River View’s title defence ends with heart-breaking loss
Bartica Zone Guinness “Greatest of the Streets” Competition
A new champion will be crowned after defending champion of the Bartica Zone of the Guinness “Greatest of the Streets”, River View, were needled in the quarter-final round.
Part of the action in the Bartica Zone of the Guinness “Greatest of the Streets” Competition
Jade Huggins’ 10th minute strike was enough to send River View crashing out of the competition at the hands of the BLB Squad in the third quarter-final match-up.
Also losing were last year’s beaten finalist, Police, who went down to Disconnection Crew 9-1 in Round of 16 action.
In the other quarter-final results: Almanac Kings proved who the real kings of the street are when they beat Street Kings 3-0.
Goal Raiders then squeezed past Potaro Strikers 1-0 thanks to a solitary strike from Brian Browne in the 4th minute.
Disconnection Crew then edged Jones Avenue 2-1 to make the semi-finals.
The winner of the competition will join 15 other teams for the national playoffs.
The national playoffs are set to be staged on July 27 and August 1, at the Pouderoyen Tarmac and Haslington Market Square respectively, while the final will be played on August 4, at the National Stadium, Providence.
