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Ajax Cape Town Coaching Course

On Sunday 11th October, the Football Foundation once again brought in a high profile individual to run a coaching clinic for the local soccer coaches and young players. Mr Jan Pruijn is well known to the soccer fraternity as Ajax Cape Town Head of Technical Affairs, and recently appointed as Ajax Head Coach to replace Mushin Ertugral. The clinic took place at the Gansbaai Sports Centre, and despite driving rains it was an excellent and much improved clinic compared to last year in terms of numbers. There were 8 coaches from Stanford, 3 from Hawston, 3 from Hermanus, 2 from Masakhane and 4 from FFSA. It was great to bring coaches from across the Overberg together to learn more about training techniques and tactics of the game from such a high profile and PSL coach. Thanks to everyone who attended this event. For more information contact Sicelo Heukile (FFSA Head Coach) on 076 5362311.

 

 

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Gansbaai United Take on Santos U/15

Gansbaai vs. Santos match - 1 October 2009, Cape Town

After extensive and dedicated training during the month of September, including an action-packed holiday programme, the Gansbaai u/15 boys’ soccer team was ready to challenge the formidable Santos u/15 team in Cape Town. 18 boys traveled to Cape Town along with their Football Foundation coaches to challenge the Junior side of the “The People’s Team” - Santos 1st Division is currently ranked 5th in PSL fixtures. At first the Gansbaai boys were a little nervous to play the experienced team from Cape Town, but in the second half the put up a strong fight and only conceded one goal. Our boys lost 3-0, but they learnt an immense amount and thoroughly enjoyed the game - the experience was amazing! They even got to watch the Santos u/17’s train which was a bonus.

Afterwards the boys visited the Aquarium and the Waterfront for the first time, where they saw 3m ragged tooth sharks, a giant stingray, miniature seahorses and little Nemo fish! They enjoyed every minute! Outside the beautiful sunny day was calling and it was time to play beach soccer at Camps Bay. It was a fun day packed full of excitement and adventure; a day the boys are bound to remember for a long time! A great thanks to the coaches for their support, but also to the boys for their superb behaviour!

 

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New Residents at Growing the Future

Great excitement is in the air at the project site, because a Cape Eagle Owl has started moving in to one of the boxes at Growing the Future!!

The boxes are placed around the vegetable gardens specifically to entice owls, which are great for contorlling the numbers of mice found in the fields. If the number of mice gets too high, they can cause havoc by diggin up and eating seeds which are planted. They are particularly partial to large seeds such as squashes, pumpkins and melons. By using the wise old owls as pest control, we are able to steer clear of having to use pesticides.

We believe that the new visitor is a male owl, who is trying to make the nesting box as alluring as possible to all the available lady owls in the area, so hopefully we will be able to report on baby owls sometime soon!

Were very pleased to have these additions to the Growing the Future family; welcome!

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Holiday Sports Program at Gansbaai Community Sports Centre

September 2009 Holiday Programme - Gansbaai Communal Sports Centre

When you add together a) children on holiday, b) sunny weather & c) various sports, art & activities: it inevitably amounts to FUN FUN FUN! That is exactly what everyone experienced during the Football Foundation’s September holiday programme hosted together with Gansbaai Council Sports.

Every morning boys and girls fuelled up with porridge to get them ready for a day filled with excitement and competition. With the enthusiastic help the coaches and volunteers, the children from Masakhane, Blompark & Gansbaai were able to take part in events ranging from fun activities like the jumping castle, ‘Boeresport’ and art, to sports like mini cricket, soccer, rugby, tennis, volleyball and hockey.

Wednesday started off with the children divided into teams ready to participate in a Boeresport competition. It was just the place to be if you wanted to experience a rugby field full of beaming faces, supporting & encouraging each other with great teamwork. The winner of the day was determined by a Tug-of-War challenge between the two top teams and in the end Danver’s team “The Crusaders” were crowned. The teams received lovely prizes donated by sponsors and individuals - with special mention to Rhino Africa.

To those who missed out: get ready for the December Holiday programme!

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