Published 12 October 2024
St Kitts, Basseterre,
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NEWTOWN UNITED WIN 2024 ELVIS BROWNE WOMEN’S LEAGUE
Newtown United Women have reclaimed the title of queens of St. Kitts and Nevis
women’s football after they won the Elvis ‘Star’ Brown Women’s league finals recently,
defeating defending champions MFCR Old Road United Lady Jets 3-1. After the match
Coach St. Clair Morris of Newtown, spoke about what it felt like to lead the women back
to the title. “The president of Newtown gave me a task to do and he told me I have to
win this cup to bring back some recognition to Newtown and the community itself and
the club. So we decided to have a plan and so we made sure we got the girls training
and training on a regular basis,” Coach Morris said. “Next season…we’re going to try to
bring in some younger players. As you can see a number of senior players are going to
retire…at least two are going to retire. So what we’re going to do for next season, we’re
going to try to recruit some youngsters and bring them in the team to make the team
stronger,” he added.
At the start of the season, Sherima Blake, one of Newtown’s top scorers, vowed her
team would win the title and reclaim former glory. She was obviously elated with fulfilling
that prediction. “I feel very excited. I’m happy. I’m very happy,” she said, grinning from
ear to ear. “I scored about 13 goals and I’m very proud but I still didn’t get the golden
boot. But yeah, I’m proud of myself still.”
This is the first time in five years that Newtown won the Women’s League title, after
years of dominance in previous seasons. This title adds to the first ever Women’s
League President’s Cup title, which they won earlier this year.
League title at the NBGC Technical Center in St. Peters.
