Symi football, under 12
I’ve had a few requests over the past few years to talk more about football. These people clearly don’t know me. It’s not a subject I know much about or take much of an interest in. Not until I hear stories of how a lad from Rhodes has been selected to play with a very big London football trainee camp, and also had several other offers and callings from other top teams and we aren’t talking Maidstone United here, we’re talking Arsenal or something. These kinds of stories spark my interest as it’s good to hear of local boys and girls getting a chance in life. And that’s what today’s post is all about (with unrelated images from the roof).
Symi has a few football teams. (For exact details talk to someone in the know, not me.) One of them is the under 12s team who regularly play against other islands here and on Rhodes and, I assume, on those other islands. Well now, they have an opportunity to take part in an international junior football competition in London (London, UK, for our American readers) later this year. The trouble is, of course, getting them there.
A page has been set up on Facebook to advertise the fundraising that the team are now doing. There is a specific organisation set up for this, so it’s all bone fide, and the money will go towards the boys’ flights and travel. Parents and other interested parties will have to pay for themselves, if they can and these days, in Greece, a lot of folk don’t have enough for heating, let along foreign travel. So, the news today is: you can help get our team there by making a donation either into a bank or via PayPal. The money will be accounted for and used for travel and the boys will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to play their game abroad, in London as it happens. An invaluable experience in all respects, I am sure you will agree.
For more information you can find the team’s fundraising info on this page: https://www.facebook.com/SYMIAOSTOLONDON/
If you are not a Facebook user, here is what that site says – in part –
If you would like to donate to this cause a bank account has been set up especially for this purpose under the name of our secretary at Alpha bank;
Dawn Stirrup-Karagiannis
IBAN: GR2401407910791002101045329 BIC: CRBAGRAA
And: A paypal account has also been created purely for fundraising purposes for this cause and is linked to the above account, for those of you perhaps out of the country. We sincerely appreciate all help received, however big or small. https://www.paypal.me/symiAOStolondon
That’s my news today and that’s the appeal. I don’t have any of my own photos of the team so I’ve pulled this one of the Facebook page, so you can see who you might be helping with their opportunity of a lifetime. Thank you.
