CFA to start Cebu-wide grassroots program
THE Cebu Football Association will jumpstart a grassroots development program targeted at the different municipalities of the province later this month.
The CFA will send two two-man teams that will conduct seminars in northern and southern Cebu to help put up football clubs that will be supported by their local government units. Each team will have a coach and a referee who will conduct simultaneous training on coaching and rules of the game.
These clubs, in turn, will be invited to join a proposed Governor’s Cup to be launched this summer for the 10, 12, and 14-Under teams.
“This is part of our Vision Asia program,” CFA president Richard Montayre told Sun.Star Cebu in an interview yesterday. “And the CFA will be spending for the seminars.”
Montayre said they wanted to start this last year but couldn’t do it because the CFA failed to receive the funds from Vision Asia, which is a program of the Asian Football Confederation.
For their first stop, coach Eleazar Toledo and referee Robert Nicart will conduct two-day seminars in Catmon, Liloan, Danao and Carmen, while coach Glenn Ramos and referee Archie Reyes will hold seminars in Toledo, Boljoon and Argao.
Some of the coaches who attended a seminar conducted by the CFA and the Department of Education last year will be invited in these seminars.
This year, Montayre said the CFA is targeting to conduct clinics and establish clubs in half of the 44 municipalities in Cebu Province.
“By next year, hopefully we can add to that,” Montayre said.
After their series of seminars, the teams will be invited to the proposed Governors Cup and in the Aboitiz Cup, where they could meet the “second 18” of the CFA elite teams.
“We already have an agreement with Aboitiz Cup that for this year, we will not turn down any team. We will accommodate as many as we can,” said Montayre.
Montayre also said he is waiting for an appointment with Gov. Gwen Garcia so the CFA can pitch their program.
He also said he is willing to help the Cebu City Sports Commission formulate its grassroots development program for football.
Last year, the CCSC held a sports summit to map out a developmental plan for 17 sports, among them football.
“We will try to help them as much as possible,” Montayre said.
Montayre is set to be named head of the Philippine Football Federation grassroots committee when the PFF Board of Governors meet later this month in Cebu.
The CFA will send two two-man teams that will conduct seminars in northern and southern Cebu to help put up football clubs that will be supported by their local government units. Each team will have a coach and a referee who will conduct simultaneous training on coaching and rules of the game.
These clubs, in turn, will be invited to join a proposed Governor’s Cup to be launched this summer for the 10, 12, and 14-Under teams.
“This is part of our Vision Asia program,” CFA president Richard Montayre told Sun.Star Cebu in an interview yesterday. “And the CFA will be spending for the seminars.”
Montayre said they wanted to start this last year but couldn’t do it because the CFA failed to receive the funds from Vision Asia, which is a program of the Asian Football Confederation.
For their first stop, coach Eleazar Toledo and referee Robert Nicart will conduct two-day seminars in Catmon, Liloan, Danao and Carmen, while coach Glenn Ramos and referee Archie Reyes will hold seminars in Toledo, Boljoon and Argao.
Some of the coaches who attended a seminar conducted by the CFA and the Department of Education last year will be invited in these seminars.
This year, Montayre said the CFA is targeting to conduct clinics and establish clubs in half of the 44 municipalities in Cebu Province.
“By next year, hopefully we can add to that,” Montayre said.
After their series of seminars, the teams will be invited to the proposed Governors Cup and in the Aboitiz Cup, where they could meet the “second 18” of the CFA elite teams.
“We already have an agreement with Aboitiz Cup that for this year, we will not turn down any team. We will accommodate as many as we can,” said Montayre.
Montayre also said he is waiting for an appointment with Gov. Gwen Garcia so the CFA can pitch their program.
He also said he is willing to help the Cebu City Sports Commission formulate its grassroots development program for football.
Last year, the CCSC held a sports summit to map out a developmental plan for 17 sports, among them football.
“We will try to help them as much as possible,” Montayre said.
Montayre is set to be named head of the Philippine Football Federation grassroots committee when the PFF Board of Governors meet later this month in Cebu.
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