Sports Minister visits Polonnaruwa Girls’ Football Academy
View(s):A training programme organised jointly by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka and Polonnaruwa District Football Association was conducted at the Bandiwewa Vidyalaya ground from March 25 to 29, where female instructors and coaches were highly benefited.
The youngsters of Polonnaruwa Girls’ Football Academy were also present on selected days during the five-day programme, to which Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Namal Rajapaksa paid a surprise visit. Minister Rajapaksa had a cordial discussion with the young footballers and pledged support by upgrading the facilities and ground where the girls are engaged in training.
Polonnaruwa Girls’ Football Academy was launched in 2017 by Pubudu Paranagama with minimum facilities, but with blessings from friends and well-wishers. The academy’s main aim is to help the underprivileged girls of the area with great football talent, and guide them with a certain path with comprehensive training programme to the national level.
The academy conducts its training sessions totally free of charge, and that has open the doors for the girls of the area with a knack to football to join us and sharpen their capabilities. Currently we are conducting training from age categories of Under-12 to Under-18 for 60 girls in total.
The coaches who work with the academy are doing a voluntary task in training these girls to become stars of tomorrow, but we are in need of more coaches to help out the activities.
