Battle for national Guinness football title starts Friday

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Eight teams will battle for supremacy and a chance to represent Guyana at the Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge when the national Guinness Greatest of the Streets championship opens on Friday at the Demerara Park, Banks DIH parking lot.
Silver Bullets and Silent Assassins of Linden, Leopold Street and Back Circle of Georgetown, Plaisance and Victoria Church Yard, representing East Coast Demerara, and Millennium and Hard Core of Bartica, are the teams vying to represent Guyana.
The tournament, sponsored by Banks DIH Limited, through its Guinness brand, brings together the winners and runners-up of the four areas with Leopold Street being the winner of the Georgetown zone, Plaisance the top team on the East Coast, Silver Bullets the Linden champions and Millennium the winners in Bartica.
Guinness Brand Manager, Lee Baptiste, disclosed that all systems are in place for the playoffs and he indicated that all the matches will be played at Demerara Park.
The first two rounds will be played Friday evening and will feature Silver Bullets against Hard Core followed by Leopold Street coming up against Victoria Church Yard; Silent Assassins will do battle with Plaisance, while Back Circle will square off with Millennium.
The second round will bring together Silver Bullets and Victoria Church Yard, Silent Assassins versus Millennium, Leopold Street against Hard Core and Back Circle playing Plaisance. Kickoff is at 19:30 hours.
The third round will be played on Saturday, while the semi-finals and final will be played off on Monday evening, a public holiday.
“We expect overwhelming support as teams will be bringing along their supporters. There is a lot at stake for the competing teams,” Baptiste said.
The winner will receive Gy400,000; runner-up Gy$250,000, third place Gy$150,000 and fourth Gy$75,000.
The champion team will also represent Guyana at the second annual Guinness Street Challenge scheduled for June 21-23 in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Guyana hosted the inaugural Caribbean Guinness Challenge last year at the National Park.

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