Ricardo Makyn Calabar's coach Bradley Stewart.

Ludlow Bernard, coach of Wolmer's.

Ian Allen St George's top scorer, Amoy Brown.

Robert Bailey, Star Writer

St George's College and Haile Selassie will square-off today as action resumes in the second round of the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/LIME 0Manning Cup competition.

The match, which is set to kick off at the Constant Spring Sports Complex at 1p.m. is the second game of a double-header, Wolmer's Boys and Calabar will clash in the feature encounter starting at 3 p.m.

The Georgians will enter today's contest oozing confidence, after thrashing Godfrey Stewart 5-1 on Saturday to reach the quarterfinals of the LIME Super Cup Knockout competition.

knockout competition next month

The Neville 'Bertis' Bell-coached St George's, who have been playing extremely well in all competitions this season, are also down to contest the final of the Walker Cup knockout competition against Jamaica College next month.

Haile Selassie, who are the surprise team in the competition this season, secured their spot in the second round after finishing runners-up in Group D, with 19 points behind Camperdown (26).

The Heroes Circle-based Wolmer's who have been in good form this season, booked their place in the second round after finishing atop Group E with 22 points.

They should also feel confident about themselves entering today's game, after a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over St James in the LIME Super Cup on Saturday.

Wolmer's, who possess one of the most powerful attacking line-ups in the competition, are led by strikers Jaheel Hydel and Khori Bennett, which saw then scoring 26 goals, while conceding one in preliminary round play. However, they will face a very strong Calabar defensive unit.

"It is important that we get off the mark and come away with three points," said Ludlow Bernard coach of Wolmer's.

"We are aware of the threat the Calabar possess because they are a team on a mission and so we have to do what it takes to ensure that we stay in this competition," he said.

Bennett is Wolmer's topscorer this season with 10 goals.

Ludlow"s opposite number Bradley Stewart, whose team finished second in Group F with 22 points, have been inactive for the past two-weeks. Stewart said his team have benefited a lot from the long layoff and so they are looking forward to today's encounter.

"We feel that we stand a good chance of doing well against Wolmer's," said Stewart. In addition to that, them getting to the LIME Cup and playing an additional might work against them," he added.

"We coming into this game begin able to rest and get back those people that were a bit on the injured side. We think we have a very good chance against Wolmer's and so we are going work assiduously to win the game."