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Leonora Secondary School HM commends Digicel
– would like sport done at CSEC level
The common opinion about this year’s Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition is that the Company is doing an excellent job in helping to develop the sport at the junior level and their efforts must be recognised and commended.
Headmistress of Leonora Secondary School Mynette Glasgow-Daniels receives the new set of uniforms from Digicel Events and Sponsorship Manager Gavin Hope on Monday at the Wales Community Centre.
Recently, Kaieteur Sport caught up with Headmistress (HM) of Leonora Secondary School Mynette Glasgow-Daniels for her thoughts about what Digicel has been doing and what she feels are some of the benefits that could be derived from staging the competition.
“First of all, I think the staging of the tournament is a very good idea which will help to improve sports in schools and it is even more important when you consider that they are starting at such an early age to compete against each other,” Glasgow-Daniels stated.
She said with the students starting so early it provides them with the knowledge and understanding to be good representatives if they should move on to become national players.
Glasgow-Daniels, however, lamented the lack of proper facilities in schools, adding that the development of proper facilities such as the schools grounds is something she would like to see happen, while the placement of qualified coaches in academic institutions is another element she would love to see come about.
In reference to her own school, the Headmistress informed that it is a new one and they haven’t completed the ground as yet and took the opportunity to issue a call to the corporate community to come on board and help with its completion since it could serve to benefit not only the students and the immediate community, but the society at large.
“The provision of facilities for students to participate in sports is very important for all of us, it helps to allow the children to do more meaningful things during their spare time and could also provide another avenue for them to develop alternative skills if they are not as proficient academically.”
Glasgow-Daniels in closing spoke of the wish to have football done at the CSEC level by the students attending the school, but pointed to the current state of the ground as a holdup for such ambitions since apart from the theoretical aspect, the exam also have a practical part as well.
“I would really like football to be that sport where the students could write because it is such a big thing at our school,” she assured.
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