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Hearts of Oak Masters 16th Annual Summer Football camp starts July 15th

Jul 02, 2013 Sports

 

 

– Organisers seek support

 

The 16th edition of the Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club “teach them Young” football summer camp will be staged this year from Monday 15th July to Friday 16th August 2013 at the Scot Church ground, Princess Elizabeth Road New Amsterdam and the nearby Prison Officers Sports Club.
The programme will be held five days weekly from Mondays-Fridays from 09:00hrs -13:00 hrs. The organisers are catering for both boys and girls.
During the camp the youths will be taught the finer points of the game which includes both theory and practical. The programme also caters for the development 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 youth 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 personnel and coaches that will be involves in the sessions are former national players Adrian Forde, Kendrick Bowry, Neil Humphrey and others including Randy Sears, Nigel Felix. Other resource personnel will be incorporated to impart their knowledge during the programme.
Meanwhile, the organisers are seeking the support of the general public and the business sector for assistance especially with acquiring footballs.
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 club.  (Samuel Whyte)

 

 

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