He is a home grown boy. He used to be like one of them. Till he
rose up the ranks and now
proudly wears the FC Goa jersey, doing his state so proud. But when Mandar Rao
Desai dropped into their camp organised by Junior Herald, the joy of the
budding footballers of the Forca Goa foundation, knew no bounds.
His presence and motivational talk on
healthy eating and keeping an aim in life made the session a great one.
Children enjoyed learning various important things on football and had an
interactive session with Mandar, easily one of FC Goa’s biggest stars and
certainly the biggest local lad in the talent studded FC Goa line up.
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Mandar was presented a memento by Junior
Herald as a token of appreciation. He later presented all the children who
attended the camp with participation certificates.
Junior Herald organised its second season
of Indoor Football Camp 2019 in association with Forca Goa Foundation for
children from age group 7-12 years in north and south Goa on two different
days. 40 kids participated on the first day of the camp at First Strike Arena,
Guirim, Mapusa on November 3, 2019. The camp took place between 7:30 am to
10:30 am.
All the children were trained by the Forca
Goa Foundation coaches Josline Dsouza, Nayan Virnodkar and Xavier Fernandes.
The sessions that were conducted included technical training, basics of
football, friendly matches, fun games, handball, bib grab, small sided’ games
in teams, passing and shooting , dribbling, fitness and concentration, at the
artificial enclosed turf.
The
event partner for the camp was Angleys Sports (Margao, Vasco and Panjim),
refreshment partner were Amul- Gourish Bellad and venue partner were First
Strike Arena, Guirim Mapusa.
