GTI clinches Digicel football title

Jermaine Junor looks on after scoring GTIs opening goal.

By Colin Benjamin

A tournament whose journey began on the 15th of July, with more than 100 teams across the 10 regions of Guyana concluded last night with the Government Technical Institute triumphing in the inaugural Digicel Schools football championships.

GTI carved  a 5-3 victory in an action packed final over Linden’s Wismar Christianburg secondary at the GCC Ground Bourda.

In the initial 20 minutes both GTI and Wismar regularly gave away possession to each other very loosely. But GTI playing with its customary 4-3-3 formation and led by the impressive mid-field trio of captain and national under-19 player Ian Allen and Phillip