Bartica’s Guinness ‘Greatest of the Street’ starts tonight

The 3rd edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Street’ football tournament officially gets underway in the Region 7 township of Bartica tonight from 7:00pm (19:00hrs); and games will be held at the Bartica Community Centre Basketball Court each night until conclusion of this tournament on Sunday, June 16.
The zone will feature 16 teams battling for the coveted title and a place in the grand finale on June 16th.

In playoff action that took place on Wednesday evening last, the following teams made it through to the Round of 16, and will tonight confront each other as follows.
Mighty Ruler will do battle with Itaballi, while Falmouth will attempt to confine the Prison Officers. Potaro Strikers will do battle with Potaro United, while Disconnection Crew will seek to blackout the Walking Boyz. Almanac Kings will attempt to overthrow Beacons, while Goal Raiders will duke it out with Ballers. To culminate the evening, Jones Avenue will take on Police and Rivers View will battle Man City.
Nine teams which had contested last year’s ‘Greatest of the Street’ tournament are again participating in this year’s tournament. They are defending champions Disconnection Crew, Goal Raiders, Almanac Kings, former champions Rivers View, Jones Avenue, Falmouth, Potaro Strikers and Mighty Ruler.
Tonight’s matches are elimination affairs in which the respective winners will advance to the group stage, pegged for June 15th. The subsequent winners will then play in the semi-final matches from which the winners will progress to the finals, with the losers facing off in the third place playoff.
Similarly, the four teams that fail to make the semi-final stage will battle in the Guinness Plate Championship slated for the final night.
The winners of the championships will pocket $400,000 and the winner’s trophy, as well as earn the right to represent the zone at the National Championships. The runners-up will collect $150,000 and a trophy, while the third and fourth place finishers will walk away with $100,000 and $75,000 respectively, together with trophies.
The winner of the Guinness Plate Championship will receive $60,000.
The major sponsors of this event are Banks DIH Limited under their Guinness Brand, and Colours Boutique.