16 teams for 4th Smalta Girls Peewee Football Tournament

– begins on November 18

The Petra Organisation having recently concluded its Courts Peewee Tournament, now turns its attention to the fourth edition of the Smalta/Public Health Ministry Under-11 Girls Tournament.
At the launch of the Tournament on Tuesday in the Conference Room of the National Library, it was disclosed that teams from 16 schools in Georgetown would be participating over five rounds for top honours.
Co-Director of Petra, Troy Mendonca urged all stakeholders and individuals associated with the Tournament to treat it with the same vigour that is usually shown to male football tournaments.
Mendonca pointed out that throughout the world, women’s football has been making strides which are due largely in part to FIFA who has been actively pursuing the development of the sport among women.
This Tournament, he noted, could serve as a catalyst for development of the young girls as it would afford them the opportunity to begin careers and even spark an interest in sports as a whole.
“The Petra Organisation is very pleased to join with all the various stakeholders (the Ministry of Public Health, ANSA McAL through their Smalta brand, the Ministry of Education, Guyana Football Federation, and all others) to present this Tournament, to give yet another opportunity to kick start some of these young girls’ careers, and even to help them in deciding if they want to participate in a sport,” Mendonca said.
Meanwhile, Dr Oneka Scott from the Public Health Ministry told the gathering, which included several of the participants-to-be, that the Tournament would also be pushing to spread Human Papillomavirus (HPV) awareness to the young people. She noted that it was important for the country to take care of its youth, especially the young girls.
The Smalta Brand Manager, Sean Abel, who was also present at the launch, expressed pleasure on behalf of his company at being able to help shape the minds of the youths once again and wished the organisers and participants the best of luck in the upcoming Tournament.
The competition will begin on Saturday, November 18, and will continue with four other rounds on November 25, December 2, December 9 and December 16 respectively. Games will begin at 10:00h each day.