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Region 4 teams briefed; fixtures to be revealed on Friday
Digicel Schools Football Championship 2023…
Kaieteur Sports – The final preparatory stage has been executed by the Petra Organisation as they anxiously await the return of the Digicel Schools Football Championship, which kicks off at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground on Saturday.
Yesterday, the representatives of the Region 4 (Georgetown) teams participating in the eighth edition of the event were briefed by the organisers at the National Library’s Conference Room.
Present at the meet were Petra Co-Directors, Troy Mendonca and Marlan Cole, who disclosed that the fixtures for Saturday will be released on Friday.
Georgetown players take a photo op with the members of the Organising Team prior to the team briefing exercise.
After the briefing, two tournament replica balls were handed out to each team to assist in their practice sessions.
Over 130 schools throughout Guyana are expected to compete in this season of the Tournament.
Following the regional rounds, a round-of-32 teams will make up a national championship, of which 13 schools will come from Georgetown.
Regions Three and Six will each have two teams as will East Coast Demerara, East Bank Demerara, Region Seven and Region Ten, respectively, while Regions One, Five, Eight and Nine will have one school each.
Petra Co-Director Troy Mendonca
The National Champions will receive $1,000,000 and the championship trophy with second, third, and fourth place finishers getting $500,000, $300,000, and $200,000, respectively.
All incentives will go towards a school project with prizes also expected for the Highest Goal Scorer, Best Goalkeeper and Most Valuable Player.
Chase’s Academic Foundation are the two-time defending champion, after claiming the title in 2016 and 2017, before the six-year hiatus arose.
This tournament was dominated by Christianburg/Wismar Secondary, who won the title consecutively from 2012 to 2015 when they dethroned the inaugural champion, Georgetown Technical Institute (GTI).
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