Linden teams defend home turf in Guinness Playoffs

Jul 10, 2017 Sports

– action swings to Pouderoyen Tarmac this Friday

A packed Mackenzie Market Tarmac went home satisfied after witnessing hosts Dave and Celena’s All Stars and Jermaine & Family Silver Bullets become the first teams to make it to the semi-finals of this year’s Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Playoffs.
Watched by Guinness Brand Manager Lee Baptiste, Outdoor Events Manager Mortimer Stewart, Linden Branch Manager Shondel Easton and Communications Manager Troy Peters, Linden champions Dave & Celena’s All Stars after dispatching Berbice’s East Bank Gunners 6-0 in their opening encounter, reached the last four via a 2-1 penalty shootout win against the Mining Town’s Swag Entertainment after regulation time failed to separate a nil-all deadlock.
Silver Bullets beat Georgetown’s Tucville 2-0 via a penalty shootout triumph in their first game after their clash ended 1-1 in regulation, before returning to squeeze past Melanie ‘B’ 1-0 in quarter-final action with Damian Williams’ 19th minute strike, making the difference.
They now await the outcome of next Friday’s round of matches which will be staged at the Pouderoyen Market Tarmac on the West Demerara.
The semi-finals and final will be held at Demerara Park, Thirst Park.
The winning team will receive $550,000 and the coveted trophy, runners-up$300,000 and trophy, while third and fourth placed finishers will take home $200,000 and $100,000 respectively.
The defending champion is Sparta Boss.
The night’s full results are seen below:
Day-1
Quarterfinal
Game-1
Swag Entertainment-0 vs Dave and Celena’s All-Stars-0
Dave and Celena’s All-Stars won 2-1 on penalty kicks
Game-2
Melanie-B-0 vs Silver Bullets-1
Damian Williams-19th
Round of 16 Stage
Game-1
Melanie-B-0 vs NA Kings-0
Melanie-B won 2-1 on penalty kicks
Game-2
Swag Entertainment-8 vs Buxton Diamond-2
Swag Scorers
Colwyn Drakes-2nd, 3rd, 9th and 31st
Shane Luckie-7th, 28th and 36th
Royston Fraser-34th
Buxton Scorer
Kevon Assaye-6th
Dwayne Jacobs-36th
Game-3
East Bank Gunners-0 vs Dave and Celena’s All-Stars-6
Kennard Simon-32nd, 36th and 38th
Keon Sears-19th and 30th
Cordell Johnson-34th
Game-4
Silver Bullets-1 vs Tucville-1
Silver Bullets won 2-0 on penalty kicks
Silver Bullets Scorer
Robin Adams-17th
Tucville Scorer
Delon Williams-18th

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