Defending champions Scotiabank Group defeated Bank Of Jamaica 5-2 to cop their fifth straight Inter Bank Football title in the final of the 2012 JNBS/Western Sports-sponsored Norman Goodison Inter-Bank Football Competition at Winchester Park last Sunday.

BOJ took the lead in the eighth minute, when Desean Meeks received a ball from Akeem Themstead and his shot to goal went straight through the hands of goalkeeper Damion Crooks.

Scotiabank Group were prevented from scoring by good defending from Roy Williams, Ewan Thomas, Christopher Walker and also, excellent goal keeping from Joseph Sardath, who prevented Jamoy Sibblies, Anthony Greenland, Richard West, Stefan Bartley and Donovan Hibbert from scoring on numerous occasions.

Scotiabank got the equaliser on the stroke of half time, when a BOJ attack broke down and Sibblies received a defence splitting pass from West, before shooting past Sardath to increase his tally for the season to 14 goals.

Scotiabank got the equaliser on the stroke of half time, when a BOJ attack broke down and Sibblies received a defence splitting pass from West, before shooting past Sardath to increase his tally for the season to 14 goals.

Coach Neville ‘Bertis’ Bell’s half time talk seems to have worked, as on the resumption Scotiabank Group went 2-1 up in the 47th minute, when Hibbert volleyed home with the help of a deflection.

West made it 3-1 in the 73rd minute when he beat two defenders to score, and BOJ reduced the deficit in the 83rd minute when a counter attack resulted Andre Campbell scoring.

Scotiabank Group responded immediately, as straight from the kick off West made another defence splitting pass to Anthony Greenland, who stopped it in the path of Sibblies, and his subline volley flew into the back of the net to the disappointment of the BOJ supporters.