Indoor football to prevent HIV/AIDS

The Institute for Future Global Leaders (IFGL) will stage a Community Indoor Football League as part of their project “Playing Sport Prevents HIV/AIDS”.

It also involves drama presentations to raise awareness about the epidemic”. The tournament will be played at the Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena; the Maloney Indoor Sports Arena; the South West Regional Indoor Sport Complex; and the St Paul’s Street Multi-Purpose Gym in Port-of-Spain. The finals will be at the Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena. The competition will feature 40 teams competing for top honours in four zones. Each zone will have two groups of four in a round-robin competition, after which the two top teams will advance to the the semi-finals the winners to the zonal finals.

A total of 15 matches will be played in each zone and at the end of the zonal competitions the winners will meet for a round-robin competition to decide overall champions. Central Zone action gets underway today; followed by South Zone (August 17); East Zone (August 22); North Zone (August 24); and the finals on September 1. In the finals the organisers, based at the Student Activity Centre, University of the West Indies at St Augustine will invite a team from a Caribbean island to participate in an exhibition match. IFGL will also stage Theatre in Education (TIE) dramatic presentations to create HIV/AIDS awareness. There would also be interactive focus group discussions with the spectators. For further information call Ravi Lutchman at 778-7154.