SIX matches are on for this evening’s opening night of the Petra Futsal tournament at the National Gymnasium following the launch last Tuesday.

North East La Penitence will take on Leopold Street , while Festival City takes on West Back Road in game two.
Tucville and Kitty Weavers will play game three while North Ruimveldt and Agricola Ballers clash in game four. Broad Street ballers will play in game five against Channel 9 warriors while Sparta boss will take on Globe Yard.
This year’s event will feature 24 teams playing for $400,000 first prize and trophies. Second, third and fourth place finishers will collect $200,000, $100,000 and $50,000 respectively and trophies as well.
Petra organisation Co Director Troy Mendonca is reported as saying,“We will continue to run programs that we set out on a yearly basis and this is one of them. We are going ahead because this is one of our core events.”
The organisers disclosed that they are in talks to secure a tournament sponsor.
The first round of matches will be an elimination round, with the resulting 12 teams being divided into three groups of four.
Upon the conclusion of the round-robin stage, the top two finishers and the best two third ranked teams from the respective groups will progress to the quarter-final phase.
The event is slated to conclude on April 15th and the defending champions are Bent Street.