– Commander Hicken advocates for more community based football
The top performers of the recently concluded Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Senior League were given their respective accolades on Friday evening at a simple presentation ceremony Police Officers Mess, Eve Leary.
Western Tigers finished the league on 33 points from 10 wins, three draws and one defeat while the youthful Santos FC unit ended second position on 26 points.
Amongst the clubs presented with accolades were Western Tigers FC, Santos FC, Riddim Squad FC, Camptown FC, Northern Rangers FC, Flamingo FC, and Beacon FC.
GFA President Clifton Hicken and the various awardees
Individual prizes were received by: Job Caesar- Most promising player of Santos FC, Rommel Legal- Best goal keeper of Western Tigers FC, Samuel Hunt- Best defender of Santos FC, Randolph Wagner- Highest goal scorer of Western Tigers FC and Philip Rousley- Most valuable player of Western Tigers FC.
Speaking at the ceremony, GFA President and “A” Division commander Clifton Hicken commended all teams for their performance and asked that for the next league, there be an improvement in the level of play.
The Commander urged that players must be ambassadors for their community and help to develop community football and by doing this, football at large will improve.
Hicken further stated, “Football is about discipline and I’m sure your goal is not only to play football at the GFA level but hopefully you can improve and your team can reach in the elite league.”
Meanwhile, Guyana Football Federation President (GFF) Wayne Forde was grateful for the support of ANSA McAL through its stag brand, in which he described the entity as “carrying the lion’s share of sponsorship during rough times the of the federation.”
Commenting on the tournament, the GFF head stated, “I see challenges as opportunities and I see the league as the platform to build capacity, since from players to administrators will be fully engaged.”
He added, “football is evolving in Guyana, take my word in another three years football will look completely different in Guyana, facilities will be different”.
First GFA Vice-president Aaron Fraser posited that “the past league was not our best effort so come the next season which we hope to start in another two weeks, it will be a lot better and we hope to see more players and more teams and we hope to play more categories.”
It was also disclosed that Stag will be on board for the association’s year end tournament.
The league saw 54 matches being played where 178 goals were scored, seven red cards and 72 yellow were issued.
