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3 players for Southampto­n Academy

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MBABANE – Three George Quality Academy (GQS) players are off to the United Kingdom to continue with their football developmen­t.

This was confirmed by GQS Academy Director George Kawa yesterday.

“GQS is happy about this opportunit­y, as it will help further their academic and football developmen­t,” said Kawa.

The players were identified as Thomas Morgan, Thembinkos­i Taleka Loga and Jonathan Makmot.

They will arrive at Bracknell Town Internatio­nal Academy on Wednesday, August 17 to begin training.

They will also get the chance to train with Southampto­n FC Academy and Fox Football Academy.

“At George Quality Soccer Academy, we strive to help young players blend both academic and football activities. We partnered with Fox Academy, Bracknell Town Internatio­nal Football Academy, FC Malaga in Spain and several football academies in Europe, so that we can create the platform for our players to make it easier for them to showcase their talents to the outside world,” he said.

He also highlighte­d that GQS was working on getting players or athletes into colleges/universiti­es in the United States of America (USA), UK and

Canada on scholarshi­p basis.

He said players joined the academy when they were aged 10.

“We are very much excited for this developmen­t as our dream is to try and help every young player in Eswatini. We wish them all the best of luck,” he said.

This is not the first time the academy is opening doors for young footballer­s.

They have in the past years managed to send abroad, Neo Van de Loo, Sachin de Silva, Geremi Bamwine and Ethan Abrahams. Eniola Smith is with Fox Academy FC while Sachin De Silva is with Malaga FC Academy in Spain.

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 ?? (Courtesy Pic) ?? Young Buffaloes ladies are hopeful of a win in their last group stage match against Olympique De Moroni of Comoros in the Hollywoodb­ets COSAFA Women’s Champions League 2022.
(Courtesy Pic) Young Buffaloes ladies are hopeful of a win in their last group stage match against Olympique De Moroni of Comoros in the Hollywoodb­ets COSAFA Women’s Champions League 2022.

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