The second instalment of the Turbo Knockout football tournament is on the horizon as 16 teams are already lined up for battle.
Guyana Beverage Inc’s Commercial Manager Samuel Arjoon presents the sponsorship cheque to Petra’s Troy Mendonca in the company of GBI’s Raymond Govinda and Shondel Haripersaud
The participating teams are expected to produce a scintillating tournament as they try to snatch the championship from reigning champions Camptown Football Club.
The competition will take on a straight knockout format, with teams being eliminated as soon as they lose an encounter.
Coordinating the highly-anticipated tournament is the Petra Organisation, whose Co-Director, Troy Mendonca expressed his heartfelt gratitude to sponsor Guyana Beverage Inc under its Turbo brand.
“I just once again want to commend the Guyana Beverage Company, because it gives an opportunity to the teams that are not participating in the ELITE LEAGUE to display their skills,”
Mendonca said. He went on to elaborate on the reason why such tournaments were important, noting that they directly contributed to the sport’s development.
“Only recently, we had another tournament of such nature completed and we were happy to see that two youngsters – one from Camptown, one from Northern Rangers are now representing Guyana at the Under-20 level. I said that to highlight how important it is to have teams not in the Elite League playing football and this tournament will certainly fill that void,” Mendonca explained.
Speaking on behalf of the corporate entity, Commercial Manager Samuel Arjoon highlighted the need for competitive tournaments as they better the skill of the amateur players. He also went on to commend the Petra Organisation for its work.
“We have a proud record of standing behind sports development in Guyana. For example, we’ve been behind one club for 30 years and in terms of the sport fraternity, we’re always there. And this is so, because we believe in the development of our young Guyanese talent, and we see that if they play more competitive football, that helps in their development of the sport and themselves,” Arjoon stated.
The tournament, which will begin on November 5 and is scheduled to end on December 2, will feature amateur clubs and Under-20 teams from the Elite League clubs as outlined by Mendonca.
“Twelve of the teams will be teams that are not participating in the Elite League which will be Grove Hi Tech; Mahaica Determinators; Northern Rangers; Georgetown Football Club (GFC); Camptown; Buxton Stars; Police; Pouderoyen; Pele Santos Beacons and Riddim Squad,” Mendonca disclosed.
Furthermore, the four Under-20 teams being featured are Western Tigers, Fruta Conquerors, Den Amstel and Buxton United FC.
The teams will be competing for a massive grand prize, along with trophies and prizes for outstanding individual performances. This year’s champion will walk away with $800,000 while second place will receive $400,000. The third and fourth-place finishers will be rewarded with $200,000 and $100,000 respectively. All matches will be played at the Ministry of Education Ground, Carifesta Avenue.
