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Mashramani Street Football Championship kicks off tonight in Mocha
Kaieteur Sports- The Seventh Annual Mashramani Street Football Championship kicks off tonight on the Tarmac of the Mocha Community Centre Ground with 16 teams starting their journey for the coveted top prize in one of the country’s premier ‘small goal’ football tournaments.
Scenes from last year’s showdown at the National Park (Peter Barkoy/ Orbit Drones Photos)
Showstoppers get the ball rolling from 7:30pm against Stevedore Ballers.
Touches will play Albouystown in the next game while Laing Avenue faces East Bank side, Agricola and Middle Road battles Broad Street to get what is expected to be an action-packed night to the halfway point.
Spaniards will play formidable opponents Ztekk while Sure Pay comes up against Bragging Rights and Goal is Money takes on Mocha-based side, Red Force. The home team Family will bring the curtains down on the night against the recently concluded Georgetown vs The Rest Final Four unit, Festival City.
In a press release yesterday, hosts of the event, Sports Management Inc. (SMI) disclosed plans to host the 2025 version of the competition. The organisation said that it is forced to include preliminary rounds in communities before the grand finals on February 15 at the National Park.
(Peter Barkoy/ Orbit Drones Photos)
“We have 32 of the best street football teams going head to head in a knockout clash. This is simple, you have to win to advance. Its win or go home, as a result we expect these games to be very intense because there are no second chances,” the SMI release said.
The First Round continues tomorrow at the same venue and Wednesday Night for the Round-of-16 before shifting to the National Park on February 8 for the Quarterfinals and February 15 for the Semi-Finals and Finals.
Stabroek Ballers are the defending champions in the tournament. In 2022, SMI hosted perhaps the biggest street football contest in Guyana’s history. It was called the Magnum Mashramani Cup. Following a hiatus in 2023, the sixth edition of the event returned to the annual ‘small goal’ calendar last year.
“This event brings with it the weight of six years of hosting and developing similar tournaments across the country,” the release continued, while thanking Magnum Tonic Wine, Lucozade, MVP Sports, ENet, Corum Group, Starr Party Rentals, J’s Chill Spot, Nigel Hinds Financial Services and the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Clifton Hicken for supporting the grassroots football initiative.
The winner will pocket 500,000, second place 300,000, third place $200,000 and fourth place $100,000. Trophies will be given to teams placing first to third while the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament gets $50,000 and trophy.
(Mashramani Street Football Championship kicks off tonight in Mocha)
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