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Update 2005 - THE VAL
TURTON-CARL OSBORNE FOUNDATION
Naps Looking for Hat-Trick
- Express Oct. 14, 2004
Naps retain
Turton/Osborne trophy - Express Sept. 4, 2003
Aug 27, 2003 Newsday
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Sept 3, 2003 Newsday
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Pompey and Sutherland pocket $5,000
Turton-Osborne bursaries
The Turton
Osborne Project - Friday October 11, 2002
BREAKING
NEWS
Photos
2006 Winning Teams
UPDATE
SEPT. 30TH, 2007
THE
VAL TURTON-CARL OSBORNE FOUNDATION
Founders:
Theo Coqueran, Irwin Frank, Victor Hayes, Ken Davis, Fred
Thornhill
Patron:
Her Excellency Dr. Jean Ramjohn Richards
First
Lady of the
Republic
of
Trinidad
and Tobago
The
Val Turton-Carl Osborne Foundation was founded by Theo
Coqueran, Irwin Frank, Victor Hayes, Ken Davis, Fred
Thornhill in the year 2001.
The key person in the initiation of the Foundation
was Irwin Frank. Since
then, the Foundation has made tremendous strides.
A
new fundraising event:
In
addition to the yearly intercollegiate football match, the
Foundation held the first annual Val Turton-Carl Osborne
golf tournament in May 2007.
This was hosted by Petrotrin Oil Company at the
Pointe a
Pierre
golf club. The success of
this event can be attributed to the leadership of two
stalwarts of the Foundation, Guy Ottley and Fred Thornhill.
Ron Ameerali was also of pivotal assistance in
launch of this initial tournament.
Her Excellency, Dr Jean Ramjohn Richards was
present to distribute the prizes at the end of the game.
It should be noted that Her Excellency is a
graduate from
Naparima
College
and
has been very gracious to accept the role of patron to
this Foundation.
Trust
fund increasing:
Financially,
we have more than $100,000.
in the bank as attested in the audited financial
statements of the Foundation dated
January
5th, 2007
and signed by Naiyada Henry, ACCA.
Increase
in the number of beneficiaries:
Over
the past 5 years, the Foundation has now awarded over
$65,000. in bursaries to 13 students.
The first recipients were male students from
Presentation and Naparima colleges.
This past year, the Foundation decided to include a
female graduating student, Tamar Watson, from
Pleasantville Senior Comprehensive in its beneficiaries.
Other recipients for 2006 were Renato Ramlochan of
Naparima
College
and
Dario Hector of
Presentation
College
.
All three students received $5000 to further their
education.
Keeping
friends of the Foundation informed:
The
Web site that was set up a few years ago is being
continually updated and has proven a good way to inform
our friends and supporters of our work.
Ken
Davis,
President
e-mail:
kennic@sympatico.ca
telephone:
613 675-4414
www.turton-osbornefoundation.com
DONATIONS
ARE ENCOURAGED. WE
RELY ON THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF
ALL THE FRIENDS OF THE FOUNDATION.
MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO:
The
Val Turton/Carl Osborne Fund
Mail
to :
Guy
Ottley
13
MacKintosh Street
Cocoyea,
San Fernando
Trinidad
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Financial Statement 2006
This is the most recent update of
the Turton-Osborne Foundation financial statement for
2006 as done by Naiyada Henry ACCA, January 5th, 2007
Review
2006
A number of significant things took
place in 2006.
It was our 5th anniversary of the Foundation’s existence. Every one
would be pleased to know that we have over $100,000 in
investments and cash in the bank. In addition we have
given out over $65,000 to students of Presentation and
Naparima.
A young lady Tamar Watson a
graduate from Pleasantville Senior Comprehensive was the
first female to benefit from the Foundation’s efforts
to encourage our footballers to seek tertiary education.
She received $5000 at the awards ceremony at
President’s House this past summer.
Another first for the Foundation
was holding an open general meeting in February at
Naparima
College
to give the public an account of our stewardship and
outline the vision of the Foundation.
Finally the major fund raiser was
initiated by the executive which is a Turton/Osborne
Golf Tournament hosted by Petrotrin which will take
place on Sunday May 6th, at Petrotrin Golf Club,
Point-A-Pierre.
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OLD
NEWS
Update May
3, 2005
The 4th
annual Val Turton/Carl Osborne Foundation Football Match
is schedualed for 2:00 P.M., Saturday, October 22, 2005
at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium. It will feature the
Intercol Match between Naparima College and Presentation
College.
