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Inter Ministry/Corporation Seven-a-side football
Two exciting fixtures on card as competition enters semifinals stage
Football fans witnessing the action in the current Inter Ministry/Corporation Seven-a- side football competition can be assured of several action packed encounters when action in the semifinals get underway at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground this Saturday July 14.
The action gets underway with two exhibition games followed by the John Fernandes Ltd/GNSC match starting at 19:30hrs. The feature attraction will witness GRA matching skills with J&S Electrical at 20:15hrs.
GNSC earned the right to contest in this weekend’s match after initially being declared the losers in their quarterfinals match against Republic Bank. The former team protested the decision on a technicality and a subsequent perusal by match officials determined that Republic Bank had infringed the rules thus a reversal that handed GNSC the match 3-2.
Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) then advanced at the expense of a 4-1 defeat over Bank of Guyana. On target for the winning team were Lionel Grimes (14th & 29th), Kevin Archer (19th) and Sherwin Bailey (1st). Steve McLean pulled back a consolation goal in the 25th minute for Bank of Guyana.
Jamal Joseph then breached the opposition’s goal thrice to lead John Fernandes Ltd to a 3-2 victory over Ministry of Tourism in what was undoubtedly the most exciting game of the evening. His successes came in the 2nd, 4th and 16th minutes of the game while Tourism, amidst a plethora of blunders, eventually scored off the boots of Jermaine Softleigh (6th) and Jamal George in the 20th.
The final game of the evening saw Banks DIH Ltd suffering a close loss complements of a lone goal off the boot of Carlos Grant of J&S Electrical, who capitalized on a free kick in the 7th minute.
The tournament is sponsored by Banks DIH Ltd under the Powerade brand, a nutritional drink manufactured by the sponsors. The teams that faced the starting lineup are GNIC, GPI, Neal and Massy, Lucky Dollar, Digicel, Amerindian Affairs Ministry, Republic Bank, Courtney Benn Contracting Company, Guyana Water Authority, GPL and NIS among others.
The winning team carts off $250,000 and a trophy while the second place finishers win $175,000. The third and fourth places receive $75,000 and $25,000 respectively.
Several other corporate entities have joined with Banks DIH and contributed towards a successful tournament including Giftland Office Max, Talk is Cheap, Ross Gas Station, Body Max and Hopkinson Mining among others.
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