coresportgib - issue 7 - 18th february 2016

CoreSportgib18th February 2016 - issue 7 - vol1Gibraltar digital weekly sports review magazine

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TheGovernmentof Gibraltar,CoreSportGibunderstands,is looking atthe feasibility

of converting old militarytunnel installations into sports,leisure and recreationalfacilities as part of itsextensive plans to createmore sporting and leisurefacilities in Gibraltar.

Although the plans are verymuch at the embryonicstages, with the installations

being checked before plansare even started,CoreSportGib understands,that the current demand formore facilities had led to allpossibilities being looked at.With the Ministry of Defencerecently handing over largeparts of its extensive tunnelinstallations within the Rock,the vast extensive networkswhich have housed massivestorage facilities and militaryinstallations, are seen aspotential areas of use. Thesecould ease some of theproblems with findingadequate space for the

installation of new facilities.

Experts have indicated thatinstallations such as the NorthRoad network are largeenough, with big enoughchambers to allow for theiruse for certain sports facilitiesincluding possible use assquash courts, badmintoncourts, archery ranges,shooting ranges, conferencehalls, paddle tennis courtsand even small five a-sidetraining pitches.

Although the cost ofconversion, and installing

Tunnel vision as positive light isshone on Gibraltar's

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adequate ventilation andsafety exits is seen as a majorhurdle for the Government thesame experts point out thatwith adequate financialbacking, even the possibilitiesof entering PPI agreements,with commercial agreementsin place, the facilities could beconverted in time for theSmall Island Games.

Although the idea is still at avery early stage, the plans areseen as feasible by experts inthe development and projectmanagement fields. Gibraltaralready has the expertise in

place to convert installationssuch as tunnels and oldbuilding, with geotechnicalengineers and ventilation andair conditioning expertsalready available within themarketplace. This means thatthere is little requirement tooutsource the works.

Design experts have alreadyshown that there is ampleexperience within the localmarket to bring about plansfor such conversions. Thiswould allow the Governmentthe necessary infrastructureto consider proposals without

the added cost of seekinginternational consultation forsuch conversions.

The plans come about as thesports and leisure facilities inGibraltar have seen a hugedemand for use both assports and leisure facilitieswith events such as the musicfestivals, dogs shows,international snooker anddarts tournaments, as well asother major sporting andcultural events now beingattracted to Gibraltar. The useof the present facilities havinga huge impact on other users

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especially key sports such asfootball, hockey, basketballand athletics among otherswhose leagues have beenimpacted.

The growing need for extratraining facilities has alsoseen many league clubsusing Spanish trainingfacilities at huge cost. Thishas led the Government toconsider the possible revenuewhich could be generated byproviding facilities anddiverting back to Gibraltar themoney spend on Spanishfacilities by local clubs, manyof which have been calling formore facilities to be put inplace in Gibraltar.

The Government is alsoexpected to make changeswithin the Gibraltar Sportsand Leisure Authority onceplans are in place, with someof the changes coming earlier,as the need to generateincome from commercialventures, agreements andcommercial and marketingactivities would require for theauthority to introduce newpolicies to cater for suchactivities. The present policieslimit the GSLA itself fromentering commercialagreements such as allowingadvertising on what areconsidered as municipalfacilities. Calls for moremarketing options have

nevertheless been calledupon by sporting organisation,especially from the footballleague clubs who haveindicated that they would bewilling to pay for facilities andgenerate income in the futuregiven the scope to generatemarketing avenuesthemselves such asadvertising around the pitchesduring matches, which ispresently not allowed.

The introduction of newfacilities in areas such as theold disused militaryinstallations would also addfurther scope to free upallocations of the presentfacilities. This would further

additional facilitiesoutside the proposedBayside Complexexplantion alreadyannounced recently

Five aside communitypitch at the proposedrefurbishment of BishopFitzgerald

A full rugby pitch at theproposed Bayside schoolwhich will be forcommunity use

Community use Gym at StBernard’s school


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add to the plans by theGovernment to develop sportstourism using idle allocationtimes as a means of creatingrevenue. Already professionalclubs from various sportingfraternities have showninterest in the use of Gibraltarfacilities, such as hockeywhich has seen professionalteams training in Gibraltar.

The development of newfacilities would allow theGovernment to open upfacilities to use what are seenas "idle hours" for morecommercial activities, allowingidle allocation times togenerate income through therental/ hiring of facilities to

sporting interests from outsideGibraltar or commercialentities interested in hiring thefacilities for things like specialsports events, coachingpackages or evencommercially driventournaments.

The latest reports that themilitary tunnel installations areconsidered as potential sitesfor sports facilities comes at atime when already theGovernment has promisedthrough its recent electionmanifesto the creation of newtraining facilities aroundVictoria Stadium. Newathletics small tracks, trainingpitches and other smaller

pitches would be createdaround the area of Cepsaonce this is moved. This alongwith a recent promise byMinister for Sport StevenLinares to provide a newathletics track and plans tofinalise plans for the rugby andcricket pitches at EuropaPoint.

The additional plans by theGibraltar Football Association,unrelated to the Governmentplans, to develop a nationalstadium at Lathbury Barracksfurther adding to Gibraltar'splans for the futuredevelopment of sport at awider scale.


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Football Special

England LegendWright gets it very RIGHT


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Former England and Liverpoolinternational Mark Wrighthad a surprise up his sleeveduring the presentation ofthe Football Legends v

Corporate tournament which will beheld in Gibraltar at the end of May.

The former football legend had a nononsense and straight talkingapproach in his amicable and friendlymanner which many people whoobserve football on a daily basis wouldhave been happy to cheer. Speaking atthe press conference Wrighthighlighted that he had already had thechance to watch junior football inGibraltar. He was pleased to praisethat to his surprise he had beenamazed to see some players within the9-12 year categories already showingtalent which he said "would not be outof place at top level clubs in England."However, as Mark pointed out therewas a void he felt needed to be filledas players entering the 12-16 rangecould be lost if the coaching levels andcompetition levels were not there todevelop their talent. Further addingthat seeing score lines of 10-0 or 12-0was not beneficial to anyone.

Mark, who admitted that he wasconsidered to be from the old schoolof thought, was quick to point out thatsome of the things seen in today'sfootball was not conducive todeveloping the competitiveness inplayers and that players needed tolearn to win and lose. Players neededto learn the ropes he said and do it thehard way.

Although the press call was toannounce the names of the footballlegends that were to take part in May'stournament Mark Wright took centrestage and focused on his otherobjective, which when speaking


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Football Specialseemed to be a key focusfor him. He stated that itwas his aim to "leave alegacy behind" whichwould benefit Gibraltarfootball, and seedevelopment in thenational team in the future,not merely come toGibraltar and play alegends tournament,charge the fee and go.

He was here to help andleave something behind inthe community if allowedto.Mark announcedpreliminary plans to bringto Gibraltar a footballacademy for youngsters if,as he said, he was allowedto not by Minstry, but bythe league clubsthemselves. Among thefirst things the PremierLegends will be offering isan opportunity during thetournament for children toregister for coachingsessions with some of thelegends when they visitGibraltar in May."We would like to see if wecan provide good qualitycoaching and find ways ofdoing it," he said as heproposed that maybe afootball academy to coachchildren could help fill avoid he had noticedexisted between theyounger age groups andthe seniors.

"I saw a void between thelevels of 12 and 16," hesaid, "and I would like tocome here and improvethese youngsters. I wouldpersonally if I could coachdefenders."

Mark highlighted that hisideas were only at apreliminary stage, butincluded putting togetherdifferent ideas and ways oftaking this forward "I amsure it's what everyonewants to get Gibraltarbetter," he said referring tothe national squad as anexample of the benefitscoaching at a young agewould have on the futureof Gibraltar football.

He even proposed puttingtogether a team of eliteplayers and taking them tothe UK to compete wherethey would be able toassess the level Gibraltarfootball is at as one of thepossible avenues forward.Whilst adding that the ideaof a coaching academy forplayers was not solely toimprove players and givethem and insight andunderstanding of top levelfootball, but also providinga backdrop from whichcoaches would alsobenefit and be able to passwhat they had learntforward into the future.

