SCONE Grammar School students Aidan Beiboer and Tom Reddie recently received the exciting news that they were successful in their application for a YAPA grant.
They applied for the grant to enable them to organise and run a five-a-side indoor soccer competition during the school holidays.
The students came up with the idea after seeing the futsal competition at the PCYC in Muswellbrook.
A recent survey of secondary school students undertaken by the Upper Hunter Shire Council showed that there was a lot of interest in indoor soccer (futsal), and that students didn’t have the time or resources to get to Muswellbrook every week to play.
Aidan and Tom are hoping that the competition in the school holidays will spark enough interest in the sport that a summer competition can get underway for 2008/09.
“It would be great to have the soccer equivalent of twilight hockey so that soccer players can compete all year round in Scone.
“It will give us a chance to play against people of different ages and keep improving our skill level,” Aidan said.
Any secondary school students who would like to get a team of five to seven players together for the competition on Wednesday, July 9, should call Nicky Western on 0414 806 074.
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