Beckford hat-trick ensures Slingerz start season with a bang

West Coast side Slingerz Football club kicked off their Elite League Season 7 campaign with an impressive win over Monedderlust Football club on Sunday evening at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Center at Providence when the premier local football competition kicked- off.
The Jamaican recruit who is playing his second season with the Slingerz outfit registered goals in the 39th and 41st minute to give them a 2-0 lead at half-time.
Dawit Watts pulled back the score line for Monedderlust after the resumption to make it 2-1.

However, the former champions who narrowly missed out on the title last year had defender Jeremy Garrett to thank after he took advantage of a laps in defence by Mondderlust to make it-3-1 for Slingerz.
Star striker Beckford then returned to complete the hat-trick of goals in injury time to steer Slingerz to a 4-1 victory.

In the other contest, on the opening night, Ann’s Grove United gave the newest Elite League side Mainstay Gold Star FC a baptism with fire on their entry in the league as they handed them a 6-1 drubbing.
Yohance Francis opened Ann’s Grove account with his first 20 minutes into the clash before goals from his teammates, Jamal Thuesday 40th and Steve Francis 47th followed to make it 3-nil.
Mainstay Robeno Kanhai gave them their first Elite League goal in the 54th minute.

Quincy Barry then extended Ann’s Grove lead in the 76th as they went 4-1.
Francis then came back in the 89th to record a double and Kemron Pelew added his injury time strike to give Ann’s Grove a handsome 6-1 victory in their first outing in Season 7 of the league.