Jason Christian excels against Baptist Christian School to triumphant win

Jason Christian

Friday, November 21, 2003

Three clinical strikes in the space of five minutes by Jason Christian spurred George Town to an emphatic 7-0 triumph over First Baptist Christian School, when the inter-primary football competition continued at the Annex last Tuesday.

Christian, who came on as substitute in the first half, made his mark on the game after George Town had taken a 3-0 lead into the break.

Two minutes after resumption, Christian took out a couple of defenders and squeezed the ball past the goalkeeper.

Two minutes later, a sliding effort pushed the ball across the goal line and, three minutes after that, Christian was again celebrating with his ecstatic teammates having completed an amazing hat-trick against a team that, despite the blow-out, remained competitive throughout.

Christian was playing his first match of the season and may not have had an opportunity to play had the George Town captain Reco Brown and right winger David Holness been available. Even in their absence he failed to make the starting line up, but the gutsy youngster utilised his opportunity effectively to lead his side to victory.

George Town had a stroke of luck after 10 minutes when Baptist conceded an own goal. Four minutes later Daniel Grant scored his first of two to put George Town up by two and acting captain Robert Thompson, who played brilliantly in midfield, added a third before half time.

Grant scored his second after Christian's three goal blitz to complete the 7-0 score line. Sweeper Santangelo Bush, left-back Dale Parker and midfielder Eric Helvestor also played superbly.

George Town has now won all four matches to date and leads the standings with 12 points. Baptist has four points from one win, two losses and a draw. West Bay, with nine points from three matches is the only other team with a perfect record.

In the game preceding the dramatic A League match, Baptist ended George Town's lengthy unbeaten run with a surprise 1-0 victory. Baptist scored against the run of play in the eighth minute, making full use of the only real scoring opportunity they had.

It was an outstanding result for Baptist against a team that was unbeaten for two consecutive tournaments and in the first three matches this season. It was the first win for Baptist this year, following one loss and two draws.

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