Tigers face East champs in InterCol final today

In a rematch of the 2010 Big-Five final, which St Augustine won on penalty kicks, the current champions St Anthony’s College will be hoping to join South Zone’s Naparima College as the most successful team in the National InterCol competition, with six wins. St Anthony’s won the competition five times, as compared to St Augustine which won it twice.
 
Many will hope, however, that the match between the best of the North and the East will not end in the same fashion as the two semifinal matches from which both teams emerged only on penalty kicks.
 
Two days ago, zonal league and InterCol winners St Anthony escaped a near blunder when it ended South Zone’s Shiva Boys fairytale run, only on penalty kicks after both teams ended regulation time in the semifinal level 1-1.

Shiva scored in the final minute prompting penalty kicks, which, to the relief of St Anthony’s College, was very well handled by shot-stopper Javon Sample, who pulled off two world-class saves.
 
In the opening last-four match which was contested a week ago, St Augustine also dropped national InterCol debutants Chaguanas North on spot kicks when the two teams ended full time locked at 2-2. St Augustine rallied from a goal down twice to take the match to spot kicks.
 
Fresh off the semifinal win, coach of St Anthony’s College, Nigel Grosvenor, expressed hope that the delayed final would once again result in the national title for the Westmoorings-based school.

In the 43 years of its existence, St Anthony’s College won the title on five occasions, tied with San Fernando Technical Institute and Signal Hill Secondary.
 
When asked how the prospect of becoming joint record holder of National InterCol titles in the country, Grosvenor, who has been at the helm since 1983, said he was unaware of the potential achievement.

“Well, I’m now learning this...I’ll have to let the boys know to give them some more incentive,” said a chuckling Grosvenor.