under the menacing rainclouds.

The event, the second tournamentof its kind this year brought togetherplayers from all categories andlevels, allowing those who justwanted a competitive kick aboutwithout the training and commitmentof club football to take part.

It was an enjoyable events, and onein which some players had humblepie for lunch as they sawthemselves beaten by some unlikelyopponents.

In one match the balance seemed to

be all wrong when youngsters, nomore than 12/13 or less in somecases, came up against grown upmen.

The balance was surely wrong, themen were obviously going to win,but not until the match started that itwas obvious it was heading theother way. The boys soon took thelead, and within minutes thesomewhat beer bellied adults werealready 5-0 down, without a singleshot at goal to thier name. This wasStreet Soccer League, whereanything can happen.

A total of nine teams took part withJP Haulage lifting the cup in the end.



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TOP FOUR THROUGH TO CUPSEMISThe teams currently occupying thetop four places in the GABBA FirstDivision table were successful intheir quarter final ties.

The closest of these ties was theonly one between 2 First Divisionteams, in which Isolas Blue Starsovercame Europa 73-70.

It was a hard-fought encounter rightup to the end, unfortunately marredby the sending-off of Europa’sCarlos Perez, a very good playerwith a volatile temperament. Early inthe last quarter, Perez hit anopponent in the face and got anunsportsmanlike foul for it, whichwas his fourth personal foul. He thenthrew the ball at the referee, just

missing him, and was promptlydisqualified. This was his seconddisqualification this season.

The 3 foul shots for the offenceswere converted, putting Isolas 59-50ahead but Europa rallied, led byJason Schwartz, and almost savedthe game. The first quarter was tied16-16, Isolas edged the second 15-13 and the third 23-20, losing thefourth 19-21.

Raul Garcia 22, Angel Guerrero 20and Alex Ruiz 12 led Isolas, whileShwartz 19, Perez 14 and JesusFernandez 10 were best for Europa.

In the other ties, CS Bayside Argus(Aaron Turner 38, Stephen Britto 16,



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Solomon Ojapah 13, Nicky Lopez11) beat Valmar WrighttechReserves (Rodney Sheriff 17,Alejandro Ordoñez 17, Ian Viñales16, Kyle Pecino 12) 95-74; ValmarWrighttech (Juandi Camacho 37,Jesus Camacho 19, Julian Smart12, Juanma Cabrita 12) beat EuropaYouth (Santi Palacios 11, Jose Pozo10) 99-53; and Mill Pharmacy Airball(Ian Yeats 17, Liam Banda 15,Reagan Lima 15, Fabian Marzan 11,Chad Medina 11) beat Isolas BlueStars Reserves (Sami Tunbridge 25,Stuart Felice 22, Ethan Santos 12)77-65.

WOMEN’S LEAGUE FOR MONSCALPE GIANTS

It was a foregone conclusion thatMons Calpe Giants would run awaywith the Women’s League, such istheir superiority, and, following their52-38 win over Panthers, it’s areality. Karla Gomez 15 and JoelleMoreno 10 led the winners’ scoring

while Valerie Doherty 21 andCaroline Robba 10 were best for thelosers.

Jets (Anabella De la Chica 24,Celine King 10) beat Sparks(Arianne Garro 20) 64-43 to clinchthird place.

The champions play a RestSelection in Tuesday’s presentationgame, tip-off 7:30 pm.

U18 LEAGUE WILL BEDECIDED IN LAST GAME

This season’s most attractive andspectacular games are, without adoubt, in the Under 18 League.Fittingly, following the latest wins byIsolas Blue Stars and CS BaysideArgus, the last game (onWednesday 27th April at 5:30 pm)will decide the title. Isolas have lostonce, to Bayside, who havethemselves lost twice, but the head-to-head between the two is 1-1, so,



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although a win for the latter wouldbring them level on points, theywould take the title on the head-to-head.

Isolas, with superior fire power, fromSergio Gil 34, Aaron Santos 24, AlexGarcia 20 and Jamie Mesilio 15,could not find ways to stop thebrilliance of Ian Yeats, who hit agame-high 45, well supported byJulian Smart’s 27, and it was only inthe last 3 minutes of the game that,led by the enigmatic Gil, they pulledaway to register a 99-84 win.

