International Football Festival Starts On May 7
Youth football teams from West Ham United, and Sao Miguel of the Azores in Portugal arrive in Bermuda this weekend to participate in the inaugural Bermuda International Football Festival.
Organisers said, “The Football Festival Committee, this week released the schedule for the opening matches for its first friendly international tournament, a tournament designed to give our young men an opportunity to match their skills against their peers from other jurisdictions, measure their level of preparedness for international competitions, and to interact with persons from different cultural backgrounds. Essentially it should also serve to assist our coaches as they endeavor to prepare our youngsters for overseas tournaments.
“The round-robin tournament opens at the National Sports Centre on Monday May, 7th with the Bermuda Football Association U-19/20 Academy team, going against the visiting West Ham United U-19/20 Academy team. That game will kick off at 6:30pm and will be followed by the match between the visiting Sao Miguel U-19/20 select team and the Bermuda League Select.
“The second round of fixtures on Wednesday, May 9th, will be played at the BAA field with matches at 5:30pm and 8pm. Those matches will be free to students and seniors. Festival chairman, Rick Richardson noted that the Wednesday matches were scheduled earlier to allow the visiting teams to experience the cultural mix at Harbor Nights in Hamilton.
“BAA will also be the venue for the third round on Friday, May, 11th, with kick-off times set for 6:30pm and 9pm. The round-robin tournament culminates at the National Sports Centre on Sunday, May, 13th with the First placed team at that stage pitted against the Second placed team to establish the overall winner, and the other match will pit the Third placed team against the Fourth placed team.”
Tickets are available on here on Ptix.
May 7, 2018: Match Day 1
- 6:30pm – BDA U19 vs West Ham U19 at NSC
- 9pm – Azores U19 vs BDA League Select at NSC
May 9, 2018: Match Day 2
- 5:30pm – West Ham U19 vs Azores U19 at BAA
- 8:00pm- BDA U19 vs BDA League Select at BAA
May 11, 2018: Match Day 3
- 6:30pm – BDA U19 vs Azores U19 at BAA
- 9:00pm – BDA League Select vs West Ham U19 at BAA
May 13, 2018:
- Consolation Final: 3pm – 3rd Place vs 4th Place at NSC
- Final: 5:30pm – 1st Place vs 2nd Place at NSC
THANK YOU BERNEWS FOR HAVING THIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE IN YOUR WRITEUP. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING BDA PLAY TOMORROW.
PLAY HARD, PLAY FAIR, ENJOY & WIN IT BDA