Latest update September 3rd, 2026 10:25 AM
GMEC Knockout Tournament kicks off Saturday
Winning team to take $500,000
Georgetown Masters Easter Classic (GMEC) Knockout Football Tournament, which will see the winning team walking out the venue with half a million dollars, will be officially launched on Saturday with four matches after an opening ceremony which will feature the Acting President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Franklin Wilson and Steve Ninvalle of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports as the key officials involved from 5:30pm.
Members of the Master Committee after the briefing at the Georgetown Football Club.
At the briefing at the Georgetown Football Sports Club, President of the GFF echoed that he was happy with the Masters Committee finally getting themselves in line as they were long overdue. The acting President is of the belief that the Masters will aid in the development of football in Guyana.
Georgetown’s Football Association President Veron Burnette was also on identical views as Wilson as he too believed that the Maters will be a role model to the upcoming generation. “I am happy to be a part of the Masters Committee but apart from that I believe that the Masters can add to the development of football in setting the right examples for the junior players.”
Burnette revealed that most of the players in the Master Knockout Tournament were either National players for their country or were great senior players.
The Georgetown Masters Easter Classic Knockout Football Tournament which is sponsored by Ansa McAl will see 12 teams vying for supremacy at the Georgetown Football Club ground in groups (A,B,C,D) of four (three teams per group) in the knockout stages. Each game will last for 60 minutes.
The two top teams from each group will advance into the ‘knockout phase’ to play for the top prizes in the competition ($500,000 first prize, $300,000 runner-up prize, $100,000 third prize and $50,000 fourth prize) which will be accompanied with trophies, medals and a plate; the plate prize will see the two teams in the ‘looser plate’ vying for that prize.
The tournament kicks off with Georgetown FC and Rastafarian Patriots FC from 6:00pm. Georgetown FC, which compete twice yearly in the Masters International Football Tournament in Barbados and Trinidad, will be spearheaded by overseas based Trevor Maxwell, Shawn Daniels, Peter Lashley, Ronald Barker, Clanton McCloud and Andrew Bright.
Thomas United FC will see the likes of Dion Barnwell (Captain), Errol Solomon, Eswick North, Brian Thompson, Shawn O’Neil and Orin Agard in action, will take on Fruta Conquerors FC from 7pm.
Beacons FC will clash with Brasimex FC from 8pm, while Santos FC will spar with East Coast FC, a team which has been active over the past three years from 9pm in the final match.
Beacons FC, which will be making their debut in the Masters Tournament, will be spearheaded by Present Golden Jaguars Coach and Former National Coach, Wayne Dover and Gordon Braithwaite. Beacons will also be displaying Claude Philips a former MVP of the Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament, Triton Luke (defender), Shawn Jordon (defender), National striker Mortimer Stuart and the Grimes brothers (Lionel and Jermaine).
Santos line up will see former National player Anthony Williams (Captain), Anthony Stanton, Olader Pedro, Terrence Wills, Earl Smith, Sherwin Paires, Mark Cox, Ricky Solomon, Quincy Porter, Frank Parris, Patrice Ram, Trevon Burnett and Coach, Kavin Pearce.
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