With player safety firmly in focus, Demerara Mutual has signed on as a sponsor for the 12th Courts Optical Boys’ Under-11 Pee Wee football competition, kicking off this Saturday.
This marks the second partnership between Demerara Mutual and the Petra-organised series of tournaments, ensuring that both players and officials will enjoy full insurance cover throughout the competition.
Speaking for the company, Marketing Manager Oceola Van Doimen highlighted the tournament’s value, emphasising Demerara Mutual’s commitment to investing in youth football.
Van Doimen shared at a ball distribution and team briefing exercise on Tuesday, “At the Demerara Mutual Group, we recently celebrated our life insurance company’s 134th anniversary of serving Guyanese families; with that legacy comes a deep commitment to investing in our youth, because we understand the importance of protecting and nurturing our children’s potential from an early age. These Under-11 players embodies the pure joy that makes football beautiful.”
“From Georgetown to Barima Waini, from Essequibo to East Berbice, seeing so many schools from so many regions being represented fills us with immense pride,” the Demerara Mutual Marketing Manager added.
At the ball distribution exercise held at the National Library in Georgetown, Chain Manager of the title sponsor, Richard Simpson, praised the company’s positive contribution to society.
“What it means is that it makes me smile because seeing kids on the playfield, just having fun, it makes you feel good as an adult to say ‘We have contributed to something great.’ You know, a lot of organisations who are out there, they’re contributing to events, they’re contributing to the main stage, you’re looking brighter future but why don’t we look at where it all begins. It begins with you,” Simpson expressed.
Thirty-two primary school football teams from Regions One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Ten will go head-to-head for top honours in this year’s tournament.
The competition kicks off this Saturday, 27 September, at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground with the opening group-stage matches. The 32 teams will be drawn into eight groups of four, playing each team in their group once, with the top performers advancing to the knockout stages.
The tournament is expected to run for six to seven weeks.
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