Barbican sends loud warning about title defence in Sherwin Williams Womens League

Six times defending champions Barbican FC sent a loud warning to the rest of the teams in the Sherwin Williams Women’s Football league, that they were serious about defending their title, when they hammered newcomers Rangers FC of St. Mary 10-0 at the St. Mary Sports Complex as the 2014 season got underway on Saturday.

The champions has a comfortable stroll as former Portmore Strikers captain Rochelle Bryan opened the scoring before another former “Strikers” player Tashana Vincent hit the back of the net on two occasions in the first half to put them 3-0 up in quick time. Vincent finished with four goals while Shanique Dennis was not to be out-done, hitting a hat-trick in the season opener. Tashika Smalls bagged a brace to complete the scorers for the black and gold clad unit.

Waterhouse FC whipped the returning Portmore Strikers 5-0 at the Duhaney Park playfield in an unexpected one-sided encounter. Waterhouse had five different scorers as they ran riot over the former champions. Portmore missed the competition last season but much more was expected of the former champions.

In the other game in the round Arnett Gardens clipped Trelawny Women’s 1-0 at the Elleston Wakeland Centre to secure three massive points in their first match of the season. Group A is expected to be keenly contested with at least five of the teams in the zone seen as genuine contenders for a place in the semi-finals.