THE Georgetown Football Association (GFA) will, this evening, commence action in its senior clubs’ football league at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre (NTC).
The tournament features 10 club teams over a two-month period battling for top honours with the finals set for August 19.
The winning side will collect $500,000 with $300,000 for second place and $200,000 and $100,00 for third and fourth places respectively.

Some of the team listed are Pele, Georgetown Football Club (GFC), East Veldt, Northern Rangers, Camptown, Vengy, Riddim Squad, Black Pearl, Order and Discipline FC and Beacon.
Speaking at the launch, President of the GFF, Wayne Forde, said that it was important that the GFA was able to get its programme up and running.

Forde took the time to point out to the clubs that the GFF alone can’t make it possible but that Member Associations must seek corporate sponsors to run off their programme.
“We have always laboured the point that the funding and material that we provide for our members is simply support. We do not have the means to complete fund all categories of competition across all nine of our regional associations.”

He said where and when possible the GFF has given tangible support, adding “We have made sure that our members [have] equipment in terms of balls, cones, goals and funding for almost every competition that we have asked the members to run.”
The long-time football administrator says that the GFA is taking the right step by having a product that is up and running to present to corporate Guyana.

“The reality of business is that, they are keener to get on board a moving train rather than one that hasn’t left the station, the GFA has to present itself as train in motion and to be frank it hasn’t been able to do that in a while. The GFF is committed to do what we have always been trying to do [for] our member and that is to provide support.”

The tournament is sponsored by Insurance Brokers Guyana limited and GUYSONS.
Meanwhile, at the launching each club was presented with certificate for fulfilling their obligations to the association including submission of official club documents and financial report.