Guinness ‘Greatest of the streets’ Bartica: Mighty Ruler among teams contesting for semifinal berths tonight
The second day in this year’s annual Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Bartica edition, street football is on tonight (Saturday), and among the teams which will be in action seeking a place in the semifinals are the reigning champions Mighty Ruler and the venue is Bartica Community Centre.
The first of seven matches scheduled for what promises to be an exciting evening starts at 19:00hrs and the opening game will be from last night’s playoff winner, which saw Hill Top Strikers playing Spanish Man, to face the winners from the Batavia and Falmouth clash.
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Then game two is better defending champions Mighty Ruler and Ruler Top Form from 19:30hrs. Next game three is scheduled for 20:00hrs between Sterling Crew and Ghenosyde.
Thereafter, the quarterfinal matches begin.
At 20:30hrs the first quarterfinal will be witnessed when the victorious team from one of last night’s matches which featured Agatash and Misdeamor takes on the winner of the Bad Boys and River’s View encounter.
At 21:00hrs, the winner of last night’s match between New Modern Crew and Police, takes on the winner of the team m Almanac Kings and Tony’s Avenue match.
From 22:00hrs, the victor of the game between Pluto and Team Angel, will face the winner in tonight’s first game which featured Spanish Man and Hill Top Strikers, and the winner of the Batavia and Falmoth game.
In the night cap at 22:30hrs, the winning team of game two tonight between the Mighty Ruler and Ruler Top Form, will match skills with the winner of the Stelling Crew and Ghenosyde game.
This year’s champion will carry home $500,000, the champion’s trophy and bragging rights. They will also represent Bartica in the National Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ football final set for Georgetown later this year.
The second- place finishers pockets $300,000, third $200,000 and fourth $150,000.
Before the semifinals tomorrow night, there will be a battle amongst the losing semifinalists in the plate competition which has at stake of $100,000.
