Bridgetown, Barbados, 12th November 2013 – The Barbados Minister of Family, Youth, Sports and Culture , the Honourable. Stephen Lashley M.P., spoke at the press conference to mark the launch of the Digicel Kick Start Academy in Barbados through which 39 of the region’s top young footballers are receiving a week-long training experience given by some the world’s best youth coaches from the Chelsea Football Club Foundation.
The Minister lauded the Academy saying; “Digicel and Chelsea are helping the Government in its efforts to enhance the development of youth – thus creating a forum where leadership skills can be taught and team spirit is developed and can be used as a development tool in the activation of social policy to build social and human capital, social inclusion and social cohesion.
As Minister with responsibility for Sports and Youth, I give my full support to the Digicel Kick Start programme, and regard it as a model for any sport development initiative in the Caribbean – in keeping with the role of sports in youth development.”
“The Digicel and Chelsea programme could be the vital start to marketing Barbados as a training venue ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio, [Brazil],” he concluded.
The Digicel Kick Start Clinics programme is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the thousands of aspiring young footballers. These players are not only taught about skill and technical ability but also an ethos of professionalism and a good attitude – critical attributes of successful people in all walks of life.
Now in their sixth year, the Clinics saw thousands of aspiring young footballers from across 11 countries in the Caribbean and Central America try out for their chance to travel to the Digicel Academy and train under top coaches from Barclays Premier League side, Chelsea FC. During the Clinics, the best players from each country trained under the coaches in the hope of being one of the top four chosen by them to go to the Digicel Academy in Barbados to represent their country.
During the week-long Digicel Academy, the top 39 boys from across the region get the chance of a lifetime to receive intensive training under coaches from Barclays Premier League side, Chelsea Football Club.
To hear the Minster’s address in its entirety, please click on the link below to download the file.
Download link: https://www.hightail.com/download/OGhjbGtLeFh0TWtaQ2NUQw
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