Slingerz keen on clinching Elite League spot tonight

Once champions of the Elite League, Slinger Football Club are one step away from recapturing a spot in that top-flight competition. A comfortable 3-0 victory over Winner’s Connection last Friday evening took Slingerz FC one step closer to securing their spot in the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF’s) Elite League competition, which they had championed in 2015 and exiting shortly after.
The West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) team will now meet the Berbice FA team Monedderlust in the Elite League Promotional Playoff final today: Sunday, January 7. Speaking with the media following their semifinal win, Coach Charles Pollard revealed that a lot of hard work had been done over the past week in anticipation of the grand finale.
“From now to then, I think we’re going to be training the hardest, because we’re in the finals. We’re right there, we don’t want to get ifs and buts! So, it’s going to be a tough week for these guys,” the Slingerz Head Coach shared.
Quizzed on whether Slingerz has what it takes to shine in the Elite League, Pollard was not too keen to look too far ahead, but highlighted one key factor.

Pollard divulged to media operatives, “Yeah, I think we need to strengthen up, but I don’t want to look past the finals; I think that’s a little premature. But we got some plans in the future. Definitely, if we get into the league, we’ve got to do some strengthening.”
Since their resuscitation in 2022, the team’s main aim has been to re-enter the Elite League. Touching on this topic, the Coach had high words of praise for Club President Javid Ali, who has supported them throughout the journey.
“Basically, we got to give a lot of kudos to the President, I think he’s a man that loves the game. He’s one of the owners that backs the team with his money, not his mouth. It would be unfair to him not to get into the Elite League, cause when I got onboard that was his objective. He said he want to get to the Elite League, and we had to go through a route,” the Head Coach explained.
Pollard went on to add, “We didn’t have any problems. This would be our 15th game, and we didn’t concede a goal up to now. But I (that) think where we are, we’re 30% of how I want our team to play.”
The Elite League Promotional Playoff final is set for the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground on Carifesta Avenue tonight, after conflicting schedules forced a venue change from the Police Sports Club Ground at Eve Leary.
While the final is set for 19:00hrs, the final of the GFF Women’s League Division One, between the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Guyana Police Force (GPF) Women, is set for 17:00hrs.