FOLLOWING their 2-1 victory over Uitvlugt Secondary School in which Kristoff Stoll scored the brace, Annandale Secondary School earned the right to face Queen’s College in the second round of the Kashif and Shanghai/Chico Elite Next Generation football tournament at the Georgetown Football Club ground this afternoon.Stoll found the back of the net in the 41st and 88th minutes to hand Annandale the win in a contest which was postponed once, due to the inclement weather which left the venue soggy and not conducive for playing football. Dennis Mendonca had opened the scoring for Uitvlugt with his 37th minute goal.

On the same day, President’s College ensured that another East Coast Demerara-based school advanced to the next round with their 3-1 win over Stewartville, after leading 2-0 at lemon-time thanks to goals from Stedman Martin (25th), Van Harding (37th) and Yvan Armstrong 49th), even as Gajana Norville pulled one back for Stewartville in the 69th minute.
This afternoon’s action will see Queen’s College and Annandale collide in the first matchup at 16:00hrs, followed by St George’s Secondary taking on first day’s winner East Ruimveldt in the feature matchup at 18:00hrs.
The winners of the tournament which culminates on January 1 2014 (New Year’s Day) will pocket a record G$1.2M with 75% going towards a project identified by the school, along with the Championship trophy and 25 replicas which will be on display throughout the tournament.
The second-, third- and fourth-placed finishers will receive $750 000, $500 000 and $250 000 respectively, with 75% going towards a project as well, while the second- and third-placed teams will be presented with silver and bronze medallions and the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) will receive one laptop and a stint with a Trinidad and Tobago pro-team. (Calvin Roberts)