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Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Defending champions Plaisance make shaky start, but beat Nabaclis
– Victoria Church Yard also in winners’ row
Part of the action in the East Coast Demerara segment of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition at the Haslington Market Square.
Defending champions Plaisance made a positive start to the defence of their title after registering a slim 1-0 win over a stubborn Nabaclis unit as play in the East Coast Demerara segment of the Banks DIH-sponsored Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition opened on Saturday evening, at the Haslington Market Square.
Last year’s hero Warren Gilkes was again to the team’s rescue as he blasted in the winner in the fourth minute of the first period, before a large crowd.
The reigning title holders had to survive some anxious moments deep in the final period after Nabaclis staged a few threatening incursions, before the final whistle sounded.
In the game that followed, Plaisance ‘B’ were unable to duplicate the performance by their village counterparts as they succumbed to Beterverwagting ‘B’ 0-2.
Edun Fraser was the sublime form as he fired in a brace in the 12th and 19th minutes of play.
The third game of the night saw Melanie Damishana ‘B’ advancing via a penalty shootout against Buxton ‘A’, prevailing 2-1.
Melanie ‘A’ then joined their ‘B’ unit after gaining a walkover from Mahaica, who failed to make an appearance on the court.
In the fifth game, last year’s beaten finalist Victoria Church Yard scored an impressive 2-0 triumph over Vryhied’s Lust with Keyron Johnson and Nicholas Holder netting in the 9th and 17th minutes respectively.
Kwame Alfred’s 7th minute missile was enough to hand Paradise a 1-0 victory over Ann’s Grove Punters, before BV ‘A’ benefitted from a walkover from Ann’s Grove Young Warriors.
In the final game of the night, Victoria Eagles soared to a nail-biting 4-3 win on sudden death penalty kicks over Golden Grove Superstars.
Regulation time had ended in a 1-1 stalemate with Kirk Warren netting in the 15th minute for the Eagles, before Michael Evans responded in the 24th minute for the Superstars to send the contest into penalty shootout.
In the night’s full results:
Game-1
Plaisance-1 vs Nabaclis-0
Warren Gilkes-4th
Game-2
BV-‘B’-2 vs Plaisance-‘B’-0
Edun Fraser-12th, 19th
Game-3
Melanie-‘B’-0 vs Buxton-‘A’-0
Melanie-‘B’ won on 2-1 PKs
Game 4
Melanie-‘A’ vs Mahaica
Melanie-‘A’ won via walkover
Game 5
Victoria Church Yard-2 vs Vryhied’s Lust-0
Keyron Johnson-9th
Nicholas Holder-17th
Game 6
Paradise-1 vs Ann’s Grove Punters-0
Kwame Alfred-7th
Game 7
BV-‘A’ vs Ann’s Grove Young Warriors
BV-‘A’ won via walkover
Game 8
Golden Grove Superstars-1 vs Victoria Eagles-1
Victoria Eagles
Kirk Warren-15th
Golden Grove
Michael Evans-24th
Victoria won 4-3 on sudden death kicks from the half way mark.
The tournament resumes on Wednesday evening with quarter-final and semi-final action, at the same venue, commencing from 18:30 hrs.
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