webfact Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (from l-r) Kru Chavuarid Huthip, Stephen Ayling, Kru Veerasak Thongpom, Gary Stevens, Jennifer Ayling Orchid Palm Homes have donated 30 footballs to Wang Bost School and Nong Hieng School. They were handed to the sports teachers from the two government run schools in Hin Lek Fai last Friday. Kru Veerasak Thongpom from Nong Hieng School and Kru Chavuarid Huthip from Wang Bost School received 15 footballs each. Also present was Black Mountain Hua Hin Football Academy Head Coach Gary Stevens. He thinks the donated footballs will help the schools to offer better coaching to the children, “As a coach I know how important it is to have enough balls to give every child one each. We have fantastic facilities at Black Mountain, thanks to the Hua Hin International School, but some of the local schools aren’t so fortunate and it is good to be able to help them out in this way.” Stephen Ayling, the owner of Orchid Palm Homes, said, “We are proud to support local, grass roots football through sponsoring children from impoverished backgrounds to train at Black Mountain Hua Hin Football Academy and sponsoring local tournaments and competitions. We hope donating these balls will help the two schools to offer a better level of training to their pupils.” Orchid Palm Homes also sponsors ten children from Nong Hieng and Want Bost schools to train on scholarships at the Black Mountain Hua Hin Football Academy. They get free training, free kits, free boots and are able to train four times per week at the Hua Hin International School. -- 2022-02-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 6 hours ago, webfact said: “As a coach I know how important it is to have enough balls to give every child one each. I concur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelseafan Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Each male child should have at least two balls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 30 footballs ... is it just me or does anybody else feel sick at reading about this paltry contribution? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbko Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said: 30 footballs ... is it just me or does anybody else feel sick at reading about this paltry contribution? At first I thought it seemed cheap, 30 balls, but then read where they are sponsoring 10 kids to train at a football academy, so I wouldn't call it paltry. How much have I donated to a local school in the past 10 years? Zero. At least they're doing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycoops Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I donated some footballs to the local schools some years ago and within a few weeks they had all either disappeared or were busted. Same with the village. Lesson learnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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