Defending champs through to semi-finals
Defending national champions Dave & Celina’s AllStars and fellow Linden unit Silver Bullets sealed their berths to the semifinal round when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Championship commenced on Friday at the Pouderoyen Tarmac.
The titlist, earned their place in the final four section following victories over Leopold Street and Swag Entertainment respectively, sending a stern warning to the remaining challengers.
Dave & Celina’s defeated Leopold Street 1-0 on penalty kicks after regulation time ended scoreless in their opening match.
In their second fixture, the champions edged fellow Linden unit Swag Entertainment 1-0. Tyric McAllister netted in the 10th minute.
On the other hand, Linden champion Silver Bullets defeated the duo of West Side Ballers and Bartica champion Disconnection Crew.
Silver Bullets edged West Side Ballers 3-2 on sudden death penalty kicks after normal time ended 11. Damion Williams scored for Silver Bullets in the eighth minute while Nickel Chetram equalised one minute later.
In their second match, Silver Bullets needled Disconnection Crew 1-0 compliments of a Jermaine Samuels strike in the ninth minute.
The teams that were eliminated are West Demerara champ Showstoppers, Leopold Street, ESPN, West Side Ballers, Disconnection Crew and Swag Entertainment.
The tournament will continue on Wednesday [Emancipation Day] at the Haslington Market Tarmac, with eight teams battling for the remaining two semi-final berths. Below features the complete fixtures and group assignments. East Coast DemeraraHaslington TarmacAugust 1st Group-C Uprising-Champion Gold is Money-Champion Melanie-B Bent Street Group-D Trafalgar-Champion Sparta Boss Buxton Diamond Paradise
Fixtures Round 1 (D1)-Buxton Diamond vs Paradise-19:00hrs (C1)-Melanie-B vs Bent Street-19:30hrs (D2)-Sparta Boss Trafalgar-20:00hrs (C2)-Gold is Money vs Uprising-20:30hrs Round 2 Winner of D1 vs Loser of D2-21:15hrs Winner of C1 vs Loser of C2-21:45hrs Winner of C2 vs Loser of C1-22:15hrs Winner of D2 vs Loser of D1-22:45hrs vs
Complete Results Guinness Goal-(GG)-2 goals Win in Normal Time-3pts Win on Penalty Kicks-2pts 1st Round Game-1 West Side Ballers-1 vs Silver Bullets-1 Silver Bullets won 3-2 on sudden death penalty kicks
Silver Bullets Scorer Damion Williams-8th
West Side Scorer Nickel Chetram-9th Game-2 ESPN-1 vs Disconnection Crew-3 Disconnection Scorers Elsio Oliveira-2nd and 5th Ryan Andries-3rd
ESPN Scorer Tefon Daly-12th
Game-3 Leopold Street-0 vs Dave & Celina’s All-Stars-0 Dave and Celena won 1-0 on penalty kicks
Game-4 Showstoppers-1 vs Swag Entertainment-2
Swag Scorer Colwyn Drakes-5th and 10th
Showstoppers Scorer Marvin Josiah-8th
2nd Round Game-5 ESPN-4 Ballers-2 ESPN Scorers Jolyan Harry-(GG)-19th vs West
Tefon Daly-2nd Kevon Lythcott-13th West Side Scorer Kwesi Alleyne-(GG)-20th
Game-6 Silver Bullets-1 Disconnection Crew-0 Jermaine Samuels-6th
Game-7 Swag Entertainment-0 vs Dave & Celina-1 Tyric McAllister-10th
Game-8 Showstoppers-1 Side vs Leopold Street-2 Leopold Scorer Okeene Fraser-(GG)-18th Showstoppers Scorer Stephon Jupiter-1st