The School Gambia Football Association under the auspices of The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) began this year’s edition of the national school football championship. The competition serves as the basis for our youth football.
The competition, that brought together regional champions after a nationwide championship played in every region of this country, got underway this Sunday and is played across various venues in the administrative capital of the West Coast Region, Brikama.
Defending champions Bottrop recorded a 9-0 trouncing of Nasir Senior Secondary School, while Essau hammered Niamina 6-0, with Scan Aid also thrashing Tahirr 11-0 and Nusrat losing 2-0 to Mingdaw. Presentation also thumped St Charles 5-1 all in the upper basic girls’ category.
Elsewhere, in the senior secondary school boy’s category, Mahaad defeated Bansang 1-0, and Nasirr recorded a comprehensive 3-1 victory over Tahir, while Sukuta and Jamisa playout a 1-1 draw. Charles Jow also beat Sitanunku 1-0.
In the upper basic boys, Presentation got the better of St Augustine’s 2-0, Kunkujang Keitaya beat New Covenant 3-0 and Sanunding defeated Kerewan 1-0 to cap off day one results.
Day two also saw some interesting scorelines. Mingdaw demolished Niamina 5-0 in the senior secondary school girls, while Nasir recorded their first win by beating Tahir 2-0 and the clash of the heavyweights saw Scan Aid got the better of Bottrop with the narrowest of margin 1-0.
In the girls’ upper basic category, Presentation continue their unbeaten start to the championship with a 3-0 win over Kabakoto.
Elsewhere, in the senior secondary school boys category, Mahaad and Charles Jow cancelled out each other playing a goalless draw; Sitanunku bounced back from their opening day defeat to beat Bansang 1-0, leaving the latter without a point after two games while Sukuta condemned Tahir to a second defeat in as many matches with a 3-0 hammering.
Meanwhile, in the boys UBS, New Covenant drew 1-1 with Sanunding while Kunkujang Keitaya continued their impressive start to the tournament, beating Kerewan 2-1 and Janjanbureh were held to a goalless draw by St Augustine.
Matches continue today.
