{"id":17954,"date":"2024-04-04T17:54:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17954"},"modified":"2024-04-04T17:54:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:54:50","slug":"10th-annual-milo-u18-secondary-school-football-tournament-set-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/10th-annual-milo-u18-secondary-school-football-tournament-set-to-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"10th Annual Milo U18 Secondary School Football Tournament Set to Begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of the 10th annual Milo U18 Secondary School Tournament, student athletes are encouraged to view sports as a pathway to potential careers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Action is slated to commence on Saturday, March 23, with matches scheduled at both the Ministry of Education and Queen\u2019s College grounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers of the tournament convened with coaches and students on Tuesday to outline the event&#8217;s specifics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Troy Mendonca, organizer and co-director of the Petra organization, expressed gratitude for the continuous support ensuring that young footballers have the opportunity to develop their skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education Officer Joel Gonsalves from the Allied Arts Unit emphasized the benefits of football within the academic system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged students to seize the opportunity presented by the tournament, highlighting the numerous avenues it opens up for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 25 school teams are poised to compete for the championship trophy and a cash prize of $300,000, which will be allocated for a school project of the winning team&#8217;s choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The kickoff for the tournament is set for [insert specific time].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the tournament&#8217;s commencement drawing near, anticipation and excitement are palpable among participating schools, marking yet another year of fostering talent and sportsmanship on the football field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore Ahead of the 10th annual Milo U18 Secondary School Tournament, student athletes are encouraged to view sports as a pathway to potential careers. Action is slated to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17955,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17954\/revisions\/17955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}