Digicel Schools’ Football Championships 2023:Anticipated fixtures due for Friday disclosure

…Teams briefed

The Petra Organisation is now on the proverbial homestretch as it relates to preparing for the return of the Digicel Schools’ Football Championships, which are scheduled to commence at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground this Saturday, June 24th. At an event at the National Library, Georgetown on Wednesday afternoon, the representatives of the Region 4 (Georgetown) teams participating in the eighth edition of the event were briefed by the organisers.

 Present at the meet was Petra Co-Director Troy Mendonca, who disclosed that the anxiously awaited fixtures for Saturday will be released on Friday. After the briefing, two tournament replica balls were handed out to each team to assist in their practice sessions.
Over 130 schools throughout Guyana are expected to compete in this season of the Tournament. Following the regional rounds, a round-of-32 teams will make up a national championship, of which 13 schools will come from Georgetown. Regions Three and Six would each have two teams, as would East Coast Demerara, East Bank Demerara, Region Seven and Region Ten respectively. Regions One, Five, Eight and Nine would each have one school.
The National Champions will receive $1,000,000 and the championship trophy, while second, third, and fourth place finishers would get $500,000, $300,000, and $200,000 respectively.
All incentives will go towards a school project, with prizes also expected for the Highest Goal Scorer, Best Goalkeeper and Most Valuable Player.
Chase’s Academic Foundation are the two-time defending champions, after claiming the title in 2016 and 2017 before the six-year hiatus arose.
This tournament has been dominated by Christianburg/ Wismar Secondary, who won the title consecutively from 2012 to 2015 when they dethroned the inaugural champions, Georgetown Technical Institute (GTI).