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Organisers anticipating exciting climax
Hard Knocks ‘A’ certainly the team to beat.
It started with 32 teams all having the same hope of cashing in on the $500,000 first prize. But as the story goes, only eight remain though the hopes and aspirations have all escalated, resembling reality.
That’s the tale of the Unique Entertainment/Banks Premium Beer Futsal Classic which has taken the town of Linden by storm.
The event will conclude on Sunday February 17 with the organisers anticipating an exciting climax to what have been the most talked about sporting event in the mining community.
Many hearts have been broken, some even coupled with tears while the leading candidates and tournament favourites are still around with their popularity getting bigger.
One such team is Hard Knocks ‘A’. Though it’s two of them, in the competition it’s the team that’s led by crafty John Waldron that have developed a reputation of being the team to beat.
Their 19 goals scored on the tournament’s opening night is yet to be emulated while their rock solid defence led by Randy Small is yet to be penetrated.
Another team that’s poised on getting to the finals, unless they’re miraculously overpowered before doing so is New Era Russians; the team led by Travis ‘Chicken’ Waterton and hails from the Amelia’s Ward community.
New Era Russians. The Amelia’s Ward based team that is a sleeping giant in the tournament
Waterton and Goalkeeper Odel Allicock have led their team, winning in convincing manner in the process.
When the tournament continues on Friday, Silver Bullets will collide with Young Spartans in the opening game, the Russians and We-is-de-Boss will do battle in the second, while Top Class faces Hard Knocks two and Hard Knock ‘A’ and Phoenix rounds off the four match night.
The semi-finals and finals will be played on February 17.
Meanwhile, the organisers expressed their heartfelt thanks to the teams for displaying a highly competitive nature in making the event a success. According to one member of the Unique Entertainment, it’s the players who are responsible for bring out the mammoth crowd that they have been enjoying so far.
“I think we can’t stop thanking the players and the people of Linden for the support shown to the tournament. I think the level of play as well has been overwhelming and one could only imagine what will happen this weekend,” he said.
This is Unique Entertainment’s first venture into organising a sporting event, since they are more common around the entertainment spectrum.
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