Bermudians Jesse Seymour, Dominique Williams, Khimo Harrison and Tahj Bell were all members of the double-winning South Kent School (SKS) Varsity soccer team that recently won the New England championships to go along with the Ray Brown Cup.

The four Islanders combined to help their school win the league and cup, which is awarded to the best team in Western New England during the regular season.

Bell was the starting goalkeeper while Seymour and Harrison were starting defenders, and Williams a key reserve for the team that registered a 17-2-1 record.

Seniors Harrison and Seymour will be moving on to college next year while Bell and Williams will return for their senior and junior years, respectively.

Seymour, named to an All-New England selection, was also a member of South Kent's first ever New England Championship two years ago as a sophomore.

Harrison and Seymour also won the Connecticut State Cup last Spring with their club team, Samba TTP, coached by Owen Finberg.

Finberg hailed his Bermudian players, acknowledging that everyone on the team "provided the love and willingness to learn more about the game, which makes it easier to coach".

"The season as a whole was a great success," said Finberg. "The two games we lost were games that we had the better of play and should have won, despite playing without our captain who was out with hernia surgery.

"The boys from Bermuda did very well. Tahj Bell was solid in goal in his first year with the squad – he had 12 shut-outs and a .60 goals against average. Khimo has steadily improved and was our most dependable defender throughout the season, starting all 20 matches.

"Jesse was a tri-captain and was great after returning from a broken foot. At one point he had 12 goals in 12 games playing in the midfield instead of his usual left back position. Dominique was a key reserve and showed a lot of improvement and potential for his junior and senior years.

"The four of them bring a nice element to the squad and it's nice because they have an understanding of each other, the older three all playing with the Under-20 team this summer.

"We also have players from Brazil, Guatemala, Jamaica, Korea, Haiti and South Africa as well as many Americans, so they are just one part of the international make-up of the squad."

The fourth-seeded SKS Cardinals defeated fifth-seed Berkshire School 1-1 (5-3 on penalty kicks) in the quarter-finals, beat number one-seed Winchendon School 2-0 in the semi-final, and outplayed second seeds, Rivers School, 3-1 in the final.

The Cardinals also captured the Class 'B' New England Preparatory School Soccer Association (NEPSSA) Championship in their first year playing at the Class 'B' level.

It was South Kent's second New England Championship in the last three years with a 3-1 victory over Rivers School from Weston, Massachusetts at the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut.

South Kent completed a historic double by winning the Ray Brown Cup as Class 'B' Western New England Regular Season Champions and the Class 'B' New England Championship.

The Cardinals had won the regular season titles each of the last three years and the school's first ever New England Championship in soccer in 2006, playing in Class 'C'.

Their 17-2-1 record was the best in the school's history.

Finberg recently visited the Island to organise a soccer camp, which attracted a good turn-out. While putting the players through their paces, he also had chance to scout the best talent.

"The clinic went well for me with over 80 kids showing up," he said.

"I am looking for the best student-athletes on the Island to continue the long, proud tradition of helping develop the best of Bermuda's young footballers.

"I'm hopeful to have a few boys join Tahj and Dominique on next year's squad."