Demerara Mutual onboard as MVP Sports U11 Girls c/ship prepares for kick-off

The spotlight will soon shift to primary school girls’ football teams as the teams, organisers and sponsors are one step closer to this year’s edition of the MVP Sports Girls Under-11Football Championship.
Set to kick off this Saturday, November 15, at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground, the Petra Organisation has ensured that the teams will be well prepared for the competition, executing their customary ball distribution exercise on Thursday.

There, Petra Co-Director Troy Mendonca articulated the organisation’s commitment to the development of female football.
Mendonca expressed, “We at Petra – we’re going to ensure that we use every single resource that we have available to us to continue to organise female football as part of our mandate when it comes to school football. This tournament is no different; as a matter of fact, it is so satisfying a lot of the time when we can reflect and remember most of these young girls when they move on to the National U15 or U14 teams, and that brings the joy to us.”
“So, we will continue to make an ardent effort to ensure that especially this tournament is being played,” the Petra Co-Director further stated.
Meanwhile, similarly emphasising the importance of the all-girls competition, Demerara Mutual’s Marketing Manager Oceola Van Doimen expressed their elation at being a part of the competition for the first time.
“While Petra and MVP Sports have been championing girls’ football for years through this competition, this is our first time being part of this particular journey, and we couldn’t be more thrilled,” Van Doimen shared at the gathering.
She further noted, “Throughout this year, we’ve proudly sponsored Petra’s football tournaments, including ExxonMobil, an event which covered both boys and girls, but today, supporting an all-girls tournament feels different. Our smallest players with the biggest dreams are taking centre stage.”
16 girls’ teams will compete over a four-week period in this year’s ninth edition of the MVP Sports tournament.
The first- and second-place finishers will receive prizes to the tune of $100,000 and $75,000, respectively, to be given in kind.