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Feb 28, 2020 Sports
Alabama Trading has donated a total of three benches worth approximately $350,000 to the popular football promotion group, Petra Organisation, to

From left, Alabama’s Trading Woeed Phillips and Winner Phillips, Petra’s Troy Mendonca, Lawrence Griffith and Mark Alleyne take a photo-op during the presentation yesterday.
be used at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on Carifesta Avenue. Two of the three benches will be used for players while the third bench will be used for Referees.
Director of Alabama Trading; Woeed Phillips, during the simple but significant ceremony posited that he was happy to support the Petra Organisation that has been very proactive in the promotion of 11-a-side and grassroots football.
Co-Director of Petra; Troy Mendonca, expressed gratitude to Phillips and Alabama Trading for the support he hopes can foster long term partnership between the entities. Currently, Petra is hosting the Milo Football tournament at the MOE ground which continues tomorrow with a triple header and on Sunday with two matches.
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