By Staff Reporter

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THE 12th edition of the Courts Optical under 11 pee wee Football Championship will kick off today with fourteen battles set to take part in round one.

The action gets underway with Batavia playing St Mary at 11:00 hours with St John the Baptiste tackling St Theressa at the same time on field 2.

The next set of matches features Potaro playing Winfer Gardens and former champions St Pius meeting Agatash Primary.

The tournament defending champions Santa Rosa will begin their defence against Goed Fortune followed by Charity Primary meeting Friendship.

Top primary school side Marian Academy will play Georgetown International Institute with another former winner West Ruimveldt taking on St Aloysius Primary.

Other clashes see Genesis locking horns with Ann’s Grove Primary and Clonbrook Primary taking on Leonora Primary.

The remaining matches pit Stella Marris against Tucville, Redeemer Primary playing Smith Memorial, Santa Rosa playing again against North Georgetown and two times champions St Stephens facing St Gabriel’s.

This year, 17 primary schools from Georgetown, four from the East Coast, four from Region Three, and others from Regions Two, Five, Six, Seven, and Ten are part of the competition.

The 32 sides are placed in 8 groups of four and will compete in a round robin format with the top two teams advancing to the round of 16 which is a straight knock-out leading to the quarter, semi-final and finals.

Apart from the teams to advance the remaining teams will play for placement, this the organiser says is key because of the developmental drive of the competition and the need to have players play as much as possible.

The games will be played at the Ministry of Education Ground with awards for the top schools first to eight place which include trophies, medals, television, tablets etc.