Mark's remarks on

Gibraltar's football cameas a breathe of fresh air tothose who likeCoresportgib observelocal football on a dailybasis. His ideas, whichwere well received by boththe Ministry of TourismMinister SamanthaSacramento and GSLArepresentative Reegan, arekey talking points withinGibraltar football as thegap between the top levelclubs and other clubswiden.

Junior football has seenone of the biggest impactsin new methods of playand the reduction ofcompetitiveness andselections with teamswithin the leaguesdemonstrating there is awide gap between thebetter teams and the lowerteams. Score lines of 40-0(although officially neverrecorded due to a policynot to record tallies higherthan 9) have been seen,further adding to theconcerns that whilstfootball continues to growin Gibraltar, thedevelopment of players toa higher level has beendealt a blow as thewidening gap gives lesscompetitive options toplayers to develop theirskills on the pitch.

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senior leagues where thegap between first divisionand second division haswidened, and the gapbetween the top firstdivision teams, namelyEuropa and Lincoln hascontinued to grow. Moreand more local playersnow relegated to playingin the lower divisions orfinding themselves on thebench as Gibraltar'sfootball takeson the

competitive nature ofprofessional football buthas seen little in terms ofimproving the levels offootball and coaching oflocal players to be able tocompete. More and morelocal players fallingthrough the wayside asthey reach the under 17levels and progressthrough to the seniorlevels due to a lack of

development as clubsseek players

from abroadratherthanopt

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develop local home growntalent at a larger level thanis presently being seen.

Mark Wrights proposedfootball academy manyobservers would welcomeas a way of pushing thebetter players further intheir development, whilstallowing to encourageothers to take on the sportand develop what somesee as raw talent whichwould otherwise gounnoticed. Thedevelopment of thegrassroots of football seenas the potential benefits tocreating the supply ofplayers which wouldeventually play forGibraltar's national team.



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Athletics

Results1 889 Arnold Rogers 20.36 SM 2 886 Robert Matto 21.41 MM 3 892 Patrick Garner 22.25 JM 4 900 Nacho Perez 22.51 MM 5 884 Abdullah Ahammad 23.20 JM 6 890 Keith Laguea 24.13 MM 7 876 Sean Randall 24.13 MM 8 894 Anthony Martinez 24.16 SM 9 879 Julian Avellano 25.55 JM 10 899 Christian Avellano 25.58 MM 11 883 Francis Muscat 26.23 SM 12 875 Francis Mena 26.29 MM 13 888 Jonathan Chichon 27.53 MM 14 882 Daniel Yeo 28.58 JM 15 887 Ashley Maer 29.48 MM 16 885 Alan Wong 30.25 SM 17 891 Paul Garner 31.20 MM 18 898 Thomas Young 31.44 MM 19 895 Jonny Gray 31.49 MM 20 893 Joanna Ullger 32.40 MF 21 878 Joseph Lewis 32.51 JM 22 877 Jonathan Curran 33.07 MM 23 880 Mattew Viñales 34.55 JM 24 881 Sean Brow 35.51 JM 25 896 Hannah Knight 36.45 MF 26 897 Lucia Edwards 36.49 MF 27 874 Kelland Cornelio DNF


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Athleticsenters itstoughest

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Sunday was a treacherous day withwind and rain early in the morningwhich would see the Top of the Rockrunners have to battle not just thesteep inclines to the finish, but the

weather conditions which seemed to be everychanging.

As the race started at Jumper Building the rain hadjust begun to fall.

The easiest stretch of the race was the Rosia Roadarea once that small stretch had been completedthe runners faced their first incline having to climbEuropa Road.

Arnold Rogers took the early lead with Mattoclosely following and then young Patrick andAbdullah.

The next challenge for the runners would beEngineers Road, a steep incline. With wet surfacesand now entering the remit of the weatherconditions as runner knew that they faced coldertemperatures, higher winds and steep inclines allthe way to the top this was where the stamina ofthe runners would show.

The race was won by Arnold who held on to theend. Matto closely following behind

The next big race for the Gibraltar Athleticscalendar is this Sunday when runners will be ableto compete in the half marathon.

The race starts inside the Victoria Stadium withrunners completing several laps before leaving thestadium for the road. Runners will then complete a3 laps of full circuit which will see them run fromWinston Churchill Avenue through Rosia Road andback via Queensway before ending up again at thestadium where they will be required to complete alap before finishing.


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Rugby

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Gibraltar Rugby has this weekannounced that they will betouring Asia in the comingmonths. The announcementcomes just weeks from their

recent emphatic victory over a Jersey Se-lect XV.

In their latest announcement aspokesman for GRFU said “The GRFU isproud to announce that it has been in-vited to tour to Asia in April 2016 to playthe Malaysian Rugby Union (MRU) andthe Singapore Rugby Union (SRU). TheGibraltar National Team will pit them-selves against World Ranked 57th (MRU)and 59th (SRU) within IRB / World Rugby.

“This is the 6th and 7th fixture for theGibraltar National Team, having already

played Belgium B, Cyprus, Israel, Maltatwice registering 3 wins and 2 losses.

“Although Gibraltar is a young Union it isrelishing the opportunity to play in KualaLumpur and Singapore. The GRFU is alsotaking a mixed Development and Veter-ans team to play local clubs KL Sara-cens, Cobra, Wanderers RFC and BucksRugby Club.“A strong Gibraltar National Team hasbeen selected, with over 90% of the 2016squad travelling there have been a num-ber of call ups for junior players comingthrough the ranks. Two International fix-tures within two days is going to be ex-tremely challenging given the humidity.”


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Hockey

Gibraltar hockey facilitiesgot a boost as two Dutch1st Division league teamsPinoke and NMHC tookadvantage of the facilitiesand weather in Gibraltarfor their winter training.The two teams were onFriday morning training atthe pitches Played atraining match againsteach other later thatafternoon.

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Dutch first division teamsmake use ofGibraltarconditions affecting the sport at this timeof the year.

Gibraltar's hockey facilities have alreadyattracted attention from visiting teamswith the RAF men's and RAF teamshaving recently taken advantage of thefacilities.

An army team is also expected to visitGibraltar in the coming months.

Other teams that have taken advantageof Gibraltar's hockey facilities recentlyinclude the San Fernando Hockey teamwho trained in Gibraltar last Autumn as itprepared for its league matches in Spain.

The two teams then took to the field in afriendly match in the afternoon whichsaw some hard power plays from bothsides. The match watched by a group ofyoung Grammarians players, and severalof the women's league players was ademonstration of the type of play localteams will expect to see in theforthcoming European events.

A fast paced affair with both sideschallenging at either end brought about ademonstration of what a fast pacedpower driven sport hockey is within thehigher echelons of European hockey.


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Futsal Rock Cup

College 1975holds to theirthree goals tothe endCollege 1975 soon took the lead in thisRock Cup qualifier match going 2-1 upwithin the first ten minutes of the match.Mons Calpe, the lower division team andunderdogs soon showed that theyshould not be considered so forcing Col-lege 1975 back.

Mons Calpe were however, to see that itwas not to be their day as they main-tained possession of the ball, pinned Col-lege back, but somehow were unable tofind the target. Although attacking theysoon found themselves one further goalbehind when a quick attack by saw Col-lege score their third, and last goal.

The match was soon to see an amazingturn in events as Mons Calpe pushed for-ward and kept on pounding at College'sdefence. The latter maintained a blockdefence in the centre with a four manblock created directly in front of goal thatseemed impossible to penetrate.

As the minutes ticked on through thesecond half Mons Calpe players becamemore agitated and frustrated reacting tothe officials decisions and claiming forfouls when officials kept play going.

College 1975 keeper was forced to makeseveral interventions as the tiring legs ofthe front men begun to let in some of theattacks. Mons Calpe, eventually sawsome reward for their efforts as theyscored their second goal to reduce thedeficit to just one goal.

