Two doubleheaders in the league phase and Round of Sixteen stage of the Prime Minister’s Cup have had their venues changed.
The first set of matches affected were those on September 1st, featuring Greens United versus Ellerton and Brittons Hill against Maxwell. The upcoming fixtures on September 27th—Silver Sands versus Weymouth Wales at 7 p.m. and Checker Hall against Technique at 9 p.m.—will now be held at Briar Hall, Christ Church.
The Round of Sixteen stage, set to begin on Saturday, October 5th, will take place at Weymouth Playing Field. Meanwhile, the Barbados Football Association’s Turf in Wildey, St. Michael, will host the quarter-finals on October 26th and 27th, and the semi-finals on November 17th and 18th.
The tournament’s grand finale is scheduled for November 30th at the refurbished Kensington Oval, where the two remaining teams will vie for the inaugural title and a $100,000 cash prize at 9 p.m. The third-place playoff will occur the previous day at the BFA Turf.
This tournament is seen as a significant boost for local footballers, who will receive match fees of $125 during the group stage, $150 in the Round of 16, $200 for the quarter-finals, $250 for the semi-finals, and $300 for the final.
The 24 participating clubs include all ten teams from the BFA Premier League, the top six from Division One, and the top four from both the Second and Third Divisions, based on the 2023 standings. More than 600 players are expected to take part.
Mikalai Dziazhko earned the honour of being the first-ever goalscorer in the Prime Minister’s Cup, while Tevin Baker Savory secured Deacons’ 2-0 victory over Notre Dame on August 26 with a late goal.
Later that evening at Friendship, Parish Land delivered a dominant performance, thrashing St. Andrew Lions 5-0, thanks to braces from Devine Gale-Forde and Demar Linton, along with a goal from Kevon Dottin.
Last night in Haynesville, St. James, Ellerton edged out Greens United with a late penalty. A Rico Belgrave own goal gave Ellerton the lead in the 42nd minute, but Xavier Webster equalised in the 70th. In the dying moments of the match, Noel Gordin calmly converted a 95th-minute penalty to secure the win.
In the 9 p.m. kickoff, Rommel Bynoe stole the spotlight with a five-goal performance as Brittons Hill cruised to an 11-1 victory over Maxwell.
DATE#FIXTUREVENUETIMEMon., 26th August 20241A: Notre Dame 0 Deacons 2Friendship7:00 pm2A: Parish Land 5 vs St. Andrew Lions 0Friendship9:00pm Wed., 28th August 20243B: Wotton 2 Paradise 3Gall Hill7:00pm4B:Pride of Gall Hill 1 Whitehall Titans 1Gall Hill9:00pm Fri., 30th August 20245C: Pinelands FC 1 Kickstart 5Glebe7:00pm6C: UWI Blackbirds 3 BSA 1Glebe9:00pm Sat., 31st August 20247D: Silver Sands 2 Technique 4Bridgefield6:00pm8D: Wales 3 Checker Hall 1Bridgefield8:30pmSun., 1st September 20249E: Greens Utd 1 Ellerton 2Greens6:00pm10E: Brittons Hill 11 Maxwell 1Greens8:30pmWed., 4th September 2024 11F: Cave Hill vs Martindales RoadHaynesville7:00pm12 F: United Stars Alliance vs EmpireHaynesville 9:00pmFri., 6th September 202413A: Deacons vs Parish LandBrereton7:00pm14A: St. Andrew Lions vs Notre DameBrereton9:00pm Sat., 7th September 202415B: Paradise vs Pride of Gall HillFriendship6:00pm16B: Whitehall FA vs WottonFriendship8:30pm Wed., 11th September 202417C: BSA vs Pinelands FCValery7:00pm18C: Kickstart vs UWI BlackbirdsValery9:00pm Fri. 13th September 202419D: Technique vs WalesSpeightstown7:00pm20D: Checker Hall vs Silver SandsSpeightstown9:00pm Sat. 14th September 202421E: Maxwell FC vs Greens UtdGreens6:00pm22E: Ellerton vs Brittons HillGreens8:30pm Wed. 18th September 202423F: Empire vs Cave HillFriendship7:00pm24F: Martindales Road vs United Stars AllianceFriendship9:00pm Fri. 20th September 202425A: Parish Land vs Notre DameBriar Hall7:00pm26A: St. Andrew Lions vs DeaconsBriar Hall9:00pm
The Prime Minister’s Cup 2024 Fixtures and Venues
Sat. 21st September 202427B: Whitehall FA vs ParadiseSpeightstown7:00pm28B: Pride of Gall vs WottonSpeightstown9:00pm Wed. 25th September 202429C: Pinelands FC vs UWI BlackbirdsFriendship7:00pm30C: Kickstart vs BSAFriendship9:00pm Fri. 27th September 202431D: Silver Sands vs WalesWeymouth7:00pm32D: Checker Hall vs TechniqueWeymouth9:00pm Sat. 28th September, 202433E: Greens Utd vs Brittons HillGreens7:00pm34E: Maxwell vs EllertonGreens9:00pm Sun. 29th September, 2024 35F: Cave Hill vs United Stars AlliancePassage Road7:00pm36F: Empire vs Martindales Road Passage Road 9:00pm 7:00pm ROUND – OF – SIXTEEN Sat. 5th October,2024372A vs 2B Weymouth7:00pm381A vs 2C Weymouth9:00pmSun. 6th October,2024 391C vs. 3D/E/FWeymouth7:00pm40 1B vs. 3A/E/F Weymouth9:00pmSat. 12th October, 2024412D vs 2E Weymouth7:00pm421F vs 3A/B/C Weymouth9:00pmSun. 13rd October, 2024431D vs 2F Weymouth7:00pm441E vs 3A/B/C/D Weymouth9:00pm
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