Schools football programme gets underway

Students at the Schools Referees Course at the opening session yesterday with FIFA Referee Instructor Lawrence “Sparrow” Griffith (extreme right) and head of Physical Education MoE Nicholas Fraser next to Griffith.

Twenty two secondary school students began a three-day workshop on football refereeing as phase two of the inaugural Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy kicked off at the Ministry of Education Pavilion, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.

The programme is geared at preparing the students to officiate in upcoming matches of the Academy next month.

The participating schools are North Georgetown