BEACON FC and Uprising were on top of their game on Saturday night as they both debuted this year’s competition with wins on the opening night of the Mackeson English/Kashif and Shanghai Futsal tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Beacon upset BVTUFC with a final score of 3-2 with Nigel Denny scoring a double in the 20th and 26th minutes and Shawn Morris increased Beacons’ score to 3 goals with his 31st minute strike. BVTUFC’s side of the scoreboard was stimulated by Colin Jones and Sean Daniels who scored one goal each in the 25th and 14th minutes respectively.

Den Amstel suffered battery at the hands of Uprising as that game ended 0-11 in the latter’s favour.

Daniel Favorite and Ronald La Rose scored three goals a piece. La Rose’s strikes came in the 12th, 17th and 28th minutes while Favorite struck in the 4th, 5th and 29th minutes. The inter-team scoring competition continued as Dwayne Dickinson scored two goals in the 23rd and 25th minutes and Terrence Lewis and Oriley Small marked one each on the scoreboard in the 3rd and 15th minutes respectively.

The night’s other games saw Bakewell Top XX losing out to Riddim Squad and Winners Connection trumping Young Achievers.

The Bakewell/ Riddim Squad encounter ended 2-3 with Sceyon Hope recording a game high of 2 goals in the 20th and 22nd minutes; he was assisted by teammate M. Gilkes with his single winner in the 6th minute. Bakewell’s scorers were Michael Wills and Keon Sears who scored one goal each in the 1st and 10th minutes respectively.

Young Achievers scored 2 goals on behalf of Dion Kennedy’s 5th and 20th minute strikes but fell behind on the uptake and conceded 5 goals to Winners Connection.

The heroes for the winning team were H. Davis with his 14th minute strike, R. Gittens with his 26th minute strike and S. Gittens with his 3 goals in the 8th, 9th and 18th minutes.