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Hearts of Oak Master’s 19th Annual Football camp starts Monday July 18
Flashback of last year’s event
One of Guyana premiere August holiday activity, the Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club (HOOMFC) “teach them Young” football camp, will be staged this year from Monday 18th July to Friday 19th August 2016 at the Scot Church ground, Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam and the nearby Prison Officers Sports Club and the All Saints Primary School.
The programme which is in its 19 year will once again be held five days weekly from Mondays -Fridays from 09:00hrs -13:00 hrs.
The organisers are catering for youths from age six years up and will be targeting both boys and girls.
During the camp the youths will be taught the finer points of football 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 the organisers 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.
The organisers this year is looking to do a few things differently like offering incentives as a form of encouragement for outstanding performances during the programme.
The youths are also expected to be involved in exchange visits at the end of the camp. Certificates and other memorabilia are expected to be given to the participants at the end of the activity while the more outstanding players are expected to be selected to participate in a tour to the other parts of the country.
The HOOMFC 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.
During the sessions a number of prominent persons are expected to visit and impart their knowledge with the participants during the packed programme.
Once again the HOOMFC are seeking the support of the general public and the business sector for assistance, especially footballs to make the programme a success.
Interested persons can make contact with Neil Humphrey or Secretary Kenrick Bowry, Randy “Blades” Sears or any other member of the club. (Samuel Whyte)
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