THE Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Blue Water U-15 Girls’ Development League was launched on Wednesday in New Amsterdam, Berbice with an impressive match between Cougars Football Club and Vryman’s Erven Secondary School.

Cougars Football Club won 2 – 0 at the Scott School Ground in New Amsterdam thanks to goals by Annalisa Hinds and Xianna Castello. The match was played before cheering teammates, classmates, parents and supporters.

Women’s Football Association (WFA) president, Andrea Johnson, congratulated both teams.

She added: “WFA and GFF will continue to work assiduously together to have tournaments that will help foster our young girls and women in football so they can become better individuals in our society.”

So far, six secondary schools in New Amsterdam have signed up for the development league, which is also being played in Georgetown, Linden and the Rupununi.

GFF president Wayne Forde and the Council are committed to elevating women’s football through the identification of new talent and creation of strategic developmental programmes, including the Blue Water U-15 Girls’ Development League.