MVP Sports Girls’ U11 tournament: GBI’s Kool Kidz announced as supporting sponsor
Petra Organisation’s Troy Mendonca and Troy Peters. Ministry of Education’s Joel Gonsalves and GBI’s Colin Higgins are flanked by young ladies who will feature in the MVP Sports U11 football tournament
The Petra Organisation on Wednesday conducted its customary ball distribution exercise ahead of the kick-off of the MVP Sports Pee-Wee Girls Under-11 football tournament.
GBI Events Coordinator Colin Higgins
It was then that the Guyana Beverages Inc (GBI), under its Kool Kidz brand, seized the opportunity to hop on board the developmental programme which will see girls’ teams from Regions One, Three, Four, Seven and 10 in action.
As such, in expressing GBI’s eagerness to add to youth development once again, the company’s Event Coordinator Colin Higgins described the opportunity to sponsor the tournament as mutually beneficial.
“Our involvement, it really speaks to youths on all levels. So, whether it’s the grassroots football or it’s Elite League, we try to support football at all levels and being diverse when it comes to our spread, we try to touch on games in the city and in the hinterland as well. So, when the Petra Organisation approached us again about this tournament, we recognised it as a mutually-beneficial opportunity, supporting not only the goals of Petra Organisation, but also the goals and dreams of these young athletes that you see here today,” Higgins shared with the gathering at the National Library.
Higgins (left) makes a presentation to Petra’s Troy Mendonca (second from right) in the presence of MoE’s Joel Gonsalves and another GBI representative
Citing the challenges encountered with hosting the girls’ version of the Pee-Wee tournament, Petra Co- Director Troy Mendonca expressed gratitude to GBI for its valued support.
Mendonca related, “Over the years, eight years we’ve been fighting to have the girls’ programme and you know, I won’t delve into the challenges and the fight we normally go through to have the girls’ programme. But today, we’re proud to announce GBI once again joining us with their Kool Kidz brand to deliver this Under-11 programme.
“It allows us to create a space for the girls to have fun, meet new friends, play together while inculcating the attitude of teamwork. So, we at Petra and the entire football fraternity, we want to thank the management and staff at Guyana Beverages for their contribution,” the Petra Co-Director added.
In addition to ball distribution, the 16 participating teams were advised on the tournament’s rules during Wednesday afternoon’s activity at the National Library.
The tournament will kick off on Saturday, November 16 with teams vying for a $100,000 grand prize while second to fourth place will receive $70,000, $50,000 and $25,000, all in kind.
