Queenstown, St Stanislaus to open schools’ knockout programme

The Queenstown (Essequibo) and St Stanislaus (Georgetown) grounds will host the opening eight matches of the ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools’ Football Round-Of-16 Programme on Saturday, November 7, with boys’ and girls’ teams seeking places in the quarter-finals.

The remaining eight encounters will take place at Den Amstel (West Demerara) and No. 5 (Berbice) on Monday, November 9. The quarter-final draw will pair advancing teams from Group One with Group Four, while those from Group Two will face Group Three.
Santa Rosa Secondary and Abram Zuil Secondary will meet in one of Saturday’s boys’ fixtures at Queenstown, starting at 11:30h. Their Group One programme opens at 10:00h with Vreed en Hoop Secondary facing Waramuri Secondary in the girls’ competition.
Abram Zuil will also feature in the girls’ division, taking on Chase’s Academic Foundation at 13:30h. Chase’s boys will then face De Willem Secondary at 15:00h to complete the Queenstown schedule.
At St Stanislaus ground, Marian Academy and Dolphin Secondary will open Group Two with a girls’ match at 10:00h. Dolphin’s boys will face Mackenzie High at 11:30h, before Mackenzie High’s girls meet Friendship Secondary at 13:00h. The boys’ encounter between Friendship Secondary and Queen’s College will follow at 14:30h.
Monday’s Group Three programme at Den Amstel will begin with Bartica Secondary against President’s College in the girls’ division at 10:00h. Three Miles Secondary and Ann’s Grove Secondary will contest the first boys’ match at 11:30h.
New Central High will feature in the final two matches at that venue. Their girls will face Christianburg Wismar Secondary at 13:30h, followed by their boys against Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary at 15:00h.
Meanwhile, Tutorial Academy and Hope Secondary will start Group Four action at No. 5 with a boys’ match at 10:00h. The next two fixtures will be in the girls’ division, with Bygeval Secondary meeting Vryman’s Erven Secondary at 11:30h and Mahaicony Secondary facing New Amsterdam Secondary at 13:00h.
Bygeval and New Amsterdam will return for the final boys’ encounter at 14:00h.