The
Gambia Football Federation on Wednesday 19 July ended a one-day pre-festival
event in Bullock, Foni, heralding the start of preparations for the last and
final episode of the FIFA Live Your Goals Girls Festival, 2017.
The
pre festival event was a rehearsal meant to induct school-going girls into
technical schemes instructed by the LYG Ambassadors and coordinated generally
by the GFF Women’s Football Coordinator Sainey Sissohore.
Four
Lower Basic Schools took part in the daylong event and were engaged in series
of dribbling, passing, ball control, attacking and defending skills which,
according to the instructors, are basic pre-requisites to playing good
football.
GFF
Grassroots and Youth Manager Ebrima Nayssi said the school system is the best
ground to breed talents and “as such the Gambia Football Federation under our
President Lamin Kabba Bajo deems it important to collaborate with the schools
for tapping raw talents”.
He
said the essence of the programme is to introduce skills into the girls but
also encourage them to take their studies seriously, “because sports and
learning go together”.
Women’s
Football Coordinator Sainey Sissohore, said the final Live Your Goals girls
festival will be held before the end of the year and that preparation for the
grand event have begun in earnest.
“This
is a four-year legacy program and The Gambia is one of a few countries that
have benefited from this project.
“Our
first two editions were held in the Greater Banjul Area (NTTC) while the third
and fourth editions were hosted by the regions, Farafenni, NBR and Soma LRR.
And
this time our final event would be held in the CRR,” she disclosed.
The
event was attended by GFF ExCO Member Ms Sainabou Cham, who recently returned
from the Netherlands on a two-day Women’s football leadership seminar.
Ms
Cham attracted the girls and encouraged them to take part in football to gain
more meaningful results.
All
the participating schools were donated a set of learning materials and balls.
Source:
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