Suh, how bout squeezing off two tickets?

so how mr man doing !!!

Spanish giants Valencia to hold coaching camp in Jamaica

Published: Thursday | March 11, 2010

Spanish Ambassador Jesús Silva (left) makes a point to Sports Minister Olivia 'Babsy' Grange (centre), while managing director of Taino Investments, Victor Salazar-Chang, looks on during the launch of the Next Generation Proballer Easter Football Camp at the Spanish Court Hotel yesterday. - Colin Hamilton/freelance photographerRyon Jones, Gleaner Writer

One of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish football, Valencia, will be staging it first-ever coaching camp in Jamaica - the first in the Caribbean - for players between the ages of 12 and 18, as well as coaches in Jamaica.Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa Del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups - which was the predecessor to the UEFA Cup - one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, two UEFA Super Cups and two Spanish Cups.

The camp is the brainchild of Spanish national Victor Salazar-Chang, who has resided in Jamaica for 20 years and owns Taino Trade and Investment Limited. Trade and Investment Limited has entered into a three-year contract with Valencia Football Club (FC), of which an Easter Camp will be the first initiative.

Camp

The Next Generation Proballer Easter Football Camp will feature 100 youths and 50 coaches and will run from March 28 to April 1 at Sabina Park. The camp will cater to 100 kids and will be held from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; and later in the afternoon there will be a coaches camp.

Following a press conference at the Spanish Court Hotel yesterday, Nichole Pandohie, project and communications manager for the Next Generation Proballer Easter Football Camp, explained how the participants will be selected.

"Forty young men will be selected by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), along with 15 young women for the JFF women's team," said Pandohie. "Claro has also fully sponsored 10 spots and will be selecting 10 players of their own, while 30 spots will be sold to make some extra money, as well as to open up the pool to players who were not being looked at by JFF.

"It started off as a commercial venture. We were going to sell all the spots in the camp, so it was going to be very expensive as we would have to fly all these people in. We then thought that if we got sponsorship, we could offer most of the spots to high potential kids. So we have been doing a selection process over the last couple of weeks," she added.

Andre Virtue, technical director for the camp, pointed out the rationale behind the camp.

We are using this as an opportunity to showcase our talent pool to Valencia as a scouting ground and ultimately to build a football academy out here," said Virtue.
"Five coaches will be coming from Valencia to conduct the coaching in the day but we realise that in order for us to really help in the development (of football), we need to coach the coaches. So there will a coaching camp in the afternoon from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. for coaches who coach youths between the ages of 12 and 18," he added.

The coaches will have to come up with $20, 000 to be part of the camp, while it will cost the youngsters identified by the JFF $3,500 and the spots to be sold will cost $15, 000

Ric it look like I have to link you next time I pass through the West Midland. My other half is Birmingham born and bred. I have a few friend well up there. I usually go to a Villa game when I am in town. A few years back my brethren had some of the Birmingham academy coaches to come go Jamaica.

http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/AcademyDetail/0,,10412~1722474,00.html

Looks like Morgan,Jr. could possibly join a team with some of the top u18 players in Europe and the Americas.

What Morgan, Jr. is discovering now is that the Birmingham City Academy has some of the u18s in Europe not just England. As John Barnes mentioned before the EPL academies are looking for top level 16 year olds.

Ric,

You have misquoted me, but no feel no way !

This belies the statement Ericdread made on another thread that claims that the best schoolboys in New Jersey are better than their Jamaican peers; that is pure bullocks but I wasn't going to argue with him about it because of the respect I have for most of his opinions.

If you recall, I did day "technically" better, and I do stand by that. Plus I am not sure how Morgan, as an individual, says anything otherwise.

so how mr man doing !!!