KFC Goodwill Schools’ Football tourney: Tiger Rentals return for second outing with tournament

The start of the KFC Goodwill Schools Football tournament is just one week away, and Tiger Rentals (Guyana) have found it timely to solidify their support today, during a simple ceremony at their Middle Street, Georgetown office.
The KFC Goodwill tournament will feature six schools: two from the Coast, two from hinterland regions, and one each from Caricom sister states Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. Tiger Rentals’ Manager Shane Singh, in expressing elation at ensuring the company is back with the tournament for a second time, reiterated the company’s commitment to sports and youth development in Guyana.

“We know that the COVID pandemic had a significant impact on the entire sporting fraternity, and we’re happy to see that these groups and organizations are putting a lot of work in to get these back on the ground. And for those of you who know, Tiger Rentals is a big advocator for sport in Guyana, in particular youth development,” the Tiger Rentals Manager shared.
He added, “We do have a couple other sport events that we’re collaborating on, and we’re happy to be on board with the Petra team and KFC Group, and I just want to wish the youth footballers a successful tournament.”
Alongside Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers’ first and second place finishers Christianburg Wismar and Golden Grove Secondary, defending champions Annai Secondary and D.C Caesar Fox (Waramadong) Secondary will be taking on Suriname’s SVB Academy and Trinidad’s St. Benedict’s.
Sharing his thoughts on the level of competition to expect, Petra Co-Director Troy Mendonca had all confidence in the local teams excelling. Mendonca related, “At the back end of what we done over the past couple of months is to really measure where we’re at. And we, as an organization, we look at development, and we would be very happy for them to put up a good showing. I think that, coming out of the recent league tournament, it put us in good stead to give a good representation of ourselves.”
With the overseas teams expected to arrive next Monday and Tuesday, the KFC tournament would get underway next Wednesday, December 14, 2022. The teams have been sorted into groups for a round-robin stage before the knockouts.
In Group A, St. Benedict’s, champions of the twin-island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, would do battle with Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers’ League runners-up Golden Grove Secondary and the D.C Caesar Fox Secondary School from Waramadong in Region 7.
In Group B, Annai Secondary out of Region 9 would begin their title defence with tests from Milo and Guyoil 2022 Champs Christianburg Wismar Secondary out of Linden in Region 10, and Suriname’s SVB Academy.
Two games will be played each day at 17:00hrs and 19:00hrs at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground, while the final is scheduled for December 23rd, 2022.