SBitC Gifted and Talented festival (1 Viewer)

[Nick]

Was anybody down there?

SBitC were at Ryton training ground yesterday to take part in the Gifted and Talented School Sport project, funded by the Premier League Charitable Fund...Yesterday, saw the Sky Blues in the Community team run a festival for schools taking part in the Gifted and Talented School Sport project, at the Coventry City first team training ground in Ryton-on-Dunsmore.


The project is funded by the Premier League Charitable Fund, which allows the community team to offer free PE curriculum football coaching for Key Stage 1 pupils at schools in Coventry and Warwickshire.


As part of the project, boys and girls showing promise in PE lessons are invited to attend a six week after-school club with Sky Blues coaches - all of whom hold an FA Level 3 coaching qualification. The community team work closely with the Coventry City Academy to identify the most talented local players through the scheme to feed in to the Player Development programme and the club's Academy framework.


Whilst the pupils and schools benefit from the PE curriculum coaching and after school clubs, the young players also get a unique opportunity to play in a festival at the Sky Blues training ground - with yesterday's festival seeing teams from Willenhall, Frederick Bird, Alderman's Green, Aldemoor Farm and Wyken Croft primary schools battling it out.


Carl McNally, Head of Recruitment and Scott Curry (Under 5-11 lead coach) from the Academy both attended the festival yesterday, with Carl McNally saying, "We were really impressed with the standard at the festival. Two of the players have recently signed their first Academy contracts, with three players also recently joining the Elite squads within the community Player Development Centre initiative.


"It's great to see the young players using the first team facilities and the Gifted and Talented programme is a fantastic way of working closely with the community team to ensure we have a strong talent identification system and player pathway in place.

http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/...oventry-city-2418958.aspx#3e6Vpbi48XIlrjDo.99

 

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[Nick]

Interesting nobody is bothered about stuff in the community

 

[chiefdave]

Some of them will probably be in the team on Saturday!

 

[Malaka]

my boy is going

 

[Jackoskyblue]

Sometimes I think the club doesn't get the credit it deserves in areas such as this, more fantastic work keep it up ccfc

 

[Nick]

my boy is going

Was your lad on the pitch the other week?

I'd have loved to have played at Ryton when I was a kid.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

I'd have loved to have played at Ryton when I was a kid.

Is OK as long as you don't run on the A45.

 

[Malaka]

No Nick
He has been watched by Villa and Leicester and when Cov looked at him in a tournament he didn't play too good. I am kinda pleased but think at 7 he is too young and should play with his mates at Copsewood.. He he is good enough he will get spotted but I would rather it be when he is a bit older.