Female competition commences, males battle in round 2

ExxonMobil U-14 Schools’ Football Tournament…

After a successful inaugural tournament in 2018, the ExxonMobil Girls and Boys Under-14 Football tournament will, in its second edition, continue today at the Ministry of Education Ground in Georgetown.

Round 1 one the action in the girls’ category will commence at 10:00 hrs with Ann’s Grove battling Tucville and Lodge duking it out with New Campbellville.
East Ruimveldt and St Stanislaus College will vie for the honour of seeing the loser off, and St Mary will attempt to overcome Charlestown Secondary. These matches commence at 10:50 hrs.
In the male division, a total of 12 matches are said to continue in round 2. The first two matchups, at 12:00 hrs, will see Dolphin Secondary taking on St Stanislaus Secondary, and Carmel Secondary taking on Marian Academy.
At 12:50 hrs, President’s College will lock horns with Uitvlugt Secondary, and Brickdam Secondary will take on Golden Grove. At 13:40 hrs, Cummings Lodge will attempt to overthrow the in-form Charlestown Secondary.
Also doing battle will be St Mary and North Riumvedlt Multilateral.
Plaisance Orphanage and Annandale Secondary will battle for supremacy, while Richard Ishmael will seek to defeat Ann’s Grove. These matches will be played at 14:30 hrs.
At 15:20 hrs New Campbellville will battle for supremacy against Lodge Secondary, while Kingston will aim to overthrow East Ruimveldt.
Culminating the afternoon’s action, Tutorial will aim to demolish St John’s and Queens town Secondary will set out to thrash Tucville.
For the Boys, the top two teams from the six groups, along with the best four third-placed teams, will advance to the Round-of-16. A similar arrangement would apply for the girls.
In the inaugural tournament in 2018, Chase’s Academy were the male winners while Charlestown Secondary took home the female championship.
As first prize, the winning schools will have opportunity to choose a school project that they would like to see completed.