New Year’s football tournament leaves National Stadium in scrubby state

The recently re-laid six-pitch square is riddled with holes and gashes after the recent football tournament.

By Staff Reporter

Guyana’s only international cricket venue, the Providence National Stadium, was left in a scrubby state after a football competition at the start of the year.

The football tournament, which was a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Guyana Football Federation and the Kashif and Shanghai Organsation was played on December 29 and January 1 among four teams, namely, Linden All Stars, East Coast All Stars, West Side All Stars and Georgetown All Stars.

In the aftermath of the two-day event, the six-pitch square was riddled with holes and gashes presumably from the pegs of the footballers’ boots.