ALL the teams that will be competing in the KFC Goodwill International Football Tournament from South America and the rest of the Caribbean  arrived in Guyana yesterday  and converged at the KFC’s Vlissengen Road location for the pre-tournament team briefing and kit-distribution exercise.

The 2025 KFC Goodwill U-18 International Schools Football Tournament

takes place from today, December  14–21. KFC’s Marketing Assistant Charmaine Farnum wished the teams success in their pursuit of footballing excellence at the annual tournament. ‘Today

[Saturday] hand over is about more than your uniforms, it is

about investing in your confidence, discipline and opportunity

and giving your team something they can wear with pride when

they go onto the field.’

Petra Director Troy Mendonca commended the teams for their support for the competition, ‘what we are doing here, is we are creating something unique for the Caribbean and I want to officially welcome the teams to Guyana.

The tournament officially kicks off today  with four clashes

starting at 12:30hrs,defending champions Chase Academy will tackle a High school from The Bahamas; then Jamaica’s Kingston College will play West Ruimveldt; Jose Viera School from Brazil play a Surinamese side; Trinidad St Benedict will also line up against Annai Secondary.

The defending champions Chase Academy, West Ruimveldt, Annai

Secondary will be leading the local contingent facing off with the best

Secondary school teams from Suriname, Brazil, The Bahamas, Jamaica and

Trinidad and Tobago.

The teams are the Jose Viera School from Boa-Vista Brazil; Kingston College

from Jamaica; Anglican Central Educational Authority (ACEA) from The

Bahamas; Nikerie Select from Suriname and Defending Champions Chase Academic Foundation, along with Annai Secondary and West Ruimveldt Secondary.

The series also has the backing of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, the Royal International Hotel, GBTI, Trans Guyana Airways and the New GPC.