By Nodley Wright, Staff ReporterLAST YEAR'S beaten finalists Hazard United and perennial semi-finalists Harbour View, two of the teams in the final four, paraded their class with resounding victories in the Wray and Nephew National Premier League (NPL) yesterday.
Playing with 10 men for most of the game, Harbour View arrested the development of Rivoli United with a 5-0 whipping. Daniel Shaw and Jomo Gordon each had double strikes while Craig Stewart hit the other.
Hazard defeated Bull Bay 3-0 with Roen Nelson, the competition's leading scorer, still finding it difficult to pull alongside the record holder Oneil McDonald with 26 goals. Anthony Modeste, Kevin Deerr and Andrew Morrison were the goalscorers.
Tivoli Gardens turned their sorry form around playing to a 1-1 draw with Reno at Railway Oval. Sheldon Palmer and goalkeeper Kingsley James scored for Tivoli Gardens and Reno respectively.
At Emmet Park the action between Waterhouse and Seba United was forgettable. Both teams, it appeared, were just going through the motions and at no time did the level of play rise above ordinary.
Despite the poor play, Waterhouse had many opportunities to take the lead against Seba United who turned up with just 12 players. Kevin Lamey continued to show that his goalscoring form is not with him at this time while Roberto Fletcher struck the upright from close range.
Seba United upped their game in the second half while Waterhouse continued to look disinterested.
"The enthusiasm has gone. Some of our more senior players are nursing injuries, and because we have a big occasion in July I we thought it was time to blood some of the younger players," said Seba United coach Edwin Alcock at the end of the game.
Alcock added that the team did fairly well as they have not "been training in an organised kind of way".
For Waterhouse their season ended on Wednesday last when their hopes of a semi-final place ended with a loss to Hazard United. "Ever since the game against Hazard the team has not trained.
"I have turned up for training but I cannot say the same for the players. Obviously they believe that because they cannot reach the semi-finals so they are just honouring the fixtures right now," said a disappointed Calvert Fitzgerald.
A draw he said was a fair result as "both teams were just out their honouring the fixtures".