Update 2005
THE VAL TURTON-CARL OSBORNE FOUNDATION
Founders: Theo Coqucran, Irvin Frank. Victor Haves. Ken Davis. Fred
Thornhill
Patron: Her Excellency Dr. Jean Ramjohn-Richards First
Lady of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
1. On October 16th 2004, The Third Annual Special Intercol Double Header Football Match
was held at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in San Fernando. It was a resounding success.
Naparima College won the Val Turton-Carl Osborne trophy for the third consecutive year.
2. The 3rd recipients of the $5,000. dollars bursary for 2004 have not yet been selected
because the schools are awaiting for the results of the students' academic achievements. It
is important to note that we have already awarded $20,000. dollars to students of both
Presentation and Naparima Colleges. Ancil Farrier of Naparima College received $5,000.
for the year 2003 and Davon Jones of Presentation received a similar amount. Lyndon
Pompey of Naparima College received $5,000 dollars and Shay Sutherland of Presentation
College also received $5,000. for the 2002 scholarship year. Once the bursaries are
awarded this year, we would have paid out $30,000. since the project's inception in 2002.
3. We have been recently honoured to have her excellency Dr. Jean Ramjohn-Richards, First Lady
of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago agree to be the patron for our foundation.
4. We are in the process of establishing a Web site. This will enable our supporters around
the world to surf and be updated with the recent activities of the Foundation.
5. At present, we have $50,000 TT invested with Unit Trust in Trinidad and Tobago
6. Many of you have generously contributed through the London England group, headed by
Terry Crawford, and leading in its level of support. However, we continue to rely on
individual and corporate assistance to sustain the educational activities of the Foundation
and we strongly urge you to contribute again this year. Investing in our country's
youth is always a sound investment.
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Send your cheques directly to:
The Val Turton/Carl Osborne Fund
Scotiabank, 49 High Street
San Fernando, Trinidad
West Indies
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Or mail your cheques to:
Guy Ottley
13 MacKintosh Street,
Cocoyea, San Fernando
Trinidad, West Indies |
Contributors will be acknowledged in the game's
brochure. Thank you for your support.
Ken Davis, President, Val Turton/Carl Osborne Foundation Phone: 1-613-675-4414
253, Front Rd, L'Orignal, Ontario, Canada KOB 1KO E-mail: kennic@sympatico.ca
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Naps Looking for Hat-Trick
by Mervyn Stewart from Express Oct. 14, 2004
"Naps" won
the first Turton-Osborne Memorial clash in 2002 and
followed it up with a 4-0 shutout of "Pres"
last year. And come saturday, they will be looking to
register the first three-peat.
Naparima College will be looking to make it a
hat-trick of victories when they face Presentation
College in the 3rd annual Turton-Osborne Memorial at
Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella on Saturday.
"Naps" won the first Turton-Osborne
Memorial clash in 2002 and followed it up with a 4-0
shutout of "Pres" last year. And come saturday,
they will be looking to register the first three-peat.
The idea to host an annual match in memory of two of
San Fernando's outstanding footballers was born in 2000
and the then committee, later to be known as the Turton-Osborne
Foundation, agreed on Val Turton, former national player
and Presentation College great, and Carl Osborne, the
creative and outstanding Naparima College centre half.
Osborne created history in 1953 when he became the
first Naparima College captain to lead his team to
victory over "Pres" in an InterCol game.
Twenty years later (1973) he had the distinction of
guiding "Naps" to their first National
InterCol Championship as a coach.
He repeated the feat in 1976 and later went on to
also coach Presntation College to InterCol glory.
Turton, on the other hand, was the last of five
brothers, who all represented Presentation College.
Nicknamed "Pinhead Duffy" by one of his
sisters because of his petite frame, Val had a much more
difficult time of making Presentation's team than his
other brothers, but when he finally did, in 1952, he
played with great distinction.
He helped Presentation maintain their hold on the JO
Cotridge Cup to keep alive a tradition that Presentation
College never lost an InterCol to Naparima as long as
there was a Turton on the team.
In light of the outstanding achievements of these two
southern "sons of the soil", the Foundation
decided to honour their contributions with an annual
football clash between the two colleges.
The foundation also agreed that in addition to the
annual memorila game, they would promote the following
three key goals.
1. The awarding of a $5000 bursary each year to a
deserving student from each college to further his
educational aspirations,
2. Providing financial support for the football
programmes of both Naparima amd Presentation College,
and,
3. Encouraging the development of female football in
the southern region.
