Almost three years after being touted as the team to represent Barbados at this year's World Youth Netball Championships, a highly unflattering unofficial national team was taken to a jeweler by Spooners Hill in a senior knockout match tonight ( March 27) at the Netball Stadium.
Expecting some type of glitter , hardness and edginess suggested by the name ( Gems), it was obvious that it was the Phoenix ( dormant bird) that turned up to play and not the NATIONAL U-21 TEAM.The team lacks coaching,has limited understanding of what is required at the highest level and are poor decision makers.
Equally disturbing were the combinations used by the much revered ( HAHAHAHHA!!!) coaches as was evidenced when they used one of the more talented defenses( the former Church Village standout) at WD and a less skillful player at GD. Utter Garbage !
Included in the Phoenix Zirconia ( oops Gems ) team are two senior national players. Refusing to start with the national shooter is another example of poor coaching decisions and maybe a sign of discomfort in the player.
Whatever the reason, the two know-it-alls in charge of the team proved beyond a doubt that Scotland 2013 is going to be as funny as Comedy Fest.
At the end of the night, the jeweler declared Spooners Hill the real GEMS - 54 carats to 36.
