WEST Ruimveldt Primary School steam rolled North Georgetown Primary 3-1 last evening to emerge 2018 Smalta Girls’ Pee Wee football champions.

Playing at the Ministry of Education (MoE) ground on Carifesta Avenue, West won easily after a late start to the final.

Following a month of competition, defending champions South Ruimveldt were rampant, but finalist North had put a spoke in their wheel when they defeated them in the semifinal round.

In yesterday’s final, North Georgetown were pegged as the favourites after dominating the 2017 champions and they outplayed West for most of the game before Seona France scored the first of her two goals to swing the pendulum their way.

France, who was on the scoresheet in West Ruimveldt’s win over St. Pius in their semifinal clash, broke the deadlock for the new champions in the 13^th  minute before doubling her team’s lead in the 21st minute.

Martha France scored in the 27th minute to pull back a goal for the runners-up, but West’s skipper, Ashana Rajkumar, gave her side some cushion with a goal one minute later to secure the victory.

Meanwhile, in the third-place playoff, South Ruimveldt needled St. Pius via an extra-time strike from captain, Fayon Harry, in the 43rd minute.

Presenting the Championship trophy to West Ruimveldt was Ansa McAl’s marketing assistant, Olivia Chin, who said that she was thrilled with the competitive matches on each match day.

West’s coach, Jamal Pedro, was especially pleased with this victory since it avenged the loss suffered by the male team to St. Pius in the COURTS-sponsored male Pee Wee tournament earlier this year.