ONCE AGAIN, the stage is set for another ‘East meets West’ encounter, when the curtains come down in the action of this year’s Mayor’s 79th birthday seven aside football tournament on the West side from 17:00hrs this afternoon.Den Amstel will be representing the West Side in the final where they face-off with City line-up North East La Penitence who will be coming from the East to create an upset over their West Demerara counterparts on their home ground, with the winner taking home $100,000 and a trophy, while the losers will pocket $50,000.
Admission to the ground is $500 and the Den Amstel team is expected to come from Delon Lanferman, Jeffery Pereira, Travis Hilliman, Ryan Hunte, Colin Benn, Rondel Hutson, Kester Jacobs and Gilian Payne.
North East LaPenitence will look to Orville Milton (Captain), Hubert Pedro, Solomon Austin, Andrew Murray, Randolph Wagner, Rensford Coleridge, Devon Millington and Calvin Moore, to see them to victory.
Meanwhile, a Mayor’s All Star team will be taking on a Young Achievers lineup in an exhibition encounter from 15:00hrs, prior to the playing of the final.
The Mayor’s All Star team will field: Devon Charles, Ashley Harding, William Europe, Joshua Browne, Joshua Kamal, Malcolm Wilson, Nikel Frazer, Dwayne Wilson, Jamaal Harvey, Keron Solomon, Orville Stewart, Trevor Lewis, Trevor Jones, Lloyd Matthews, Clive Matthews, Amos Ramsay and Domini Garnett.
Young Achievers will include Deon Terrence, Dexroy Adams, Roy Chilcott, Jason Critchlow, Winston Johnson, Marvin Josiah and Lloyd Prince.