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Dec 07, 2012 Sports
Nestle, whose local agent is Beepat’s Trading, have decided to inject close to $3million in sponsorship to host the Milo Under-20 Schools Football Tournament which is scheduled to run from January 12 – March 20, at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.
This information was disclosed during the Launching of the Tournament which was conducted in the Boardroom of Beepat’s on Regent Street yesterday.
Nestle Brand Manager Selwyn Bobb (second right) hands over the sponsorship cheque to Petra Organisation Director Troy Mendonca in the presence of Co-Director Marlan Cole (right) and Ministry of Education Nicholas Fraser yesterday.
The tournament, which will see twenty-four Georgetown-based schools participate, will be co-ordinated by the Petra Organisation with support from the Ministries of Education and Health.
At the Launching, those in attendance included Petra Organisation Directors Marlan Cole and Troy Mendonca, Nestle Brand Manager Selwyn Bobb and Head of the Physical Education Department of the Ministry of Education Nicholas Fraser.
Cole in opening remarks said that they’re proud to be associated with another tournament, adding that since its birth, this is the second opportunity that Petra Organisation has been afforded to co-ordinate an event and they will ensure that the customary standards are upheld.
Mendonca in his presentation said it is an honour to team up with Nestle, adding that it will now allow them to make good on a promise which is to resuscitate the game at the junior level which has been neglected to some extent.
“We recognise the need for this tournament and as you are aware there is an annual schools tournament held, but Georgetown teams have not done well hence we saw it as imperative that we assist in helping to raise the level of the players based in the City,” Mendonca noted.
Mendonca informed that the 24 participating teams will be divided into six groups of four with the top two from each group along with best four third placed teams moving on from the round robin segment into the knockout phase.
The tournament is expected to last 20 playing days and will be played on the weekends with the winning team to be awarded $200,000, runner-up $100,000, 3rd place $50,000 and 4th place $25,000 along with trophies and medals.
The teams, however, will not be given cash, but will have the opportunity to identify a project or a need the school might have to be paid for by the sponsor.
Individual prizes for outstanding performances will be up for grabs, while the Best Coach and Most Supportive Parent will be presented with prizes as well.
Fraser in his remarks revealed the tournament was approved since October, before highlighting the strong relationship that exists between the two parties as evidenced by their endorsement of the Courts Pee Wee Tournament.
He also spoke of previous collaborations between the Ministry of Education and Milo and gave as an example their sponsorship of the National Schools Athletics Championships.
Bobb said his company is honoured to partner with the other stakeholders to stage the event.
“At Beepats we’re convinced this tournament will impact the lives of the participating teams, hence this initiative. We are also convinced that the sponsorship will go a far way, not only because we’re targeting what is called our most prized and precious asset, which is our consumers…, our consumers being the school age based populace,” he pointed out.
The secondary schools that will be hoping to secure the coveted prize are Ascension, New Campbellville, Richard Ishmael, Charlestown, Queen’s College, Tucville, St Stanislaus, Guyana Education Trust College, Brickdam, East Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, St George’s, St John’s, Cummings Lodge, Central High, Houston, South Ruimveldt, Lodge, Christ Church, St Joseph High, Bishop’s High, Tutorial, North Ruimveldt and Queenstown Community High.
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