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Annual Trinidad and Guyana SC U-13 schools football launched in Berbice

Apr 14, 2013 Sports

 

 

Young footballers in schools in the New Amsterdam / Canje area will have an opportunity to strut their stuff when the fourth edition of the annual Trinidad and Guyana (T&G) Sports Club and Outreach Programme (TGSCOP) U-13 Inter Secondary school football competition is held at the All Saints Scott Church ground in New Amsterdam. The competition will be played in collaboration with the Hearts Of Oak Masters Football club.
This is the fourth year of the competition.  Eight schools are slated to take part namely; defending champions – Vryman’s Erven Secondary School (VESS), Berbice High School (BHS), Berbice Educational Institute (BEI), Vryman’s Erven Secondary School (VESS), Tutorial Academy Secondary (TASS), Canje Secondary School (CSS), New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School, (NAMS), Overwinning Secondary School (OSS) and School of The Nations (SOTN).
The competition will be played using the round robin format and the schools have been divided into two groups and matches will be played throughout the week with the two top schools in each group advancing to the semifinals and final which will be played on Friday at the same venue. Group A comprise of TASS, SOTN, VESS and OSS, while group B is made up of BHS, CSS, NAMS and BEI.
The top team is expected to be presented with the Trinidad and Guyana (T&G) Sports Club and Outreach Programme trophy and 15 gold medals, while the runner up will collect a trophy and 15 silver medals. Trophies and other incentives will also be given to the other participating teams.
A number of individual prizes will also be presented, including the Most valuable Player, Best Striker, Best defender, best midfielder, Best Goalkeeper, most promising player(s), most goal scorer.  Players will be presented with jerseys, trunks, shin pads, hoses, boots, balls among other things.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, sponsor Isaac Daniel, a resident of Trinidad and a regular visitor to Guyana stated that he started to organize the activities some nine years ago. He loves to visit Guyana and would come regularly on holidays mostly in the East Canje area.  During his early visits he noticed that there is a lack of organized recreational activities and he decided to do something.   He started by organizing village games, then nursery school activities. This is his fourth year sponsoring the Inter school U-13 Football Extravaganza.
He pledged to continue doing the activity on a bigger scale in the foreseeable future. Daniel stated that most of the prizes that are presented are from friends and associates in the Twin Island Republic.  He noted that the group also provided TV sets for the Nursery Schools.
President of TGSCOP, June Britton, said the organization reaches out to the needy and Secondary Schools through sport and also provides equipment.
Coordinator of the event, former national player Neil ‘Grizzly’ Humphrey, noted that the tournament serves as a stepping stone for young players.  He thanked the sponsor for coming on board and the school for agreeing to take part in the tournament.  Humphrey will be assisted by Nigel ‘Busit’ Felix, Kenrick Bowry and Randy ‘Blades’ Sears.  Kick off time each afternoon is 14:00hrs.  (Samuel Whyte)

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