Courts Optical U-11 Pee Wee Football Championship…

The most highly sought after school’s football title – the Courts Optical Boys U-11 Football Tournament is steadily reaching its climax as the 32 schools have now narrowed down to the last four.
The four sides namely, Defending Champions St Pius, Marian Academy, Santa Rosa Primary and Belladrum are set to challenge for a chance to compete in the 2024 edition of the tournament final.
The Champions, St Pius, who were licking their wounds got a reprieve after Rosignol Primary who defeated them in the quarter final was deemed to have fielded an ineligible player.

The move caused St Pius to have another crack at reclaiming their title but they will have a stern test against ever improving upstarts Marian Academy
Marian under coach Troy Wright has been knocking on the door with several semifinal outings since they claimed the first title in the tournament 11-years history and will be desperate to show their growth.
The opener is also set to be a scorcher with hinterland side Santa Rosa Primary meeting another Berbice unit in Belladrum Primary.

Santa Rosa since their introduction in the tournament has showed they belong with outstanding showings thus far.
But they will have to overcome debutant Belladrum who are thirsty for their first taste of hardware.
The 11th edition of the competition featured 32 teams from nine educational districts of the country, converging in the city.

This year saw 15 schools from Georgetown, one from Linden, three from Bartica, three from Berbice, four from the East Coast of Demerara, one from the East Bank of Demerara, three from the West Coast of Demerara, two from Essequibo and one from Barima Waini.

The tournament started off with a round robin segment then knock-out format with the top 16 schools advancing to the quarters and a further four advancing to today.
The youngsters are playing for handsome prizes from Courts Mega Store.

The tournament is also sponsored by Sterling Products Limited through Igloo Ice-Cream, Stena Drilling, National Sports Commission and approved by the Ministry of Education.