THE Petra Organisation on Tuesday announced the fixtures for the 2024 edition of the KFC International Goodwill Football Series set to be hosted at the Queen College and Ministry of Education grounds.
The tournament will have eight playing days with the action kicking off on Sunday December 15 and concluding on Sunday December 22nd.

On the opening day, defending champions, Trinidad’s Clarendon College will meet Annai secondary at 13:30 hours followed by Suriname’s Speyside High School battling Dolphin Secondary.
Next, top local side Chase Academy, winners of the Milo School Football Title and the Republic Bank School League will battle Henry Hassankahn Community School from Trinidad followed by Trinidad’s St Benedict’s College locking horns with DC Ceasar Fox Secondary.
The other preliminary rounds are set for December 17th and 18th with the semifinal on the 20th and the grand final on the 22nd.

Also on Tuesday, the Petra Organisation announced Royal International Hotel as the latest sponsor for the 5th edition of the regional tournament
Co-director of Petra, Troy Mendonca, expressed to the sponsors Royal International Hotel, the body’s elation at the support for the year-end school football competition.
“They will be joining us for the first time as part sponsor for this tournament, not only will they be contributing to the running of the tournament but will help us to provide a platform for these youngsters to compete at the highest level. The teams participating in the tournament are some of the best teams

and champion teams Trinidad, Jamaica and Suriname along with our hinterland teams and top league sides,” Mendonca added.
Launched in 2018, the tournament seeks to provide meaningful competition to some of top local school footballing talents with the added incentive of having a few regional teams participating, giving much needed experience to youth footballers.

Last year Clarendon College played unbeaten to win the Goodwill title, defeating St. Benedict’s College 2-1 in the final.