With regards to the development of female football, a
match featuring two teams from schools in the southern
region was added to the programmme thus creating an
exciting double-header.
This year's female game will see Fyzabad Composite
coming up against Moruga Composite with the winners
collecting the Dr. Jean Ramjohn-Richards Challenge
Trophy, which was donated by the First Lady.
The Foundation has already awarded $20,000 over the
past two years with 2002 awardees, Shay Sutherland of
Presentation and Lyndon Pompey of Naparima. each
receiving $5000 to help further their education at a
university of their choice.
The 2003 awardees were Ancil Farrier and Davon Jones
of Naparima and Presentation, respectively.
Farrier has already been accepted at the University
of West Connecticut, USA on a football scholarship.
Saturday's double-header is scheduled to kick off at
2 P.M. with the Fyzabad/Moruga female match-up to be
followed by the feature game some two hours later.
And Presentation, who usually dominated matches
between the old rivals, during the playing days of
Turton and Osborne, will be seeking to restore some
pride by denying Naparima an historic hat-tricks of
wins.
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Naps retain
Turton/Osborne trophy
by Mervyn Stewart from Express Sept. 4, 2003
Naparima College sounded an ominous warning to all comers for the 2003 Secondary Schools Football league season when they scored two goals on either side of the half time to beat Presentation College 4-0 at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, on Tuesday to retain the Turton/Osborne trophy.
Prime Minister, Patrick Manning took the first kick to get the ball rolling and twenty four minutes into the game, Naparima who was having the better of the exchanges, opened the scoring when striker Ateba Forbe, capitalised on a defensive blunder to easily chip an advancing Mark Placide in goal for Presentation.
Ten minutes later (34th) "Naps" went further ahead as keeper Placide failed to cleanly collect a feeble left-footed shot from Adisa Connel, which eluded his grasp and rolled over the goal-line.
This lapse in judgement by Placide meant that Naparima now held a comfortable advantage which they took with them into the locker-room at the half time interval.
Fourteen minutes after the resumption (59th), "Naps" made it 3-0 when midfielder Kezi Lara delivered a pinpoint pass down the left flank to Forbe who squared it back for Ancil Farrier to drive home from close range.
The goal of the match however. came in the 70th minute through "Man of the Match" Lara. who picked up the ball in midfield, danced his way past a defender and blasted a 25-metre rocket that gave Placide absolutely no chance as it sizzled past him and settled in back of the net.
"Pres" had a few good chances early on but their finishing let them down tremendously and after the first half, they never looked like getting on the scoresheet.
Naparima were winning the trophy for the second year in succession as they also whipped "Pres" in last year inaugural staging of the contest.
This annual contest was conceptualised by the Turton?Osborne Foundation as a means of honouring Carl Osborne, a former outstanding centre forward of Nparima, and Valentine Turton, a Presentation College and national player.
The Turton/Osborne Project serves to mesh academics with football, as coming out of the game bursaries amounting to $10,000 will be awarded to meritous students; one from "Naps" and "Pres" apiece. They have also thrown their support behind girls' football in high schools.
At the end of the game, Naparima were adjudged winners of the best rhythm section, while Lara picked up $400 for his Man-of-the-Match efforts.
Dennis Turton, one of Val's brothers and Noreen Osborne, wife of Carl, handed out the trophy to winning captain Lyndel Pompey.
The ladies match-up between Point Fortin Senior Comprehensive and Moruga Composite failed to come off as scheduled.
TEAMS:
Naparima: Lyndel Pompey, Dezi Lara, Cerron Millette, Kevin De Verteiul, Brenton De Leon, Kezi Lara, Renato Ramlochan, Adisa Connell, Javed Mohammed, Ancil Farrier, and Ateba Forde. Reserves: Lyndon Pompey, Andrew Bailey, Kern Robinson, Kern Peters, Deverne Wallace, Andre Jeffers, and Kester Figaro.
Presentation: Mark Placid, Corey Hutcheon, Davon Jones, Clint Legall, Keevan Lewis, Macquis Daniel, James Braxton, Keron Clarke, Dario Hector, Robert Als, and Kennah Browne. Reserves: Joel Richardson, Leonardo Joseph, Robert Boyd, Keron Alleyne, Kyle Gray, and Kennedy Lewis.
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Aug 27, 2003 Newsday
Major of San Fernando Ian Atherly, left and Ken Davis, President of the Val Turton/Carl Osborne Foundation at the launch of the seond annual football match between Naparima College and Presentation(San Fernando).
