{"id":24924,"date":"2024-12-10T17:16:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24924"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:16:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:16:07","slug":"inaugural-maid-marian-wheat-up-womens-football-tournament-kicks-off-on-november-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/inaugural-maid-marian-wheat-up-womens-football-tournament-kicks-off-on-november-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Maid Marian Wheat-Up Women\u2019s Football Tournament Kicks Off on November 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Travis Seymour | November 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first edition of the Maid Marian Wheat-Up Women\u2019s Football Tournament will officially begin on November 30, as ten teams from across Guyana converge at the Parade Ground to compete in the exciting 7-aside competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This six-week tournament will run until January 4, with all games played on Saturdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament aims to provide more opportunities for the development of women\u2019s and girls&#8217; football, with President of the Guyana Football Federation, Wayne Forde, emphasizing the importance of increasing engagement in the sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that women\u2019s football has been historically dominated by men, and this competition will give locally based players the chance to stay active and prepare for upcoming international tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We see the need to create more opportunities for the development of women and girls in football,&#8221; Forde stated. &#8220;This fast-paced, shorter version of the game will help develop the talent pool.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will see teams such as Lethem, Guyana Defence Force (A and B teams), Fruta Conquerors, Santos, Police, Bartica, and Potaro Strikers battle it out for supremacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winning team will receive half a million dollars, while the second and third-place teams will win $200,000 and $100,000, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAMILCO\u2019s Managing Director, Bert Sukhai, expressed the company&#8217;s continued commitment to supporting sports in Guyana as part of their corporate social responsibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are very proud to continue investing in the development of sports, and we look forward to the tournament\u2019s success in future years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrea Johnson, President of the Women\u2019s Football Association, noted that this tournament will serve as a steppingstone for the growth of women\u2019s football in Guyana, paving the way for the next generation of players to make their mark on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament promises to be an exciting event for local football fans, showcasing the talent and passion of female athletes from across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour | November 13, 2024 The first edition of the Maid Marian Wheat-Up Women\u2019s Football Tournament will officially begin on November 30, as ten teams from across Guyana&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24924","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\/24924","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=24924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24925,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24924\/revisions\/24925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}