Milo Schools Football 2018
Come Saturday all roads will lead to the Ministry of Education Ground, Carifesta Avenue when Buxton Youth Development and Sir Leon’s Lesson go head to head for the championship title in the sixth annual Milo School Football tournament.
When the dust settles, a new champion will be crowned since inaugural champions St George’s High, second-year winner Lodge Secondary and three-time champs Chase Academic Foundation have been relegated to the role of spectator.
Coordinator Jackie Boodie, Sir Leon’s Lesson Captain Shemar Carrington and Buxton’s Shemar Scott hold the championship trophy in the presence of organiser Petra Organisation’s Co-Director Troy Mendonca at the press briefing Wednesday
Conscious of the new blood on show, Co-Director of the Petra Organisation, Troy Mendonca, at a press briefing on Wednesday, posited with great assurance “an exciting final will be on show to treat all in attendance”.
He further added, “The two teams are deservedly the finalists. Over the two months, we saw some exceptional football. When we completed the round-robin, we could not say who would be the winner and that speaks volumes of the growth of the tournament.”
This year, the tournament expanded to accommodate teams out of Georgetown.
“We want to assure all stakeholders whatever decisions we would have taken were for the best interest of all involved.”
Mendonca also expressed gratitude for Beepats, through its Milo Brand, and the Ministry of Public Health who have branded the tournament under the theme, “There is no excuse for violence”.
The organisers also have in the pipeline a 12-team school league, which has a hopeful start date of September.
Meanwhile, Shemar Scott, Captain of the East Coast Demerara unit, who have been having a fairy-tale run in their inaugural year, said they have been training hard and winning the title would be the icing on the cake for a hard-fought season.
On the opposing end, Sir Leon’s Lesson’s Shemar Carrington contended that Buxton would be a challenge, but they were confident of overcoming once again and going the full mile after finishing fourth last year. They are the team which booted Chase in the quarter-finals.
Both sides will be hoping to secure the first-place prize of $500,000 which goes towards a school project; second collects $300,000. The final commences at 19:00h.
The third-place play-off which pits Morgan’s Learning Centre against Annandale Secondary from 17:00h will see the winner copping $200,000 and the loser $100,000.
