{"id":24229,"date":"2024-11-20T14:28:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24229"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:30:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:30:21","slug":"final-four-set-for-courts-optical-u11-pee-wee-football-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/final-four-set-for-courts-optical-u11-pee-wee-football-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Four Set for Courts Optical U11 Pee Wee Football Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 25, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Courts Optical Boys Under 11 Football competition has reached its semifinal stage, with four teams set to battle for glory at the Ministry of Education ground on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament, now in its 11th edition, has seen 32 teams from nine educational districts whittled down to just four, all vying for the coveted title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams advancing to the semifinals are defending champions St. Pius, Marian Academy, Santa Rosa Primary, and Belladrum Primary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Pius, originally defeated by Rosignol Primary in the quarterfinals, got a reprieve after Rosignol was disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They now face Marian Academy, coached by Troy Wright, in the second semifinal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first semifinal promises to be a thrilling match as Santa Rosa Primary from the hinterland takes on Belladrum Primary from Berbice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santa Rosa has been consistent over the years, but Belladrum, a first-time semifinalist, is eager to secure their first-ever championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s competition saw teams from across Guyana, including Georgetown, Linden, Essequibo, Berbice, and Bartica, compete in a seven-week-long tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young players are competing for exciting prizes provided by Courts Mega Store, with sponsorship from Sterling Products Limited, Igloo Ice Cream, Stena Drilling, and the National Sports Commission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament is approved by the Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 25, 2024 The Courts Optical Boys Under 11 Football competition has reached its semifinal stage, with four teams set to battle for glory at the Ministry of Education ground&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24229","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\/24229","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=24229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24235,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24229\/revisions\/24235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}