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Battle to represent Guyana at the regional Guinness c/ship starts tomorrow
Eight teams will battle for supremacy and a chance to represent Guyana at the Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge when the National “Guinness Greatest of the Streets” championship commences tomorrow, at the Demerara Park (Banks DIH Parking Lot) on the East Bank Public Road.
Part of the action in the Linden segment which was played recently.
The eight teams are: Silver Bullets and Silent Assassins of Linden, Leopold Street and Back Circle of Georgetown, Plaisance and Victoria Church Yard from East Coast Demerara and Millennium and Hard Core of Bartica.
The tournament sponsored by Guinness and Banks DIH Limited brings together the winners and runners up of the four areas with Leopold Street being the winner of the Georgetown Zone, Plaisance the top team on the East Coast, Silver Bullets the Linden champions and Millennium the winners in Bartica.
Guinness Brand Manager Lee Baptiste disclosed that all systems are in place for the playoffs and all matches will be played at Demerara Park.
The first two rounds to be played tomorrow evening will feature Silver Bullets against Hard Core followed by Leopold Street coming up against Victoria Church Yard, Silent Assassins do battle with Plaisance, while Back Circle square off against Millennium.
The second round brings together Silver Bullets against Victoria Church Yard, Silent Assassins versus Millennium, Leopold Street battle Hard Core and Back Circle play Plaisance.
Kickoff is at 19:30 hours.
The third round will be played on Saturday, while the semi-finals and final will be played on Monday evening, a public holiday.
“We expect overwhelming support as teams will be bringing along their supporters. There is a lot at stake for the competing teams,” Baptiste said.
The winners will receive $400,000, runner-up $250,000, third place $150,000 and fourth $75,000.
The winning team will also represent Guyana at the second annual Guinness Street Challenge scheduled for June 21-23 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Guyana hosted the inaugural Caribbean Guinness Challenge last year at the National Park.
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