WILD card side Bakewell Topp XX flattened the Snatchers of Lethem 5-0, while Hi Stars out-shot Kwakwani Strikers 4-3 as the Upper Demerara Football Association / GT Beer Christmas SUPA 16 football championship continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground on Friday night.

Topp XX, drafted in late to the draw after some administrative hiccups and which saw them being given a late entry, jumped on their opponents as early as the 7th minute when Shawn Daniels put them into the lead.
Travis ‘Chicken’ Waterton then increased that to a 2-0 advantage in the 23rd minute and four minutes later it was Topp XX coasting 3-0 with a strike off the boot of Terrence Aaron.
Going into the second half in cruise control Bakewell Topp XX saw Waterton making it a double for him lashing in goal number four in the 69th minute before the win was sealed through Trenton Lashley in the 76th minute.
Earlier in the night Hi Stars overcame a game Kwakwani Strikers after taking the lead in the 10th minute through Tony ‘Spirit’ Adams.
But the Strikers fought back into contention and levelled the scores in the 12th minute through a penalty awarded to them after a Hi Stars player handled the ball.
Sherlock Adams made no mistake from the penalty spot and in the 25th minute Dale Sauers sent the Strikers ahead in the 25th minute and the visitors were ahead at half time 2-1.
However, the Hi Stars never gave up and equalised in the 49th minute through Colin Davidson. Striker’s Sauers then put his team ahead in the 52nd minute when he scored for a 3-2 lead.
With this, the Strikers seemingly were on track for a win but for Hi Stars’ ‘Spirit ‘Adams who created two scoring opportunities after he was brought down in the box.
First in the 81st minute the lanky Julian Davidson scored from the penalty spot and the second penalty again off Adams’, who was hacked down, saw Julian Davidson netting the spot kick in the 88th minute to send his team through.
The competition continues tomorrow with two more matches at the MSC ground.

(By Joe Chapman)