WE BELIEVE CUP FUTSAL TOURNAMENT
The curtains came down on four days of intense football as the ABSAA-NSC- GFF hosted the second annual Breast Cancer Awareness Female Futsal competition on October 31, 2018 at the National Gymnasium under the theme “WE BELIEVE CUP FUTSAL TOURNAMENT” in honour of Cancer Survivors.
Organiser of the ABSAA events Junior forester stated that it was great as the girls and ladies played for Cancer Survivors who were at each and every game and even those that could not make it. On Wednesday night cancer survivors were given the ultimate treat as they witnessed two finals namely the Girls and Ladies Combined finals. In the girls finals Marlyn Dewar players were poised as they were set to take on Shirlean Alexander, but it was not the welcoming Shirlean Alexander expected as they were trounced by Marlyn Dewar 3-1. In the ladies combined finals team Nicole Schultz/Rosaline Clarke were defeated by Christine Jardim/Amina Hassan 2-0 with goals scored by Saicy Adams and Lekesha Pearson.
In a statement Forrester said, “Big hugs and blessings to all our cancer survivors and a truly wonderful group of selfless servants of others from the ABSAA crew. We are one. A big thank you to Christopher Jones Director of Sports of National Sports Commission (NSC), President Wayne Forde and GS Renita Bourne of Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Simone Basil and all the wonderful participants,” Some of the entities that were able to make this event a success were Christine Anita, Jardim of Outdoors PetShop, Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall, Guyana Cancer Foundation (GCF), ABSAA Inc and Cancer Institute of Guyana (institute will provide free screening for 8-10 female footballer).
In closing Forrester stated the ABSAA’s plan is always to support youth and awareness event like these as just last month the organization had hosted its first Prostate Cancer Football for men in October. He also stated that they are looking to host a U15 Futsal for Boys and Girls at the end of November and host a football tournament in the month of January as part of cervical awareness month.
