BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - IN an effort to further promote the Tourism Sector of the twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis as well as offer footballers a chance to compete against their foreign counterparts, St. Kitts and Brazil have once again joined forces and will be hosting a football competition dubbed Paradise Cup Football Tournament.
The second installment of the tournament will see four teams competing in as many nights from October 22-25 with three nights seeing two games, while the fourth night will be a faceoff between the top two teams.
The four participating teams are Willfull Skillfull FC, Old Skool FC, Sunday Morning Swwat FC, all from St. Kitts, and All CAY FC from Brazil.
At a Press Conference held yesterday morning (Oct. 19), Chairman of the tournament Eduardo Prada said that the age group for the matches is 31 and over and that the Brazilian players would consist of businessmen and executives.
The 30-member group is scheduled to arrive today and will also be guests at the Latin Fiesta Festival on Sunday (Oct. 21).
Trophies and medals will be given to the teams that place first and second. Trophies will also be given to the leading scorer and the best goalkeeper. Man of the Match T-shirts will also be given to the best team player of each team.
Also speaking at the Press Conference was Brazilian Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis, His Excellency Miguel Magalhaes, who said that the tournament was first established as a means of "putting sports onto the map cooperation of Brazil and St. Kitts-Nevis, and sports for us as for you is an important part of youths' lives".
Magalhaes said that his hope for this sports discipline is to have more clinics and to start a cooporation programme in the schools as well, because it is an important part of youths’ lives to occupy their time and burn energy in something as useful as sports.
He went on to state that the Brazilian Embassy has an idea of using the schools as a starting point to have Brazilian coaches here to assist the coaches in St. Kitts in developing extracurricular activities in the different football arena, noting that there are several types of football which are played in Brazil.
He said that one of the aims of Paradise Cup is to not only make football better known but also St. Kitts and Nevis better known in Brazil, as well as a better known tourist destination.
Also taking place at the Press Conference was the handing over of EC$1 000 from Social Security; a sponsor of the Tournament, to Paradise Cup.
All games are free of charge and starts at 6:00 p.m. the first three nights and 6:30 p.m. on the final night.
HOME TEAM VISITING/AWAY TEAM TIME DATE VENUE
Willfull Skillfull vs All CAY FC 6:00 p.m. Oct. 22 Warner Park
Old Skool FC vs Sunday Morning Swwat FC 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 Warner Park
Sunday Morning Swwat Fc vs Willfull Skillfull 6:00 p.m. Oct. 23 Warner Park
Old Skool Fc vs All CAY FC 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 Warner Park
Willfull Skillfull vs Old Skool FC 6:00 p.m. Oct. 24 Warner Park
All CAY FC vs Sunday Morning Swwat FC 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 Warner Park
