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Clark’s Town, Wakefield lift Trelawny football, netball titles
March 20, 2026
The Insports Primary Schools' parish football and netball competitions concluded with the Trelawny finals, which saw Clark's Town taking their fifth straight football title and Wakefield taking netball honours.
In the football final, Clark's Town turned back Lowe River 4-1 after going behind. While in a low-scoring netball decider, Wakefield stopped First Hill 4-2.
Lowe River took the lead in the football championship match through Mark Walsh. But the defending champions responded with goals from Ewando Hill and Javin Turner, to make it 2-1 at half-time. Dandre Montique and Zidane Reid added second-half goals to seal their school's fifth successive hold on the title.
HARDEST
Coach Henry Hoffstead pointed out that of the five titles, this was probably the hardest, mainly because of the quality football being played by schools in the parish.
"In the parish the whole quality of football has improved and apart from 2023, this is the most challenging one," he said.
"The semifinals with Duncans was a good, physical game and we only scored one goal. Lowe River was in our group and we gave them 2-0, but in a final every team is equal.
"So I told my players not to look down on any team because they are going to come back stronger, and in the final they scored first and we had to come from behind," he commented.
"The quality I saw from Lowe River and Duncans, other teams too, but especially those in the top four, they were very good."
He pointed out that after losing the semifinal in his first year in 2018, he made a commitment that he has kept to this day.
"Winning five straight is a sensational feeling. In 2018 when I first entered we lost in the semi and I made a vow not to lose again. In 2019 we achieved it and defeated Falmouth, the same team that knocked us out. We are a champion team and we want to continue this for as long as we can," he added.
GRUELLING FINAL
Meanwhile, Wakefield emerged champions of the netball competition after victory over First Hill. However, coach Gleneisha Downer said it was a gruelling final physically, as they played the semifinals on the same day.
"With the final, the girls were just tired. So they played mostly defensive netball because the semifinals and the final were played on the same day," said Downer.
"They were tired, so they did more defending to ensure the opponent did not score much either and that contributed to the low scores," she pointed.
"However, we were confident, even though you had persons saying that when certain teams catch us they are going to beat us. But I told them we are going to play our own game and don't watch what others are saying and we stuck to the task and brought home the trophy," she said.
