Ex-Premier League players in Five-A-Side tourney

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer | Thursday August 19, 2010 00:00

 

Township Rollers, Police XI, Extension Gunners, Mochudi Centre Chiefs, Uniao Flamengo Santos, BDF XI, Gaborone United (GU), Notwane, Black Peril and BMC will field their ex-Premier League stars in the five-day knock-out tournament.

The matches will take half an hour and not the regular 45 minutes. In the draw conducted yesterday, Police XI and Notwane will open the show on Tuesday at 5pm with GU and BDF XI in action 30 minutes later. On Wednesday, Gunners will lock horns with Santos at 5pm followed by the game between BMC and Chiefs. Rollers play against Black Peril on Thursday at 5pm.

The losers will go home while the winning team with the lowest goal aggregate will automatically secure position five. The four other winners will play in the semi-finals on Friday. The final will be held on Saturday. The winner will go home with P8,000 while the runners-up will get P5,000. The third and fourth placed teams will each get P2,000 while the fifth team walks away with P1,200. The five sides that crash out in the first round games will each get P1,000.