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Mayor’s Cup football competition opens Sunday at GFC

Apr 01, 2010 Sports

After enduring several false starts the annual Mayor’s Cup football extravaganza is definitely slated to get underway this Sunday, April 4 with two attractive fixtures. Conqueror’s FC will play New Amsterdam United in the first match while in the feature match Camptown FC tackle Bakewell Buxton FC. The action gets underway at 18:00hrs and 20:00hrs respectively at the GFC Ground, Bourda.
The action continues on Wednesday April 7 when Riddim opposes Grove HiTech in the first match followed by Pele FC up against Seawall. On Thursday April 8 GDF plays BV Triumph while Alpha comes up against Victoria Kings. Uitvlugt then opposes Santos in the first match of a double header that features Western Tigers against Den Amstel on Saturday April 10. Thereafter, the fixture would be arranged based on the respective winners.
The tournament concludes on Sunday April 25 when the championship match as well as the third place playoff.
Organizer of the tournament, Lennox Arthur disclosed that much thought and planning has gone into the tournament with the ultimate goal of creating excitement in the tournament.
Meanwhile, Arthur wishes to extend heartfelt gratitude to the members of the corporate community that have acquiesced to his requests for support.
Among those that came in for high praise in this department are Roshan Khan, DDL, Banks DIH, Digicel, Guyana Beverage Company Ltd, Giftland Office Max, Macorp, Courtney Benn and Nazar Mohammed of Mohammed’s Enterprise.
Two prizes for the Most Valuable Player were donated by Keishar’s and AH&L Kissoon Ltd, while Digicel will hand over a prize for the player scoring the most goals.
Winners of the tournament will receive $500,000, while $200,000 goes to the runners up. The team finishing third receives $100,000 while the fourth placed side collects $50,000.

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