Power outage disrupts Thursday night play; 8 matches slated for tonight

Dec 22, 2024 Sports

K&S/One Guyana National Futsal Championship

Kaieteur Sports-At 22:00hrs on the dot, a power outage put paid to any further action at the start of the fourth of five games in the round-of-32 on Thursday night when the One Guyana / Kashif and Shanghai Organisation year-end football championship powered by the government of Guyana, continued.
Back Circle were large and in charge of the action between themselves and Vryheid’s Lust as they were 2-0 up and looking very ominous in their play against the East Coast side. Early goals from Cecil Jackman (1^st) and Darren Benjamin one minute later were setting the foundation for a solid win.
The organisers took the decision to call it a night since there was no certainty of when the power would have been restored. The game was continue from the point it stopped, 2 minutes into the first half, last night.

Power outage disrupts Thursday night play; 8 matches slated for tonight

Espanyol edged Laing Avenue 3-2.

The other game that was scheduled for Thursday night between Spainard and Bent followed before the scheduled matches for last night, Saturday where California Square faced Back Circle ‘B’, Gold Is Money against Touches, Team Cruel played Paradise Invaders, North Ruimveldt vs Ballers United, Albouystown Ballers tackled Agricola Ballers, and Victoria Eagles took on Road Warriors.
Three round-of-32 matches were completed on Thursday night with Stabroek ‘B’ trouncing Show Stoppers, 7-0 on account of goals from Jamal Cozier (2^nd, 6^th, 11^th, 20^th), Nikolai Andrews (7^th, 24^th) and Lionel Holder in the 26^th minute.
In a nail biting showdown, Espanyol edged Laing Avenue 3-2. Laing Avenue drew first blood in the 5^th minute when Prince Nero found the back of the nets. Espanyol drew level in the 9^th minute on account of Darwuin’s effort and then jumped to a 3-1 advantage by the 22^nd minute through ripping goals from Esteben Hernandez (15^th) and Feliz Nunez (22^nd).
Laing Avenue fought valiantly to chip away at the Spanish team’s advantage but only succeeded in reducing it by one when with three minutes to the final whistle, Isiah Scott found the back of the nets.
Thursday night’s action opened with a solid 4-1 triumph for Timehri Warriors against Kitty Hustlers. Goals took some time to come by with the first half seeing a total drought. The deadlock was finally broken in the 18^th minute when Warriors’ Doniel Moshette scored.
Kitty Hustlers leveled the score in the 22^nd minute with a Darren Osborne strike but three unanswered goals from Timehri Warriors through Shamar Samuels (22^nd), Own Goal (29^th) and Deric Bethune in the 30^th minute, sealed their passage into the round of 16 along with Espanyol and Stabroek ‘B’
The three teams have also qualified for the Guyana Energy Conference and Chain Supply Futsal Championship in February of 2025 and will all receive a complete set of uniforms compliments of the One Guyana / Kashif & Shanghai National Futsal Championship.
(Power outage disrupts Thursday night play; 8 matches slated for tonight)