{"id":25680,"date":"2025-01-20T17:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25680"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:16:51","slug":"mvp-girls-under-11-football-tournament-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/mvp-girls-under-11-football-tournament-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"MVP Girls Under-11 Football Tournament a Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Travis Seymour<\/em><br><em>December 10, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MVP Girls Under-11 football tournament concluded over the weekend, with Waramuri Primary emerging victorious and dethroning the 2023 champions, Marian Academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final match, which ended in a penalty shootout, marked a thrilling finish to the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-Director of the Petra organization, Troy Mendonca, praised the event as a significant milestone for women\u2019s football in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the tournament\u2019s success showcases the growing potential and talent in the women\u2019s football sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MVP Sports, the title sponsor, expressed their continued support for the development of the sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owner Ian Ramdeo emphasized the importance of encouraging young female athletes to keep progressing and developing their skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Chief Education Officer, Marti De Souza, also expressed gratitude for the wide participation from schools across the country, noting that the event contributed to the advancement of women&#8217;s football in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marian Academy\u2019s Haley Haberkorn, the tournament&#8217;s top goal scorer, was named the MVP despite her team&#8217;s loss in the penalty shootout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waramuri Primary triumphed 3-0 in the penalty phase, while St John the Baptist Primary secured third place by defeating Potaro Primary 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament was sponsored by MVP Sports, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Sports, Tiger Rentals, V&amp;V Distribution, and the Guyana Beverages Incorporated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis SeymourDecember 10, 2024 The MVP Girls Under-11 football tournament concluded over the weekend, with Waramuri Primary emerging victorious and dethroning the 2023 champions, Marian Academy. The final match,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25680","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\/25680","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=25680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25681,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25680\/revisions\/25681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}