The ninth Milo Secondary Schools U18 football championships were officially launched yesterday at the Massy Distribution Office in Montrose, East Coast Demerara.
The tournament which is scheduled to commence on February 25th, will feature an astounding 48 schools, the largest ever in the tournament’s history. They will emanate from Regions #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, and #10. The event will conclude during the month of April.
The winner of the event will pocket $300,000 towards a school project and the championship trophy, with the second, third, and fourth place finishers walking away with $200,000, $100,000, and $75,000 respectively for a school initiative and the corresponding accolade.
Massy’s Senior Business Manager Teisha Milner stated that the event is regarded as a platform that produces rounded students.
“As stated earlier, we recognize the need for sport in our schools today and we are committed to supporting events that afford each student the opportunity to engage and participate in extracurricular sporting activities,” she declared.
The competition will also witness the return of private schools following an absence of several years. Petra Organization Co-Director Troy Mendonca explained, “Over the years, they would have been engaging the Ministry of Education in terms of systems and structures that we want to put in place in terms of them coming back into the tournament. We would have had several meetings with senior officials from both the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of Education. Two of the requirements are that they must have kids register at the beginning of the school year and they must show evidence that they’re writing at least 2 CXC subjects,” said Mendonca.
