Candy Boss 8-a-side Tournament: Monedderlust drub Cougars U20 5-0 to take title
Monedderlust are the new Candy Boss 8-a-side football champions.
A hat-trick by Tyrone Delph helped the West Berbice team to take the coveted title by overpowering Cougars Under- 20 5-0 in the final on Saturday evening.
Monedderlust had earlier got past three-time champions Police FC 2-0 to get to the final.
Cougars U-20 found themselves trailing 2-0 ,with goals from Atlin Brown (17th minute) and Okemo Collins (19th minute) at the halfway stage.
The most goals award went to Adrian Aaron with nine goals
Shamar Semple, who was issued with a yellow card in the 27th minute, returned to the field in the second half and when he was given a second yellow card and set off in the 46th minute, Delph took full advantage of the situation ad scored in the 53rd, 57th and 60th minutes of play for Monedderlust to claim their first title.
Earlier, Police FC won their third-place playoff with Cougars seniors 3-1.
Scoring for Police were Dorwin George (11th), Devon Padmore (48th) and Adrian Aaron (60th+4).
Aaron with nine goals in the competition won the most goals prize.
Monedderlust received the winners’ trophy and $600,000 while Cougars U-20 received the runners-up trophy and $400,000.
Police FC carried away $200,000 for placing third and Cougars seniors $100,000 as the fourth-place finishers.
Sixteen teams participated in the tournament, which was sponsored by local businesses within the township of New Amsterdam along with the Government of Guyana; Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport; National Sports Commission and the Ministry of Tourism. (G4)
