Kuils River-based Newman’s Football Club hosted a three-day football performance hub for players from across Cape Town at Bellville Technical High School over the weekend (30 January to 1 February).
Nathan Newman, founder and director of Newman’s FC, said the event was hosted in collaboration with some of the best private football trainers locally – Nkala FTBL (Lwazi Mlonyeni), A+ Fitness and Coaching (Astria Boks, former Banyana Banyana player), Structured Futbol (Kyle Maart) and Glued Hands Goalkeeping (Keenan Smith and Siya Mbune).
A total of 206 players attended the event with participants ranging from u-8 to u-20 age groups, including girls.
“They were treated to football heaven as they had an opportunity to train with these football elite coaches from Friday to Sunday,” Newman said.
Community focus
The purpose of the event was to ensure children from all walks of life, particularly those from Kuils River, could access high-quality football training on their doorstep.
“Hosting an event of such magnitude is quite a feat, and I am extremely thrilled to have seen such great interest from our Kuils River community and beyond,” Newman added.
Those attending were split into age groups and rotated through various training and skill sessions throughout the three-day programme.
Jordan Adams of Durbanville FC working on his goalkeeping skills. 
Pitso Mosimane with the u-18 and u-20 players. 
Somila Wani and Pitso Mosimane 
Siya Mbune and Keenan Smith of Glued-Hands Goalkeeping with Pitso Mosimane, former national (Bafana Bafana) coach who was at the training hub on Sunday. 
Pitso Mosimane with Astria Boks (A+ Fitness and Coaching/former national player) and her team.
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