Saipan Soccer School to hold football festival

Saipan Soccer School will cap its 2014 Summer Camp with a football festival on Aug. 30 at the TSL Sports Complex.

The festival will run from 9am to 11:30 am with participants in the U8 and U10 age groups competing in a round-robin mini tournament. SSS staff and camp facilitator Jershwin Angeles said four teams will compete in each age group and they will play in a round-robin competition. Each game will be played for five minutes and the team with the most points (based on wins) will be declared champion. Prizes await the winners in the festival.

“The festival is our way of gauging how far the participants have gone since joining the summer camp that started last month. It’s also our way of involving the participants’ parents as they will be invited to watch the games. We’ve been seeing first time participants with promising skills and parents also noticed improvements from their children since the start of the camp,” Angeles said.

Around 40 children are enrolled in the camp, which is divided into three sessions, and SSS had to limit enrollees to give participants more time and focus during drills.

“We do drills in fun ways. We tried to incorporate fun in every session we have so we could encourage more participants. So far, a lot of them are interested and enjoying the drills. The parents are happy, too, seeing their kids learning basic football skills and socializing with other children,” Angeles said.

‘My Pal’ schedule
Meanwhile, SSS has released the schedule of events for the inaugural CNMI “My Pal” Special Sports Fest that will start on Monday.

SSS, together with Department of Community and Cultural Affairs and DCCA’s Child Care Development Fund, is holding the event for children with disabilities. The event will begin with a torch lighting ceremony from 9am to 11:30am at the following venues: Kanoa Resort, Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan Bowling Center, Fiesta Resort, Hyatt Regency Saipan, and TSL Sports Complex.

The remaining schedule are as follows: Aug. 18, badminton competition at TSL Sports Complex from 1pm to 3:30pm; Aug. 19, kayak at Hyatt from 9am to 11:30am and bowling at SBC from 1pm to 3:30pm; Aug. 20 , baseball/softball/track and field at the Oleai Sport Complex from 9am to 11:30am and futsal/soccer at TSL Sports Complex from 1pm to 3:30pm; Aug. 21, golf at Kanoa Resort from 9am to 11:30am and basketball at TSL Sports Complex from 1pm to 3:3pm; and Aug. 22, table tennis at the TSL Sports Complex from 9am to 11:30am. A banquet will culminate the event and is set for 12pm at the TSL Sports Complex. (Saipan Tribune)