• Christianburg Wismar ‘Multi’ is latest school to reach last 16

THE Round of Sixteen of the Guyana Football Federation / Blue Water Shipping Girls U-15 football tournament being played in collaboration with the Ministry of Education continues today (Saturday) on the Essequibo Coast at Richmond ground, with three more teams battling to make it to the quarterfinal stages.

Those teams which will be in action today are Waramuri Primary top, Charity Secondary, and Abrams Zuil Secondary.

Tomorrow (Sunday) the action switches to the National Training Centre, Providence, where Marian Academy, Vreed en Hoop Secondary, West Minster Secondary, and Bartica Secondary will try to emerge out to reach the last 16.

The teams already through are President’s College, Bushlot Secondary, Christiansburg Wismar Secondary, and Anai Secondary and Wauna Primary Top.

In the latest round played last Saturday, Christianburg Wismar Secondary (Multi) School progressed, after winning and drawing their games at the Wisburg Secondary School ground in Linden.

At the centre of their progression was diminutive player Ronessa Stellingburg, who secured goals in both of their matches played.

They first defeated fellow Linden opponents Mackenzie High in the first game 2-1, and in their other game the result was drawn 1-1 against Dora Secondary, which the third game of the afternoon.

Stellingburg opened the scoring for the ‘Multi’ girls with a strike in the 5th minute of the game to take the lead.

When play resumed in the second half, the home side went 2-0 up, this time through a shot from Natalyeh Headley in the 66th minute, but a late goal by MHS’s Tenisha David could not stop the ‘Multi’ side winning, 2-1.

In the next game the ‘Multi’ unit and Dora’s girls encounter, ended in a 1-1 stalemate with Dora Secondary taking the lead as early as the 7th minute, and at half time were leading, 1-0.

However, Stellingburg was there to knot the scores when she netted for the Linden females in the 48th minute, to see them gain a draw and move through to the next round.

Mackenzie High School, after a scoreless first half, would gain a 1-0 win when they faced Dora, with Shania Grey getting the lone goal of that game in the 36th minute. (Joe Chapman)