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May 26, 2019 Sports
Organisers of this year’s Hamilton Green Cup Inter Ward/Village 9-a-side Knockout Football Tournament has indicated that the schedu
led finals action, fixed for tomorrow, has been postponed to a date with will be announced.
Lennox Arthur, the former national player and coach, disclosed that the persistent rainfall over the past few days has left the Den Amstel ground, West Coast Demerara in an unsuitable state for play hence the rescheduling.
This is the second such rescheduling. A new date will be disclosed shortly after consultations with the various stakeholders.
The action was set to feature quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final, which will be the order of things when the new date is announced.
Matches were set to feature Timehri against Vreed-en-Hoop, Soesdyke take on De Kindren, Mocha face Lilliendaal, Pouderoyen engage Bagotsville, Goed Fortuin collide with the Bourda Blues, Sophia go up against Mahaicony, Host Den Amstel Back Street challenge Charlestown and the final game of the quarter-finals is between Uitvlugt and Zeelugt.
Teams will be battling for a chance to claim the John Fernandes $300,000 first prize and Prime Minister trophy along with hampers from Ricks and Sari. The second placed team will take away the Courtney Benn sponsored $100,000, third $60,000 put up by Techno mills and fourth $40,000 donated by Ready Mix along with the respective trophies. All the trophies have been sponsored by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo.
Also at stake are the individual rewards for the Most Goals, who will take home a Dinette Chair from China Trading, while runner-up will be presented with a Lazy Boy chair from AH&L Kissoon, along with the Best Goalkeeper who will claim the Minister of Natural Resources trophy.
Among the sponsors are Techno mills, Ready mix, Sataur Gafoor, E.C Veira, BEV Enterprises, BK International, IPA, New Thriving, Ricks and Sari, E-Networks, Star Computers, NAMILCO, Cummings Electrical, National Sports Commission, Star Entertainment, Alfro Alphonso, the Guyana Police Force, GuyOil, Minister of State, Prime Minister and Ministry of Legal Affairs.
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