The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) kicked off
the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)-NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National U17 Intra-
Association League in style last weekend, with an official team march-past and Compton FC and
Fruta Conquerors opening their accounts with impressive victories.
The competition is the latest edition of the nationwide U17 collaboration between the National
Milling Company of Guyana and the GFF, which has supported the personal and sporting
development of more than one thousand boys across the country since its inception.
“This is the first partnership that we launched back in 2016, and this partnership has endured for
almost seven years,” GFF President Wayne Forde said after the official march-past of all the
GFA competing teams before the opening match at the GFF National Training Centre.
“The National Milling Company has been patient, they have been committed, and they have
shown an interest beyond the reciprocating value that they expect from the investment that they
are making into your lives,” Forde told the assembled players.
In the first two matches for the GFA leg of the tournament, Compton routed Black Pearl 5-0,
while Fruta Conquerors defeated Georgetown FC 3-1.
“I want to congratulate the Guyana Football Federation for taking this initiative and also to
NAMILCO, our company, for having this tournament,” said NAMILCO Marketing Supervisor
Alicia Anderson.
“Think big and think positive,” Anderson told the competing teams. “Use this tournament as an
opportunity to build your discipline and to implement it in your life because it can impact
yourself, your family and your community.”
GFA General Secretary Adrian Barrow thanked NAMILCO for its ongoing support to the
development of youth football, and urged the players to make the most of the experience.
“We are looking forward to having a fantastic tournament,” said Barrow. “Discipline is a huge
part of this game on and off the field – that is something as an association that we are very keen
to ensure is at the heart of what we do.”
