November/December 2008
Newsletter
Latest News and Updates from Brufut Branch
MATHEW OUT FOR AT
The injury will keep Mathew Jassey out of action for a period of at least three
months according to the academies local physio Momodou Darboe at his local bone
relocation centre in Brufut the very day of the fracture.
I am very worried to learn that my injury will last for at least three months
before I will start running but I hope it heals earlier than that because I
really want to join my colleagues as soon as possible.. Since I was injured I
was always surrounded by the boys and the coaches from the academy. Everyday my
coaches and team mates and even those from the junior teams and the senior
teams are always with by my side keeping my company. For Lamin Ceesay who
fractured my leg, he has also been helpful to me as at first he was worried but
I asked him to keep cool as it was not his intention to break my leg. He too is
always around me giving me courage. I thank everyone in the academy and telling
them that I am missing the camaraderie in the field of play but I’m recovering
speedily. Mathew said.
For the head coach and technical director of Gilkock Buba K Jallow when it
happened everyone in the academy was very worried as an injury of that nature
has never occurred in the academy for the pass five years of our operation.
However we quickly took him to the local physio who took immediate control of
the lad. He has been a very intelligent player as his ambitions cannot be
summed up. On behalf of the academy staff and players I wish him a speedy recovery.
ANOTHER
Rut and Anneke Rassendelft of
The materials include 6 sets bibs, 40markers, a set of jersey and 26balls.
Receiving the materials on behalf of the academy Sang Mendy the public
relations officer thanked the donor for the assistance and pledge on behalf of
the academy to put the materials into good use noting the importance of having
such an assistant from the Rassendelft family. ʽthis is not the first time you guys are helping us,
obviously we have nothing to pay you but only to thank you for the help and ask
you to continue helping the academy in other areas of importance in the future.
Rut and Anneke told the Gilkock website www.gilkock.com they are happy to
associated with Gilkock as they have met responsible people helping their
younger brothers and sister to acquire skills in football. We will not hesitate
to help you in other areas if the need arise and we have the opportunity is
there Anneke stated.
These are amongst some of the materials donated by the Rassendelft family since
they were introduced t Gilkock by Ebrima Jatta alias E.
AMY AND HER GRANDMA DONATES £100 TO
GILKOCK VIA THE GARFORTH FAMILY IN BRUFUT
Gilkock
football academy Brufut branch recently received the sum of £100 from Amy and her
grandmother based in the
Handing over the cash on behalf of Amy and her grandma to Buba k Jallow, Mr.
Brain Garforth urged the academy to put the money into good use as Amy and her
grandma has been assisting the academy over the years. The money collected and
send to you is to be rightfully utilized. Brian said, receiving the money on
behalf of the academy Buba k Jallow thanked the donor and the Garforth family
for assisting the academy with such an amount of money when the academy is in
dare need of money to transport the players to and from Brufut
tournaments for within the coming months.
This said money has been used to facilitate the academies trip to Brikama for
an inter academy tournament and the balance as well will be used in the forth
coming inter Gilkock tournament in Bakau come the Christmas holiday.
Sang Mendy the public relations officer of Gilkock also echoed similar
sentiments at the handing over ceremony and appealed to more people to emulate
Amy and the old grandma noting it is difficult to run an academy without
finance as it would have been difficult to transport all our player to the
just concluded tourney in Brikama Mendy stressed.
GILKOCK WOWED FOR THE FIRST TIME AS
PLAYERS CLAIMED CHEATED
Gilkock football academy were
shocked and surprised as both the under 14 and 16 were beaten in their opening
games in the four team tournament organized by Canarias football academy
and hosted by Brikama in the newly built artificial turf.
Watched by hundreds of spectators in the morning game the under 14 captained by
Lamin Sonko alias daddy lost 2-0 in the hands of host Brikama and coached by
Modou Bojang Gilkock’s newest coach.
Speaking to
the Gilkock website www.gilkock.com Modou Bojang cried foul play saying my boys
played against opponents who were far older than them I think. At first when I
saw these boys coming into the pitch I thought they were the ones to play our
under 16 side. But I motivated my boys to play well and indeed they have raised
their performance and I hope they learnt from their opponents’, Modou
concluded.
