Kako, Kamarang secure spots in male and female football finals

Heritage Games 2019…
– Region 1 cop swimming title

By Timothy Jaikarran

The highly anticipated Heritage Games continued at the Everest Cricket Club ground on a Sunday night that was full of action.

In the night’s football fixture, Kamarang females battled Sebai, and the result was an absolute shocker. On the previous night, Sebai had administered an 8-0 thrashing on Coomacka, but on Sunday night Sebai found themselves confronting a situation in which the proverbial tables had turned, in that Kamarang handed them a 4-1 beating.
Most of the crowd had thrown their support behind Sebai, but those ladies were unable to replicate their performance of the previous night; as, in the first half, Kamarang had scored 3 goals with consummate ease, and returned in the second half to register another goal while conceding a single goal to their opponents, thus securing their spot in the finale.
In the second match of the night, Kako battled Siparuta in a tense penalty shootout that saw Kako heading into the finals.
From the sound of the first whistle, an intense see-saw battle ensued, in which neither of these evenly- matched teams conceded anything as each sought to impose their will on the other.
After the first half, the score remained at nil-all, but heading into the second half, Kako drew first blood. However, what looked like a potential 1-nil win quickly became a 1-all contest as Siparuta levelled the playing field.
At the end of full time, neither team could advance from that 1-all score, and even after 15 additional minutes had been added to the match, the results remained the same. The resort was therefore to the penalty route, and Kako emerged victorious by 4 goals to 3.

Swimming
In the swimming competition held at the National Aquatic Centre, Region One (Barima-Waini) emerged overall champions with a total of 282 points, while Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) were runners-up with 177 points.
Region Three (E/bo Islands-West Dem) secured the third spot with 68 points, while Region 5 (M/hca-B/ce) were fourth with 62 points. The other spots were occupied by Region 7, with 39 points; Region 9, with 24 points; and Region 6, with just 5 points.