MVP Sports’ Girls U11 Football Tournament: Finalists confident of taking trophy home
The Marian Academy of Georgetown (Region Four) and St John the Baptist Primary of Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) will go head-to-head at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground today, in a highly anticipated final showdown that determines which team would be crowned champions of the MVP Sports Girls U11 Football tournament.
In last week’s semifinal tussle, each team pulled off a 2-0 victory that has secured their respective spots in this final game. Marian Academy defeated previous champions North Georgetown Primary, while St John the Baptist Primary overcame West Ruimveldt Primary.
While catching a glimpse of this year’s championship trophy at the MVP Sports location at the Giftland Mall at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara on Friday morning, Marian’s Captain Skylar De Nobrega and St. John’s Captain Shemia Hing shared their expectations and intentions for tomorrow’s final.
Shemia Hing of St John the Baptist Primary (left) and Skylar DeNobrega of Marian Academy are accompanied by their respective team’s Teacher/Coach, Crystal Semple-Gunraj and Troy Wright
DeNobrega stated, “I’m feeling happy about tomorrow. We’ve put in a lot of work to reach to the finals. I couldn’t do it without my team and coach, of course. It’s team work to get to score all the goals, and we had to work together and participate. Hoping to take the trophy home,” De Nobrega confidently added.
Hing shared, “I am very excited that my team have made it to the finals, and we have been training very hard, day and night. I want to thank my coach, my teammates and myself that we have made it here, and I will be thankful if we win this game and take this trophy home.”
MVP Sports’ representative Selvin Apple, in expressing his eagerness for tomorrow’s final, highlighted the company’s intention to continue supporting such initiatives.
“We are more than happy to continue supporting football in general, whether it’s a junior competition or more in senior competition, in cooperation with Petra Organization. I think the competition has been fantastic. We had the opportunity to witness weeks of enthralling competition from the under-11 primary school females, and we continue to pledge our support (to) youth development and female soccer in Guyana.”
The highly anticipated final is scheduled for play from 15:30hrs today at the aforementioned venue, with the third-place playoff between North Georgetown Primary and West Ruimveldt Primary being scheduled for 14:30hrs.
