IN a release to the media, the Petra Organisation has noted that despite the inclement weather, the final and third place playoff of the 9th annual Milo Football Tournament will kick off today as scheduled at 16:00hrs and 18:00hrs respectively.

This decision was taken in light of the imminent commencement of CSEC Exams for the U-18 players and the logistical challenges associated with the Santa Rosa Secondary school team’s participation as the finalist in this year’s tournament.

The released detailed, “Petra wishes to thank all our supporters, fans, school teachers, players (students), the media, the MoE, the GFF, Referees, the Medical team: and our sponsors — Milo, Nestle, Massy, GINMIN, Genequip, Farmsup, Yellow Steel , Westzyde Marine Inc and MVPSports for their invaluable support to date.”

At 18:00hrs, Chase Academic Foundation and Santa Rosa Secondary will clash in the final, while at 16:00hrs, Mackenzie High School and Carmel Secondary will play for third place.

This tournament commenced in February and saw two hundred and twenty five (225) goals being scored in the preliminary stages of the competition, while knockouts had a total of fifty eight (58) goals so far.

Going into toady’s final, Roy Vansluytman, captain of the Santa Rosa Secondary School, is one of the tournament’s leading goal scorers, with six (6) goals.