Shropshire youngsters will have the chance to showcase their talents during themed Easter holiday courses which will benefit a county charity.
The Crossbar Foundation will begin two weeks of fun around the county next Monday by running soccer schools, multi-sports courses, dance camps and holiday clubs.
Crossbar’s Got Talent is the Easter theme, with prizes up for grabs, while the soccer schools will be centred around creating Crossbar’s ultimate team as the young footballers taking part receive their own individual certificate highlighting their skills based on the popular FIFA 17 sports video game.
Profits from the holiday courses will go towards enhancing the work of the Crossbar Foundation, a charity which supports the lives of young people in deprived Shropshire communities, often through sporting initiatives.
Andy Smith, the Foundation’s community development manager, said: “The funds raised from the holiday courses, which are expertly delivered by the Crossbar Coaching Education in Sport team, is a massive boost for the Foundation as it allows us to go into communities and provide clubs which can help make a real difference.
“We’re going into deprived areas in Shrewsbury and Telford, where it can be hard to engage with youngsters, so it’s great to know this financial boost will enable us to start new ventures.”
Jamie Haynes, the head of education at Crossbar Education in Sport, added bookings are flooding in for the Easter courses, with the Crossbar’s Got Talent theme proving popular.
He said: "Our theme for February half-term was Ninja Warrior UK and the response was amazing, so we’re really pushing the themes now to give the children something to look forward to during the holidays.
“The multi-sports – and dance camps – will be based on Crossbar’s Got Talent and, although the focus is on the sports, the children will have the chance to show what talents they have, sporting or otherwise, to the rest of the group. It will be the same at our various holiday clubs.
“The coaches are really keen to have lots of funs with it and it’s particularly timely with the new series of Britain’s Got Talent just around the corner.
“Our popular soccer schools will see the creation of the Crossbar ultimate team, just like they do on FIFA 17, with a player profile created for each of the young footballers with their different attributes like pace and how they strike the ball listed on a certificate they will receive.”
Easter holiday soccer schools, multi-sports courses and dance camps will run at Shrewsbury’s London Road Sports Centre.
Youngsters in Telford can enjoy soccer schools and multi-sports at Lawley Primary School and street dance at Hollinswood Primary School.
Holiday clubs, which combine multi-sports, movie club, arts and crafts, and other activities, will be held at Shrewsbury’s Greenfields Primary School, Bayston Hill’s Oakmeadow Primary School, Pontesbury Primary School, Broseley C of E Primary School, Moorfield Primary School in Newport and Telford primary schools Old Park, Redhill and Wombridge.
Courses run from 9am-3pm each day, with early and late pick ups available for an hour either side for an additional £2.50 each.
For more details and prices, which range from £10 to £15 per day, email admin@crossbarcoaching.com or call (01743) 362368.
Pictured: Youngsters at Newport’s Moorfield Primary School enjoying themselves at a holiday club with Crossbar apprentices Niall Flint and Ryan Oare.
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