Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) is back again with a football league for children.
The Premier Football League (PFL) is a 7 a side children’s Sunday league for boys and girls aged 5 to 15 years. This league will be played over 8 weeks.
AGE GROUP CATEGORIES
MIDGETS Age 5 - 6 years - born in 2005 or 2006
SUB JUNIORS Age 7 - 8 years - born in 2003 or 2004
JUNIORS Age 9 - 10 years - born in 2002 or 2001
INTERMEDIATES Age 11 - 12 years - born in 1999 or 2000
SENIORS Age 13 - 15 years - born in 1996, 1997 or 1998
MIDGETS Age 5 - 6 years - born in 2005 or 2006
SUB JUNIORS Age 7 - 8 years - born in 2003 or 2004
JUNIORS Age 9 - 10 years - born in 2002 or 2001
INTERMEDIATES Age 11 - 12 years - born in 1999 or 2000
SENIORS Age 13 - 15 years - born in 1996, 1997 or 1998
The Sunday morning league will initially be held at a location in South Mumbai. It is an opportunity for children of all abilities to participate in a football tournament. Children are encouraged to form teams made up of players from their building society, locality, community or school. The children will have the option to train on Saturdays for the league.
The PFL is schedule to kick off on 19 November 2011 with the first training session on Saturday, 18 November 2011.
The league will have all the elements of the beautiful game competition, skills, teamwork, mentoring and humility.
Two unique features of this league are;
The Parent Coach
Parents looking at spending quality time with their children doing something that interests both. Parents will manage and coach their child’s team.
Football Buddy
Each team will consist of 2 underprivileged children from the PIFA community project. The aim of PFL is to demonstrate to children the charm of the beautiful game where everyone is equal on the field and the only language spoken is that of Football.
In this edition, there will be 5 age groups, each age group having 8 teams. Each team will play one another over seven weeks. The 8th week will decide the winners between the top 2 teams and prizes will be awarded to the finalists and a best player awards. The best player of the league will win a free trip to UK.
The PFL will start on November 19th with the first training session on Saturday 12th November.
Nike will be the official football for the league. Winners will get a gift set from Nike and get once a week free training at any one of the PIFA centres for one year. Talented players will be scouted for the various PIFA teams.
PIFA's efforts in India have been recognized by Asian Football Confederacy (AFC) Deputy General Secretary - Dato Paul Mony Samuel, An excerpt from the letter- "I thank you for your work for football in India and encourage you to support and follow the football development path set out in Vision India"
It is an ideal event for corporate companies to associate with this annual event.
NIKE will be the official footballs.
More info can be obtained on the website http://www.pfleague.in
or contact 98202 68365
