Community Sports Leaders Africa

2024

2024 started with a focus on U12 Girls development. Wachisa has been training with his Nyabinghi Warriors Girls for a few months now. Training kit has been a great incentive and lots of girls are attending training. Wachisa now plans to support Chitipa Hammers FC, Namuyemba FC and Youngsters FC start up their Girls U12 teams. We will soon be ready for the 1st ever U12 Girls Festival.

Nyabinghi Warriors Girls U12 dressed in Amble East End training tops

Coach Wachisa and Young Coach take training

Chitipa Hammers U12 Girls in Longhoughton Rangers FC kit

Wachisa encouraging Chitipa Hammers and their Young Coaches

Namuyemba FC U12 girls dressed in South Edindburgh CFC kit

Wachisa and the Namuyemba Young Coaches

Youngsters FC Girls U12

Wachisa with players of the future

The rains officially stopped in mid April and the football began again. Wachisa got the four U12 girls teams together for a practice which was led by the trained Young Girl Coaches. The next big event is the 1st ever U12 girls 8 a side festival on May 1st.

Young Girl Coaches from the teams

Whole group after the practice session

May 1st saw the first ever U12 girls football festival at the CCAP ground. Coach Wachisa coordinated the eight trained Young Girl Coaches who managed the festival.

Young Girl Coaches

7 teams took part

Girls as ref and lineswomen

April saw the kit recycling initiative start. Kits, boots, balls and training equipment began to arrive.

Edinburgh South Community FC supporting since 2017

Amble Wefare Juniors FC

Boots

Kits

FA donated kit

Newcastle Foundation donated kit

Washington Village FC

Retro kits from Simon Legge

Cramlington Utd

Stobswood Welfare FC Coaches

Stobswood Welfare FC

North Sunderland FC

There was exciting news in August, when Coach Wachisa and friends started to develop the 1st ever tennis court in Chitipa. Back in 2020 Grant Watson at Alnwick Tennis Club had donated everything needed to get it all started. It has taken 4 years but the signs are good.

Grant Watson back on 2020

Wachisa and friends in 2024

Ground levelled - just just needs compacting

Wachisa in charge

The 2024 Chitipa League has started well. All teams looking great in their kit. Lots of team pictures and action shots are sent back weekly by Wachisa and the other coaches. The clubs here in UK love to see the evidence of where their old kits ended up.

Alimwene U14's in Amble East End

Chitipa Hammers U14 in Longhoughton Rangers FC

Impala FC U14's

Nyabinghi Warriors FC U14's in Bugbrooke St Michael kit

Wachisa was making plans for the upcoming Young Coaches training course and festival. I encouraged him a lot. I sent money to buy white paint to give the mini goals a good clean up and some for photocopying 45 course booklets. The flipcharts and books that Rowland had not used also went Wachisa's way.

New coat of paint

Wachisa happy

Course books photcopied

Course resources ready

On December 23rd, 73 boxes of donated kit taken to Bananabox Trust deport Shed 11 in Dundee. Next day the invoice was paid. Expected date for the next container to leave is March 2025.

73 Boxes

Santa with a Van

Thanks Cath

An amazing way to end 2024. Coach Wachisa planned and delivered a 3 day Young Coaches Training Course. Eight of the clubs attended and will now be eligible to get material support when the next shipment arrives in June 2025. This course trained 24 new Young Coaches. On the 4th day an U12 '8 a side' festival was held.