PINELANDS YOUTH SOCCER Academy has been given a leg-up through the Jason Roberts Foundation (Grenada) in conjunction with Derby County’s winger Nick Blackman.
Blackman’s advisor, Leon Mann, explained to SATURDAY SUN how the partnership came about, and where they were headed with the project.
“We’ve managed to accumulate these shirts through a charity appeal in the UK. A Derby County support group called the Punjabi Rams, came together with Nick to appeal to football fans to donate football shirts that can be given to those most needed, particularly young people on the island of Barbados,” he explained.
Blackman, whose father is Barbadian, has visited the island for the past five or six years to connect with family and island. (RA)
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