Some magnificent goals were scored at the Clyde Best Centre of Excellence on Friday night when FC Bascome Blue defeated Warwick Football Academy 5-0 to win the eighth edition of the Gregory Grimes Under-13 Memorial Cup.

Dash Bailey opened the scoring for Bascome with a brilliant long-range strike 15 minutes into the match, with Cairo Burgess extending the lead on the stroke of half-time with another exquisite goal.

Five minutes after the break, substitute Mackay Browne made it 3-0 when he scored from the edge of the box, with Sami Luber, the Bascome MVP, adding the fourth with a dipping shot.

Deari Trott rounded off the scoring with a rebound after Warwick took time to clear the ball from a corner kick.

Bascome coach Tyrell Burgess attributed his team’s success to the great effort put in by his players.

“The boys worked hard and they reaped the benefits,” the victorious coach said.

“We never expected to win, but all the hard work from training everyday paid off. We had a set game plan, it was all about not being selfish and playing as a team.

“We just want the boys to continue to develop as the season progresses without putting them under any pressure.”

Richard Todd, the Warwick coach, for whom Ja'Zhari Ingham was chosen as MVP, praised his players for going all the way to the final.

“It’s an early-season tournament and we wanted to figure out how competitive we were within the division,” Todd said.

“We’re pleased that we made it to the final, but we knew that Bascome are a very good team. We knew we were going to be in a real fight, so I was proud of the boys for not dropping their heads and they kept going.

“They were beaten by a very good team but it’s going to help us continue to improve throughout the course of the season.

“We haven’t seen everyone in this division as yet since it’s early into the season, but to make it to the final is an accomplishment. It just gives the players something a little bit more to work towards.

“We just want to work towards building the team as a unit, and help them as individual players. For a lot of them it’s the first time playing 11 v 11 football, so it’s just a matter of understanding the roles and the concepts in the team.”

The Memorial Cup is played in honour of Gregory Grimes, who enforced the rules as both a police officer and a football referee before he died at the age of 55 in 2016. At the prize presentation, the ex-Bermuda Football Association vice-president’s family was represented by his sister Barbara Smith, and his niece Kimberly Grimes.