The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association Youth football community clinic caravan entered Paramin on Saturday for the CONCACAF grassroots kids festival. The morning of football fun for kids between ages 6-12 came at the end of the two-day CONCACAF grassroots coaching course for local participants at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
The kids festival was also part of the collaboration with OneworldFutbol which saw several nearly indestructible footballs provided by Chevrolet distributed in Paramin. TTFA technical director Anton Corneal and his local colleagues conducted a coaching clinic similar to the one held in Blanchisseuse the previous weekend.
“It was an excellent day to end of the three-day grassroots course,” Corneal said as he was accompanied by TTFA officials and representatives of program partner Lifestyle Motors with their vehicles on display. TSTT, Coca Cola and BG T&T are also partnering the TTFA in this initiative.
“I can’t recall the last time Paramin might have experienced something like this and it was pleasure for us to come into the community and pass on some knowledge and training to the kids in the area. You can see there is a real appetite for the game here and it’s giving us an opportunity to reach out to them. I am quite sure the kids here will remember this for a long time and hopefully they will take it further by continuing to develop themselves. We at the TTFA will continue to make efforts to ensure this goes on for a period of time where football on a whole can benefit and we can help those in the communities like these.”
The TTFA received 150 footballs from CONCACAF and the local governing body expresses gratitude to CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb and he confederation for its support in this program.