MACORP joins supporting cast for Tertiary Football Championships; fixtures released

The Machinery Corporation of Guyana (MACORP) has become the first corporate entity to join title sponsors MODEC in supporting the inaugural edition of the Tertiary Education Football tournament, slated to kick off next month.
Their sponsorship was announced during a simple event at the company’s Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) head office on Thursday afternoon, where tournament coordinators Petra Organisation also seized the opportunity to give a glimpse of the competition’s fixtures.
As MACORP prepared to make a $600,000 investment in the upcoming 14-team competition, Marketing Manager Nadia DeAbreu expressed her eagerness at connecting with the country’s technical students.
“We are happy and proud to be part of this inaugural tournament,” De Abreu declared.

Highlighting the company’s relationship with technical students across the country, the marketing manager added, “This tournament gives us an opportunity to reach all those young people. These are the people that we want to target in tournaments like these. Not just exciting, but they’re disciplined, they promote teamwork and, in the end, they work towards the goal of winning, and those are the same principles that guide us in our everyday lives and MACORP as a company.”
Further, Finance and Administrative Director at MACORP, Totaram Sooknanan, chimed in on the company’s intentions.

“Investing in sports is an investment in wellbeing, and MACORP has realised that, and this is what we want to be part of. As a company, we want to show that we care not just about profits but also about the community in which we work and serve. This today is just a small gesture that we hope will go a long way in developing key spirits and keep them actively involved,” Sooknanan shared.
On the other hand, Petra Organisation co-director Troy Mendonca assured MACORP of the value of their investment.
Mendonca remarked, “Your contribution, while it assists in some of the costs involved in running this programme, I want your company to know that we see it as an investment because of what we have planned for this tournament. It’s very good that you’re one of our initial sponsors in this inaugural tournament.”
A look at the tournament’s fixtures sees the University of Guyana (UG) and the Guyana Industrial Training Center (GITC) coming up against each other in the tournament’s opening game, from 13:30h on Sunday, February 8. An ensuing clash between Texila American University (TAU) and Government Technical Institute (GTI) will complete that day’s doubleheader, beginning at 15:30h. Goth games will take place at the Queen’s College Ground.
Thereafter, the competition will make its way around the country, tentatively set to visit venues such as Scotts Ground in New Amsterdam, Berbice; Bayrock/Wisburg Ground in Linden; #5 Ground (WCB)/Helena Ground in Mahaica; Leonora Ground; Buxton Ground; Upper Corentyne Ground; Port Mourant Ground; and Imam Bacchus Ground, Essequibo.
In addition, the venues being utilised for the knockout stages (quarterfinal-final) will be dependent on the teams that advance to those rounds.
The tertiary institutions will be competing for a $300,000 grand prize that will go towards a school project of the winners’ choice, while the second-, third- and fourth-place finishers will have to settle for $200,000, $100,000 and $50,000, respectively, for the same purpose.