Bayside (Nicky Lopez 28, JayronSevilla 22, Kyle Tellez 13) beat adepleted Europa (Alberto Rojas 28,Stefan Tellez 15, Santi Palacios 13,Liberto Carande 11) 78-68 inanother excellent contest.

ISOLAS BLUE STARS U16 ANDU14 CHAMPIONS IN WAITING

Mathematically, not quite, but

realistically, only an upset of megaproportions can prevent Isolas BlueStars from becoming Under 16 andUnder 14 League Champions.

At Under 16, 1 win in their last 3games – they are unbeaten – will beenough. At Under 14, they have tomake certain that they turn up withthe regulation minimum 8 players fortheir last 2 games.

Latest results: U16, ValmarWrighttech 76 (Julian Smart 34,Aimad Ben Youssef 30) – CSBayside Argus 41 (Mikey Jeffries30); Isolas Blue Stars 88 (AlexGarcia 28, Jamie Mesilio 23, RafaAradas 16) – Europa 55 (MichaelRodriguez 21, Alberto Rojas 11).

U14, Isolas Blue Stars 63 (SamiTunbridge 27, Haitham El Hichou14) – Valmar Wrighttech 26 (AiridasViktorov 18); Europa 63 (DjordgeParkovic 16, Ethan Penfold 14, LiamSantos 13) – CS Bayside Argus 41



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(John Cassaglia 18, Craig Bossano10).

A couple of weeks ago this reporterprematurely announced that EuropaB had won the Second Division. Thiswas incorrect.

Also on Friday, Valmar WrighttechReserves (Ian Viñales 17, AlejandroOrdoñez 16, Adrian Castellon 11)beat Europa B (Andrew Barratt 21,Damian Holmes 12, JonathanCisarello 10) 59-56. This resultmeans that, if Isolas Blue StarsReserves beat Europa Youth in theirlast game, Europa B need to beatValmar Wrighttech Veterans toclinch the title, as a defeat wouldgive it to the blues on a better head-to-head. A win for Europa Youth willgive them runners-up spot and handEuropa B the title, regardless of theirresult.

These matches are scheduled to beplayed on Friday 13 May.

In an Under 16 League game,Europa (Alberto Rojas 28, JoelLobos 12, Stefan Tellez 11) beatValmar Wrighttech (Julian Smart 21,Mohamed El Yettefti 16) by 61-38.

SEAN’S NIGHT

The normally cold and practicallyempty stands of the TercentenarySports Hall on a Friday night into awarm and friendly environment.Isola Blue Stars Reserves playedValmar Wrightec Veterans in amatch with more than the normalsurprises.The game was played throughout inthe same friendly spirit, with AaronSantos 16 and Sami 15, leading theReserves to a 74-47 win. EugenePons 16, Mohamed El Yettefti 10and Caruana 10 led the Veterans,but the result was secondary to themagical event.

Read our next report for more.



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Gibraltar Basketball makestwo young boys dreams cometrue as they play together

It was an emotive day at theTercentenary Sports Hall onFriday evening, thanks to theefforts and ideas of StuartFelice (player coach at IsolaBlue Stars), the collaboration

of a whole Isola Blue Stars teamand Valmar Wrightec team, theGABBA President (also FIBA) JohnGoncalves (who without hisauthority none of it would havehappened) and a basketball familyof Tunbridges who knew how tokeep a secret well within their ownhousehold.

The story started several weeks agowhen Stuart Felice had wanted to

give young Sami Tunbridge achance to fulfil one of his wishes.The young teen Isola Blue Starsplayer had commented that he hadalways wanted to play alongside hisbrother Sean, a young boy who hadbeen wheelchair bound since youngdue to a rare illness, but believed itwas one thing he would never beable to do.

Sami and Sean come from a familyof basketball players, Paul, thegrandfather, Wayne, the father, andTom Tunbridge and Francis Caruanathe uncles all played. With Sami inthe ranks of Isola Blue Stars, as wasthe grandfather and Sami's father



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and uncle in the ranks of ValmarWrightec the occasion had comewhen father and sons would meeton Friday in a B Division match.

Sean had come to watch his brotherin as many matches as the familycould take him to, and Sami hadalways wanted to have his brotheralongside him on the basketballcourt.

