Holy Cross - 2010 Challenge Cup champions

Holy Cross defeated Mount Pearl That Pro Look Molson by a score of 3 – 1 on Sunday Sept 5th to win the Provincial Challenge Cup in a game played at Centennial Field in St. Lawrence. Aaron Anstey opened the scoring after 5 minutes and Matt Breen made it 2-0 after 40 minutes. Ian Macleod scored for Mount Pearl 5 minutes into the second half, but Zach Wade replied for Cross a minute later. Jon Hawco of Holy Cross was named most valuable player of the final weekend and recieved the Gerard Quirke Memorial Trophy. Holy Cross now advance to the National Challenge Cup Championship to be played in PEI from Oct. 6 – 11, 2010
Holy Cross earned the right to play in the Championship game when they defeated Mount Pearl by a 1 – 0 score in their game Friday.
Mount Pearl advanced by defeating St Lawrence on penalty kicks after playing to a tie in their game Saturday.
League all stars were named prior to the Championship game.
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The first-ever Challenge Cup match in Clarenville was played on Saturday, July 10. The game between St. Lawrence and Clarenville was a huge success. It was very well organized and we thank Earle Pike and the entire Clarenville Soccer association on a job well done. Furthermore, playing a regular season Challenge Cup soccer contest at a neutral site augers well for the growth and development of the whole of provincial soccer.

St Lawrence won an exciting game 3-2, with Boyd Roul scoring the winner in the 79th minute after the Under 18s had come back from a 2-0 deficit to tie it up.

Thanks to Gord Dunphy for photos

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Sunday Rugged Edge Western United FC won their first game of the season with a 2 – 1 win over CB Auto Strikers FC, just a day after CB Auto Strikers FC picked up their first win.
Feildian/Ernst & Young Orenda remains the only team without a win, with two ties to date. St. Lawrence Labatt Laurentians defeated Feildian/Ernst & Young Orenda by a score of 2 – 1 in their game on Sunday.
On Saturday CB Auto Strikers FC won their first game in Challenge Cup play with a win over Rugged Edge Western United FC by a score of 1 – 0 in a game played in Corner Brook on Saturday. In other games played Saturday both ended in ties with Mount Pearl That Pro Look Molson and St. Lawrence Labbatt Laurentians playing to a 0 – 0 tie and Holy Cross Kirby Group and Feildian/Ernst & Young Orenda playing to a 1 – 1 tie.

Mount Pearl That Pro Look Molson won their opening game of the Challenge Cup season with a 2 – 0 win over CB Auto Strikers FC on Wednesday night under the lights.

CB FC held Mount Pearl scoreless in the first half, but Mount Pearl scored two goals 2 minutes apart in the second half at 61 & 63 minutes by Ian Macleod & Ryan Caines to seal the win.

Both last year’s Challenge Cup finalists got off to strong starts on the opening weekend of Challenge Cup play.
Saturday: In Corner Brook, two goals from Zach Wade and a shut out performance from Grant Abbot in goal led Holy Cross Kirby Group to a 3-0 win. In St. Lawrence, Mike Howlett proved too much for St. John’s U-18’s Capital Hyundai, scoring four times, with John Grant adding two more, as St. Lawrence Labatt Laurentians won 6-1.
Sunday; Holy Cross Kirby Group were 5-1 winners over Rugged Edge Western United FC, Scott Woodfine leading the way with two goals. St. Lawrence Laurentians needs a 90th minute goal from Jonathan Grant to beat St. John’s U-18’s Capital Hyundai 3-2; the Under 18s had led twice.
CB Auto Strikers FC played Feildians/Ernst & Young Orenda to a 2-2 draw in their first ever Challenge Cup match, coming back from a 2-0 deficit in the second half.
Full results

Both the Challenge Cup and Jubilee Trophy start round-robin play this week.
The Molson Challenge Cup kicks off in St. Lawrence at 6 pm, when the home St. Lawrence Labatt Laurentians takes on St. John’s U-18’s Capital Hyundai; an hour later in Corner Brook, last year’s champions Holy Cross Kirby Group play Rugged Edge Western United FC. Three games are on the schedule for Sunday, with repeats of the match ups in St. Lawrence and Corner Brook, plus new boys CB Auto Strikers FC taking on Feildian/Ernst & Young Orenda at King George V at 2 pm.
The Breen’s Jubilee trophy starts on Monday, with all eight teams in action in four games at King George V and Mount Pearl.
Results from all games will be posted on the NLSA web site as soon as possible.

Jubilee full schedule - Challenge Cup full schedule

The final Challenge Cup schedule is now available. The season gets underway the weekend of June 5-6 in three communities- Corner Brook, St. John’s and St. Lawrence – and the regular season winds up with the 78th game on August 29
Full schedule

May 8 – 9: NLSA Molson Indoor Championships – Power Plex
May 14-16: Molson’s Challenge Cup Kick-off Tournament – KGV
May 22-24: Corner Brook Invitational – Corner Brook
August 6-7: Molson’s Masters Play –Downs – Paradise
August 27 – 29: Molson’s Mega Intermediate – Burin Pen.
Sept 3 -5 – Molson Challenge Cup Championships – Burin Pen.
Sept 17 -19 – Molson NLSA Masters Championships – Paradise
Sept 24 -25 – St. John’s Intermediate All-Stars vs. 2010 Challenge Cup Champions
Continue reading ‘2010 Senior Mens tournaments’ »

“Greatly encouraged” is Gordon Dunphy’s reaction to another increase in the number of teams entered in the 2010 provincial Challenge Cup soccer competition. Dunphy is vice-president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association responsible for senior male soccer.
“Last year we had Corner Brook playing well in Challenge Cup as an additional club and it worked out very well,” the St. Lawrence native who resides in St. John’s said. “Now this season we have Conception Bay South as a new entry for another increase and that too speaks well for senior male soccer.”
“Conception Bay South is set to compete against the four pillars of Newfoundland and Labrador men’s soccer; Holy Cross, St. Lawrence, Feildians, and Mount Pearl.”
Continue reading ‘Challenge Cup preview’ »

Newfoundland & Labrador teams had an excellent performance at the BMO Club National Championships, highlighted by the 14 girls 5th place, and both senior teams being close to medals. Continue reading ‘Club Nationals round up’ »