Four teams, Sparta Boss, Broad Street Bullies, Tucville and Agricola secured their berths to the group stage when the Petra Organization Futsal Championship commenced Monday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Sparta Boss, losing finalist in the inaugural tournament, dismantled Globe Yard 6-1. Gregory Richardson scored a hat-trick inclusive of the fastest goal in tourney history in the third second and 10th and 16th minute while Devon Millington also scored three times in the eighth, 20th and 23rd minute.
For Globe Yard, Rolex Smith netted in the ninth minute.
Broad Street Bullies downed Channel-9 Warriors 6-1. Keiron Solomon bagged a hat-trick in the seventh, 11th and 24th minute whilst Jimmy Gravesande, Rocky Gravesande and Lennox Cort in the eighth, 10th and 23rd minute apiece.
On target in the loss was Anton Alexander in the second minute. Meanwhile, Tucville downed Kitty Weavers 7-5.
Dennis Edwards netted in the second and ninth minute, Jermin Junior scored in the fifth and 15th minute, Delon Williams found the back of the net in the 18th and 26th minute and Tefon Daly scored in the eighth minute.
For Kitty Weavers, Nigel Denny, Daniel Ross, Tevin Fowler and Gregory Jones netted in the ninth, 23rd, 29th and 30th minute respectively, whilst an own goal in the 12th minute added to the score.
Agricola Champion Boys overcame a 2-0 deficit to edge North Ruimveldt 3-2. Domini Garnett tallied a double in the 12th and 20th minute while Quacey Weeks scored in the eighth minute.
For North Ruimveldt, Gerald Gittens and Andrew Gibson scored in the first and third minute.
In other results, West Back Road downed Festival City 2-0 compliments of a Josiah Charles double in the sixth and 22nd minute. Also, North East La Penitence edged Leopold Street 2-1.
Romario Andres and Kelvin Moore netted in the ninth and 25th minute respectively in the win. For the losing team, Orandel Williams found the back of the net in the 15th minute.
Action in the tourney will continue tomorrow at the same venue with the final six elimination matches. At 19:30hrs, Hustlers will lock horns with Tiger Bay while West Front Road-Gold is Money opposes crowd favourite Camp Street All-Stars at 20:15hrs.
At 21:00hrs, Albouystown will face-off with Campbellville in the third affair while Alexander Village battles Sophia in the fourth showdown from 21:45hrs.
The final two contests of the evening will pit defending champion Bent Street against Stevedore Housing Scheme at 22:30hrs and East Ruimveldt heavyweight Back Circle against West Demerara giant Showstoppers at 23:15hrs.
Following the conclusion of the elimination round, the resulting 12 teams will be divided into three groups of four.
Upon the end of the round-robin stage, the top two finishers and the best two third ranked teams from the respective groups will progress to the quarterfinal phase.
Winner of the tournament will collect $400,000 and the championship trophy while the runner-up will pocket $200,000 and the corresponding accolade.
The third and fourth place finishers will collect $100,000 and $50,000 respectively and the respective accolade. The event is slated to conclude on April 15th.
