Glebe Report - Volume 32 Number 6- June 14 2002

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Youth Leadership Training - 13 to 15 years
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Ages 5 to 16 years
Call the 5onnenfant Y at (613) 832-1234 or the
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Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation was used in
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the application, formaldehyde levels typically
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Gareth meets Stuart Hall, assistant director of the Birmingham City
Soccer Academy, during a trial in Birmingham.
From Glebe Soccer to an
English Premier League Club
BY JANE BOWER
Gareth Pugh's soccer career
has come a long way since the
days when he played for the Purple
People-Eaters in Glebe Soccer
on the Glebe Collegiate football
field. As a four-year-old, Gareth
was one of the many boys who
tracked the soccer ball whenever
and wherever it moved around the
field.
Following in the footsteps of
his father and grandfather, both
of whom played for professional
clubs in England, Gareth, who has
just turned 15, was recently invited
for a trial with Birmingham
City Football Club.
Birmingham, newly promoted
to the English Premier League, is
one of a number of leading English
clubs which operate "soccer
academies." Boys with the potential
and commitment to succeed in
the professional ranks are selected
for entry into the threeyear
program at age 16. They follow
a program which allows them
to combine their academic studies
while receiving expert soccer
coaching. The academy closely
monitors both the academic performance
and the soccer development
of boys in the program. The
rewards for those who make it to
the big leagues are great. England's
captain, for example, David
Beckham, recently signed a new
contract with his club which pays
him over $200,000 a week. But, of
course, many of the academy
players do not reach the first
team and the academy program i s
designed to ensure they have the
academic qualifications to pursue
other careers while continuing to
play soccer.
Gareth, who is still a year
away from eligibility, for the
academy, spent 10 days training
and playing with members of
Birmingham's academy teams.
After a morning workout the day
after the flight from Ottawa, he
was thrown in at the deep end and
selected to play the following day
for Birmingham U16s against
their counterparts from Leicester
City in an FA Academy League
game. The game ended in 2-2 tie.
"The pace of the game is electric
in England and incredibly
physicalit was a big step up
from playing with the Eastern
Ontario District Squad. For me, it
was my first outdoor game of the
year while the players in England
were coming to the end of their
season," said Gareth.
Gareth's stay in England ended
on a really high note when he
scored the second goal in a 2-0
victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers
in an Academy League
game. "It was a tremendous experience;
the facilities, the coaching...everything
was first class. I
learned so much," said Gareth.
Gareth, a lifelong Glebe resident
and a student at Ashbury
College, hopes that his experience
in England will lead him to further
soccer success and perhaps a
university soccer scholarship.
Does he now support the Blues, as
Birmingham's team is known? No,
he will always be a Manchester
United fan!
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