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BFA to decide Blazers' fate

Dwight Warren who was presented with the Sports Minister’s award for football in 2003

Bermuda Football Association (BFA) executives will decide tomorrow whether or not to impose sanctions against Premier Division side Boulevard after the bulk of their players failed to attend the post FA Cup ceremony at the National Sports Centre last month.

Apart from team stalwarts Dwight Warren and Jahmah Samuels, Blazers players and team officials refused to attend the prize presentation to collect their medals from Sports Minister Randy Horton after losing to First Division Devonshire Colts in extra-time.

It was a decision that could now land the Pembroke club in hot water when BFA executives convene tomorrow night during the association’s monthly meeting to discuss, among other matters, what they likely consider was an unsportsmanlike gesture.

Meanwhile, it has been learned that Blazers ‘keeper Nathan Darrell, who had to be restrained by team-mates after approaching referee Lyndon Raynor during last month’s final at the NSC, has already been dealt with by the governing body.

The BFA, however, have yet to release the findings of the player’s disciplinary hearing.

It was learned last week that Darrell’s team-mate, Shaki Crockwell, had an additional three-game suspension imposed on him for head-butting opposing captain Joseph Butterfield during the final which saw four players sent off.

Earlier this year the BFA slapped Boulevard playmaker Melchisedec Gibbons with a one-year ban for spitting on referee Anthony Francis during December’s Dudley Eve semi-final against Somerset Trojans at Somerset Cricket Club.

The influential midfielder will not be eligible to suit up for Blazers until January, 2008.