THE fifth annual 11 years-and-under Smalta football tournament for primary school girls, being sponsored by the Ansa McAl is set to kick off this afternoon.
From 13:00hrs, six scheduled games will take place at the Ministry of Education (MoE) ground on Carifesta Avenue

Reigning champions South Ruimveldt will begin their title defence against Genesis Harmony Primary School in one of the first two matches of the afternoon.
The MoE ground will be split in two to allow for two consecutive matches to be competed. The second opening game will feature St Stephen’s Primary matching skills with Mae’s.
Last year’s losing finalists and 2016 winners, St Angela’s Primary, will not be a part of the 12-team tournament that will follow a group knock-out format. The twelve teams have been divided into three groups of four which are listed below.

Group A ` Group B Group C
St Stephen North G T Primary F.E. Pollard
Genesis Harmony St Margaret’s West Ruimveldt
South Ruimveldt Smith Memorial Enterprise

Mae’s St Pius Primary Tucville Primary
Two weeks prior to today’s play, the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) technical staff held training sessions with the young ladies in a bid to help fine-tune their skills.
The winning team’s school will receive $200 000, second $100 000, third $75 000 and fourth $50 000, all towards a project of the school’s choice.

Full fixtures of matches:
11/17/2018 Round 1 MoE ground Match #
13:00hrs St Stephen Mae’s 1
13:00hrs Genesis Harmony South Ruimveldt Primary 2
13:50hrs North GT Primary St. Pius Primary 3
13:50hrs St Margaret’s Smith Memorial 4
14:40 hrs F.E. Pollard Tucville Primary 5
14:40 hrs West Ruimveldt Primary Enterprise 6