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Tropical Sports Club
(NON - PROFIT ORGANIZATION)

1943 South Hairston Road, Stone Mountain, GA 30088
Contact: tropical1943@yahoo.com

(NON - PROFIT ORGANIZATION)
1943 South Hairston Avenue, Stone Mountain, GA

LLOYD CAMPBELL (FORMER CLUB SECRETARY)
(PASSED AWAY- MARCH, 1999)

Lloyd "Lloydy" Campbell, fondly considered "Mr. Tropical", is a permanent fixture for Tropical. No event, ranging from games, parties and tours is complete without Lloydy .

Lloydy was born in the parish of St. Ann but grew up in St.Catherine and Kingston. He migrated to the United States 26 years ago. He is the proud father,of two girls and a boy.

He attended St. George's College and later obtained a bachelors degree in Liberal Arts. He is presently employed as an Engineer at AT & T in Atlanta.

Mr. Tropical is an ardent sports' fan and follows cricket, soccer and horse racing. He played for St. George's in cricket and soccer. He is still the only player in high school history in Jamaica to get an Hat-Trick in a soccer game then get dropped from the team for the next game. He also captained Melbourne Cricket Club in the minor league.

Lloydy has been the secretary of Tropical Sports Club since 1993.

Lloyd's philosophy: "When I can respect you as an individual despite difference's, then I have learned to live.

Article Written by: Edgar Benjamin (October 15, 2005)

Record Shattering Season For T.S.C. Batsmen
Both William Cole and Patrick Harris have had Tropical Sports Club's statisticians rewriting the record books
due to their onslaught on bowlers this season. Both have either broken or tied club and league records and are still on pace to shatter more.

When Harris made I05 against Sliver SpringsShores he passed Robin Swans three centuriesfor most centuries by a T.S.C. batsman. He now has a total of four. On August 30th.William Cole surpassed the clubs highest individual score of 128 not out previously held by Robin Swan with a punishing 152 not out against Silver Springs Shores of Central Florida back in July. Cole is also tied With Swan for the most centuries scored in a season, with three, a club record. For Tropical this has been a Phenomenally productive year with the bat. Not since 1989 when the club recorded five centuries, Swan three Allen one and Simms one has there been so many centuries made for this season. Cole three and Harris two have chalked up a total of five to tie the club mark.With twenty more games scheduled before the U.S Cricket trial brake, several more records should fall. Coincidence Cole and Harris are not the only batsmen performing well and anyone in the squad could explode for another century.

The quest for runs this year, seems to have been motivated by the performance of one Tony Smart; who had a Jack rabbit start to this season scoring heavily in the early games and looking like he would run away with the club’s batting title. This had batsmen hovering close to the skipper eager for a chance to go into action. One injured left arm spinner (who shall remain nameless- (Mello)) even imported a new pair of batting gloves, bat and pads to bolster chances of getting a knock.

Aug.1995: Written by: by Elliott Thompson

Cole slams 152 not out Harris 74 as TSCwins

JuIy 29,1995 By:Edgar Benjamin

It was a harsh bitter lesson for the visiting Caribbean Social Club of Silver Springs of Florida. School got in session at BudettePark and professors William Cole, Patrick Harris and Glen Atkins gave stern admonishments. Silver Springs whimpered to the corner, promised to obey and Tropical Sports Club romped. It was a blistering beautiful and exquisite array of strokes that graced the grounds at

Burdette Park as Cole gave one of his finest and one of the clubs finest knock with a glorious 152 not out. He was well supported by

Tropical's potent Patrick Harris with a glorious 74 and the very reliable opener Patrick Charles with 27. Tropical took first strike with CharIes

and CoIe opening the class. The lesson began and they pushed the score to 63 before Charles went for a well played 27. Harris joined Cole

and what a display of batting by both men. One visiting player commented that Silver Spring came in underrating Tropical. When the thermo-

nuclear bomb of strokes exploded, the fallacy was quietly dispelled. Cole slammed his third century of the season, tying Harris for the club’s

lead. Their partnership yielded 173 in Tropical’s massive score of 275 for 2.

Silver Springs, opened their reply by facing Atkins from the southern end and Waine Grey from the north. Grey was a little off target early but

the barrage from Atkins cannon hit flush. The while flag went up ear1y and commander Junior Williams called off his troops.Atkins barrage

included some nasty deliveries, one a vicious bouncer that sent in their number one batsman retired hurt. The predecessors got week kneed

and skipper Williams took compassion and slowed his bowlers. Their reply was 64 and a long ride back to Florida.

Atkins was 2 for 4, Grey 2 for 36 and spinner John Slocombe 2 for 3.