Trinidad & Tobago Charity Shield

Trinidad & Tobago Charity Shield

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The Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield is the country's annual football match contested between the champions of the previous TT Pro League season and the holders of the Pro Bowl. If the Pro League champions also won the Pro Bowl, then the league runners-up provide the opposition. Often seen as a "glorified friendly", which ranks below the FA Trophy and First Citizens Cup, the fixture is a recognised football Super Cup. The match is sponsored by Digicel and is therefore officially known as the Digicel Charity Shield.

Organised by the TT Pro League, part of the proceeds from the game go towards introducing the "Read to Rise" Primary Literacy Program to a school within the winning team's community. In addition, the winning side also receives TT$10,000 to be donated to a charitable cause of choice. The inaugural charitable cash prize was given to former captain and player Jan-Michael Williams of W Connection to offset medical expenses for his fiancée Candice Worrell. Worrell was brutally assaulted while being relieved of her mobile phone in January 2012 and was comatose for nearly three months.

History

The fixture was first played to open the 2012–13 season and was contested between W Connection, who were the 2011–12 champions of the TT Pro League, and Defence Force, who were the winners of the 2012 Digicel Pro Bowl. The inaugural match ended with the Savonetta Boys holding the Charity Shield after a 2–0 win over Defence Force on 8 September 2012 at Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. In 2013, the Savonetta Boys secured the Charity Shield for the second consecutive year after defeating the Teteron Boys 4–2 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in a rematch of the previous year's Charity Shield. They won the title for the third year in a row in 2014.

트리니다드와 토바고 자선 경기는 트리니다드와 토바고에서 개최되는 축구 토너먼트입니다. 이 토너먼트는 자선 단체를 위한 기부를 목적으로 하며, 매년 많은 관객들이 참여합니다. 트리니다드와 토바고의 다양한 축구 클럽들이 참가하여 치열한 경기를 펼치며, 이 토너먼트는 지역 사회에 큰 관심을 불러일으킵니다. 경기는 고도의 기술과 전략을 요구하며, 선수들은 최고의 경기력을 발휘하기 위해 힘들게 훈련합니다. 이 토너먼트는 트리니다드와 토바고 축구의 열정과 역량을 세계에 알리는 좋은 기회입니다. 관객들은 경기의 열기와 함께 자선 활동에 참여하여 지역 사회에 도움을 줄 수 있습니다. 트리니다드와 토바고 자선 경기는 축구 팬들에게 큰 즐거움을 선사하며, 지역 사회에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 중요한 행사입니다.