KFC School Football: Chase and Clarendon secure semi-final spots

Chase Academic Foundation is rallying for Guyana in the ongoing KFC Schools’ Goodwill Football Series as they have managed to stay unbeaten alongside Jamaica’s Clarendon College and Trinidad’s St. Benedict’s College.

Chase followed up their 5-2 win over St. Ignatius Secondary with a resounding 4-0 triumph over Bartica Secondary on Thursday to secure their spot in the semi-final with one match to play.

Bryan Wharton scored a helmet trick in the first match and had a hat trick against Bartica, while Bevon Jones had the fourth.

Carmel Secondary went down 2-3 to their Surinamese opponents, while Clarendon College came from behind to defeat St. Ignatius 3-1.

The defending champions, D. C Caesar Fox Secondary (Waramadong), had another tough match, losing to St. Benedict’s College 6-0.

Saturday’s final match day pits St. Ignatius against Bartica in a dead-rubber from 13:30h at Queen’s College Ground, but the other two matches, Waramadong against Suriname from 15:30h at QC and St. Benedict’s and Carmel from 18:00h at Ministry of Education ground, will determine which two progresses from Group A.

It could end in a situation where the Trinidadians, Carmel, and Suriname all end on the same points with two wins and a loss, meaning goal difference will separate them.

Chase and Claredon will close off the group matches from 20:ooh.

The semi-finals are on December 19, while the final is on December 22 at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

This year, the top school cops a prize of US$2,500, followed by US$1,500 (second), US$1,000 (third), and US$500 (fourth).