Latest update December 19th, 2024 3:22 AM
Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ starts at California Square tonight
The Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ Football tournament will start tonight at East Ruimveldt Community Centre Hard Court, which is also known as California Square, with eight games and eight teams qualifying for the next round of the knockout competition.
The street football competition that is being played under the theme “Your skill, your style,
Kevin Adonis
your five, your stout” will be played at several venues in Georgetown with the triumphant team taking home $300,000 and the runner-up $150,000 in cash prizes.
Coordinator of the competition, Kevin Adonis told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that all systems are in place for the commencement of the competition from 8pm tonight. He said that he anticipates a good response from the football oriented communities.
“Everything’s good; everything is in place for tomorrow. We have the bibs; the teams are ready and we imported the balls for this format from Suriname,” Adonis said, confirming that the event is ready for kick off as per schedule tonight in East Ruimveldt.
He stated that he anticipates a good response from the communities as the tournament is aimed at unearthing hidden talents within communities. “I think it’s very interesting, it’s different, you got to bring your ‘A’ game every time,” Adonis believes.
The Coordinator is of the view that teams have to come out with one aim, which is to keep their five alive in the gruelling competition. The contest is in its third year and will feature 48 teams from Georgetown with participation being encouraged from teams from the East Coast and East Bank.
Games tonight will feature Liliendall against East Dam; Wolves (Sophia) will play Lodge Housing Scheme; Ben Corton (West) comes up against West Back Road; King Street Ballers will play Castillo; California versus Lane Venue; Broad Street against East Front Road; Tiger Bay ‘A’ against Norton Street and Albouystown ‘A’ against Globe Yard.
The Mackeson Real Smooth competition will be held during May 1-25 at venues such as the National Cultural Centre tarmac, Sophia C Field Market Square, California Square, East Ruimveldt, and Punt Trench and School Street, Albouystown for a total of eight playing days.
Each game will last for 15 minutes; 7½ minute per half with no extra time allowed in the preliminary rounds if the game is drawn after regulation time; a penalty shootout will decide the team that moves forward to the next round.
However, extra time will be allowed in the final game; six minutes and three minutes for each of the teams. Teams, and players, were reminded that there will be a zero-tolerance attitude towards issues of indiscipline as the tournament is aimed at development.
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