It was not difficult to convince theIsola Blue Stars team to take up theidea of letting Sean play for them forone match. It was even less difficultto convince GABBA President whothought the idea was incredible, itwas far more difficult to convince afamily without letting Sami and Seanknow, but it was achieved.

Friday evening saw emotionsrunning deep as Sami andgrandfather Paul joined the IsolaBlue Stars Reserves ranks, on thebench at first, whilst Wayne, the

father, and Tom and Francis, theuncles, filed for Valmar WrightecVeterans. As the teams warmed upthe bonding between Sami andSean was evident as the formerlooked towards his brother smiledand gave his thumbs up with animmediate response from thesidelines, a smile and cheer.

As the match progressed Sami wasbrought on for the first time towardsthe start of the second quarter.Minutes later his father came on.The first move was to see Samihaving to negotiate a block fromboth father and uncle, winning afoul, to the joking laughs of his olderrelatives. His response was a threepointer. It was the start of a familymoment which everyone playingwas very aware and happy to beinvolved in. Just as the minutesticked away, towards the halfwaymark of the second quarter,grandfather Paul Tunbridge came onto the applause of the crowd. It was



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father against son, on both sides,with a touch of uncles in the mix.

Unbeknown to Sami, Sean hadbeen taken to get changed. IsolaBlue Stars had signed him on for thematch and would be bringing himon, even if only for a few moments.

As father played against son, behindthe blue screen that signals thecentre of the Tercentenary SportsHall, the divide between pitchesSean was being assisted towardsthe benches. The signal came thateverything was ready and coachDavid Parody called for a changeimmediately after a time out.Through the curtains, assisted byhis mother walked Sean dressed inthe Isola Blue Stars, as he enteredthe match court his father embracedhim, Sami run to his brother andembraced him, and the small crowdof family, friends and basketballcolleagues that had gatheredcheered and applauded and some

tears fell. No more so than the tearsof joy that run down Sami's cheeksas he walked back to play watchinghow his brother sat on the Isola BlueStars bench. Coach David Parodyhanded Sean a basketball, making iteven more evident that he was apart of the team. GABBA and IsolaBlue Star John Goncalves sat nextto Sean as the minutes tickedtowards halftime. As the teamsgathered for the halftime pep talkgrandfather Paul, SAMI and SEANwere gathered around as part of thesame team. A basketball family wasnow complete on the match court,forming a part of the Isola Blue Starsteam, playing against their fatherand uncle.

A wish had been made possible, if atleast momentarily.



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Gib girls in local league in SanFernando A group of female basketball playershave this season decided toparticipate in matches across theborder in San Fernando to extendtheir basketball experience.

Kaira Sene (coach player) CourtneyFerrer , Joelle Moreno , Karla Gomezand Joelle Grech play every Sundayfor San Roque where they arepresently playing for the title. Theyneed just four more games and willhopefully make the play offs.

The team is described as a “greatgroup of girls from La Linea ,Algeciras , Ceuta , Pais Vasco ,Sevilla, Marbella and Gibraltar” andare sponsored by local Costa Events.

In their last match the ladies beatJerez 37-48



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Under 16/18Women’sBasketball lostto PuertoSanta MariaThe Under 16/18 Women’sBasketball team saw a teamfrom Puerto Santa Marianvisiting this weekend. Theyoung ladies, although putting ina good performance lost 64-72.

The girls will be playing SanFernando on the 7th May asthey prepare for their Europeancampaign this summer.



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Mons CalpeWinners ofWomensLeagueMons Calpe winners of the Women’sBasketball division took on a Rest of theLeague selection on Tuesday before theywere given their trophies for becomingchampions.

The Mons Calpe team took an early leadingshowing the type of game play that had madethem champions this year.

The Rest of the League selection, hadnumerous younger players, many of whom willbe participating in competive matches forGibraltar in the coming months. The matchwas an exciting finale to the women’s division.


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Hawks make second halfcome backHawks 5-2 Eagles

Gibraltar’s two European HockeyChallenge III hopefuls met onSaturday in a clash which could becalled a warm up for their encounterin a month’s time where they willplay each other in the EuropeanHockey tournament to be held inGibraltar.

Hawks started the match nervy andunable to settle in properly, adescription which one of their ownplayers was to make after thematch.

