{"id":20809,"date":"2024-06-20T13:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20809"},"modified":"2024-06-20T13:15:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:15:56","slug":"fathers-day-football-competition-east-side-takes-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/fathers-day-football-competition-east-side-takes-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Father\u2019s Day Football Competition: East Side Takes Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Fathers enjoyed a day of football and socialization when the Linden Masters Association held its annual Father\u2019s Day event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The friendly matches featured a competition between East (Mackenzie) and West (Wismar) teams, with players hailing from both Linden and Georgetown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-coordinator Marlon Brando emphasized the importance of recognizing fathers through this annual activity, providing them with an opportunity to feel appreciated and to socialize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event aimed to create memorable experiences for fathers, allowing them to collect gifts, enjoy food and drinks, and connect with other fathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match concluded dramatically with the East side winning in a sudden death penalty shootout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regulation time ended with a 2-2 draw, and penalty kicks concluded at 4-4. The deciding moment came when the Wismar team missed a penalty, securing Mackenzie&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All participants received gifts from the Caring For Others Foundation, and the fathers expressed their happiness for the day of fun and recognition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawrence Simon, a father, noted the significance of seeing many fathers come out and enjoy the support and recognition they deserve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wesley Retemeyer also praised the initiative, highlighting the motivation it brings to the community to celebrate Father\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Father&#8217;s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June to honor fathers, father figures, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fathers enjoyed a day of football and socialization when the Linden Masters Association held its annual Father\u2019s Day event. The friendly matches featured a competition between East (Mackenzie) and West&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20809","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\/20809","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=20809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20810,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20809\/revisions\/20810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}