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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>MARTHA BRAE, Trelawny - William Knibb Memorial High's preparation for the remainder of the daCosta Cup Zone A fixtures and the Inter-Zone has been thrown into disarray, the Observer has learnt.
It is understood that a change of mind by the acting principal, Roland Powell, to accept a student in upper sixth form has not gone down well with the team which is refusing to train.
A source close to the team told the Observer yesterday that Dane Johnson, who had been transferred from Cornwall College last year and attended lower sixth form at the Trelawny school, was told there was only space for 15 students in upper sixth form and there was no space for him.
Johnson, who plays both cricket and football for the school and played in the first game of the season, a loss to Maldon High, has not played since.
The daCosta Cup team, which leads Zone A with 16 points and has qualified for the Inter-Zone round, and the Under-16 team have come to the support of the 17-year-old Johnson, who also represents the senior Trelawny parish cricket team.
William Knibb, who were finalists in the daCosta Cup in the 2003 season, will end the preliminary round on Saturday when they play away to Cornwall College in Montego Bay.
Meanwhile, efforts to contact Powell have proved futile. On the Observer's first telephone call to the school, a female staff member said Powell was in a meeting and would not be able to take the call.
A second telephone call just before 5:00 pm, the same female staff member asked if the acting principal had not returned the call. She said the message had been passed to him, but he had gone on a "late lunch" and was expected to return soon.
<SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>Paul Reid
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>MARTHA BRAE, Trelawny - William Knibb Memorial High's preparation for the remainder of the daCosta Cup Zone A fixtures and the Inter-Zone has been thrown into disarray, the Observer has learnt.
It is understood that a change of mind by the acting principal, Roland Powell, to accept a student in upper sixth form has not gone down well with the team which is refusing to train.
A source close to the team told the Observer yesterday that Dane Johnson, who had been transferred from Cornwall College last year and attended lower sixth form at the Trelawny school, was told there was only space for 15 students in upper sixth form and there was no space for him.
Johnson, who plays both cricket and football for the school and played in the first game of the season, a loss to Maldon High, has not played since.
The daCosta Cup team, which leads Zone A with 16 points and has qualified for the Inter-Zone round, and the Under-16 team have come to the support of the 17-year-old Johnson, who also represents the senior Trelawny parish cricket team.
William Knibb, who were finalists in the daCosta Cup in the 2003 season, will end the preliminary round on Saturday when they play away to Cornwall College in Montego Bay.
Meanwhile, efforts to contact Powell have proved futile. On the Observer's first telephone call to the school, a female staff member said Powell was in a meeting and would not be able to take the call.
A second telephone call just before 5:00 pm, the same female staff member asked if the acting principal had not returned the call. She said the message had been passed to him, but he had gone on a "late lunch" and was expected to return soon.
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