XLCR Too Strong For Waterford in 2-0 Win at Courtney Walsh Oval.

Excelsior's Romaine Hosang (centre)
 is double teamed by Waterford's
 Rojeau Tomlin (left) and Domario Morais
 during first half action in their group B
 fixture of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports
 LIME Manning Cup football competition
 at the Courtney Walsh Oval yesterday.

Former champions and favourites Excelsior began their quest to win this year's Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/LIME Manning Cup with an easy 2-0 victory over Waterford at the Courtney Walsh Oval yesterday.

Romario Hosang (12th) and Kareem Banton (85th) were the goalscorers for the Mountain View-based institution.

Leebert Halliman, coach of Excelsior, was somewhat pleased with his team's efforts. "I think we played a bit poorly in the first half, probably a bit of nerves, but at the end of the day we wanted three points and that what we got," said Halliman, whose team last won the competition in 2004. read more....