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Mayor’s Cup football tourney starts Thursday at Victoria
May 17, 2016 Sports
Following several postponements due to the inclement weather, Football fans on the East Coast of Demerara are now set for a Thursday evening start to the Mayor’s Cup Football tournament at the Victoria Ground from 6:30pm. Coordinator Lennox Arthur has indicated that they were looking to get things underway tomorrow evening at Victoria but decided to delay by one day. He expressed gratitude to the fans, teams and sponsors who have been patient as they wait for the start of the event which should finally see action this week.
The opening encounter at 6:30pm will pit Buxton Bakewell of the East Coast against Grove Hi Tech of the East Bank Demerara. At 8:30pm in the nightcap, home side, Victoria Kings challenge Agricola in another East Coast versus East Bank meeting.
The tournament is set to continue on Friday again at the Victoria Ground at the same times with BV Triumph facing Eagles, while Golden Grove tangle with Herstelling.
The teams are battling for the Mayor’s Cup and a first prize of $700,000, second $300,000, third $200,000 and fourth $100,000.
The Coordinator, who is a former National footballer and Coach and has been behind this event for all of its 22 years, had indicated that this year’s cup will form part of the 50th Anniversary Jubilee celebrations.
Arthur was extremely grateful to the sponsors who have assisted so far. The top four prizes have been put up by Aruwai Resorts, Ansa McAl, John Fernandes and German’s Restaurant respectively. Others to have thrown their support include the Government of Guyana, Macorp, Busta, Cummings Electrical, Bakewell, IPA, China Trading, E Networks, Namilco and BK International.
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