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Feb 15, 2012 Sports
Communication hiccups within the Ministry of Education (MoE) resulted in poor attendance of
students in the Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy referees course which recently concluded at the Ministry of Education Sports Club, Carifesta Avenue.
The referees course which ran off the following day (8 February) after the official launch of the Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy by Director, Colin Aaron and Course Coordinator, Lawrence Griffith in the presence of Charles Daniel a former FIFA Referee from the 80s, accommodated six participants with four males from Queen’s College, one male from Tucville Secondary and one female from Central High School.
On the next day of the three days course only four students turned up of the 24 which was expected.
Without the hiccups within the MoE, probably a larger number of students would have participated in the referees’ course which will assist the students with their school work since Physical Education is a part of the CXC exams in May/June.
Colin Baker, President of Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF), who described the course as a “Very well presented and good introduction to a possible career for the students attending and also an opportunity for them to use for their CXC exams”, stated that the poor attendance of the students was because of some schools not getting an approval letter to release the students to partake in the course. Baker went on by saying that in the future, the organising committee will be working closer with the MoE and also have a follow up with the schools.
“The organising committee will have to work closer with the Ministry of Education and follow up the schools.”
Working with the few students at the referee course, the Course Coordinator, related that the main purpose of the course was to educate the students on the laws of the game, which many players and spectators do not know.
All 17 game laws were taught to the students: The field of play, the Ball, the number of players, the player’s equipment, the referee, the assistant referee, the duration of the match, the start and restart of play, the ball in and out of play, the method of scoring, offside, fouls and misconduct, free kick, the penalty kick, the throw in, the goal kick and the corner kick.
The Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Tournament is scheduled for March 3rd; Baker mentioned at the official launch last Tuesday that the spectators will see both males and females in a play-off league with each team having the chance to play each other before the
final four for finals.
He also unveiled that at the conclusion of the tournament in March an All Star Boys and Girls Team will be named and hopes that the selected teams will be able to participate in tournaments of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA).
(Juanita Hooper)
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