…Chase Defender Krammer wins Brazilian Football Scholarship

CHASE Academy on Sunday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue achieved what no other local secondary school side has done by completing a hat-trick of tournament wins after the hoisted the coveted KFC Goodwill International Secondary Schools Football Championship Trophy.
The school’s football powerhouses Chase’s will finally have their name engraved on the lean trophy and ensure they highly sought after trophy remains in Guyana for the first time after a penalty kick win over Trinidad’s St Benedicts College.

Chase Academy, has had a fabulous year winning the Milo School Football Title and Republic Bank School Football League completed their trio of school titles with the KFC International Cup.

It was a hard-fought battle that saw regulation and extra time unable to separate the two sides despite countless shots on goal with neither side letting-up in a sometimes-toasty battle between two determined teams full of skill and talent.
‘I can explain the feeling, such a wonderful feeling because this was our goal going into the year, winning the KFC because this is the international tournament, we felt like we conquered Guyana already, so to get this international tournament under the bag is great and it was well played and good performance from everybody’

KFC Guyana accountant Marlon Chetnaraine says the company was pleased with the final and see the value of their investment in the youths ‘Congratulation to everyone that was involved in the Petra Organisation and congratulations to the winner Chase Academy. We at KFC believes this is giving back to the community and as a family-oriented business, this is what we want, this supports the global community and the Caribbean as a whole, this is something we can get behind and it could only get bigger from here.

Meanwhile, in the third-place contest Annai Secondary hope for a third-place finish was dashed by former champions Clarendon College who captured a 7-2 victory.
Patrick Page 9th, Terron Williams 22nd, Nicholy Forbes 25th, and 52nd, Romario Thompson 72nd, Anthony Reid 86th and Leckeem Mullings 89th were Clarendon College Goal Scorers in an impressive display from the Jamaican school outfit. Annai Secondary Adrian Cabral and Josh Glasgow scored their consolation goals.

The tournament featured eight teams from Guyana, Trinidad Jamaica and Suriname competing in a round-robin format.
The teams were divided into two groups, with the top two from each group advancing to the semi-final stage for the covet trophy.

Chase Academy collected one million dollars for first place with $600,000 for St Benedicts and $400,000 for Clarendon College along with trophies and medals.

The tournament MVP Raybon Krammer collected the golden boot and earned a scholarship to South American club outfit Futebol Real Brazil.