Hamilton Green inter ward football kicks off today

The Mayor Hamilton Green 81st Birth Anniversary Inter-Ward tourney will commence today at the Victoria Community ground with 10 fixtures.

The seven-a-side knockout tournament, will be contested for over $400,000 in cash and prizes. In the opening fixture at 16:00hrs, Lima Dam will tackle Grove while Kuru-Kururu will lock horns with South Sophia from 16:30hrs.

At, 17:00hrs, Plaisance will lock horns with North Sophia while Golden Grove will oppose Mocha Arcadia from 17:30hrs. In the fifth affair, Haslington will tackle Mocha from 18:00hrs whilst Buxton will oppose Agricola from 18:30hrs in the sixth matchup.

The seventh matchup will then pit Beterverwagting (BV) against Kitty from 19:00hrs while Mahaica will faceoff with Newtown Kitty from 19:30hrs in the eighth matchup.

In the final two fixtures, Ann’s Grove will oppose Herstelling from 20:00hrs while hosts Victoria will faceoff with Diamond from 20:30hrs.

The action will then move to the Den Amstel ground on Wednesday with six matchups.

Winner of the event will receive $200,000 and the championship trophy while the second, third and fourth placed teams will collect $100,000, $70,000 and $30,000 respectively and the corresponding accolade.

Similarly, the winner and the runner-up will walk away with 10 hampers each from Ricks and Sari’s. On the individual side, the event’s most valuable player will receive a three piece suite from A.H. & L. Kissoon.

Other sponsors of the tourney include Beepat and Sons, CB Mining, Aruwai Enterprise, Macorp, Busta, International Pharmaceutical Agency, Kennav HDL, Massy Distribution, EC Vieira Investment, GUYOIL, BEV Processors, Crown Mining, Starr Computers and GBTI among others.