The Central River Regional Football Association will begin its regional third division league this weekend with the four fixtures promising titanic battles involving teams in both the north and southern part of the region.
The league will officially get underway on Saturday 6th April, 2019, when Niamina Katamina and Bansang lock horns at the Bansang Mini Stadium in Group A. The other match in the group will see Niani Banni travels to Georgetown to play the hosts Jangjanbureh Football Club in another intriguing match on Saturday.
Action will start for the four teams in Group B on Sunday when Niamina Kudang lock horns with Jarreng while Pachunki Karantaba and Niani will meet in another titanic battle to complete the weekend fixtures.
Eight teams are participating in the league at the end of the campaign and the regional championship will represent the Central River Region in the national triangular championship to determine the teams that would gain promotion to the national second division league.
It would be recalled that for the first time ever in the history of the country, the domestic league has taken a national character with teams in the provincial Gambia participating in the competitions with B4U Kiang West and 2nd Infantry Battalion playing in the second tier having won the Lower River and North Bank regional leagues respectively last season.
The two teams play their home fixtures at The Gambia Football Federation sponsored artificial football turf in Jarra Soma in the Lower River Region. The participating teams in fixtures involving the aforesaid teams have their transportation costs to and from Soma incurred by the GFF.
Reporting by Ebrima Suwareh & Editing by Baboucarr Camara