AFTER the dust has settled, the Petra Organisation said the sixth edition of their year-end football tournament, the KFC Goodwill International Competition was a resounding success.
Chase Academic Foundation on Sunday captured the second KFC Goodwill title in a row.

Director of the Petra Organisation, Troy Mendonca, says that their goal is to provide the premier schools football competition for the region.
“From an organisational standpoint, all the logistics involved, we tried out[sic] best, we had minimum situation but based on what we know happens in the Caribbean, the teams from Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname these guys really stepped up in a manner that suggests improvement from year to year,” Mendonca added.
While acknowledging the shortcomings of the pitch, Mendonca added that the Ministry of Education ground has been the bedrock of their competitions.
According to the Petra Co-Director, “While a lot of people might question the facility, this same facility that provided a platform for 100 percent of these youngsters, local players who represent this country at U15 to U20 levels, developed right here; we have seen what we have done from under 11 through to under 18. That in itself is very pleasing for us.”
He commended champions Chase’s Academic Foundation for their consistent performances in the competition, which shows the potential with good competition.
Real Brasil Sport Football Academy Sport Consultant and Talent Scout Narada Wilson, who scouted and helped identify the MVP in Malcom Henricks, says the goal of the scholarship is to help players transition from schools into professional football.
Wilson said they made a decision to change the mode of the scholarship.
“[In] this year which will be the sixth edition and our second, the idea is that we want to raise the level, so I have confirmed with a club in Brazil, which is a second-division club in Brazil and they have offered me, one to three months for the MVP player, which is why I have changed from a developmental club into playing in a league. I am going straight into a professional club, which means that I’m putting a player into a completely professional setting and seeing where that player measures up against the highest standard of football,” he said.
He says this gives the player the opportunity to be signed by a Brazilian club, but it is not only about football, adding, “I want to emphasise that we have much focus on education, so the player that [sic] is usually the MVP, I don’t look at the player that has the highest goal tally, football is a game you can be on a good team and be successful. What I want is [sic] players that [sic] come from supportive family backgrounds, players whose emphasis is on education make it easy when transitioning into professionals setting, because I’m not risking any incidents while they are abroad. I want to sell Guyana or Trinidad or Jamaica or any Caribbean athlete that [sic] goes into the south American league as being a completely professional player that [sic] is willing to learn.”
The competition this year fielded three local teams in Chase’s Academic Foundation, West Ruimveldt and Annai along with teams from Trinidad, Jamaica, Suriname and new additions from The Bahamas and Brazil.
The winning school team collected 3000 US dollars.