With the local Covid-19 cases continuing to mount, the annual Mayor’s Cup Inter-Ward/Village Football Championship has been officially postponed until further notice.
This was disclosed by an official release from the event’s coordinating committee. According to the correspondence, “The Mayor of Georgetown, Hon. Ubraj Narine, will celebrate his 29th birth anniversary on Monday October 12th. The Mayor’s Cup Organizing Committee had planned a series of activities in honour of this occasion. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the rescheduling of these events. One such event was to be an Inter-Ward/Inter-Village football tournament. However, depending on the lifting of the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions and the approval of the Guyana Football Federation, the football tournament will be held in January 2021.”
The teams that were set to compete : (Georgetown) Tucville, Charlestown, Road Warriors, Bourda Blues, (East Coast Demerara) Ann’s Grove, Mahaica, Victoria, Golden Grove, Beterverwagting, Plaisance, Buxton, Melanie, Lima Dam, Mahaicony, Turkeyen, Calcutta, Airy Hall, (Berbice) Paradise, New Amsterdam, Corriverton Lynx, No. #5, Hopetown, (West Demerara) Den Amstel, Pouderoyen, Bagotville, Uitvlugt, Stewartville, Crane, Back Street Kings, West Side Spartans, and (East Bank Demerara) Timehri and Kuru-Kururu are being notified via this medium of the postponement.