Eight teams cut on West Dem opening night

THE Colours/ Guinness Greatest in the Street East and West Bank Demerara football tournament got off to a lively start with eight teams being cut from the tournament on the opening night at Pouderoyen.
The first to go was raiders as they succumbed 2-0 at the hands of Patentia Street Ballers,with Kurt Garnett’s 15th minute strike being followed up by Andre Bernard in the 18th.

In the second game, it took one strike to eliminate Harmony B, as Goed Intent’s Daniel Alves in the 15th minute sealed the deal.Game three saw an utter 3-0 demolition of Speed Boat by Admiral United.
A crazy mix-up by the defence allowed United to take the lead early through Lexroy Manfield who solidified that lead three minutes later as his team ran rampant. Emanuel Henry in the 11th minute would then put the finishing touches on the game.
In Game 4,E.S.P.N.held their one goal advantage to the end over their Samaroo Dam opponents,thanks to Nicquan Nestor in the 14th.

Bagotstown Warriors needed a penalty shoot-out to beat Young Ballers as they won 1-0 while the same method and result gave Hustlers the win over Bagotstown Ballers.
Future Crane needled Agricola,1-0 through Ashton Hodge in the 13th while DeKinderen Ballers had the same result over the Vege Boyz; their goal coming from Steffen Dickson in the 19th.
In game 9, the Westside Ballers beat Comfort Ballers 2-0 thanks to Dwayne St.Kitts 6th minute and Gideon Payne’s 12th minute strikes.Small Panama went down to Showstoppers 3-0.

Their three goals came from:an own goal in the 7th, Dexroy Adams in the16th and Kayode King in the 20th.
Action resumes on February 7th.