Win a trial with Chelsea
Can you kick it with the best
footballers in the country? Do your tackles crunch harder than John
Terry’s?
Are you a slicker passer than Frank
Lampard? Or can you curl a ball into the top corner better than Joe
Cole?
The Kent Messenger is giving you a
once-in-a-lifetime chance to prove it.
This summer we’re teaming up with
football academy SEFA Street and Chelsea FC to find the best
under-nines player in Kent.
If you win, you’ll get a six-week
trial with Chelsea, playing alongside the stars of the future in
the Premier League club’s academy.
And if you’ve got the skills, that
could be just the beginning.
It will all start with a soccer
talent contest being held by SEFA Street, supported by the Kent
Messenger, at Maplesden Noakes School, in Maidstone, from Monday,
August 17, to Friday, August 21. It is open to any boys playing at
under-nines level in Kent, and entry is free.
Over the coming weeks, entry forms
will be printed in the Kent Messenger and made available to
download on the internet.
Young footballers will be put
through their paces in a series of games and drills, watched by
Chelsea scouts and SEFA Street coaches with an eye for future
talent.
The best players will be invited
back for more coaching sessions, until a final team of 10 finalists
is chosen. They will be taken up to Chelsea’s training ground for a
match against a Chelsea youth team, when the coaches who built the
careers of stars like England captain Terry will be watching.
At the end of that game, one
footballing wonderkid will be given the chance of a lifetime to
join Chelsea’s academy squad and take the first step towards a
dream career in the Premier League.
Along the way we’ll be offering
exclusive Chelsea competitions and giving tips on what the coaches
will be looking out for at the talent contest. So don’t miss your
Kent Messenger this summer for your chance to become the Premier
League’s hottest new star.
Thursday, July 02 2009