The Blackpool Sports Club from Mt Lambert will stage its 34th annual Old Boys Football match in memory of one of its founders Cecil “Rajay” Joseph Sunday at 4 pm at the Aranguez Savannah.
The match will be played on the adjacent Strollers ground as the Blackpool ground was scorched by a bush fire recently.
The match has become a fixture in the Blackpool calendar, as it, has not only led to the honouring of a few icons who made contributions in both sports and culture but provides an event their members look forward to.
This year, the club will honour Anton Corneal, the T&T Football Association's technical director who is also a current FIFA senior Instructor, for his development of football in the region.
Corneal, the son of another football icon Alvin Corneal who represented the country with credit in both football and cricket, was one of three legends to be honoured. The others are Dr Pelham Goddard who has made a name for himself for his contribution to steel band and music, Harridath "Jackhead" Singh, for his contribution to the success of local clubs Klondykes and Let’s Laff, and Ruthven Rouse, for services to Angelics and Petit Bourg Old Boys teams.
The day's activities will feature a three-team round-robin tournament featuring Moosai’s Sports, to be led by former West Indies mystery spinner Harold Joseph, Soft Drinks and Blackpool.
Former national players Alvin Corneal, Everald “Gally “Cummings, Bobby Sookram, Ron LaForest and Ellis Sadaphal, retired Brigadier Carl Alfonso and ace pannist Dr Ray Holman will be in attendance.
Meanwhile, the club also sends condolences to the family of former icon, Olympic medallist Kent Bernard who passed away recently, saying Bernard was a former stalwart member of Petit Bourg Old Boys and the Petit Bourg Community who never missed these games since 1991.