Roen Nelson - winston sill

port of spain, trinidad (cmc)

Jamaican Roen Nelson scored a hat-trick to lead local Pro League club Joe Public into the semi-finals of the Caribbean Football Union Club Champion-ship on Sunday night.

There was also further success for Jamaica on the night as 2005 champions Harbour View beat counterparts Portmore United 2-0 in a match at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, to also book their place in the final four.

Joe Public were in great form, scoring a comfortable 4-0 shut-out of Antigua and BarbudaÕs Bassa SC at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya on Sunday night.

Joe Public, champions in 1998, was joined by fellow local club San Juan Jabloteh, who beat Haitian club Baltimore 1-0 in their semi-final.

American A-League club, Puerto Rico Islanders also booked their semi-final spot when they ran out 7-1 victors over SV Leo Victor of Suriname.

After enjoying the better of the exchanges with little luck in front of goal, Nelson opened the scoring for Joe Public in the 25th minute and five minutes later added a second for a 2-0 cushion.

Any hopes the Antiguan and Barbudan club had of getting back into the match quickly faded in the second-half when Nelson made it 3-0 in the 51st minute.

T&T midfielder Kerry Baptiste continued his goal-streak when he added a fourth in the 75th minute to be the lone player to score in every match so far in the competition.

Harbour View's win was fuelled by goals from Fabian Taylor scored in the 33rd minute and Kavin Bryan scored in the 81st.

In tomorrowÕs semi-final at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, San Juan Jabloteh will clash with Harbour View in the opening match at 4:00 p.m. local time, while Joe Public take on the Puerto Rico Islanders in the second encounter at 6:00 p.m.