LEYTON ORIENT FC ‘ADOPT-A-PLAYER’ DAY
Friday 20 November 2009
Leyton Orient FC ‘Adopt-a-Player’ Player Day
SCORES of local schoolchildren were given the chance to meet first team Leyton Orient players this week as part of the club’s Adopt-a-Player scheme.
Adopt-a-Player is a Leyton Orient FC community initiative that began last year with 20 local schools and provides an excellent way for the club to support schools in their local area through player visits and ticket giveaways, whilst increasing awareness of the Club among people in Waltham Forest and its surrounding boroughs.
Schools from the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge and Hackney were involved, with players visiting their schools to take part in activities ranging from coaching to presentations and question and answer sessions – all related to curriculum-based learning such as healthy living schemes, sports days and education competitions in partnership with the school.
Hundreds of complimentary tickets have been distributed to the participating schools for this Saturday’s home League One match against Tranmere Rovers, when Orient will be hoping their new supporters will cheer them on to a vital victory.
Goalkeeper Glenn Morris, visited St. Helen’s Primary School in Leyton and took part in a penalty shoot-out against some young pupils, he said:
“It was fun today; we were teaching the kids a few skills and it’s great for them to see them rather than hear about them. Hopefully they can take something from today and if there is something going on in their life they will get away from it.”
Charlie Daniels and Loick Pires visited Jubilee Primary School in Hackney where they took part in an assembly and some fitness test. Leyton Orient Community Coach Yassin Abidou said:
“The pupils asked them about healthy eating and nutrition during their professional careers, their playing history, their diets and what they do away from the pitch. After this they took part in some fitness exercises; leg power tests and flexibility tests in front of the whole school!”
Ben Chorley and Harry Baker visited St Josephs Catholic School in Leyton alongside Leyton Orient Community Liaison Officer Daniel Fenner. Daniel said:
“The players were asked all sorts of questions such as ‘what age did you start? and ‘who do you play for?’, but then Ben got asked about how many kick-ups he could do. He answered ‘5,000’ at which point a ball was presented to him and he only could manage 26!”
Scott McGleish and JJ Melligan visited Barncroft Primary School in Walthamstow where they were asked a wide variety of questions in front of an enthralled audience.
Adrian Patulea, Adam Chambers and Matthew Hall visited the Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme Education Centre and Adrian said:
“The kids look up at you as a professional footballer and see you, importantly, as someone who has achieved. It’s important to give everything to understand them as when I was a child I wanted to be someone – they need to have the belief that they can do something with their life.
“We got asked some really good questions about how we started, our future plans and what we look forward to – we had some really honest questions and we responded with honest answers.
“This educational facility is great; there are so many computers here that the children won’t be bored when they are learning which is very important. Even when they wake up in the morning and sleepy they will have coming to this to look forward to at the end of the day - these are the kids that really want to achieve something in their life.
“It is very interesting for me to come here today because Leyton Orient provides such a great development for the kids in the community. They are doing fantastic work with the kids and I am very happy to be with a club like this.
“I will never forget I was a child - I always wanted the support of footballers, I think its important to not just be a footballer and talk about but give everything to the child and how they should be in life - to be a good person in life.
“It’s important for to make them understand that they can achieve things in life by being good and to be themselves. Here they can develop on the right path and we can take advantage of that as players and help them on their journey.”
For more information, or to be part of Leyton Orient FC’s ‘Adopt-a-Player’ programme please contact Daniel Fenner, Leyton Orient Community Liaison Officer on 020 8556 5973 or email daniel.fenner@locsp.org.
The schools and players participating yesterday were:
Selwyn Junior School, Highams Park
Sean Thornton
Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme Education Suite, Brisbane Road, Leyton
Adrian Patulea, Adam Chambers and
St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Leyton
Ben Thornley & Harry Baker
St Helens Primary School, Walthamstow
Andrew Cave-Brown, Jason Demetriou, Jamie Jones and Glenn Morris
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Wanstead
James Scowcroft and Darryl Sydes
Jubilee Primary School, Stoke Newington
Loick Pires and Charlie Daniels
Barncroft Primary School, Walthamstow
Scott McGleish and JJ Melligan
Jenny Hammond Primary School, Leyton
Ryan Jarvis and Luke Ashworth
Leyton Orient FC ‘Adopt-a-Player’ Player Day
SCORES of local schoolchildren were given the chance to meet first team Leyton Orient players this week as part of the club’s Adopt-a-Player scheme.
