Despite rainfall, the Guinness Greatest of the Street Futsal Competition proceeded as planned when the first eight matches of round two were contested at the Burnham Court on Monday night.
The West Back Road and Norton Street teams recorded the most impressive wins as they steamrolled their opponents, Woolford Avenue and Plaisance 6 – 0 and 7 – 2, respectively.
West Back Road contested the opening match of the night and immediately took control of the game against Woolford Avenue as Sherwin Grimes drew first blood for them in the fourth minute. Three minutes later Sherman Fraser doubled the lead with a seventh minute goal then further extended in the 11th to complete his double.
In the second half which ran for twelve and a half minutes, Phillip Rowley was the first to score in the 17th minute then Stellon David came into play to score in the 22nd and 23rd minutes to officially put away the opponents.
Norton Street was led by Rajesh George who scored a double when he recorded goals as early as the fourth and fifth minutes. He was supported by Delon Legal, Jermain McLeoud, Sherwin Chase, Quacy Ashby and Lindie Phillips who all scored one goal each for Norton Street.
Chris Grant and Chris Gomes scored for Plaisance in the fifth and twentieth minutes for Plaisance but once the opposition was in full flight their effort went down in vain.
Other victories were recorded by Albouystown ‘A’, Hope Street – Tiger Bay, Cultural Centre Tarmac and North Last Entrance as they defeated Kingston ‘A’, Back Circle, Costello Housing Scheme and Albouystown ‘B’, correspondingly.
There were two drawn contests on the night; Sophia and Island All Stars played to a 2 – 2 end result while Meadow Brook and Drysdale were in a 1 – 1 deadlock at the final whistle.
Joshua Kamal and Shemroy Arthur were Sophia’s scorers while Devon Hyman and Jamal Morgan scored to equalize for Island Stars.
In the other draw Michael Moore drew first blood for Meadow Brook in the fifteenth minute then Shawn Morris equalized in the 20th minute to help his team hold Meadow Brook to a draw.
The competition continues on Friday night at the Cultural Centre Tarmac with the first eight matches of round three.