Eagles went 2-0 ahead before

Hawks reacted and their game planclicked into place.

A tightly fought contest, in whichboth teams played out to win sawHawks take the edge off Eagles leadand bounce back. Watched by avisiting Teyminister team and fansthe stands had some noise to gowith the entertainment on the fieldas both teams clashed horns in whatwould be a statement of intent fornext month.

Both teams battled it outdemonstrating that their recentunder performances had been aminor bleep in the scope.



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Hawks were to come out thebetter as they took over andjumped ahead into the lead,eventually winning 5-2.

The two teams are now in fulltraining towards theEuropean matches.

The match also saw the startof a 3 week period in which aselection of junior squadplayers practiced their role as“Ball Patrols”.

The young girls will be takingon the crucial role of “ballboys” as is commonly known,a role which is not often seenin Gibraltar’s hockey league,but which could proveessential in the forthcomingEuropean Hockey matches.



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Veterans show they stillhave a few tricks up theirsleevesCollegians Veterans 4-7Grammarians 2

They might not be youngboys any more, butCollegians Veterans arefar from a totally spentforce, at least that is

what their momentary revival in thefirst part of the second half againstGrammarians boys highlighted.

Three – one down at half timeCollegians were to come out playinga hard, quick pressing game thatgave them a momentary comeback.

However not before they alsoshowed some real sportsmanshipwhen Umpire of the Year, GoldenWhistle man himself Nathan Stagno,who forms part of CollegiansVeterans openly apologised to hisopponents and was the first toindicate that their goal should neverhave been given.

Collegians came out into the secondhalf scoring an early goal. Just asquick Grammarians boys pulled oneback to make it 4-2. However somequick play let the not so youngHernandez through to strike in the



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third for Collegians. They were notto stop here. An excellent piece ofstick work from several Collegiansplayers left Grammarians Boysrooted to the ground unable to stopthem reaching the by line andpushing the ball back to be slotted infor the equaliser.

However, this was to be Collegianslast goal. Their last puff of the dayyou could say. Grammarians cameknocking back to put themselvesahead on 5-4 before someconfusion among Collegians playersin the rolling substitutions left theirdefence open to allow the 6-4.

Grammarians closed the score withtheir seventh and final goal, justbefore the whistle blew, and before itbecame too dark to play. Even withthe presence of expensivefloodlights, without the possibility of

these being used until all aircrafthad landed and departed thefloodlights would remain down.Luckily the match had been startedearlier than normal and the overcastskies had not interfered with play toomuch.

Collegians had shown that theywere the true “regulars” in theleague still, even with most of theplayers in their late forties. Theyoungsters, although winning, andshowing they have a bright futureahead were taught and on field andoff field lesson as they argueddecisions even with the veteranswho on more than one occasion hadturned around and put their handsup as having committed an offencerather than counter the umpiresdecision.



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Grammarians pushed to limitsin friendlyGrammarians 2-1 San Fernando

Grammarians werepushed to the limits bya San Fernando seniorteam that had just12hrs earlier come

from a 5-1 victory in their AndalucíaLeague match against Alcala.

San Fernando playing withGibraltarian Gareth Henwood upfront produced the best play in thefirst half. They dominated the pacepinning Grammarians back in theirhalf. Quick play up front byHenwood had him with a constantshadow by him as they pressed forgoal.

Grammarians nevertheless held onand produced their own chancewhich they converted to go one up.

In the second half Grammariansopened up the field with a boldmove moving two players up front.As San Fernando sought theequalizer they were stretched. Thisallowed Grammarians more chanceto prod forward.

San Fernando continued to pressforward and earned numerous shortcorners. Grammarians keeper madeseveral key saves to keep them inthe game as San Fernando tired.

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players headed to goal and was tumbled over. AGrammarians defender stood over him shoutingand grabbing at his shirt as he tried to pull him upfrom the ground. The intervention of otherGrammarian players diffused the situation as hewas led away with Henwood not having reacted tothe aggressive response whilst he was on thefloor.

Tensions seemed to rise and San Fernando weremore determined to score. Within minutes they gottheir well deserved equalizer. However as thematch neared its end Grammarians youngerplayers produced a good break and struck anacross goal swipe into the back of the net for the2-1.

