{"id":19196,"date":"2024-04-29T14:27:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19196"},"modified":"2024-04-29T14:27:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:27:12","slug":"vurlon-mills-football-academy-hosts-u-8-festival-to-scout-new-talents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/vurlon-mills-football-academy-hosts-u-8-festival-to-scout-new-talents\/","title":{"rendered":"Vurlon Mills Football Academy Hosts U-8 Festival to Scout New Talents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tyriq Walters <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vurlon Mills Football Academy is on the lookout for budding talents, and they&#8217;re starting young. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend, they&#8217;re hosting an under-eight football festival at the St. Stanislaus College ground, Carifesta Avenue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a country where the under-eight category of football often receives little attention, the Vurlon Mills Football Academy is aiming to change the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of the academy, Vurlon Mills, emphasized in an interview with NCN that the event will be more than just football\u2014it will be a family fun day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mills highlighted the holistic nature of the event, stating that while football will be the main focus, there will also be various fun activities for participants to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary objective, however, remains to identify and nurture young talents for the future of football in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mills expressed hope that the festival would serve as a platform to spot talented kids who can be groomed for success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a national under-17 coach himself, Mills emphasized the importance of having data on potential players for future reference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed the significance of providing opportunities for young players to showcase their skills and talents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family fun day is scheduled to kick off at 10 a.m. on April 27 and will feature various games, including penalty kicks and parents&#8217; races, among other exciting activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the goal of fostering a love for the sport from a young age and identifying promising talents, the Vurlon Mills Football Academy is poised to make a positive impact on the future of football in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters The Vurlon Mills Football Academy is on the lookout for budding talents, and they&#8217;re starting young. This weekend, they&#8217;re hosting an under-eight football festival at the St.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19198,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19196\/revisions\/19198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}