College 1975 opted to play it out and de-fend the lead rather than try and find thatextra goal. Holding firmly back they con-tinued to block Mons Calpe's progress togoal.College coming out victors by the narrowmargin of 3-2 in what was a match wherethe lack of conversion of opportunitiesby Mons Calpe were the main talkingpoint.


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Futsal Rock Cup

Lynx v Lions c was always goingto be an easier affair for lynxthan their normal weeklyleague affair. Coming fromhaving trounced Manchester 62

18-0 the previous week, Lions C was aneasy Rock Cup tie for the team which ischallenging to reach the Europeanqualifiers this year again.

And so it was. From the first thirtyseconds Lynx took the lead. From thenon Lynx played as if they were in trainingmode, not exerting themselves too farand slower in pace than their normal fastintense approach which has seen them atthe top of the league throughout theseason.

Intensifying the pace once in a while theysoon put themselves at 4-0, within thefirst ten minutes.

The match was very much a one wayaffair where the young, and not so youngLions players tried to claw somethingback but there was little they could do.Especially against top of the league Lynxwho were evidently physically bigger,stronger fitter and with far moreexperience in competitive Futsal at thislevel.

Lions C did get four past Lynx but onlyafter seeing 14 goals go past them. Atleast they were four goals better off thanManchester 62 the previous week wholost 18-0 against Lynx.

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Futsal Rock Cup

Scorpionsmatch abandonedafter disputewith officials

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Scorpionsliterallyknockedthemselves outof the Rock Cup

after players abandonedthe match following adispute with officialsduring the match.

Scorpions met Pheonix ina match which saw bothteams only field fiveplayers, with no subs onthe bench. Scorpions fortheir part we understandhad been forced into thissituation following injuriesto some players andothers already being cup-tied.

The match started withPheonix going one nil upwithin the first fewminutes. Scorpions playedwith second choice keeperWink in goal and firstchoice keeper Chicon upfront.

It was in the fourth minutethat Wink was judged tohave brought downLedesma for a penalty. This led to players fromScorpions questioning theofficials decision whichwas met with a sternresponse from matchofficial Jeky whosubsequently yellowcarded Chichon andthreatened to red card him

if questioned over hisdecision.

With the penalty still nothaving been taken Jekyfollowed through with histhreat and red carded theScorpions first choicekeeper who had askedwhy he would be thrownout for asking why apenalty had been given.Pheonix went on to scorefrom the penalty but notbefore another Scorpionsplayer was booked. Withthe players disgruntledover the refereeingdecisions so early in thematch, and already oneplayer short on the fieldScorpions players

Rock Cup College 1975 FC 3 vs 2 Mons Calpe SCRock 54 FC 3 vs 10 Glacis Utd FCGib Phoenix FC Eclipse 2 vs 0 GibScorpions FC Optima (abandondedafter 6 mins)Leo Bastion FC 3 vs 4 Maccabi AlefYoung Boys Gib FC 3 vs 12 HerculesFC Publi LEDLions FC C 4 vs 14 Lynx FC

Division 4 Moroccan Athletic 7 vs 5 Atlas LionsFCFC Britannia 4 vs 6 Humphries FCGibraltar United FC 10 vs 5 Europa FCNewton FC 8 vs 2 Maccabi Gimal

Results courtesy of Gibraltar Futsal


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CoreSportgibThe Gibraltar Netball league continued asnormal with teams battling for top place.

The reds of Tommy Hillifger last week clashedwith AMS in what was a scoreless scenario forobservers as the scoreboards once again failedat the Old Victoria Sports Hall, making it difficultto keep up with the scores.

Tommy Hilfigger were the dominant of the twoteams from the start of the match seeing theyoung ladies found themselves placingthemselves in better positions to receive the balland intercept.

With far greater energy in their play and somecreative passing from the beginning TommyHIllfiger took the match by the scruff of the neckand took the initial lead.

The slower start from AMS saw them on thebackfoot, as Tommy HIllifiger accumulated thepoints in the early stages of the match gettinginto the lead from the beginning with accuracy intheir scoring as they cut crosses to push AMSback into their half.

AMS however, responded with quick attacksand found themselves at one stage taking thedominant position on the court as they reducedthe deficit between the two. Any observercoming in to see the match at this stage couldhave been easily forgiven believing that theywere ahead, although Hilliger remain in the leadthroughout.

AMS took advantage of a loss of focus fromTommy Hillifiger at one stage to claw back thepoints as their players relaxed their stance for along period of time in the first half.

Tommy, however, regained control and saw theirmore energetic gameplay continue to push themthrough and continue in the lead.The red team of Tommy Hillfigger came outeventual winners scoring 33-17 against AMS.


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The Tommy Hillifger v AMSmatch saw a continuation ofthe real life training youngumpires are receiving withinthe Gibraltar NetballAssociation.

The association has beendriving forward policies tobring in new umpires into thegame training and assessingplayers who they hope willcontinue to achieve thehighest possible levels theycan at the game.

What was once traditionallyan area of the gamereserved for older playershas now seen atransformation with youngerplayers learning the trade.New rules and regulationsare now being taught, witheven older moreexperienced umpiressometimes falling backagainst the younger oneswho are learning the newrules fast.

Assessors and coachesfrom the UK have been inGibraltar in recent weeksproviding support to theumpires. This forming part ofthe requirements for certifiedumpires for the Europeanchampionships to be held inGibraltar next month.

It is expected that some ofthe younger umpires will beready for the tournamentand could soon also seefurther internationalexperience being presentedto them as they develop intothe game.


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Netball

The final squad for theUnder 17 Netball Champi-onship to be held inGibraltar have been cho-sen with the final twelveplayers now entering theirfinal stages of prepara-tions.

The team which has beentraining together duringthe past five months al-lowed CoreSportGib tohave a glimpse at theirpreparations once again.The young ladies, nervousto the presence of thecamera and now knowing

that they are the final se-lection took a little time towarm up to the idea thatthey were the final selec-tion, probably as theprospect of hosting theevent in Gibraltar andplaying in front of theirhome crowd becomeseven more evident as theday gets closer.

However, the progress theteam has made and thevery nature of their unityas a team soon emergedas coach Nunez gave thema simple critique and

called on them to addsome energy to their train-ing. Within seconds the re-sponse of the team wasimmediate, the team werejumping with energy,

inspired and once againready and going.

Now into their sixth monthof training it was a simpleencouragement from onecoach that lifted the spiritsof the team which hadstarted to warm up, tooslow for the coaches lik-ing. In March it could be

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the encouragement of apacked out TercentenaryHall if the crowds turn upas they should that couldsend Gibraltar's youngladies towards achieving afurther championship vic-tory, but this time in homesoil.

Gibraltar is in for a specta-cle in the sport of Netball ifthe energy and spirit of theteam in the training ofthese young ladies is any-thing to go by.

Netball internationalsuccessSarah Payas and Lizanne Pardo Gomezwere last week successful in their assess-ments of the United Kingdom CoachingCertificate level 2.

The first part of this course was deliveredby our Scottish buddies last October inGibraltar. Part 2 has taken place over 4days in Aberdeen.

Speaking to Coresportgib Moira, head ofGibraltar Netball said "We have just re-ceived the good news and we are thrilledwith their success."


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Sixty-five years onthis year andGrammariansshowed that theyare still very much

a growing hockey club with afuture as the older generationof players teamed up toconfront the younger players.

In what was supposed to be afriendly match, celebrating inmany ways their 65th year asa club, and with anopportunity to get matchpractise for forthcomingmatches and competitions,the two played out what wasa very competitive andentertaining match at middayon Saturday.

The match was closelyfollowed by Grammarianslegend Albert Rammage whowas there from start to finish.The more veterans of the twosides showed that theirexperience was a match tothe energy and enthusiasm ofthe younger generation whocontested and chased theball throughout the match notgiving much space away.

However, in the same waythe youngster showed thattheir lesser experience on thefield was not to be considereda weakness as theychallenged stick to stick theirmore experiencedcolleagues, the veteransdemonstrated that the clubsfortunes in the past were notbased on mere luck but well adrilled, disciplined style ofplay as a team.The match ended with theveterans narrowly winning by4-3 with Trevor Coitinoscoring twice for theveterans, with JorgenHaveland and Nicky Bourneadding the other two whilstKyle Mcintyre and GabrielBenatar (who scored two)scored for the youngsters.

