Harbour View Football Club will host the second annual Peter Cargill Memorial Games at the Compound on Monday, April 16, 2007. In the 6pm three way curtain-raiser, Harbour View Masters oppose Pelicans and Waterhouse Masters team, and in the feature game at 8:00 pm a strong former Jamaica Nationals Select Team tackle a Camperdown High School Invitational Team.
The games are held annually to commemorate the death of former National player and National coach, Peter “Jair” Cargill. Coach Cargill died on April 16, 2005 in a tragic auto accident while he was the coach of the Waterhouse Football Club.
Peter Cargill enjoyed a distinguished football career at the national and international level, and was the tough tackling central midfielder for the Reggae Boyz in Jamaica’s historic appearance at the World Cup Finals in France 1998. Cargill was a member of the legendary Camperdown triple-champion schoolboy team of 1982 that captured the coveted Manning Cup, Walker Cup, and Oliver Shield. He played for Mountain View in the Minor (Under 16) League, Harbour View FC and Swallowfield in the National League before traveling to play international professional football in Isreal for three Clubs over seven years. Peter returned home to play again for Harbour View when he was invited to join Rene Simoes’s Reggae Boyz in 1997. “Jair” also represented Pelicans Masters in the Kingston and St.
Andrew Masters football league. Peter Cargill was the Jamaica Assistant Coach from 2000-2004, and was also the Head Coach of the Jamaica U-23 Olympic team. Locally, Cargill led Harbour View FC to the National Premier League 2000 title, the Jackie Bell KO crown, and the NPL second End-of-Round Final in 2000/2001. He won the 2001 Knockout Jamaica National Federation Cup Championship.
Among the players games are:
Harbour View Masters – Owen “Busta” Kirkland, Richard Coke, Michael McIntosh, John Massey, Ian McNaughton, Anthony “Teedo” Tomlinson, and Peter Prendergast.
Pelicans Masters – Andrew Reid, Max Straw, Robert Bryan, Arnold “Dullo” McDonald, Peter Hibbert, and David Henry.
Jamaica Nationals Howard “Juicy” Bell, Linval Dixon, Theodore “Tappa” Whitmore, Desmond Smith, Lenworth “Teacher” Hyde, Clive Wedderburn, Donovan “DV” Hayles, and Warren Barrett.
Camperdown High Barrington “Cobra” Gaynor, Andrew “Bowa” Hines, Andrew Williams, Dominique “Dom Dom” Spaulding, Richard “Duck” Green, Nyron Prawl, Michael Clarke, Chris Bender, and Carlton Williams.
While admission to the 2007 Cargill games is free, donations will be solicited for the Peter Cargill family.
Peter Cargill is survived by his wife, Avril, and two children, Danique and David.
Special “Thank You” to participating Sponsors Wray and Nephew, Pepsi and Ting.