Mayor’s Annual KO football tourney teams briefed for March 15 event

Mar 13, 2013 Sports

The Annual Mayor’s knockout football tournament is set to kick off on March 15th at the Den Amstel ground on the West Coast of Demerara and the teams were briefed on the rules and fixtures of the event yesterday at the Mayor’s office at City Hall.
Uitvlugt faces Police form 18:30hrs and Den Amstel do battle with Riddium Squad FC from 20:30 hrs in the opening fixtures. The tournament will then move to BV ground on March 16th where Bakewell (Buxton) FC will play Santos at 18:30hrs and BV Triumph will clash with GFC from 20:30 hrs.

Mayor Hamilton Green (centre) with representatives of the participating teams.

Teams will then return to Den Amstel on the 17th before they head to the GFC ground, Bourda the following day. The third placed play off and final is set for the March 31st at GFC.
Mayor Hamilton Green at the briefing yesterday at his office said sports must play an important part in a good society. “This tournament is a tool for the advancement of young people who will inherit of what happens today. It’s an effort to give young people an opportunity to be part of the development of society, football brings people together”, added Green.
He stated that the media can play an important part to help energize the business community and the sport so that young footballers can further develop their art. Green informed that they will seek to go into schools to promote the game at the youth level. He stated that History is very little known to the youths and no nation can advance unless the people know where they came from.
Executive coordinator of the tournament and former national coach Lennox Arthur said he hoped the referees association will send the best referees so that they can have a good tournament. The winner of the competition will take home $1,000,000 while the runner up will receive $500,000. The third and fourth place teams will be given $300,000 and $200,000 respectively.
Among the rules of the competition are; the organisers of the match reserves the right to disqualify or discipline any player, official or persons associated with any team, whose actions are intended to bring the game into disrepute.
The regulations also state that, if it can be ascertained that a specific team or its supporters are responsible for a match to be abandoned, that team will be automatically disqualified from the tournament and the matter will be forwarded to the Guyana Football Federation. Only clubs and players which are affiliated to their respective association for the 2013 season will be allowed to participate.