Guyflag football semi-finals now March 11

The semi-finals of the Guyana Football Federation/Guyflag senior inter-association tournament will be played on March 11 at the GFC ground instead of tomorrow as scheduled.

Upper Demerara will face Berbice while Georgetown will tackle East Coast in the two semi-finals.

East Coast defeated East Bank 3-0 and Georgetown beat Bartica 5-0 to reach the semi-final round, while Berbice whipped West Demerara 6-1 and Upper Demerara demolished Essequibo 16-1.

Collie Hercules with eight goals to his name is currently the leading goal scorer in the competition while Berbice’s Delroy Fraser follows closely with six goals.

Georgetown’s Gregory Richardson and Anthony `Awo’ Abrams each have four goals along with Berbice’s Adrian Adams.

In the competition’s points standing, Upper Demerara and East Coast finished the first round Group `A’ matches with seven points each. However, the Lindeners emerged winners of the group on the basis of a better goal difference. Upper Demerara scored 22 goals and conceded two to end with a plus 20, while East Coast scored six goals and conceded one.

The other two teams in the group, East Bank and Essequibo finished with three and zero points respectively. East Bank scored three goals and conceded one.

In Group `B’, Georgetown who played unbeaten came out on top with nine points. They scored 19 goals and conceded three.

Berbice also finished the round with nine points, but they scored 10 goals and conceded 13.

Bartica and West Demerara, the other two teams in the group, ended with four points and zero respectively. Bartica scored five goals and conceded nine.