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August 1, 2017

NESTLÉ MILO® FOOTBALL SKILLS TOURNAMENT

On Saturday, 29th July, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) provided technical and physical resources to the NESTLÉ MILO® Football Skills Tournament held at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

Twelve-year-old Martin King from Fruta Conquerors FC won the chance of a lifetime — to train with Futbol Club Barcelona in Spain. At the end of the competition, he achieved 215 points and was among participants, which numbered in excess of 100.

In giving brief remarks, President of the GFF, Wayne Forde congratulated the Nestle group for pulling off the event; and congratulated the parents of the children as he noted that “this is the kind of commitment we want to see from parents in supporting the children that have an interest in playing football.”

Other winners were: 
2nd- Renaldo Abrams (Age 12) – 160 points

3rd- Makhaya Munroe (Age 12) – 155 points

4th- Shaquille Dalrymple (Age 8) – 140 points

5th- Keshawn Andrews (Age 12) – 140 points

6th- Daniel Lowe (Age 12) – 135 points

7th- Shane Dalrymple (Age 8) – 130 points

8th- Akeem Francois (Age 7) – 130 points

9th- Malik Barker (Age 10) – 130 points

10th- Clarence Lucius (Age 12) – 125 points

King will be among five from the Caribbean region who will head to Barcelona

Click link for more photos of the day’s activities … https://www.facebook.com/pg/GuyanaFootballFederationInc/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1383600601753541

For details, click links for news stories…

http://guyanatimesgy.com/messi-cops-trip-to-spain-to-train-with-fc-barcelona-courtesy-of-nestle-milo/

https://www.stabroeknews.com/2017/sports/07/30/fruta-conquerors-king-for-two-day-trials-with-barcelona-fc/

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