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Beach soccer commissioned in Linden

May 05, 2009 Sports

Netrockers defeated Winners Connection 11-3 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) staged the inaugural game of beach soccer at the Christianburg ground in Linden, last Saturday.
Ulric Beckles netted four times for Netrockers while other contributors were Ralston Fraser (3), Brian Joseph (1), Ray Fraser (1), Dellon Alberts (1), and Roderick Richards (1). Scoring for Winners Connection were Rawl Gittens (2) and Shevane Seaforth (1).

Meanwhile, in delivering the feature address, moments before the opening whistle, GFF President and member of FIFA Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee, Colin Klass, congratulated the organizers while urging the players to become acquainted with the rules. He further pointed out that even the organizers are presently going through the learning process.

Klass noted that with practice and commitment the players would become proficient and eventually Guyana would be the beneficiary. The GFF boss subsequently charged the players to remain committed to the cause while engaging in frequent practice matches. “Maybe at the next CONCACAF tournament we will be able to field a team,” Klass said.

Chairman of CONCACAF Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee and US-based GFF International Coordinator, Garth Nelson, is the pioneer of this format of the game here, while Lawrence Griffith has been designated as the Competition Coordinator of the GFF. Beach Soccer was originally played in Brazil under rules created in 1992.
The game, which consists of 5 players, is played on a surface measuring 28 x 37 metres.

It focuses on some of the most spectacular aspects of modern football: skill and agility, with the eventual conversion of goals. The ball is mostly kept airborne and the players are forced to improvise with moments of awesome individual flair characterized with overhead kicks and diving headers.
Guyana is only the second Caribbean country, after Jamaica, to play this format of the game.

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