KFC Goodwill International Football tournament rescheduled

The KFC Goodwill International Football tournament, initially scheduled to be kicked off this afternoon, will now commence on Thursday, December 15, 2022.
This is according to the Petra Organization, whose Co-Director, Troy Mendonca, made this announcement during an engagement hosted at the KFC’s Vlissengen Road Head Office on Tuesday afternoon.
Several players, representing the tournament’s 6 teams, got the opportunity in that engagement to interact with each other and with KFC company executives, and to share their thoughts on the tournament.
Mendonca informed that Wednesday’s kick-off at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground on Carifesta Avenue would now be shifted to Thursday at the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF’s) National Training Center (NTC) at Providence.
The opening game, set to pit Milo and Guyoil Champions Christianburg Wismar against KFC defending Champions Annai Secondary will now occur at 14:00hrs; while game 2, featuring Golden Grove Secondary and D.C Caesar Fox (Waramadong) Secondary, would be played at 16:00h.

As such, games scheduled for Friday, December 16th would now be played on Saturday, December 17th, while games set for Sunday, December 18th, will now be played on Monday, December 19th. These games would be played at the same venue.
The playing days for the semifinal and final, on December 21st and 23rd respectively, would remain unchanged, with the Petra Organization yet to make a decision on whether to return to the MoE Ground for those games.
Meanwhile, KFC’s Marketing Manager Pamella Manasseh has encouraged the players present by committing the company’s support for future tournaments. “It’s a privilege for KFC to be part of Petra and the KFC Goodwill sponsorship for football. We look forward for more things from you, adding to what you have done, and we say to ourselves, ‘You know what, ‘we’re here to stay’,” Manasseh shared.
She added, “We’re going to make sure that all…we are doing with these young athletes…they’re making an example to follow, that we will encourage them, support them. And I hope you guys are leading by example, because guess what, we want the best out of you.”
The KFC Goodwill International Football tournament will feature six teams in two groups battling to advance to the knockout stages. In Group A are St. Benedict’s College of Trinidad and Tobago, Golden Grove Secondary and D.C. Caesar Fox (Waramadong) Secondary. In Group B, Christianburg Wismar Secondary, Annai Secondary and SVB Academy of Suriname will do battle.