Arsenal, WorldRemit select six African finalists for youth coaching
A panel of judges from Arsenal
Football Club (www.Arsenal.com) and its official online money transfer partner,
WorldRemit (www.WorldRemit.com), have selected six coaches from across Africa
as finalists in their new Future Stars coaching progamme.
These final six coaches will now
compete in a public vote on FutureStars.WorldRemit.com for the chance to attend
an exclusive training programme with Arsenal Soccer Schools in London fully
sponsored by WorldRemit.
The finalists facing a public
vote are Adegun Shola John from Lagos, Nigeria; Ahmed Ali from Hargeisa,
Somaliland; Hamisi Mohamed from Nairobi, Kenya; Innocents Yeboah-Num from
Abease, Ghana; Tersia Davids from Cape Town, South Africa; and Titus Tongesai
Sanangurai from Harare, Zimbabwe.
The programme was designed to
recognise and reward the valuable contribution of youth coaches to their local
community and has already granted Arsenal replica shirts to over 500 kids whose
coaches were shortlisted for the programme by the judging panel.
WorldRemit has filmed the
finalists during their coaching sessions and the videos will be shown on the
Future Stars (FutureStars.WorldRemit.com) website where members of the public
can vote for their preferred candidate.
Voting on
futurestars.worldremit.com opened on 28th September.
A key part of the successful
coach’s training at Arsenal will focus on how they will use the opportunity to
build a lasting legacy in their home country. The finalists have therefore been
selected based on the strength of their existing contribution to the community
as well as their plans and ability to pass on their new skills on their return
home.
The six coaches were chosen from
a shortlist of 25 individuals who were selected by the judging panel earlier
this month. One in six of the 25 shortlisted coaches were women and, as the
programme moves into the final selection phase, Tersia Davids from South Africa
becomes the one woman amongst the six finalists to face the public vote.
Simon McManus of Arsenal Soccer
Schools said, “Arsenal has the most successful women’s side in England and is
actively involved in encouraging greater participation from females in the game
regardless of age. We were very impressed by the work that all these coaches
were already doing in their community and the work of the women coaches further
emphasizes the positive impact that encouraging more women to get involved in
coaching can have. We hope that their success will encourage more women to
follow their lead.”
Andrew Stewart, Managing Director
Middle East & Africa at WorldRemit said, “Our business is all about helping
our customers’ financial support for their community to go further. We hope
that by shining a spotlight on the way these coaches are using football to
benefit their community, we can help their efforts to go even further still.
“The power of sport to bring
communities together and create positive social change was one of the key
reasons for entering into a partnership with Arsenal. This programme has
highlighted just how powerful sport – and our partnership - can be and the
immense potential in this area. This is something we are now looking to build
on further.”
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