The Kings of Studies II football tournament, hosted at the University of Guyana Turkeyen campus on Saturday from 10:00 hrs, eventually resulted in Five-o defeating Saints Renegades in a hard-fought encounter from which they emerged this year’s champions.
The ‘First Lady of the UGSS’ is handing over winning prizes to the first-placed team’s captain, Raheem Angus, in the presence of tournament organiser Jafar Gibbons and representatives
The tournament received considerable support from spectators, and more than 100 student-athletes participated in the one-day activity. The matches, played alongside the newly-constructed Behavioural Sciences Building, were played in a round-robin style and consisted of two five-minute halves, after which the knockout stage, comprising of two semi-final games and the final game, were staged.
With tournament rules dictating that, ‘a goal (scored) in the final two minutes of play is worth two (goals)’, a total of 65 goals were scored, 20 in the knockout stages alone.
The grand finale was a back-and-forth encounter, with both teams going on a rampage from the get-go. A couple of missed opportunities from either team only motivated them more, especially with $100,000 on the line.
Second-placed Saints Renegades’ Captain, Myron Philips, receiving his prize from Student Action Movement PRO Swenessa McGregor
The first half ended with the two teams deadlocked, but the eventual victors persisted; they were able to score a goal in the final 2 minutes of play, and exploited the tournament rule mentioned above.
At full time, the scores read 2-0 in favour of Five-O, and they carted off the spoils while Saints Renegades and Goons FC won $50,000 and $25,000 respectively. All prizes included medals and trophies.
Jessie Marshall was adjudged MVP, while Mark Chester was adjudged the highest goal scorer.
Tournament MVP Jessie Marshall receiving his trophy from Marissa Maison, Student Action Movement rep
This tournament aims to create cross-faculty interaction by having teams with players from any faculty compete, and this was fully achieved. The sponsors of this tournament were CNL Construction, Robbie Rambaran, Kashif and Shanghai organisation, Bill Wilson and Colin Aaron, among others.
