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Dec 22, 2018 Sports
With 2018 winding down, the Petra Organisation has recorded another successful year according to co-director Troy Mendonca.
Mendonca was speaking yesterday when the sport promotion company unveiled additional lights, a Honda Lawn Mower and a Sthil Brush Cutter at the Ministry of Education (MoE) ground on Carifesta Avenue.
“We understand the importance of a very good facility and also we understand the challenges that facility and sports in general face in this country with limited resources,” he said.
“The vision that we have for the ground is a facility which can accommodate 500 persons with proper washroom facilities, proper changing room facilities, proper play

From left, Petra Organisation’s reps, Sean Embrack, Mark Alleyne, Jacklyn Boodie and Troy Mendonca pose with donated items.
ing surfaces that is open generally to sports.”
He noted that PETRA is currently looking towards getting a stand rebuilt for the development and that come next year, there will be significant progress towards this.
High points for 2018
“I can’t remember in my entire life or even as a footballer that we’ve had a league football competition at the school level and really, we would want to have the 12 best teams in the country competing in that tournament.”
All that glitters is not gold, Mendonca opined, adding that the logistics behind the tournament was one which featured several back and forth discussions.
Mendonca further added,“[Another high point was] being able to host the Boys and Girls tournament [with the help of ExxonMobil] which is a gap that we have been trying to bridge over the last couple of years…”
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