The match was a practice match for the Europeancampaign Grammarians are due to embark uponnext month. San Fernando provided a goodtesting ground with a good track record thisseason including wins against Berliners recently.

There was a marked contrast in discipline on thepitch between both sides however, Grammarianswin, and their tactical changes at half timehighlighted their strength.



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Hawks put to test byAndalusian league winnersHawks 0 – 4 San Fernando

Hawks could not have chosen atougher opponent to faceimmediately after a clash againstEagles the previous day.

San Fernando women had just wonthe women's Andalucian league theprevious day and came full ofconfidence and belief.

Hawks were pedestrian incomparison to the previous day’sconfident resurgence that gave themthe win against Eagles. Just as they

had put five past Eagles, SanFernando put four past them to bringthem down to earth.

A well rehearsed well organised SanFernando pushed Hawks to thelimits. Stretching their lines andpinning them back.

Hawks looked tired and out of sortscompared to San Fernando who hadplayed two matches in the sameperiod of time and had travelleddown to Gibraltar to play. Whilst onSaturday they had clicked together,they looked nervy even in the third



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quarter as they allowed theAndalucian champions tofurther open the gap.

Hawks had few chances toscore and also saw theirkeeper Chelsea makes abrave penalty save onceagain.

Hawks eventually lost 5-0,although the test was fartougher than even theHawks ladies had imagined.Speaking to some of themafter the match theyadmitted that they had notbeen aware that SanFernando were actually theAndalusian Leaguechampions this year.



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AthleticsSpring Youth Track Leaguestarts TuesdayWinter Prizes giving will take placeon Tuesday 19th April at 6pm at theVictoria Stadium, just before thestart of the first race of the SpringYouth Track League 2016.

Registration for the first race willtake place at 5.30pm withregistration for all other races to takeplace as normal 6pm to start at6.30pm.

Races will include the 50 m for the6yrs and under, 80m for the 8yrsand under, 100m for the 10yrs andunder, 12 yrs and under and the15yrs and under.

VolleyballMagic 8s win VolleyballLeagueMagic 8s came out the eventualwinners of the Women's Volleyball

League 2016.

The league which has beendescribed as a "a great seasonshowing the increasing progressionof volleyball in Gibraltar" ended withthe following results after each teamplayed ten matches:

WINNERS- Magic 8sRUNNERS UP - MountroseInternational 3rd Place - Agones Sfc (by setdifference only)4th place - St Michaels Cabin5th place - Westside Seniors6th place - Westside Juniors

PoolMen's Pool comes close toanother victoryThe men's senior team playing inBridington, Uk in the EuropeanChampionship came close toanother victory against Malta. Themen came from 8-3 down to 12-11but eventually lost 14-11.


The men's team had alreadyrecorded victories against theNetherlands 14-11 and Catalonia by13-12 after losing against Cyprus13-12 and Ireland 14-11.

FootballGibraltar U16 get goodexperience in CyprusThe Gibraltar U16 national squad,playing at the UEFA developmenttournament in Cyprus narrowly losttheir final match by 1-0 to Armenia.The team are described as havinggiving it their all.The young squad had also earlier Inthe tournament lost against Wales 2-0 and eventual group tournamentleaders and hosts Cyprus 4-0 intheir opening match. TheDevelopment tournament was acrucial preparation for the youngteam to gain internationalexperience before their officialcompetitive matches in October.

Chief Medical Officer &Head Physio attend LondonWorkshopThe Gibraltar FA's Chief Medical

Officer and Head of Physiotherapy,Dr Keith Gracia and Iain Latin haverecently attended a 'Return to Play -Football Medical Strategies'workshop hosted by the IsokineticMedical Group and FIFA in London.Many of the world's leading sportsand football medical specialist'sprovided information on the latestevidence based medical,rehabilitation and preventativestrategies involved in football.

At the conclusion of the workshop,Dr Gracia stated, "It has been anexcellent conference and learningenvironment, we hope to use theinformation to continue to developour medical department. It was agreat opportunity to networkestablish links and share informationwith clubs in Europe."

Iain Latin added, "We have beenfortunate and are grateful to get theopportunity to attend thisconference. There have been a widevariety of subjects discussed overthe last 3 days, which has given usa lot to reflect on and use tocontinue to improve our service. It


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has been satisfying as I believe weare heading in the right direction.

