NATIONAL U-15 member, Jalade Trim, and U-17 Tiandi Smith were the Most Valuable Players (MVPs) of their respective categories in the third annual CONCACAF Women’s Football Day, hosted by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) last Saturday at the National Training Centre, Leonora.

The programme, which was held from 11:00hrs to 17:00hrs, saw Kwakwani win the U-15 competition while Fruta Conquerors won the U-17 edition.
The participants were girls from Kwakwani, Lethem, East Bank, Georgetown, Bartica, Orealla, Berbice and West Demerara.

Trim, captain of the U-15 Kwakwani Strikers, was proud of her team’s performance and had encouraging words for her peers, stating: “I am grateful that we won today. I think if more females showed up to more ATC games they would be successful.”
Smith was thrilled for her nomination, and showered her teammates with praises, adding, “We knew what we were capable of and we did our best while having fun.”
Outstanding Player Awards went to Lady Jags’ Kendra Thomas and U-15 Fruta Conquerors’ Hasha Holder.

The Women’s Day competition featured 12 female teams and grassroots participants who learned and laughed together under the supervision of the GFF technical staff.
The programme began with grassroots exercises followed by U-15 and U-7 round-robin matches.

The U-15 matches involved girls from Kwakwani, Lethem, East Bank, Georgetown Academy Training Centre (ATC), Bartica, Orealla, Junior Fruta Conquerors and New Amsterdam United, while the U-17 competition was played among Senior Fruta Conquerors, West Demerara and the U-17 Lady Jags.
A special Grassroots game was also played among the participants.