Riddim Squad demolish GT Panthers for 1st Limacol win

In what was a scoring frenzy at the Ministry of Education Ground on Carifesta Avenue in Georgetown on Sunday evening, Riddim Squad and Timehri Panthers registered wins in the Limacol Football tournament.

A snippet of the Limacol action

By demolishing GT Panthers 5-2 in their opening game, Riddim Squad sent a clear message that their intention is to go all the way in the Limacol 2019 tournament.
Ian Mars was the first player to have his name written on the score sheet when he scored a goal for Riddim Squad in the 6th minute; but Panthers maintained their defensive line for the remainder of the half, and the score was left at 1-0.
Riddim Squad however turned up the heat in the second half after Panthers’ Joshua Anthony had levelled the scores in the 46th. Wendell Joseph was quick with the Riddim Squad reply, in the 47th minute, to have that team retake the lead.
The encounter became more intense when the Panthers’ Seon Urquart equalized the scores again in the 52nd minute; because thereafter the Panthers were completely shut out, as James Bowman scored another goal for Riddim Squad in the 64th minute, while Wendell Joseph completed his hat trick with two more goals in the 65th and 68th minutes, to hand Riddim Squad a 5-2 win.
Joseph was visibly happy at his efforts on the field. He told this newscast that while he is happy about his team’s performance, the GT Panthers had shown their potential.
“I think we performed very well because our team has been training during the period of this tournament. So we train very hard to accomplish what we have tonight. So I think our team did what we had to do,” he said.
“The opposition, I think they trained very well, because I know it’s a new team that came into the competition; it’s a lot of youths. All they need is some more training and they will get there sometime,” Joseph declared.
The second fixture on Sunday evening saw Timehri Panthers coming up against Camptown. Jarel Walcott of the Timehri Panthers was the first to find the back of the net — in the 7th minute — and Timehri held on to their lead with strong defenses.
Camptown had a few near misses, but try as they might, they could not find the net; whereas, Tyron Khan netted Timehri Panthers’ second goal in the 85th minute to give his team a 2-0 win.
Sponsored by the New GPC Inc, the Limacol tournament will continue tomorrow evening with the first two games in Round 2.
Mahaica Determinators will take on Police ‘B’ at 19:00hrs, while Santos Under- 20 will battle Timehri Panthers at 21:00hrs.
The eventual champions of the tournament will walk away with $400,000, while the second placed team will pocket $200,000. The third and fourth placed teams will receive $100,000 and $50,000 respectively. (Jemima Holmes)