PPP Soesdyke-Timehri-Highway cluster’s 7-a-side football: Champions to be crowned today
The heavily-touted Soesdyke team will compete in today’s quarterfinal
Following intense rivalry in yesterday’s opening matches of the PPP Soesdyke-Timehri- Highway cluster’s 7-a-side football competition, played at the Banakari Ground in Long Creek, along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, eight villages have made it through to the quarter-final rounds.
Hauraruni will open action against Soesdyke at 10:00h on Sunday (today) as they bid for one of the four semifinal slots. Yarrowkabra will then engage Waiakabra in a clash that would be followed by the Bamia-Kuru Kuru College tussle. Then Swan would do battle with Circuitville.
Respective winners would advance to the semifinals, after which the final would be contested between the winners of the two semis.
Yesterday’s intense action saw two matches having to be decided in extra time, with one decided via kicks from the penalty mark. That match saw Bamia eventually overcoming Circuitville 2-0, the Bamia goalkeeper being the hero in saving all four shots that Circuitville took.
An own goal cost Hauraruni the match against Waiakabra in the second period of extra time. However, Hauraruni was still able to make it through to the quarter-finals as one of the two best losing teams in the opening round. The other team advancing via that route was Circuitville.
In other results, Soesdyke defeated Laluni 2-0, compliments of goals from Mark Barker and Tyrone Khan. Kuru Kuru College won via a similar margin over Banakari, Encosi Morris and his brother Nickoli having crafted that win. The widest margin of victory: 4-1, was recorded by Yarrowkabra over St Cuthbert’s on account of a double off the boot of Terrance Glasgow. Shemar Schultz and Christopher Fung each notched in one to complete the win. St Cuthbert’s consolation goal came from Wayne Wong.
The opening match of the day produced a 2-1 win for Swan-Madewini over Kuru Kururu. The winning goals were scored by Anderson Webber and Abraham Webb, the lone response from the losers came from Anthony Roberts.
The winning team will walk away with $100,000, while the losing finalist will pocket $50,000. Trophies will also be rewarded to the top two as well as the highest goal scorer, best goalkeeper, and most valuable player.
