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Saturday, September 14, 2013The Digicel/Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Grassroots Programme moves to a higher level when the 18th festival moves to the Three Hills Community Football field in St Mary today.When the JFF announced the programme, which is aimed at introducing the rudiments of the game to children aged 6-12, it indicated that the programme would have four components:1 The staging of festivals in all parishes, targeting 100 children at each. To date, 17 festivals have been held with over 2,000.2 The staging of coaching education workshops aimed at teaching coach educators, at the parish level, the best means of imparting the basics of the game to this age group. To date, over 500 coach educators across the island have been involved in these workshops.3 The appointment of Grass-roots coordinators in each parish. All parishes have recently appointed a Grass-roots coordinator.4 The provision of equipment to the parishes to facilitate a continuous Grass-roots programme at the parish level.Today, the first stock of equipment will be handed over to the St Mary FA at the end of the festival, which is scheduled to begin at 1:30 pm. It is expected that the parishes will use the equipment to have small festivals.The JFF had made representation to FIFA for some assistance with Grassroots equipment and FIFA recently approved an allocation to the JFF.
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Grass-roots Football Programme moves to a higher level