Grammarians now prepare toplay in a friendly match inSpain before preparing fortheir participation inEuropean hockey in May.Prior to this Grammarians willbe celebrating their 65thanniversary with a Galadinner planned for the 9thApril.

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Street Soccer Special

Street Soccer hit Gibraltarjust a few weeks ago withits first Winter SSLtournament. The successof the tournament hassince led organisers to

look at future prospects as theycontinue to develop the idea of theStreet Soccer League.

CoreSportGib caught up with one of theorganisers John Zizou Recicar, whowas quite frank about the future, thereasons and why Street Soccer Leagueis likely to be the brand that catches onin due time

You have a new tournament coming upsoon, The Spring Cup I believe itscalled? What can you tell me about it?

Yeah right Spring SSL Cup it is, it'sbasically the same tournament asWinter SSL Cup was, but with manyimprovements. Same place – MUGA,

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played only on SaturdayGame time 15mins.Street Soccer is a newconcept for Gibraltar, yourecently had a Winter Cup,how did that go for you?

JZR - Exactly its new toGib, people are alwaysafraid to try new things. Atfirst it was hard to getteams to register especiallyfor a new concept from newpeople. After thetournament most of theteams attending arelooking forward to another.So yeah it went great, butstill needs to Improve inmany ways what you willbe able to see in the SpringSSL Cup.

With the Winter Cup havingbeen held so recently howcome you are bringing onthe Spring Cup so earlyon?

JZR - It was planned to bein March, be patient wedon’t want to reveal all thefuture plans. What I can tellyou is after the Spring SSLCup we plan the SummerSSL Cup. We spend asmuch time as needed tomake it as professionallyorganized etc.Now tell me a bit moreabout Street Soccer and itsconcept?

JZR - SSL might be a newconcept but not for us. Themain idea is to connectpeople who love football.

Street soccer is a placewhere many footballlegends were born. Itteaches you to control theball basic tricks etc… Itsfaster than 11aside, butwhat you learn in StreetSoccer you can easilyimplement in an 11asidepitch. SSL its way ofacademy for players toimprove and get noticed byother people from 11aside.

Why Street Soccer, why notsay become an amateurleague like the Sundayleague in England?

JZR - To be honest I don’tknow what Sunday leaguein England is. Anyway whatmakes the brand THEBrand? Why iPhone whynot Samsung? StreetSoccer League itself is nota one time tournament, itwill be a full season Leaguewith addition tournamentsthroughout the year.

What makes it so differentfrom say futsal or any other present league inGibraltar?

JZR - Its an often askedquestion for us just onefutsal is indoor, 11aside isturf, SSL is concrete, andthe rules are more free-wheeling. SSL is not aimingto be different but to beUnique. Might be a longerjourney but more worth itthough and appreciated.We emphasize on perfectpresent and quality.

I saw in the Winter Cup thatthere as an informality inthe way the league wasallowed to run, for exampleplayers didn’t need to bekitted up. is this somethingyou want to promote?

JZR - Yes for now. Ifinterested we can helpteams with graphics fortheir team logo, teamuniforms design orwhatever. With more SSLsponsors we will be able toprovide more stuff for theteams same kits are one ofthe list.

Why is it so important foryou for players to have thatgreater freedom than whatyou find in the more formal leagues run by the GFA?

JZR - Soccer is a free gameyou need just the ball and afew buddies to play.Nowadays the problem iseven just to gather guys fora kick about. We want toconnect even randompeople like we did in WinterSSL Cup and put togetherteams for guys who didn’thave more buddies to playwith. Of course the SSL willnot be just a kick about it’sa street soccer with a highquality level with funincluded. Let the people beinspired and competeagainst each other. At theend everyone wants to bethe best someway.

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Street Soccer Specialadvertised as wanting toplay in estates, mainly MidHarbour. Why the suddenchange to the BaysideSports Complex?

JZR - GSLA didn’t let us.And only possible optionwas this for now.

Are the facilities at BaysideSports Complex what youreally intended the leagueto be like? You had threepitches but only two walls,meaning that players hadto play within the lineswhilst in a place like midharbours you could havehad them playing againstfences. Will you be lookingat how this element ofStreet Soccer can beincorporated or will youforgo this?

JZR - Yes tried both, but theBayside Sports Complexfits us more. Anyways ourintention is to get one ofthe mentioned harborpitches for us so we canuse it for our purposes sowe can innovate it improvetake care of it so peoplecan see other place wheretheir money would go fromthe registratons. We wantone of the harbor estates orsimilar pitches to get underour management period.

You have a registration fee,and in terms of the leagueitself the registrationseems to indicate the

league could become acommercial entity. Is thisyour intention?

JZR - When you go to buygroceries do you ask theemployees why thisbanana cost this much andwhere the money goes?When you buy a car? NO!But let me tell you a fewour expenses. First of allthe Bayside SportsComplex where ourtournaments take placenow needs to be paid forthey didn’t offer us thepitches with no charge ofcourse and it's not cheap.Another advertisement isnot for free either postersflyers, online adverts etc..Balls, trophies, bibs,paperwork.

Whats has been thesupport for the SoccerLeague from theauthorities, especially thesports authorities? Howmuch support have youhad for the Street Soccerleague, especially fromplayers?

JZR - None we didn’t getany support from thesports authorities. On theother side from player itwas different stories theyhelped to promote onFacebook to share writeabout us, and we aregrateful for the supportfrom players!

When you start the leaguehow will it be run? howlong for each season? andhow will team registerplayers?

JZR - The season isplanned to start inSeptember will be playeduntil June with some shortbreaks

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Soccer league, and mainlyamateurs who sometimeswon't be able to turn up,will teams be required tofield only registeredplayers or will there be lessstringent regulations in thesame way that happens inSunday league football inthe UK?

JZR - One answer for theLeague itself is every

player will get Player’s IDcard, and must beregistered within SSL but ifthe team will not have fullsquad roster of playersthey will be able to registera new unregistered playerthroughout the season. Forthe CUPs and otherTournaments teams willhave to have the squad listready for each game in thetournament.

After the Spring Cup whatnext?

JZR - After Spring SSL Cupwe have set plans. But notgonna tell you more fornow so as not to confusepeople about thetournaments and leaguewith other things.


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Much talk hassurrounded Angelssince the end of thetransfer window, nomore so than thefortunes of the club

who have seen a total squad change,including the introduction ofprofessionals, but with denials of anyinvestment.

Once again Angels pre-match warmup resulted in much interest, thepresence of three Brazilians by thepitch side coaching the team andputting them through their pacesshowing clearly the involvement ofbackground staff. As observerspointed out even during the warm up,Angels was a well disciplined teamwith good passing and showing a lotof maturing in their play already,unlike the previous squad.

Angels, who have struggled allseason at the foot of the league facedGibraltar Pheonix, themselves midtable in the second division.

What would have been seen prior toChristmas as just a clash betweentwo minnows, was now full ofexpectation after the changes inAngels saw them produce theirsecond win of the season last week.

The first half saw Pheonix give Angelsa hard time, breaking their attackingmoves and holding firm at the back asAngels newly found confidence sawthem push forward. Using the flanksto good effect Angels tried to breakthrough Pheonix's defence but foundthemselves locked out through mostof the first half. Mena, one of the few


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remaining players frombefore Christmas was not aseffective in attack as lastweek's attacking options,who were not present evenon the bench.

Similarly the absence ofseveral other players in thestand whose records had notarrived also was somewhatof a surprise.

Angels were held to 0-0, withPheonix showing they couldpose a threat, but oftencaught offside by the welldisciplined back four.Pheonix were reduced toonly testing Brazilian ex-first

division pro Filoho just acouple of times in the firsthalf.

The second half started witha new dynamic as Angelsmade changes in the centre.The impact on the game wasimmediate as Angels run theflanks opening up Pheonix'sdefence leaving gaps in thecentre to be exploited.

