Barbados: The crew of Sixteen younger footballers from Kickstart Rush Membership of Barbados positioned third within the Worldwide Rush Cup Youth Football Event. It was held final month on the Sandpiper Bay Resort & Halpatiokee Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Eight nationwide gamers have been members of the crew and they’re Eragon Bridgeman-Seale 15, (Parkinson College), Ethan Haynes 15 and Jamarco Johnson 13 (The St. Michael College), Jacob Gollop 13 (Harrison School), Shae-Shon Scantlebury 14, (St. Leonard’s Boys), Jonathan McFarlane 15, (Queen’s School) and 14 year-old Shihab Juman (St. Winifred’s College).
They have been joined by Captain of the crew Ky-mani Trotman 16 and Jeremiah Brewster 14 (Deighton Griffith), Cody Roberts 16, (Windfall College), Jasper Hutchinson 14, (The St. Michael College), Jonathan Neblett-Roach, 14 (Combemere), Troy Corbin 15 and Jessie Pinto16 (St. Winifred’s), Warren Holder 15 (Harrison School) and Ben Everett 16 (Everett Heritage Academy).
The crew was the lone from Caribbean competing in opposition to groups from North, Central and South America for the Rush Cup title.
The boys additionally managed to impress the Administrators of the match with their expertise and behavior and so they have been invited to return for subsequent 12 months’s match in addition to to subject a crew within the under-12 Rush Fest in Colorado in July subsequent 12 months.
Rush Soccer, the house of lots of the United States present and former excellent participant is a world model that goals to assist gamers obtain success by aiding them to showcase their expertise on the highest stage of competitors.
Rush gives a nationwide crew geared up with the very best gamers from the area to journey and compete in opposition to worldwide golf equipment.
4 of the boys within the Barbados squad have been chosen to check out for Rush Nationwide crew. They’re Jamarco Johnson, Shabib Juman, Jonathan Neblett-Roach and Jacob Gollop.
Coach Renaldo Gilkes who travelled with the crew is happy that the tour was a profitable one.
“It was an encouraging one for Barbados soccer because the boys represented effectively and the Administrators of the match have been impressed by the behaviour of the boys in addition to the expertise of the crew. The boys performed three video games in three days which is a bit hectic and so they have been all in a position to carry out and keep good requirements”, stated Gilkes.
Whereas expressing his satisfaction, Gilkes stated that, “To take part within the Rush Soccer match, groups should be invited and the show placed on by the boys, earned us an invite to return subsequent 12 months. We have been additionally invited to take part within the ‘Rush Fest” for under-12 gamers which might be held in Colorado subsequent July”.
“Kickstart is a Rush crew and the involvement with Rush provides us the chance to journey and that gives publicity for the boys, helps them to kind friendships and offers alternatives for networking”, Gilkes added.
Talking in regards to the success of Kickstart, Gilkes stated that, “Kickstart is the place to be. The membership gained the under-15 Nationwide futsal competitors in January and so they completed second within the Barbados Cup in April. In addition they gained the BFA nationwide Youth cup in June and so they have been promoted to the premier league for the primary time within the membership’s historical past.
Most of the boys who traveled on the Rush tour have already performed for the membership’s senior males’s crew.