Adopt-a-Player is a Leyton Orient FC community initiative that began last year with 20 local schools and provides an excellent way for the club to support schools in their local area through player visits and ticket giveaways, whilst increasing awareness of the Club among people in Waltham Forest and its surrounding boroughs.
Schools from the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge and Hackney were involved, with players visiting their schools to take part in activities ranging from coaching to presentations and question and answer sessions – all related to curriculum-based learning such as healthy living schemes, sports days and education competitions in partnership with the school.
Hundreds of complimentary tickets have been distributed to the participating schools for this Saturday’s home League One match against Tranmere Rovers, when Orient will be hoping their new supporters will cheer them on to a vital victory.
Goalkeeper Glenn Morris, visited St. Helen’s Primary School in Leyton and took part in a penalty shoot-out against some young pupils, he said:
“It was fun today; we were teaching the kids a few skills and it’s great for them to see them rather than hear about them. Hopefully they can take something from today and if there is something going on in their life they will get away from it.”
Charlie Daniels and Loick Pires visited Jubilee Primary School in Hackney where they took part in an assembly and some fitness test. Leyton Orient Community Coach Yassin Abidou said:
“The pupils asked them about healthy eating and nutrition during their professional careers, their playing history, their diets and what they do away from the pitch. After this they took part in some fitness exercises; leg power tests and flexibility tests in front of the whole school!”
Ben Chorley and Harry Baker visited St Josephs Catholic School in Leyton alongside Leyton Orient Community Liaison Officer Daniel Fenner. Daniel said:
“The players were asked all sorts of questions such as ‘what age did you start? and ‘who do you play for?’, but then Ben got asked about how many kick-ups he could do. He answered ‘5,000’ at which point a ball was presented to him and he only could manage 26!”
Scott McGleish and JJ Melligan visited Barncroft Primary School in Walthamstow where they were asked a wide variety of questions in front of an enthralled audience.
Adrian Patulea, Adam Chambers and Matthew Hall visited the Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme Education Centre and Adrian said:
“The kids look up at you as a professional footballer and see you, importantly, as someone who has achieved. It’s important to give everything to understand them as when I was a child I wanted to be someone – they need to have the belief that they can do something with their life.
“We got asked some really good questions about how we started, our future plans and what we look forward to – we had some really honest questions and we responded with honest answers.
“This educational facility is great; there are so many computers here that the children won’t be bored when they are learning which is very important. Even when they wake up in the morning and sleepy they will have coming to this to look forward to at the end of the day - these are the kids that really want to achieve something in their life.
“It is very interesting for me to come here today because Leyton Orient provides such a great development for the kids in the community. They are doing fantastic work with the kids and I am very happy to be with a club like this.
“I will never forget I was a child - I always wanted the support of footballers, I think its important to not just be a footballer and talk about but give everything to the child and how they should be in life - to be a good person in life.
“It’s important for to make them understand that they can achieve things in life by being good and to be themselves. Here they can develop on the right path and we can take advantage of that as players and help them on their journey.”
For more information, or to be part of Leyton Orient FC’s ‘Adopt-a-Player’ programme please contact Daniel Fenner, Leyton Orient Community Liaison Officer on 020 8556 5973 or email daniel.fenner@locsp.org.
The schools and players participating yesterday were:
Selwyn Junior School, Highams Park
Sean Thornton
Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme Education Suite, Brisbane Road, Leyton
Adrian Patulea, Adam Chambers and
St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Leyton
Ben Thornley & Harry Baker
St Helens Primary School, Walthamstow
Andrew Cave-Brown, Jason Demetriou, Jamie Jones and Glenn Morris
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Wanstead
James Scowcroft and Darryl Sydes
Jubilee Primary School, Stoke Newington
Loick Pires and Charlie Daniels
Barncroft Primary School, Walthamstow
Scott McGleish and JJ Melligan
Jenny Hammond Primary School, Leyton
Ryan Jarvis and Luke Ashworth
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