THE MVP Sports Store at Giftland Mall, on Thursday presented a cheque to the Petra Organisation for the organising of the 2025 edition of the Girls U11 Pee Wee football competition.

The cheque was presented by Chief Executive Officer Ian Ramdeo.

The competition which kicks off on November 15 and ends on December 6, will see all games played at the Ministry of Education ground.

The competition will be played on a round-robin basis at the group stage, involving 16 teams placed into groups of four.

After that, the top two in each group will advance to the knock-out stage which consists of round of 16, quarter finals, semifinal and final.

Chief Executive Officer of MVP Ramdeo said they have been supporting the girls’ games because of the need for support in this area.

“We have definitely seen the need for support at this level, and for female football and in general female sports because we have lots of talent in different areas in Guyana in sports. What we need more of across all levels and types of sports  is more competition, training as part of a club is only one part of it, having tournaments being part of a tournament and being able to use local tournament as a stepping stone to be part of regional and international tournaments these are all parts of the development of any sport, and it is for that reason MVP Sports has been supporting  the Petra Organisation,” he said.

Director of the Petra Organisation, Troy Mendonca, said that this is significant because of the direction of women football and its impact globally.

“Girls’ football doesn’t seem to attract the support locally despite it is one of the sectors  of sports that is excelling in terms of  potential, but ever since we have known Mr Ramdeo, he has always been a supporter and has pushed the idea of women’s football, so on behalf of the Petra Organisation we want to give to Mr Ramdeo the kudos he deserve as an advocate for girls’ football and support in every aspect of girls’ football in this country.”

The winning team will pocket 100,000 towards a school project of their choice along with trophy and medals, with 75,000 for second place, and 50,000 for third.

The tournament will also award the fourth-placed team, MVP, highest goal scorer, best goal-keeper and most disciplined team.

The teams competing this year are One Mile, St John the Baptist, Batavia, Potaro, Friendship, Den Amstel, Genesis and Waramuri primaries along with School of the Nations, Smith’s Memorial, Stella Maris, Tucville, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown International Academy, North Georgetown and defending champions Marian Academy.