Linden ‘Guinness greatest of the street’ final…

SILVER Bullets led by the destructive Colwyn Drakes captured their third Linden Guinness Greatest of The Streets title with a clinical display against Hard Ball Management.
Taking place at the Saturday night at the Retrieve Hard Court in Linden, the winners ended the game 5-0 to their betterment and walked away with $500,000, the winners’ trophy and bragging rights in front of a raucous crowd.

In the final, Damian Williams opened the scoring in the 6th minute and Drakes doubled that score when he struck home his first goal in the 9th minute, Silver Bullets holding sway at 2-0 at the break.
The final segment paved the way for the ruthless performance by Silver Bullets as the lanky Amaniki Buntin blasted in goal number three for the Bullets in the 17th minute.
Drakes would close out things with a ‘Guinness Goal’ (a goal scored in the final three minutes of play which counts as two goals) in the 28th minute.

Bullets lifted championship number three to the delight of their staunch supporters, and relegating Hard Ball Management to the runner-up spot, for which they were rewarded $$400,000 and a trophy.
Two years ago, the then reigning champions Swag Entertainment ended the hopes of the Bullets, knocking them out in their semifinal clash by a 1-0 scoreline.
This time around the Bullets returned the favour by a similar score to reach the semifinals, through a deadly strike by Drakes in that 1-0 win.

Then in the semifinals last Monday, Silver Bullets handed Spaniards a 3-0 whipping to reach the final, on a night where that was the only match played due to persistent rainfall at the Retrieve Hard Court.
On Saturday night, the other semifinal saw Hard Ball Management easing themselves into the final with a 2-0 cushion win, behind second half strikes from Roshan Kitt in the 25th minute and Yhanks Brummel in the 39th minute.

Linden Banks DIH Branch Manager Sean Grant presented the cash incentive cheque of $500,000 to the winning Silver Bullets team and their trophy in the presence of Competition Coordinator Kellon Josiah.
Hard Ball Management also collected their second-place trophy.

In the third-place playoff for $300,000, Turf President dispatched the challenge of Spaniards 4-0, with the scorers being Anthony Layne in the 5th minute, Kelroy Anthony in the 6th, Malachi Todd 9th and Floyd Headley in the 10th minute.

For their fourth-place position Spaniards got $250,000 and a trophy.

Earlier, Banks Warehouse side won their exhibition game against Fearless, 1-0, as Jamal Caster netted the lone goal of the game while in the second exhibition game of the night, Linden Car Drivers edged their way past Team Guinness, 1-0, as Keron Joseph was the game’s scorer.

Silver Bullets by winning the Linden leg of the tournament has gained a spot in the National Guinness Greatest of The Streets tournament which is to be played later this year in Georgetown.