Exciting matches envisaged as tournament continues

Feb 14, 2013 Sports

Three exciting quarterfinal matches are slated to be contested when action continues this evening in the Guyana Beach Football Association (GBFA)/Banks DIH League Cup tournament at the Bayroc Sand Reserve Ground, Linden.
The preliminary round is ended and the teams will be cognizant of the fact that losers will have to walk the plank as the knockout stage commences.
The opening encounter will see Eagles coming up against Blueberry Hill with the former team entering as the favourites. Denzil Warde, scorer of one of the fastest goal of the tournament (2.30secs), will lead the Blueberry Hillside while national selectee, Deron Smith and Vowhayne Hamilton will spearhead the Eagles’ challenge.
Game two will see Winners colliding with the youthful Silvertown All Stars and fans could be assured of an entertaining clash. Charles Harvey has shown his ability in earlier matches and will lead Winners’ challenge with support from Steve Brewley. Their opponents, Silvertown, have had a rocky start to the campaign but recovered remarkably after making crucial adjustments.
They pose a credible lineup of youthful players with Marmarlaque Davidson who, at 16years is the youngest player to be selected for national duties at this format. Then there is the consistent Mark Hope, who is expected to lend valuable support.
The final match will pit the skills of Alikyu SC against Wisroc. The former team is relatively new to this format but its brilliance on the field belies this fact. They have ousted much vaunted ‘Cool Runnings’ despite that team’s formidable lineup which included leading goal scorer, the dependable, Claude Dennis. Wisroc also boast a formidable lineup in national players Deshawn Joseph and Colric Beckles but they will need to draw on all their experience to take out Alikyu whose lineup includes several formidable stars including Odel Allicock, Claude Bennie and Andel Norville.
Shattas should have played Timehri this evening but that game has been pushed back to Saturday after the latter team encountered problems with their travel arrangements. This game can go either way as both teams field competent players. Timehri will be led by the Steele brothers, Orin and Michael, with support from Ryan Scott while Shattas will rely heavily on the prolific Colwyn David with support from Joshawn Freeman.
The tournament is providing valuable practice for the players following selection of a national team by the GBFA for possible participation at the impending World Cup Qualifiers scheduled for Nassau Bahamas May 15-19 next.
General Coordinator (GBFA), Rollin Tappin told Kaieteur Sport that selectors are paying keen interest in the development of the players even as they await word from the GFF for ratification of the list.

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