ANSA McAL Trading Limited announced their partnership with the Petra Organisation for the fourth annual Goodwill School Football tournament scheduled from December 12-22 in Georgetown.
On Tuesday, ANSA McAL’s Director Troy Codogan presented a sponsorship of G$1,260,000 in support of the tournament.
Troy Mendonca, Director of Petra Organisation, expressed gratitude to ANSA McAL for their enduring support. He highlighted the tournament’s significant growth potential, evolving from a modest event with three teams, including a single foreign team, to this year’s expanded lineup of eight participating teams.
Top Jamaican School football team, Clarendon College, will contest the championships starting December 12.
The Jamaican joins teams from Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, who will battle against the top teams from Guyana in the tournament’s fourth edition, which concludes on December 22.
Clarendon College will join St. Benedict’s College from Trinidad and Tobago and Voorgezet Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs Four (VWO-4) of Suriname, defending champions D.C Caesar Fox Secondary (Waramadong), St. Ignatius Secondary along with the top three teams from the ongoing Limacol School League.
Teams will be split into two groups of four, and the top two will progress to the semi-finals.
The top school cops a prize of US$2,500, followed by US$1,500 (second), US$1,000 (third), and US$500 (fourth).
Matches will be staged at the Ministry of Education Ground, Carifesta Avenue, and Queen’s College Ground.