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Hearts of Oak Masters, B Division Police to stage Patrick April Schools U18 football

Jun 11, 2016 Sports

The 2016 edition of the Patrick “Patto” April Inter Schools U18 Memorial knockout football competition, which is organized by the Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club (HOOMFC) and sponsored by the Guyana Police Force B Division, is underway in Berbice. The HOOMFC this year is teaming up with the Guyana Police Force to organize the event.
The top schools in the New Amsterdam/ Canje catchment area are battling it out for supremacy in the 70 minutes matches which are being played at the Scott’s Church Ground, Princess Elizabeth Road New Amsterdam.
Seven schools are participating in the 11 a side affair. The schools are: New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMS), Berbice High School (BHS), Berbice Educational Institute (BEI), Vryman’s Erven Secondary School (VESS), Tutorial Academy Secondary School (CSS), Canje Secondary School (CSS) and New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI).
In results of games played so far, NATI whipped CSS 4-1 with Samuel Carmichael, Joel Glasgow, Dexter Allen and Keon Williams scoring. Jermaine King scored for CSS. In another game BHS edged past VESS 1-0 with Mustapha Nicholson scoring, while NAMS needled BEI 1-0 with Fidel Rose being on target.
In a second round encounter NATI was schedule to play TASS, while BHS and NAMS were scheduled to tangle for places in the final.
The presentation ceremony will take place immediately after the completion of the final.
The top teams will be presented with trophies and other accolades, while there will also be prizes for the top individual performers including the most valuable player, best goalkeeper, best defender, the best midfielder and best striker.
All players participating in the competition must be full time students of the schools they are representing.
Patrick April or “Patto” as he was known, was a member of the Guyana Police Force and a popular football player and butcher in Berbice and Guyana. He went on to represent Berbice on a number of occasions at various levels of the game.  He once formed a potent combination with the famous Humphrey, Alphonso, Fords, Inness’s and Samuels’s siblings among others that dominated the football arena in those days.
According to coordinator Neil Humphrey, after discussions with B Division Commander Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam, the Commander readily agreed that the police will sponsor this year’s competition especially since it will be played among schools.
Former National Player Neil “Grizzly” Humphrey is coordinating the activity with assistance from former national Kenrick Bowry and Randy “Blades” Sears. (Samuel Whyte)

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