THE round of sixteen action in the Petra organised under-11 COURTS Pee Wee Football tournament commenced yesterday at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground. Playing in game-five of the day and registering the highest goal count of the round so far, St Angela’s seemed to signal their intentions early in the tournament with a 5-0 win over Mae’s Primary school
Seon Cato’s hat trick i (8th, 16th and 24th) coupled with Antwoine Vincent’s brace (18th and 28th) were the highlights of a day when many close games were played.
In the first game of the day, Marian Academy won 1-0 against Winfer Gardens,thanks to Nicholas Alphonso in the 20,th while game two saw the same score line as St Stephens beat Tucville 1-0 through Jequan Cole in the 10th.
Games three, four, six and seven each ended one nil as well, with F.E. Pollard beating Stella Marris through Jonathan Dos Santos (32nd) and St. Pius scoring in the 9th minute through Tyler Lyle to beat Redeemer.
Shilo Adams 31st minute strike helped North Georgetown to register a win against St Margaret’s while St Agnes also had David Xavier on target in the 19th minute as they beat South Ruimveldt.
West Ruimveldt had another good outing against St Gabriel,as Tyrese Payne (6th), Tyrese Jeffrey (19th) and Trevor Bendt (21st),each netted once for West’s victory.
Teams for the Round of 16 were chosen based on the points accumulated during the round robin places, with the first and second places gaining automatic entries. The final four spots were awarded based on the four best third place finishers.
The various winners of yesterday’s matches will move on to play for positions 1-8 while the losers will vie for positions 9 to 16.