Teams ready for intense action
The fourth edition of the KFC sponsored Goodwill Football Tournament, organised by the PETRA organization, begins today with four matches at two different venues in Georgetown.
The tournament which features five Guyanese school teams namely defending champions DC Ceaser Fox (Waramadong) secondary, Camrel, Chase Academic Foundation and Bartica will see three rounds of action.
Three Foreign teams, St Benedicts College of Trinidad, Clarendon College of Jamaica and Voorgezet Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs Four (VWO-4) of Suriname make up the eight-team tournament.
Teams have been placed into two groups of four, with the top two moving onto the semi-finals, then the final on December 22.
Group A boasts St. Benedict’s College, Carmel Secondary, D.C Caesar Fox Secondary and VWO 4 College.
Group B has Clarendon College, Chase Academic Foundation, St. Ignatius Secondary and Bartica Secondary.
For the first round of matches tomorrow, Chase Academy and St Ignatius get the ball rolling from 13:30hrs with Clarendon College and Bartica playing at 15:30. Both games are set for the Queen’s College ground.
Meanwhile St Benedicts College and VWO-4 will clash at the Ministry of Education ground from 18:00 hrs and Carmel and Waramadong clash at 20:00hrs.
Speaking during the pre-tournament brief yesterday, KFC’s Marketing Manager Pamella Manasseh wished all the teams well.
She added that the idea behind the tournament falls in line with the company’s mandate to sponsor youth development.
The winning team this year, will pocket US$2,500, followed by US$1,500 (second), US$1,000 (third) and US$500 (fourth).
