EXXONMOBIL Guyana on Thursday delivered on their promise and presented the winning schools of the 2025 edition of the ExxonMobil Boys and Girls football competition with their prizes.

The team were allowed to choose a project or items the money could be spent on for the school.

The top schools were provided with all types of sports gear, water dispenser, television, water coolers, stationary, uniforms, football boots, text books and some of the schools fabricated goal post for their schools.

The winning teams got items totaling $400,000, with $200,000 for second place, $100,000 for third and $75,000 for fourth place schools in both categories.

Petra Co-director Troy Mendonca says the ceremony signifies the end of an amazing competition.

“It was hard work from the inception, from meeting with sponsors to coordinating the tournament, all the different logistics, imagine having over 50 teams at this facility for three Saturday’s, that would have not been possible without the support of the kids, sponsor, Ms. Latiff and her crew… on behalf of the directors, we really want to thank everyone that was involved,” he said.

The director said the support of ExxonMobil goes beyond co-operate social responsibility but play a very vital role in the lives of all the boys and girls in the tournament.

Community relation advisers of ExxonMobil Ryan Hoppie said this is another demonstration of their investment.

“Over a decade, we have been committed to youth development, educational initiatives as well as community investment across Guyana, not just in Georgetown, this tournament reaches, 8 regions across Guyana, and we are very excited that over 50 school teams were allowed to be this year apart of the tournament.”

He says they have ensured that in everything for the youth is balanced.

“When we talk about the development in sports we are talking about balance, we are talking about ensuring we balance sports with education because we know that both sports and other form of education are important and necessary for the development of our young people.”

Chase academy won the Boys segment of the competition after beating Three Miles Secondary in the finals with Bartica secondary claiming the win in the Girls competition after defeating Chase Academy.