8 Schools to Participate in Second Yardie Sports Challenge Cup

Eight schools will participate in the second staging of the Yardie Sports Challenge Cup which was launched at the Summit on Wednesday.

The four-day tournament will be held at the UWI Mona Bowl from August 7 to August 10.

Four of the schools which participated in the inaugural tournament, Kingston College, St. Catherine High, Calabar High and Dinthill Technical along with, Charlie Smith High, Munro College, Manchester High and York Castle will compete.

The eight teams have been divided into two zones.

In Zone A are, Kingston College, Manchester High, Charlie Smith High and York Castle. Zone B will feature, Calabar, St. Catherine, Dinthill Technical and Munro College.

The teams will play each other once in a round robin format over the first two days of the tournament.

The matches will last for 60 minutes each, with a 10-minute half time break.

At the end of the first round, the teams will be ranked from one to eight based on points, goal difference and head-to-head where necessary and then contest a quarterfinal round on Saturday.

The teams will face-off based on ranking with the number one seed facing the number eight seed, the number two seed facing the number seven, third versus sixth and fourth versus fifth.

The alumni teams of the participating schools are also invited to participate in the tournament, and they will join the party at the quarterfinal round on the Saturday where they will be ranked similarly to their under-19 teams.

The teams that win on Saturday will advance to the semifinals on Sunday where they will vie for a spot in the respective finals, which will also be contested on Sunday.

Coach of Kingston College, Vassell Reynolds, says tournaments like these are good preparation ahead of the upcoming ISSA Manning Cup season.

This will be St. Catherine’s second year competing in the tournament and their coach Anthony Patrick, says it’s a good way to gauge their readiness heading into the Manning Cup.

Anthony Patrick.

Along with the championship trophies, there will be individual awards for the tournament MVP, best defender, best midfielder, best goalkeeper and leading goal scorer.