Cougars FC defeated Vryman’s Erven Secondary 2-0 on Wednesday, when the Berbice leg of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Blue Water U15 Girls’ Development League kicked off at the Scott’s School ground, New Amsterdam.
This was confirmed by an official release from the federation. Goals from Annalisa Hinds and Xianna Castello secured the win for the Cougars unit.
Meanwhile, Women’s Football Association President Andrea Johnson said, “I am extremely happy today. I want to congratulate both teams for their participation. Special congratulations to Cougars Football Club on their victory.
I also want to encourage other schools, villages, communities, and clubs to get on board with this development programme.”
She further said, “WFA and GFF will continue to work assiduously together to have tournaments that will help foster our young girls and women in football so they can become better individuals in our society.”
Presently, six secondary schools in the New Amsterdam region have registered for the tournament.
So far, six secondary schools in New Amsterdam have signed up for the developmental tournament which also is being staged in Georgetown, Linden, and the Rupununi.