We have picked a lot ofinformation/preventative strategieswhich we are planning onintroducing into all of the nationalteams and we will share thisinformation with the clubs and inparticular their coaches to protectand assist with young athletedevelopment." - Source GFAWebsite

Adrian Parral in USLions coach Adrian Parral is in theUnited States where he is coachingfootball to youngsters through hisEuropean Soccer Academy projects.The Lions women's team managerhad a pre-planned trip to the USprior to the delay in the women'sfootball league in Gibraltar. He hasbeen replace momentarily byJansen Olivero whilst he completeshis US project.

Women’s FootballFixturesFriday 22nd April | 18:15LIONS GIBRALTAR FC WOMENVSMANCHESTER 62 FC WOMEN Saturday 23rd April | 13:35EUROPA FC WOMEN VSLINCOLNRED IMPS FC WOMEN Sunday 24th April | 12:30MANCHESTER 62 FC WOMENVSLIONS GIBRALTAR FC WOMEN Saturday 30th April | 14:40LINCOLN RED IMPS FCWOMENVSLIONS GIBRALTAR FCWOMEN

BasketballGABBA Schedule changesU16 League game (CS BaysideArgus v Isolas Blue Stars) from 14April to Tuesday 26 April, 5:30;

U14 League game (ValmarWrighttech v Isolas Blue Stars) from25 April to Tuesday 26 April, 4:00;U14 League game (CS BaysideArgus v Europa) from 25 April to


Tuesday 26 April, 4:00;

Men 1 game (Europa v CS BaysideArgus) from 25 April to Tuesday 10May, 7:15;Men 1 game (Isolas Blue Stars vValmar Wrighttech) from 25 April toTuesday 10 May, 9:00;

Men 2 game (Isolas Blue StarsReserves v Europa Youth) from 26April to Friday 13 May, 7:30;Men 2 game (Europa B v ValmarWrighttech Veterans) from 26 Aprilto Friday 13 May, 9:00;

GABBA Cup semi-finals: Monday 16May, 7:15 - Mill Pharmacy Airball vValmar Wrighttech; 9:00 - CSBayside Argus v Isolas Blue Stars

HockeyGibraltarian hockey player GarethHenwood added his name to thescore sheet again this Saturdaywhen San Fernando HC beat Alcalaby 5-1. San Fernando are ridinghigh in their league after some verygood performances in whichHenwood has already been notchingup his tally.

The Trafalgar hockey Club isOrganizing a Commemorative matchon Thursday 21st April 2016 at19:00 hours to pay our respects tothe Late Joseph Benteolo whorecently died on the 3rd of April2016, the club has for this veryspecial occasion invited Josephsformer team the Eagles 58 Team tocontest for the Joseph BenteoloShield in his Memory.

Joseph represented Gibraltar invarious international fixtures bothwith the Royal Gibraltar Regimentand the Eagles Hockey Club, andfor this very reason we are payingthis tribute to him. The TrafalgarHockey Club hopes for this tobecome an annual event in ourclubs calendar.

AthleticsGibraltarian Athletes competed thisweekend in the San Fernando 2016Athletics meet. Among the athletesparticipating were Sean Collado,Jerai Torres, Zyanne Hook andSean Penalver.


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EY's annual 'Relay for Children'charity event will this year be heldon Sunday 22nd May at Casemates.The GAAA's will once again behelping out and this year EY will beraising money for the Saffron Rose 4Rett Charitable Trust and RICC

Spring Youth Track Leaguestarts TuesdayWinter Prizes giving which were dueto take place on Tuesday 19th Aprilat 6pm at the Victoria Stadium werecancelled at the last minute as werethe scheduled races due to badweather. The presentations and thesecond race of the Spring YouthTrack League 2016 will take placenext week. Registration for the firstrace will take place at 5.30pm withregistration for all other races to takeplace as normal 6pm to start at6.30pm.Races will include the 50 m for the6yrs and under, 80m for the 8yrsand under, 100m for the 10yrs andunder, 12 yrs and under and the

15yrs and under.

VolleyballMagic 8s win VolleyballLeague

Magic 8s came out the eventualwinners of the Women's VolleyballLeague 2016.

