The 2019 edition of the Greensprings-Kanu Football Training Camp is set to kick off on April 14, and run through to April 19, 2019.
The camp, which had its first edition in 2012, was established by Greensprings School and Kanu Heart Foundation, to enable children between the ages of five and seventeen, develop their football skills under the right tutelage of the former Super Eagles International, Kanu Nwankwo.
Greensprings-Kanu Football Training Camp
Speaking at the announcement of the 2019 edition of the camp in Lagos, the Head of Corporate Strategy, Greensprings School, Uche Ogbu, said children who register will be exposed to first-rate training by coaches from West Bromwich Albion Football Club of England and Dutch Football Association Netherlands, also supported by coaches from the Lagos State Football Association.
“They will also get a lifetime opportunity to receive direct mentoring and coaching from Nigerian football legend, Kanu Nwankwo. At the end of the five-day camp, awards will be issued to the participants based on their performance at the camp. The grand prize for the camp is an educational scholarship into Greensprings School, which goes to the most promising player.”
The camp, sponsored by Union Bank, will give five indigent children an opportunity to experience top-notch training, and compete to win a scholarship to study at Greensprings schools.
Ogbu recalled that, since the inception of the camp, nine children from underprivileged communities have been awarded educational scholarships into the school. Many of which have progressed into the U-15 national team of Nigeria, while others have made it to the junior leagues in Europe.
“In furtherance to the school’s commitment to the development of young African children; our introduced the ‘Sponsor-a-Star Project,’ to encourage corporate organisations to sponsor children with potentials to excel in the game of football.”
— Ogbu
Featured image source: The Guardian Nigeria
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