West Ruimveldt, St. Stanislaus record big wins in schoolboys segment of President’s Futsal Championship

The schoolboys segment of the President’s Futsal Championship got underway on Tuesday with West Ruimveldt and St. Stanislaus recording big wins at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Joining them as winners on the opening day were Brickdam Secondary and Dolphin Secondary.

Match One: Brickdam came from two goals down to edge Vreed-en-Hoop. Enrique Green with a brace and Omar Moses scored for Brickdam after David Williams and Caydon Paul had given Vreed-en-Hoop the advantage.

Match Two: A hat-trick from captain Seon Grant led Dolphin Secondary to a comfortable 4-1 triumph over Cummings Lodge. Grant was supported by Cristhenson Davidinot. The lone goal for Cummings Lodge was scored by Quason Price.

Match Three: St. Stanislaus was in ominous form in their 7-0 blanking of North Ruimveldt, led by their captain Keishawn Ramsay with a hat-trick and a brace off the boot of Clint Belgrave. Anthony Sankar and Satrius Taylor tucked in one each for Saints.

Match Four: West Ruimveldt closed out day one of the schoolboys tournament in style, trouncing Hope Secondary 8-0. The third hat-trick in as many matches was scored by Jeremiach Griffith, who got excellent support from Joel Griffith, who scored twice, while there was once each for Ezikel Stanford, Okel Roberts and Donovan Welcome.

The schoolboys segment, being played using the round-robin format in their first stage will continue on Thursday from noon when St. Joseph’s High oppose St. John’s College; Charlestown Secondary tackle West Minister; South Ruimveldt Match skills with VYC Academy and New Central High play Bishops High.

Admission for all the school matches is absolutely free.

Earlier, Director of Sport Steve Ninvalle officially declared open the championship as he urged all the teams to be disciplined whilst complimenting the Government of Guyana, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and coordinator, Kashif and Shanghai Organisation for investing in a schoolboys segment of this President’s Futsal tournament for the first time.

Co-Director of the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation, Kashif Muhammad, in his brief remarks, expressed his profound appreciation to President Irfaan Ali for embracing this championship noting that Futsal is the foundation for football.

Muhammad also shared that the current schools would be invited to next year’s tournament, but they can look forward to competitions before next year-end as the intention is to keep them very active. A total of 20 schools are competing in the schoolboys championship.

The highly anticipated men’s championship, featuring 48 teams vying for an expanded G$3,000,000 top prize, also started on Tuesday evening at the same venue.