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Hope Football Club/Metro Inaugural U-20 football tournament resumes in Berbice

Sep 24, 2013 Sports

 

Play in the Hope Football Club (HFC), which is teaming up with the Metro Office Supplies for the inaugural Under-20 football competition for teams in Berbice, has resumed after a while with a few matches at various venues.
Results of the latest round played at the Scott Church Ground – New Amsterdam United defeated Cougars Football Club (CFC) 2-1. NA United got their goals off the boots of Jomaul Butts and Gladwin Grant, while Cougars got their goal from Glenn Henry.
In an earlier game at the same venue, NA United defeated HFC 1-0 through a Gladwyn Grant goal.
The tournament was expected to continue Sunday.
The Hope Football Club, which is an arm of the Hope Memorial Foundation, was founded by overseas-based Guyanese Kevin Henry. Henry is a U.S Army Soldier who hails from New Amsterdam.
The winner of the tournament will receive $60,000 worth of football equipment, second-placed team will receive $40,000 worth of football equipment, while the team placing third will collect some $20,000 worth of football equipment. There are also individual prizes for the best goalkeeper, best defender, best midfielder, best forward and highest goal scorer.
The teams that were expected to participate were -Hope Football Club A and B, New Amsterdam United Football Club, Cougars Football Club, Corriverton Lynx Football Club, Rosignol United Football Club, Hopetown Football Club, Monedderlust Football and Paradise Football Club. However Corriverton Links and Hope Town have not played a game so far and have pulled out of the competition.
This is the second tournament organised by the Organization. The first was the inaugural Hope Memorial Inter School Football Tournament (HMFT) which was played last year. (Samuel Whyte)

 

 

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