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Dutch couples Hans and Saskia, visited the Brufut based Gilkock Football Academy on the 18th December 2012 and promised to help the academy with football materials when they are back home. The couple spent two hours going round the academy’s training ground observing the training, asking questions and taking notes. The couple are from the city of Utrecht.

The couple who asked many questions were impressed with the work that the brufut base academy have been doing and have since promised to contribute their quota to the growth of the academy.

according to Hans, “We are impressed with what we saw here. We like the way you conduct your training. The players seems to be very good looking at the ground on which they play. The ground is too bumpy but still the players have showed great technical skills and tactical intelligence. I am encouraged to go back to Holland and fish out some materials for the academy because i really know that they need lots of things to grow. Me and my girl friend will do everything we can do to get this academy some football materials in the shortest possible time,” he concludes.

For his part Ebrima Bojang who played a part in bringing these couple to the academy said they as coaches have worked so hard for this academy and can only count of assistance from good people like Hans and Sasha.

He informed the couple that once they send in any material to the academy, they are contributing to lives of young players in the academy. “the fact that you have taken time to pass by and spend two hours with us here means you have interest in what we are doing and i am sure you can do something for the academy.”

Ruth, Joseph and Sang fixing the shelves in the store

Dutch couples Ruth and Anneka Assendelft,  have donated shelves and football materials to the Brufut based Gilkock Football Academy. Receiving the materials on behalf of the academy Buba K Jallow, the Technical Director said he has no words to express how he feels receiving the materials from the Dutch couples.

“Since we came in contact with these Dutch couples they have been our partners so, i definately have no words for these people. They are true friends of the academy.”

It could be recalled that way back in 2009, Ruth and Anneka visited the Gilkock Football Academy store at the Brufut Lower Basic School and were not pleased with the way materials were arranged and promised to help rearrange the store.According to Ruth, he has been working on transforming the Gilkock store from a local store to a store that look like that of a professional  club.

“These materials we fixed here today makes this store more spacious compared to the previous times. The room is more specious now than before and now you can arrange the kits in a more organised manner ,” he stated.

Apart from the shelves, the Dutch nationals who have been friends of the Brufut based football academy also presented four sets of football jerseys, thirty footballs and some football materials to be used by the academy.One of the players of the academy was quoted as saying,

“We can’t pay these couples but we will continue to pray for them but we as players must also work hard in realizing our objectives because we have what most football academies don’t have in this country.”

Dutch couples Ruth and Anneka Assendelft,  have donated shelves and football materials to the Brufut based Gilkock Football Academy.

Receiving the materials on behalf of the academy Buba K Jallow, the Technical Director said he has no words to express how he feels receiving the materials from the Dutch couples.

“Since we came in contact with these Dutch couples they have been our partners so, i definately have no words for these people.They are true friends of the academy.”

It could be recalled that way back in 2009, Ruth and Anneka visited the Gilkock Football Academy store at the Brufut Lower Basic School and were not pleased with the way materials were arranged and promised to help rearrange the store.

According to Ruth, he has been working on transforming the Gilkock store from a local store to a store that look like that of a professional  club. “These materials we fixed here today makes this store more spacious compared to the previous times. The room is more specious now than before and now you can arrange the kits in a more organised manner ,” he stated.

Apart from the shelves, the Dutch nationals who have been friends of the Brufut based football academy also presented four sets of football jerseys, thirty footballs and some football materials to be used by the academy.

One of the players of the academy was quoted as saying, “We can’t pay these couples but we will continue to pray for them but we as players must also work hard in realizing our objectives because we have what most football academies don’t have in this country.”

Dutch couples Ruth and Anneka Assendelft,  have donated shelves and football materials to the Brufut based Gilkock Football Academy. Receiving the materials on behalf of the academy Buba K Jallow, the Technical Director said he has no words to express how he feels receiving the materials from the Dutch couples.”Since we came in contact with these Dutch couples they have been our partners so, i definately have no words for these people. They are true friends of the academy.”It could be recalled that way back in 2009, Ruth and Anneka visited the Gilkock Football Academy store at the Brufut Lower Basic School and were not pleased with the way materials were arranged and promised to help rearrange the store.According to Ruth, he has been working on transforming the Gilkock store from a local store to a store that look like that of a professional  club. “These materials we fixed here today makes this store more spacious compared to the previous times. The room is more specious now than before and now you can arrange the kits in a more organised manner ,” he stated.Apart from the shelves, the Dutch nationals who have been friends of the Brufut based football academy also presented four sets of football jerseys, thirty footballs and some football materials to be used by the academy.One of the players of the academy was quoted as saying, “We can’t pay these couples but we will continue to pray for them but we as players must also work hard in realizing our objectives because we have what most football academies don’t have in this country.”