Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club completes 19th Annual Teach Them Young Camp

Sep 03, 2016 Sports

By Samuel Whyte
The Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club “Teach them Young” football August holiday camp ended last on Friday with a presentation and prize giving ceremony at the Prison Officers Sports club Penitentiary Walk, New

Some of the youngsters involved in the camp take time out for a photo.

Amsterdam. The camp, which was in its 19th year, was held at the All Saints Scot Church Ground and the Prison Officers Sports club and the All Saints Primary School and lasted for a period of five weeks.
The programme was held five days weekly, Monday-Friday from 09:00hrs -13:00 hrs. The camp which commenced on July 18th started with 48 participants and closed with over a 110 participating. Both males and females participated in the sessions with the age ranging from 3-18 years.
During the camp the youths were taught the finer points of the game which included both theory and practical.
At the practical sessions they were shown the various ways in receiving, passing, shooting, dribbling, and heading, overlapping, goal keeping and throwing, taking on the thigh and chest among other points. They were also schooled in defensive, attacking, overlapping and set playing among other tactics. They also learnt the rules of the game, discipline, etiquette, good table manners, HIV and AIDS and general education with Physical Fitness and fair play being an integral part of the sessions.
They were also encouraged to look at the good values in life and to stay away from the many social ills and illicit activities that are plaguing the society at the moment.

The youngsters in the Hearts Of Oak Camp involved in a classroom session by members of the Police Force.

During the camp the youths were presented with trunks, football boots, hoses, goalkeeping gloves and Jerseys among other necessities.
Among the resource personnel were for Chief Education Officer Ed Caesar, members of the Guyana Police Force the Prison Service among others.
Deputy Director of the Guyana Prison Service Gladwin Samuels addressed the closing ceremony. He congratulated the participants and encouraged them to practice what they have learnt. They were told to stay in school and take their education seriously as education is the key to success. He encouraged them to be good ambassadors and to continue training and return to their respective teams and schools and share what they have learnt.
They were reminded that football is a game that you must have discipline.
According to coordinators, former national players Neil Grizzly Humphrey and Kenrick Bowry, the main aim of the programme was to have the youths better able to appreciate the rules and regulation of the game. To improve their knowledge of the game, improve their overall skills and understand sportsmanship and have a better human relationship with others.
At the end of the camp the youths were presented with certificates while the more outstanding participants were presented with special gifts.
Bowry also took the opportunity to thank a number of organisation and persons who assisted in making the camp a success.