Weymouth Wales celebrating their win of the 2017 Digicel Premier League after beating Rendezvous 1-0 on Sunday night.
IT might have taken them four years to make their way to the top, but Weymouth Wales intend to ride the wave after winning the Barbados Football Association’s 2017 Digicel Premier League.
Ending the 2016 season on a high after copping the Champions Cup title, Wales are looking to put their names to everything this year after starting by closing down their top flight campaign on Sunday night.
After putting matters to rest with a 1-0 win at the Wildey Astro Turf, Wales Head Coach David Ward said that it felt good to take the title with the team on both sides of the pitch.
“It’s the first title with them as Coach. I won it with them too as a player way back and it feels nice to come back, give my worth and see the commitment of the players. They were well committed, they went to instructions – it was beautiful. The thrill is good.”
After putting in impressive performances throughout the competition, Wales were able to pull away from the Barbados Defence Force Sports Programme, who threatened to take the title all season. Still with a game to play, Wales have been able to amass 40 points from 12 wins and four draws. The Carrington Village-based team only conceded one loss against Clayton’s Kola Tonic and when asked about the highs and lows of the season, Ward said that despite the loss, he knew they would come out on top.
“We never had any fears. We know that sometimes one player has a bad game and sometimes the team has a bad game. We came through that bad game against Notre Dame but we came back together, we pulled together and we worked hard,” he said.
Calling every member of his team a billion-dollar player, Ward said that the plan was to use the current energy to regain the Stag Beer Champions Cup title and win all remaining competitions this year. Noting that this was his first time in the post at Wales, Ward said that the team was never nervous and that their hard work paid off as his formula of fitness and motivation blended well with what he had to work with.
“I was approached, I accepted gracefully and I came and put in my work. And the players accepted me as family, because we are a family,” Ward said. (MP)