{"id":25823,"date":"2025-01-27T16:36:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25823"},"modified":"2025-01-27T16:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:36:49","slug":"udfa-futsal-tournament-opens-botafago-and-winners-conn-send-strong-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/udfa-futsal-tournament-opens-botafago-and-winners-conn-send-strong-message\/","title":{"rendered":"UDFA Futsal Tournament Opens: Botafago and Winners Conn. Send Strong Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tracey Liverpool<\/em><br><em>December 16, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second annual Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Futsal Tournament kicked off on Sunday evening at the Retrieve Heart Court, with high-energy matches setting the tone for an exciting competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament opened with a ceremonial march-past, followed by remarks from UDFA President Wainwright Bethune and Linden Mayor Sharma Solomon, who both expressed hopes for a successful and competitive event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fourteen clubs are competing for over three million dollars in cash and prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Sunday\u2019s action, Winners Connection came out strong, defeating Coomacka 5-2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Blueberry Hill and Milerock played to a 2-all draw, High Stars edged Eagles 2-1, and Amelia Ward narrowly defeated Netrockers 4-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Botafago made a statement with a dominant 7-0 win over Silver Shattas, signaling their intent to challenge for the championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The night concluded with Top 20 securing a tight 4-3 victory over Capital FC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group stage continues Wednesday evening with six more matches as teams vie for a spot in the final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracey LiverpoolDecember 16, 2024 The second annual Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Futsal Tournament kicked off on Sunday evening at the Retrieve Heart Court, with high-energy matches setting the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25824,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25823\/revisions\/25824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}