In excess of 200 children participated in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Summer Futsal Festival which was staged for six weeks and concluded Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.
According to a release from the GFF, the programme, which was staged weekly, was conducted in partnership with Guyana Beverages Incorporated and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.
“A unique private-public sector initiative, the GFF Kool Kidz Summer Futsal Festival was staged across six Saturdays this summer at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown, enabling girls and boys between the ages of five and 10 to experience the joy of football in a safe, age-appropriate professional coaching environment. Underlying the success of the first phase of the festival, the three parties have agreed to stage the programme every year, including the development of an under-11 futsal tournament,” the release stated.