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Corona Beer Beach Soccer League …Cool Runnings, Sparta Boss, Silver Bullets, Royal Youth and Hi Stars notch opening wins
The inaugural Corona Beer sponsored Guyana Beach Football Association (GBFA) league got off to an exciting start on Sunday last at the Bayrock Beach Soccer facility where a total of 33 goals were scored in five matches.
Contesting the feature match of the day, Cool Runnings were as cool as can be when they hammered Attention Family 10-3. Deon Charter was in fine form as he blasted a helmet-trick with Marma;aque Davision netting hat-trick. There was one each for Jermaine Grandison, Keon Sears 1 and Kennard Simon.
Attention Family got their goals from Jamal Haynes, Hosea Waddell and Antawaine Gill.
Sparta Boss got the better of Kuru Kururu Warriors 3-1 with a double coming off the boot of Roberto Osborne and the other from Dennis Edwards for the winners. The Warriors got their consolation goal from Ryan Scott.
Silver Bullets were triumphant by a 4-1 margin against Alexander Village thanks to goals from Colwin Drakes who had a brace, Romell Matthews and Michael Wilson netted one each. The lone Alexander Village goal was scored by Jermain Junor.
Royal Youth also won by a 4-1 margin against West Front Road. Allan Halley found the back of the nets three times with the other from Quacy Tafawa for Royal Youth. Randolph Wagner scored for West Front Road.
The league’s opening match saw a double off the boot of Sherwin Davidson and one from Thaddeud DeFrietas as Hi Stars and Buxton Youth Developers battled to a 3-3 draw. For Buxton Youth Developers, Jermaine Clarke, Keishawn Mc Pherson and Joshua Douglas were on target.
GBFA President Rollin Tappin in an invited comment said that the day’s activities which included the march pass were satisfying also with crowd support.
“We are very optimistic that with a consistent diet of beach soccer, Guyanese fans will gravitate towards this sport.”
Tappin noted that it is the aim of the association to see Guyana qualify for a major international tournament pointing out that the nation needs to take its rightful place at the world level.
“We expect that at the end of this league players would have attained the necessary skill sets in this format of football and by extension improve Guyana’s capacity and ability to really command a place at the highest level in world soccer.”
Matches would be played at two venues and will continue this Sunday at the Kuru Kururu ground, Linden Soesdyke Highway with five more matches.
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