Teams hunt quarterfinal spots at Buxton ground tonight

Apr 17, 2022 Sports

Annual Mayor’s Cup 9-a-side Inter Ward/Village KO Football…

Football fans on the East Coast will be treated when football action takes to the Buxton ground with competition in the Annual Mayor’s Cup 9-a-side Inter Ward/Village Knockout Football tournament tonight.

Delon Lanferman

Teams are hunting quarterfinal places and the contests promises to be intense. Play at Buxton commences from 6:00pm with New Amsterdam coming up against Turkeyen. Following on pitch will be Airy Hall facing City Strikers, Tucville oppose Smyth Town and Timehri battle Mahaicony in the preliminary matches.
After those games, the winners collide for a place in the quarters. Two key games will close out the night with Friendship Front colliding with Road Warriors and BV opposing Bourda All Stars with the winners securing places to the quarterfinals.
After tonight, the tournament continues at Den Amstel next Sunday April 24 from 2:00pm.
Pouderoyen are down to face Stewartville, Sara Lodge challenge Back Street Kings, Den Amstel battle Uitvlugt and West Side Spartan tangle with Bagotville. The winners will collide after to claim their quarterfinal spot.
The grand finale is set for May 1 at Buxton along with the quarters, semis and finale to close the curtains on this 2022 edition of the Mayor’s Cup in honour of current Mayor of Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine.

Ryan Hackett

Job Caesar

Several leading footballers are expected to be on show and among them are Gregory Richardson, Jamaal Harvey, Ryan Hackett, Jeremy Garnett, Trayon Bobb, Job Caesar and Delon Lanferman.
Haslington and Sparta Boss were the early teams through to the quarterfinals and a keen competition is anticipated tonight and next Sunday April 24 for the remaining places in the quarters.
Maggie’s has joined the list of sponsors which include: IPA, DDL, Digicel, Johil, John Fernandes, General Equipment, Busta, GTT, Namilco, Macorp, New Thriving, Sattar Gafoor, B. Megan, Pritipaul Singh, Ready Mix, Eddie Bobcat, Silvie’s, Caribbean Containers, E Networks, Super Bet, Cummings Electrical, China Trading, Dave Lumber yard, Schlumberger, Maggie’s, Pure Diamond, Gold Target Exports and CIDI. Arthur has expressed heartfelt gratitude to them for their assistance.
The teams are battling for attractive prize money and the respective trophies with a first prize of $600,000, second prize $300,000, third $200,000 and fourth $100,000 on offer. Mid Atlantic Oil and Gas Company is the sponsor for the winning purse of $600,000.
The rules governing the tournament includes the no offside rule and teams are allowed five substitutions. The games are of two 20-minute halves for a 40-minute duration. The tournament is a straight knockout one with no extra time being played. A tie at the end of regulation would result in the teams dueling in the dreaded sudden death penalty shootout.
All other FIFA rules apply and the Referee is the sole authority of these games. Teams showing up late beyond a reasonable time determined by the organisers will be disqualified and their game forfeited via the walkover route.

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