THE 2016 Berbice Football League will continue over the weekend with two matches at different venues, beginning at 16:00hrs each day.According to the fixtures, Mahaicony FC will host Hopetown United at the Mahaicony Sports Club ground today and tomorrow, Rosignol United face Paradise Invaders at the Rosignol ground.
According to a Berbice Foot6ball Association (BFA) release, the association, in an effort to keep senior football alive in Berbice, and with no sponsors on board, the BFA with its members agreed to organise a league in a self-funding manner, where the team covers the cost.
It stated that in order to reduce costs, there will be three leagues; the West Berbice League, the New Amsterdam League and the Corentyne League. The winners of each league will meet in a round-robin play-off to determine the overall Berbice champions.
Meanwhile, action in the West Berbice League started last Saturday with Mahaicony FC, newcomers to the BFA, taking on the newly-reformed Paradise Invaders FC at the Mahaicony Sports Ground.
Paradise Invaders won the game 2-0 with goals from Vaughn Williams (41st minute) and Javell Fraser (64th).
The following day (Sunday), the action continued at the Rosignol ground where home-team Rosignol United took on the other newcomers to the BFA, Hopetown United Rangers, but the spirited newcomers were no real match for the once-champions of Berbice Rosignol United who won the game 6-1 with goals from Shane Gangoo (8th & 17th), Marlon Nicholson (25th & 38th), Cornell Taylor (48th) and Gladston Green from the penalty spot in the 70th min.