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Last Updated: Apr 20, 2017 - 11:58:07 AM |
Top l-r Ash Hardy, Adam Whittaker, Andrew Lane; and
Front l-r Frank Saldana, Gabriel Suarez, Alain Austin
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Freeport
Rugby Football Club brings down the curtain on another successful youth
soccer season this weekend when they’re Under 10s Boys soccer team
travel to Nassau to participate in a Spring Break Youth Soccer
Tournament
The group of boys from The Freeport Rugby Football
Club’s Academy Programme, who all also play in the Club’s Grassroots
Programme each Saturday, have been practicing every Wednesday (and
indeed 3 times a week in recent times) in readiness for the trip. This
determination and focus has allowed the boys to further hone their
soccer skills and better play together as a team as well as better
understand some of the more detailed intricacies of the game such as
defending and taking corners and throw-ins. This is the first
opportunity for all the boys to travel together as a team and represent
the island of Grand Bahama.
Players selected are Adam Whittaker,
Alain Austin, Ash Hardy, Andrew Lane, Barrett Francolla, Frank Saldana,
Gabriel Suarez, Logan Graham and Manuel Ruiz. As well as the party of 9
players and 3 coaches, the group will include an entourage of another
dozen family members as the young team prepare to travel in numbers (and
great voice).
While in Nassau the boys will be playing various
teams from local clubs Dynamos, Baha Juniors, Pirates, Cavalier and
United in a series of small sided games. For interested spectators, all
games will be at the Blue Hills Sports Centre in Nassau with games
commencing on Saturday April 22nd at around 10am.
Local
coach Frank Saldana noted that the trip is an ideal opportunity for the
boys to both test their skills and make new friends, with the
anticipation that the friendships (and rivalries) will grow over the
years as all the players continue to play the game they love.
Programme
Director Mark Hardy further noted that the games are the recommencement
of a longstanding relationship between the Freeport Rugby Football Club
and the Clubs in Nassau, Bahamas. Games between the respective programmes have
been ongoing for years however they have dropped away in recent years
primarily due to the cost of taking teams away! Hardy therefore took the
opportunity to thank both the parents for their financial support and
the teams in Nassau for the opportunity for games especially Coach Carl
Lynch who has organized the event.
Coach Jacy Whittaker added that
the aim is for the Programme to take Under 12s and Under 15s next year
as well as the Under 10s. In addition, it is anticipated that the Club
will host their OWN tournament in 2018 and can offer the same
hospitality to the Nassau boys as they expect to receive this weekend.
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