Exxon Mobil/New Entertainment U-18 school football launched

Oil giant ExxonMobil, in collaboration with New Era Entertainment, has launched an Under-18 Secondary Schools’ Linden Championship football tournament at the Watooka Guest House.
This tournament will run for five (5) days and will be held at the Wisburg Secondary School Ground. The tournament will take a round-robin format, and will see the participating schools divided into two groups. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place winners would receive $400,000, $200,000, $100,000 and $50,000 respectively.
The participating schools are Wismar Christianburg Secondary School, Harmony Secondary School, New Silver City secondary School, Linden Foundation Secondary School, Linden Technical Institute, Wisburg Secondary School, Mackenzie High School and Kwakwani Secondary School.
The eight participating schools are mandated to submit four (4) proposals each comprising the needs of their school before the tournament commences. Each proposal has to be equivalent to the cash prizes. Upon the completion of the tournament, the cash prizes will assist the winning schools with their needs. No school will receive cash in hand.
The tournament is supported by the Guyana Football Federation, The Upper Demerara Football Association and the Department of Education of Reg #10.
Present at the launching were Deputy Mayor and President of the UDFA, Wainewright Bethune; Bryan Joseph, Technical Director of GFF; Ryan Hoppie, Community Relations Advisor of ExxonMobil; Dawn Mc Cammon-Barker, Education Officer of Reg #10; and the Directors of New Era Entertainment, Aubrey Major Jr, Kenrick Noel and Shareef Major
Playing dates set for the tournament are April 14, 15, 16, 22 and 29.