Title sponsor provides team shirts; teachers briefed
AHEAD of the highly anticipated group stage start of the 2024 ExxonMobil U14 Boys and Girls Schools Football tournament, teachers of the participating schools were briefed on the organiser’s plans.
The briefing, which took place at the National Library’s Main and Church Street boardroom, was the second part of the day’s events as ExxonMobil used the opportunity to hand over the respective team shirts.
ExxonMobil Guyana’s Community Relations Adviser, Ryan Hoppie who briefly spoke said, “We continue to strengthen our community development projects. We want to ensure that we underscore the importance of both teachers and coaches in this tournament. They are invaluable to the success of this tournament and important to development of the sport.”
He reminded the teachers present that they are not to take their roles lightly as they are, “molding them and shaping them [the children] to make a bright future.”
Meanwhile, Petra organisation co-director Troy Mendonca said, “Our programs hinge a lot on teachers and coaches and to have their part considered in a very serious way. Over the years we have been enabling you guys at the team briefing individually but, in an effort, to add value to the program, we decided to do this and meet you as a unit.”
He added that the tournament is a school’s tournament so they need to listen to those teachers and coaches who have teams participating.
Meanwhile, the format will see a round-robin group stage (to be published shortly) followed by a knockout round for the top eight teams in each division. There will be no further eliminations after this point.
The winning schools will receive grants of $400,000 (first place), $200,000 (second place), $100,000 (third place), and $75,000 (fourth place).
Individual awards will also be presented, including Most Valuable Player (MVP) for both boys and girls, who will receive a year’s supply of school supplies from Petra.
The defending champions are the Bartica Secondary School boys and the Waramuri Secondary School girls.
