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Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ National Playoffs…G/town teams dominate opening night
– B/ce Unruly Gang also impresses, finals set for tonight
Georgetown teams sent an emphatic message to opposing teams from the other four communities on opening night of the Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ National Playoffs which was played on Friday night, at the
Part of the action in the national playoffs which got underway at the Pouderoyen Tarmac on Friday evening.
Pouderoyen Tarmac.
Of the six teams which is currently representing Georgetown, five were in winners row with Festival City being the only one to lose, succumbing to a determined Melanie ‘B’ unit on sudden death penalty kicks after their encounter ended in a 1-1 stalemate.
The playoffs, which were greeted with overcast conditions, got off to a rousing start with defending Georgetown champions North Ruimveldt putting on a clinic in their clash against Wisroc of Linden.
Rickford Jones hit the target as early as the fourth minute, firing past the last defender into the left side of the goal. He returned three minutes later to net his second after receiving a pass from the right side, before slicing it into the empty goal.
Despite Wisroc’s defensive posture, North Ruimveldt continued to find a few cracks and it was one such occasion that former national midfielder Travis Grant found and exploited beautifully to hit into the goal one minute after the resumption.
Just as Jones had done, Grant was back on the scoresheet three minutes later firing past the
Part of the action in the clash that featured Sparta Boss and Patentia Street Ballers.
last stop to give his team a comfortable 4-0 cushion, before Wisroc’s Omeion Wills pulled one back four minutes from full time.
Berbice runner-up Unruly Gang also displayed ominous form when they inflicted a 4-0 drubbing of West Side Ballers in the third game of the evening.
Hot favourites West Front Road then crushed a depleted Berbice champions Manchester Boys 6-0 with Michael Oie and Darren Benjamin hitting in a double each.
Sparta Boss the other favourite touted to go all the way duplicated nemesis West Front Road’s performance with a similar 6-0 thrashing of Patentia Streetballers.
The efficient Sheldon Shepherd fired in a brace to lead all scorers.
The night’s full results are seen below:
Game-1
North Ruimveldt-4 vs Wisroc-1
North Ruimveldt Scorers
Rickford Jones-4th and 7th
Travis Grant-16th and 19th
Wisroc Scorer
Omeion Wills-26th
Game-2
Globe Yard-1 vs Amelia’s Ward Russians
Leon Roberts-22nd
Game-3
Unruly Gang-4 vs West Side Ballers-0
Delroy Ferdinand-6th and 9th
Kevin Joseph-13th
Lee DePollitter-22nd
Game-4
West Front Road-Gold is Money-6 vs Manchester Boys-0
Michael Oie-2nd and 5th
Darren Benjamin-23rd and 24th
Randolph Wagner-20th
Michael Pedro-27th
Game-5
Leopold Street-2 vs Nabaclis-1
Leopold Scorers
Akeem Rajkumar-4th
Dellon Davids-17th
Nabaclis Scorer
Rickford Morrison-1st
Game-6
Festival City-1 vs Melanie-B-1
Melanie-B won 2-1 on sudden death kicks
Melanie-B Scorer
Ryan Seales-16th
Festival City Scorer
Daniel Favourite-23rd
Game-7
Sparta Boss-6 vs Patentia Street Ballers-0
Sheldon Shepherd-6th and 8th
Jerome Richardson-10th
Devon Millington-16th
Roberto Osbourne-19th
Dennis Edwards-20th
Game-8
Showstoppers-1 vs BV-A-0
Anthony Sancho-17th
The competition was expected to resume last evening at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac with the finals set for today at the Demerara Park, Ruimveldt.
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