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Twenty-two member TCI Sharks at Int’l Football Tournament in SKN
#TurksandCaicos, August 5, 2023 – On Tuesday, the SWA Sharks FC for the second year in a row, travelled to St Kitts and Nevis to participate in the CONCACAF Caribbean Shield the international tournament designed for small nation Caribbean Island League Champions.
SWA Sharks FC, the Turks and Caicos Island’s longest running club had its first appearance in a 7-a-side competition in 1996 held at Club Med (at the time the only grass field in Providenciales). 
The club was officially established as a TCIFA team in 1998 and has participated in every “Provo Premier League” (PPL) season ever since.
Fast forward to 2019… Under the guidance of former TCIFA president Chris Bryan as manager, the SWA Sharks FC became a consistently winning team which has since won every subsequent league championship.
After winning the 2021-22 PPL season the Sharks became the very first TCI club team to be invited to an international tournament; the CONCACAF Caribbean Shield, held in Puerto Rico. Here, the Club received plaudits with their structured possession-based football and resilient displays against semi-professional teams from all over the Caribbean. They represented the TCI well, their efforts culminating in two narrow 1-0 defeats against the champions of Guadeloupe and Curacao and a 3-1 win against Real Rincon of Bonaire.
On 1st Aug 2023 the SWA Sharks FC, after winning the 2022-23 PPL season once again are heading to the CONCACAF Caribbean Shield this time to be held in St Kitts and Nevis (photo of team just before departing PLS shown here )
The CONCACAF Caribbean Shield is a small nations gateway competition ultimately leading to the CONCACAF Champions Cup which involves professional teams from all other countries of the Federation including such
Manager Chris Bryan says “the team is stronger than ever and is fired up and ready to give it everything they have”. Bryan is confident they will improve on their performance of last year with a good chance of making it to the finals of the competition.
“Taking our 22 strong contingent to St Kitts for the week long competition” says Bryan “is a significantly expensive endeavor and we want to thank SWA Architects for standing by and supporting us throughout as well as Carlisle Supplies for additional significant financial support making this trip a reality, our team will not disappoint!”
The team’s success and subsequent elevation to a Club team competing regionally is a huge achievement for an amateur team from the tiny TCI and one we should all be proud of.
The team’s first group game was on 3rd August at 2:15 pm against SV Dakota (Champions of Aruba). They play Club Sando (Trinidad and Tobago) on Aug 5th and Solidarite Scolarie (Guadaloupe) on Aug 7th. If they win the group they will advance to the Semi Finals on August 11th.