By Stephan Sookram
THE final two quarter-final spots in the Banks Beer/ Georgetown Football Association will be decided this evening when action returns to the Georgetown Football Club ground.The double-header affair will firstly pit Beacon Football Club and Flamingo Football Club from 19 hours, while from 21 hours Sunburst Camtpown and Northern Rangers will do battle.
Each of the four competing teams will be vying for the final two quarter-final spots up for grabs in the tournament which will feature a few interesting matches in the zone.
Already, Western Tigers, New Amsterdam, Police, Santos, Rosginol and Riddim Squad have moved on to the next round and are preparing for their battles come Friday evening.
The tournament, which will see the winner taking home a handsome purse of $2M and a trophy, will be played at 4 venues across Guyana (Number 5 Village Berbice, GFC Ground, Guyana Defence Force Ground, and Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.)
The runners-up will take home $1M and a trophy while the 3rd and 4th place teams will cart off $500,000 and $250,000 respectively.
The final of the tournament will be played on New Year’s Day with the National Stadium Providence being touted as the venue.
In the last edition of the tournament, Alpha United defeated the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 3-1, thanks to a double from Gregory Richardson and a lone strike from Dwight Peters, while Pele FC stopped Western Tigers 1 – 0 for 3rd place.