– Petra conducts team briefing and ball distribution
BEVERAGE giant Banks DIH, through their Powerade brand on Tuesday, became the latest company to provide tangible support to the MODEC Tertiary School Football Championship.
Petra organization representative, Troy Peters, thanked Banks DIH for their valuable support during a presentation ceremony at the National Library auditorium yesterday.
“I would like to take this special opportunity to welcome onboard as co-sponsors, the renowned sports drink Powerade distributed by our local bottling giant, Banks DIH Limited, Powerade is known worldwide and is produced by the coco cola company,” Mendonca said.
MODEC Technical Manager, Joao Soares, added, “This tournament that we are sponsoring unites football and education and is aligned with MODEC’s company values. I wish all the players and teams a good tournament that you play well and fair, following the rules and enjoy it as a good opportunity to impress in sports.”
Assistant Director of Sports, Franklyn Wilson, told the youth gathered that, “This is history in the making for you guys, so grab it with both hands and as you know there is a shortage of workers in this country, so you who were aiming to get jobs, do your best and once you have the discipline, I’m sure companies that you associate with may more than likely want to hire you. Play fairly and with discipline.”
The Petra team provided competing schools with balls which will be used for training and preparation for matches.
The matches will be staged around the different regions where the tertiary schools are located with teams playing on a home and away round robin basis.
The top seven and the next best team will make up the quarter final.
The competition will field technical institutes and university teams and is created to capture school population between juniors and seniors.
The top teams will be awarded 300,000, 200,000,100,000 and 50,000 or place first to fourth with proceeds going to a school project of their choice.
The 14 competing schools are University of Guyana Turkeyen campus, Tain campus, Cyril Potter College of Education, Government Technical Institute (GTI), Linden Technical Institute (LTI), Port Mourant Technical Institute, New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI), Mahaicony Technical Institute, Essequibo Technical Institute, Upper Corentyne Technical Training Centre, Texila American University, Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), Leonora Technical and Vocational Training Centre and Guyana Industrial Training Centre.
The tournament which officially kicks off on February 8 will conclude on March 8 at the Ministry of Education Ground.
The other sponsors of the competition are MACORP, Demerara Mutual, MVP Sports, Skytec, Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Education.
