One Guyana President’s Cup football tournament: Motorcycle for tournament’s highest goal-scorer

…competition continues tonight with Linden, Georgetown in action

Guyana’s footballers now have more to play for in the One Guyana President’s Cup tournament, as another incentive has been announced on Tuesday. This time, the tournament’s highest goal-scorer stands to benefit from Marics and Company’s timely donation of a motorcycle.
This motorcycle was presented to Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde on Tuesday at the Marics company’s Charlotte Street location, where Forde highlighted the existing relationship between the sport and the mode of transportation while extending gratitude to the company.

“I want to also punctuate the fact that the owner (of Marics), Mr. Permaul, has been supporting football development for several years. As you may have witnessed during several of our tournaments, we have been putting motorcycles on display because many of our footballers use motorcycles as their primary means of transportation,” Forde shared.
The GFF President further stated, “I want to first and foremost say, ‘Thank you’ on behalf of the football players and the football fraternity, to the management for yet again making another contribution to the first One Guyana President’s Cup tournament.”
Marics’ Inventory Control officer Khemraj Jaikaran expressed the company’s elation at being involved in the tournament. “I must say that Marics and Company, the home of Honda in Guyana, we’re very pleased to have this opportunity to give, or donate, the motorcycle for the first One Guyana President’s Cup football. Marics and Company, of course, has been supporting events around football, and we’re extremely pleased to yet again be part of it.”
Meanwhile, on-field action in the inaugural One Guyana President’s Cup football tournament will continue tonight at the National Track & Field Center (NTFC) at Leonora, WCD instead of at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) venue, as was initially publicised. This evening, day two, will feature another double-header, with powerhouses Regions Four and Ten springing into action following Regions Nine and Three securing wins on the opening night.
First whistle, at 18:00hrs, will see Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region 10) and Mahaica-Berbice (Region 5) matching skills in a Group A clash. Demerara-Mahaica (Region Four) would be pitted against Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) in the feature match (Group B) that kicks off at 20:30hrs.
This second-leg of the President’s Cup is being played in the round-robin knockout format, with the two best teams from Group A and Group B advancing to the semifinals that are scheduled to be played on December 28th. The grand finale and third place playoff are set for January 1st, 2023.
Group A comprises Regions Four, Six, Seven, Eight and Nine, while Group B consists of Regions One, Two, Three, Five and Ten. Apart from the NTFC venue tonight, the competition would see action at the Georgetown Football Club ground; at Number 5 ground; and at Albion and at Bartica, while the organisers are lobbying for the final to be played at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.
This tournament has an incentive budget that exceeds $30M, and the MVP is set to be awarded a house lot. Among the sponsors of this tournament are Caribbean Airlines, New GPC, Ansa McAl, GTT, Digicel, E-Net, Edward B. Beharry Group, Sterling Products Ltd, Banks DIH (tentative), Tiger Rentals, and Marics & Company Ltd.
Admission to tonight’s matches costs $1000 for adults, but children would be allowed entry free of charge.