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Lights Camera Action!!! On Saturday June 10th Curtains go up as the Flow – Trevor Daniel Football Development Programme presents “FOOTBALL FIESTA 2017”.
Once again the Sab(Vigie) playing field will become a center stage to what is promising to be an extravaganza. Youth from 4 to 19 years will showcase their skills, talents, abilities, passion and most importantly LOVE for the game.
Last year the event featured almost 250 children from 19 schools, this year organizers anticipate that number will increase by 100 (or more) now that the programme engages youth from 26 schools.
The event is open to any child; who loves football, who is not sure if they like football yet or any child who just wants to try for the first time.
The event will take place June 10th & 11th preliminary rounds, & the championship matches will play on June 18th. Registration is 830-855am and matches start promptly at 9.
Interested kids who sign up will be pooled according to age and randomly divided into teams(4, 5 or 6 teams per category, depending on total sign-ups). Age categories are U6 – 4 & 5 years, U8 – 6 & 7 years, U10 – 8 & 9 years, U12 – 10 & 11 years, U14 – 12 & 13 years, U16 – 14 & 15 years, U19 – 16 & older. Everyone is guaranteed mnimum 3 matches in the preliminary round.
The event will for the first time feature a “Mummies” category for; mothers, grandmothers, aunts, big sisters, god-mothers older than 21, some who have never kicked a football before this month. This initiative is in keeping with the campaign launched in 2016 by the Recreational Center of St. Lucia, prompted by the St. Lucia Olympic Committee, to promote Physical Literacy throughout our country.
The idea is to keep people active & moving from age 0 to age 100. Mothers who are active will be healthier and better able to keep up with & care for their active children, and now we hope that football becomes one more activity that mothers can do with their children as quality time spent.
As we continue to engage the youth in multiple “football specific” activities that; enhance skills, improve technique, encourage creativity and boosts self-esteem, the Flow-TDFDP finds it necessary to do even more;
• ensure that every interested child gets the opportunity to experience our advanced training methods, regardless of the environment from which they come from
• encourage those who have started to; stay committed and put in the required effort to achieve their goals/dreams.
• grow these impressionable young ones into well rounded, disciplined, positive citizens. Hence better equipping them to venture into various aspects and fields of society.
• produce world class players who could one day take St. Lucia to a World Cup or Olympic Final.
One of the major challenges faced is that some of these young ones come from difficult family environments and most times basic needs can’t be met by their parents/guardians. On occasions, they may even come to training sessions/events without a proper meal for the day. They are among the most vulnerable and Flow – TDFDP continues to embrace, feed, train and develop them.
NO child is turn away any child for financial reasons. It is an all-day event and EVERY CHILD WILL BE FED a hot lunch & juice. Programme Director – Trevor Daniel says a heartfelt thank you to the loyal sponsors who have come on board and really helped, however we have not met our quota to make the meals 100% FREE to the children.
At this point we will serve every child Mac n Cheese, Baked Chicken, Seasoned Rice, “peas a la Jah” & salad for $3. We hope to make it $2, $1 or $0 if we can pull in some last minute support/sponsorship/donations.
For some children, this event is the ONLY time they have ever experienced that “special super-star” treatment and we hope to be able to facilitate this for many years.
We are aware that at the end of the 74 matches cannot walk away with the Gold, however we believe that every child can be active, every child can have fun, every child can display their skills & abilities, every child can & should enjoy a safe & positive environment, and for us this is our measure of success…To provide every participant with an awesome football experience, which will become lifelong positive memories; if we can accomplish this then event be another huge success!
Thanks to our sponsors; Flow, Sandals, Ministry of Youth Development & Sports, Jn.Marie & Sons, Lucozade, Ribena, Western Union, Rendezvous Hotel, The Voice Publishing & Massy Stores.
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