Shabazz gives thumps-up of the Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools football tournament

Jun 15, 2012 Sports

Head Coach of the ‘Golden Jaguars’, Guyana’s flagship football team, Jamaal Shabazz, has complimented the efforts sponsors Scotia Bank and Pepsi have been giving towards the development of local football at grass-roots level – through the ongoing Scotia Bank/Pepsi nationwide School’s football tournament.
Shabazz expressed reasons why he is of the view that such tournaments are crucial for the future of football in Guyana.
“Tournaments like the Scotia Bank/Pepsi school football tournament are very important since it deals with the future of production of players for the country. It’s just as important as the ongoing World Cup qualifying matches and possibly even more important, because it’s at that early age young players get the exposure in a controlled environment that enables them to start showing signs of technical and tactical ability to be able to play at the next level”, explained Shabazz.
He continued: “So Scotia Bank and Pepsi must be applauded for this type of investment. So many times people want to raid the barn, nobody wants to plant the corn, this step by Scotia Bank and Pepsi is a real important step in terms of development. Because any programme for it to sustain itself, it needs a nursery and I think this is what such a programme can do for Guyana football and people who are behind it such as Mr. Colin Baker, Lawrence “Sparrow” Griffith and everyone else working behind the scenes to make this happen must be commended.”
Shabazz concluded his views on the subject by encouraging the business community to follow the lead of Scotia Bank and Pepsi, since a consistent pool of the next wave of local ‘Golden Jaguars’ stars always needs to be produced and only through such tournaments can this be guaranteed.
“This is indeed something that can serve Guyana’s football in the long term and I encourage other sponsors to do similar to Scotia Banks and Pepsi”, Shabazz stated.
“I remember once when Troy Mendonca was President of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA), he had many youth tournaments at every level from Under-11 coming right up, this is what is needed to keep producing players. Players like Anthony Abrams, Charles Pollard, Kayode McKinnon and Gregory Richardson will not be around forever, so we need to keep producing players”

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