Latest update December 30th, 2024 2:15 AM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

Digicel Football Cup kicks off in Berbice today

May 20, 2011 Sports

7 teams to battle in 2-day KO

Football starved Berbicians will have an opportunity to witness two nights of action when the Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club of New Amsterdam in collaboration with Cell Phone Giants Digicel stage the Digicel/Berbice Cup competition which is being held in observance of the club’s 19th anniversary.
Seven teams have been invited to participate in the competition which will be played on a knock-out basis at the Scott’s Church Ground – they are Cougars, New Amsterdam United (NAU), Pistons, Fyrish, Rose Hall Town, Corriverton Links along with the host team.
Play kicks off at 18:00hrs today and tomorrow. Matches set for today; Pistons will oppose Corriverton Links, Cougars comes up against Fyrish and NAU match skills with Rose Hall Town. Hearts of Oak Masters drew the bye to the semifinals.
Tomorrow, Hearts of Oak Masters will oppose the winner of the Pistons/Corriverton Links encounter in the first semi final with the other semi final will pit the winner of the other two matches today. The final and third place matches will be played tomorrow evening.
The first to fourth place teams will receive trophies and cash incentives ranging from $75,000 to $20,000. Outstanding individual players will be rewarded including the MVP, highest goal scorer, best goal keeper as well as the player to score the most spectacular goal.
Digicel representatives are expected to be on hand tomorrow evening and will lead in eth presentation ceremony. Former national player Neil ‘Grizzly’ Humphrey and former Berbice player Nigel ‘Busit’ Felix are the coordinators. Each game will last 70 minutes.

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show | December, 2nd, 2024

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Dharry reigns supreme with second-round KO against Ramirez

Dharry reigns supreme with second-round KO against Ramirez

Dec 30, 2024

Kaieteur Sports- Guyanese bantamweight Elton Dharry rocked the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday night, delivering a spectacular second round knockout against Colombian Randy Ramirez. Dharry...
Read More
Rutherford among nominees for ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year

Rutherford among nominees for ICC Men’s ODI...

Dec 30, 2024

Lumumba appointed Advisor to GBA

Lumumba appointed Advisor to GBA

Dec 30, 2024

K&S/One Guyana National Futsal Championships move closer to crowning inaugural champs

K&S/One Guyana National Futsal Championships...

Dec 30, 2024

Lewis, Gentle defend GTA One Guyana Open Tennis titles; each take home $400,000

Lewis, Gentle defend GTA One Guyana Open Tennis...

Dec 29, 2024

Zion Hickerson scores one-year sponsorship with ENet

Zion Hickerson scores one-year sponsorship with...

Dec 29, 2024

Features/Columnists

  • Consent is not a veto

    Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Bharrat Jagdeo, continues to muddle the discourse on the renegotiation of the Production... more

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]