On Saturday 25 July, the Under 20s National Football Team played a friendly game, with a team from Lyme Bay, (the British Naval Support Ship), at the Raymond E. G. Guishard Technical Center. The young team won the game with flying colours with a score of 7 – 0. The scorers were: Keany Richardson – 2; Germain Hughes – 1; Jaheel Herbert – 1; Ricardo Petty – 1; Tyres Burke – 1 and Shakeem Lewis – 1.
The Anguilla Squad comprised the following persons: Germain Hughes – Captain of Team; Jaheel Herbert; Daniel Smith; Keany Richardson; Shakeem Lewis; Tyres Burke; Ricardo Petty; Ruvin Richardson; Carlique Gumbs; Jordan Deans; Jurvone Duncan; Jordon Lewis; Alrique Rogers; Saleem Romney; Tré Gumbs; Yariel Fleming; Nathaniel Gumbs; Calvin McKenzie; Demari Prince; Te’Marcus Hawley; Sherling Fleming; Alexander Nathaniel and D’Vontrelle Proctor. There were some members of the squad who were not present for various reasons, for example Jonathan Guishard, Tyrique Lake and Travis Smith who could not play because of an injury.
Coach Richard Orlowski commented: “Both teams played in a very friendly atmosphere. I am pleased to have given 23 players the opportunity to play this game. Now I have an idea of their qualities and the areas that they need improvement in before the next friendly game. As everyone knows, practice makes perfect and the best practice is to play the game. I’m satisfied with the players’ performance. Thanks to the team from Lyme Bay for their visit and thanks to the Football Association for making it happen.”- Contributed
