MoH/Health 2000 Inc./Ansa McAl Girls U-11 – Stella Maris complete double with 3-1 penalty kicks victory … Enterprise take third place
With the stereo sounds blasting in the background the tune ‘We are the champions’, the victorious Stella Maris Girls Under-11 Pee Wee championship-winning team find it hard to contain their exuberance as they sing along to celebrate their win.
With the stereo sounds blasting in the background the tune ‘We are the champions’, the victorious Stella Maris Girls Under-11 Pee Wee championship-winning team find it hard to contain their exuberance as they sing along to celebrate their win.

THE DANCING and celebrations that took place around 17:25hrs at the Ministry of Education ground yesterday afternoon could not fully underline the joy for Stella Maris Primary School Girls Under-11 football team.

Like father, like daughter! National custodian Richard Reynolds offers his daughter a congratulatory hug, following her heroine feats for Stella Maris yesterday.
Like father, like daughter! National custodian Richard Reynolds offers his daughter a congratulatory hug, following her heroine feats for Stella Maris yesterday.

Having defeated giant killers St Stephen’s Primary 3-1 via penalty kicks to take the Petra Organisation/Ministry of Health/Health 2000 (Guyana) Inc./Ansa McAl Smalta Girls Pee Wee Under-11 crown, Stella Maris emulated their male counterparts who earlier this year were crowned Courts Pee Wee Under-11 champions.
A vociferous crowd on hand cheered both teams who took the field for the final to the sound of the FIFA national anthem and when the action commenced, St Stephen’s were all over Stella Maris in the first half, looking to stop them from creating the historic double.
Several goal-scoring opportunities went a-begging, but the entertainment on the field made up for such, as the first half ended goalless, with the one near-opportunity being Stella Maris’ custodian pulling off a save from a Brianna Jordan corner kick.
St Stephen’s had the opportunity to steal the game in the second half when they were awarded a penalty, but the kick was muffed by Stella Maris custodian once again, forcing the game to be decided on penalty kicks.
It was here that Stella Maris utilised the services of their skipper Ludesha Reynolds, the daughter of national custodian Richard Reynolds who was present, to good effect, using the younger Reynolds as their custodian, just as they did in the quarterfinals and semifinals.
And in true captaincy fashion, Ludesha Reynolds saved the second and third spot kicks while she herself took and converted the second kick for her team who came up trumps, to spark off wild celebrations.
In the third-place playoff, Enterprise whose Aliyah Alleyne was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) missed a penalty kick during regulation time, but had reason to smile when her 19th minute goal was recorded to nullify Nikita Prince’ 16th minute strike for West Ruimveldt.
This contest was also decided on penalty kicks, to which Enterprise won 2-1 to claim the third place from West Ruimveldt who took fourth, with North Georgetown, South Ruimveldt, Tucville and F. E Pollard occupying the fifth to eighth positions. Chronicle Sport will bring you a more detailed description of the action in tomorrow’s edition.

(By Calvin Roberts)

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