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SLINGERZ FC: Their name just keeps popping out of the mouths of local football pundits ever since the West Demerara-based team was assembled. Many questions are being asked about their existence, one of which is, if they will be able to climb the ladder to become Guyana’s top club? a spot held by Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United. However, the club chose to announce their presence with a tournament which will kick off tonight at the Den Amstel ground.
The tournament which was made possible through Ansa McAl and Stag Beer, cellular service provider Digicel and Hokinson Mining, will carry a winner’s purse of $500 000, second place $300 000, third and fourth $150 000 and $50 000 respectively.
After the gala opening ceremony at 16.00hrs where the eight participating teams will be on display, all eyes will be set on the Gordon ‘Ultimate Warrior’ Braithwaite-coached team as they come up against Beavers in the night’s feature game of the planned double-header.
At the launching of the tournament, Braithwaite said that his Club’s “mandate on the West Side is to develop football to such a level that by the next three years the best football will be played on the West Side as it once was. And we hope that people will not look at us as a team that is trying to just come to play a one-off thing, but that it’s something that will be forever”.
He also said: “We hope that by the time this tournament is over, our mandate would be fully established to play good football and develop football and make sure that West Side is number one.”
He, however, said that Slingerz is on the road to self-development and it is his hope that other clubs will follow.
Dwayne Jacobs, still fresh from being named the Most Valuable Player (MVP), will captain the side that also includes Pierre Joseph and Kester Jacobs.
Tonight’s opening game brings together a youthful Eagles United Football Club against West Side champions Uitvlugt United.
Uitvlugt has been one of the top teams on the West Side for a number of years and their recent ascendancy to the top of the table on the West Demerara is testimony of their hard work. But the side should be tested against the side led by Kerron Schmidt.
The tournament which was made possible through Ansa McAl and Stag Beer, cellular service provider Digicel and Hokinson Mining, will carry a winner’s purse of $500 000, second place $300 000, third and fourth $150 000 and $50 000 respectively.
After the gala opening ceremony at 16.00hrs where the eight participating teams will be on display, all eyes will be set on the Gordon ‘Ultimate Warrior’ Braithwaite-coached team as they come up against Beavers in the night’s feature game of the planned double-header.
At the launching of the tournament, Braithwaite said that his Club’s “mandate on the West Side is to develop football to such a level that by the next three years the best football will be played on the West Side as it once was. And we hope that people will not look at us as a team that is trying to just come to play a one-off thing, but that it’s something that will be forever”.
He also said: “We hope that by the time this tournament is over, our mandate would be fully established to play good football and develop football and make sure that West Side is number one.”
He, however, said that Slingerz is on the road to self-development and it is his hope that other clubs will follow.
Dwayne Jacobs, still fresh from being named the Most Valuable Player (MVP), will captain the side that also includes Pierre Joseph and Kester Jacobs.
Tonight’s opening game brings together a youthful Eagles United Football Club against West Side champions Uitvlugt United.
Uitvlugt has been one of the top teams on the West Side for a number of years and their recent ascendancy to the top of the table on the West Demerara is testimony of their hard work. But the side should be tested against the side led by Kerron Schmidt.