For his part team captain Lamin Sonko who was crying whilst talking to
www.gilkock.com said in his life as a player he has never been disappointed
with opponents and vowed if their opponents were not too old for them they
would have given them a good run for their money. You see the game yourself and
have seen the way we played them. If they were as young as we are we would have
beaten without doubt. This is a lesson for both the players and coaches of
Gilkock to learn from captain Sonko stressed.
Meanwhile the under 16 who lost to a Steve Biko football club by 2-1 also
claimed they been blind folded as they thought they were coming to play against
an academy like them but were rather forced to face the first division side of
Biko. Captained Ebrima Bojang and coached by Ebrima Bojang alias Salasi.
Gilkock took an early lead through Momodou Jatta in the 17th min but Biko a
more experience side leveled before the break. As the second half began Biko
went ahead in the 6th min of the second half. This goal gingered the teenagers
from Brufut as they stamped their authority and dictated the pace of the game
till the end of the game but never got that equalizer. Momodou Jatta floated
high a clinical finish when Sainey Jatta stroke the stand bar whilst kisima
Bojang and Lamin Ceesay all came close.
For Coach Ebrima Bojang, the lost of his captain in the early minutes of the first
half was responsible for his teams defeat. Ebrima Bojang is the most experience player in
the academy and having lost him due to a knee injury in the 14th min was a blow
to me and the team. Salasi said.
Buba k Jallow said he is proud of the new coaches for they are living up to expectation.
'For the boys I’m not surprised with their performance as they adhere to
training programs well'.
GILKOCK TROUNCE NEIGHOURING
CANARIAS IN A FRIENDLY
Following a brilliant
performance against the super Nawettan squad of Gunjur from the lads on
Thursday, the senior team of Gilkock football academy thrashed their neighbours
Kisima Bojang stroke from what apparently look like 25yards when Momodou Jatta
was brought down yards away from the 18yard area I the 11th min of the first
half. The game according to many was described as the best to have been played
in the Brufut playing ground. Whilst the boys from Canarias were taking the
game so seriously, the boys from Gilkock took it lightly and approached it as a
training game. Throughout the first half the Canarias team was left chasing
shadows as Gilkock took control of the game
The second half produced a better performance from Canarias after effecting few
changes but before these substitutes gained ground Gilkock registered their
second goal courtesy of Karamo Jatta screamer when again over lapping full back
Yusupha Bojang was brought down out side the penalty area. Kisima Bojang,
Momodou Jatta and Karamo Jatta stood over the ball. Whilst the boys on the wall
moved to block kisima from the shot Momodou Jatta push the ball for Karamo
Jatta who fired in a absolute screamer for Gilkock’s second in the day leaving
the Canarias guys desperate and disappointed with themselves.
According to the coach Ebrima Bojang we won the game with our heads held high
as the boys have been together for quite a while now and for the goals they
scored, theyʼve been practicing the set pieces
for quite a while now, so I am not surprised to see them score such goals
today.This game was covered by Canal Plus Television from Spain and was watched
by hundreds of spectators
Earlier on Thursday the same boys drew 1-1 with a formidable super Nawettan
team of Gunjur from Kombo South.
TEN BALLS FROM THE PICKETT FAMILY
FOR GILKOCK BRUFUT BRANCH
The Brufut
based football academy on Saturday received an amount of ten footballs from the
Pickett family based in
Handing
over the ball Mr Joof commended the coaches of the academy for job well done.
Mr Joof said 'it is very difficult to bring together kids of different cultural
background but hence you took it upon yourselves to mould these kids to achieve
their ambitions in the future all people can do is to commend you and on that
note i urge you to keep it up and pray that your dreams of providing future
professionals come sooner than you think'. For the players I urge them to be
respectful to their coaches and work very hard to compliment the efforts of the
coaches.
For his
part Mr Alieu Sanneh goal keeper trainer thanked the Pickett family for
donating ten balls noting this will go a long way in making our training
programs smoothly run. He also promised that the balls will be put into good
use.
The public
relations officer Mr Sang Mendy made reference of the fact that for Gilkock to
be known today globally is because of the Pickett family as they are the ones
who first donated to Gilkock Brufut branch and also they are the ones paying
for the upkeep of the academy's website www.gilkock.com for the past three
years. We have everything to be proud of
the Pickett family and we are even thinking honouring this noble family.