Within the first ten minutesof the seconds half ChabiRodriguez broke through thedefence meeting a throughball which he slotted past theoncoming keeper for the firstgoal.

Within minutes Lima deAguiar, another of the newsignings found a routethrough only to see thekeeper palm the ball tocorner.

The corner was crossed indeep reaching Arroyal at thefar end of the box whocollected and slammed theball into the back of the net.

Angels continued to breakfree down the flanks as theystole the ball in midfield froma stunned Pheonix. ChabiRodriguez, another of thenew signing, again run the


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left flank before crossing tothe centre where Mena thistime drove the ball into theback of the net.

With sweeping winds andrain Pheonix struggled to getto grips with the match,pinned into their own half.

Angels continued theirroaming towards goal tryingfor a fourth.

Aguiar de Lima once againwas the protagonist when hereceived a deep cross at thefar edge of the penalty areastriking the ball across goalto the far post for the fourth.

Pheonix were out done byan Angels team who couldclearly produce some goodeffective football. Filoho wasonly tested a couple of timesin the second half before heinjured himself. Even thenthe one other chancePheonix had was blocked byhim out of the danger area.

Pheonix tried to pull a goalback but they lacked anyreal effectiveness in theirfinish and final ball.

Angels ended up clearwinners by 4-0 and throughto the next round where theycould face strongeropposition which wouldsurely test the new squad'seffectiveness.


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The rain, whichwas meant tohave stayedaway untilmidnight was tobe one of the

main protagonists in thestands. As the sweepingbreeze and rain combinationpushed supporters to thecover of the main seatsunder the roof area, andphotographers away fromthe pitch side.

There was little else in thematch for the supporters tocheer about as both teamsentered the match with clearnervousness. Europa, whohave a lot at stake in theRock Cup, this being theirone real chance to clawback the investments made

by the club in their bid toreach European stages ofthe game were found to beplaying with a nervousnesswhich reduced theireffectiveness in goingforward.

The first half saw both teamsfocused on their defencestrying to control possessionwithout too much creativityto penetrate the other'sdefence. The rewards ofreaching the cup final andwinning it making the RockCup the matches a "not tolose" affair for both.

Europa who recently sawtheir hopes towards a leaguetitle dented by the very teamthey were playing, StJosephs, after a 3-1 defeat,

eventually saw their tacticspay off narrowly winningwith a 1-0 scoreline. Thenarrow victory came at theexpense of their style of playwhich has seen them delightthe crowds at times withtheir confidence incontrolling matches withelaborate quick passing tobreak down and tire teams.

Both teams started thematch playing a tacticalgame which saw little actionin front of goal throughoutthe first half, and throughmost of the second.

St Joseph's who just a fewweeks ago had beatenEuropa using quick flowingflank play, and attackingthrough quick counters, were

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nowhere near their bestperformance, always lookingas the team defending ratherthan looking for the attack.

St Joseph's based theirgame on slowing down thepace and sticking to a zonaltype marking system withtwo lines of four at the back,and two men up front. Verymuch leaving a gap whichEuropa's midfield gladlytook. St Joseph's two linedefence resembled more ofan 8 0 2 formation than a 4 42

Europa instead, showedfrom the start that theirintention was to attack,however, their short quickpassing style of play made itdifficult to penetrate the St

Joseph defence. With onlyJavi Martinez as their realattacking options at times,Europa's best weapons sawhimself marked from afar,and pushed deep into theflanks without much support.

Europa who had been willingto attack was also found tobe slow moving forward insupport at times the StJoseph's defensive ployfrustrating their game play inthe final third of the pitch.

Europa were dealt a blow byfate when on ten minutestheir coach had to substituteRamos after sustaining aninjury during play. Asubstitution which clearlywas not wanted at this time.

It was not until the 18thminute that Europa had anyclear shot on target, withRivas taking a pot shot fromoutside the area that wentnarrowly over Perez'scrossbar.

St Joseph's were losing thehigh ball play with mostheaders into the pot clearedby Europa's defence whoalso saw rebounds andsecond plays going to themas St Joseph's struggled tomake a dent in theirdefence.

St Joseph's tactics ofslowing down the pace, andkeeping a tight rein at theback was however, workingfor them with Europa onlyable to run the flanks and

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see crosses cleared out orblocked, leaving them withfew chances in the box. Thematch, more of a tacticalgame than a spectacle towatch, was a dreary affair ona cold wet winters day.

The second half started witha different dynamic as firstSt Joseph's moved theirplayers further forward,running at Europa's defence.The push forward saw gapsopening at both ends whichEuropa also exploited asthey run at St Joseph's,neither team howevermaking much progress.Europa confronted by adefensive wall built by StJoseph's whilst St Joseph'sreliance on long crosses intothe middle were cleared withease.

Europa eventually tookcontrol of possession againand started to play theirquick passing game.

Montero, who was causingSt Joseph's trouble down theflanks opened up the Saintsdefence with a run down theflank and a driven pass intothe area that saw Rivasshooting wide past the post.Within minutes Monteroonce again found spacedown the flank to the touchline and again drove a crossin which this time sawBarranco put it wide past thesame post.

Javi Martinez begun to makehis penetrating runs downthe other flank on oneoccasion he saw a cross intothe area struck by Mendez

across the goal mouth withno one there to get to it.

As both teams continued toattack when they could, andwith St Joseph's movingmore players upfront Leivafound himself with somespace at the edge of thepenalty area. A well struckdrive curled past the insidepost out of the reach of thediving Perez for the 1-0.

The goal suddenly sawEuropa take on a newstance. Much calmer in theirapproach, having justsecured the first goal, theirquick passing movementsbecame more free flowing.This pushed St Joseph'sback into their own half at atime they were trying to finda way forward for the


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equaliser. For spells of thesecond half, the Europaconfidence seen in leaguematches emerged, pushingSt Josephs back into theirara.

With ten minutes to go it wasEuropa who made a changetaking of Alex Quillo for anattacking midfield option.Sotorrio's presence sawEuropa press hard in themidfield giving St Joseph'sless space. The Saintslosing clearance afterclearance to Europa'smidfield and front men, whokept the pressure on them.

St Joseph's who had optedto put in young Negrette astheir attacking option, sawthe young boy test Europa'sdefence towards the last

minutes as he broke freedown the flank to put in across which was tamelyheaded into the hands ofArevalo.

As the minutes ticked awaySt Joseph's chances of anequaliser faded further andfurther away as Europa notonly cleared their lines butkept as much control of thepossession as they could.The match coming to an endwith Europa through to thenext round, but with muchwork to do in theirconfidence.

As the players gathered inthe centre of the fieldfollowing the final whistlesome St Joseph's playershad to be stopped bycolleagues from

confrontations with Europaplayers. Some veryunsportsman behaviour wasseen with some playersbrushing past Europaplayers and not accepting ahandshake, whilst othersfaced off with some Europaplayers. Scenes which havebeen repeated in othermatches in this the secondround of the Rock Cup.


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It was to be a match in which Lin-colns failure to convert the manychances was still to prove far froma weakness, converting five of themany chances they had, in whatcould easily have been anotherdouble digit scoreline.

Lincoln started the match muchthe same as they have in recentweeks, going out and attackinggoal from the very first instance.

The tactic once again culminatedin them going ahead early as Tor-rilla rounded of the keeper andslotted in for the first goal withinthe first five minutes. Three min-utes slower than recent weeks inwhich they have scored as earlyas the second minute.

Britannia, a mere semblance ofthe hard tackling, running teambefore losing their Brazilians trioduring the transfer season wereno match for Lincoln whose pass-ing and movement on the fieldkept Britannia pinned backthroughout most of the match. Itwas not until the 30th minute thatBritannia had the first shot at goal,a toe poke which was easilycaught by keeper Navas. The lat-ter hardly seeing much of the balland keeping himself warm by run-ning around his own area duringthe game.

Lincoln seemed to be having asomewhat bad day for their stan-dards. The first thirty minutesclearly showing that their consis-tency in accuracy in front of goalhad left them for a day. First it wasCabreras who missed a sitter put-ting the ball over the crossbar.


