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East Bank Gunners advance to semis
Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Zone
Kaieteur Sports-Defending champions East Bank Gunners marched into the semi-finals of the Guinness Greatest of the Street Berbice zone with two convincing wins over the weekend at the New Amsterdam Basketball tarmac.
Gunners’ Keron George is the tournament’s leading goal scorer.
Led by the prolific Keron George who has scored five goals so far in the tournament, the Gunners demolished Young Strikers 3-0 in the quarter-finals Saturday night with George scoring all three goals.
The Gunners crushed Rose Hall 4-0 on the opening night Friday with George leading the way with a brace while there was a goal apiece for Treon Wintz and Joseph Giddings.
Manchester cruised through to the semi-finals with a hard fought 1-0 win over Trini Gunners with Shanny Campbell netting the winner. The Manchester side had beaten Itacha Ballers in their opening fixture. They will now square off with the Gunners in the semi-finals.
Also, through to the last four are Paradise Ballers and Ballers United they both had to dig deep to advance with Ballers United winning in a penalty shootout against Young Guns while Paradise squeezed past Outsiders 1-0 with the goal from Terique Benn.
Twelve teams started the competition with Rose Hall, Litchfield, New Amsterdam Lions, Scott School, Renegades, Trafalgar and Ithaca suffering early elimination.
The semi-finals and finals will be contested on Saturday evening at the NA Basketball tarmac.
The winners will cart off $500,000, with runners-up securing $300,000, third $200,000 and fourth $100,000.
The 2025 countrywide Guinness Greatest of the Street championships will also be played in Essequibo, Linden, West Demerara, Bartica and Georgetown.
The Tournament sponsors are Guinness and Colours Boutique.
(East Bank Gunners advance to semis)
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