Exhilarating school football action is in store for the month of December as the KFC Goodwill International Football tournament makes its return for a fourth edition on December 12.
This year’s tournament sees an expansion from six teams last year to eight teams, with the inclusion of a Jamaican school, arguably among the best in the best in the Caribbean, thus heightening the competitiveness of the event.
The fourth edition of the tournament was launched on Thursday afternoon at Cara Lodge, Georgetown, where Petra Organisation Co-Director Troy Mendonca reiterated the aim of the tournament while highlighting the shared vision of the organisers and title sponsor KFC.
“Which is a competition aimed at bringing together the best or at least, a representative of each geographical location from the Caribbean to match skills at the school level,” Mendoca shared at Thursday’s launch.
He went on to add, “This competition as we know in the past gives our boys an opportunity to showcase their talents and it acts as a good benchmark for the sport in the country. And I want to emphasise, it was a good sight, seeing Waramadong winning the last tournament, having beaten the likes of St Benedict’s and the team from Suriname.”
On the matter of their shared vision with KFC, Mendonca related, “I must admit, from the Petra Organisation, it takes a lot of courage to embark on such a mammoth event and the main reason is because Ms [Pamella] Manasseh, through her company, would’ve shared the same vision like us and so, at this point in time, we would like to acknowledge the contribution and the commitment made by KFC Guyana.”