The match will be played at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella on September 2 from 2pm. Photo by Daveanand Persad
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Sept 3, 2003 Newsday
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Patrick Manning officially opened a football competition yesterday at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. In the photo Fred Thornhill, Public Relations Officer of the Val Turton/Carl Osborne Foundation, chats with PM Manning, centre and his wife Hazel, who is Minister of Education. Photo by Nicholas Ramjass
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Pompey and Sutherland pocket $5,000
Turton-Osborn bursaries
Southern schoolboy footballers Lyndon Pompey and Shay Sutherland on Friday received $5,000 bursaries each from the Turton-Osborne Foundation.
The ceremony was held at the San Fernando City Corporation, under the patronage of Mayor Gerard Ferrerio.
The students from Naparima boys and Presentation College (San Fernando) were awarded bursaries as part of the foundation’s drive to assist young footballers in
their academic development.
The Foundation was formed over one year ago in honour of Presentation College’s Val Turton and Naparima College’s Carl Osborne, both of whom were footballers
at the respective schools in the early 60’s
Presentation college principal Simon Rostant said the initiative taken by the Turton-Osborne Foundation was a great effort to recognise excellence in the students.
He said he appreciated the effort to pay attention to the good things the students are doing.
Mayor Ferreria said he too was pleased by the effort the Foundation is making in building the community and young sportsmen.
On September 2, at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, the Foundation will be hosting a football match between Naparima Boys and Presentation College, in honour of Turton and Osborne.
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The
Turton/Osborne Project
Friday October 11, 2002
by Alwyn de Coteau
Sando football
greats remembered
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The
memory of two of San Fernando football greats took
the form of a project when it was launched
recently at the San Fernando City Hall before a
large gathering.
This
project was initiated by a group of Dan
Fernandians who played football at Skinner Park,
San Fernando during the last decade.
They have embarked on this project to honour the
memory of Val Turton and Carl Osborne, for the
contribution they made to football in TnT in
general, and South Trinidad in particular.
Most of the members of the project committee
attended either Naparima |
College, or
Presentation College, San Fernando.
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Val
Turton was the last child of the Turton family, a
prominent San Fernando sporting family whose
members have distinguished themselves at the
national level in sports, primarily athletics
and football.
He
represented Presentation College, San Fernando,
SAFA South Trinidad, Maple and the national
football team.
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Carl
Osborne was originally from Forest Reserve, but
moved to San Fernando.
He represented Naparima College, Angels Sport
Club, Forest Reserve, Juniors, and SAFA.
Osborne was the first Naparima captain to lead his
team to an intercol victory over Presentation
College.
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After his playing days were over, he became a successful
coach, taking first, Naparima, and later Presentation,
to intercol championships.
To honour the memory of Turton and Osborne, the
committee will be re-introducing an annual intercol
clash between Naparima and Presentation Colleges.
Irwin Frank, Theo Coqueran, Victor Hayes, and Ken Davis,
who are from San Fernando but now reside in Canada, have
donated the trophy which will be called the Val Turton/Carl
Osborne, Memorial Trophy.
The committee intend to award a bursary annually to one
player from each school.
They are grateful to Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust
Corporation for its support of the bursaries.
According to Adrian Chandler, the recipients of the
awards must exhibit good football skills combined with
high academic achievement.
He told the TnT Mirror that a committee was set up
comprising the likes of Ken Davis, Edmond Turton, Roy
Regis, Roy Jagroopsingh and Leslie Hoyte, who will
decide on the winners of the awards.
Chandler pointed out that the winners of this award will
be announced later this year.
He said their plans have been discussed with the wives
of the two former players, the principals and sport
masters of the two colleges, Naparima Old Boys’
Association, Presentation Alumni, the Mayor of San
Fernando, the Secondary Schools Football League and
Junior Sports Club.
They have all given their support of the project.
Chandler said his committee is in the process of
establishing the Turton/Osborne Foundation, which will
assume responsibility for the event.
He stressed that the Foundation will organize the
matches and raise the funds necessary to continue
awarding the bursaries.
He said the Foundation will also raise funds to support
the sports programme of the two schools.
Representatives from the executive of the Naparima Old
Boys Association, Presentation Alumni, and Junior Sports
Club will administer the Foundation.
Some of the people in the project include – from TnT:
Adrian Chandler, Roy Regis, Dennis Turton, and Guy
Ottley.
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