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| Full name | Georgetown Football Club |
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| Founded | 1902 |
| Ground | Georgetown Cricket Club [1] Georgetown, Guyana |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| League | GFF Elite League |
Georgetown FC is a Guyanese football club based in Georgetown, competing in the GFF Elite League, the top tier of Guyanese football.
Its home ground is across the road from the Guyana Zoo and Botanical Gardens.
Founded in 1902, Georgetown FC is the oldest club in Guyana. [2] In 2015, Georgetown became an inaugural member of the GFF Elite League. [3]
TheNational Milling Company of Guyana(NAMILCO) is the largest and oldest operating commercial flour mill in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, having celebrated its 50th anniversary of operations in 2019. The company was established as a subsidiary of the Seaboard Corporation, an international agribusiness conglomerate based in the United States, on the 17th of May 1969. The mill produces wheat-based products for both the Guyanese consumer and commercial markets alongside local foodstuffs primarily consumed by the Guyanese Indian population, a substantial ethnic group in the country. The factory is located adjacent to East Bank Public Road, Agricola, Georgetown. The National Milling Company of Guyana is headed by Managing Director Mr Roopnarine 'Bert' Sukhai.
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