Barbican continued their remarkable dominance of women’s football when they defeated Waterhouse 4-2 to win their eighth consecutive Sherwin Williams league title at the Stadium East field yesterday.

National player Kenesha ‘Twinnie’ Reid gave Barbican a perfect start, scoring in the 11th minute, and they never looked back. Two beautiful goals by Tasheka Small in the 45th and 52nd minutes put the game out of Waterhouse’s reach, before Latoya Duhaney put the icing on the cake in the 61st minute with another long-range effort.

The outstanding Jessica Johnson scored twice for Waterhouse in the 68th minute and the first minute of second-half stoppage time to bring some respectability to the scoreline.

Barbican, who also defeated Waterhouse 4-1 last week for the ColourScape Knockout crown, were winning their 11th league title.

Barbican’s Head Coach Charlie Edwards said this victory was particularly sweet because Waterhouse have been talking up a storm this season in their bid to end Barbican’s string of success.

“This is a significant victory for us. At the start of season there was a lot of obstacles and we managed to overcome them,” said Edwards.

“Another thing is that Waterhouse kept chatting, chatting how much they had a ‘name brand’ team this year, and I remember the first game when they (Waterhouse) were leading 2-1 they were saying all good things must come to an end. We rallied and we won and they have been the fuel for us; and it is so nice to beat them,” said Edwards, soaked from head to toe with champagne.

“If you buy a ‘name brand’ and the tag says ‘made in China’, it’s not a ‘name brand’,” Edwards noted.

Meanwhile Waterhouse’s coach, Xavier Gilbert, was disappointed in his team’s performance as he said they failed to play to the game plan in their attempt to break Barbican’s dominance.

“I thought we had the personnel to do it, (but) I just thought we weren’t as efficient as we should have been. Our plan was to bypass the midfield; we are not in any physical condition to compete with them. Our strength is up top to get it to our front runners, and we just didn’t do that in the first half,” Gilbert pointed out.

“A lot of credit must be given to Barbican for the way they have managed to defend their title so often. Unfortunately we are not as fortunate as them to be training on a consistent basis, and that played a part as well. We had three training sessions in three months. I didn’t want to use this because we were successful still,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Ian Forbes of Sherwin Williams said they were pleased with their 14th year of sponsorship.

“We are very pleased with how the season has progressed. We are hopeful that we will be here as long as the resources permit,” said Forbes after handing over the winners’ trophy.