Floyd Coke

Coach of Rodwood United, Floyd Coke, says winningthe Pines Imaging Centre-sponsored U-17 title was a big morale booster for Waterford High School as the same players will look towards a successful campaign in this year's Manning Cup season.

Rodwood's Coke, who is also the coach of Waterford, last year's beaten finalists in the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup, which they lost by a 3-0 margin to Jamaica College team, will now turn his focus on the Manning Cup title, the bigger picture. "We are happy that we won the Portmore U-17 title for the second time, however, our main focus this year is the Manning Cup," Coke told Star Sports.

"Definitely, this win is a morale booster for us, as we look towards the Manning Cup. We have a lot of talent on our Manning Cup squad, and eight players who didn't feature in the U-17 league will join us, as we get into high gear with our preparations."

While he admits that the preparation for the season are in the early stages, Coke expects a successful one.

"We have not yet cranked it up, so to speak, in terms of our preparations. We are mainly focusing on strength training, however, in the coming weeks we will be running hard and the next five weeks people will see some fit players running hard in the Manning Cup competition."