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Hearts of Oak Master’s 15th Summer Football camp starts Monday

Jul 12, 2012 Sports

 

By Samuel Whyte
The 15th edition of the Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club “Teach them Young” football summer camp in conjunction with the Corriverton Links football club (who are in their second year), will be staged from Monday 16th July to Friday 17th August 2012 at the Scot Church ground, Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam and the nearby Prison Officers Sports Club, while the Corentyne sessions will be held at the Skeldon Community Centre ground, Upper Corentyne.
The programme will be held five days weekly from Mondays-Fridays from 09:00hrs -13:00 hrs. President of the Hearts of Oak Football Club, Neil “Grizzly” Humphrey, will be in charge of The New Amsterdam session, while his opposite, Michael DeSouza will be in charge of the Sessions at Corriverton. The organisers are catering for youths 4-16 years and both boys and girls are invited to attend.
During the camp the youths will be instructed on the finer points of the game, which includes both theory and practical. The programme also caters for the developing of their interpersonal skills and relationship.
The practical sessions will entail showing the youngsters the various ways in receiving, passing, shooting, taking, dribbling, Goalkeeping and throwing the football among other points. The youths are also expected to be schooled in discipline, etiquette, good table manners and general education which will also include session on HIV and AIDS. Physical fitness is also expected to be an integral part of the sessions.
According to Coordinator, Neil ‘Grizzly’ Humphrey, the main aim of the programme is to have the youths better able to appreciate the rules and regulation of the game, improve their knowledge and skills and understand  general sportsmanship and have a better human relationship with others and improve their discipline generally.
According to Humphrey during the camps the youths will be involved in exchange visits and at the end of the camp they will be presented with certificates and other memorabilia, while the more outstanding players will be selected to participate in a tour to the either Georgetown or the Corentyne where they will participate in a number of goodwill games.
He is expecting a good response as school is out and the programme has now become a part of the youths annual out of school package.
Some of the personals and coaches that will be involved in the sessions are former national players Adrian Forde, Phillip Carrington, Kenrick Bowry, Neil Humphrey and Sherwin Forde. Others include Randy Sears, Nigel Felix, overseas based Shawn Semple and Officer in charge of New Amsterdam Prison Assistant Superintendent of Prisons Carl Graham.
Interested persons can make contact with Humphrey on 333-5525 or 687-8764 or Secretary Kenrick Bowry on number 333-4451 or any member of the two clubs.

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