Following a 10-year absence, the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championships will return to the Berlin tarmac located in the neighborhoods of High and Drydale Streets, Georgetown.
This was disclosed by tournament coordinator Three Peat Promotions via a press release.
The venue, which is a hive for several of the notable street teams including Broad Street, Future Stars, Berlin and Leopold Street, will be used for the eight matches on the second night of group action on Saturday.
According to the release, “They have been calls from the community via elders and players for the venue to make a grand return to action and we have acquiesced to their requests following discussions with tournament sponsor Banks DIH Limited. The Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ phenomenon is an event rooted in the community culture and Berlin is a part of that fabric that has made the tournament what it is today.”
The release further said, “We are pleased to be returning to a venue that was part of the inaugural edition as the tournament will always be synonymous with and identified by its community origins, which is an attribute that should never be changed. We envision a mammoth crowd to descend on the venue especially from the surrounding environs as it is a historic night.”
The group stage of the event will end on July 26th at the National Cultural Centre tarmac. Upon the conclusion, the top two finishers from each section will progress to the quarterfinal and subsequent semi-final stage.
Winner of the event will collect $500,000 and the championship trophy. They will also automatically seal a place in the National Championship in August.
The second, third and fourth place finisher will receive $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 respectively and the corresponding trophy. Below features the complete fixtures for the group stage.
