‘One Guyana’ King and Queen of the Sand Football: PM Phillips opens 3rd edition following colourful march past; 5 wins and a draw recorded

May 28, 2025 Sports

Kaieteur Sports- Hon. Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Anthony Phillips, Prime Minister, on Independence night officially opened the third edition of the One Guyana Kings and Queens of the Sand football competition in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden.

Following a colourful march past of twenty four of the twenty eight contesting teams, eight of which are females, Prime Minister Phillips in his feature remarks reminded the players of his Government’s commitment and steadfast assurance to the development of the nation’s athletes as well as promoting communal interaction through the powerful medium of sport.

‘One Guyana’ King and Queen of the Sand Football: PM Phillips opens 3rd edition following colourful march past; 5 wins and a draw recorded

Prime Minister Mark Phillips meeting players from Team Mineral along with Assistant Director of Sport Franklin Wilson and other officials.

The tournament, which has seen wide spread participation of team outside of the Bauxite Mining Town, is being contested at the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP-C) Linden office ground and admission is free.
Over six-million in cash and other incentives is at stake with the winner of the Queen segment of the tournament set to collect $800,000 with 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th to be rewarded with $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000, respectively.

These players from Hururu (left) and Avacado Ballers battle for the ball on Monday night.

The top prize for the Kings segment is a whopping $1,500,000 with 2^nd attracting $500,000, 3^rd $200,000 and 4^th $100,000. There will also be incentives for the best goalkeeper, highest goal scorer and the most valuable player.
Two matches in the Queens competition heralded the start of this year’s edition with Iconic Strikers setting the tone as they hammered Rockstone, 7-0. Doubles each came off the feet of Janelle Edmonson (5^th, 8^th), Horicia Adams (5^th, 18^th), and Shontel Greene (7^th, 15^th). The other goal was recorded by Shanic Thornhill in the 14^th minute.
The next Queens match-up ended in an exciting draw between Avacado Ballers and Hururu. It was Avacado Ballers which broke the deadlock six minutes into the game when Mananjel Mendoza breached the opponents defence and goalkeeper.
That advantage did not last for long as Uickesha Persaud responded in like manner for Hururu one minute later. The second of three 8-minute segments in the Queens contest saw Avacado Ballers once again retaking the lead, this time it was a Norkelyn Hernandez goal in the 10^th minute.
But, like before Hururu fired back to even the score in the 15^th minute through Shalam Frederick. Neither team were able to score again as each walked away with a point.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips meeting players from Swan FC along with Assistant Director of Sport Franklin Wilson and other officials. 1

Each of the four matches in the Kings competition ended in victory. Team Mineral was too strong for Swan FC, winning 4-1 Kelroy Anthony (6^th), Tino Thomas (18^th), Jermaine King (23^rd) and Travon Croal (27^th) inked their names on the scoresheet for the winners. Swan consolation goal was scored by Mark Loncke in the 8^th minute.
Rockston’s Daniel Adolph was the hero of their 3-1 triumph over Hardball Management. Adolph scored all the goals with the lone strike for Hardball Management coming from Marcus Forde.
HH Ballers blanked Avacado Ballers 3-0 on account of goals from Malakai Todd (2^nd), and a brace from Shamar Caesar (24^th, 26^th). The final clash of the night saw Bomberz edging YMCA 2-1.
Both goals for Bomberz were scored by D. Samuels in the 6^th and 11^th minute. The lone reply for YMCA came from K. Gettino. Action will continue on Friday night at the same venue with two (2) Queens and five (5) Kings matches.
The top two teams from each of the groups in both competitions will advance following round-robin play.

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