“Guinness Greatest of the Streets”: Berbice zone kicks off

The “Guinness Greatest of the Streets” Berbice zone kicked off on Friday evening at the New Amsterdam Basketball Court with 16 teams vying for the top spot.
On the opening night, defending champions East Bank Gunners were impressive.
In an action-packed evening, Gunners blew away Rose Hall 4-0 in the opening game.

The defending champions signalled that they were not in the competition this year just as a statistic.
Meanwhile, Ithaca Ballers went down one goal to 0 against Manchester, while Trafalgar needled Outsiders, with Cedric Osborne being the goalscorer. A similar scoreline was recorded when Young Guns and Litchfield took to the court. Tyrone Delph scored the goal for Young Guns.
Ballers United put away NA Lions three goals to nil, with Rayor Rose scoring once and Auian Kendall twice.

Scots School Ground, which is considered a mecca of football in Region Six, saw their team Scots School Ballers going down zero to five against Paradise. The boys from the West Coast of Berbice, who were the inaugural winners of the competition, signalled too that they are back with meaning.
In Match 7, Renegade got past Trini Gunners one goal to nil and NA United also needled Young Strikers to move on to the second round.
In quarterfinal action Saturday evening, East Bank Gunners were expected to come up against NA United in the first game, while Manchester and Renegade were expected to battle it out in game two. Trafalgar were to play Paradise and Young Guns, Ballers United.
At stake in the competition is $500,000 for the winning team and $300,000 for the second-place team. The third place finisher will walk away with $200,000 and the fourth-place finisher with $100,000.
Meanwhile, Saturday night’s losers will battle next Saturday for the plate while the quarterfinal winners will battle it out for the winning trophy also next Saturday.