JOEL?RICHMOND, the Senior Achievement Award winner at the Pro Shottas football club prize-giving ceremony, will be going to Philadelphia at monthend for try-outs with two junior college teams.
Richmond, 15, a student at the Seventh-Day Adventist School, has been recommended for a football scholarship by Allan Greaves, a United Kingdom Football Association International licensed coach.
Greaves worked with Pro-Shottas players last summer after their tour to Cleveland.
Pro Shottas, winners of the Barbados Cup Under-19 crown and the Barbados Football Association Youth Under-17 trophies, held their prize-giving ceremony at Banks Breweries over the weekend and more than 90 prizes were presented.
The Senior Player Of The Year and Overall Player Of The Year 2013 went to Albert Collymore while Nial Reid was Junior Player Of The Year.
The Junior Achievement award went to Antone Greaves, who will have a one-week trial with Philadelphia Union Major League Soccer team from March 31 to April 7.
