TIDE Acknowledges FWC Participants

The Junior League Players get ready for their Photo Shot.

There is an old saying which goes like this “after every storm is a calm” but that was certainly not the case for the FWC Junior League winners who exhibited a flurry of excitement during the 2008 TIDE Freshwater Cup Awards Ceremony.

The Awards Ceremony and the All Star Game was initially postponed because of the passage of Tropical Storm Arthur which caused extensive damage to crops and infrastructure, the loss of five lives and millions of dollars in damages in southern Belize.

Many communities situated near the TIDE protected areas - Port Honduras Marine Reserve, Private Lands Initiative and Payne’s Creek National Park -

TIDE Executive Director, Mrs. Celia Mahung presented the award to JV United for winning the Environmental Project competition.

competed again for the fourth consecutive year; the second consecutive for the Junior League, in the Environmental Project  Competition which entitles them to compete in a highly competitive grass-roots football competition.   

Six junior teams from six primary schools in the Toledo District participated in this year’s FWC.  These schools had similar responsibilities to that of the teams in the Senior Freshwater Cup League, that is, each primary school team implemented an Environmental project to entitle them to play in the football competition.

First, second and third place received trophies for their achievement during the football tournament.  The Environmental Project winners received

TIDE Board of Directors member, Ms. Kamela Palma presented the Captain of Antixx United Football Club with their monetary prize.

other prizes including coupons for school registration fees for the new academic year and school supplies for first place.  All the other teams participating in the Junior FWC, including those not winning the football tournament, or the Environment Project component, were given complementary prizes of school supplies.

The tables below summaries the winners of the Environmental Projects and Football Competition for the Senior and Junior league for the 2008 TIDE Freshwater Cup Competition.

TIDE Operations Manager Stef Supal presented Medals of appreciation to the mentors of the Junior League Players.	Chairperson of TIDE Board of Directors presented the Captain of the Mavericks Football Club with the Football Championship Trophy.

                           Table I Senior FWC Environmental project Winners

                          Table II Senior FWC Football Tournament Winners

                          Table III Junior FWC Environmental project Winners

                               Table IV Junior FWC Football Tournament Winners