Makan Hislop Invited for National Team Trials
Posted on February 23, 2008
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Coaching School standout, Makan Hislop, has been invited with two other Tobagonians (Daniel Cyrus and former Coaching Schooler Keon Daniel) to National team trials.
The trials will climax with a friendly against El Salvador in Trinidad (the game is not on the FIFA Calendar) with the aim of giving newly appointed National Head Coach Francisco Maturana a look at the local talent.
Trinidad and Tobago is now ranked at 98th on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking and 10th in CONCACAF.
Foreign-Based Lads Distressed 4-1 by Coaching School Locals
Posted on January 13, 2008
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St Clair’s Coaching School local-based men’s senior team made light work of their foreign-based counterparts in their annual ‘Local vs. Foreign-based’ match, held at the school’s ground in Mt Pleasant on Saturday 5th January, 2008
The local outfit triumphed 4-1 with a double from Diego Nicholson and one each from Brian Brown and Sheldon Small. College of Charleston’s (Charleston, South Carolina) 2007 top goal-scorer Kareem Yearwood scored the only item in a losing cause.
Among the foreign-based players on show were Anton Peterkin, Kareem Yearwood, Javon Carrington, MaKan Hislop, Darren and Jerome Toby.
St. Clair’s Coaching School’s men’s team, which finished fourth in the Tobago Football Association League last year will commence preparations for the 2008 season soon after Carnival.
Pan Trinbago Honours Coach St. Clair
Posted on December 18, 2007
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Coach Bertille St. Clair was one of four Tobagonians honoured by Pan Trinbago for their outstanding contribution to the steelband movement last week Saturday evening (December 8th) at the Starlift Pan Theatre on Mucurapo Extension Road, St. James, Trinidad.
The four Tobagonians honoured were Pan Trinbago’s president Patrick Arnold, for being the longest serving president of the steelband body, he has served 11 years so far; Bertille St. Clair, the former national football coach for his 50 years in the steelband movement; Marie Toby, the first female to lead a conventional steelband, leading Bethel’s RBTT Redemption Sound Setters for ten years on the trot; and the late Eric Charles who was awarded posthumously. He was the former head of the Tobago Steelband Organisation and leader of Black Rock’s Katzenjammers, Tobago’s oldest steelband.
The honouring of the awardees was the highlight of the Anthony Williams Award ceremony and President’s Ball. The new Minister of State in the Culture Ministry (Donna Cox) brought greetings from her Ministry and also witnessed the honouring of former Culture Minister Joan Yuille-Williams.
Anthony Williams, the leader, pan tuner and music arranger for the former Pan Am North Stars was the toast of the evening for his outstanding contribution to the development of the steel pan instrument.
Tobago’s icon Bertille St. Clair was dapperly dressed for the occasion and he recounted his time in the steelband movement this way. “I started to play pan when I was still at school. In those days the steelpan was not as recognised or respected as it is today, so I used to hide and runaway from my home in Friendsfield to the Our Boys pan yard on Fort Street.” When Patrick Arnold, the then founder and leader of Our Boys left Tobago in the early 1960s to spread the pan culture in North America, it was St. Clair who took up the mantle of leadership of Our Boys into a well-disciplined outfit. Smoking was not allowed in the pan tent and band members had to be well dressed at practice sessions in the event of any impromptu engagements.
Under his leadership, Our Boys won a number of Panorama titles. St. Clair noted that “the sweetest of all our Panorama victories was in 1974″. St. Clair recalled what happened back then, “we played a Sparrow calypso in the preliminaries of the competition and made it to the finals, but with four days to go in the competition we heard Shadow’s ‘Bassman’ and decided to change our song and go to the finals. We practiced the song for the four days, spending long hours in the pan tent and won the competition that year”.
St. Clair who is more known for his prowess as a football (soccer) coach also served as the President of the Tobago Steelband Organisation. During his tenure as the steelband president St. Clair led a steelband boycott on carnival day to demand better payment for steelbands. He also recalled how he initiated a cultural festival on Emancipation Day (August 1). “We had a steelband queen competition and calypso and steelband contests,” he added.
Source: The Tobago News
Tobago House of Assembly Awards Bertille St. Clair
Posted on June 15, 2007
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Chief Secretary Orville London (of the Tobago House of Assembly) presented coach Bertille St.Clair with a $.3 million cheque (Trinidad and Tobago currency) on Monday 11th June.
A media release said the presentation was made in recognition of Coach St.Clair’s invaluable contribution to the development of Tobago’s youth and football at the local, national, and international levels for more than forty years.
Coach St.Clair, who served as Trinidad and Tobago’s National Coach on various occasions, thanked the Chief Secretary for the monetary award and pledged his continued support to the development of youth on the island.
Coach St.Clair is expected to be away on duty in the United States of America during the summer months coaching kids on the fundamentals of the game.
Source: The Tobago News
Diego Secures Coaching School’s First Home Victory
Posted on June 6, 2007
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Diego Nicholson’s dashing near post header in the 75th minute secured St. Clair Coaching School 2-nil victory over Bethel United. Nicholson was crowned the man of the match by the coach Bertille St. Clair for displays of skillful attacking play throughout the game. His hard work paid dividends in the 75th, to stamp Coaching School’s authority on home soil.
Bethel conceded an own-goal in the 5th minute from a deflection in the penalty area following a firm left sided cross. However, they mounted a resolute counter and placed Coaching School’s defense on guard with a series of attacking football. Bethel earned a penalty early in the 2nd half, but excellent goalkeeping by Nicholas Roberts affirmed that Coaching School was still in the game.
Coaching School regained momentum in the final minutes with consecutive attacks on Bethel goalkeeper; national team standout Makan Hislop, fired a powerful 30-yard grass-cutter, which proved to be quite a challenge for the Bethel custodian.
The second leg is scheduled for the 8th June at Bethel.
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