Candy Boss 8-a-side Tournament: Police FC storm into quarter-finals with 12-1 win over Melanie
Defending champions Police FC made an impressive start in defence of their title when they outplayed a fighting Melanie line-up, beating the East Coast Demerara team 12-1.
The lawmen were hoping to leave the Princess Elizabeth Road Ground with a clean slate after having Melanie down 12-0.
However, with two minutes left on the clock, Christian Padmore scored a consolation goal for Melanie.
Police FC had a good opening night
Adrian Aaron led the way for Police with four goals and got good support from Jemar Harrigan with three.
Daren Benjamin and Devo Padmore netted a double each while Omar Jones also registered his name on the score card.
Melanie looked impressive throughout the encounter in passing the ball and finding players, but just could not get past the Police’s defence.
The second game of the night saw Trafalgar Titans winning 5-2 over Ithaca FC.
Scoring for Trafalgar were Jahleeal Samuel (12th), Brandy Allen (21st), Ron Higgins (48th), Tiraive Cox (52nd) and Odel Miller (55th).
For Ithaca, Jerrick Grittens (24th) and Heron Imis (57th) were the goal scorers.
All four quarter-final matches were expected to be played on Sunday evening, with the final set for Saturday.
At stake in the tournament is over $1 million in cash and prizes. (G4)
