By Morissa Lindsay
Graydon Sealy (formerly Garrison Secondary School) are the newly crowned champions of the 2022 Bragging Rights Football Old Scholars tournament as they comfortably registered a 3-0 victory over St. George Secondary this past Sunday at the Barbados Lumber Company ground.
Arantees Lawrence won the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) as well as player of the final and deservingly so as the former student of the Garrison School, renamed Graydon Sealy some years ago, did what he does best and scored goals.
A former senior national striker, Lawrence accounted for a total of seven goals including one in the final along with Ryan Smith and Wesley Alleyne as they outplayed the Lions who were forced to settle for second best on the night.
Lawrence told Barbados TODAY it was a great feeling leading his side to victory and said he could not have done it without the help of his teammates and the management team. What made it even more special, Lawrence explained, was that Graydon Sealy played undefeated throughout the tournament.
“I believe coming third in 2019 was a bittersweet feeling and the guys came out to work harder to achieve our goal which is to win the tournament. Big thanks to all the players and management,” Lawrence said.
“On winning the MVP trophy, it felt awesome to win the award in my first Bragging Rights Old Scholars tournament. Without the players around me I would not have won the award so a big thanks goes out to team Garrison and all of the supporters that came out,” he added.
Arantees Lawrence won the tournament MVP and Player of the Final in the 2022 Bragging Rights Football Old Scholars competition.
Lawrence who has had a good career at the club and national level rolled back the years with his former school and national teammate Jonathan Straker (defender) with their exceptional playing ability which was the case with many of the other Old Scholars that competed for their respective alma maters.
The Bragging Rights Football Old Scholars tournament continues to be an annual success and this year was no different. However, it was certainly the Lawrence show as he scored at crucial stages of the competition for Graydon Sealy especially in the quarter finals, semifinals and the finals and leading them to victory.
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