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This was closely followed by afurther four shots going justwide of the post or over thebar, all clear cut opportunitieswhich on other days Lincolnwould have slotted in withease.

It was not until just after the30th minute that Garcia scoreda screamer as he volleyed theball into the top corner fromoutside the penalty area for the2-0.

Clearly showing that Lincolnstill had the capacity to scoreand take the match with ease.

Britannia had a second attemptsaved by Navas which wasclosely followed by a quick at-tack at the other end whichsaw Barnfather save for a cor-ner. Lincoln maintained theirmomentum and saw Britan-nia's Risto finally given a yel-low card as he kickeddangerously high within thepenalty area, conceding apenalty. Risto, who has been innumerous controversies duringthe season had been warnednumerous times over his tack-ling and behaviour on the field,something which would con-tinue until the end of thematch. Cabreras who hadbeen out of sorts earlier miss-ing several sitters, slotted inthe first penalty only to beasked to take it again.

With calmness he slotted theball in for the third showing thathe still knew where the targetwas, even though he hadmissed goal several times withjust a couple of yards between

him and the goal line.

Lincoln left for the first halfknowing that they should havebeen ten up with ease from thenumber of clear cut easychances missed in a matchthey dominated throughout.

The second half saw Del Rio'sfortunes change. Del Rio hadpreviously had at least twoshots on target go well wide fora throw in. On this occasion hefound himself with fortune athis side as he went easily pastLincoln's defence, rounded thekeeper with ease and only hadto walk the ball into the goal.The goal itself was like some-thing from a Mr Bean moviewith the number of mistakes byLincoln which had led to DelRio scoring.

The defensive errors saw littlereaction from the Lincolnbench which seemed to be rel-atively quiet throughout thematch.

Lincoln undisturbed by the ap-palling defensive blunder con-tinued their normal game-plan,which saw them continue theirattacks, but only to see manymissed opportunities onceagain.

Abyian, who has consistentlybeen on target this season wasnot to disappoint when he re-ceived the ball unmarked onthe left and just had to slot infor the 4-1.

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reducing Britannia's runs to just a few runsinto their area before stealing the ball back.Barnfather kept Lincoln out with some goodsaves, but once again the second half wasmore about Lincoln's failure to convert someclear chances than the goals they actuallyscored. At least four clear misses in front ofgoal saw Lincoln remain at 4-1 until Abyianonce again put the ball home, but not beforethree Lincoln players had tamely shot atgoal to see the ball rebound off Britanniaplayers.

With Lincoln at 5-1 even Roy Chipolina en-tered the frame going up front and narrowlymissing the target with an overhead kick.His efforts seeing even Britannia playerssmiling and patting him on the back.

Lincoln were once again rewarded withqualification to the quarter finals in what wasa dull and dreary game, just like theweather, with the biggest talking point beingthe countless times Lincoln had missedclear cut chances and the number of yellowcards NOT given.

Risto known for his turbulent behaviour onthe pitch was lucky not to receive a secondyellow when he first struck a blow below thebelt to a Lincoln defender, then went to clearthe ball by striking it at a Lincoln player onpurpose provoking a reaction from thecrowd. Risto then had several calls for himto be send off ignored when he continued toreceive fouls against him for his use of el-bows or crunching tackles. The match whichon other days would have seen numerousyellows given saw just a limited number tothe bemusement of the crowd who had seenthis trend throughout the last sixteen roundof the Rock Cup. The leniency of officialsclearly seen when Britannia players hurledabusive remarks in the direction of the offi-cials with no response from them.

Lincoln, now favorites to win the cup aftertheir resounding, yet low par performanceare the team nobody wants to meet.


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The woes ofBrunosMagpies startedwell before thefirst whistle astheir outgoing

manager found himselfunable to sit on the bench.Even after speaking toofficials Joel Williams had toconcede to the fact that hisname had not been includedin the team and staff sheetlisting those sitting on thebench forcing officials to askhim to the stands.

Joel who had been confidentof making an impression inBruno Magpies clash with

Glacis was soon to find hisdecision to play Magpies asthey normally do in thesecond division to be adecision he would regret.With Magpies easilyknocked out from the cup.

Glacis who had shown theywere more than willing toplay deep from defensivecounter attacks, and withthree to four men at a timechasing forward at pace,showed from the firstinstance that this Rock Cupmatch was not to be anydifferent. Glacis showing thathaving overcome theirdefensive disasters from the

start of the season theirsquad had been reinforcedto allow for fast destructivecounter attacks, using thepace of their attackers.

In this the last sixteen roundof the Rock Cup any ideas ofa giant killing by Magpiesagainst Glacis United weresoon dispelled as CortesNarvaez, Barletta andSastrie terrorised Magpiesdefence from the very startof the match chasing ballsthrough the centre andflanks, and out pacing theMapgpies defence.

Glacis intentions were

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clearly spelt out in the veryfirst few minutes of thematch as Sastrie run fromdeep past the centre ofMagpies defence chasingafter a low driven throughballs from deep inside Glacismidfield. It was only keeperDiaz, acting as the finalsweeper who kept them outin the first few minutes afterMagpies flat four defence,and especially the twocentral defenders foundthemselves battling againsta trio of ball runners intent ofscoring, and who faroutpaced them.

The first goal came just

when Magpies hadthemselves lunged forwardand hit the crossbar.

A sweeping move from deepwithin Glacis saw the balldriven into the middle withSastrie chasing for it. Diazmade a mistake in hisclearance hesitating enoughfor Sastrie to touch the ballpast him, and allow him afree run to goal. With justtwo minutes gone from thefirst Sastrie once againfound himself one on onewith the keeper and onceagain came the better off,scoring number 2.

Glacis were playing a nononsense approach to thegame, with solid defensiveplay which would not allowMagpies past the 2nd thirdof the field, and sweepingthrough balls to the frontthree by passing midfield.Glacis approach to thematch clearly showed thatthey respected the potentialthreat Magpies could poseup front, clearing dangerwith the same intensity seenin matches in the firstdivision against betteropponents.

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Football Rock Cuptwo central defenders andtwo other defenders to theflank. Unchanged in theirgame play they tried toplay out of their half withshort passes, many a timegetting caught out by thetougher Glacis defensivemidfield line.

Bruno found themselvesunable to beat Glacis’three counter attackers asthe two central defenderschased after shadowsalone, Magpies midfieldvery much a reluctantparticipant in supportingthe defence when dangerarose.

The third goal came from asimilar run as the first andsecond goal, with Diazonce again coming out asthe final sweeper only tosee Sastrie this timecontrol and pass short toCortes Naevaez to slot infrom near to the edge ofthe box.

The keepers head sunk,blaming himself for thegoals as he had beenunable to clear his box.However, it was the valiantkeepers efforts that hadkept the score line downto three. Diaz was forcedto act as a sweeper andgoal keeper due to the lackof pace within his defenceand the fact they werebeing constantly caughtout with the driventhrough balls through the

middle of the field whichwas slicing their defence.

A reluctant Magpies coachkept the defenceunchanged, and saw howhis midfield continued towait to play for the ballrather than come back tosupport their defence. Thedeep crosses into themiddle remainedunchallenged, with playerslike Tirado finding it easyto make his sweepingcrosses through themiddle find Sastrie, CortesNarvaez and Barletta.

Sastrie added his fourth ininjury time when he onceagain outpaced the twocentral defenders afteranother low driven crossstraight through thecentre.

Diaz who was alreadyinjured after a clash withBarletta, when heintercepted one of thedeep runs was unable todo anything about it as hestretched to block theshot.

The second half startedwith Glacis slowing thepace down and allowingMagpies more of the ball.The ill-fated BrunosMagpies found it difficultto penetrate Glacisdefence still trying to playtheir short passing game

through midfield only tofind themselves lacking inthe final third of the pitch.

Although their passingand determination to put amark of the gamepersisted well into thesecond half Magpies finalapproach on goal sufferedfrom a lack of hunger andaccuracy. Glacis easilyclearing in their final third.Glacis took a gambletaking off Sastrie. In doingso their attacking pacewas greatly reduced asthey started playing morethrough the middle.

