Thumbs up from Myles for Soccer Sevens
St Mirren winger Myles Hippolyte has helped launch the Scottish Schools Football Association ( SSFA) Soccer Sevens Competition.
The 2018/19 tournament has a new sponsor, a new name and a new goal of supporting the STV Children’s Appeal.
Open to teams from primary six and seven year groups and secondary Under-15s, the popular Soccer Sevens tournament for all schools in Scotland demonstrates SSFA’s commitment to encouraging children throughout the country to play football as part of their physical, social and emotional wellbeing.
Following SSFA’s recently- signed sponsorship agreement with digital print and document technology specialist, Concept Group Ltd (part of the Xerox Company), this year’s tournament has been named the Concept Soccer Sevens 2018/19.
The tournament will include a charitable element for the first time and will raise funds for the STV Children’s Appeal, which helps children and young people affected by poverty in Scotland.
That means schools participating in the tournament will be able to play an important part in supporting the appeal’s efforts to offer practical help like providing food and clothing, creating training opportunities to improve employability and enabling social and emotional support.
SSFA has contacted every school in Scotland to invite them to participate in the Concept Soccer Sevens 2018/19 by entering teams and getting them –and perhaps their peers or other classes in their school – involved in fundraising for the STV Children’s Appeal.
SSFA is suggesting each school taking part in the tournament raises a minimum of £100 for the charity.
Celebrating the launch of the Concept Soccer Sevens 2018/19 at Hampden Park, were pupils from the P7 football team at Holy Cross Primary in Croy, North Lanarkshire.
Winger Hippolyte joined the Buddies at the end of January after being signed from Scottish Championship rivals Falkirk.
He said: “SSFA does so much to develop football in Scotland and its annual schools’ tournament plays a really important part in that by introducing so many boys and girls to the game.
“Providing opportunities to get involved in the sport is all about improving young lives, so it’s great that the impact of this year’s tournament will reach even further and the Concept Soccer Sevens 2018/19 will be helping kids coping with difficult circumstances.
So whatever the final scores may be and whoever the winners are, I think this year’s tournament will be the best yet.”