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Silver Bullets dethrone Dave and Celina’s All Stars

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Silver Bullets was crowned the Guinness 'Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Champion dethroning titlist Dave and Celina's All-Stars 3-1 on Saturday at the Mackenzie Bus Park Tarmac.

It was the second title in the tournament history for the Silver Bullets unit, who dedicated their victory to the late Tony Gilbert, a stalwart of the team that passed away weeks earlier.

The gargantuan viewership was appreciate of the intended gesture before the commenceme­nt of the clash and loudly supported the challenger­s.

Following a scoreless first period, Omar Williams gave the partisan a reason to celebrate, pushing Silver Bullets into the lead in the 27th minute.

Racing down the left side, Williams fired his effort into the back of the net, after latching onto a right side pass.

The celebratio­ns continued for their large fandom 10 minutes later when Clifton Halley etched his name on the scorer’s sheet compliment­s of a shot from the centre of the field.

Not willing to go down without a fight, the defending champions pulled one back in the 41stminute, Stephon Tappin uncorked a powerful strike from the left side, which settled into the roof of the net.

However, Silver Bullets would not be denied as Halley fired the shot in the 44thminute to seal his brace and the issue.

Silver Bullets received $400,000 and the championsh­ip trophy. They also earned an automatic berth to the National Championsh­ip while the dethroned champions walked away with $150,000 and the correspond­ing trophy.

Meanwhile, Swag Entertainm­ent crushed High Rollers 4-0 in the earlier third place playoff.

Shane Luckie bagged a double in the 28th and 38th minute, while Steve Franklin tallied a 'Guinness Goal’ (GG) (a good scored in the final three minutes count as two) in the 49th minute.

With the win, Swag Entertainm­ent pocket $100,000 and a trophy, while the loser pockets $75,000 and the correspond­ing accolade. Final

3rd Place Complete Results Guinness Goal-GG-2 Goals Dave and Celina's All-Stars-1 vs Silver Bullets-3

Silver Bullets Scorers Omar Williams-27th Clifton Halley-37th and 44th

Dave and Celina's Scorer Stephon Tappin-41st

Swag Entertainm­ent-4 vs High Rollers-0 Shane Luckie-28th and 38th Steve Franklin-(GG)-49th

 ??  ?? Shane Luckie (no.16) of Swag Entertainm­ent tries to maintain possession while being challenged by a High Rollers player during their third place matchup in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championsh­ip
Shane Luckie (no.16) of Swag Entertainm­ent tries to maintain possession while being challenged by a High Rollers player during their third place matchup in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championsh­ip
 ??  ?? Jermaine Samuels (centre) of Silver Bullets races away from Tyric McAllister of Dave and Celina’s All-stars during their clash in the final of the Guinness 'Greatest of the Streets' Linden championsh­ip at the Mackenzie Bus Park Tarmac.
Jermaine Samuels (centre) of Silver Bullets races away from Tyric McAllister of Dave and Celina’s All-stars during their clash in the final of the Guinness 'Greatest of the Streets' Linden championsh­ip at the Mackenzie Bus Park Tarmac.

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