Six teams through to quarter-finals, remaining two to be decided today

PLAY in the Annual Mayor’s Cup 9-a-side Inter-Ward/Village Knockout football tournament moves to Den Amstel ground today and football fans on the West Side will be treated and will be backing their home teams as the battle is on for the two remaining quarter-final spots.

Six quarterfinal spots have so far been decided and teams colliding today will go all out to be the two.
Action at Den Amstel ground starts at 14:00hrs with Pouderoyen down to face Stewartville, Sara Lodge challenging Back Street Kings, Den Amstel battling Uitvlugt and West Side Spartan tangling with Bagotville. The winners will collide after the preceding matches for a chance to claim a quarterfinal spot.

Already through to the quarterfinals are Haslington, Sparta Boss, Bourda All Stars, Tucville, Friendship Front and Diamond.
Coordinator Lennox Arthur congratulated all the teams, especially those who advanced to the quarterfinals. While some teams had an ‘easy road’, others had to battle. This, he explained, was due to the fact that some played three games, while the others played two, on account of their respective grouping.

The tournament started with a total of 48 teams.
Arthur noted that teams like Friendship Front, Bourda All Stars and Tucville played three matches to go forward, while Sparta played two and Diamond got a bye.

Bourda and Tucville will face the winners from today’s action in the quarterfinals, while Friendship Front are down to challenge Sparta Boss and Diamond to meet Haslington, all next Sunday, May 1, in the quarters set for the Buxton ground. This will be followed by the semis and grand finale to close the curtain on this 2022 edition of the Mayor’s Cup in honour of current Mayor of Georgetown, Mayor Ubraj Narine.

Among the list of sponsors are: IPA, DDL, Digicel, Johil, John Fernandes, General Equipment, Busta, GTT, Namilco, Macorp, New Thriving, Sattar Gafoor, B. Megan, Pritipaul Singh, Ready Mix, Eddie Bobcat, Silvie’s,
Caribbean Containers, E Networks, Super Bet, Cummings Electrical, China Trading, Dave Lumber Yard, Maggie’s, Schlumberger, Pure Diamond, Gold Target Exports and CIDI. Arthur has expressed heartfelt gratitude to them for their assistance.

The teams are battling for attractive cash prizes and the respective trophies with a first prize of $600 000, second prize $300 000, third $200 000 and fourth $100 000. Mid Atlantic Oil and Gas Company is the sponsor for the winning purse of $600 000.