THE best of the best in the Girls Under-11 football will be on show today in the 3rd Annual Smalta Girls Pee Wee Football Championship grand final at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.This year’s final will feature new champions when West Ruimveldt Primary lock horns with St Angela’s. After over four days of high quality action the top two teams will now face off in a thrilling encounter.
On the West Ruimveldt front, their obvious offensive nature will be their strongest suit against their opponents, having found the back of the net some 12 times in their five earlier games.
Nine of those 12 goals have come from the tournament’s leading goalscorer Gabriella McGarrell. In the process they have set a new tournament record (nine goals) and she is sure to be a force to be reckoned with in front of goal today.
Their defence provides some amount of talk as well, having conceded only thrice in their five games which means that they boast a formidable unit.
On the other hand, St Angela’s are aiming to follow in the footsteps of their male team and clinch the championship.
Their strength, however, lies solely in defence and having conceded twice in five matches, it’s easy to see why this is so.
While their offensive record boasts just under a goal a game at four, it still leaves a great matchup to witness today.
Also today South Ruimveldt will faceoff with St Pius in the third-place playoff at 12:15hrs.
Meanwhile, the positional 5-16 section will occur prior to the start of the third-place playoff. In the 5-8 section, dethroned champions St Stephen’s will oppose North Georgetown and Enterprise will tackle St Agnes at 11:30hrs.
In the 9-12 section, Smith Memorial will engage F.E. Pollard while Tucville will battle Winfer Gardens from 10:45hrs. In the 13-16 section, Redeemer will battle St Gabriel’s while St Margaret’s will engage Stella Maris at 10:00hrs.