Magpies had their one realchance in the second halfwhen Perry found himselffree running onto goal asGlacis called for offside.He was, however, unableto do much with the ball asthe Carlin came out anddived at his feet stealingthe ball from him. Asecond chance came froma free kick just outside thebox which was kicked wellover the cross bar.

Glacis, who had slowedthe pace of the game downand were playing tacticalgame took advantage ofkeeper Diaz going downagain injured andseemingly unable to clearhis injury as he limpedthrough the rest of thematch.Ruesca Puertas who hadjust come in had a chance


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for a goal when hecollected outside thepenalty area, his shotgoing just inched over thecrossbar. Glacis were toincrease their goal tallywhen Arillo, anothersubstitute collectedoutside the area followingsome quick short passingfrom deep. Arillo’ssubsequent drive fromoutside the area to the farpost is a stretch to far forinjured Diaz who could notstop number five going in.With Magpies clearlybeaten, and seeing themslow in going back todefend Tirado, who hadbeen solid at the back hadhis chance when hecollected a short passclearing from defence atthe half way line and runinto Magpies penalty area.Unable to cross through tothe centre as he waschased Arillo opted todrive a curled ball to thenear post scoring numbersix.

Glacis were not done yetas Magpies seemed tosurrender. Unchangedfrom their starting tactics,Magpies flat four foundthemselves alone on manyoccasions as both theirfront line and midfieldwent to walking pace whenGlacis attacked. At onetime the four defendersfaced a five man attackingwall coming at them, with

their midfield still walkingback from the half wayline.

In one such attack, inwhich the ball had beenstolen during one of themany lunges forward byMagpies, Cortes Naevezwho had a superbperformance foundhimself alone on goal.With just the keeper tobeat after a series of shortpasses from deep insideGlacis area broke throughthe lacklustre Magpiesmidfield and defence,Cortes cheekily chippedover the keeper for hisgoal. Just minites earlierCortes had been denied agoal due to offside andhad also attempted thesame chip.

Glacis now 7-0 up.Brunos Magpies, who hadcome to the match withsome hope of a possiblegiant killing left the matchknowing that their tacticalapproach of not changingtheir game style against afirst division team hadfailed them.

Whilst riding high in thesecond division Magpiescoach Joel Williams, whohad to watch the matchfrom the stands after notbeing allowed on thebench, having not beenlisted on the team sheet,had refused to change histeams tactics and had

faced a newly refreshedGlacis attack that had paiddividends in recent weeksin the first division.Glacis new attacking styleusing the pace of theirthree key front men, whilstbypassing midfield andstill concentrating verymuch on being adefensive, but counterattacking team had tornthrough Magpies. Glaciswith their 7-0 victory nowready to face the Quarterfinals.

Magpies however, hadtheir positives, althoughthis was mainly off thefield as supporterscontinued to cheer theirteam on and offerencouragement even at 7-0 down.

The second division teamis the only side known tooffer a match programme,and attracts a largishgroup of regularsupporters. Offering freefood after the match, andother compliments,supporters areencouraged to follow theirteam throughout theseason, in what many seeas an example in goodmarketing. The team alsochooses a match mascot,giving a young footballenthusiast a chance towear the team colours andbe photographed withplayers.


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Lynx’s hopes ofEurope vanish


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Manchester 62 spelled the end of anyhopes of European football for Lynxunless a miracle happens and all theteams above them in the league fail toqualify.

In what was a match which saw somevery dull moments, especially duringthe first half, it was Lynx’s failure tomake any real penetrating play intoManchester 62 area that was the mostsurprising factor of the match. A Lynxside which had recently overcome itslack of scoring power was once againfound lacking in finding the penetrat-ing play which would provide themwith scoring opportunities.

Lynx, who have invested heavily inbringing new players into the squadfound themselves unable to find manychances of goal throughout the matchas Manchester maintained a tight holdat the centre of the pitch. Manchesterfurther found what seemed to be vul-nerable flanks to threaten Lynxspenalty area running the flanks beforecrossing into the area.

Lynx missing Robert Guiling due to in-jury found themselves with a lack ofpace and creativity. With Manchesterdefending from midfield, Javi Chico,their playmaker was forced throughoutthe match to play deep inside his areato collect the ball, reducing Lynx’s ef-fectiveness up front. New signingVidic, who is still getting used to thelocal game found himself very much alonely figure at the front at times, withlittle support.

Manchester 62, played a tight game atthe back from the start and foundthemselves without much in creatingchances. Throughout the match it wasevident to see how attacks were de-layed as players had to run half thelength of the pitch to support the front


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lines when they had run for-ward, by which time Lynx’sdefence were already inspace.

The first half saw both teamsplaying without taking anyrisks, with much of the playseen in the midfield. Lynxwere playing a short passinggame that saw playmakerJavi Chico having to workfrom deep within his half asManchester kept their tightly-knitted defensive midfieldplay throughout. The clear-est chance in the half cameto Lynx who saw a cross intothe centre headed down to-wards goal with Macedo div-ing for the ball and keepinghold of it.

It was Manchester who hadmore of a threat in attack asthey found their way downthe flanks of Lynx, running tothe line before crossing intothe area. Jamie Robba wascalled upon several times totake command of his area to

cut the crosses in.

Lynx lacked in pace at thefront and were slow in mak-ing penetrating passes andruns which saw them hardlyshoot at goal otherwise. Thematch was littered with failedpasses, with both teams forlong periods of time failing toput together a string ofpasses without first losingthe ball through mistakesrather than the oppositionsstealing the ball.

Lynx’s woes in front of goalcontinued into the secondhalf when new signing Vidicreceived a ball in front ofgoal and instead of turningto shoot passed back only tosee the ball stolen by theManchester defence. Min-utes later Leo found himselffree from marking from afree kick only to see a tameheader go wide past thepost.

Lynx were sparked into ac-

tion upfront when Badr wasallowed to push forwarddown the right flank. Theyoung Egyptian was one ofthe few starlets in the Lynxline-up pressing and chasingfor every ball and running atthe defence to the touch line.His efforts were however, togo without any real supportas his runs culminated withhis crosses either cleared orpicked up by the keeper ashe took command of hisarea.

Manchester then had achance at goal whenMacedo kicked long intoLynx’s area and saw Tonch-eff get the better of Lynx’sdefence. As Robba came outto clear the ball fell on aLynx defenders arm for callsfor a penalty which were ig-nored by the referee.

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shot into the inner side of thepost. Macedo diving to clearof his line and grabbing theball before it went for a cor-ner.

As Lynx absorbed the pres-sure Duran cut a pass in hisown half and passed to sub-stitute Hernandez whosesweeping run into Lynx’sarea caught their defencenapping. Hernandez cut theball back to the flank toDuran who swept a lowcross in for Toncheff to drivelow into the back of the neton 75 minutes.

Lynx, now 1-0 down and withtheir chances fading pressedforward, pushing Manches-ter back. With all but oneplayer holding back Man-chester put a tight grip onthe match giving Lynx noreal opportunity to have ashot on target.

Lynx, fearing Toncheff’sthreat up front kept three de-

fenders back limiting theirnumbers in attack.

As the minutes ticked thetensions begun to grow. Thecrowd on some occasionsjeering at the officials whenseveral incidents took placewhich saw little from the offi-cials in bringing out anycards. A factor whichseemed to affect most RockCup last sixteen roundmatches.

As frustrations grew thematch turned into a frenzywith some ugly scenes. Inone incident players fromManchester and Lynx had tobe pulled apart after one ofthe Lynx’s players seemedto have hit a Manchester de-fender in the face. Minuteslater a Manchester playerwent to ground injured, threeLynx players crowded himand started pulling on hisshirt trying to get him up, thisled to pushing and shoving,and players having to be

split apart from each other.The melee was further ag-gravated when a Lynx tech-nical staff who was on thebench entered the field andstarted to pull on the injuredplayer and ended up in aconfrontation with playersand coaching staff by thetouchline.

Surprisingly no players werebooked for the incident withonly the Manchester coachand the techincal staff mem-ber of Lynx instructed toleave pitch-side. As both leftthe referee blew for the finalwhistle leaving Lynx out ofthe cup.

