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Upper Mazaruni Inter-District Games…Paruima women, Kamarang men crowned champions
By Rawle Welch
After walking up and down mountains for three excruciating days from their hometown village of Paruima just to participate in the Upper Mazaruni Inter-District Games, Paruima women returned to their village as true heroines after capturing the title in dramatic fashion from Waramadong on Friday, at the Kamarang Community Centre ground.
The remote village situated in Region 7 near the Venezuelan border is where the female giants of Amerindian ancestry call home and they stood tall in the face of stiff opposition against a team that enjoyed partisan support to beat them 1-0 through a goal off the boot of Dualinda Henrito in the 69th minute of play.
Hosts Kamarang display their hardware for Kaieteur Sport shortly after receiving the championship trophy on Friday.
They had to survive a brave display by Waramadong to prevail much to the delight of their sprinkling of supporters, who braved difficult terrain and waterways to be present at their first appearance in the tournament.
Kamarang squeezed past Paruima 1-0 courtesy of a well placed left-foot shot from junior standout McCurd Crammer to claim the Men’s final.
Crammer represented Waramadong Secondary School in the Digicel School Competition recently.
In the Women’s final, both teams looked technically balanced and equal and delighted the large turnout of fans with some wonderful display of skills, but they both failed to penetrate the respective goalkeepers who were made to make some crucial saves to keep the game on a knife’s edge.
The opening period failed to provide an upper hand for both teams and it closed without a goal scored.
The second half was just as competitive as the first, but the visitors were gradually coming into their own and showed enviable fitness with Henrito constantly tormenting the defensive line of Waramadong and it was a sure bet that she would score.
She ran on to a cross from the right side that landed inside the penalty area and lashed in a right-footer past the scrambling Waramadong goalkeeper.
In the Men’s final, Paruima looked technically superior, but superb goalkeeping kept Kamarang in the game in what was a very exciting game.
Paruima heroines pose for Kaieteur Sport following the completion of the presentation ceremony Friday last.
Even intermittent showers shortly before a torrential downpour could not dampen the lively exchanges, except that no goal was scored in the first half.
Coming out in the final stanza, Kamarang went on a relentless attack and had a minimum of two good chances to score, but Crammer and Cirilo George were both slow to react to crosses and Paruima were able to escape.
However, their luck ran out when the same two players combined to score the only goal in the match when George collected a pass from the centre and dribbled a defender, before firing a fierce shot at goal which necessitated a parry from the Paruima goalkeeper which landed into the path of Crammer, who swiveled and hammered a cracking left-footer past the outstretched hands of a surprised keeper in the 78th minute.
The heavy rains made the battle more interesting and the respective fans on the edge of their seats as players slithered in the slippery conditions, but the home team held firm, before the final whistle sounded to hand them victory.
The Games also featured Archery, athletics and swimming and the presentation of prizes were done by senior officials within the community.
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