KFC Goodwill International Schools Football Championship: Waramadong are Champions!
Waramadong celebrating victory in what has been their first major tournament in 10 years
D.C. Caesar Fox (Waramadong) Secondary on Friday evening proved in scintillating fashion that they are among the best football talents the country and region has to offer when they won the KFC Goodwill International Schools Football Championship.
The epic encounter between Waramadong and Trinidad and Tobago’s Secondary School football League (SSFL) champions St. Benedict’s College was truly befitting of the ‘international’ title, as both sides displayed class and tactical skills. However, what both teams lacked was the ability to finish well, and that resulted in scores being deadlocked at half time.
In the second segment, St. Benedict’s upped their intensity, but the Guyanese team managed to keep them at bay. Waramadong’s chances to go ahead in the contest included a brilliant set piece, followed by a header that hit the cross bar, and a penalty opportunity that was stopped by the goalkeeper.
But with just a few minutes left on the clock, Bevon Jones sprinted in from the wing and evaded the goalkeeper’s reach to strike the game-winning goal in the 82nd minute.
Action ongoing between St. Benedict’s and Waramadong in the KFC final
Third-place trophy
Earlier in the evening, Annai Secondary drubbed Christianburg Wismar Secondary 4 goals to nil to lift the third-place trophy.
Ray Moses struck in the 5th minute to give Annai the lead, and Davy Jones netted in the 30th to make it a 2-0 affair as the game headed into the half.
After Moses returned to complete his brace in the 61st, Nakish Bartholomew pushed the Region 9 outfit’s tally to 4 in the 80th; while CWSS struggled to find a consolation goal, at best.
Waramadong’s Dominic Elliman, who conceded no goal in the tournament, has been adjudged best goal-keeper
Not only did Waramadong walk away with the Championship Trophy, but the Region 7 outfit also carted off the lion’s share of prizes. They have been adjudged the most disciplined school in the competition, their goal-keeper Dominic Elliman has been hailed as the best in the tournament, and their defender Whitney King has been named MVP of the tournament.
There was a tie for highest goal-scorer recognition between Waramadong’s Kenwin Percy and St. Benedict’s Jerrell Griffith, both of whom had netted three goals in the tournament.
The KFC tournament was also sponsored by MVP Sports, Guyana Beverages Inc, Trophy Stall, the Ministry of Education (MoE); and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS).