Lynx were left licking theirwounds, now with little toplay other than prestige.

With Lincoln running awaywith the league, Lynx’s onlyother hope, the cup, had justdissapeared.


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Football Rock Cup

MonsCalpelosttheirsparkleafterjust

thirty minutes paving theway for Lions to go homeknowing that their place inthe Rock Cup quarterfinals was secure.

Both Lions and MonsCalpe provided a freshstart to the first 15 minutesof this second round RockCup match. Unlikeprevious matches before

this one, both teams weredetermined to score early.Lions having severalchances going wide in thefirst minutes. However itwas Mons Calpe whoprovided the first shock asa cross from the left flankslipped through the handsof Polish keeperSzipilczynski for Jimenezto push the ball over theline for the first goal.

Lions whose season hasbeen a pick and mix of allsorts hit back immediatelywith the ball saved to thecrossbar within minutes.

Some ten minutes afterscoring Mons Calpe letthrough Martin who onreceiving the ball in frontof goal controlled andslammed it to the back ofthe net from just a fewyards from the right post.

As Lions continued toattack Mons Calpe tried totake advantage of theopen spaces from bothteams taking an attackingposture. Lions then sawJayce Olivero, recentlyhaving returned from trialswith Leicester City, whichwere stopped short due to

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commitments in Gibraltar,found himself at the wrongend of a yellow card after aharsh tackle as the matchintensified.

The calibre between bothteams was soon to showas second division MonsCalpe begun to feel thepace. Lions superioritysoon showed as Ginesstruck for the third, withMartin following with thefourth as he punishedMons Calpe dearly fortrying the play the ball outof their area. Somethingthey had consistentlydone, only to find

themselves losing the ball.In this case the ball wasstolen at the edge of thebox and Gines struckhome.

The first half finished withJayce, already bookedtrying make amends butseeing his well struck ballfrom the left just go overthe bar.

With the score at 4-1 thesecond half was more of aformality. The match sawsome intense play for afew periods of the secondhalf, but was generally afar gone conclusion which

saw Lions hold ontopossession and not reallyput in as much energy intoadding to the score line,but holding possessioninstead.

Lions demonstrated theirsuperiority by dictating thepace and strangling anyhopes of recovery MonsCalpe had.

The match ended withMons Calpe losing 4-1, ascore line which verymuch highlighted thewidening gap between thesecond and first division.


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Football Rock Cup

Leo versus College 1975was supposed to be a fargone conclusion.

Top three of the seconddivision clashed againstvery bottom of the seconddivision College 1975 inwhat was supposed to bethe “far gone conclusion”that never happened.

Leo dominated play fromthe start pressing high upfront and allowing littleoptions to College whohave only won one gamethe whole season. Collegehad reached the last 16because of a bye.

The match was a dreary

affair in a cold wetValentine’s Day Sundayevening. College werehard to break in the firsthalf reducing Leo’s attackson goal to a handful ofshots. It was not until the24th minute that Ceballorun through into the areafrom deep from his half tosee his cross drivenstraight at the keeper forthe clearest chance in thefirst half. College were onthe back foot with Leorunning at them, yet evenplaying on the back oftheir heels as theydefended from deep, theywere able to keep thescore at 0-0 in the firsthalf.

Leo were finding a route togoal via the flanks butCollege’s defenseabsorbed the pressure.Leo found it hard to breakthe deadlock in a matchthey were the clearfavourites but just couldn’tfind that finishing touch.

Leo found themselvestrying to play deep ballsinto the area which werebeing cleared by College’sdefence. The dubioushandling of the ball by theCollege keeper was alsonot being taken advantageof with Leo forwards notgoing for the reboundsand bounces to the

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frustration of their coachwho watched in surprisefrom the touchline. Leo players begun toargue among themselvesas they entered the lastquarter still deadlocked.

College 1975 who had onlyhad two chances at goalduring the second half justneeded one attack to goalto send the tie to asurprising finale. A miss-kick by the defence withsix minutes to go saw theball crossed into thenumber seven who wasnext to the near post. Allhe needed was a touch inpast the keeper to break

the deadlock for the one-nil.

Leo’s coach was fumingas he kicked out at thewater bottles by thetouchline and punched theair in anger at his teamlack of finishing, and theircapitulation at the handsof College 1975.

Leo the clear favouriteshad six minutes to find theback of the net. Leo’swoes continued to the endeven with two Collegedefenders tripping overeach other by the penaltyspot Leo’s forwards couldnot find the net strikingthe ball hard over the bar.

The clear favorites goingout in a whimper against aside whose fortunes mightnot last long as they facethe likely prospect ofplaying first divisionclubs.

Like all cup ties surprisescan happen and in thiscase College 1975 was toextend their cup run intothe quarter finals againstall the odds. Last in thesecond division, missingkey players, bombardedup front and struggling toget a shot in, College 1975had still come out thewinners against a lucklessLeo.


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Youth Football

Lynx under 17 met with Europa Under 17in what was a match which showed thedepth of strength within the Europayoungster side as they took the lead fromthe very first minute.

Lynx, who are no push overs, werestunned by the early goal which saw adefensive error let through Europa's for-ward on goal unchallenged for the 1-0.

Lynx tried to push forward running downthe flanks and trying to get the equaliseronly to be met by a strong defensivecombination by Europa who combined tocover gaps left by colleagues as they

tried to close Lynx down.

Running from deep Europa's Under 17put a string of good passes which sawthem soon take the lead further and adda further goal to their tally. A third goalsealed Lynx's fate close to the end of thefirst half.

The second half saw much of the same,with Lynx, although 3-0 still battling forpossession and trying to make in roadspast Europa's defence.

A further two goals from Europa sawthem take the match 5-0.

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GFA optimistic about FIFAPresidency changesWith the new FIFA President to be elected inZurich on the 26th February 2016 the GibraltarFootball Association has highlighted its optimismabout the future.

In a press media report featured on their websitea spokesman said "As yet, the Gibraltar FA isnot a member of FIFA and therefore will nothave a vote at the Extraordinary Congress beingheld to elect the new President.

"One of the candidates in that election is Mr.Gianni Infantino, the current General Secretaryof UEFA. The GFA has enjoyed an excellentrelationship with Mr. Infantino over the past threeyears and has been able to witness, at firsthand, his diligence and efficiency in his role aswell as his passion for football.

"The Gibraltar FA is confident that Giannirepresents the change that FIFA so desperatelyneeds and wishes him every success in theforthcoming election."

Cricket Clean UpThis Saturday cricket enthusiasts and membersof the cricket association will be heading toEuropa to start the clean up process to movethings towards preparing for the start of the newseason.An Umpires and Scorers course is also runningon Mondays at 8pm in Conference Room 2,Tercentenary Hall, Victoria Stadium.

Europa Basketball Academy toplay in Comarcal League Europa Basketball Academy Under 14's will thisFriday play first official "comarcal" league matchin Spain against Club Deportivo Montera LosBarrios. Tip off at 18:00 in Puente Mayorga.

First round of VolleyballcompleteThe first round of the Women's League hasbeen played, with one more round to go. Teams

will still have to play 5 more matches eachbefore a winner is decided.Mountrose International leads the table with 13points and 6 set difference, with Magic 8ssecond with 11 points followed by Agones SFCwith 10 points.St Michaels Cabin and Westside Seniors areequal in points with St Michaels cabin with abetter set difference whilst Westside Juniors fallbehind at the bottom of the table for now.

Tierney gets silver in first BJJGibraltar martial arts expert Lee Tierneyobtained a silver medal in his first CompetitiveBJJ fights in the Andalusian Championship.More on this in next week's CoreSportGib issue.

Shotokan Karate gets ready forNationals in MarchGibraltar Shotokan Karate Club is preparing forthe for the SEKU Nationals in March. This weekthey had a visit from the Sensei as part of theirpreparations

Isola Blue Stars Under 14 stillunbeatenThe Isola Blue Stars Under 14 basketball teamcontinued their unbeaten run winning 64-16against Bayside.

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