Exciting start to the GFF/Tiger Rental U13 Football League star

Bartica and Upper Demerara at the center before the start of the match

TheTigerRentalsUnder-13 FootballLeagueCup commencedyesterdayatthe GuyanaFootballFederation (GGF)TrainingCentrein Providence,EastBank Demerara.

Thefirstroundcontested ten matches with each team playing twice. East Bank defeatedWest Bank, Bartica gotthebetterofGeorgetown and Upper Demerara, Rupununi defeated both West Berbice and West Demerara, East Coast defeated East Bank, Georgetown came back in the latter defeating East Berbice, while Essequibo sufferedtwolosses.

Early on, East Bank edgedpastWestDemerarain the first match West

Demerara got off to a good start; Ciani Lopez netted the first in 10’ but East Bank camefrombehindtoclincha 2-1 win; Samuel Tasher in the 22’and Michael Correir in the 52’ The electric Bartica later defeated Georgetown 3-2, decorated withabrillianthat-trickfrom Riley Tracey scoring in the 14’, 19’and 57’to secure an easy win for his side

Micaiah DeFreitas and TravisGroganbothscoreda goaleachinalosingeffort.

Rupununi had an excellentrunonthefirstday defeating West Berbice 3-1 Kevin Dewar scored twice and Joad Hamlett with the other goal in their first match. Keyshan Mingo also scored one goal for West

Berbice. They came back in the latter, thrashing West Demerara5-0thestarplayerJoad Hamlett with a sensational performance; scoring four goals as his scoring partner Craig Allicock contributed one goal to seal another good showing from the Rupununi boys.

East Berbice later defeatedEssequibo 5-1 with a brilliant hat-trick from XamierArcher (22’, 52’and 59’); the other goal scorers were Taffrel Felix 44’ and TryonCaptain50’. East Coast then dominatedEastBankina3-0 win, with goals from Isan Williams33’,TyrellWalcott 37’andKennardHalley56, (Continuedonpage22)