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12 YOUNG UNDERPRIVILEGED BOOTERS SET TO FLY TO MALAYSIA FOR RIGID TRAINING PhilBoxing.com Sun, 11 Sep 2016  With the goal of improving the technology of football in the Philippines, twelve young booters from different parts of the country will hope to impress international scouts when they train and vie for European training slots this week in Malaysia. Organized by Globe Telecom, the ?TM Football Para sa Bayan? has already identified players whom they will send to Kuala Lumpur this coming Tuesday to engage in a 4-day training at the Astro Kem Bola facilities. The players, aged 9 to 12 years old, were carefully screened from almost 600 participants from try-outs held in Iloilo, Bacolod, Davao and Manila over the last two months. Among them is Basilan?s Roniel Vincent Delumpines, who travelled 25 hours to Davao just to participate in the clinic, supervised by Green Archers United coach Hans Smit. ?Hindi po namin naisip ng tatay ko ang pagod sa byahe, kasi inuna namin yung chance ko na makilala sa football. Sana magbunga naman po,? said Dalumpines who looks up to Chieffy Caligdong and Lionel Messi as his idols. ?Gusto ko po kasing makilala sa sport na ito, para naman kahit papano, madala ko ang pangalan ng bayan namin. Sobrang hindi po kasi maganda ang image ng lugar namin sa mundo dahil sa mga kaguluhan,? said the young kid who was raised in war-torn Basilan. Aside from Dalumpines, others that made it to the final list are Jared Pena and Ryan Philip Johansson of Manila, Martin Joshua Merino of Binan, Lance Lawrence Locsin of Bacolod and Leoven Gatungay of San Carlos City. The girls group will be comprised of Astrid Ignacio, Ysabelle Samonte and Stella Maria Divino of Manila, Mikaela Villacin of Bacolod, Davao City?s Jasmine Agustin and Isabelle Renee. Bong Esguerra, Globe Director for Citizenship, bared that the Philippines was able to send booters to Malaysia thru the partnership they established with Astro Kem Bola. ?It?s a partnership and the kids will undergo rigid training there, from basic to advanced technical know-how, plus they will also be given chance to learn more about nutrition and other important aspects of athletic well-being,? said Esguerra. ?But the most important thing is we would want the Filipino football players to be recognized.Astro knows that we?re predominantly basketball country, but this time, we are sending some of the best young booters and hope they make it to the 36 South East Asians to be given invitations to train in Europe,? he added. Smit, a 3-decade old football guru in the country, is optimistic that their program can send atleast 8 players to Europe. ?I have high regards for this team. They?re a bunch of poor yet totally determined players. They are hungry for recognition and that will be their ticket to the bigger stage,? said Smit.  |
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