Queen’s College, Charlestown finish Guyoil Round 9 with wins

After a lengthy drought competing against the stronger teams in the competition, Queen’s College and Charlestown Secondary managed to cop some much-needed points on Monday afternoon when they were involved in the final two matches of the ninth round of Guyoil/ Tradewind Tankers’ Under-18 football tournament.
The competition, which is being coordinated by the Petra Organisation, sees the participation of 12 teams hailing from Georgetown, Linden, East Coast, and West Coast of Demerara. The inaugural league will require each team to play every other team in the competition once before the knockouts begin.
In Monday afternoon’s action, Charlestown Secondary had a taste of victory after weeks of missing their mark. Coming up against Dolphin Secondary, Charlestown’s Tyrese Browell wasted little time in getting the scorecard ticking. By the fourth minute of play, Browell was joined by Raymond Bandhu, pushing the lead to 2-0. A flurry of goals several minutes later saw the score extending to 4-0 owing to Isaiah Moore and Bandhu. Charlestown showed tons of potential as a run of spirited plays resulted in Dante Sukram and William McKenzie adding one apiece to the total.
As dominant as Charlestown were, Dolphin did not remain mute. Selwyn Jones made an attempt to save face for his team, finally netting a goal after countless tries. The encounter finished 6-1 in Charlestown’s favour.
The final match of the day and of the round saw Marian Academy and Queen’s College being paired for battle. It was indeed an intense pairing, owing to the game being locked at 1-1 for some period of time. Julian Rodney was the first to strike accurately, putting Queen’s College in the lead. But no more than 10 minutes had passed before Ricardo Percival of Marian Academy replied to equalise the score.
There was much back-and-forth between the teams with no luck, as both defences were rock solid. However, Queen’s College were the team with the formula as Diarra Thomas found the back of the net to take the lead and ensure his team took the points.
The competition is expected to continue on Sunday, when the 10th round is kicked off.