Released on = October 30, 2006, 3:00 am

Press Release Author = Premier India Football Academy

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = Football training camps were organised by Premier India
Football Academy in India with BCSSA coaches.

Press Release Body = Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) organised 3 camps in
Mumbai for children 8-18 years. The three venues were St Andrews at Bandra from
15-18 Oct 2006, The Retreat, Marve from 19-23 Oct & the Sharad Pawar International
School, Pune from 23-27 Oct, 2006.

The camp was conducted by the world famous Bobby Charlton Soccer & Sports Academy,
Manchester, UK. Coaches Mathew Pearson & Peter Tickle were flown into India by PIFA
to train 150 children with the use of special equipments in a fun & scientific way.
The children got to train with Nike EPL balls.

Mr Godfrey Periera, ex-captain of India felicitated the winners at the St Andrews
Camps. The Retreat camp was visited by Mahindra United, Head Coach U15 & U19 teams -
Mr Santosh Kashyap

A number of seats were allocated free of cost to the less privileged. 5 from
Akansha, 2 from Magic Bus, 6 from St Andrews, and 5 selected by Maharashtra Herald.

Skills test were conducted at the 3 camps and the winners have been invited to
Manchester for the BCSSA World Skills Final in July 2007. The unbroken record score
is that of David Beckham's 1100 points.

The three winners were David Vaz (16) St Mary's ICSE with 600 points- Sumehr
Gwalani (15) Bombay International School with 580 points & Amitesh Mukherjee (16)
R.N Poddar with 750 points.

Last years PIFA BCSSA Camp winner was Kean Lewis with 940 points, he stood 6th in
the World Skills Final where he got 680 points, he then went for a trial to
Leicester City FC. He now plays for the Mahindra United (under 15 team) & team for
PIFA-Youngstar, a MDFA Senior Division team.


Web Site = http://www.pifacademy.com

Contact Details = Premier India Football Academy
20 Evergreen Estate,
Dr. E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi,
Mumbai - 400 011 (INDIA)

Tel : 91 22 3042 2263 | Fax : 3042 2262 | Mob : 98202 68365
Website : www.pifacademy.com