Play resumes from today

Milo Schools U-18 Football Tournament…
The Republic Day festivities have concluded, and the Ministry of Education Ground on Carifesta Avenue will return to being a hive of activities as play in the Milo Schools Under-18 Football Tournament resumes from today.

Today’s action will feature what are expected to be three highly skilled, fast paced football matches as the usual front runners seek to keep their slate clean. Owing to this tournament collaborating with the Ministry of Public Health’s ‘Stop Gender Based Violence’ campaign, patrons will be treated to “a firm stance against abuse”, as the captains of each team will be sure to make a statement before each game begins.
The first match of round robin 2 will commence at noon with South Ruimveldt Secondary taking on St Joseph High, after which Annandale Secondary would oppose East Ruimveldt from 13:45 hrs. Thereafter, Lodge Secondary would oppose Carmel Secondary from 15:30 hrs.
In tomorrow’s action, St John’s College would battle Golden Grove Secondary from noon, after which Bishops’ High would take on Tucville Secondary from 13:45 hrs, then Queenstown Secondary would battle New Central High from 15:30 hrs.
This competition, which will be run over a 10-week period at the Ministry of Education Ground on Carifesta Avenue, has attracted 24 teams. These will be divided into six groups of four, and play a series of round-robin matches before the top two teams from each group and the best four third-placed teams would advance to the quarter-finals. Thereafter, the youths would battle through the knockout stages to make it to the top.
The school finishing in first place would receive $400,000, while the second placed school would pocket $200,000. Third and fourth-placed finishers would receive $100,000 and $50,000 respectively.