FOLLOWING the successful hosting of the Georgetown leg of this year’s Banks DIH/Petra Organisation ‘Guinness Greatest of de Streets’ futsal football competition, the action will now shift to the Haslington Market Square, tomorrow night, when the East Coast leg of the tournament kicks off.

Defending champions Plaisance, will have the distinct opportunity to start the action this year, when they go up against Nabaclis in the first game at 18:00hrs, followed by Buxton ‘B’ opposing their counterparts from Beterverwagting in the second encounter.
Buxton ‘A’ will face Melanie ‘B’ in the third game before Melanie ‘A’ team go up against Mahaica in the fourth game of the night prior to the much-anticipated ‘Guinness Half Time’ break.
On the resumption of play, Vryheid’s Lust and Church Yard United will clash, even as Paradise face Ann’s Grove Punters and Ann’s Grove Young Warriors go head-to-head with Beterverwagting ‘A’, while the first night’s action will culminate with Golden Grove Squatters against Victoria Eagles.
The winning teams will meet in the quarterfinals which will be played at the same venue next Wednesday, followed by the semi-finals later that same night, while the third place playoff and final would be held next Saturday, where the two top teams will advance to the national playoffs.
At stake also in the tournament is a first-place cash prize of $300 000, a trophy and the right to be called ‘Guinness Greatest of de Streets’ champions for East Coast, for one year.
Queen Street Tiger Bay and Stevedore Housing Scheme out of Georgetown, along with Eagles and Retrieve Unknown of Linden, have already booked their place in the national playoffs, which will see the winning team represent Guyana in the Guinness ‘Caribbean Greatest of de Streets’ tournament, scheduled to be held in Trinidad and Tobago sometime soon. (Calvin Roberts)