BFA boss grateful to GFF for launching of Academy Training Centre

…Launch set for September 4

The Guyana Football Federation will be officially launching its Academy Training Centre on September 4, 2021 at the Bartica Community Centre Ground at 15:00 hrs. The training centre will be open to boys and girls aged 6 to 17 years.
To commemorate the launch, there will be a complimentary U17 match between Rising Stars and Timehri Panthers. The BFA is also hoping to host a vaccination drive.

In an interview with this publication, BFA President Alden Marslowe was asked how the association felt with the return of training.
Marslowe said, “The BFA and all of it members are really excited to return to training. We are obviously approaching that anyway, because of a subtle transition in the form of the launching of our Academy Training Center. Of course, all this is still against the backdrop of a global pandemic, and so all of the COVID-19 prevention protocols would have to be observed. Our kids are also very happy to return to activities, especially since the reopening of schools has been announced.
“In terms of what the BFA has envisioned being produced from this programme, once it’s run efficiently, it will definitely produce an overall development of the sport. We hope to produce international standard players.”
The BFA boss also said the Academy Training Centre (ATC) is a vision of the Guyana Football Federation, with the objective of crafting a singular style of football across the country.
Marslowe noted that the GFF had run the ATC for a number of years, before handing down ownership to each of its member associations, along with a hefty helping of support. Marslowe relayed that, naturally, the BFA expects that the ATC will help to align the association with the national programme, since along with training for youths and coaches, education is being arranged for a number of instructors.
“The launching of the ATC is like I said, just the transition phase of our return to activities. However, football across the country still awaits the go-ahead from Government for a return to play, and that situation is continuously engaging the efforts of the GFF. So, as we wait, we are thankful for every little movement in that direction…and so starting our ATC feels like one giant leap,” Marslowe added.
Marslowe made this disclosure, “At our event to launch the ATC, we are hoping to accommodate personnel from the Department of Health, to conduct a vaccination exercise, because we believe that mass vaccination would hasten the return to normalcy in the sport and life in general.”