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GFF President and Council Inspect FIFA Arena Mini-Pitch in Retrieve, Linden
Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, and members of the GFF Council conducted a site inspection of the FIFA Arena Mini-Pitch currently under development at Retrieve, Linden, Region 10.
The inspection focused on the completed sub-base construction undertaken by B&J Civil Work and forms part of the GFF’s quality assurance process ahead of the formal sign-off of the works.
The Retrieve facility is one of two FIFA Mini-Pitches donated to Guyana under the Global FIFA Arena initiative, which supports the objectives of FIFA’s Football for Schools (F4S) programme. The second pitch has been allocated to the East Coast Demerara Football Association (ECDFA) and will be installed in Haslington.
GFF Team with B&J Civil & S&PM – GFF President Wayne Forde with other officials during the visit. (GFF)
The facilities will provide schools, grassroots programmes and communities with greater access to quality football infrastructure, while supporting the GFF’s Youth Ensemble Programme, which was introduced earlier this year to expand structured youth development and increase playing opportunities. To date, more than 4,000 young boys across all nine Regional Associations have participated in the programme.
Following the inspection, the GFF will proceed with the necessary project sign-off, subject to the satisfactory verification of the completed works. The FIFA Mini-Pitch construction team is expected to arrive in Guyana next week to install the specialised playing surface, turf and associated facilities.
The Retrieve project forms part of a wider infrastructure-development programme being advanced by the GFF in collaboration with FIFA. Over the next four years, the Federation plans to facilitate the installation of multiple FIFA Arena Mini-Pitches across each of the GFF’s Regional Associations, creating a national network of quality facilities for schools, grassroots football and communities.
GFF President Wayne Forde said the investment reflects the Federation’s strategy of connecting infrastructure development with structured football programmes.
“We are deliberately pursuing an approach that connects infrastructure with programmes. Building quality facilities is important but ensuring that young people have structured opportunities to use them is equally important.
“Through our partnership with FIFA and the Global FIFA Arena initiative, we are expanding access to quality football infrastructure while strengthening programmes such as Football for Schools and our Youth Ensemble Programme. The participation of more than 4,000 young boys this year demonstrates the significant demand that exists for these opportunities.
Our objective is to ensure that young people across Guyana have access to quality facilities, qualified coaching and regular opportunities to play. This is how we build a stronger foundation for the future of Guyanese football.”
The GFF will continue to work with FIFA, the Regional Associations, schools, communities and other stakeholders to ensure that the Mini-Pitches are effectively utilized and integrated into the Federation’s broader football-development framework.
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