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Slingerz FC carving a positive legacy in local football
It takes a big heart for one to take on the challenge of investing in developing young people in a professional 
setting in Guyana with virtually your own funding with the hope that corporate entities will see the need to support.
This vision and has been playing out ever since the formation of Slingerz Football Club (SFC) based at Vergeenogen on the West Coast of Demerara on January 30, 2013. They have rapidly taken on the position as the number one club in Guyana, no mean feat in such a short period.
SFC’s rise has come at a time when the football landscape in Guyana is not at its best but there are good signs that better days are ahead.
The club has been the flagship team for the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) and has been the team in the inaugural Guyana Football Federation organised STAG Elite League having won the Genesis and are the current leaders in the Finale; on track for the double.
The chief tactician of the club is experienced National Coach Joseph ‘Bill’ Wilson who is a Teacher by profession, no doubt he has been able to quietly put together a bunch of players who have established themselves as the best in Guyana and will be aiming to transfer this form when they play in the Scotiabank Caribbean Football Union club Championships next year.
Following is a brief on the achievements of the club to date.
Stag Elite League Genesis
– Played a total of 13 matches winning 9 and drawing 4.
– Scored a total of 29 goals; Conceded 6 goals.
Stag Elite League Finale (still to be completed)
Joseph ‘Bill’ Wilson displaying the trophies won under his guidance.
– Played 14 matches winning 13 and drawing 1, against Alpha United.
– Scored a total of 44 goals; Conceded 9 goals.
– Has scored a total of 72 goals in the Genesis and Finale Round-Robin phase of the Stag Elite League.
– Conceded a total of 17 goals in the Genesis and Finale Round-Robin phase of the Stag Elite League.
– SFC scored the most goals in both the Genesis and Finale and conceded the least amount of goals during both phases.
Over the course of the past two years the club has engaged in three (3) nationwide and four (4) constituency tournaments apart from one Goodwill tourney. SFC has also played a total of twenty-five (25) friendly matches against other leading clubs in Guyana winning twenty-three (23), drew one and lost one.
– Played twenty-seven (27) competition games in 8 KO tournaments and one league. Won twenty-three (23) including five (5) championship matches with four (4) loses in 3 nationwide tournament finals and the Vision Sound Goodwill International Tournament.
– Won 7 tournaments as follows: WDFA 2013 League; West Side Mashramani KO 2013 and 2014; Banks Cup 2013 and 2014; WDFA Josiah Memorial KO 2014; Mayor’s Cup KO 2015 and the Prestigious Kashif & Shanghai 25th KO tournament 2015. GFF/Stag Elite League Genesis, both round-robin and KO phases and currently leading the points table of the Finale to date.
– Lost 3 as follows: Mayor Cup KO 2013 (Runners-up), Vision Sound International Goodwill Four 4-team series, Runners-up 2013; NAMILCO KO 2014.
– Played twenty-five (25) friendly matches winning 23, drawing 1 and losing 1 to New Amsterdam United.
– Scored a total of 176 goals over the period and conceded 30 goals in same period.
– SFC has revitalized community interest through its successes whilst developing a cross section of supporters from across all villages in West Demerara and Guyana’s football fraternity as a whole.
– SFC has an unbeaten winning streak that spans from March 2014 after losing 0-1 to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in the NAMILCO KO 2014.
– SFC after acquiring New Head Coach Mr. Joseph ‘Bill’ Wilson in October 2014, has never lost a game or tournament. The attitude of winning started under Player/Coach Vurlon Mills who led the club in its revenge game against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in the Guyana Festival celebration game at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence before Wilson took over the leadership up to present.
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