STAG Elite League – FINALE ...Final preliminary round matches today at Leonora as Pele’s suspension is lifted

STAG Elite League – FINALE …Final preliminary round matches today at Leonora as Pele’s suspension is lifted

Jun 04, 2016 Sports

The final preliminary games of the Stag Elite League Finale are set for today at the National Track and Field Facility, Leonora kicking off at 18:00hrs. Taking centre stage will be the Georgetown Football Club against the Guyana Defence Force in the opening match while Fruta Conquerors will oppose Pele in main play.

According to the Guyana Football Federation, this double-header is being played following a meeting with the Executive of the Pele Football Club and that of the GFF on the 1st June, 2016 to discuss the ongoing provisional suspension of the team and the corresponding penalty.
It was decided that the provisional suspension of the club will be lifted and the three points deducted from the Club will be restored; however, the club will still be required to pay the fine imposed.
Additionally, the three players in question, Gregory Richardson, Omallo Williams and Travis Grant, have remained suspended and have been written to and advised to submit statements of their version of events to the Disciplinary Committee; the deadline for submission was yesterday. The hearing with the Disciplinary Committee is scheduled for Friday next. As a result, the club will play today’s match without the players in question.