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| Airtel Tanzania Public Relations Manager Jackson Mmbando(L) hands over footnall kits to TFF Technical Director Sunday Kayuni and DRFA Chairman Almasi Kasongo for regional teams taking part in this year’s U-17 Airtel Rising Stars football tournament. The handover event was held at TFF conference hall in Dar es Salaam |
Airtel
Tanzania Public Relations Manager Jackson Mmbando(L) hands over
footnall kits to TFF Technical Director Sunday Kayuni and DRFA Chairman
Almasi Kasongo for regional teams taking part in this year’s U-17
Airtel Rising Stars football tournament. The handover event was held at
TFF conference hall in Dar es Salaam
Airtel
Tanzania Public Relations Manager Jackson Mmbando speaks to the media
at a press conference held at TFF conference hall to hand over soccer
kits to regional teams taking part in this year’s U-17 Airtel Rising
Stars football tournament.
Airtel Tanzania has handed over jerseys, shin guards, balls and socks to teams taking part in this year's U-17 talent scouting football tournament known as Airtel Rising Stars whose regional level matches are set to commence on Monday June 23rd 2013.
Airtel Rising Stars football program is an initiative designed for the entire African continent which is aimed to provide a platform for upcoming soccer talent to showcase their skills to leading scouts, coaches and have an opportunity to further their football skills. In the previous two years of this program, Manchester United sent its school coaching staff to conduct international football clinics in Tanzania, South Africa, Gabon and Kenya where selected participants got opportunity to learn how to play football the Manchester United way.
Airtel Tanzania has handed over jerseys, shin guards, balls and socks to teams taking part in this year's U-17 talent scouting football tournament known as Airtel Rising Stars whose regional level matches are set to commence on Monday June 23rd 2013.
Soccer
regions of Ilala, Temeke and Kinondoni will enter both boys and girls
in the annual event while Morogoro, Mwanza and Mbeya will only
participate in the boys category as opposed to Tanga, Ruvuma and Kigoma
regions which will feature in the girls category alone.
All
the teams have sounded optimistic that they are well prepared to
compete and win their matches. The regional matches will be used to pick
the best players to form a combine team for the national ARS finals
slated for July at the Karume Memorial Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
Speaking
at the kits handover press conference held at the Tanzania Football
Federation (TFF) today, Airtel Tanzania Public Relations Manager Jackson
Mmbando said that Airtel is proud to be part and parcel of the youth
football program which is aimed to accelerate football development in
Tanzania.
“We believe that our combined forces with Manchester United FC and TFF will facilitate football development in Tanzania. We have confidence in the youth that given chance and support, they are able to excel in football’, he said.
TFF Technical Director Sunday Kayuni said that he was highly impressed by the overwhelming response by the youngsters to take part in this year’s Airtel Rising Stars championships. “The turnout has been highly impressive and encouraging and I thank Airtel for coming up with this initiative which helps us to indentify more hidden soccer talents”, he said.
“We believe that our combined forces with Manchester United FC and TFF will facilitate football development in Tanzania. We have confidence in the youth that given chance and support, they are able to excel in football’, he said.
TFF Technical Director Sunday Kayuni said that he was highly impressed by the overwhelming response by the youngsters to take part in this year’s Airtel Rising Stars championships. “The turnout has been highly impressive and encouraging and I thank Airtel for coming up with this initiative which helps us to indentify more hidden soccer talents”, he said.
Airtel Rising Stars football program is an initiative designed for the entire African continent which is aimed to provide a platform for upcoming soccer talent to showcase their skills to leading scouts, coaches and have an opportunity to further their football skills. In the previous two years of this program, Manchester United sent its school coaching staff to conduct international football clinics in Tanzania, South Africa, Gabon and Kenya where selected participants got opportunity to learn how to play football the Manchester United way.
To
further motivate and excite the youngsters, Airtel has introduced an
inter-country tournament that was held in Nairobi for the first time
last year where the boys and girls had an opportunity to showcase their
football talents.
The
inter-continental tournament brought together ARS stars from 14
countries where Airtel does business. The ARS stars are selected at the
national finals which are held by each
of the participating countries under the supervision of respective
national football federations.
Both the clinic and the inter-country will be held again this year round and more details regarding these two events will be released next month.
Both the clinic and the inter-country will be held again this year round and more details regarding these two events will be released next month.
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