by Fatou Gassama
The Gambia Football Coaches Association (GFCA) in collaboration with the Soninkara Sporting Association (SPA), organisers of the annual Sarahuleh football tournament, on Saturday held a two-day training for 25 of its coaches and youths.
The training, which was held at the Samega Janneh Hall of the Serrekunda East Park, was aimed at equipping the Sarahuleh coaches with the requisite knowledge in football in their attempt to promote the sport more within their community.
Speaking at the event, Pa Suwareh Faye, the President of the GFCA hailed the Sarahuleh coaches for responding very well to the training.
The Technical Director of The Gambia Football Federation, Ebrima Manneh, who inspired the Sarahuleh community, said football has given him everythingin life, adding that through the GFF, he was able to achieve his ambitions of football projects.
For his part, the President of the Soninkara Sporting Association, Papa Njie said his Association has been organising Sarahuleh tournaments for the past six years. He added that they felt the need to go to the next level by participating in the third division to improve qualities in the game.
“I have been to the other competitions but our tournament attract more fans that the other competitions. We want to participate in the third division qualifying round so as to give Sarahuleh teams the opportunity to participate in GFF tournaments,” he added.
Yankuba Sinera, the Secretary General of the SPA, thanked The Gambia Football Coaches Association for the collaboration in training their coaches. He said the training will help their coaches to be qualified and know how to manage football teams.