I would like to express
my heartfelt congratulations to the Team Guyana (Queen Street Tiger Bay) for
their stellar performance at this year’s Guinness Caribbean Street Football
Tournament in Trinidad and Tobago. This year Guyana showed its dominance by
disposing of all opponents in the preliminary and semifinal matches, only to be
defeated by defending champions Trinidad and Tobago by two goals to one.
Nevertheless, Guyanese should be proud of the efforts of Team Guyana as they
signaled to the Caribbean a significant improvement in the street football
skills of Guyana.
The Queen Street Tiger
Bay Team dominated the local finals with an avid mix of nifty dribbling,
precise passing and fearless shooting that saw them easily emerging as local
champions. I would urge that the unit stay together and train together so as to
further refine their football skills for the next competition. A comprehensive review
of the Caribbean finals by the Guyana team can serve them well particularly in
the area of play organization; an area that required much work by all local
teams.
Banks DIH through the
Guinness brand it manages must also be commended for hosting a successful
Guinness Greatness of the Street Competition 2013-2014, even amidst a challenging
first half of the year for the Company. The Guinness Greatest of the Street
competition is an excellent outlet for inner city youth that helps channel much
of their energies into something positive; both for themselves and the
community in which they reside. I wish the Company and Guinness in particular
every success as they strive to further positively engage communities through
the medium of sport.
