National club champions Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United by virtue of topping the League in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) 2006 /2007 Cellink Plus sponsored Premier league competition has been chosen to represent Guyana at the Cope de Guiana’s football tournament scheduled for French Guiana from June 4-9.
President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass yesterday informed the media at the simple ceremony that the decision to run off this tournament was made by the French Guiana Football Federation following the false starts by Guyana and Suriname a few years ago.
“We made attempts to start this tournament a few years ago, but were faced with some stumbling blocks. However, French Guiana made a recommendation that they would finance the tournament including an increase in the first place prize money from US$1,500.00 to an undisclosed sum, thus the start which will kick off on 4th June,” Klass stated.
He added that both countries would share the cost of the tournament in some form or the other, with Guyana being given the task of providing the championship trophy and the replicas.
“At meetings held to discuss the way forward in this annual tournament, it was decided that all three countries would be tasked with the assistance of offsetting the cost of the tournament in some form or the other.”
