Joshua Denny Memorial finale confirmed for October 7

Oct 05, 2022 Sports

Kaieteur News – The organisers of the Joshua Denny Under-20 Memorial Football Tournament have confirmed that the event will culminate on Friday, October 7, at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground.

This was revealed on Tuesday by the Petra organization, who disclosed that the event’s finale was rescheduled from its original date of September 30, due to the activities of the recently concluded Cricket Carnival.

Aferya Denny (left) hands over the Championship Trophy to Petra representative, Nareeza Latif, ahead of the final showdown on Friday.

Yesterday, Aferya Denny, mother of the late Joshua Denny, whose life was senselessly snuffed out by crime, handed over the Championship Trophy to the Petra organisation. Petra has collaborated with Mrs. Denny to honour the life of the former football that played in several Petra Tournaments.

Through this initiative, the parents of Denny and Petra, wish to sensitize the public and more so the youths about working to achieve their goals instead of turning to crime. The theme of the tournament is ‘Mothers Against Violence’. September 30 marked exactly one year after the unfortunate tragedy.

The knockout format tournament finale is being contested between Santos and the Georgetown Football Club (GFC).

On the opening night of the 2-day tournament, Santos earned a dominant 6 – 1 victory over Joshua’s former club, Camptown FC, while GFC rallied to a 2 – 1 win over Fruta Conquerors.

Speaking with Joshua’s mother, she said they intend to make the tournament a yearly initiative since a tremendous amount of support has poured in to make the event a success. She added that it was a good first night of football that saw the teams coming out and putting forth their best performances.

Mrs. Denny is very pleased the turnout was admirable and wishes to invite persons to witness the historic finale.

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