The2012-13 Banks Beer Knockout Cup winners collected their prizes, during a simple presentation ceremony that was conducted yesterday, at the Banks DIH Sports Club, Thirst Park.
The winning Sunburst Camptown team poses with officials of Banks DIH and the GFA following the conclusion of the presentation ceremony yesterday, at Thirst Park.
Sunburst Camptown that won the tournament received the first prize of $4million, while runners-up Riddim Squad walked away with $2.5million, 3rd place-Northern Rangers took home $1.5million and 4th place-the Guyana Defence Force $1million.
All the teams also received trophies, while Camptown swept the individual awards categories.
The Most Valuable Player and Highest Goalscorer awards went to Camptown’s Devon Forde and the Best Goalkeeper accolade was won by Oswald Cornette, also of Camptown.
President of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Vernon Burnett in his feature address promised the fans an even better tournament come this year, while his Vice-President Mark Phillips recognised the input of the main sponsor Banks DIH, who he thanked for keeping the faith in them over the two years of the tournament’s existence and urged them to maintain their support for the event which has received overwhleming support from the football fraternity.