Jubilee U-15 Inter school male and female football in Berbice…
With the inclement weather and constant usage leaving the Scott Church Ground at Princess Elizabeth Road in New Amsterdam in a bad state. The organizers of the 50th Anniversary Inter School male and female U-15 football competition for school teams in the New Amsterdam / Canje areas has decided to postpone the event.
The activity, which was organised by the Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club and the Region Six Jubilee Committee, was expected to kick off on Monday last.
The schools which were expected to participate were in Group A -Berbice Educational Institute (BEI), Canje Secondary School (CSS) and New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMS). Group B will comprise of Berbice High School (BHS), Vryman’s Erven Secondary School (VESS) and Tutorial Academy Secondary School (TASS).
The teams in each group will play each other once with the teams with the highest points advancing to play the winner of the other group in the finals in both categories.
The matches will be one hour each with trophies and 15 medals going to the winning team, while a trophy and 15 silver medals will be presented to the runner up. There will also be prizes for outstanding individual players. (Samuel Whyte)