Girls’ U11 Pee-Wee tournament returns with MVP Sports’ backing

The Petra-organized Girls Under-11 Pee-Wee Football tournament will make a grand return next Saturday, with renowned sporting goods store MVP Sports as the title sponsor.
Mere weeks after watching their male counterparts in action, female primary school students will have the same opportunity to display their skills on the pitch at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground.

The revelation was made on Wednesday afternoon at the entity’s Giftland Mall, East Coast Demerara (ECD) location, where it was also disclosed that approximately 20 schools from Regions 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10 will compete.
Co-Director of Petra, Troy Mendonca, while sharing the truncated schedule of this year’s tournament, related that the tournament will be an exciting one.
“MVP Sports’ Girls Under-11, we anticipate to start next week Saturday, which is the 18th of November, but due to our constraints in time, we hope to compete on the 9th of December, which means that we have 4 playing days, with exception for the final day, we plan to host each team two games per day. Of course, we will schedule the games in a manner that will allow them to rest and play their second game,” Mendonca explained.
The Petra Co-Director went on to state, “We anticipate a very exciting tournament, as you see with the boys. We even had situations where some of the girls wanted to be part of the boys’ team. So, I can assure you this tournament will be of a high standard, and we wish everyone well.”

On the other hand, proprietor of MVP Sports, Ian Ramdeo, explained why the company is always eager to support, especially female football. Ramdeo related, “As one of the few sports stores in Guyana, we feel that it is part of our mandate to help support this area, and over the years, we’ve partnered with Petra in particular because of their programmes which target youth and which target development football, and we’re very happy to be part on their ongoing programmes, not only in this one but previous tournaments they’ve held and future tournaments that they will hold.
“And we are especially happy to be a part of the Girls Football, and we hope to continue to be a part of it. I think this is the 7th year; we’re looking forward to many more years of this tournament,” Ramdeo further shared.

Schools teams in the MVP Sports’ U11 tournament will vie for a $150,000 grand prize, while second place receives $100,000. Third and fourth place will cart off $75,000 and $50,000; all for a school project of their choice.
St. Aloysius Primary, All Saints Primary, Den Amstel Primary, Genesis Primary, Leonora Primary, Potaro Primary, St. John the Baptist, Friendship Primary, Soesdyke Primary, One Mile Primary, Marian Academy, Colaaco Primary, F.E. Pollard Primary, St. Gabriel’s Primary, North Georgetown, St. Pius Primary, St. Margaret’s Primary, Tucville Primary, Smith Memorial, St. Stephen’s Primary, Redeemer Primary and West Ruimveldt Primary are among the schools earmarked for this year’s Girls U11 competition.