Legendary footballer Richard Davy to be honored by the Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida

Former Jamaican soccer player and football legend Richard Davy will be honored at the True Blue Weekend hosted by the Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida (JCOBAFL) in Sunset Lakes, Miramar, Florida, on March 24th and 25th, 2023

Davy was born in Jamaica in 1953 and attended both Wolmer’s High School and Jamaica College (JC), and was a member of the Wolmer’s team that won the 1971 Manning Cup

He will be in attendance at a special invitational match between Jamaica College and Wolmer’s High School to be played in his honor during the weekend’s SoccerFest

In 1967, Richard led the Jamaica College Colts Under-14 team to the Corporate Area championship game and won a Manning Cup Championship at Jamaica College in 1968 before transferring to Wolmer’s Boys High School game record of six goals, the single-season record of 23 goals, and the career record of 48 goals He left high school having won the high school championships at two different schools just four seasons apart

Richard Davy was awarded a scholarship to Howard University where he led his team in assists and was the second-best scorer between 1972 and 1975 During his time at Howard, the university team played in the National SemiFinals three times, played a Championship game twice and winning in 1974, and won fourth place in 1975 He was named to the AllAmerican All-South first team in 1975 when he retired During this period, many of Davy’s teams were undefeated, and he was the lead scorer in the league for most of the years

Richard Davy was inducted into the Howard University Hall Of Fame in 2014

The 2023 True Blue Weekend will be the first held since the COVID-19 pandemic It will be the 16th annual True Blue Weekend, an event that credits its longevity to the strong support of the community

The True Blue weekend is an expansion of the annual Ziadie Cup soccer match between The St George’s College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc and The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida, Inc The annual match is in memory of Dennis Ziadie, who coached both schools to Manning Cup victories

The True Blue Weekend is expected to draw over 1000 spectators and supporters The True Blue 2023 weekend dates, events & locations are as follows:

The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida was established in 2004 It is committed to upholding the traditions of excellence of Jamaica College as one of the foremost educational institutions in the country of Jamaica while supporting the school in the development of its students

“Every game brings new possibilities We’re in a very good space mentally and we ’ re happy with our preparation,” Andre Coley told reporters on Monday

“And we ’ re really just looking at making sure we’re ready for this game The conditions, we’ll obviously have to work that out and work out what is the best approach, but we ’ ve been taking it on a match-bymatch basis

“We’re in a good space, we ’ ve had good plans and everybody is just looking forward to playing this second ODI with the possibilities that are in front of us ”

He added: “There are always going to be areas that you can point [to] for improvement but we ’ re just looking for a new start – a fresh start – and to be better all-round ”

While praising West Indies’ 335 for eight in East London, Coley urged his batsmen to build on their starts Only Shai Hope, in his first game as captain, carried on with an unbeaten 128 – his 14th ODI hundred

Rovman Powell (46), former captain Nicholas Pooran (39), and openers Kyle Mayers (36) and Brandon King (30) all got starts but failed to carry on

“Obviously it was satisfying, firstly getting a total of 300-plus obviously on the back of Shai’s hundred batting through the innings,” Coley pointed out

“Obviously we had significant partnerships [but] it would still have been good to see more batters go on from the starts but [there were] very encouraging signs nonetheless ”

In pursuit of their highest-ever target against West Indies, South Africa got away quickly to be 184 for two at the halfway stage of the innings, before fast bowler Alzarri Joseph and left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein hauled their side back into the contest with three-wicket hauls

But leg-spinner Yannic Cariah went at nine runs per over and fast bowler Odean Smith, eight runs per over, and Andre Coley said the team would be striving for an improved bowling effort overall

Also in 1971, he led the Wolmer’s team to win the Manning Cup, Walker Cup, and Olivier Shield, making the school only the second in history to accomplish this feat By the end of his high school football career, Davy set the single-

Davy was drafted by the Connecticut Yankees of the American Soccer League (ASL) after leaving Howard University and played in various professional and semi-professional leagues, including the Jamaica “Nats” based in Washington DC, through the season of 1987