COURTS Pee Wee football tourney – Colourful display of teams marks the opening
Director of Sport Christopher Jones (right) and COURTS Marketing Manager at yesterday’s opening
Director of Sport Christopher Jones (right) and COURTS Marketing Manager at yesterday’s opening

 

THE 4th COURTS Pee Wee football tournament kicked off yesterday with the country’s largest furnishing and appliance store committing to the longevity of the competition that caters to hundreds of primary school children in the city.
At the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground, Marketing Manager Pernell Cummings said the COURTS Pee Wee football tournament is one of the company’s most exciting events and one that they (COURTS) look forward to the most since it is where the next generation of the country’s football players are born.
The event, organised by Petra Organisation, will see 23 other schools try to dethrone defending champions Stella Maris Primary and, according to Cummings, the excitement that the COURTS Pee Wee tournament brings is unlike any other.

Defending champions Stella Maris Primary during yesterday’s opening ceremony
Defending champions Stella Maris Primary during yesterday’s opening ceremony

Cummings lauded the organisers for what he called the best opening ceremony since the tournament’s inception and thanked the schools for making an effort to be organised.
Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Claude Bolton upon congratulating the organisers and the sponsors for ensuring that the future of Guyana’s football is bright, encouraged the students to stay in school and to become proper student athletes.
Bolton stressed that staying in school will open more doors for students to not only pursue a career in football but also to become more academically inclined.
Director of Sport Christopher Jones said that he was impressed with how much effort was put into ensuring all the schools are uniformed and knowing that most it was done with very little resources.
Jones, after declaring the tournament officially open, asked for more female participation and pledged his support to the tournament.

 

 

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