​The fi­nals of the Na­tion­al Pri­ma­ry School Foot­ball League will be held Wednes­day morn­ing at the Ari­ma Velo­drome, be­gin­ning at 9.30 am. The cham­pi­ons of To­ba­go will trav­el to Trinidad to take on the cham­pi­ons from Trinidad.

​Due to the fact that the Na­tion­al League had no ma­jor spon­sor to cov­er trav­el ex­pens­es from the quar­ter­fi­nal stage, it was de­cid­ed to hold the com­pe­ti­tion in two parts: one in Trinidad and the oth­er in To­ba­go.

​Now, the three win­ners from the Trinidad Leg and the three win­ners from the To­ba­go Leg will meet to de­ter­mine the na­tion­al su­prema­cy. The day kicks off with the Boys’ Un­der-12 fi­nal, fol­lowed by the Girls’ U-15 and con­clud­ing with the Boys’ U-15 cham­pi­onship.

On Wednes­day, Ari­ma Boys’ RC wrote its name in­to the his­to­ry books when it won both the Boys’ U-12 and U-15 Trinidad cham­pi­onships at Ato Boldon Sta­di­um in Cou­va. Ari­ma Boys’ RC beat Nel­son Street Boys’ RC 3-2 in over­time af­ter be­ing be­hind 2-0 in the first half. They re­bound­ed well and played like gen­uine cham­pi­ons un­til 30 sec­onds from the end of the game when Antwon Mon­roe gave them the Trinidad ti­tle in the U-12 cat­e­go­ry.

​The St. George East Dis­trict and Trinidad cham­pi­on, Ari­ma Boys’ RC, will meet for­mer na­tion­al cham­pi­on Scar­bor­ough RC to set­tle who will be the na­tion­al cham­pi­on of T&T. Scar­bor­ough is al­so un­beat­en, and a great game of foot­ball is ex­pect­ed.

​The sec­ond match will pit the high­ly suc­cess­ful Sig­nal Hill Gov­ern­ment against the Trinidad cham­pi­on Pleas­antville Gov­ern­ment. Sig­nal Hill is known for its tal­ent­ed teams and will need to stop the ma­raud­ing cap­tain and “Most Valu­able Play­er” of Pleas­antville, Verne­cia St Bernard, from tak­ing con­trol of the game. How­ev­er, the signs are in favour of Sig­nal Hill to take the ti­tle. Kick-off is at 10.30 am.

​The fi­nal match of the morn­ing, in the Boys’ U-15 cat­e­go­ry, will see the two heavy­weights of Pri­ma­ry Schools foot­ball lock­ing horns in what will be a tremen­dous game. Bon Ac­cord will be look­ing to re­turn to the top.

​Bon Ac­cord has a re­al­ly great re­sume when it comes to the Na­tion­al Games. This has al­ways been a tal­ent­ed school, and they are ex­pect­ed to play well to­day to try and stop the re­lent­less Ari­ma Boys’ RC. In the Trinidad Leg fi­nal Ari­ma Boys beat Egypt Vil­lage Gov­ern­ment 6-0, al­so on Wednes­day. This is go­ing to be a tac­ti­cal af­fair, and the most im­por­tant de­ci­sions will be made by the young play­ers. This is go­ing to be a tough and ex­cit­ing match-up.

Fi­nal match­es

Boys’ U-12: Ari­ma Boys RC vs Scar­bor­ough RC, 9.30 am

Girls’ U-15: Sig­nall Hill Gov’t vs Pleas­antville Gov’t, 10.30 am

Boys’ U-15: Ari­ma Boys RC vs Bon Ac­cord Gov’t, 11.30 am