Following an exciting start yesterday at the Leonora Sports Facility, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League will continue today at the No. #5 ground in Berbice with a doubleheader.
The feature contest of the night at 20:00hrs will pit home side and lone Berbice representative Monedderlust FC against tourney giants the Guyana Defence Force and their quartet of Eusi Phillips, Delroy Fraser, Jerome Richardson and Delwyn Fraser.
In the opening fixture at 18:00hrs, East Coast of Demerara unit Buxton United led by their duo of Denver Dennis and Clive Andries will lock horns with Georgetown unit Fruta Conquerors and the likes of Trevon Lythcott, Eon Alleyne, Jermin Junior, Rafael Edwards and Delon Williams.
The event will see eight teams from several associations across the country competing in a double round competition which is expected to last for eight months.
Upon the conclusion of the League Genesis round, the top four finishers in terms of points will face off against each other in single knockout format to decide the winner of the round.
The point’s leader will faceoff with the fourth placed side while the second positioned club will tackle the third positioned unit.
Winner of the League Genesis round will pocket $4,000,000 while the second, third and fourth place teams will collect $2,000,000, $1,000,000 and $500,000 respectively. Similarly, the point’s leader prior to the knockout stage in the League Genesis round will pocket an additional $1,000,000.
The second round which is called the League Finale, will utilize the same method. The eventual season champion will then be crowned when the winner of the League Genesis and League Finale respectively faceoff in a single matchup, with the winner clinching an automatic CFU berth.
If the winner of both rounds is the same team, it will claim an automatic berth to the CFU level. The second berth to the Caribbean level tourney will then be awarded to the team with most accumulated points over the two rounds. (Duncan Saul)
