Manduar Football Academy in Kombo Central District of the West Coast Region over the weekend got new football gear from Eddy Potters and wife Wil Potters from Netherlands.
The new football gear presented included 15 full sets of jerseys, 3 boxes of first Aid items, 49 brand new footballs, 15 brand new football boots, 6 wooning drinking bottles for players, protective gear for players’ knees and 200 football medals.
As part of the presentation of the football items to the academy boys and girls, the Netherlands couple organised friendly football matches between two female teams namely; Golden Sisters FC and One Force FC and also between two male teams, United Brothers FC and One Force FC.
In the said matches, Golden Sisters won One Force Sisters 2-1, while United Brothers defeated Once Forces FC 2-0.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Eddy Potters said the main reason why they presented the football items to the academy was to promote grassroots football in the country.
“We are assisting the community of Manduar five years ago in the areas of health, education and sports and it is our hope to continue with the good spirit,” Eddy Potters said.
Their Gambian counterpart, Dominic Mendy commended Eddy and his wife Wil Potters for their help to the community of Manduar, which started way back in 2011.
Mendy described the couple as true friends to the community of Manduar, while calling on his community to always appreciate the good gesture of their friends.
According to Mendy, they organised the friendly matches only to show their gratitude and appreciation to the couple whose contribution to the development of Manduarr in health, education and sports, he said cannot be over emphasised.
by Lamin B. Darboe
