Victor Kings and Ann’s Grove; two of the three East Coast Demerara teams left in their year’s Stag Beer Super XVI Knockout Championship, have ended the run for teams from the ‘West Side’ when play continued on Saturday at the Golden Grove ground.With West Demerara powerhouses Pouderoyen and Den Amstel already sent packing, owing such defeats suffered to Grove Hi-Tech and Mahaica Determinators respectively, Uitvlugt Warriors and Beavers were hoping to carry the mantle for the ‘West Side’, but the East Coast teams had other plans.

Uitvlugt Warriors fell 1 – 0 to Victor Kings, while Ann’s Grove hammered Beavers 4 – 0 as the two East Coast teams book their spot in the semi-finals.

The game between Victoria Kings and Uitvlugt Warriors seemed destined to head into extra time after the two could not have found the net, Alden Lawrence scored what turned out to be the ‘game winner’ for the East Coast unit with just six minutes remaining in the heated contest.

Kings won a corner which was taken by Calvin DeSouza and the ball was well placed in the box and fell to the veteran Winston Pompey, whose header was blocked by the keeper but Lawrence was in the right position to hammer home his left-footed shot.

The win for the Victoria Kings means that they will now play defending champions Grove Hi-Tech on Tuesday.

Ann’s Grove, the team that Grove Hi-Tech defeated in last year’s finals, is trying to reset the time and may be get a chance to revenge, following their no-nonsense approach to their game against Beavers.

Andrew Murray opened his team’s account in the 22nd minute then Kevon Barry doubled the score in the 35th minute and Anil Hernandes’ goal seven minutes later capped a 3 – 0 lead at half time for Ann’s Grove.

Shafeer Sanichara scored the game’s fourth goal in the 53rd minute as Ann’s Grove easily won the one-sided contest then completed the rout in the second stanza, netting though a 53rd minute conversion.

Ann’s Grove, by virtue of the win, will play Mahaica Determinators in Tuesday’s other semi-finals.

The team coming out on-top will pocket $1,500,000 while second, third and fourth place finishers will receive $500,000, $300,000 and $200,000 respectively.