.. New Champion to be crowned on December 9

WITH the MVP Sports Girls U-11 Schools Pee Wee Football tournament winding down to the finish, the semi-finals were played on Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground and saw last edition’s winners North Georgetown knocked out by Marian Academy while St John the Baptist sent West Ruimveldt packing to book spots in the final.
Both games were relatively one-sided with similar scorelines of 2-0 in favour of the victors. First, the visitors from Bartica, St John the Baptist, faced West Ruimveldt with neither side finding goals in the first half. However, St John’s ever reliable Shemia Hing would capitalise on West Ruimveldt’s tired defence and opened her side’s account in the 27th minute while Neisa Lewis put the icing on the cake just four minutes later to seal their team’s final berth. This is St John’s first ever Girls Pee Wee outing and their path to the final has largely been thanks to Hing’s tenacity and knack for finding goals.

In the second semi-final of the day, Marian Academy also relied on late goals from their emerging talismanic captain Skylar DeNobrega to beat North Georgetown Primary. Much like the first semi-final, the first half could not produce a goal but De Nobrega changed that with a double strike in the 25th and 35th minutes respectively. Marian Academy, whilst they have participated in the tournament before, have never won the title.

In other exhibition matches Potaro Primary beat Smith’s Memorial 2-0 with Nazeema Lewis (18’) on target while the losers gifted Potaro an own goal as well.
Tucville Primary dispatched Friendship Primary 3-1 with Wolete Griffith netting a hatrick (2’, 10’, 18’) while Queen-Nefer-Tarie Elisa (39’) scored a consolation goal for Friendship.
One Mile Primary ended their tournament by needling Genesis Academy while FE Pollard had a walkover by virtue of St Aloysius Primary being a no-show.

The tournament will conclude with the final and third-place matches being played next Saturday (December 9) at the same venue.

Caption: St John the Baptist’s Shemia Hing (No. 5) challenges for the ball during her side’s semi-final win over West Ruimveldt.