The league which has beendescribed as a "a great seasonshowing the increasing progressionof volleyball in Gibraltar" ended withthe following results after each teamplayed ten matches:

WINNERS- Magic 8sRUNNERS UP - MountroseInternational 3rd Place - Agones Sfc (by setdifference only)4th place - St Michaels Cabin5th place - Westside Seniors6th place - Westside Juniors


TennisTENNIS AND PADDLETENNIS MAY OPENTOURNAMENTS.

THE SAN MIGUEL Paddle TennisOpen Tournament will start onMonday 9th May 2016.The list to register will be up at theclub's notice board as from thiscoming Monday.

Closing date for the paddle tennistournament will be Tues 3rd May '16Entrance fee £10 per playermembers and £15 per player fornon- members.

Trophies and a prize money of £200for the winning team and £100 forthe runner-up team.

Entry fee will cover the end oftournament presentation of prizesand BBQ.

THE FAMOUS GROUSE TennisOpen Tournament will take place asfrom Monday 23rd May 2016.

The list will be up on the club's

notice board as from this comingMonday.Entry fee £10 for members and £15for non members.

Trophies and prize money of £100for the winner and £50 for therunner-up.Entry fee will cover the end oftournament presentation of prizesand BBQ.

RugbyThe Under 14's Rugby developmentteam won against Estrecho 2-0 andwere defeated by Marbella B 0 -1.The team had to borrow 2 wingersand a full back each game afterturning up with 10 players.

The teams continue playing in Spainas they gain match experience forthe future.

FutsalGibraltar FA FutsalPromotions, Relegationsand Playoffs :

Divsion 1 : Winners : TBC


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'Final Four' Playoffs :

Lynx FC vs Gib Scorpions FCOptima1st Leg - Saturday 30th April, Kickoff19:002nd Leg - Saturday 14th May,Kickoff 20:00

St Josephs FC Spark Energy vsGlacis Utd FC1st Leg - Saturday 30th April, Kickoff21:002nd Leg - Saturday 14th May,Kickoff 18:00

Final - Saturday 21st May, Kickoff19:00

Relegated : Manchester 62 FC

Relegation/Promotion Playoff : Cannons FC vs Mons Calpe SC -Saturday 30th April, Kickoff 15:00

Division 2 :Winners : Gunwharf

FC

Relegated : Lions FC B

Relegation/Promotion Playoff : Boca Juniors Gib FC vs Stallions FC- Saturday 14th May, Kickoff 16:00

Division 3 :Winners : Titans FCPromoted : Rock 54 FC

Relegated : FC Hounddogs

Relegation/Promotion Playoff : Maccabi Bet vs Moroccan Athletic -Sunday 15th May, Kickoff 12:00

Division 4 :Winners : GibraltarUnited FCPromoted : Newton FC

Rock Cup :Semi Final : Gib Phoenix FC Eclipsevs Gib Scorpions FC B - Saturday30th April, Kickoff 17:00


Lynx FC vs Glacis Utd FC - TBCFinal - TBC

Gibraltar FA Futsal Fixtures& Results 16/04 - 17/04Sat 16/04 - Victoria SportshallAtlas Lions FC 3 vs 0 GibraltarUnited FC (Div 4)Moroccan Athletic 3 vs 0Manchester 1962 FC (Div 4)Humphries FC 9 vs 10 Newton FC(Div 4)Boca Juniors Gib FC 5 vs 8 LeoBastion FC (Div 2)Sun 17/04 - Victoria Sportshall19:00 St Josephs FC South Tradevs Maccabi Alef

DartsTHE KRONENBOURG 1664‘GIBRALTAR OPEN (XIII)2016’ sponsored by ”Kronenbourg1664” took place last month. IanJopling from Hampshire - UK wasthe eventual winner in the men’scategory. Jopling has supported theevent for number of years, this wasthe first time he has won going awaywith £650 & earning a place at the

prestigious Winmau World Masters.The final was contested between Ianand Josep Arimany from Cataluña.The ladies final was played outbetween Spanish nationalsMercedes De Los Santos from Rotaand Maria Jose Cardenas from elPuerto Santa Maria. Mercedescoming out the eventual winner inthe ladies final.

The youth boys final was betweenDavid Rodriguez also from Rota -Spain and Jack Seymour fromHampshire - UK. David won on theday.

Melanie Vilerio was the winner in theYouth Girls.

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