MCYS/Ansa McAL June Madness Futsal…

BACKED by a fair amount of fans in a sold out Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Road Warriors emerged as the champions of the inaugural June Madness Futsal Championship after toppling Guyana’s best, Sparta Boss in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

Witnessed by the Hon. Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Works, Hon. Charles Ramson Jr., Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, and Steve Ninvalle, Director of Sport amongst other dignitaries, the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall rocked from start to finish in the championship match, as the Brazilians also took away all three individual awards, Most Valuable Player (Wendrecky DeSouza), Highest Goal Scorer (Louis DaSilva), Best Goalkeeper (John Vieira).

Road Warriors received two-million dollars as reward for winning this championship which started with 48-teams and ended with what all the fans agreed was a fitting way to culminate a well-executed and administered competition.

The third place match was a stroll in the park for Back Circle ‘A’ who got the better of Gold Is Money 8-5 and took away the $400,000 winner prize, Gold Is Money had to settle for $200,000.

Lady Canaimas continued their dominance of female futsal by trouncing Iconic Strikers 5-0 led by two goals each from Glendy Lewis (1st, 20th), Sandra Johnson (2nd, 10th) and Niomi Williams in the 12th minute.

The pre-final hype was that Sparta Boss, Guyana National Futsal champions were more than capable of outgunning the Road Warriors side who were sent packing in the semifinals of the national championships held in December of 2024 and January 2025.

This time around, the Brazilian outfit did not make any blunders, and while Sparta showed glimpses of brilliance during the encounter, they were shut down as their leading scorer, Curtez Kellman could not get going on the night and while Ryan ‘Bum Bum’ Hackett scored both the goals they were able to sink, he was marked very tightly and was for the most part, denied using his favoured left foot.

On the two occasions he was able to unshackle himself from being double teamed and even tripled teamed at times, he scored in the 24th and 37th minutes. Road Warriors made Sparta Boss work hard and they were nullified in the final third.

Two of the Road Warriors were ripping left foot shots from acute angles which sent the fans into a frenzy. Thalyson Pinheiro opened their account in the 6th minute with Luis DaSilva’s 10th minute strike earning him the Highest Goal Scorer of the championship prize as he ended with 10-goals, one more than Randolph Wagner of Gold Is Money.

Joao DeSouza in the 28th and Samuel Harrinandan in the 33rd minute executed a fabulous right foot shot almost close to the goal line which zoomed past a bemused Omar Jones in goal for Sparta was enough for the win, capping a fantastic run for the team as they ended as the only undefeated team in the championship.

Both Ministers Edghill and Ramson assisted with the presentation of prizes to the top teams and individual performers along with other dignitaries.

The following are the full results of the 11th and final night:

Game 1
GT Masters 1 vs GT All Stars 1
Game ended in an 8-8 draw after extra time, shots from the penalty mark and sudden death kicks failed to separate the sides. After 12 shots, the score remained 8-8 with four misses each.

Game 2
Corinthians 3 vs Gladiators 0

Game 3 – Female Final
Lady Canaimas 5 vs Iconic Strikers 0
Glendy Lewis 1^st, 20^th
Sandra Johnson 2^nd, 10^th
Niomi Williams 12^th

Game 4
Champs GY 2 vs Influencers 1

Game 5 – Third Place
Back Circle ‘A’ 8 vs Gold Is Money 5
Simeon Moore 6^th, 20^th Randolph Wagner 20^th, 38^th
Fabian Abrams 22^nd, 37^th Shomar Koulen 26^th
Chris Macey 11^th Jamal Pedro 27^th
Amos Ramsey 13^th Stephon Jupiter 32^nd
Stephon Reynolds 21^st
Ravin Naughton 24^th
Game 6 – Grudge Match
Bomb Squad 1 vs Bent Street 1
Kemar Beckford 2^nd Beveney Marks 8^th
Bomb Squad won 5-3 via kicks from the penalty mark after extra time failed to separate the sides.

Final
Road Warriors 4 vs Sparta Boss 2
Thalyson Pinheiro 6^th Ryan Hackett 24^th, 37^th
Luis DaSilva 10^th
Joao DeSouza 28^th
Samuel Harrinandan 33^rd

Prizes
MVP – Wendrecky DeSouza
HGS – Luis DaSilva (10-goals)
BGK – John Vieira

1^st Place 2M – Road Warriors
2^nd Place 1M – Sparta Boss
3^rd Place $400,000 – Back Circle ‘A’
4^th Place $200,000 – Gold Is Money
Female
1^st Place $200,000
2^nd Place $100,000