Prior to the competition being officially opened by sponsors and organisers, the tournament kicked off with much pomp and splendour, with all of the participating schools being involved in a FIFA- like march past.
Co-Director of Petra, Troy Mendonca, in his remarks, elaborated on some of the challenges that the organization faced in trying to establish the tournament. “It gives (me) the liberty to say that, after 3 or 4 years, we at Petra organisation are trying very hard to have this tournament played at the Under14 level. It serves its purpose, which bridges the gap between the Under 11 and Under18 programmes. Because we’re faced with limited resources, we weren’t able to do it,” he explained. Mendonca took the time to thank the sponsors who have now made it possible. “At this point in time, we want to thank ExxonMobil, Ministry of Public Health, and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) for making this possible,” he declared.
Speaking on behalf of primary sponsors ExxonMobil, Community Relations and Communications Manager Nicholas Yearwood noted that the company is elated to be on board with such an initiative. “We’re happy that Petra came to us to be the partner of choice, and we just want to wish every child here the best of luck in the tournament,” he said.
Shortly after the official kick-off was done by Yearwood, the first of 12 matches scheduled for the day began. Whilst the boys commenced their round-robin stage of the competition, the girls are currently going through a training programme being conducted by the technical staff of the Guyana Football Federation. Those sessions will last for two weeks.
The competition will continue every Saturday for the next seven weeks, beginning each time at 10hrs at the Ministry of Education Ground on Carifesta Avenue, where both boys’ and girls’ teams will be on show.
Full list of results:
Game 1
Buxton: 10, vs Youth Developers: 0
Goal Scorers for Buxton
Tyrese Dennis – 1st, 8th, 20th, 30th
Makhaya Jarvis – 11th, 23rd
Samuel Garnett – 12th
Rodwell Weekes – 37th
Own goals – 36th, 39th
Game 2
Marian Academy: 1, vs Uitvlugt: 0
Goal Scorerfor Marian
Daniel Lowe – 5th
Game 3
Dolphin: 4, vs Friendship: 3
Goal scorers, Dolphin
Dwayne James – 15th
Nicholas Tappin – 19th, 31st
Ian Ward – 27th
Goal scorers, Friendship
Prince Ford – 13th, 36th
Shane Harper – 25th
Game 4
Ann’s Grove: 3, vs Charlestown: 2
Goal scorers, Ann’s Grove
Treshawn Cudsoe – 28th, 33rd, 36th
Goal scorers, Charlestown
Sheldon Bowen – 3rd
Mickel Prince – 38th
Game 5
Annandale vs Bishops
Annandale won via walk over
Game 6
Vergenogen vs Carmel
Vergenogen won via walk over
Game 7
Brickdam: 4, vs New Campbellville: 2
Goal scorers, Brickdam
Akeem Henry – 12th, 22nd
Shoran James – 27th, 35th
Goal scorer, New Campbellville
Lexus Fortune – 8th
Antonio McArthur – 36th
Game 8
Tucville: 1, vs Queenstown: 1
Goal scorer, Tucville
Garfield Cegar – 20th
Goal scorer, Queenstown
Tyrese Hart – 40th
Game 9
Chase’s Academy: 1, vs St John’s: 1
Goal scorer, St. John’s
Shem Foris – 5th
Goal scorer, Chase’s Academy
Sean Cato – 36th
Game 10
North Ruimveldt (Multi) vs Nations
Multi won by walk over
Game 11
East Ruimveldt: 1, vs St George’s: 4
Goal scorers, St George’s
Simeon Darlington – 26th
Dexter Hector – 28th
Tyrese Joseph – 36th
Own goal – 39th
Goal scorer, East Ruimveldt
Ome Harris – 14th
Game 12
South Ruimveldt: 3, vs Kingston: 1
Goal scorers, South
R. David – 9th
Nashawn Manderson – 20th
Anthowne Bernard – 39th
Kingston Goal scorer
Josh James – 5th
