DEFENDING champions Back Circle and Albouystown ‘A’ showed that they are ready for the knockout stage which starts tonight at the Banks DIH Car Park as they showed terrific form in the final round of the preliminary phase which ended on Thursday night at the Albouystown Basketball Court.

Back Circle recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over Stevedore Housing Scheme, while Albouystown ‘A’ were demolished by Laing Avenue 7-0 with former national striker Andrew Murray Jr slamming in four goals, while Devon Small scored a triple.
In the other results, Sophia ‘A’ and South Ruimveldt drew 0-0, Alexander Village and East La Penitence drew 1-1, Norton Street West defeated Cross Street 2-1, Festival City needled West Front Road, Broad Street B cruised past West Back Road 3-1 and North Last Entrance edged Albouystown ‘B’ 1-0.
Meanwhile, the fixtures for tonight’s start of quarter-final action are as follows: 19:30hrs – Guinness Bar versus Media, 20:00hrs – Banks DIH Ltd versus Sweet Hand, 20:30hrs – Clippers Barber Shop versus Oasis, 21:00hrs – Stevedore versus Queen Street Tiger Bay, 21:15hrs – Upper Level versus YMCA, 21:45hrs – West Front Road versus South Ruimveldt, 22:15hrs – Leopold Street versus Albouystown ‘A’ and 21:45hrs – Hope Street Tiger Bay versus Alexander Village.