Hamilton Green Cup Football set to kick of July 9

Jun 25, 2017 Sports

Coordinator Lennox Arthur has announced the start of the Hamilton Green Cup Knockout Football

Lennox Arthur

tournament has been fixed for July 9 with a double header at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Ground in Linden starting from 7:00pm.

Arthur, the former national footballer and Coach, has been staging this tournament for over 23 years now, which was named in honour of former Prime Minister of Guyana and Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green who has supported sports tremendously over the years.
Some 31 teams have been invited from the various area associations to participate in the tournament.

Those teams are: Western Tigers, Police, Santos, Pele, GFC, Riddim Squad, Beacon, Flamingo, Black Pearl and Camptown from Georgetown; Federal Winners Connection, Eagles, Silver Shattas and Milerock of Linden; Den Amstel, Uitvlugt, Pouderoyen, Eagles FC, Young Achievers and Golden Warriors of West Demerara; Ann’s Grove, Mahaica, Golden Grove, Buxton Bakewell and Plaisance of the East Coast; Grove Hi Tech, Agricola, Herstelling, Soesdyke and Kuru Kururu of the East Bank; and New Amsterdam United of Berbice.

The teams will be battling for cash prizes of $700,000 for the winner, $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 for the other top three finishers.
Only clubs and players affiliated to their respective associations will be allowed to participate in the knockout tournament. Matches will be the usual 90 minutes with 20 minutes (two halves of 10) extra time being used to separate a deadlock; failing which, penalty kicks and if necessary sudden death kicks will be employed.

Players receiving two yellow cards will be suspended for one match. Serious offences will be dealt with by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Disciplinary Committee.

Matches are fixed for July 9, 16, 19, 23, 29, 30, August 1, 6, 14, 16, 19, 20, 25, 27, September 3 and 10 when the final will be contested. The opening fixtures will see Milerock facing Riddim Squad and Silver Shattas battling Police at the MSC ground on Sunday July 9.

Match venues include the GFC, Victoria, Den Amstel and Leonora Sports Facility grounds.
The tournament was previously staged under the Mayor’s Cup KO tournament, but has been changed from this edition to the Hamilton Green Cup Knockout tournament.